The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 61: HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW

[Houdini]

While we wait for the new album to arrive, let us go about rating the songs we know, on a daily basis, and compile our own Morrissey/Smiths Top 100.
And instead of chronologically, let's do them alphabetically.

Song for Today: HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW

Voting should be something along these lines:
10: Classic
9: Near classic, fucking brilliant anyway
8: Really good Moz/Smiths song
7: Good Moz/Smiths song
6: Decent, OK, Nothing special
5: Uninspired
4: Poor
3: Bad
2: Should never have been released
1: He/They should be ashamed

We have a new number last.
The top-60 so far (voting will remain open, click to vote):

1) Everyday Is Like Sunday, rating: 9,65
2) Bigmouth Strikes Again, rating: 9,38
3) Hand In Glove,rating: 9,27
4) Cemetry Gates, rating: 9,18
5) Half A Person,rating: 9,15
6) First Of The Gang To Die, rating: 9,06
7) Hairdresser On Fire,rating: 9,05
8) Asleep, rating: 9,04
9) A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours, rating: 8,98
10) Girlfriend In A Coma, rating: 8,93
11) Disappointed, rating: 8,87
12) Handsome Devil,rating: 8,87
13) Frankly, Mr Shankly, rating: 8,56
14) Girl Afraid, rating: 8,56
15) Back To The Old House, rating: 8,47
16) Ask, rating: 8,46
17) Come Back To Camden, rating: 8,44
18) Friday Mourning, rating: 8,32
19) Alsatian Cousin, rating: 8,31
20) Barbarism Begins At Home, rating: 8,27
21) Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together, rating: 8,21
22) Boxers, rating: 8,18
23) Ganglord, rating: 8,13
24) Glamorous Glue,rating: 8,01
25) Death Of A Disco Dancer, rating: 7,98
26) Girl Least Likely To, rating: 7,80
27) Certain People I Know, rating: 7,74
28) He Knows I'd Love To See Him,rating: 7,73
29) Driving Your Girlfriend Home, rating: 7,73
30) A Swallow On My Neck, rating: 7,72
31) Dear God Please Help Me, rating: 7,70
32) Alma Matters, rating: 7,67
33) Have-A-Go Merchant,rating: 7,65
34) Billy Budd, rating: 7,57
35) Break Up The Family, rating: 7,47
36) Accept Yourself, rating: 7,39
37) Good Looking Man About Town,rating: 7,31
38) Do Your Best And Don't Worry, rating: 7,30
39) Bengali In Platforms, rating: 7,29
40) Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice, rating: 7,26
41) A Song From Under The Floorboards, rating: 7,20
42) Dial-A-Cliche, rating: 7,11
43) Christian Dior, rating: 6,79
44) At Last I Am Born, rating: 6,75
45) Ammunition, rating: 6,73
46) At Amber, rating: 6,66
47) Dagenham Dave, rating: 6,63
48) Black-Eyed Susan, rating: 6,57
49) Best Friend On The Payroll, rating: 6,55
50) Cosmic Dancer, rating: 6,51
51) Asian Rut, rating: 6,48
52) East West, rating: 6,41
53) Death At One's Elbow, rating: 6,34
54) He Cried,rating: 6,33
55) Ambitious Outsiders, rating: 6,33
56) America Is Not The World, rating: 6,30
57) Get Off The Stage, rating: 6,21
58) All The Lazy Dykes, rating: 6,07
59) Found Found Found, rating: 5,93
60) Golden Lights,rating: 5,03

[SNS22]

Is there any doubt about this? Anybody who says less than 9, should have their membership revoked....

[TrueToYou]

a 10, for sure.

[Radio Berlin]

8 or 9. But I voted 9 because I like being a member here.
I'm always humming this song.

[Imhotep]

"What she asked of me at the end of the day, Caligula would have blushed"

[the judge]

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SONGS EVER.
10

A great chord progression and great chords.
In my life
why do i give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or I die

I cry and smile at the same time when I hear this song. Not always

[dislocate my shoulder]

11.

