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"There Is A Light..." included in The Guardian's 1000 songs everyone must hear

posted by davidt on Thursday March 19 2009, @12:00PM

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1000 songs everyone must hear, Part one: Love
The Guardian, Saturday 14 March 2009

There is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
1986

This sublime ballad from The Queen is Dead defines the multi-dimensional brilliance of Morrissey’s lyrics. The poetic longing makes you cry; the black comedy of the chorus makes you laugh. But the delirious melodrama also implies that love and death are identical objects of desire. While Moz spins your head with “the pleasure and privilege” of being mown down by double-decker buses and 10-ton trucks, Johnny Marr’s glistening guitars and exquisite orchestral arrangement cast their own mystical spell. GM

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Probably (Score:1)

The most beautiful composition by Marr combined with hilarious lyrics. They were both at the creative top of their career with this album and I want everyone who'll attend my funeral to hear this, but I intend to listen to it myself a couple thousand times first. Hell, I even want to die this way! There isn't a song in the world that gives me that same feeling.

MacHazzer -- Thursday March 19 2009, @11:23PM (#325032)
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Abe had a bad night at the theatre

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Exquisite orchestral arrangements (Score:0)

Brilliant song, but in all honesty Marr's 'exquisite orchestral arrangements' aren't really anything special. You can hear better and more convincing arrangements dubbed onto most top 40 run-of-the mill ballads- and with REAL strings too. The 'exquisite arrangements' would have been better as guitar parts. (which I think they were originally written on) Yamaha

Anonymous -- Friday March 20 2009, @04:58AM (#325055)

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Moz you are the light... (Score:1)

I can´t describe what i feel when i ear this song!!

Far -- Saturday March 21 2009, @04:29PM (#325182)
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