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Which is your favourite backing vocal in a 'solo' Morrissey song? Nota Bené, you're assessing the actual BV, not the song! (suggested by Maurice E)
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Certain People I Know (backing vocal by Alain G Whyte)   3% 106 / 3%
You Must Please Remember (BV by Whyte)   2% 73 / 2%
Wide to Receive (Whyte)   6% 188 / 6%
Interesting Drug (MacColl)   23% 682 / 23%
Boxers (Whyte)   4% 140 / 4%
Sing Your Life (McPherson)   4% 127 / 4%
He Cried (Whyte)   1% 42 / 1%
Driving Your Girlfriend Home (Sterling)   6% 184 / 6%
My Love Life (Hynde)   18% 538 / 18%
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself? (Whyte)   17% 517 / 17%
Get Off The Stage (McPherson)   1% 40 / 1%
Roy's Keane (Whyte)   4% 136 / 4%
A Swallow On My Neck   3% 102 / 3%
2874 total votes.

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  • Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
  • Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
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Which is your favourite backing vocal in a 'solo' Morrissey song? Nota Bené, you're assessing the actual BV, not the song! (sugg | Log in/Create an Account | Top | 67 comments | Search Discussion
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Awe-struck with beauty... (Score:1)
"Girlfriend Home" is a hidden treasure!
sycophantic_slag -- Monday September 15 2008, @09:34AM (#311761)
(User #3940 Info)
 "And I just can't explain/ So I won't even try to."
Ready With Ready-Wit (Score:0)
I for one can not stand Whyte when he sang backup.
Anonymous -- Monday September 15 2008, @09:59AM (#311762)
Oooh... (Score:1)
Wide To Receive.... Not heard that in a while. It's ace.... Maladjusted is this box of secrets that you keep discovering every once in a while and then forget about again.
Stan * <stanleymchale@mac.com> -- Monday September 15 2008, @10:18AM (#311764)
(User #9752 Info | http://www.stanleymchale.merseyblogs.co.uk/ )
  • Re:Oooh... by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday September 16 2008, @07:15AM
    • Re:Oooh... by onemandog (Score:1) Friday September 19 2008, @08:56AM
    • Re:Oooh... by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday September 17 2008, @07:37PM
      • Re:Oooh... by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday September 18 2008, @07:05AM
        • Re:Oooh... by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday October 02 2008, @04:46PM
          didn't that dude from,,,, (Score:1)
          the Meatpuppets do a back up vocal?
          Oh no wait, it was Killdozer....

          Best cover versions ever were done by KD and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
          Lemmy -- Monday September 15 2008, @11:32AM (#311772)
          (User #6587 Info)
           Nearly injured my pride
            Alain :) (Score:1)
            I love Alain on backing vocals. It is hard to chose which one though.
            vicarinatutugal * -- Monday September 15 2008, @03:01PM (#311785)
            (User #14646 Info)
              I'd Love To (Score:0)
              that was Kirsty wasn't it, even though she's not credited. Amazing back vocal, layered and sweeping. Gorgeous stuff. In fact, the Vauxhall era backing vocals were all great - Hated For Loving, Used to Be A Sweet Boy etc
              Anonymous -- Monday September 15 2008, @03:10PM (#311786)
              • Re:I'd Love To by grlmopz (Score:1) Monday September 15 2008, @07:49PM
                November Spawned A Monster... (Score:1)
                not listed. extra/backing vocal is vital to the song.
                Johnny Marr -- Monday September 15 2008, @03:31PM (#311787)
                (User #1113 Info)
                 Going Underground
                Sunny (Score:0)
                Surprised it's not listed. A lovely BV and adds substantially to the song. It is Alain and not just Morrissey's voice repeated in the verses, and then the "ahs" at the end after the key change give the whole thing a more aggressive feel.
                Anonymous -- Monday September 15 2008, @04:08PM (#311788)
                • Re:Sunny by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday September 18 2008, @08:56AM
                  he cried! (Score:1)
                  im not suprised if just a few who choose He Cried. the lyrics so blue and Whyte backing vocal in this really give a beutiful athmosperic nuance on the song. anyone agree with me?
                  Peter Marr -- Monday September 15 2008, @08:57PM (#311792)
                  (User #17077 Info)
                  • Re:he cried! by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday September 17 2008, @09:13PM
                    • Re:he cried! by SidNettle (Score:1) Friday September 19 2008, @12:35AM
                    You Must Please Remember... (Score:1)
                    YMPR is such a hidden gem in the Moz catalog. Alain's vocals in the chorus are perrrrfect.
                    IanCurtis -- Monday September 15 2008, @11:05PM (#311793)
                    (User #5849 Info)
                    Maladjusted (Score:0)
                    What else?
                    Anonymous -- Tuesday September 16 2008, @12:58AM (#311797)
                      A side-bit of info about backing vocals (Score:1)
                      For those who didn't know, Sandy Shaw was originally set to do backing vocals on "Sheila Take a Bow" but it just didn't fit in the final mix. I thought it was an interesting tidbit.
                      mcrickson -- Tuesday September 16 2008, @06:47AM (#311814)
                      (User #20585 Info | http://www.mcrickson.altpro.net/ )
                      I love (Score:0)
                      Alain's angelic backup on Wide to Receive...but would have voted for November or Sweetie Pie given the option...
                      Anonymous -- Tuesday September 16 2008, @11:52AM (#311829)
                        Nota Bene (Score:1)
                        Pretentiousness will be uncovered in the end.

