Morrissey

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Yeah dude, a must purchase. You won't be disappointed. Good from start to finish.

 

listened today.  Was familiar with "Getting away with it" but obviously thought that that was a PSB song.   Good listening.

[Tank]

I'm not familiar with The Smiths or Morrisey. Can someone post a video of a one if two favorite songs from them? I feel like I've missed out. Thanks.

[the dude abides]

I'm not familiar with The Smiths or Morrisey. Can someone post a video of a one if two favorite songs from them? I feel like I've missed out. Thanks.

YouTube "The Queen is Dead" or "I Know it's Over". My two faves. Edited July 19, 2015 by the dude abides

[the dude abides]

[the dude abides]

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I think Tank is playing us, but these are a few of my favorites.  The live discs are good.

 

I would go with London, How Soon is Now, What Difference Does it Make, Ask, Every Day is like Sunday.

[Tank]

Thanks, dude. Those are the first two songs from the Smiths that I recall hearing. I think I liked the instruments more than the vocals.

Sorry, Soto.

[Brandon]

Fun fact of the day, if you type "I was happy" into Google it ends with "in a haze of a drunken hour"

 

Always have been a big fan. I think everyone knows and likes the famous ones, Bigmouth Strikes Again is probably my favorite of that tier.

 

Then there is the dandy convos about the gems everyone really likes. I think my favorite might be "This Charming Man", just a catchy tune that is a bass players dream.

 

Everyday Is Like Sunday, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, I'm So Sorry.

 

He/they have had some really solid tracks and hits.

 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Thanks, dude. Those are the first two songs from the Smiths that I recall hearing. I think I liked the instruments more than the vocals.

Sorry, Soto.

No worries. I supposed I shouldn't be surprised. I just had a conversation with a friend in Atlanta who grew up here and he said he was shocked by the numbers of people who didn't know fairly recognizeable bands from the time.

The Smiths aren't the hugest thing in the world.

[Tank]

i'd heard of the smiths but i hadn't heard any of their music. had the idea that they were a lot more hardcore or punk, and that's not a style i like. i'm not really much of an alternative fan, either. my brother probably likes them quite a bit. i'd rather listen to billy joel.

[Ray McKigney]

Yes, but "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" is one of their few upbeat songs.  As with most music, I generally don't get caught-up in the lyrics specifically because a lot of the time certain words are used to fill the tempo instead of what should have been there.  Except for country music; that shit's saying exactly what it's about! 

 

I was a huge Smiths fan growing-up, but have never gotten the chance to see them or Morissey.  I've come to terms with it tho, and realize that it keeps the mystery intact.

 

PS- One of the best covers of "How Soon is Now" is from Quicksand!  There's a live version on Youtube that's pretty amazing.

 

Yeah, There is a Light is one of their upbeat songs and it has the line, "And if a double-decker bus crashes into us." Although, tempo and melody-wise it is a happy-sounding song. In my opinion, I Know It's Over and Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me are two of the best lyrics Morrissey has ever written.

Edited July 19, 2015 by Ray McKigney

[Stradling]

"I called to wish you an unhappy birthday, because you're evil and you lie and if you should die, I may feel slightly sad but I won't cry"

[DowningRules]

Although it makes you want jump off a bridge, I'm partial to "This Night Has Opened My Eyes."  Great lo-fi approach.

 

"The Headmaster's Ritual," has great lyrics and are easy to identify with.  Basically about an a-hole teacher who thought he was the bee's knees, but took out his failures on the students (Morrissey, specifically, I'm guessing.).

 

And I love the bizarre lyrics to "Some Girls are Bigger than Others:"  "As Anthony said to Cleopatra when he opened a crate of ale...Oh I say."  And, "Lend me your pillow, the one that you dream on."  WTF?!?

[Ray McKigney]

"Some girls mothers are bigger than other girls mothers." Johnny Marr's guitar work in that song is so great. Toward the end of the song, with the over-lapping guitar parts, it is such an incredible way to end an album. After all these years, I have to say my favorite song on that album is Cemetry Gates. "So we go inside and we gravely read the stones. All those people, all those lives, where are they now? With loves and hates and passions just like mine. They were born and then they lived and then they died."

Edited July 19, 2015 by Ray McKigney

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

"Some girls mothers are bigger than other girls mothers." Johnny Marr's guitar work in that song is so great. Toward the end of the song, with the over-lapping guitar parts, it is such an incredible way to end an album. After all these years, I have to say my favorite song on that album is Cemetry Gates. "So we go inside and we gravely read the stones. All those people, all those lives, where are they now? With loves and hates and passions just like mine. They were born and then they lived and then they died."

Ray agree 100% on guitar work on some girls!

[LBHalos17]

Yeah, There is a Light is one of their upbeat songs and it has the line, "And if a double-decker bus crashes into us." Although, tempo and melody-wise it is a happy-sounding song. In my opinion, I Know It's Over and Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me are two of the best lyrics Morrissey has ever written.

"Suffer Little Children" is one of my favorite vocal/lyric songs of theirs.  The history of the song is even better.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffer_Little_Children

[Lhalo]

This charming man in a blue outfit grabbed my package!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/31/morrissey-sex-assault-airport-security-san-francisco

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

This charming man in a blue outfit grabbed my package!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/31/morrissey-sex-assault-airport-security-san-francisco

He didn't "ask me, ask me, ask me."

[Sully151]

This charming man in a blue outfit grabbed my package!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/31/morrissey-sex-assault-airport-security-san-francisco

I guess the guard couldn't get a job as a back scrubber at the YWCA.

[Brandon]

Panic on the streets of San Francisco