The Smiths

Post by **Marduk** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:55 pm

Oh, it was awesome to hear that there are board writers who love the Smiths as well. I've been listening to them for, seriously, 15+ years. They were old even when I started listening to them. I guess that's what happens when you are the youngest of six, you get some old music tastes.

I agree with pretty much all the posts, but I think please, please, please let me get what I want is their best.

Honorable mentions that were not mentioned:

Shakespeare's sister
Sheila take a bow
The boy with the thorn in his side
stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Last night dreamt that somebody loved me

Cognoscente · Post by **Cognoscente** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:59 pm

I guess you like the twee, cheerful melancholy tracks, huh Marduk? You'd be in Claudio's camp, then. He chewed me out for not listing This Charming Man... which I can understand, since it's a great song. Still Ill too. I could go on.

Really, it's hard to go wrong with the Smiths.

Post by **Marduk** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:33 pm

Well, I honestly like the others better. But those were already mentioned. If I were to list, say, top five, it would probably go

1. Please, Please, Please let me get what I want
2. I know it's over (this might even be number one, just depending on the day)
3. What difference does it make?
4. That Joke isn't funny anymore
5. Frankly, Mr. Shankly

Cognoscente · Post by **Cognoscente** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:38 pm

A few energetic favorites of mine I neglected to mention:

The Queen is Dead - when that opening drum pulse gets started I get chills. This song is great LOUD.
A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours - another great opener.

Post by **Marduk** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:01 pm

Ok, one more. How could we have a discussion of the saddest Smiths songs without mentioning "Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me". I mean, even the title is depressing.

Cognoscente · Post by **Cognoscente** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:13 pm

*Bump*

Did anyone who has never listened to the Smiths listen to any of the songs I linked to? What did you think?

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:47 pm

I haven't. But none of you would probably share the same musical tastes that I do.

However, Coggers, just for you, I will listen to some of their music.

If you wanted to provide youtube links to some of their (Say 4, because the Chinese word for 4 is san, which reminds me of some.) more accessible songs, then I would be even more likely to listen to them.

Cognoscente · Post by **Cognoscente** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:11 pm

http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=56119

Here's 20-ish. Listen to all of them. Start with the best guitar songs, and move from there.