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Post by My Big Name on Jun 19, 2017 14:39:47 GMT -5
Mine goes:
5. The Boy With The Thorn In His side
4. This Charming Man
3. Cemetery Gates
2. The Queen Is Dead
1. How Soon Is Now?
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Post by carlober on Jun 19, 2017 14:52:31 GMT -5
I can choose five but don't ask me to rank them!  So, in (sort of) random order: Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before There Is a Light That Never Goes Out How Soon Is Now? Still Ill Bigmouth Strikes Again |
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Post by matt on Jun 19, 2017 14:56:02 GMT -5
Can't rank them as they're all interchangeable but, for the moment, here you go:
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Back To The Old House (Peel Sessions Version)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Rubber Ring
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jun 19, 2017 15:27:05 GMT -5
My favourites:
1. Barbarism Begins At Home
2. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
3. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
4. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
5. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
I never listen to The Smiths these days, but I'll always be thankful to them for the year or so I spent absolutely obsessed with them when I was at college, a few years back; they were a great comfort to me. That's not to say I needed comforting -- college was alright, it was mostly bearable -- but there's just something about the sound of those records that makes perfect sense to a 17 year old and is, somehow, massively reassuring.
It is amazing that, 30 years on, Morrissey's lyrics from that time still so accurately mirror what it's like to be a teenager in rainy old England.
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Post by funhouse on Jun 19, 2017 16:08:40 GMT -5
Best band of all time. This ain't gonna be easy...
But at least I have a top 2 which cannot be altereD (in random order):
How Soon Is Now?
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (That mandolin has brought tears to my eyes more than once)
The remaining three tracks are as follows...
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
These Things Take Time (Louder Than Bombs version)
Honourable mentions: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, This Night Has Opened My Eyes. At least for now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2017 16:29:46 GMT -5
This Charming Man
Bigmouth Strikes Again
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Stop Me / Ask / The Boy With The Thorn / How Soon Is Now? (dunno)
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Post by jordan71421 on Jun 19, 2017 16:53:15 GMT -5
The Headmaster Ritual
Barbarism Begins at Home
This Charming Man (John Peel Session)
These Things Take Time
Hand In Glove
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2017 18:06:00 GMT -5
1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (one of the most beautiful songs ever written)
2. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
3. Ask
4. Panic
5. Cemetry Gates
Except n°1, it always changes, and there are quite a few other songs that could be on there: This Charming Man, How Soon Is Now?, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Stop Me..., Bigmouth Strikes Again, Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, etc.
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Jun 20, 2017 1:12:47 GMT -5
1. There's A Light That Never Goes Out
In no particular order:
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Stop me (if you think that you've heard this one before)
How soon is now?
This Charming Man
But I also love Bigmouth Strikes Again, Reel Around The Fountain, Asleep and a shitlload of others.
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Post by LightsOffInside on Jun 20, 2017 1:41:06 GMT -5
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
Rusholme Ruffians
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
Back To The Old House (John Peel Version)
The Queen Is Dead
This could go on forever mind you, also love Hand In Glove, Stretch Out and Wait, Bigmouth Strikes Again, Ask, Still Ill, Headmaster Ritual, How Soon Is Now....somebody stop me
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Post by mimmihopps on Jun 20, 2017 2:09:38 GMT -5
As being a huge The Smiths fan, it's impossible for me to rank only 5, but here you go.
These songs have always special spots in my heart.
- Reel Around The Fountain
- Still Ill
- Hand In Glove
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
- Well I Wonder
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Post by rorymcbride on Jun 20, 2017 3:00:03 GMT -5
In alphabetical order:
Barbarism Begins At Home
Is It Really So Strange?
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
The Queen Is Dead
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
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Post by Frank Lee Vulgar on Jun 20, 2017 3:46:27 GMT -5
Would be hard enough to do a top 25! Just reading what other people picked makes me realize how many great ones I'm leaving out...
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
This Charming Man
Reel Around The Fountain
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
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Post by matt on Jun 20, 2017 13:46:51 GMT -5
As being a huge The Smiths fan, it's impossible for me to rank only 5, but here you go. These songs have always special spots in my heart. - Reel Around The Fountain - Still Ill - Hand In Glove - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - Will I Wonder Well I Wonder just missed out the top five for me - on another day, it's my favourite Smiths song. It does puzzle me however that, despite the plaudits they and tons of their individual songs constantly receive, this one flies under the radar and is unheralded in the general scheme of things. I think it is arguably their most beautiful track ever - a haunting vocal from Morrissey and the layered acoustic guitar work from Johnny floors me every single time I hear it, especially that outro. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 17:08:14 GMT -5
top 5 smiths songs? why, the last 5 i listened to, of course.  |
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Post by mimmihopps on Jun 21, 2017 1:09:11 GMT -5
As being a huge The Smiths fan, it's impossible for me to rank only 5, but here you go. These songs have always special spots in my heart. - Reel Around The Fountain - Still Ill - Hand In Glove - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - Will I Wonder Well I Wonder just missed out the top five for me - on another day, it's my favourite Smiths song. It does puzzle me however that, despite the plaudits they and tons of their individual songs constantly receive, this one flies under the radar and is unheralded in the general scheme of things. I think it is arguably their most beautiful track ever - a haunting vocal from Morrissey and the layered acoustic guitar work from Johnny floors me every single time I hear it, especially that outro. I really love this song. The outro with rain drops makes me cry sometimes. Despite of the album title and title track, Meat Is Murder is the most The Smiths album with pureness and clearness. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 5:25:45 GMT -5
I could choose Hand In Glove Well I Wonder Half A Person Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me Barbarism Begins At Home ...and wouldn't even feel bad that I left all the popular songs out. Well, This Charming Man should always be in top-5, though  |
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Post by lahaine on Jun 22, 2017 6:51:11 GMT -5
This is a tough one.
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Some Girls Are Bigger Then Others
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
The Queen is Dead
Frankly Mr Shankly
You can't do a top 5 for The Smiths, one of the last truly great British bands really.
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Post by defmaybe00 on Jun 22, 2017 18:21:02 GMT -5
Tough one, in no particular order:
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
This Charming Man
Rusholme Ruffians
I Know It's Over
The Headmaster Ritual
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