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Houdini
December 3, 2007, 07:26 PM
Let's compile our own Morrissey/Smiths Top 100 by rating all 232 Moz/Smiths-songs.

Song for Today: THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT

Voting should be something along these lines:
10: Perfection
9: Near perfect, brilliant
8: Really good Moz/Smiths song
7: Good Moz/Smiths song
6: OK, Nothing special
5: Uninspired
4: Poor
3: Bad
2: Should never have been released
1: He/They should be ashamed

Vote with your hearts...

The songs so far (voting is still open, click to vote):

Part 195: The Youngest Was The Most Loved (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=81083)
Part 194: The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=81052)
Part 193: The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80995)
Part 192: The Queen Is Dead (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80923)
Part 191: The Public Image (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80811)
Part 190: The Ordinary Boys (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80771)
Part 189: The Operation (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80745)
Part 188: The Never Played Symphonies (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80634)
Part 187: The National Front Disco (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80545)
Part 186: The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80496)
Part 185: The Loop (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80450)
Part 184: The Lazy Sunbathers (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80409)
Part 183: The Last Of The Famous International Playboys (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80300)
Part 182: The Headmaster Ritual (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80348)
Part 181: The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80260)
Part 180: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80225)
Part 179: The Father Who Must Be Killed (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80203)
Part 178: The Edges Are No Longer Parallel (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80143)
Part 177: The Draize Train (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80111)
Part 176: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80071)
Part 175: The Boy Racer (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80040)
Part 174: That's Entertainment (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=80004)
Part 173: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79972)
Part 172: Teenage Dad On His Estate (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79931)
Part 171: Sweetie Pie (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79856)
Part 170: Sweet And Tender Hooligan (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79759)
Part 169: Sunny (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79710)
Part 168: Suffer Little Children (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79619)
Part 167: Suedehead (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79575)
Part 166: Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79512)
Part 165: Stretch Out And Wait (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79443)
Part 164: Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79377)
Part 163: Still Ill (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79252)
Part 162: Spring-Heeled Jim (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79215)
Part 161: Speedway (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=79159)
Part 160: Southpaw
Part 159: Sorrow Will Come In The End
Part 158: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Part 157: Slum Mums
Part 156: Skin Storm
Part 155: Sister, I'm A Poet (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78857)
Part 154: Sing Your Life
Part 153: Shoplifters Of The World Unite (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78770)
Part 152: Sheila Take A Bow (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78716)
Part 151: Shakespeare's Sister
Part 150: Seasick Yet Still Docked (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78609)
Part 149: Satan Rejected My Soul
Part 148: Rusholme Ruffians
Part 147: Rubber Ring (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78444)
Part 146: Roy's Keen
Part 145: Reel Around The Fountain (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78386)
Part 144: Redondo Beach
Part 143: Reader Meet Author
Part 142: Pretty Girls Make Graves
Part 141: Pregnant For The Last Time
Part 140: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78163)
