Which (in your humble opinion) is Morrissey’s greatest ad-libbed vocal outro? (suggested by Maurice E)
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Get Off The Stage   3% 147 / 3%
You Must Please Remember   2% 103 / 2%
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side   24% 1030 / 24%
The Youngest Was The Most Loved   5% 219 / 5%
Rubber Ring   19% 799 / 19%
Friday Mourning   5% 235 / 5%
Let The Right One Slip In   2% 120 / 2%
The Last Of The Famous...   11% 479 / 11%
The First Of The Gang To Die   8% 346 / 8%
We Hate It...   5% 237 / 5%
Lucky Lisp   5% 217 / 5%
other   5% 236 / 5%
4168 total votes.

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rubber ring (Score:0)
in the corner of your room, can you hear me?
Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @10:03AM (#219271)
wha? (Score:0)
the heck is an ad libbed vocal outro

call me dumb but idunno
Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @10:39AM (#219282)
  • Re:wha? by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday May 16 2006, @10:50AM
    • Re:wha? by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday May 16 2006, @10:52AM
      • Re:wha? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday May 18 2006, @02:01AM
    • Re:wha? by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday May 16 2006, @11:08AM
      • Re:wha? by mr. superinvisible (Score:1) Tuesday May 16 2006, @04:37PM
      • Re:wha? by Auric Goldfinger (Score:1) Wednesday May 17 2006, @02:36AM
        • Re:wha? by goinghome (Score:1) Thursday May 18 2006, @12:25PM
        I Know its Over (Score:0)
        or Never Had No One Ever. His pain is palpable.
        Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @10:51AM (#219286)
          Surely... (Score:0)
          ...it must be "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"

          D'ya wanna do that one again?
          Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @10:52AM (#219289)
          • Re:Surely... by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday May 17 2006, @07:57AM
            • Re:Surely... by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday May 17 2006, @11:43AM
              • Re:Surely... by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday May 17 2006, @11:48AM
              Thorny Boy (Score:0)
              The Moz Yodel in it's fullest, finest glory.
              You can never top that!

              The Treading Lemming

              www.myspace.com/treadinglemmings

              "who d'ya need to know?"
              Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @10:57AM (#219294)
              • Re:Thorny Boy by kaleidoscope (Score:1) Friday May 19 2006, @11:42AM
                • Re:Thorny Boy by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday May 19 2006, @12:24PM
                  • Re:Thorny Boy by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday May 23 2006, @04:00PM
                  Have a go merchant (Score:0)
                  Ohh...ha ha...ha ha ...ha ha..oh ho....ha ha
                  Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @10:59AM (#219296)
                    Jim (Score:0)
                    What about thee Spring Heeled Jim?
                    Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @11:09AM (#219299)
                    • Re:Jim by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday May 16 2006, @11:50AM
                      boy with the thorn (Score:0)
                      get off the stage is rubbish and he actually hates the song, especially since he is an old man now who is still performing
                      moho -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @12:12PM (#219317)
                      (User #10663 Info)
                      Rubber, In The Future (Score:1)
                      I'd say R.R. because it seems to be the most emotive and varying of those listed. It undergoes some really nice changes during that last minute. (Album verison). The "Rank" version is superior, though... Moz has alot of fun & adds new bits.

                      That said, Moz's last 6 vocal notes of "In the Future When All's Well" are gorgeous!
                      carlos * -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @12:20PM (#219321)
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                      "This world may lack style, I know..."
                      hmmm...la,la,la,la,la,LA,LA,LA! (Score:1)
                      The end of "We hate it..." in "Beethoven was deaf" is one of the funniest, and greatest changes of Morrissey's voice. To me in "Your Arsenal" the song is OK, but live is wonderful.
                      ArrigoXX -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @01:19PM (#219336)
                      (User #9131 Info)
                      How about the end of 'Certain Peopl I Know'? (Score:0)
                      "Oh-oh, woh-oh, woh oh
                      Ah, ah, ah, ahhhhhh!"

