Favorite song by the Smiths?

[a_random_joel]

Another thread jogged my memory about this great band. Haven't listened to them lately. One of my all-time favs is Oscillate Wildly, although it is an instrumental and not too well known, so I will not include it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. I started something

[Fenris]

2. Oh, man, my alter DUer would have to answer ALL OF THEM

That's just smiths_fan_21384....he gets out sometimes.

And oscillate wildly IS an amazing song.

ON EDIT: My vote goes to "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"

[a_random_joel]

3. I knew you'd show up

:hi:
Yes, Oscillate Wildly is hauntingly beautiful.

On Edit: I had to go with There is a Light...

[Whitacre D_WI]

4. "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"

Is the FUNNIEST SONG EVER! :bounce:

[a_random_joel]

9. Agreed

Although Stop Me has this gem:

"And the pain was enough to make
A shy, bald, buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder"

It doesn't get any better than that IMO.

[Fenris]

11. Remember this one too

Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said
I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.

Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said
by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed.

Morrissey was one of the funniest lyricists.

[Whitacre D_WI]

13. Or:

"Poor woman.
Strangled in her very own bed as she read,
but that's okay:
'cause she was old and she would have died anyway."

[Whitacre D_WI]

14. How about:

Heifer whines could be child's cries....

[Fenris]

15. LOL! I forgot about that one:)

That one ALWAYS makes me smile!:D

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Torn between Panic and TIALTNGO. Chose Panic.

Hang the DJ!

[a_random_joel]

6. Yes, I'm a DJ

but I still dig that song.

[SidDithers]

7. Had to go with Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want...

Short, sweet, and to the point.

So, for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time.

Think I'll go dig out the album :)

Sid

[xultar]

18. My favorite. I'm going to dig out the CD as well! n/t

[MikeG]

8. What about "Boy with the Thorn in His Side"?

[meow mix]

22. thats my favorite too

=)

[wellstone_democrat]

10. meat is murder

that *was* the Smiths wasn't it? Or am I losing my mind.

[Fenris]

12. 'Twas!

:)

[chicaloca]

23. whoa...

I was just about to ask that question--you just read my mind! Although it's really sad in my case that I was going to ask because I have the CD in my bedroom (which is about two steps away but I'm too lazy to go look) and I used that song in a documentary that I did for a visual journalism class. :dunce:

[mitchum]

16. None of them, but I love the interviews

[ellie]

17. A three-way tie between

Oscillate Wildly, Sheila Take A Bow, and What Difference Does It Make?

[bicentennial_baby]

19. The Queen is Dead

or This Night has Opened my Eyes

[Fenris]

21. I LOVE that song

More than others. In fact, I should have picked that one.

The dream is gone,
But the baby is real...

[ajacobson]

20. Frankly Mr Shankly

is my fave

ah, for the days when the 21st century was breathing down our necks...

I miss the 80s, can you believe it? Not everything, but the music was so much better than now, IMHO.

[sistersofmercy]

24. Bigmouth Strikes Again

Makes me laugh everytime. I truly love The Smiths and Morrissey's solo work. Ask is another favorite of mine from The Smiths. Thank you, what a great poll!

[a_random_joel]

25. Yeah, some of Morissey's solo stuff is very cool as well.

Some of it got kind of pretentious, but that first solo album was really good.

Suedehead and EveryDay is Like Sunday are my two favs off that.

[sistersofmercy]

29. My favs from that cd is Break Up the Family

Hairdresser On Fire and Dial A Cliche. My sig line used to be "the strange logic in your clumsiest line it stayed emblazoned on my mind" from Break Up The Family, my personal dedication to bush*. But now I choose to lighten up and use a line from The King and I song Shall We Dance. I love November Spawned A Monster from Bona Drag.

[Loonman]

26. "Reel Around The Fountain"

"London"
"This Night Has Opened My Eyes"
"Rusholme Ruffians"
"Girlfriend in a Coma"
"The Hand That Rocks The Cradle"
"Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"
"The Draize Train"
"Ask"
"The Death of a Disco Dancer"

[meow mix]

27. also GirlFriend ina CoMa and Sheila take a Bow,

your a girl and ima boy...
love, love, la la lalalala
love, love, lalalala

[Jack The Tab]

28. "Accept Yourself", a bit obscure, but the lyrics are tops!

I love that song, a very early song by them. Great tune...