The Smiths

localmusicfollower1980 · 07-18-2009, 03:54 PM

rusholme ruffians, rubber ring, headmaster ritual, hand in glove, oscillate wildly, the list is endless, in my book, the greatest band of all time.

cupkayke · 07-17-2009, 12:03 AM

How Soon is Now is a great song to just listen to.

FaSho · 07-18-2009, 05:11 PM

^this.

If you don't have the World Won't Listen, you're missing out on some of their best material. Also I fell Strangeways is really underrated by Smiths fans.

Seltzer · 07-19-2009, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by FaSho

^this.

If you don't have the World Won't Listen, you're missing out on some of their best material. Also I fell Strangeways is really underrated by Smiths fans.

I like Strangeways and surprisingly enough, it's my flatmate's fav album of theirs.

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before is like my anthem.

davedog · 07-20-2009, 04:12 AM

love the smiths, started listening in 1991 and i think for the next 5 years, I couldn't stop listening. great songs. I can listen to them if I'm feeling down and somehow, I always feel better alfter listening to them.

love new order also.....

right-track · 07-20-2009, 06:49 AM

Nothing wrong with Strangeways...it's just not there best album.

Engine · 07-20-2009, 08:04 AM

I can't explain it but I have always liked Strangeways more than Queen is Dead and Meat is Murder. Of course The Smiths/Hatful of Hollow are by far the best, I think.

Mojo · 07-20-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine

I can't explain it but I have always liked Strangeways more than Queen is Dead and Meat is Murder.

Me too actually. I've always put Strangeways one behind the self titled. I'm not sure if i still would, i might give them all another listen as it has been a while.

Gavin B. · 07-20-2009, 09:12 AM

The best part of the Smiths was Johnny Marr's guitar playing. He's still a hugely influential player on the Britpop scene. The music of the band was tough minded and edgy and it was a blast of fresh air at time when synth music scene in the UK was approaching moribund state of being.

I've always had a love/hate relationship with the way Morrissey sings. Morrissey sometimes comes across as manic/depressive drag queen performing in a in a post-punk carbaret. Morrissey's vocals and lyrics often indulge in bathos and play upon mawkish sentimentality to the point of ludicrous excess. It was okay to laugh at loud at Morrissey's buffoonish sentiments because his self-parody was often calculated and intentional.

The Cure's Robert Smith cultivated the same sort of stage personae but seemed far more credible. There was an alluring element of Robert Smith's personality that was far more dark and disturbing than Morrissey's often comical confrontations with his own free floating anxiety.

sweet_nothing · 07-20-2009, 01:09 PM

Strangeways is alos the favorite of Moz and Johnny, It's probably my least fav though Stop Me is probably my favorite Smiths track. Ive never fully understood how The Queen is Dead gets more praise than Meat is Murder.

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Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	The best part of the Smiths was Johnny Marr's guitar playing. He's still a hugely influential player on the Britpop scene. The music of the band was tough minded and edgy and it was a blast of fresh air at time when synth music scene in the UK was approaching moribund state of being. I've always had a love/hate relationship with the way Morrissey sings. Morrissey sometimes comes across as manic/depressive drag queen performing in a in a post-punk carbaret. Morrissey's vocals and lyrics often indulge in bathos and play upon mawkish sentimentality to the point of ludicrous excess. It was okay to laugh at loud at Morrissey's buffoonish sentiments because his self-parody was often calculated and intentional. The Cure's Robert Smith cultivated the same sort of stage personae but seemed far more credible. There was an alluring element of Robert Smith's personality that was far more dark and disturbing than Morrissey's often comical confrontations with his own free floating anxiety. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt

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localmusicfollower1980 Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 7	rusholme ruffians, rubber ring, headmaster ritual, hand in glove, oscillate wildly, the list is endless, in my book, the greatest band of all time.

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cupkayke Groupie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: steinbeck lands. Posts: 38	How Soon is Now is a great song to just listen to.

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davedog Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6	love the smiths, started listening in 1991 and i think for the next 5 years, I couldn't stop listening. great songs. I can listen to them if I'm feeling down and somehow, I always feel better alfter listening to them. love new order also.....

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,770	Nothing wrong with Strangeways...it's just not there best album.

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Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I can't explain it but I have always liked Strangeways more than Queen is Dead and Meat is Murder. Of course The Smiths/Hatful of Hollow are by far the best, I think.