                      Splendid!
                      Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @02:28PM (#219358)
                        I Will See You In Far Off Places (Score:0)
                        Ya da da da dum ya da da da dum ya da da da da...
                        Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @03:32PM (#219378)
                        First Of The Gang (Score:0)
                        "He stole all hearts a-ha-waaaay". Such a relief after the rather flat version premiered on the 2002 tour...But my favourite Moz ad-lib ever has to be whenever he sings "Everyday is like Sunday" live and adds the "...when you're on your own" coda. Beeeeaaautiful :D

                        Jessica -x-
                        Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @03:46PM (#219382)
                        Lucky Lisp (Score:1)
                        If you can sing, Lucky Lisp is tough to beat...

                        In the Future When All's Well...this song has run straight up the list for me in the Morrissey/Smiths canon...poppy, driving, witty, cynical, great chorus overdrive, and then, as someone mentioned, a very Orbisonian conclusion... There aren't too many 46 year old men who are strong enough to pull that finale off...

                        Okay...The Boy With the Thorn In His Side wins...
                        dewdrop -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @03:57PM (#219383)
                        (User #2326 Info)
                          re: (Score:1)
                          "America is Not the World"

                          'I love you, I love you, I love you'
                          HideOnthePromenade -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @04:42PM (#219387)
                          (User #15672 Info)
                            No Suedehead or Tomorrow? (Score:1)
                            Surprising!
                            Ship Erect <steven@shiperect.com> -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @04:51PM (#219388)
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                            Can't vote (Score:1)
                            Theres only one option on the list I'd go for, and it isn't No.1. Strange poll.

                            1. Picadilly Palare "No Dad, No Dad, No Dad I won't be home tomorrrow, No Dad, No Dad"

                            2. Everyday Is Like Sunday "When you're on you're own, on you're own, on your own."

                            3. I Will See You In Far Off Places "Na-ra-ra-ra-raaa, Na-ra-ra-ra-raa, Na-ra-ra-ra-raa, N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-Nr-ra-ra-ra-ra."
                            Stan * <stanleymchale@mac.com> -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @05:00PM (#219390)
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                            • Re:Can't vote by NovemberJesus (Score:1) Tuesday May 16 2006, @07:09PM
                              • fantabu-losa!! by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday May 17 2006, @06:26AM
                                • Re:Can't vote by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday May 17 2006, @08:19AM
                                You forgot two greats! (Score:0)
                                Where is Miserable Lie? The Headmaster Ritual?
                                Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @05:33PM (#219392)
                                  morrisey (Score:0)
                                  what happen to well i wonder one the best and under looked songs
                                  Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @05:54PM (#219393)
                                    speaking of ad-lib (Score:0)
                                    I've been trying to work out what he sings in Suedehead on the Beethoven was deaf version .. at the 1:53 minute mark.
                                    I know it starts as "Well it was because.." and then I just lose it..
                                    Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @06:21PM (#219395)
                                    All the choices are good, there is another (Score:1)
                                    I really like the backing vocals that he made in Asian rut... haunting and beautiful.
                                    NovemberJesus -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @07:03PM (#219400)
                                    (User #14730 Info)
                                    ...maybe I'll even arrive?
                                      Friday Mourning! (Score:0)
                                      The outro is just beautiful!
                                      Such a shame about the rest of the song...

                                      Anonymous -- Tuesday May 16 2006, @11:51PM (#219417)
                                      Lasty Night I Dreamt (Earl's Court) (Score:1)
                                      Absolutely beautiful. I was going to vote for Friday Mourning, but I went for "other" as "Last NIght" from the latest live album is unbelievable.
                                      Maradona -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @12:39AM (#219427)
                                      (User #13537 Info)
                                        Nothing beats "The Boy with the Thorn..." (Score:1)
                                        His vocals are painfully beautiful, and I always close my eyes and imagine Morrissey floating about the stage- fluttering his hands like butterflies or waving flowers.

                                        I was only 12 when I read a review ("Smash Hits"?) of Morrissey performing this song live, and I fell in deepest admiration for this wonderful man who had come to save me.

                                        And he did.

                                        I am 32 now, and the result is a miracle.

                                        I am still alive to tell you about it in the first place.

                                        Truly,
                                        Ken Stavitzke
                                        sycophantic_slag -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @12:49AM (#219428)
                                        (User #3940 Info)
                                        "And I just can't explain/ So I won't even try to."
                                        Friday Mourning (Score:1)
                                        How gorgeous is that song? Why wasn't it on the original issue of the album? Why wasn't it a single? It knocks every pathetic pop ballad into a cocked hat then pisses all over them.

