The Smiths appreciation thread

[Dr Mindbender]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fRtYNPRXkYU

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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9AlH2oYedfk

[Sam_b]

In b4 the Morrissey hate etc....

The Smiths are my favourite band of all time, actually. It's just the combination of Morrissey's lyrics and how the band gel: needless to say that Johnny Marr is an incredible guitarist.

Best album? Meat is Murder. The original, not the re-issue with 'How Soon Is Now?' because it cuts up the flow of the album.

[Post-Something]

LOVE The Smiths.

Sam_b, are you going to see Morrissey when he comes down? I'm thinking of it, although tickets are quite dear...

[Bilan]

The Smiths are definitely one of my favourite bands.
They're wonderful!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs-QttEvMfk

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=CPqe4picy7A

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=arSjSmBzOuk

[Sam_b]

Sam_b, are you going to see Morrissey when he comes down? I'm thinking of it, although tickets are quite dear...

I'll be in Prague, unfortunately.

Saw him in 2006. I have a bit of his shirt on my wall :D

[Invader Zim]

Great band. I saw Johnny Marr in 2007 playing with Modest Mouse.

[Wanted Man]

Thanks for posting this thread. The Smiths ftw.

[Sam_b]

Great band. I saw Johnny Marr in 2007 playing with Modest Mouse

Same here :cool:

[Killfacer]

Also one of my favourite bands ever. I like some of his solo stuff too (morrissey)

[Dr Mindbender]

Vs-QttEvMfk


I've stood in the very location where this was filmed, it's ordsall in manchester.

The red brick building they cycled past was the salford lad's club.

It's all closed down now, sadly. :crying:

[Intifadah]

I expected zoolander to be in about this thread like an MP with an expenses sheet.

[Angry Young Man]

I appreciate

[Dr Mindbender]

and just whyyyyyyyyy is this thread at the bottom of the page? ;)

Bump.

[thejambo1]

saw them in inverness way back in time, they were shit hot. i just love "hand in glove". great song.:)

[Zurdito]

One of the greatest bands of all time, respect. Without the smiths or mozza a lot of good bands since wouldn't have existed.

[Angry Young Man]

This thread wants stickying.

[ls]

Also one of my favourite bands ever. I like some of his solo stuff too (morrissey)

:lol: I don't care but this one is pretty good IMO, yeah you laugh!

Morrissey - You're the one for me fatty


And yes The Smiths are an excellent and pioneering band.

[cop an Attitude]

I know a bunch of people who love the smiths but hate "girfriend in a coma". I have no Idea why but I still find it awesome.

[Holden Caulfield]

girlfriend in a coma sucks, along with 'some girls are bigger than others'

needless to say I love the smiths,
I would never meet Morrisey given the chance, the man is intolerabe. A genius, and an arse in equal measures

[Invader Zim]

girlfriend in a coma sucks, along with 'some girls are bigger than others'




Wrong on both counts.

Incidentally Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others has some of the best lyrics Morrissey ever penned. Though many fans dislike them but I would guess that is because they can't spot irony.

'From the ice age to the dole age,
there is but one concern,
I have just discovered,
some girls are bigger than others'

...

'As Antony said to cleopatra,
as he opened a crate of ale,
"oh I say,
some girls are bigger than others"'

Makes me chuckle every time I here it.

[Holden Caulfield]

^ i like those particualr lyrics myself, but on the whole the song isn't anywhere near as good as other stuff he has done.

[Angry Young Man]

Vicar in a tutu is the funniest song.

'As Rose collects the money in the canister,
Who comes a-sliding down the bannister'

Now is someone gonna have done and sticky this thread? It's just that this was the most fantastically successful appreciation thread, and as the Smiths are so adored, it should be preserved.

[Invader Zim]

Vicar in a tutu is the funniest song.

'As Rose collects the money in the canister,
Who comes a-sliding down the bannister'

Now is someone gonna have done and sticky this thread? It's just that this was the most fantastically successful appreciation thread, and as the Smiths are so adored, it should be preserved.

Or we could just ensure it never dies by preserving it outselves?

[Angry Young Man]

But when it inevitably slips...

Besides, the most important threads get stickied.

[Angry Young Man]

Bump. Now will you consider stickying. Orwell has a sticky in L&F!

[Socialistpenguin]

Oh hey, did someone say 'Smiths' and 'appreciation' in the same title?

Big fan of the Smiths and Morrissey's solo work: 'Rubber Ring', 'You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby', 'A Rush and A Push...' and 'Miserable Lie' are amongst my favourite songs, not forgetting 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'.

The Smiths' music really helped me get through some dark years at high school, and I've been listening to 'em ever since.

[Led Zeppelin]

The Smiths are good, but not that good.

They don't even come close to artists like Bob Dylan, and since they don't have stickies, The Smiths won't have one either.

[Pirate Utopian]

Although I dont like The Smiths, that's very subjective.

[Led Zeppelin]

You would have had a good point if I had actually stickied a thread about any artist based on that "subjective" view of mine.

But I haven't, and I won't.

[Dr Mindbender]

The Smiths are good, but not that good.

They don't even come close to artists like Bob Dylan, and since they don't have stickies, The Smiths won't have one either.

give dylan a sticky then, so we can get back to the debate on the sticky-worthiness of the Smiths.

:D

[Invader Zim]

The Smiths are good, but not that good.

They don't even come close to artists like Bob Dylan, and since they don't have stickies, The Smiths won't have one either.

But this raises a more fundermental question, why does Bobby D. not have a stickied thread dedicated to his brilliance?

[Led Zeppelin]

Because it will trigger a wave of sticky requests. :p

[Invader Zim]

Because it will trigger a wave of sticky requests. :p

With the exception of Smiths fans, slap those fuckers down.

[Redmau5]

I expected zoolander to be in about this thread like an MP with an expenses sheet.

Right here. Smiths are teh R0xx0r seck5.

[Led Zeppelin]

With the exception of Smiths fans, slap those fuckers down.

But I'll have to slap down Smiths fans as well 'cause I don't believe they deserve to be next to Dylan, so it's best if we let it be as it is. :p

Besides, I'll be forced to add such artists as Led Zeppelin!

[Invader Zim]

But I'll have to slap down Smiths fans as well 'cause I don't believe they deserve to be next to Dylan, so it's best if we let it be as it is. :p

Besides, I'll be forced to add such artists as Led Zeppelin!

When did you cease being cool and become 'The Man'.;)

[Angry Young Man]

Not everyone in L+F likes Orwell, but he has an appr. thread.

Give the Smiths one!

[scarletghoul]

Orwell shouldn't be stickied...
A thread that is relevent enough will generate enough activity and stick around anyway, without needing to be stickied.