Part 139: Piccadilly Palare (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78138)
Part 138: Pashernate Love
Part 137: Papa Jack
Part 136: Panic (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=78042)
Part 135: Paint A Vulgar Picture (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77981)
Part 134: Our Frank
Part 133: Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Part 132: Oscillate Wildly
Part 131: On The Streets I Ran
Part 130: Oh Well, I'll Never Learn
Part 129: Nowhere Fast
Part 128: Now My Heart Is Full (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77664)
Part 127: Now I Am A Was
Part 126: November Spawned A Monster (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77601)
Part 125: Noise Is The Best Revenge
Part 124: Nobody Loves Us (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77524)
Part 123: No One Can Hold A Candle To You
Part 122: Never Had No One Ever
Part 121: My Love Life
Part 120: My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Part 119: Mute Witness
Part 118: Munich Air Disaster 1958
Part 117: Moonriver
Part 116: Money Changes Everything
Part 115: Miserable Lie
Part 114: Michael's Bones
Part 113: Mexico
Part 112: Meat Is Murder
Part 111: Margaret On The Guillotine
Part 110: Maladjusted
Part 109: Lucky Lisp
Part 108: Lost
Part 107: London
Part 106: Little Man, What Now?
Part 105: Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
Part 104: Life Is A Pigsty (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76672)
Part 103: Let the Right One Slip In
Part 102: Let Me Kiss You
Part 101: Late Night, Maudlin Street (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76554)
Part 100: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76504)
Part 99: King Leer
Part 98: Journalists Who Lie
Part 97: Jeane
Part 96: Jack The Ripper (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76326)
Part 95: It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
Part 94: Is It Really So Strange?
Part 93: Irish Blood, English Heart (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76176)
Part 92: Interlude
Part 91: Interesting Drug
Part 90: In The Future When All's Well
Part 89: If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
Part 88: I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Part 87: (I'm) The End Of The Family Line
Part 86: I'm Not Sorry
Part 85: I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
Part 84: I'd Love To
Part 83: I Won't Share You (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75641)
Part 82: I Will See You In Far Off Places
Part 81: I Want The One I Can't Have (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75545)
Part 80: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Part 79: I Like You
Part 78: I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Part 77: I Know It's Over (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75303)
Part 76: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Part 75: I Knew I Was Next
Part 74: I Keep Mine Hidden
Part 73: I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Part 72: I Have Forgiven Jesus
Part 71: I Don't Owe You Anything
Part 70: I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Part 69: I Can Have Both
Part 68: I Am Two People
Part 67: I Am Hated For Loving
Part 66: Human Being
Part 65: How Soon Is Now? (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74712)
Part 64: How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Part 63: Hold On To Your Friends
Part 62: Heir Apparent
Part 61: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Part 60: He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Part 59: He Cried
Part 58: Have-A-Go Merchant
Part 57: Handsome Devil (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74213)
Part 56: Hand In Glove (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74150)
Part 55: Half A Person (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74076)
Part 54: Hairdresser On Fire (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74018)
Part 53: Good Looking Man About Town
Part 52: Golden Lights
Part 51: Glamorous Glue
Part 50: Girlfriend In A Coma
Part 49: Girl Least Likely To
Part 48: Girl Afraid (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73629)
Part 47: Get Off The Stage
Part 46: Ganglord
Part 45: Friday Mourning
Part 44: Frankly Mr Shankly
Part 43: Found Found Found
Part 42: First Of The Gang To Die (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73179)
Part 41: Everyday Is Like Sunday (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73130) (follow this link for first 40 songs).

