Fav 3 Smiths Songs anyone?

1 Paint a vulgar picture

2 Boy with the thorn in his side

3 Please, please

As a footnote,Is Vinni Reilly the man behind Mozzers solo music, as has recently been suggested? Any clues?

stop me if you've heard this one before

girlfriend in a coma

paint a vulgar picture

Back To The Old House

The Headmaster Ritual

Suffer Little Children

There is a Light that Never Goes Out (sorry)

Panic

Back to the Old House

Great thread!

There is A Light That Never Goes Out This Charming Man Still Ill

The #2 and 3 may change, but numero uno is my absolute favorite of all time

Boatraceface wrote: 1 Paint a vulgar picture

2 Boy with the thorn in his side

3 Please, please

As a footnote,Is Vinni Reilly the man behind Mozzers solo music, as has recently been suggested? Any clues?

Officially, vini played guitar on Viva Hate and the various B sides from that era. However, Vini himself claims that, with the exception of suedehead, he, not stephen street wrote all the music as well. I think he has a point, songs like Alsatian Cousin and Late Night Maudlin Street have clear vini influences. Although both Vini and Street claim to have written the songs from that time, i suppose only they themselves truly know.

Top 3 Smiths today:

1- Rubber Ring 2- Shoplifters 3- Paint A Vulgar Picture

How soon is now Bigmouth There is a light

there's a light bigmouth i know its over

jesus all off queen is dead.thats why its my fav album i suppose.there peak but i love all the rest

Frankly, Mr. Shankly There is a light that never goes out (what is wrong with this song?) This Charming Man.

Bigmouth strikes again would be a close third, though.

bansheeman wrote: there's a light bigmouth i know its over

jesus all off queen is dead.thats why its my fav album i suppose.there peak but i love all the rest

It was a real struggle not to include Queen is Dead and Bigmouth on my original list. I've heard a little of the debut and all of Meat Is Murder, and I consider QID their best track-by-track album. Damn near perfect (and who hasn't felt like blasting "Frankly Mr. Shankly" after a shit day at work?)

asleep, shoplifters of the world... , & i'd have to go with sheila take a bow though it's a close call over panic, ask, headmasters ritual, & girlfriend in a coma.

Taboo # 7 wrote:

bansheeman wrote: there's a light bigmouth i know its over

jesus all off queen is dead.thats why its my fav album i suppose.there peak but i love all the rest

It was a real struggle not to include Queen is Dead and Bigmouth on my original list. I've heard a little of the debut and all of Meat Is Murder, and I consider QID their best track-by-track album. Damn near perfect (and who hasn't felt like blasting "Frankly Mr. Shankly" after a shit day at work?)

yep.its my vote of most complete album ever by anyone

How Soon Is Now?

Unhappy Birthday

Reel Around The Fountain.

Oscillate Wildly You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

1.This Charming Man 2.Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 3.Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

Shug wrote: 1 Cemetry Gates 2 This Charming Man 3 Panic

Superb choices. The two former ones were in the running for my number three slot - they could have gone in there just as easily. Quality.

1.Panic

2.Shoplifters...

3.Heaven Knows...

Weren't the 80's the best decade for music ever?

1.) There is a light

2.) You've got everything now

3.) Suffer little Children

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Ask Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me

In no order:

Rusholme Ruffians That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

Fav albums would probably be Meat Is Murder or Strangeways

Just havent heard it yet Baby How Soon is now Queen is dead

says a lot when 2 b-sides get in your top 3.

Whatever happened to b-sides? Do they exist anymore?

How Soon Is Now?

There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out

This Charming Man

Uncle Liam wrote:

Boatraceface wrote: 1 Paint a vulgar picture

2 Boy with the thorn in his side

3 Please, please

As a footnote,Is Vinni Reilly the man behind Mozzers solo music, as has recently been suggested? Any clues?

Officially, vini played guitar on Viva Hate and the various B sides from that era. However, Vini himself claims that, with the exception of suedehead, he, not stephen street wrote all the music as well. I think he has a point, songs like Alsatian Cousin and Late Night Maudlin Street have clear vini influences. Although both Vini and Street claim to have written the songs from that time, i suppose only they themselves truly know.

Top 3 Smiths today:

1- Rubber Ring 2- Shoplifters 3- Paint A Vulgar Picture

And Mozzer does'nt give Vini the respect I'll bet..You know your onions bud, cheers..

