I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour...

Da Shins Kelly · 29-10-2012 5:07am

Okay, I need to stop. I shall depart with this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMQbzLrvwlE

K-9 · 29-10-2012 5:08am

El Weirdo wrote: »

Banned x 1000

Fishermans Blues beats anything the SMYTHSever did.

Sadness yet uplifting!

K-9 · 29-10-2012 5:12am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKouBHarIo

Depressing yet upllifting.

Fecking amateurs the Smyths.

SEPT 23 1989 · 29-10-2012 5:12am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQp3JMZ7wa0

El Weirdo · 29-10-2012 5:13am

K-9 wrote: »

Fishermans Blues beats anything the SMYTHSever did.

Sadness yet uplifting!

Now you're just trolling.

I'm going to bed. I expect this to be in the Legendary Threads thread by the time I get up.

K-9 · 29-10-2012 5:17am

El Weirdo wrote: »

Now you're just trolling.

Fishermens Blues will be in the legendary threads, about time under rated bands got recognition and wrongs got righted. Jimmy Saville liked the Smytrhs, hated the Water boys.

Valentina · 29-10-2012 5:45am

Best thread ever.

Quirk_Douglas · 29-10-2012 7:15am

I'm of the opinion that Bona Drag and Vauxhall & I are as strong, musically and lyrically, with anything Morrissey ever released with The Smiths.

Spring-Heeled Jim, The End of the Family Line, Speedway, Piccadilly Palare, Alma Matters, are amongst my personal favourites from his 90's period.

Of course he made some terrible misjudgments along the way (flirtation with right-wing imagery, unimaginative pun songs such as Roy's Keen and King Leer, this album cover http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Morrissey_Maladjusted.jpg), but his solo career still has a lot to offer.

As for Smiths lyrics, 'What she said, I smoke because I'm hoping for an early death, and I need something to cling to' and 'When I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death; and neither one particularly appeals to me' spring to mind, along with the line 'Life is very long when you're lonely' from The Queen is Dead.

Amazing when you consider that his favourite music includes Alma Cogan, Cilla Black, Twinkle, Diana Dors, and others. Not that there's anything wrong with that (because they're all great.)

zef · 29-10-2012 7:41am

I keep mine hidden!

billybudd · 29-10-2012 9:29am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2e7dpVDX54

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well. Enough said.
I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Oh ...
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me ?
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Handsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
(Though she needs you
More than she loves you)
And I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Over and over and over and over
Over and over, la ...
I know it's over
And it never really began
But in my heart it was so real
And you even spoke to me, and said :
"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very good-looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight ?
I know ...
'Cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they're in each other's arms..."
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
Over, over, over, over
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
Over, over
Love is Natural and Real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight, my love
Love is Natural and Real
But not for such as you and I, my love
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my ...
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can even feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my ...

BBDBB · 29-10-2012 9:30am

Some girls are bigger than others

billybudd · 29-10-2012 9:31am

K-9 wrote: »

Mike Scott speaking dreaming words:

Ah bless, the Smyths were depressing, the Waterboys uplifting.

And THe Waterboys won, yeah right!

They not fit to wipe the smiths arses :pac:

take everything · 29-10-2012 9:41am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18GrFywPkXE

Rank performance of I know it's over.
Intense.

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3bCWRLS6Eo

Marr's guitar is so amazing in both of those.

Edit:
Having said that, i think it's Gannon who's responsible for those exquisite arpeggios on I know it's over. Anyone know?

anncoates · 29-10-2012 10:02am

Gay.

lil'bug · 29-10-2012 10:17am

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If this music is gay sign me up

In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye ?

anncoates · 29-10-2012 10:55am

lil'bug wrote: »

In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye ?

I'll take a wild guess and plump for a preponderance of effete self-loathing and impotence.

Quirk_Douglas · 29-10-2012 11:02am

anncoates wrote: »

I'll take a wild guess and plump for a preponderance of effete self-loathing and impotence.

'The high-pitched voice in the background is actually Morrissey's voice altered to a higher pitch. The backing vocal is credited to "Ann Coates", a reference to the Manchester district of Ancoats.'