Not Right in the Head
December 3, 2007, 07:28 PM
The second greatest Smiths song ever.

yesitis
December 3, 2007, 07:30 PM
i gave it a ten. although i can't really listen to this song anymore, i also can't deny it's brilliance.

sweet and tender hooligan
December 3, 2007, 07:34 PM
I love this song. I think it's the most beautiful song i have ever heard.

Not Right in the Head
December 3, 2007, 07:39 PM
although i can't really listen to this song anymore, i also can't deny it's brilliance.

Okay, explain.

spleenhead
December 3, 2007, 07:39 PM
anything less than a 9 would be a crime. anything less than a 7 should be punishable by death.

Not Right in the Head
December 3, 2007, 07:41 PM
anything less than a 9 would be a crime. anything less than a 7 should be punishable by death.

Or permanent bannination from here, which is probably worse.

Comtesse
December 3, 2007, 07:42 PM
One of two obvious Smiths masterpieces on The Queen Is Dead (the other being "I Know It's Over," duh). Funny thing is when I first heard it, I wasn't impressed. I recognized the "Hitch Hike" Marvin Gaye intro that Johnny stole and I thought that the song was lazy filler. Jeez, how stupid can my first impressions be?!?!?! Not only is this song one of the most beautiful ever written, but it also includes the single most romantic chorus in the history of civilization. I also thought that it was better live, with Johnny filling in the guitar bits beautifully. Can't be topped. 10, obviously.

fredhenson
December 3, 2007, 07:45 PM
The lyrics alone would still make this the greatest song EVER written. I really hope people dont try to be different and pretend some B-side from the Kill Uncle era is better. I also hope those who think its over-played can cast their minds back to when they were younger and this song meant the world to them.
10!!!!!!!

the judge
December 3, 2007, 07:52 PM
8
I like it. I used to love it. I never listen to it.
But the lyrics are great-

raincoated lover
December 3, 2007, 07:54 PM
The lyrics alone would still make this the greatest song EVER written. I really hope people dont try to be different and pretend some B-side from the Kill Uncle era is better. I also hope those who think its over-played can cast their minds back to when they were younger and this song meant the world to them.
10!!!!!!!

the song is a true pillar in mine and many others lives.
like a spouse - we love them with all our hearts, but sometimes we think they're slightly tedious.
then we slap ourselves and awake to our senses.. 10.

CrystalGeezer
December 3, 2007, 07:56 PM
This is the first song that made me tear up for no good reason while listening to it the first few times.

the judge
December 3, 2007, 08:03 PM
Needless saying that this song will be the poll winner. :(
But that's just my opinion
and it's not a bad one
:)
and it's a better than now my heart is full.

mozmal
December 3, 2007, 08:13 PM
Without being overly dramatic - I simply couldn't exist without this beautiful song. This is The Smiths at their highest peak, and I can never really make up my mind between this and I Know It's Over as their finest hour. 10.

justme
December 3, 2007, 08:28 PM
One of my fav songs EVER!

Amy
December 3, 2007, 08:31 PM
A timeless masterpiece. 10

William4
December 3, 2007, 08:47 PM
how does this earn anything less than a 10?!??!:confused::confused:
you crazy
:cool:

prue4ever
December 3, 2007, 09:13 PM
one of the best songs ever! 10!

lux girl
December 3, 2007, 09:17 PM
A total no brainer! This is the perfect 10

fredhenson
December 3, 2007, 09:18 PM
The second greatest Smiths song ever.

so what is the greatest smiths song?

Dothatagain?
December 3, 2007, 09:20 PM
What can I say? The greatest song ever written.

gaz217
December 3, 2007, 09:22 PM
Perfection

BillyBudd
December 3, 2007, 09:32 PM
The king has arrived...

How can anybody give this less than 10? I don't understand it. :confused:

Not Right in the Head
December 3, 2007, 09:33 PM
so what is the greatest smiths song?

http://www.horsemagazine.com/BREEDINGBARN/GREAT_STALLIONS/handinglove/hand%20in%20glove.jpeg

lightupvirginmary
December 3, 2007, 09:50 PM
even played to death, how could it be anything else?

Kuiper
December 3, 2007, 10:15 PM
I don't know if this song really deserves a 10 or not. There are definitely better Smiths songs and even more better solo songs, but it can be simply one of the lower ones of the highest category. But is it though? I really can't tell anymore with how ridiculously popular it is. There certainly is something special about it that makes people go crazy over it so much, but I guess I just have a hard time giving this a 10 with how many other people giving it a 10 when I see a song I find to be a clearer 10 (like Ammunition or Lifeguard Sleeping or Death of a Disco Dancer) receiving much, much fewer 10s. So I'm so confused and not voting yet. :p

Worm
December 3, 2007, 10:21 PM
I don't know if this song really deserves a 10 or not. There are definitely better Smiths songs and even more better solo songs, but it can be simply one of the lower ones of the highest category. But is it though? I really can't tell anymore with how ridiculously popular it is. There certainly is something special about it that makes people go crazy over it so much, but I guess I just have a hard time giving this a 10 with how many other people giving it a 10 when I see a song I find to be a clearer 10 (like Ammunition or Lifeguard Sleeping or Death of a Disco Dancer) receiving much, much fewer 10s. So I'm so confused and not voting yet. :p

Your logic bewilders me but never let it be said you don't take the polls seriously. At what are you better than Marr, by the way? If guitar, I know of a middle-aged pop star who could use your services.

