The Smiths....are good?

dazedcola · 01.24.2010, 08:14 PM

I've always been repulsed by anything related to Morissey because of his infamous prissy diva actions that made him out to be a whiny person but then I heard their song "please please please let me get what i want" in that 500 days of summer movie and was really moved by it. It's completely made me rethink the band and now I'm on the lookout for a great album by them. Which one has the sound most like that song?

Anyone else get into them by accident when you realized morissey isnt an annoyingly anal prick all the time?

SuperCreep · 01.24.2010, 08:21 PM

i'd go with the "louder than bombs" comp. it seems to be the smiths album for people who hate the smiths.

atsonicpark · 01.24.2010, 09:05 PM

Yeah... The Smiths.. I LOVED them a lot 10 years ago. Louder than Bombs is still great though. AMAZING guitarist, but eh...

Dead-Air · 01.24.2010, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dazedcola

Anyone else get into them by accident when you realized morissey isnt an annoyingly anal prick all the time?

But he basically is!

I've learned to appreciate the music and even the song writing, which is at times brilliant. But that doesn't make him any less whiny, self-righteous, and generally full of it.

atsonicpark · 01.24.2010, 09:08 PM

He definitely was the worst part of that band..

jimbrim · 01.24.2010, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperCreep

i'd go with the "louder than bombs" comp. it seems to be the smiths album for people who hate the smiths.

why's that, aren't a lot of those tracks from their albums anyway?

i would go with the self titled or queen is dead, both are solid records.

atsonicpark · 01.24.2010, 09:12 PM

Louder than Bombs is a comp of singles and shit. None of the songs are from other albums except Hand in Glove, which is on a few of their albums.

I'd say Queen is Dead is their worst. Strangeways is unfairly neglected -- it has their best song ("stop Me if you Think You've Heard THis One Before").

Actually, their best, by far, is probably Hatful of Hollow -- it has better versions of previously-released songs like THESE THINGS TAKE TIME, a lot of the songs are way different, it's like a best of with better recorded versions.

But yeah, Louder has like 16 or 17 truely great songs on it, so go there.

jimbrim · 01.24.2010, 09:19 PM

morrissey isnt even in my favourite smiths track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S9AR9S3p0

automatic bzooty · 01.24.2010, 10:12 PM

i liked the smiths a few years ago, and then i resolved to hate them... but that's over, i guess, as i've been listening to hatful of hollow a lot lately.

morrissey's a dick but so's most everyone else i listen to. eh.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.24.2010, 10:53 PM

I fucking hate Morrissey.
I fucking love The Smiths.

deflinus · 01.24.2010, 11:13 PM

no shit, sherlock

jk

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.24.2010, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by deflinus

no shit, sherlock

jk

Yeah, I almost added "Just like every fucking Smiths fan ever" but I forgot to.

SuperCreep · 01.24.2010, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbrim

why's that, aren't a lot of those tracks from their albums anyway?

i'm not sure why that album. i'm just basing it off the few people i know that hate the smiths. i guess it "rocks" harder without too much of the soft stuff.

looking glass spectacle · 01.25.2010, 12:35 AM

the smiths... the guy from modest mouse's old band, right? johnny marr, i thought... who the fuck is morrissey?

Trasher02 · 01.25.2010, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

I fucking hate Morrissey.
I fucking love The Smiths.

You pretty much nailed it right there.

radarmaker · 01.25.2010, 07:29 AM

I find it impossible to trust anyone who doesn't like The Smiths at least a little.

atsonicpark · 01.25.2010, 07:49 AM

Why is that?

Keeping It Simple · 01.25.2010, 08:14 AM

I've never liked The Smiths. I gave the local library's copy of the band's reputed best album "The Queen is Dead" a listen and was appalled by it's insipidness. One of the most overrated bands ever.

SuperCreep · 01.25.2010, 08:17 AM

morrissey's favorite fall song is "lie dream of a casino soul." he should get some mad rep for that. he plays it before each of his shows too.

greedrex · 01.25.2010, 08:46 AM

shitty and way overrated!

01.24.2010, 08:14 PM	#1
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	I've always been repulsed by anything related to Morissey because of his infamous prissy diva actions that made him out to be a whiny person but then I heard their song "please please please let me get what i want" in that 500 days of summer movie and was really moved by it. It's completely made me rethink the band and now I'm on the lookout for a great album by them. Which one has the sound most like that song? Anyone else get into them by accident when you realized morissey isnt an annoyingly anal prick all the time? __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	i'd go with the "louder than bombs" comp. it seems to be the smiths album for people who hate the smiths. __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah... The Smiths.. I LOVED them a lot 10 years ago. Louder than Bombs is still great though. AMAZING guitarist, but eh... __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	He definitely was the worst part of that band.. __________________
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01.24.2010, 09:12 PM	#7
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Louder than Bombs is a comp of singles and shit. None of the songs are from other albums except Hand in Glove, which is on a few of their albums. I'd say Queen is Dead is their worst. Strangeways is unfairly neglected -- it has their best song ("stop Me if you Think You've Heard THis One Before"). Actually, their best, by far, is probably Hatful of Hollow -- it has better versions of previously-released songs like THESE THINGS TAKE TIME, a lot of the songs are way different, it's like a best of with better recorded versions. But yeah, Louder has like 16 or 17 truely great songs on it, so go there. __________________
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jimbrim expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,308	morrissey isnt even in my favourite smiths track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S9AR9S3p0
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automatic bzooty invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,859	i liked the smiths a few years ago, and then i resolved to hate them... but that's over, i guess, as i've been listening to hatful of hollow a lot lately. morrissey's a dick but so's most everyone else i listen to. eh.
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I fucking hate Morrissey. I fucking love The Smiths. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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deflinus expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the darkest part of your mind Posts: 1,737	no shit, sherlock jk
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looking glass spectacle 100% Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 591	the smiths... the guy from modest mouse's old band, right? johnny marr, i thought... who the fuck is morrissey? __________________
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radarmaker the end of the ugly Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,123	I find it impossible to trust anyone who doesn't like The Smiths at least a little.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Why is that? __________________
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Keeping It Simple invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,721	I've never liked The Smiths. I gave the local library's copy of the band's reputed best album "The Queen is Dead" a listen and was appalled by it's insipidness. One of the most overrated bands ever.
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	morrissey's favorite fall song is "lie dream of a casino soul." he should get some mad rep for that. he plays it before each of his shows too. __________________
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greedrex invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in yr fotobukit Posts: 6,588	shitty and way overrated! __________________ Greed Recordings bandcamp ~The Rex~, stalkin' yr shit since 2008.
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