Are you admitting to homosexuality and a preponderance of effete self-loathing and impotence?

anncoates · 29-10-2012 11:05am

Quirk_Douglas wrote: »

Are you admitting to homosexuality and a preponderance of effete self-loathing and impotence?

I keep mine hidden.

Unlike others who let it flail into public view.

BBDBB · 29-10-2012 12:01pm

anncoates wrote: »

I keep mine hidden.

Unlike others who let it flail into public view.

not as well as you believe

nlgbbbblth · 29-10-2012 12:09pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Anyone at SFX in '84?

No - but did make it to the National Stadium February 1986.

They played this early on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrN2v3GffZY

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2012 12:14pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQjgJWmmRtA

Kerrigooney · 29-10-2012 12:16pm

Weirdo,Weirdo,Weirdo....what are ya like?

King Of Wishful Thinking · 29-10-2012 12:42pm

lil'bug wrote: »

If this music is gay sign me up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigmouth_Strikes_Again

29-10-2012 12:46pm

I know how you feel, OP, even Christy Brown has a bird.

newmug · 29-10-2012 12:53pm

Why dafuq you banning everyone? I dont get it.

Prick! · 29-10-2012 12:59pm

Awful song.

Prick! · 29-10-2012 1:01pm

El Weirdo wrote: »

Now you're just trolling.

I'm going to bed. I expect this to be in the Legendary Threads thread by the time I get up.

Knew this was your aim.

Post a random thread title and put one vid in, expect everyone to get what you're saying and make a legendary thread. NOOOOOOOOT gonna happen

Morag · 29-10-2012 1:18pm

The boy with the thorn in his side
Behind the hatred there lies
A murderous desire for love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjkMhwNWcbY

Best thread in AH in a loooong time

zef · 29-10-2012 3:10pm

Great gig! Loving this thread

RikkFlair · 29-10-2012 3:58pm

Why ponder lifes complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?

St.Spodo · 29-10-2012 4:28pm

Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xju3yw0Z-Fs

Strawberry Fields · 29-10-2012 5:02pm

The boy with the thorn in his side behind the hatred there lies a murderous desire for Love

wendell borton · 29-10-2012 6:28pm

I am human and i need to be loved just like everyone else.

Micky Dolenz · 01-11-2012 7:42pm

The Smiths are shite.

El Weirdo · 01-11-2012 8:10pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

The Smiths are shite.

Banned.

Rothko · 01-11-2012 8:13pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

The Smiths are shite.

Get out! :mad:

Da Shins Kelly · 01-11-2012 8:19pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

The Smiths are shite.

NO.

Micky Dolenz · 01-11-2012 8:27pm

El Weirdo wrote: »

Banned.

Thats not funny Man, had to get an Admin restore my access. That makes us all look silly, particularity me.

Suas11 wrote: »

Get out! :mad:

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

NO.

Ok, I was a bit harsh, The band were good musicians. Morrissey is shite.

Truman Burbank · 01-11-2012 8:27pm

El Weirdo wrote: »

I dreamt about you last night
And I fell out of bed twice
You can pin and mount me like a butterfly
But "take me to the haven of your bed"
Was something that you never said
Two lumps, please
You're the bee's knees
But so am I

The greatest lyrics written. Ever.

All men have secrets and here is mine
So let it be known
For we have been through hell and high tide
I can surely rely on you ...
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you

Oh, I'm too tired
I'm so sick and tired
And I'm feeling very sick and ill today
But I'm still fond of you

Am going for a biggie interview soon and mulling question answers. Would the right, or wrong, reply to "What's your (non-career) ambition in life?" be "To study the music of The Smiths for a semester at college". It's the right answer, so how could it be the wrong answer?? Seriously, like. Could get an Air Supply/Chicago/Starship fan thou.

Truman Burbank · 01-11-2012 8:30pm

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

'If a double decker bus crashes into us
To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die'

I think that's possibly the most romantic lyric in any song ever.

All of 'Girlfriend in a Coma'.

Da Shins Kelly · 01-11-2012 8:31pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Ok, I was a bit harsh, The band were good musicians. Morrissey is shite.