Worm
December 3, 2007, 10:31 PM
http://www.horsemagazine.com/BREEDINGBARN/GREAT_STALLIONS/handinglove/hand%20in%20glove.jpeg

Obscure but funny.

Your increasingly pithy responses are becoming the best reason to visit this forum.

Chartres
December 3, 2007, 10:37 PM
http://www.horsemagazine.com/BREEDINGBARN/GREAT_STALLIONS/handinglove/hand%20in%20glove.jpeg

I almost agree with you:)

Kuiper
December 3, 2007, 10:50 PM
Your logic bewilders me but never let it be said you don't take the polls seriously. At what are you better than Marr, by the way? If guitar, I know of a middle-aged pop star who could use your services.

No I don't know of any particular field I excel at more so than Johnny Marr, though I do find the people in my avatar to be superior musicians and songwriters than him.

Well I try to take them more seriously recently having voted some songs lower than I felt I should have and some songs higher (more the latter than the former), I was in part responsible for these polls you know. ;) I remember Johan pointing out the possibility of people giving a song they like a 10 and a song they dislike a 1 so we came up with a specific value to each number. So I think the point is that you aren't voting on your own scale of 1 to 10, but each number is merely a symbol for the accompanying description that you think best fits the song. I've forgotten that a lot so I must say going by that this song is only a 9.

EDIT: Nah, if the only reason I find this to be a 9 is that I think it's disproportionately more popular than my underrated personal favorites that's not exactly fair so I cower to coincidentally accurate public opinion and give this song a 10. :p

yesitis
December 3, 2007, 11:09 PM
Okay, explain.

i find the song hard to listen to because it has painful associations for me. also i must have listened to it thousands of times, it plays on a loop in my head.

Your Arsenal
December 3, 2007, 11:09 PM
This song makes me proud to be a Morrissey/Smiths fan.
Its perfect in every possible way, and then some. 10.

Not Right in the Head
December 3, 2007, 11:13 PM
i find the song hard to listen to because it has painful associations for me. also i must have listened to it thousands of times, it plays on a loop in my head.

That's what I thought. In that case, you should mention it in the "Morrissey/Smiths songs you can't bear?" thread (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75025) and write about it. It'd be nice for that thread to get back on topic, even though it's hasn't been bumped for a long time.


Your increasingly pithy responses are becoming the best reason to visit this forum.

Do you think that Mrs. NRitH would change her opinion of my time here (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?p=713122#post713122) if she saw your quote? Nah, I didn't think so, either. But thanks--that was a very kind thing to say, as long as I don't interpret it as saying that my older responses weren't pithy. ;)

northernleech
December 3, 2007, 11:28 PM
I have many memories of this song : Buying the queen is dead on day of release along with the original t shirt with the cover on grey t ! going home and listening to it all day on the day my sister was going on holiday to ibiza (also the same day there was a england world cup game on - anyone remeber who they we're playing ?) fast forward 15 years - The albert hall in 2001 - up in the gods and the first notes starting and everyone standing up and the whole place singing along - a real back of the neck moment ! anything other than a 10 is a joke

northernleech
December 3, 2007, 11:31 PM
depends on my mood ! "please please.." - "back to the old house" - "i know its over" - "i keep mine hidden" ( joke )

starless
December 3, 2007, 11:40 PM
One of the most moving and important songs ever written.
10

imogen11
December 4, 2007, 12:09 AM
I give it 11 out of 10.
This song introduced me to The Smiths.