                                        And that's the best outro because his voice sounds more desperate, more heartfelt, than on any of the other choices ... I think I just like that he's crying (what sounds like) 'My true love' amongst all the yodelling.
                                        Mozzersgirl -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @01:39AM (#219434)
                                        (User #14229 Info)
                                        "There's more evil in the charts than in an al-Qaeda suggestion box" - Bill Bailey
                                        Ya da da da dum ya da da da dum ya da da da da... (Score:0)
                                        It would be great to have a list of all the Morrissey/Smiths non-Language vocal melodic recordings ie. the "Ya da da da dum ya da da da dum ya da da da da..."

                                        I have always thought that Morrissey excels in this area and it's a big part of his signature vocal identity.

                                        Of course these aren't always in the outro nor necessarily adlib.

                                        Bryce
                                        Anonymous -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @03:49AM (#219445)
                                          bla bla bla (Score:0)
                                          i like that 1 alot
                                          markmustb1
                                          Anonymous -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @07:01AM (#219463)
                                            Paseo De Camoens (Score:1, Interesting)
                                            The best Morrissey outro by a country mile is the live version of You've got everything now recorded in Madrid in 1985. The whole gig was recorded for tv. You can still pick up a cheap copy on ebay. The song ends with Mozza, wailing/weeping into the mic at incredibley pitch -much higher than you'd normally expect of him even as a Smith. His wailing extends the song by a good 30 seconds and leaves you in no doubt the emotions that created it were buried deep within the soul. Its truely remarkable and unexpected end to the gig and I recommend everyone check out the dvd. Paseo De Camoens,
                                            Anonymous -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @07:39AM (#219470)
                                              I Know It's Over.....without a doubt. (Score:1)
                                              Then there's Rubber Ring. Headmaster Ritual. Take your pick.
                                              lilyboobear -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @08:18AM (#219474)
                                              (User #16453 Info)
                                              Southpaw (Score:0)
                                              ...And there is something you should know. The girl of your dreams is sad and all alone. The vocal outro is heartbreaking, the connection that will never be made between two lonely souls who will never find each other. One of my favorite sad songs ever. Moz could have lopped a good 2 minutes off of the end, but oh well.
                                              Anonymous -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @08:54AM (#219480)
                                                rubbah ring (Score:1)
                                                and also the hum @ the end of "whatever happens I love ya"
                                                mattorefice <oreficematt@hotmail.com> -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @10:27AM (#219488)
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                                                Leslie Towne Hope = Packy West
                                                  don't make fun of moz's voice (Score:1, Interesting)
                                                  No te divertes con pappy
                                                  No te divertes con pappy
                                                  No te divertes con pappy
                                                  No te divertes con pappy
                                                  Anonymous -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @10:28AM (#219489)
                                                  "Ohhhhh...lackaday lackaday lackaday........" (Score:1)
                                                  I've chosen the one from the end of 'Rubber Ring', but more for the version on Rank, which I guess technically is listed as 'What She Said'. I think there is an exhileration, a passion and indeed a madness in his vocalising on that track that sums up just how extraordinary and volatile a performer he was in the heady days of TQID era Smiths.
                                                  It's almost orgasmic. You get the sense that he is about to lose it completely. I find it wonderous that he can actually get THIS wound up and electrified when there's nothing to suggest such ecstatic fervour within the studio recorded version.
                                                  Dizzy, intoxicating, sticky, chewy and pure lush!!!

                                                  I also find the 'yodelling' at the end of 'Boy With The Thorn...' very poignant, and indeed very beautiful.

                                                  I can't believe though that 'I Will See You In Far Off Places' has not been included, as his vocalising on the end of that is some of the most enthusiastic and passionate vocals he has recorded in quite a while.
                                                  Requiescant Inpacce * -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @10:57AM (#219492)
                                                  (User #10687 Info)
                                                  "You should not go to them...let them come to you...just like I do..."
                                                    I Am Two People (Score:0)
                                                    Simply fantastic. Should have been on YATQ. Damn Lazy Dykes.
                                                    Anonymous -- Wednesday May 17 2006, @10:13PM (#219613)
                                                      rubber ring (Score:0)
                                                      I voted for rubber ring......what a wonderful song!!!!!!! I think this song becomes more and more beautiful reaching the end when morrissey's vocal makes it devine..........

