I think it might be easier to list the Smiths songs I don't like - and there are not many.
I've never liked Accept Yourself. Morrissey's lyric is clumsy.
Barbarism Begins at Home has some nice bass from Andy Rourke, but it goes on way too long.
Meat Is Murder is another clunker. Those two tracks really drag down the LP of the same name in my opinion.
Work is a Four Letter Word / Golden Lights are trite - slap dashed covers. They're listenable, but that's all I'll say about them.
I Keep Mine Hidden is another weak track and a bummer of a way to go out.
I like "I Keep Mine Hidden." It's a bit slight, sure, but it's jaunty.
To add to your list, which I otherwise agree with, "Miserable Lie" is easily my most skipped Smiths song. Absolutely nothing appealing about it. "Unhappy Birthday" is on the meh side, as well.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Studio version of This Night Has Opened My Eyes. Recorded Summer 1984 at the same session that yielded William, It Was Really Nothing. I prefer the "live" Peel Session version from Fall 1983.
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." - Oscar Gamble
Monitor mix of Ask, which is a fun listen as you get to hear the song in it's work in progress state. This song became a point of contention between Morrissey and Marr. Marr and producer John Porter had come up with a very complex guitar arrangement, essentially weaving a bunch of parts together to create this huge sound. It was supposed to be mixed once they returned from a short tour of the States, but Morrissey went behind the backs of Marr and Porter and had Steve Lillywhite mix the track. He did an okay job, but he didn't have the blueprint that Porter had put together.
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." - Oscar Gamble
I've never liked Accept Yourself. Morrissey's lyric is clumsy.
I love that lyric and way Morrissey progresses from looking for someone to blame, to running out of people to blame and finally realising he is the one to blame.
"Others conquered love but I ran, I sat in my room and I drew up a plan but plans can fall through and so often they do" is, I imagine, the perfect description of Morrissey as a youth.
Monitor mix of Ask, which is a fun listen as you get to hear the song in it's work in progress state. This song became a point of contention between Morrissey and Marr. Marr and producer John Porter had come up with a very complex guitar arrangement, essentially weaving a bunch of parts together to create this huge sound. It was supposed to be mixed once they returned from a short tour of the States, but Morrissey went behind the backs of Marr and Porter and had Steve Lillywhite mix the track. He did an okay job, but he didn't have the blueprint that Porter had put together.
I do like the extra guitar in the mix, totally changes the sound of it to my ears.
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
On the one hand, yeah, we all know that frustration and how it feels unjust, but Morrissey, of course, has to go that extra mile of dickishness. Taking it out on the flight crew is the Karen route.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
On the one hand, yeah, we all know that frustration and how it feels unjust, but Morrissey, of course, has to go that extra mile of dickishness. Taking it out on the flight crew is the Karen route.
Hello,
"Morrissey is a Karen" - that would make a good t-shirt. I'm trademarking it later this afternoon.
On the one hand, yeah, we all know that frustration and how it feels unjust, but Morrissey, of course, has to go that extra mile of dickishness. Taking it out on the flight crew is the Karen route.
Hello,
"Morrissey is a Karen" - that would make a good t-shirt. I'm trademarking it later this afternoon.
I’ll take 10% of all profits.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
On the one hand, yeah, we all know that frustration and how it feels unjust, but Morrissey, of course, has to go that extra mile of dickishness. Taking it out on the flight crew is the Karen route.
Hello,
"Morrissey is a Karen" - that would make a good t-shirt. I'm trademarking it later this afternoon.
There is a track on his new LP called "Please, Please, Please Let Me Speak to the Manager"
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." - Oscar Gamble
On the one hand, yeah, we all know that frustration and how it feels unjust, but Morrissey, of course, has to go that extra mile of dickishness. Taking it out on the flight crew is the Karen route.
Hello,
"Morrissey is a Karen" - that would make a good t-shirt. I'm trademarking it later this afternoon.
There is a track on his new LP called "Please, Please, Please Let Me Speak to the Manager"
"Heaven Knows That's Not What I Ordered!"
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
In my most recent Popcast, I posited that Morrissey might re-record Panic with the far-right baiting chorus "Hang the nonces, hang the nonces, hang the nonces."
a lifetime serving one machine
Is ten times worse than prison
In my most recent Popcast, I posited that Morrissey might re-record Panic with the far-right baiting chorus "Hang the nonces, hang the nonces, hang the nonces."
One of the sad things about Morrissey is that his music has meant so much to so many people. It definitely meant something to me as an awkward teenager. It's been very sad to see him reveal himself as an absolute troll.
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." - Oscar Gamble