Yeah, it's a little overplayed, but it's fucking genius. It's the most romantic song I've ever heard.

nugz
December 4, 2007, 12:16 AM
I don't know if this song really deserves a 10 or not. There are definitely better Smiths songs and even more better solo songs, but it can be simply one of the lower ones of the highest category. But is it though? I really can't tell anymore with how ridiculously popular it is. There certainly is something special about it that makes people go crazy over it so much, but I guess I just have a hard time giving this a 10 with how many other people giving it a 10 when I see a song I find to be a clearer 10 (like Ammunition or Lifeguard Sleeping or Death of a Disco Dancer) receiving much, much fewer 10s. So I'm so confused and not voting yet. :p

http://www.realmofdarkness.net/pranks/chappelle-4.jpg

Kuiper
December 4, 2007, 12:23 AM
http://www.realmofdarkness.net/pranks/chappelle-4.jpg

When I saw you were the most recent poster in here I knew you would take issue with the Lifeguard reference, then I remembered how you don't care for Disco Dancer either. ;)

nugz
December 4, 2007, 12:30 AM
When I saw you were the most recent poster in here I knew you would take issue with the Lifeguard reference, then I remembered how you don't care for Disco Dancer either. ;)

haha, well yes, not a big fan of Lifeguard at all. i must say though, that after hearing Disco Dancer live, i appreciate it alot more. I like Ammunition, but i dont think any of the songs you listed are even in the same ballpark as There is a Light. I pretty much think you're insane, but it's nothing personal, haha. ;)

that being said, I truly believe that There is a Light is the best song Moz ever wrote. It's my favorite song ever. I think its THE most morbidly beautiful song ever written. I mean, what greater way to convey to someone how much you love them, then to say it would be an honor to die by their side? I just cant even describe in words how much I love this song and how much it means to me. I'm still kicking myself for not being able to make it to any of the '04 shows and missing out on hearing this live. When I do *crosses fingers* it just might be the greatest 4 minutes of my life. I'd give this song 100 if i could.

oscillate wildly
December 4, 2007, 03:42 AM
i agreee completely with what the nugz said ;)

i could listen to it repeatedly (and i do, quite often) and never grow bored of it. it is stating the highest form of a compliment you could give to someone while having the purest form of beautifulness for music. it is my favourite of Smiths/Morrissey songs, like tons of others haha.

Raquel
December 4, 2007, 06:25 AM
Well this would be a justifiable poll winner and as YESITIS similarily said, I just can't listen to it anymore for all of the painful past associations...

celibate
December 4, 2007, 07:49 AM
a 9

the lyrics is one of the best Morrissey ever did, in his Smiths years.

the Reason I'm giving this a 9, and that the Queen & Strangeways are
not my favourite Smiths albums, becuae Johnny became a songproducer, yes he was from the beginning, but from this album he
produces his guitarrriffs, mutiple overdubs with and using synthsyzer,
that's the -1 point concerning this song
I wanted to hear pure guitars, real drumms and bass, but it's so overproduced

Nevertheless this is a classic though I find the queen is dead as a song
better than this one

driving in you car
oh please don't drop me home
becuase I havent got one
anymore

King Leer
December 4, 2007, 09:50 AM
Do you all think it's Johnny Marr's absolutely greatest piece of music? If you listened to it without lyrics would it still blow you away? Musically it's up there and the lyrics are probably the best thing Morrissey has ever put down. So, it's a 9.5 for me, rounded down to a 9 just to stir "trouble."

Well I Wonder
December 4, 2007, 10:13 AM
10/10. Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!

M-in-Oz
December 4, 2007, 10:38 AM
I gave it a 9 because I never listen to it anymore (always f/forward it in the car) and I really don't like the synth strings at the end. And it doesn't leap out as an Absolute 10 to me.

lovemorrissey
December 4, 2007, 11:46 AM
Anyone who doesnt give this a 10 needs sectioned, the best song of all time, ever! :)

withmyheadonthebar
December 4, 2007, 12:56 PM
The only Smiths lyric I've got tattooed on my back, so it's got to be a 10 for this!