1. bigmouth strikes again
2. stop me if you think you've heard this one before
3. panic! how soon the queen is now dead.

Boatraceface wrote:

Is Vinni Reilly the man behind Mozzers solo music, as has recently been suggested? Any clues?

He has certainly claimed this, but in a letter to Q Magazine, Stephen Street refuted these claims, saying he only played guitar (or something like that.)Whatever, Street is adament this is the truth.

There is a Light... Stop Me.. Please, Please...

Christopher Owens wrote:

Boatraceface wrote:

Is Vinni Reilly the man behind Mozzers solo music, as has recently been suggested? Any clues?

He has certainly claimed this, but in a letter to Q Magazine, Stephen Street refuted these claims, saying he only played guitar (or something like that.)Whatever, Street is adament this is the truth.

There is a Light... Stop Me.. Please, Please...

But theres no denying the fact that Vini had massive input on songs like Late Night Maudlin Street is there?

Quite liked a lot of their singles and various tracks, but they had some that grated on me (never cared much for William and Heaven as singles)

1. has to be There Is A Light

2. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

3. How Soon Is Now?

also the b-side instrumental track, Money Changes Everything, that Johnny Marr gave to Bryan Ferry for his song The Right Stuff.

1. This Charming Man
2. I want the one I can't have
3. Cemetry Gates

Last night i dreamt Stop me if youve heard this one before there is a light that never goes out

1 Panic 2 This Charming Man 3 Boy With A Thorn In His Side

reel around the fountain this charming man shoplifters

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: also the b-side instrumental track, Money Changes Everything, that Johnny Marr gave to Bryan Ferry for his song The Right Stuff.

i like the cyndi lauper version, myself.

There is a light I know it's over Ask

1, There is a light 2, cemetary gates 3, I know it's over

Pure coincidence they're all off the Queen is dead, (which incidentaly is of course my favorite Smiths album)

AgentWood wrote:

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: also the b-side instrumental track, Money Changes Everything, that Johnny Marr gave to Bryan Ferry for his song The Right Stuff.

i like the cyndi lauper version, myself.

Sorry, Ms. Wood, you lost me there, unless I'm still hungover from this weekend's festivites. They are actually two different songs with the same title; however, Cyndi's cover of Money, from Atlanta's The Brains, is quite superb, and a worthy hit.

Today it's

Never Had No One Ever

Well I Wonder

Girl Afraid

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: also the b-side instrumental track, Money Changes Everything, that Johnny Marr gave to Bryan Ferry for his song The Right Stuff.

i like the cyndi lauper version, myself.

Sorry, Ms. Wood, you lost me there, unless I'm still hungover from this weekend's festivites. They are actually two different songs with the same title; however, Cyndi's cover of Money, from Atlanta's The Brains, is quite superb, and a worthy hit.

i know--two different songs. just sayin' i like cyndi lauper's one.

Heaven knows

There is a light

and I just can't decide myself between I know it's over

or Girlfriend in a coma…

Or Bigmouth

AgentWood wrote:

3. panic! how soon the queen is now dead.

Oh, that's a good one!

There is a Light That Never Goes Out Bigmouth Strikes Again Hand in Glove

that joke isn't funny anymore back to the old house I know it's over

What Difference Does It make

Shoplifters of The World Unite

Girlfriend in a Coma

This Charming Man There is a Light Never Had No One Ever

He has certainly claimed this, but in a letter to Q Magazine, Stephen Street refuted these claims, saying he only played guitar (or something like that.)Whatever, Street is adament this is the truth.

Reilly himself said that his original role was to be that of a session guitarist on Viva Hate and nothing more. However, when he looked at the sheet music Street had written for the backing, he found it so horrendous that he refused to play on the album unless he was allowed to rewrite all of it from the ground-up. Street agreed on the grounds that he would still get sole credit for it. So Reilly rewrote everything on Viva Hate except Suedehead.

a) What Difference does it make

b) Stop me if you think you've heard this one before

c) What she said

• There's light that never goes out
• The headmaster ritual
• Asleep

Ed Dalder wrote: Shoplifters of The World Unite

read it yesterday. got the song in mind all day long !

