billy joel we didn't start the fire
kiss heaven's on fire
johnny cash the ring of fire
javine touch my fire
electric light orchestra great balls of fire
bruce springsteen i'm on fire
usher let it burn
dolly parton baby i'm burning
judas priest burn in hell
ac/dc highway to hell
cyndi lauper disco inferno

Anyone else having problems. When I try to unzip, it says file corrupt. Any help would be great. Thanks...

This was highly appreciated.

Aside from the fantastic Sam Cooke, Moz has really crappy taste in music... Or maybe this list is a tongue in cheek joke? Remember when he listed Cornershop's cd as one of his favorites in retaliation for them branding him racist a few years back?

i can't open the zip file either....any ideas?
TA!!!!

These are actually great songs. I really love "shoes" by reparata. They also have a great song called, "panic." The songs are short and sweet. Take a second listen to the songs, and you will agree. or you may not.

They're not for everybody, but some of these songs are really quite good and very twisted. "Shoes" is genius (it actually sounds like it was written by Sparks)! This list completely falls in line with how Moz talked about pop back in the days of the Smiths. He loved how songs that were under 3 minutes long could be so strange and powerful. But you can also tell that he must have been going through a 50s phase.

It does sound a bit Sparksy, but it also seems to have inspired 'A Rush And A Push'.

I am baffled at the flak that this list seems to attract. As someone 8 years behind Morrissey, and remembering all to well the joys of Radio 2 back in the 70's, this bought memories flooding back. It is touching to see that he has not lost his love of that oh so English, Ersatz Larry Parnes 50's pop, which must obviously reflect the musical influences that his mum passed onto him. Even so, for all his Sparks and Bolan posturing, Moz was much more of a creature of his times than we give him credit - torch song Northern and youth club Motown abounds - I can see him now, in his Tonik strides and button down shirt. While this can meander into the high camp or maudlin, well...knowing Morrissey, as we do, is that really so strange? I am just itching now for Volume 2 - Billy Fury? Johnny Nash? Petula Clark?

I find it amusing that some folks think the music on this list is terrible considering the melodies and arrangements have been mirrored in Morrisseys work in the past. Although some of the lyrical content can be dismissed as trite or schmaltzy, I don't think it would be a stretch to say it's almost signature for Morrissey to turn this type of lyric and sentiment on its head via wit, sarcasm or other artistic device. I'm convinced the man creates music he enjoys, and THIS IS the music he enjoys!
In a way, I think that it's painfully obvious.

Thanks for all the effort of compiling this. I really love these Moz selected compilations. The NME CD from last year was fantastic and "Morrissey Under the Influence" I have played continually.

Of course these tunes aren't from the latest greatest hot band of the moment, but they all strike a chord with me. I have an ear and taste for Morrissey's own music. I can appreciate the tunes on this compilation because they operate on a similar, not the same, but similar wavelength to Moz's own work. I don't like these tunes just because Moz picked them but because they work in a way that I appreciate musically.

can anyone help please

i dont know ANY of these songs
why doesnt moz listen to franz ferdinand and the killers like me?
** cue thousands of replies saying "because they're shit **

All those songs are truly dreadful Morrissey has the worst taste in music, I always think the fact that he was involved in something as good as The Smiths must have been a fluke.

Remember when the "Under The Influence" cd came out in 2003? There was lots of the same reactions this list has, but "Under The Influence" actually had less cheesy tunes that can warrant more than a passing curiosity after a couple listens. I happen to enjoy "UTI" quite often -now THAT'S an eclectic mix that works!

I luv all being introduced to these great songs from the past - Thanks to everyone for putting these together.

There seems to be some confusion concerning the dates of these records. Here are the release dates:
1. The World's Loneliest Man - Vince Eager 1961
2. Don't Take The Lovers From The World - Shirley Bassey1966
3. What A Nice Way To Turn 17 - The Crystals 1962
4. There, I've Said It Again - Sam Cooke 1959
5. Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets - Dionne Warwick 1970
6. Strange, I Know - The Marvelettes 1962
7. Third Finger, Left Hand - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas 1967
8. I Take It Back - Sandy Posey 1967
9. Heart - Rita Pavone 1966
10. Shoes - Reparata 1975
11. Terry - Twinkle 1964
12. Attack - The Toys 1966
13. I've Been A Bad, Bad Boy - Paul Jones 1967
14. Insult To Injury - Timi Yuro 1962

C.W. McCall

The songs they used to sing were vibrant and full of soul.
I have their "Greatest hits" compilation, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys 60's music.
I played it a million times in the last five years.

I didn't grow up listening to the type of music on this list (thanks to whoever uploaded it, though), but I was a teenage in the 90's listening to 50's 60's and 70's rock while other kids were into Guns 'N' Roses, Metallica and U2...

and my favourite has to be first one.

I had not heard of Vince Eager but I really loved this song. I could just imagine Moz covering it. I do hope he does!. Hearing songs like this help you to understand his influences and how they have helped carve his own sound.

There is a great site on Vince Eager... suprisingly called http://www.vinceeager.co.uk/ [vinceeager.co.uk]!.

There is no mention of the song, so I presume it was an album track ?. Can anyone confirm ???....

"Golden Lights" was originally by Twinkle as well, he always was obsessed by 60s girlie stuff.
Never heard "Terry" though and will have to obtain :)

With the help of my friendly local internet café assistant and broadband, I eventually downloaded this charming farrago to CD. Is there a sense of sisterly influence, in which his mother with her youthful outlook, could be included, here?! They’re basically a bunch of straight-up un-cynical soul and love songs, a breath of fresh air. I think there’s only one or two - Timi Yuro at least- that overlapped with his list on that radio interview in about 1984. Klaus Nomi isn’t here but was in both radio interview and UTI, which is closer to where Morrissey’s music is at, although I remember being initially perplexed also on hearing about his devotion to the New York Dolls, and other superficially raucous bands like the Ramones. Eclectic his taste is (as Yoda might say!), yet he delivers a unique sound, bringing dynamics beyond pop music e.g. so much literature, social commentary, into his compositions, all inter-swirling spaciously at the estuary of his oceanic voice and showmanship!
Appreciated!

THANK YOU! I'm so glad someone else shares the same opinion.