Captain Tractor
December 4, 2007, 02:47 PM
It has to be a ten. Say what you want about how it's overplayed and blah blah blah, but I will never ever forget the feeling I had when I first heard this song. I was completely gripped - in a way that no other song has ever done before.

Therefore this has to be a ten from me, as no other Smiths song really compares to it in my eyes.

meat_is_murder19
December 4, 2007, 03:34 PM
love it,a smiths classic song always reminds me of manchester on cold rainy days .

dicartwright
December 4, 2007, 04:51 PM
May I vote 11?
What a perfect, beautiful, powerful song
To me, it's the one that says most to me about my life, it's so personal that I don't listen to it a lot.

Sonia
December 4, 2007, 04:59 PM
I gave it a 10... but if I could I'd give 12 for the lyrics and 8 for the music.

It's clear already this one will be a poll winner, how boring :)

sistasheila
December 4, 2007, 06:34 PM
beaUTIFUL SONG 10!!!

shortly after i bought t my first smiths cd "singles" in 2000 where "there is a light that never goes out" was also included .the songfound his way on a mixtape almost immediately as the last song on the tape to express my feelings to my crush which i met on a friends wedding..she told me she loved the tape but didnt mention the smiths songs on it...maybe it was a little bit too much.." to die by your side..."
there was one article in a german music mag where they interpret 20/25 smiths songs and also had there is a review of "there is a light" included and called the song

" the atomic bomb of all love songs"-
"if you use it be sure of the explosive force/power of these words before you choose this song to be included on a mixtape"
spex february 2006

Not Right in the Head
December 4, 2007, 06:38 PM
" the atomic bomb of all love songs"-
"if you use it be sure of the explosive force/power of these words before you choose this song to be included on a mixtape"
spex february 2006

Hahahaha! So maybe that's the bomb that will bring people together. But oh, so true.

Our little ones always look so confused when we sing along to this one in the car. "Did he just talk about 'dying,' Daddy?"

the judge
December 4, 2007, 07:59 PM
Nevertheless this is a classic though I find the queen is dead as a song
better than this one

So do I. The music is better.

the judge
December 4, 2007, 08:02 PM
9,851

Houdini
December 4, 2007, 08:06 PM
9,851

Well calculated, more than 0.2 points ahead of all its closest rivals...

But, still some really great songs to come that could challenge its position.
Not the next one, I'm afraid, though...

Worm
December 4, 2007, 08:08 PM
"Did he just talk about 'dying,' Daddy?"

My answer would have been, "Yes, dying-- and dying in a car, too, because the truth is, no matter how carefully and responsibly Daddy drives, at any moment our car may be hit by a big ten-ton truck that will run over and flatten all of us so badly that they will have to identify us by what remains of our teeth!"

I'm so, so unfit for parenting.

fuckfrankie
December 5, 2007, 01:03 AM
one of the few songs-not just Smiths/Moz-that honestly deserves the hype and praise. the first song i cried just by listening to (i was in a sour mood) the first song i learned to play on the bass, and the last song to be played at my funeral. 10+

i do think the song has a LOT more emotion when played live solo.

Houdini
January 31, 2008, 01:39 PM
so hum, Who won the polls?

I have no idea (I will count the votes Sunday), but I'm guessing this song will do quite well.

Although it has a great average, it is by no means the most voted for song (so far).

Top 10 most voted for songs:

A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=71058) 256
Everyday Is Like Sunday (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73130) 252
Bigmouth Strikes Again (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=72045) 228
Asleep (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=71665) 227
First Of The Gang To Die (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=73179) 217
How Soon Is Now? (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=74712) 213
Ask (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=71626) 209
Life Is A Pigsty (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=76672) 206
America Is Not The World (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=71434) 203
I Know It's Over (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=75303) 201

Voting will close in 3 days!

Oneiros
January 31, 2008, 02:30 PM
What else but a 10 ?! :D