20 years of Morrissey - The Essential Tracks

[Tingle]

yet another, "crafted, creative and cunningly simple" post from me: (head is swollen)

I see that Billy Bragg has just released "Must I paint you a picture - The Essential Billy Bragg" which is apparently a two-CD package (but you get a 3rd if it's a special edition). It's to mark 20 years of his being in 'the biz', and apparently he had an on-line vote so that fans could have a say in what went on it. "Jeane" didn't make it.

Following a similar format I'm allowing myself 1 Smiths track, 1 Morrissey track and 1 'rarity'.

Smiths: These Things Take Time
Morrissey: Trouble Loves Me
'Rarity': Work is a Four Letter Word [Honest,I like that song]

Anyone care to torture themselves by doing the same?

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Billy's Essential Tracks

Disc 1
1. New England
2. The Man In The Iron Mask
3. Milkman Of Human Kindness
4. To Have And Have Not
5. A Lover Sings
6. St. Swithins Day
7. The Saturday Boy
8. Between The Wars
9. The World Turned Upside Down
10. Levi Stubbs Tears
11. Walk Away Renee
12. Greetings To The New Brunette
13. There Is Power In A Union
14. Help Save The Youth Of America
15. The Warmest Room
16. Must I Paint You A Picture
17. She's Got A New Spell
18. The Price I Pay
19. Valentines Day Is Over
20. Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards

Disc: 2
1. Sexuality
2. Cindy Of 1000 Lives
3. Moving The Goalposts
4. Tank Park Salute
5. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
6. Accident Waiting To Happen
7. Sulk
8. Upfield
9. The Fourteenth Of February
10. Brickbat
11. The Space Race Is Over
12. The Boy Done Good
13. Ingrid Bergman
14. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
15. My Flying Saucer
16. All You Fascists Bound To Lose
17. NPWA
18. St. Monday
19. Somedays I See The Point
20. Take Down The Union Jack

Disc: 3
1. A13, Trunk Road To The Sea
2. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
3. Cold And Bitter Tears
4. Seven And Seven Is
5. When Will I See You Again?
6. Rule Nor Reason
7. Debris
8. Dry Bed
9. She Smiled Sweetly
10. Take Down The Union Jack

[Romeo Blue]

Look, that is all very nice. In fact, it is brilliant. But the fucking thing is all in your mind's eye. These make believe CD's don't exist, and you really have not offered to burn them and sell them to us. To make, a "best of" such as yours, one would need to by nearly 100 albums.

So why the fuck did you do this?

This is not a question like, "what are the best girl groups or women singers of all time, etc?"

This is just you having a go, making something that is only for you, sharing that with us in the cruelest of fashions, and asking us to fucking do the same.

Well, here is the deal you wanker. I made such a collection back when I was 19 and hopelessly in love with a girl. I made 3 tapes from CD's, a total of nearly 60 tracks from my CD collection. I typed out an index of artist, song, year, album, etc. I provided my own liner notes. I typed out the lyrics. And I presented it to her. She loved it!! But I was nine-fucking-teen!! You are much older and yet you continue to engage to such juvenile endeavors and then you don't even offer to sell them to us.

What, then, is your point, you selfish twat???

[Tingle]

Well ignore it then. Don't want to? Don't do it? Simple. & If you don't see that I'm just dropping in that Billy Bragg, whose career launched at much the same time as Morrissey's, and seems to be much admired by Morrissey admirers has had another compilation released, then let me spell it out for you:

Do you like Billy Bragg?
You do? >Then you may be interested to know that he has a new compilation out.

You don't? > Then kindly ignore this post and read another.

Ah! That's MUCH more interesting to read ain't it?

[Romeo, I think you're just taking the P.]

> Look, that is all very nice. In fact, it is brilliant. But the fucking
> thing is all in your mind's eye. These make believe CD's don't exist, and
> you really have not offered to burn them and sell them to us. To make, a
> "best of" such as yours, one would need to by nearly 100 albums.

> So why the fuck did you do this?

> This is not a question like, "what are the best girl groups or women
> singers of all time, etc?"

> This is just you having a go, making something that is only for you,
> sharing that with us in the cruelest of fashions, and asking us to fucking
> do the same.

> Well, here is the deal you wanker. I made such a collection back when I
> was 19 and hopelessly in love with a girl. I made 3 tapes from CD's, a
> total of nearly 60 tracks from my CD collection. I typed out an index of
> artist, song, year, album, etc. I provided my own liner notes. I typed out
> the lyrics. And I presented it to her. She loved it!! But I was
> nine-fucking-teen!! You are much older and yet you continue to engage to
> such juvenile endeavors and then you don't even offer to sell them to us.

> What, then, is your point, you selfish twat???

[Tingle]

> So why the fuck did you do this?

I was bored at work. I'm waiting for the clock to click over to.... ah yes it has now.
Bye.

[Bluenose]

Some excellent choices on the Billy Bragg compilation. Shame 'Ontario, Quebec and Me' didn't make it, but I think all my other favourites are on there.