                                                      do you love me
                                                      like you used to?

                                                      lovingmorrissey
                                                      Anonymous -- Thursday May 18 2006, @02:42AM (#219650)
                                                        hmmm la la la la la laaaaahhhh hey yayyyyyy (Score:1)
                                                        i had to go for the headmaster ritual withouht a doubt!

                                                        hmmm la la la la la
                                                        hmmm la la la la la
                                                        hmmm la la la la la
                                                        hmmm la la la la la laaaaahhhh hey yayyyyyy!!!!!

                                                        great poll by the way! :)

                                                        oberon -- Thursday May 18 2006, @09:04AM (#219730)
                                                        (User #16437 Info)
                                                          Southpaw much (Score:0)
                                                          Where in hell's name is Southpaw?
                                                          Anonymous -- Thursday May 18 2006, @11:31AM (#219763)
                                                          Whoopse, sorry for missing a few songs out... (Score:0)
                                                          like 'I will see you', 'Headmaster Ritual' etc.
                                                          Will do more thorough research before my next poll suggestion!
                                                          Also, thanks to David T for running the poll on my birthday!
                                                          Maurice E
                                                          Anonymous -- Thursday May 18 2006, @02:23PM (#219802)
                                                          I'm being a bit dumb but (Score:1)
                                                          Jack the Ripper in a live version I got(from beethoven is dead maybe)
                                                          NakedLondon -- Thursday May 18 2006, @02:50PM (#219804)
                                                          (User #14755 Info)
                                                          oh my sacred one..... (Score:0)
                                                          Of course I voted for 'Rubber ring', since… well, you know…

                                                          Btw, what about 'What difference does it make’ – if that qualifies under the ‘ad libbed vocal outro’ definition – it’s an awesome one!!!
                                                          Anonymous -- Thursday May 18 2006, @03:06PM (#219806)
                                                            Dont forget (Score:1)
                                                            morrissey on jon ross tonite!!!!!

                                                            19th may fri.

                                                            inlovewiththepast -- Friday May 19 2006, @02:15AM (#219834)
                                                            (User #1028 Info)
                                                            truth rest your head there is more than a life at stake here..she may well sell sanctuary but she'll also sell your soul
                                                              Just my imagination? (Score:1)
                                                              on The Cranberries' song "Just My Imagination", Dolores, the singer, borrows in her vocal outro from Morrissey's outro on 'The Boy With The Thorn".
                                                              I thought it was a nice gesture.
                                                              definitely his best outro with Playboys coming second.
                                                              nonesoever -- Friday May 19 2006, @03:18AM (#219841)
                                                              (User #8448 Info)
                                                              "... turn popular song into sickness"
                                                                Master of Ululation. (Score:2, Interesting)
                                                                So much is made of his lyrical skills, but it's really his voice that enthralls, fascinates and soothes.

                                                                When Craig Kilbourne asked Morrissey years ago what it was about him that drove people nuts, Morrissey joked at first about his looks, but then he answered seriously: "It's just the way I sing."

                                                                Twenty-three years on, it's still so true.

                                                                Anaesthesine -- Friday May 19 2006, @05:30AM (#219847)
                                                                (User #14203 Info)
                                                                If Moz did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
                                                                • Amen to that by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday May 27 2006, @04:01AM
                                                                  ad libbed (Score:1)
                                                                  doesnt adlibbed mean was not initially planned ? sounds like some of you are throwing in songs that you liked how it ended, but the endings werent adlibbed thats just how the song ends ?
                                                                  mozndean -- Friday May 19 2006, @09:49AM (#219873)
                                                                  (User #3575 Info)
                                                                  Save the Texas Prarie Chicken
                                                                  • Re:ad libbed by oberon (Score:1) Saturday May 20 2006, @01:59AM
                                                                    Interesting Drug (Score:1)
                                                                    What about the sneeze at the end of the song?
                                                                    st_hooligan <mozscompadreNO@SPAMyahoo.com> -- Friday May 19 2006, @12:35PM (#219927)
                                                                    (User #223 Info)
                                                                    you have killed me (Score:1)
                                                                    on the 2.14 th second of that song you can understand that his voice is soo velvet
                                                                    burcu -- Friday May 19 2006, @02:55PM (#219982)
                                                                    (User #16735 Info)
                                                                      i don't owe you anything (Score:0)
                                                                      Life is never kind
                                                                      life is never kind
                                                                      oh but I know what will make you smile tonight

