Give me your 10 track Best of The Smiths

The Queen Is Dead
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
I Know It's Over
Never Had No One Ever
Cemetry Gates
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Vicar In A Tutu
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Dave
 
1. Reel Around the Fountain
2. Still ill
3. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
4. Well I Wonder
5. Paint A Vulgar Picture
6. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
7. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
8. Ask
9. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
10. What She Said
 
1. Jeane
2. Paint a vulgar picture
3. Shakespeare's sister
4. The boy with a thorn in his side
5. Well, I wonder
6. You've got everything now
7. Girl afraid
8. Unlovable
9. William, it was really nothing
10. Please, please, please, let me get what I want
 
thats the song I had to not put on to get the other 24 on 1 CD :straightface:
thanks for reminding me, I must put it on the next comp I make :thumb:

Ugh, I hate that. You have finally perfected the compilation and you are all excited, and then you have to pick which song to get rid of. It is annoying and the cd isn't as perfect.
 
The Queen Is Dead
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
I Know It's Over
Never Had No One Ever
Cemetry Gates
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Vicar In A Tutu
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Dave

Can't see this one working. It's a bunch of disparate tracks assembled very clumsily.
 
1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. Bigmouth Strikes Again
3. Unloveable
4. A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours
5. Cemetry Gates
6. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
7. William It Was Really Nothing
8. I Won't Share You
9. This Charming Man
10. How Soon Is Now? (popular and borderline cliche, but still great)

Honorable Mentions: Rubber Ring (fantastic lyric!), Stretch Out And Wait (original from LOUDER THAN BOMBS... I prefer the "three day debate" version)
 
boy with the thorn in his side
suffer little children
sweet and tender hooligan
paint a vulgar picture
reel around the fountain
still ill
rusholme ruffians
miserable lie
a rush and a push and the land is ours
i started something i couldn't finish
 
would it be trolling if I gave titles like
1. The Seal With The Axe In It's Head

:D
 
Impossible task! But here is my attempt: in a random order..

I wont share you
Still ill
There is a light that never goes out
I know its over
The boy with a thorn in his side
Hand in glove
Asleep
Back to the old house
hmm...
Half a person
aaand..
Please please please let me get what I want
(If I could have twelve I'd put Rubber Ring and Reel around the fountain in there as well)

The song I'm most into at the moment is Headmasters Ritual though:)
 
1. A Rush and A Push
2. Bigmouth Strikes Again
3. Marie's the Name/Rusholme Ruffians
4.
5. The Queen Is Dead
Side Two
6. Still Ill
7.
8.
9.
10.Asleep

Still thinking about it
 
1. Accept Yourself
2. Reel Around The Fountain
3. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
4. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
5. Hand In Glove
6. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
7. Meat Is Murder
8. The Headmaster's Ritual
9. Shakespear's Sister
10. Rusholme Ruffians
 
01) how soon is now?
02) the headmaster ritual
03) half a person
04) reel around the fountain
05) still ill
06) rubber ring
07) william, it was really nothing
08) paint a vulgar picture
09) i know its over
10) there is a light...
 
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1. What Difference Does it Make?
2. Handsome Devil
3. Sweet and Tender Hooligan
4. Rusholme Ruffians
5. What She Said
6. Jeanne
7. I Started Something
8. Paint a Vulgar Picture
9. How Soon is Now?
10. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
 
1. Still ill
2. Hand In Glove
3. The headmaster ritual
4. Panic
5. There is a light that never goes out
6. I won't share you
7. Please please, please, let me get what I want
8. rubber ring
9. bigmouth strikes again
10. how soon is now?
 
Here we go:
1) Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours
2) Shoplifter's of the World Unite
3) Girlfriend in Coma
4) Bigmouth Strikes Again
5) Half a Person
6) There is a Light that Never Goes Out
7) This Charming Man
8) The Queen Is Dead
9) Death at One's Elbow
10) Paint a Vulgar Picture
 
Here we go:
1) Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours
2) Shoplifter's of the World Unite
3) Girlfriend in Coma
4) Bigmouth Strikes Again
5) Half a Person
6) There is a Light that Never Goes Out
7) This Charming Man
8) The Queen Is Dead
9) Death at One's Elbow
10) Paint a Vulgar Picture

I like this one. :)
 
I like this one. :)

Thanks. Although, I was going to go back and add that the compilation are the songs I like to listen to the most. I'm not suggesting that these are his best songs, merely the ones I always enjoy.

Depending on my mood, I'd be open to swapping tracks out with my other favorites: Cemetry Gates, Reel Around the Fountain (the Best of the Smiths version), and The Headmaster Ritual.

Also, on the original list as on many of my mixed Cd creations, I invariably start all my Smith's compilations with either: Rush and a Push, or The Queen is Dead. So, on my original list with the Queen is Dead wedged in as the 8th track, I'd opt for the harder to find version which omits the "Dear old blighty..." portion which begins the classic version in favor of what I believe was an official radio edit of The Queen is Dead. It helps the flow of the compilation.

I also like ending all my Smith's compilations with Paint a Vulgar Picture, in much the same way I tend to end all my Morrissey compilations with Speedway. To me they are wonderful album enders.

Cheers,

V
 
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