Anyway, here are my Smiths/Moz choices:

Smiths: Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Morrissey: Now My Heart Is Full
'Rarity': Piccadilly Palare (with the extra verse)

[Weiß]

Smiths: Boy with Thorn
Morrissey: Interesting Drug
Rarity: Lost

[Belligerent Ghoul]

Smiths: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

Morrissey: The Last of The Famous International Playboys

Rarity: The Smiths, complete version of The Cookies "I Want A Boy for My Birthday"

Alternative Rarity:

Morrissey, very high quality version of NY Dolls "Trash" live

[A.K1976]

> Smiths: Boy with Thorn
> Morrissey: Interesting Drug
> Rarity: Lost

Mine are:

Smiths - I Want The One I Can't Have
Morrissey - Reader Meet Author
Rarity - Pretty Girls Make Graves (Troy Tate version)

Of course these could change within a matter of seconds.

[Chill -- Soon to be a jumped up pantry girl]

1) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2) Jack The Ripper
3) I Keep Mine Hidden (Since I lost my copy of this, it's been playing non-stop in my head. Damn you, Apple Computers.)

But I must stress, as I always do, that my answers would be different five minutes from now. Je suis tellement capricieuse.

Also, if anyone cares, my three favorite songs of all time by The Smiths are TIALTNGO, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side, and Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before.

[Harsh Truth]

Smiths: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Morrissey: Speedway
Rarity: I'll cheat a bit and say "Sister I'm a Poet." Hey, it was never released on a "proper" album! I think it's perhaps the best song that Morrissey has ever recorded.

[Chill -- Soon to be a jumped up pantry girl]

I always quote it when people give me a hard time for liking websites like Rotten and The Crime Library and for Unsolved Mysteries.

[Shadowplay]

I liked Bragg's cover of 'Never Had No-One Ever' much much more than 'Jeane'

Bah.

[Johnny]

> yet another, "crafted, creative and cunningly simple" post from
> me: (head is swollen)

> I see that Billy Bragg has just released "Must I paint you a picture
> - The Essential Billy Bragg" which is apparently a two-CD package
> (but you get a 3rd if it's a special edition). It's to mark 20 years of
> his being in 'the biz', and apparently he had an on-line vote so that fans
> could have a say in what went on it. "Jeane" didn't make it.

> Following a similar format I'm allowing myself 1 Smiths track, 1 Morrissey
> track and 1 'rarity'.

> Smiths: These Things Take Time
> Morrissey: Trouble Loves Me
> 'Rarity': Work is a Four Letter Word [Honest,I like that song]

> Anyone care to torture themselves by doing the same?

> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
> Billy's Essential Tracks

> Disc 1
> 1. New England
> 2. The Man In The Iron Mask
> 3. Milkman Of Human Kindness
> 4. To Have And Have Not
> 5. A Lover Sings
> 6. St. Swithins Day
> 7. The Saturday Boy
> 8. Between The Wars
> 9. The World Turned Upside Down
> 10. Levi Stubbs Tears
> 11. Walk Away Renee
> 12. Greetings To The New Brunette
> 13. There Is Power In A Union
> 14. Help Save The Youth Of America
> 15. The Warmest Room
> 16. Must I Paint You A Picture
> 17. She's Got A New Spell
> 18. The Price I Pay
> 19. Valentines Day Is Over
> 20. Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards

> Disc: 2
> 1. Sexuality
> 2. Cindy Of 1000 Lives
> 3. Moving The Goalposts
> 4. Tank Park Salute
> 5. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
> 6. Accident Waiting To Happen
> 7. Sulk
> 8. Upfield
> 9. The Fourteenth Of February
> 10. Brickbat
> 11. The Space Race Is Over
> 12. The Boy Done Good
> 13. Ingrid Bergman
> 14. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
> 15. My Flying Saucer
> 16. All You Fascists Bound To Lose
> 17. NPWA
> 18. St. Monday
> 19. Somedays I See The Point
> 20. Take Down The Union Jack

> Disc: 3
> 1. A13, Trunk Road To The Sea
> 2. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
> 3. Cold And Bitter Tears
> 4. Seven And Seven Is
> 5. When Will I See You Again?
> 6. Rule Nor Reason
> 7. Debris
> 8. Dry Bed
> 9. She Smiled Sweetly
> 10. Take Down The Union Jack

The Smiths - I Know It's Over

Morrissey - Now My Hear Is Full

Rarity - Morrissey - Honey You Know Where To Find Me

[Ruffian]

Tough call Tingle ol' Boy..

Smiths: Half A Person (In the days when you were hopelessly poor...)
Morrissey: Spring heeled Jim (He'll do but never be done too)
'Rarity': The Loop or Pregnant For the Last Time (Are these rarities) or Born To hang

Just songs I like to hear.. but it could be dozens of choices.. 'Some Girls', 'Stop ME', 'London', 'what she said', 'barbarism', 'S&T Hooli', 'Please Please Please', 'Now My heart is full', 'Speedway', 'Sister'

oh, the list is too long..
Ruffian

[david]

Smiths: The Boy With A Thorn in his side
Morrissey: Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?
rare: some new songs would do nicely

[Banging em' Dave]

Smiths: Paint a Vulgar Picture
Morrissey: Suedehead
Rarirty: mmmm?

Bizaarely I've just walked past Billy Bragg. Think he's signing his album in Leeds and there he was on Briggate- bold as brass.

I should have said something but I was a bit starstruck.

[Weiß]