Smokie / Smiths

[ALLIE WALLS]

Listening to a 70 s show on Youtube i noticed this
Smokie dont play your rock and roll to me seems similar to something or other dont you think.

 

[BookishBoy]

Never heard that before, but yeah that's another song that rips off "Marie's the Name..."

 

[ALLIE WALLS]

Never heard that before, but yeah that's another song that rips off "Marie's the Name..."

It sounds more of a direct inspiration for Rusholme ruffians than Maries the name though they would never admit to ripping off Smokie would they. I had heard a few years back that there was an unreleased cover version of living next door to Alice languishing in Dale Hibberts mothers attic.