14 best songs by either The Smiths or Morrissey?choose................

[the boy with the thorn in his side.........]

[withnail]

mmmm of the cuff

well I wonder
now my heart is full
how soon is now
asleep
half a person
i know very well how i got my name
why dont you find out for yourself?
I know its over
suffer little children
panic
Irish blood english heart
late night mauldin street
still ill
ther is a light that never goes out.

[Leafs]

In no particular order:

Reel Around The Fountain
I Know It's Over
Suffer Little Children
Back To The Old House
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
I Won't Share You
Please, Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Asleep
Paint A Vulgar Picture
I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Everyday Is Like Sunday
The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get
Now My Heart Is Full
Boxers

[lost highway]

good to see,nobodys going for this charming cliche.personally I think its the most overatted smiths song ever................

[GenderNectar]

Will Never Marry
There Is a Light...
I Know It's Over
Nowhere Fast
Well I Wonder
Unloveable
Shakespeare's Sister
Now My Heart Is Full
Suedehead
Tomorrow
How Soon Is Now?
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Rusholm Ruffians

[david]

1. Everyday Is Like Sunday
2. This Charming Man
3. Well I Wonder
4. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
5. Now My Heart Is Full
6. Seasick, Yet Still Docked
7. Hairdresser On Fire
8. Reel Around The Fountain
9. Girl Afraid
10.Pretty Girls Make Graves
11.I Know Its Over
12.The Queen is Dead
13.Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
14.Sister, I'm A Poet

14 is a pretty random number innit?

[david]

how the fuck did I forget Speedway? Mental...

[Mindy]

14 is a rather arbitrary number, don't you think? any particular reason for choosing it? anyway, here is my list, in no particular order except a random one:

yes, i am blind (such a sad, sweet song)
the boy with the thorn in his side (do songs get much more gorgeous than this?)
barbarism begins at home/the headmaster ritual (those songs are connected for me -- yes, it's cheating. do i care?)
there is a light that never goes out (makes me cry)
southpaw (stunning)
stop me if you think you've heard this one before (i used to be obsessed with this one)
everyday is like sunday (duh! such a classic, even if he does play it at every freaking concert)
tomorrow (a perennial favorite of mine)
whatever happens, i love you (so sexy)
jack the ripper (threatening but romantic)
hand in glove (the song that started it all)
i keep mine hidden (technically the last smiths song ever and a rollicking little ditty -- reportedly one of morrissey's favorites)
the last of the famous international playboys (i love when morrissey lets loose at the end)

and finally, you're the one for me fatty -- because i still entertain hopes that he was singing that song about me. just kidding.

i think every time i make a list, it changes. "...i've changed my mind again..."

[Rowdy Yeats]

Ok, I'll have a go. I just gotta remember not to go back, and stick with just 14. Not neccesarily the best, but my favorites.

Feel free to point and laugh:

Paint a Vulgar Picture
I won't Share You
Hand rocks/cradle
Girl Afraid
Rusholme Ruffians
I want the One I can't have
Queen is dead
Southpaw
Bengali in Platforms
Everyday is Like Sunday
Picadilly Palare
Sing yr. Life
Tomorrow
Spring Heeled Jim

[Fan]

the boy with the thorn in his side

well i wonder

this charming man

william, it was really nothing

sheila take a bow

girlfriend in a comma

what difference does it make

paint a vulgar picture

that joke isn't funny anymore

suffer little children

bighmouth strikes again

i know it's over

panic

ask

[Fan]

> the boy with the thorn in his side (do songs get much more gorgeous than
> this?)

NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was listening to the 'boy with the thorn" some minutes ago. This song is something more than beautiful: It's a miracle.

[An observer]

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
This Charming Man (Peel)
I Know It's Over
Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Reel Around The Fountain (Peel)
I Won't Share You
How Soon Is Now?
Cemetry Gates
Still Ill
I Want The One I Can't Have
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Suedehead

[LoafingOaf - All praise to Allah]

I realize that I don't care enough to read anyone else's lists, so they probably woudn't care enough to read mine.

[Mindy]

[Harsh Truth]

Sister I'm a Poet
Certain People I Know
Rusholm Ruffians
I Want the One I Can't Have
Nobody Loves Us
Shoplifers...
There is A Light...
Speedway
Trouble Loves Me
Jack The Ripper
I Can Have Both
Death of a Disco Dancer
We hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
What Difference Does It make?

I know I left some out. But, off the top of my head, these are a lot of my favs.

[Harsh Truth]

> Spring Heeled Jim

I haven't been able to stop playing this tune the last few days!! Amazing! I never really though twice about it until just the other day.

-taking life at five times the average speed,
Harsh Truth

[haridresser on fire (jenny)]

1. Still Ill
2. There is a light that never goes out
3. Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
4. Death of a disco dancer
5. I know it's over
6. That joke isn't funny anymore
7. These things take time
8. Speedway
9. Late Night, Maudilin Street
10. Jack the Ripper
11. My love life
12. Break up the family
13. I don't mind if you forget me
14. Seasick, yet still docked

[jenny]

> In no particular order:

> Reel Around The Fountain
> I Know It's Over
> Suffer Little Children
> Back To The Old House
> There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
> I Won't Share You
> Please, Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
> Asleep
> Paint A Vulgar Picture
> I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
> Everyday Is Like Sunday
> The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get
> Now My Heart Is Full
> Boxers

Not a bad list, leafs. I could make 14 different lists of my 14 favoirte Morrissey/Smiths songs! I know it's over and there is a light are at the top definatly, but why in God's name is Still Ill not on your list???? And Speedway? I should have put back to the old house on mine, I love how simply he illustrates mixed emotions, "I'd rather not go,... I'd love to go" Beautiful! Sorry I haven't emailed you back, I've been meaning to, I guess I've just been thinking of something to say. I haven't gotten those pictures of me & johnny on a disc yet, I've been sick a lot and busy all the time. I'll email them to you as soon as I get them. Later, jenny

[the boy with the thorn in his side.........]

14 is the perfect number for a compilation album aint it?not obscure to me..............

[Mindy]

> 14 is the perfect number for a compilation album aint it?not obscure to
> me..............

on a compilation album, 14 songs is scandalously few. 16 or 18 is better.