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best smiths songs

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by elfrth2
i've just started getting into them, but only really know of the classics. what are their best songs that i might not know? or are the classics the best?
elfrth2 | 28 Mar '05, 19:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Girlfriend in a coma, cant get enough of that song (is that a classic?)

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All of 'The Queen is Dead' album is a classic. Brilliant stuff.
Some of Morrissey's solo stuff is great too....there's a good Best of type album with some classics on their too...Suedehead, Everyday is like Sunday, Ouija Board etc.

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tis the only "non-techno" song my" techno-only" friend likes.

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This Charming Man
I Want The One I Can't Have
Nowhere Fast
Still Ill
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Ask
Reel Around The Fountain
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
aaaand....
I'll go with Hand In Glove.

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I forgot Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - the lyrics are bizarre, but the instrumentation is fantastic.

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Cemetary Gates is probably my favorite.

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I like:

'Bigmouth Strikes Again', 'Ask', 'What Difference Does it Make', 'There is a light that never goes out'.

Hatfull of Hollow is their best album, I reckon

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I HATE THEM ALL! JINGLY JANGLY SHITE! EXCEPT: How Soon Is Now. If I forget it has lyrics and is 6 minutes long, its damn good music.

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that's the smiths song that non-smiths fans like.
I don't think much of it myself.

FUCKING TIME DELAY THINGY! Broadband users get raped by it.

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I've only got the Singles collection, which is brilliant from start to finish. Although I'm told it's the only Smiths album I need by some people. Anyway my favourites from it are Panic, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, What Difference Does It Make, This Charming Man, How Soon Is Now, and That Joke Isn't Funny Any More.

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Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

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I never had a job. Now I've got a job. Heaven knows I'm miserable now.

What a fucking genius.

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He's being ironic mate.

Noticed how it's a cover of Heaven Knows I'm Missing You Now?

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There's going to be some 2 day "Smiths Seminar" in Manchester soon according to Ceefax. Apparently people are going to discuss "the social, political, cultural and musical impact" of the world's greatest band (?? "DiS"cuss).

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William, It Was Really Nothing is my favourite,

runners up:

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Hand In Glove
Asleep

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"How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say: Oh ! Would you like to marry me ? And if you like you can buy the ring."

Classic.

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"girlfriend in a coma i know, i know it's serious" haha been listening to only that song since i discovered this thread 8-)

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One that i absolutely love and isnt normally mentioned on this sort of topic is 'these things take time' off hatful

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to me it's just a draft version of Still Ill (i think it actually IS a draft of it in fact) so it's secondary to me.

although the "alcoholic afternoons" bit is brilliant.

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I like accept yourself, a queit little track on hatful of hollow.

and all the obvious ones as well

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yeah, its the alcoholic afternoons bit that really does it for me.

Didnt know it was a draft for still ill, learn something new every day.

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if you notice, some of the lines are very similar - i think it was dropped from the first album for Still Ill as they liked it better.

I like Still Ill better too, as it's about punk :D

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I'll have to sit and compare them when i finally get to go home from uni. Im in my third year and have been left at uni with my laptop and very little else so that i get my dissertation done. Hence im currently lacking my copy of hatful,

Still i've got singles with me so im not devoid of smiths

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I think "Back To The Old House" is fantastic. Seems quite underrated too, by the looks of things.

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no-ones mentioned my Favourite

I Wont Share You.

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I've got The Smiths doing Purple Haze. It's an instrumental, though, from a rarities bootleg.

I find it really hard to pick a fave.

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Ive only recently really got the smiths.

Morrissey is stilla twat though.

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Morrissey will always be a twat, but it doesnt detract from the music (thankfully), and the man did write some great lyrics when he was in hsi prime

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How do people stand on his solo career?

I havent got anything by him.

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Personally, although this is probably obvious from the above post, i dont like pretty much anything that i've ever heard from his solo career. Except everyday is like sunday which is good.

Seeing him live was a chore, although the smiths songs made up for it : )

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personally my fave is there is a light... but i think one of the best moments in my giggin history was when morrisey opened his leeds set with how soon is now. also u cant take anythin away from this charming man. aside from singles - paint a vulgar picture on strangeways is all good

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The Boy With The Thorn In His Side is amongst the ones I really like.

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Girl Afraid
Sweet And Tender Hooligan
Back To The Old House
William
Sheila Take A Bow
Girlfriend In A Coma

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Reel Around The Fountain
Miserable Lie
Still Ill
Rusholme Ruffians
How Soon Is Now?
Nowhere Fast
The Queen Is Dead
I Know It's Over
There Is A Light....
A Rush And A Push...
I Won't Share You
Stretch Out And Wait
Asleep
Rubber Ring
Is It Really So Strange
London
Sweet And Tender Hooligan


If you have those, your life is surely complete

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this night has opened my eyes

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How Soon Is Now is a great Smiths track

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this is classic.

All the streets are crammed with things
Eager to be held
I know what hands are for
And I’d like to help myself
You ask me the time
But I sense something more
And I would like to give
What I think you’re asking for
You handsome devil
Oh, you handsome devil

Let me get my hands
On your mammary gland
And let me get your head
On the conjugal bed
I say, I say, I say

I crack the whip
And you skip
But you deserve it
You deserve it

A boy in the bush
Is worth two in the hand
I think I can help you get through your exams
Oh, you handsome devil

Oh, let me get my hands
On your mammary gland
And let me get your head
On the conjugal bed
I say, I say, I say

I crack the whip
And you skip
But you deserve it
You deserve it

And when we’re in your scholarly room
Who will swallow whom ?
And when we’re in your scholarly room
Who will swallow whom ?
You handsome devil

Oh, let me get my hands
On your mammary gland
And let me get your head
On the conjugal bed
I say, I say, I say

There’s more to life than books, you know
But not much more
Oh, there’s more to life than books, you know
But not much more, not much more
Oh, you handsome devil
Oh, you handsome devil
Ow !

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you ladies need to listen more to:

London
Sweet & Tender Hooligan

Word. aF

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jeane jeane jeane jeane jeane jeane jeane

or what difference does it make

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Easy, the best smiths song is that one about Salk'n'Shake.

I loved those crisps when you didn't empty out the blue sachet.

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I used to think id won £20. Every time.

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

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You've Got Everything Now or London. best Morrissey sond however... Everyday is Like Sunday




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