A song from the show, Fourteen Again, had its lyrics adapted for another tune, Rusholme Ruffians by the eighties pop group The Smiths. Its lead singer Morrissey was a great fan of Wood's, and had even proposed marriage to her via the music press (to which she responded "Morrissey and I have been married for 11 months, though due to touring commitments, we have yet to meet.") According to the band's biographer Johnny Rogan "He paid her the ultimate “compliment” by hijacking her song “Fourteen Again” and transforming its sardonic nostalgia into a lacerating satire on mind-numbing proletarial leisure. In Morrissey’s landscape, the fairground in the original song becomes a carnival of violence tinged with bitter romance...It is fascinating to observe Wood’s characteristic self-effacing, but affectionate, adolescent recollections juxtaposed to Morrissey’s almost cinematic melanchony. They both share an appealing laconic style and dour wit, but Morrissey’s world view is more threatening, pessimistic and painful."
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