Not a huge fan of his solo work (some of it I like, but for the most part could take it or leave it), but when he was in The Smiths he was amazing. Fantastic voice and a brilliant lyricist.

ArtSmart · 01-11-2012 8:33pm

but heaven knows I'm dithering now.

ArtSmart · 01-11-2012 8:35pm

in fairness, he was the great voice for the confused-by-The-Fall generation, and as such, he deserves much salute

nlgbbbblth · 01-11-2012 8:38pm

Truman Burbank wrote: »

Am going for a biggie interview soon and mulling question answers. Would the right, or wrong, reply to "What's your (non-career) ambition in life?" be "To study the music of The Smiths for a semester at college". It's the right answer, so how could it be the wrong answer?? Seriously, like. Could get an Air Supply/Chicago/Starship fan thou.

Don't take this personally...

Chicago's early material is great - right up until 1978 when Terry Kath died. Approximately 10 LPs worth. They get written off because of the awful power ballad sh*te they released in the mid to late 1980s.

The Smiths were fantastic; I bought all the LPs and singles (both 7" and 12") as they were released and I was lucky enough to see them live in 1986. However a number of their more obsessive fans - then and now - seem to have very narrow tastes when it comes to other music.

ArtSmart · 01-11-2012 8:49pm

btw, I dont want to imply that the confused-by-The Fall generation were in any way deficient.

Smith lovers are a good head n shoulders above the general plebiscite.

Truman Burbank · 01-11-2012 9:05pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Don't take this personally...

Chicago's early material is great - right up until 1978 when Terry Kath died. Approximately 10 LPs worth. They get written off because of the awful power ballad sh*te they released in the mid to late 1980s.

The Smiths were fantastic; I bought all the LPs and singles (both 7" and 12") as they were released and I was lucky enough to see them live in 1986. However a number of their more obsessive fans - then and now - seem to have very narrow tastes when it comes to other music.

In the interests of broadening horizons, took you at your word and have lost 3 minutes 19 seconds of my life PLUS half of that in writer comments. Although, in fairness, I got that longevity back in laughter :pac:. (Great lyrics BTW :cool:) http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9803

Where were they live in '86? First concert that year, Simple Minds, Croke Park. Them were the days.

nlgbbbblth · 01-11-2012 9:52pm

Truman Burbank wrote: »

In the interests of broadening horizons, took you at your word and have lost 3 minutes 19 seconds of my life PLUS half of that in writer comments. Although, in fairness, I got that longevity back in laughter :pac:. (Great lyrics BTW :cool:) http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9803

Where were they live in '86? First concert that year, Simple Minds, Croke Park. Them were the days.

Hard to argue with the funky grooves of I'm A Man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOvGa-8-Lns

Saw The Smiths in the National Stadium supported by The June Brides. February 1986. Was also at that Simple Minds gig - enjoyable but thought they had peaked with New Gold Dream.

Da Shins Kelly · 01-11-2012 9:54pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Saw The Smiths in the National Stadium supported by The June Brides. February 1986.

I'm jelly.

nlgbbbblth · 01-11-2012 9:56pm

Setlist
Shakespeare's Sister
I Want The One I Can't Have
Vicar In A Tutu
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians
Cemetry Gates
Still Ill
Stretch Out And Wait
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Nowhere Fast
What She Said
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Bigmouth Strikes Again
Meat Is Murder

William It Was Really Nothing
Heaven Know I'm Miserable Now

Miserable Lie

Da Shins Kelly · 01-11-2012 10:25pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Setlist
Shakespeare's Sister
I Want The One I Can't Have
Vicar In A Tutu
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians
Cemetry Gates
Still Ill
Stretch Out And Wait
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Nowhere Fast
What She Said
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Bigmouth Strikes Again
Meat Is Murder

William It Was Really Nothing
Heaven Know I'm Miserable Now

Miserable Lie

That's almost the perfect setlist. All it needs is I Know It's Over and How Soon Is Now (although I think that was very difficult to perform live and so they rarely did it?)

Edit: 6 fcuking 50???

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour...

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