                        Latin doesn't have accents, ergo (oh,yes, very clever) Nota Bene, senza il accentio.

                        What next? Id Est? Exempli Gratia (if memory serves)?

                        And stadiums has a fucking s. As does milleniums, which is an English pseudo-Latin word.

                        It's Leviosaaahhh.

                        Twat.

                        Who judges a song by its backing vocals anyway (apart from the bassist whose job it is to provide them)?

                        Why not be really brave and ask the question to which we've all been dying to know the answer for simply ages:

                        "Which Morrissey song has the best use of hi-hat?"

                        Don't be shy.
                        kissmyshades -- Tuesday September 16 2008, @01:39PM (#311835)
                        (User #12542 Info)
                        Boy Racer (Score:0)
                        the "la la la, la la la, la la la laaa" at the end sends it right over the edge for me!
                        Anonymous -- Wednesday September 17 2008, @06:12AM (#311859)
                          keke pop indonesia (Score:1)
                          Come on to my country....
                          keke <{keke_morrissey} {at} {yahoo.co.id}> -- Wednesday September 17 2008, @09:38AM (#311869)
                          (User #21176 Info)
                           godbLeSS U... i LUv U.. gOOdbye..
                          Wide To Receive (Score:0)
                          This is one of the most over looked Morrissey songs ever! Ammunition is right before or after it and it's one of the best "back-to-back songs" groupings from Morrissey's solo stuff. Know what I mean?
                          thetexasbloke
                           
                          Anonymous -- Wednesday September 17 2008, @05:29PM (#311893)
                            I like... (Score:0)
                            Ouija Board's backing vocals.
                            Anonymous -- Thursday September 18 2008, @12:41PM (#311920)
                              "They'd sacrifice all of their (ahh-ooooh!)" (Score:0)
                              "Certain People I Know". Absolutely backing vocal-tastic, mate.
                              No competition!
                              Maurice
                              Anonymous -- Friday September 19 2008, @09:17AM (#311950)
                                Thats Entertainment (Score:0)
                                Vic Reeves backing vocals are "sublime" and stood him in good stead for his hit single later in the year with the Wonder Stuff!!
                                Anonymous -- Friday September 19 2008, @10:58AM (#311952)
                                  Why dont......... (Score:1)
                                  best backing should be Alain on "Why dont....." the introducing Morrissey version, just loved that to bad Alain wasnt around when this song was played last tour
                                  joeymozzer -- Sunday September 21 2008, @01:56PM (#311979)
                                  (User #5229 Info)
                                    Best Friend On The Payroll (Score:1)
                                    Or Will Never Marry :)
                                    VivaHollandia -- Monday September 22 2008, @02:45PM (#312000)
                                    (User #21309 Info)
                                      another one not in the list (Score:1)
                                      ofcourse Alain Whyte in King Leer [live]
                                      Celibate Cry <vauxhall@mail2uk.com> -- Monday September 22 2008, @10:54PM (#312015)
                                      (User #220 Info)
                                       and the hills are alive with celibate cries
                                        Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself (Score:1)
                                        because the vocals are so searing. But then again, I'm a drama queen, thus driven to searing things.
                                        Mrs. Woolf -- Sunday September 28 2008, @03:00PM (#312250)
                                        (User #14157 Info)
                                          What about (Score:1)
                                          Please Help the Cause Against Loneliness(demo)
                                          SidNettle -- Sunday September 28 2008, @05:22PM (#312255)
                                          (User #14252 Info | http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=473903&id=622820624#/group.php?gid=74725266851&ref=mf )
                                           Driving along in my automobile, with Sid Nettle beside me at the wheel...
                                            Vocals other than Morrissey on singles ;) (Score:0)
                                            My fave extra vocal, though, would be Miss O'Hara on NOVEMBER SPAWNED A MONSTER.

                                            It's a Canadian thing. ;)
                                            Anonymous -- Monday September 29 2008, @02:31PM (#312274)
                                              WERR da FUCK is KRISTEEN YOUNG!?! (Score:0)
                                              THAT'S HOW PEEPZ GROZE UP

                                              ALL da WAY n ALL da LIVE LONG DAY
                                              Anonymous -- Wednesday October 01 2008, @05:24AM (#312296)
                                              Justice for Kirsty (Score:1)
                                              Good to see Kirsty getting her due. God knows her life was dealt an unfair ending.
                                              David Rich -- Wednesday October 01 2008, @02:48PM (#312322)
                                              (User #14929 Info | http://www.myspace.com/dtowndavidrich )

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