Very nice, very nice, very nice, very nice:
Classic:
1) Everyday Is Like Sunday, rating: 9,65

Near classic, fucking brilliant anyway:
2) Bigmouth Strikes Again, rating: 9,38
3) Hand In Glove,rating: 9,27
4) Cemetry Gates, rating: 9,18
5) Half A Person,rating: 9,15
6) First Of The Gang To Die, rating: 9,06
7) Hairdresser On Fire, rating: 9,05
8) Asleep, rating: 9,04
9) A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours, rating: 8,98
10) Girlfriend In A Coma, rating: 8,93
11) Disappointed, rating: 8,87
12) Handsome Devil, rating: 8,87
13) Frankly, Mr Shankly, rating: 8,56
14) Girl Afraid, rating: 8,56

Really good Moz/Smiths songs:
15) Back To The Old House, rating: 8,47
16) Ask, rating: 8,46
17) Come Back To Camden, rating: 8,44
18) Friday Mourning, rating: 8,32
19) Alsatian Cousin, rating: 8,31
20) Barbarism Begins At Home, rating: 8,27
21) Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together, rating: 8,21
22) Boxers, rating: 8,18
23) Ganglord, rating: 8,13
24) Glamorous Glue,rating: 8,01
25) Death Of A Disco Dancer, rating: 7,98
26) Girl Least Likely To, rating: 7,80
27) Certain People I Know, rating: 7,74
28) He Knows I'd Love To See Him, rating: 7,73
29) Driving Your Girlfriend Home, rating: 7,73
30) A Swallow On My Neck, rating: 7,72
31) Dear God Please Help Me, rating: 7,70
32) Alma Matters, rating: 7,67
33) Have-A-Go Merchant, rating: 7,65
34) Billy Budd, rating: 7,57

Good Moz/Smiths songs:
35) Break Up The Family, rating: 7,47
36) Accept Yourself, rating: 7,39
37) Good Looking Man About Town, rating: 7,31
38) Do Your Best And Don't Worry, rating: 7,30
39) Bengali In Platforms, rating: 7,29
40) Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice, rating: 7,26
41) A Song From Under The Floorboards, rating: 7,20
42) Dial-A-Cliche, rating: 7,11
43) Christian Dior, rating: 6,79
44) At Last I Am Born, rating: 6,75
45) Ammunition, rating: 6,73
46) At Amber, rating: 6,66
47) Dagenham Dave, rating: 6,63
48) Black-Eyed Susan, rating: 6,57
49) Best Friend On The Payroll, rating: 6,55
50) Cosmic Dancer, rating: 6,51

Decent, OK, Nothing special:
51) Asian Rut, rating: 6,48
52) East West, rating: 6,41
53) Death At One's Elbow, rating: 6,34
54) He Cried, rating: 6,33
55) Ambitious Outsiders, rating: 6,33
56) America Is Not The World, rating: 6,30
57) Get Off The Stage, rating: 6,21
58) All The Lazy Dykes, rating: 6,07
59) Found Found Found, rating: 5,93

Uninspired:
60) Golden Lights,rating: 5,03

[Camilla]

This was the song that got me into the Smiths, a 10. Words can't describe how happy i get when i listen to this song, the lyrics and the guitar.

[All men have secrets]

One of the first few to get me hooked, back in my debut 'Louder Than Bombs' days.

Quality through and through.

[JoyDiv007]

It recieves a 10 from me. Great song.

[Radio Berlin]

Come back to Camden 17? that sucks, then it won't be in the top 20
at least it's number 5 out of the solo-songs.

[Walkers Crisp]

For an inexplicable reason I never got into this one. Too slow, too whingey, too dull, it's the song I alway skip because I find it almost unbearable to listen to. Nice lyrics maybe (caligula w. h. blushed...)...but it doesnt do anything for me.

Therefore i gave it a 4.

[Ben Budd]

Completely unbearable. Even when I was getting into The Smiths it was trite. 5

[celibate]

a 9, without a doubt, and a classic song from the early Smiths years

the line;
'i was looking for a job, and than i found a job, and heavens knowsi 'm miserable now'
is one of its simple but powerfull lines, he wrote that period

[DAnn Coulter]

Is there any doubt about this? Anybody who says less than 9, should have their membership revoked....

Not only that, they should also get their eyes scratched out of their heads by trannies.....

10+++

[bored]

Is there any doubt about this? Anybody who says less than 9, should have their membership revoked....

I gave it a 5.

It's too whiney for me.

EDIT: I see Ben Budd and Walker's Crisps agree.

At least I won't be the only victim of trannies

[vicarinatutugal]

I gave it a 5.

It's too whiney for me.

brave after all the threats lol! it has to be one of my least fav smiths songs.

[Walkers Crisp]

Don't get me wrong, songs like "Back To The Old House" are from the same period, slow and kind of dull and nevertheless in the same vain (vane? vein??) , but just a little more demanding. It's the subtle nuances that make the difference. For me at least.

P.S. And the falsetto in Heaven Knows is a torture....

[Dothatagain?]

I gave it a 5.

It's too whiney for me.

It is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, you know ...

[bored]

It is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, you know ...

It might be tongue in cheek but its also pain in ear.