                                                                      Anonymous -- Saturday May 20 2006, @05:46AM (#220135)
                                                                        the song just makes me cry (Score:0)
                                                                        Don't rake up my mistakes
                                                                        I know exactly what they are
                                                                        and... what do YOU do?
                                                                        well... you just SIT THERE
                                                                        I've been stabbed in the back
                                                                        so many many times
                                                                        I don't have any skin
                                                                        but that's just the way it goes
                                                                        Anonymous -- Saturday May 20 2006, @05:49AM (#220136)
                                                                        At Last (Score:1)
                                                                        One of my favorite songs.... I could listen to it on repeat for days... or erm.. maybe I have!

                                                                        xoxo
                                                                        Mozluv
                                                                        mozluv -- Saturday May 20 2006, @06:45AM (#220152)
                                                                        (User #973 Info)
                                                                        "guilt by implication by association"
                                                                          Ganglord (Score:0)
                                                                          I know it's a new one but I just love the outro as it stands on the current tour:

                                                                          "Get yourself back to the Ghetto
                                                                          The Ghetto
                                                                          The Ghetto"
                                                                          and so on.... (Love the idea of Moz in a ghetto :-))

                                                                          Should have been an A-side and certainly should have been on ROTT!

                                                                          Klangster
                                                                          Anonymous -- Sunday May 21 2006, @02:03PM (#220351)
                                                                            Miserable Lie (Score:1)
                                                                            What about Miserable Lie? I think that one earned him a spot in falsetto history.
                                                                            David Rich -- Monday May 22 2006, @10:49PM (#220756)
                                                                            (User #14929 Info | http://www.myspace.com/dtowndavidrich )
                                                                              where the hell is "barbarism"? (Score:1)
                                                                              His final "vocals" on that song are fookin superb!
                                                                              KikeMoz -- Tuesday May 23 2006, @09:46AM (#220805)
                                                                              (User #9002 Info)
                                                                                You Must Please Remember ? (Score:0)
                                                                                What the heck is "You Must Please Remember?"
                                                                                Is that a song? Where can you find it? Is it a sad thing that I don't "remember" this song? I've been listening to Smiths/Moz songs since 1987 and I have all the albums and many singles. I know that makes me old, but I didn't think my memory was that bad. Or maybe I've just never heard it.
                                                                                Thanks, Joey
                                                                                Anonymous -- Tuesday May 23 2006, @05:03PM (#220925)
                                                                                Sweet & Tender Hooligan or Miserable Lie!! (Score:0)
                                                                                These two songs have the best, most passionate ad libbed outros ever!!
                                                                                Anonymous -- Wednesday May 24 2006, @10:41AM (#221072)
                                                                                  greatest ad-libbed vocal outro (Score:1)
                                                                                  I´m Human Being !!!
                                                                                  djmagoo -- Wednesday May 24 2006, @01:28PM (#221102)
                                                                                  (User #12804 Info)
                                                                                    outro (Score:1)
                                                                                    i'm not entirely sure they are all "ad-libbed".
                                                                                        a good deal was probably hammered out in the studio.
                                                                                      for the pittance it is worth i still believe "the headmaster ritual" and especially "that joke isn't funny anymore" remain unbeatable...and both bookending the same side of the same album..
                                                                                    drilltime -- Thursday May 25 2006, @11:18PM (#221393)
                                                                                    (User #15269 Info)
                                                                                      Satan rejected my soul (Score:0)
                                                                                      Satan rejected my soul - def!

                                                                                      "Call me in, haul me in, pull me in, haul me in...

                                                                                      ooo, OOO, OOOO, ooo" (changed to various other things live...!) :)
                                                                                      Anonymous -- Friday June 02 2006, @04:06PM (#222916)
                                                                                        Certain People I Know (Score:1)
                                                                                        Thats my personal favourite. I think Have a Go Merchant and I Will See You In Far Off Places, though Rubber Ring is classic
                                                                                        wizzardsmith -- Sunday June 04 2006, @06:04AM (#223123)
                                                                                        (User #16819 Info)


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