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People who like The Smiths

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  • #32
    purplepanda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭purplepanda


    No point posting & slagging of a band when you don't even reveal your musical favourites. Put up or shut up & put your tastes up for consideration!!!

    The Smiths aren't the greatest group of all time but they are somewhere near the very best, I would struggle to name 20 bands who are better!!! IMO! :pac:


  • #33
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Music is all about personal taste. Criticising people for their music taste is soooo gap year.


  • #34
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Speisekarte wrote: »
    I've never understood some people's fascination with The Smiths

    Different people have, like, a fascination, with, like, different things and stuff. I know, mindfúck or what?


  • #35
    Mark Tapley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Mark Tapley


    TheLastMohican wrote: »
    Depressive, self centered oddballs.

    What Difference Does It Make?


  • #36
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    I dont even know what the smiths are.


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  • #37
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    They are definitely a guilty pleasure of mine.

    Myself and Morrissey would be the complete polar opposites in regard to beliefs.

    Why would that matter though? Why would it make them a guilty pleasure? You don't have like musicians personally to like their music.


  • #38
    TheLastMohican
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭TheLastMohican


    Mark Tapley wrote: »
    What Difference Does It Make?

    What Difference Does Anything Make?:D


  • #39
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    TheLastMohican wrote: »
    What Difference Does Anything Make?:D

    It makes a difference ie it affects other people,liking The Smiths doesn't affect anyone.


  • #40
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    I think they're great but it's dangerous to get overly obsessed with them. A friend of mine is also into those old 80s rockbands, like The Jam and The Smiths. It's a bit sad really. He's got two kids but he still acts and dresses like a teenager even though he's well into his 40s and grey as a mule. White Adidas Superstar trainers or Doc Martens, Beatle haircut with that weird thing where you grow it down on the sides to look like you have sideburns, mouldy green parka jacket, affected Manchester accent...

    It's a bit of a joke when he meets up with his friends at the Free State Soccer League matches and they're all dressed the same, like none of them have moved on since their version of the 80s. Honestly, it looks like a Hallowe'en party.


  • #41
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    I was looking for a job and then i found a job...and heaven knows I'm miserable now.

    anyone who can write the above lyrics is alright by me.

    added to that the sublime guitar of johnny marr, the vastly underrated bass of andy rourke and the unpretentious drums of mike joyce and you've got yourself some high grade tunes.


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  • #42
    **Vai**
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭**Vai**


    I never got it. Morrissey makes me want to weep and I don't get why people always talk about Johnny Marr in guitar circles.
    Not slagging or anything I just never got it.


  • #43
    dd972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭dd972


    Do you mean the Smiths of Ventry Road, Bandon, Co Cork OP? I hate those c**ts personally.


  • #44
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,622 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    **Vai** wrote: »
    I never got it. Morrissey makes me want to weep and I don't get why people always talk about Johnny Marr in guitar circles.
    Not slagging or anything I just never got it.

    Morrissey is undoubtedly a bit of a ****, but he can certainly write songs. Johnny Marr is an excellent guitar player in my opinion. He's done a lot since leaving The Smiths.


  • #45
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    TheLastMohican wrote: »
    Depressive, self centered oddballs.
    The more you ignore me the closer I get:D


  • #46
    beeroclock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭beeroclock


    Could listen to this all day:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpD-_bVqC2I


  • #47
    MickFleetwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭MickFleetwood


    They're a decent band, very good lyrics and alright to listen to now and again. Morrissey being such a massive cúnt though manages to balance it all out nicely.


  • #48
    Mark Tapley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Mark Tapley


    Justin Squeaking Tonsil wrote: »
    I think they're great but it's dangerous to get overly obsessed with them. A friend of mine is also into those old 80s rockbands, like The Jam and The Smiths. It's a bit sad really. He's got two kids but he still acts and dresses like a teenager even though he's well into his 40s and grey as a mule. White Adidas Superstar trainers or Doc Martens, Beatle haircut with that weird thing where you grow it down on the sides to look like you have sideburns, mouldy green parka jacket, affected Manchester accent...

    It's a bit of a joke when he meets up with his friends at the Free State Soccer League matches and they're all dressed the same, like none of them have moved on since their version of the 80s. Honestly, it looks like a Hallowe'en party.

    Some young people are so conservative and looking a "bit of a joke" isn't limited to eighties casualties.


  • #49
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    When an alien race arrive to our planet and ask us why they should not destroy us the answer we give will be "The Smiths"


  • #50
    Speisekarte
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 147 ✭✭Speisekarte


    purplepanda wrote: »
    No point posting & slagging of a band when you don't even reveal your musical favourites. Put up or shut up & put your tastes up for consideration!!!

    The Smiths aren't the greatest group of all time but they are somewhere near the very best, I would struggle to name 20 bands who are better!!! IMO! :pac:

    I certainly didn't slag them.


  • #51
    dr strangelove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭dr strangelove


    I'll just leave this here:



    Caution: Contains some swears


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  • #52
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    dr strangelove wrote: »
    I'll just leave this here:



    Caution: Contains some swears
    Ha, that is brilliant!


  • #53
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    I was looking for a job and then i found a job...and heaven knows I'm miserable now.

    anyone who can write the above lyrics is alright by me.

    added to that the sublime guitar of johnny marr, the vastly underrated bass of andy rourke and the unpretentious drums of mike joyce and you've got yourself some high grade tunes.

    Andy Rourke is one of the best bass players of all time, hands down. Him and Marr were a magical combination.


  • #54
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,250 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Possibly my favourite song of all time.



  • #55
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    there is only one question that needs answering. who has the most annoying way they move their lips to the noise playing in the background. morrisey or dylan?


  • #56
    Yitzhak Rabin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,225 ✭✭✭Yitzhak Rabin


    Mark Tapley wrote: »
    Some young people are so conservative and looking a "bit of a joke" isn't limited to eighties casualties.

    Yes, but the fans of 80s Indie Rock bands like The Smiths seem to have suffered the heaviest casualties. Awful, awful dress sense, terrible haircuts and a very maudlin outlook on life from years of listening to whining by Morrissey.


  • #57
    SilverScreen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭SilverScreen


    Yitzhak Rabin wrote: »
    Yes, but the fans of 80s Indie Rock bands like The Smiths seem to have suffered the heaviest casualties. Awful, awful dress sense, terrible haircuts and a very maudlin outlook on life from years of listening to whining by Morrissey.
    How do you know that they have a very maudlin outlook on life?


  • #58
    lil'bug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,506 ✭✭✭lil'bug


    The Smiths rule :)
    Morrissey is a miserable git but he has a wonderful voice so we can forgive him for that


  • #59
    Yitzhak Rabin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,225 ✭✭✭Yitzhak Rabin


    SilverScreen wrote: »
    How do you know that they have a very maudlin outlook on life?

    Personal experience.


  • #60
    buyer95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,356 ✭✭✭buyer95




    Tell me that isn't genious.


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  • #61
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,336 ✭✭✭furiousox


    arguably the most influential band since the Beatles (at that time)
    Didn't like them in their heyday but have a lot of time for them now.
    Possibly the best Irish band of all time.
    Morrissey has completely lost his way though.

    You are a khaki coloured bombardier, it's Hiroshima that you're nearing.



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