Top 10 Smiths/Morrissey songs

[nowherefast944]

Welcome to solo, FrankenMoz!

Charmed has ruined HSIN? for me, too.





I find it too hard and too frustrating to try to list a top 10.

 

[columbula]

I left out 'How Soon Is Now'. I realize it's a Smiths classic and was one of their best known songs, but i absolutely hate it because here in North America it is more known in the last 10 years as being the theme song to the cheesy tv show "Charmed" which starred Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano. I hate it when they allow classic songs to be ruined by television shows.

I'm not a fan of HSIN, but because it's so long and repetitive and slightly boring. (better than a lot of songs, but compared to most Smiths songs it's a dud. But it's gotten better after seeing it live.)

I love Shannen Doherty because I have a strange fascination with 90210 and the teen culture of the early '90s. But yes, that cover was horrendous.

 

[zacksfansite]

My favorites are usually relative to my mood or state of mind over a period of time. During this time I usually exaggerate the greatness of a song. So technically this isn't a top 10 greats list.

At the current moment:

Morrissey

01. At Amber
02. Roy's Keen
03. He Knows I'd Love to See Him
04. Whatever Happens, I Love You
05. The Lazy Sunbathers
06. Why Don't You Find out for Yourself
07. The National Front Disco
08. Black-Eyed Susan
09. Tomorrow
10. You're the One for Me, Fatty (Beethoven Was Deaf)

The Smiths

01. I Want the One I Can't Have
02. This Charming Man
03. How Soon Is Now? (Dance With Octopuses)
04. I Keep Mine Hidden
05. Nowhere Fast
06. Sweet and Tender Hooligan
07. These Things Take Time
08. Hand in Glove
09. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
10. Death at One's Elbow

 

[FallOfFingolfin]

The Smiths:

I Know It's Over
Please, Please, Please
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
William, It Was Really Nothing
Still Ill
Jeane
Cemetry Gates
Stretch Out and Wait
Asleep
Suffer Little Children

Morrissey:

Everyday is Like Sunday
Now My Heart is Full
Speedway
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
National Front Disco
We'll Let You Know
Seasick
Come Back to Camden
Interesting Drug
Late Night, Maudlin Street

 

[Corrissey]

Interesting Drug

: How'd I forget that one! It's just too hard to choose 10. Or 15. Or 20.

 

[This charming man.]

Morrissey

The Last Of The Famous International Playboys.
Certain People I Know
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Suedehead
Billy Budd
In The Future When All's Well
Speedway
National Front Disco
Spring-Heeled Jim

The Smiths

Reel Around The Fountain
Stretch Out And Wait
The Queen Is Dead
Rusholme Ruffians
A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
Last Night I Dreamt
Half A Person
Shoplifters Of The World
Sheila Take A Bow
Panic.

 

[jm26]

Both in no particular order

Morrissey

Irish Blood, English Heart
First Of The Gang To Die
I Have Forgiven Jesus
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Everyday Is Like Sunday
You Have Killed Me
Suedehead
The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Life Is A Pigsty
Seasick, Yet Still Docked

The Smiths

Panic
Still Ill
The Queen Is Dead
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Headmaster Ritual
This Charming Man
Please, Please, Please Let Met Get What I want
How Soon Is Now

 

[Pokey]

Order isn't exact

There is a light that never goes out
Still ill
Well I Wonder
The boy with a thorn in his side
Asleep
Rubber Ring
The Queen is Dead
Hand in Glove
I know it's over
Wonderful Woman

The last of the famous international playboys
Lucky Lisp
Seasick, Yet still docked
Jack the Ripper (live)
Late night, Maudlin Street
Sudehead
Picadilly Palare
Goodlooking Man About Town
Come back to Camden
Something is Squeezing my Skull

and i was thinking too, i wonder what moz's top 10 would be ... he always says he only performs the songs HE wants to perform, so just off the top of my head i thought of the top 10 he probably keeps around the most, so maybe something like: (in no order)

Irish Blood, English Heart
First of the gang to die
Jack the Ripper
The World is full of crashing bores
How Soon is Now?
Let me kiss you
Life is a pigsty
Last night i dreamt that somebody loved me
That's how people grow up
All you need is me
Everyday is like Sunday

 

[junkpile]

today i'd say:

Smiths

01. Still Ill
02. Girl Afraid
03. What She Said
04. This Night Has Opened My Eyes
05. Nowhere Fast
06. Well I Wonder
07. These Things Take Time
08. I Won't Share You
09. Vicar In A Tutu
10. Stretch Out And Wait

Morrissey

01. Late Night, Maudlin Street
02. Disappointed
03. Southpaw
04. Maladjusted
05. I Have Forgiven Jesus
06. Life Is A Pigsty
07. When I Last Spoke To Carol
08. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
09. Seasick, Yet Still Docked
10. Jack The Ripper

Edit: "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys" is an all time favourite, so this might slip in insteadda Jack

 

[bm20950]

I'm not a fan of HSIN, but because it's so long and repetitive and slightly boring. (better than a lot of songs, but compared to most Smiths songs it's a dud. But it's gotten better after seeing it live.)

That version in madrid showed how brilliant the song really is, however many silly levels of production nonsence and mis-interpretations by dim-witted fools over the years have tarnished it.

 

[mozully]

The smiths

1. what difference does it make
2. bigmouth strikes again
3. barbrism begings at home
4. still ill
5. handsome devil
6. i know its over
7. nowhere fast
8. please please please let me get what i want
9. heaven knows i'm miserable now
10. last night i dreamt that somebody loved me

morrissey

1. now my heart is full
2. my love life
3. sister i'm a poet
4. the loop
5. tomorrow
6. late night maudlin street
7. national front disco
8. why dont you find out for yourself
9. life is a pigsty
10. picadilly palare