1. This Charming Man
2. There is a Light
3. Please, Please

QID is their best album though Meat is Murder means more to me.

johnboy586 wrote:

1. This Charming Man
2. There is a Light
3. Please, Please

QID is their best album though Meat is Murder means more to me.

i went for a sunday carvery in blacko but they wouldnt let me serve my own roast spuds,only gave me 2,the bastards. by the way,great fav bands list you have.your the only other person ive seen with GENE on it.one of my fav bands of all time

1 The Queen is dead 2 There is a light that never goes out 3 I know its over

wait...it just changed in about 3 minutes! ;)

that's why i melded my #3 together and made one long song to account for the constant vascillations.

1)How soon is now 2)shoplifters of the world unite 3)what difference does it make

1. Half a Person
2. How Soon is Now
3. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Honorable Mention: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, Ask, Panic, Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Well I Wonder is a great one, too! Forgot about that classic!

1. I stick flower's up my arse
2. I am a miserable twat
3. I am talentless

Which albums are those on? :D

Asleep There is a light that never goes out Meat is murder

or How soon is now? /The Queen is dead/ Hand in glove

This Night Has Opened My Eyes. (The most overlooked Smiths' song.)

There Is A Light

Girl Afraid

Ask

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

Headmaster Ritual

You've Got Everything Now

Back To The Old House

Oscillate Wildly

Rusholme Ruffian

Cemetery Gates

Girlfriend In A Coma

Sweet And Tender Hooligan

Still Ill

Sorry, sorry, got carried away there................

bansheeman wrote:

johnboy586 wrote:

1. This Charming Man
2. There is a Light
3. Please, Please

QID is their best album though Meat is Murder means more to me.

i went for a sunday carvery in blacko but they wouldnt let me serve my own roast spuds,only gave me 2,the bastards. by the way,great fav bands list you have.your the only other person ive seen with GENE on it.one of my fav bands of all time

HA ha!! You murderer!! Actually my girlfriend was a veggie when I met her,then I took her for a pub lunch at the NO 3 pub in Lymm.Someone went past with a Sunday roast with thick gravy,and she succumbed to it over a Quorn burger.Hee hee. THE QUEEN IS DEAD was my first SMITS LP,and I got them all after that. Favorites are a bit difficult to choose.. 1 That Joke Isn't Funny anymore (one of my alltime fav songs) 2 Headmaster Ritual 3 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Would have chosen There Is A Light..seeing as I got married to the string quartet version,but seeing as it lasted 7 months? Well,at least it was longer than Britney's!:D

At the moment..?

Bigmouth Strikes Again The Boy With the Thorn in His Side There is a Light..

This Charming Man and Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now are also sublime. Also I seem to be addicted to The More You Ignore me (..etc) by Morrissey at the moment..

well that's a good one, but it's so unfair at the same time. couldn't it be 33 instead

apart from the obvious stunners:

sweet and tender hooligan asleep oscillate wildly

How Soon Is Now? I Know It's Over There Is A Light

all the old ones, oh right they're all old. no seriously i don't mind the smiths.

Good question....

There Is A Light..... (best Smiths song, no question) Oscilate Wildly The Headmaster Ritual (It strikes a chord with me more than any other....I went to St Mary's

How soon is now ? ( remember it as it almost yesterday being No 1 in JP's Festive 50 in 1984 - I was on Carlisle station at the time ) There is a light ........ Queen is Dead

suffer little children i know it's over sweet and tender hooligan

1. There's a light
2. Charming Man
3. Bigmouth strikes again

side note: Every Day is like Sunday is probably my fav Morrissey/Smiths song.

Anyone off to the Smiths/Morrissey night at The Star & Garter this Friday?

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out(I read an Electronic interview with Johnny Marr where he blew the lid off the "Orchestrazia Ardwick" strings and flute contribution by confessing that it was actually his handiwork on an Emulator. At the time, I think he said it was a real orchestra to pacify a synth-phobic Morrisey. Still class stuff though).

2. How Soon Is Now?

3. Bigmouth Strikes Again(does anybody else remember The Ukrainians doing a cover of this?)

• There Is A Light
• I Won't Share You
• Asleep

I really can't get Asleep out of my head this week.

This is really difficult!

Today's three:

London Barbarism Begins At Home I Want The One I Can't Have

monty wrote: Anyone off to the Smiths/Morrissey night at The Star & Garter this Friday?

I would, but its New Order next week so need to save up.

Yeah I'm the same,Liam.Like that whether to go or not,but I've not been since about February!! WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS!