The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 164: STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE

[Houdini]

Let's compile our own Morrissey/Smiths Top 100 by rating all 232 Moz/Smiths-songs.

Song for Today: STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE

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

The songs so far (voting is still open, click to vote):

Part 163: Still Ill
Part 162: Spring-Heeled Jim
Part 161: Speedway
Part 160: Southpaw
Part 159: Sorrow Will Come In The End
Part 158: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Part 157: Slum Mums
Part 156: Skin Storm
Part 155: Sister, I'm A Poet
Part 154: Sing Your Life
Part 153: Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Part 152: Sheila Take A Bow
Part 151: Shakespeare's Sister
Part 150: Seasick Yet Still Docked
Part 149: Satan Rejected My Soul
Part 148: Rusholme Ruffians
Part 147: Rubber Ring
Part 146: Roy's Keen
Part 145: Reel Around The Fountain
Part 144: Redondo Beach
Part 143: Reader Meet Author
Part 142: Pretty Girls Make Graves
Part 141: Pregnant For The Last Time
Part 140: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Part 139: Piccadilly Palare
Part 138: Pashernate Love
Part 137: Papa Jack
Part 136: Panic
Part 135: Paint A Vulgar Picture
Part 134: Our Frank
Part 133: Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Part 132: Oscillate Wildly
Part 131: On The Streets I Ran
Part 130: Oh Well, I'll Never Learn
Part 129: Nowhere Fast
Part 128: Now My Heart Is Full
Part 127: Now I Am A Was
Part 126: November Spawned A Monster
Part 125: Noise Is The Best Revenge
Part 124: Nobody Loves Us
Part 123: No One Can Hold A Candle To You
Part 122: Never Had No One Ever
Part 121: My Love Life
Part 120: My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Part 119: Mute Witness
Part 118: Munich Air Disaster 1958
Part 117: Moonriver
Part 116: Money Changes Everything
Part 115: Miserable Lie
Part 114: Michael's Bones
Part 113: Mexico
Part 112: Meat Is Murder
Part 111: Margaret On The Guillotine
Part 110: Maladjusted
Part 109: Lucky Lisp
Part 108: Lost
Part 107: London
Part 106: Little Man, What Now?
Part 105: Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
Part 104: Life Is A Pigsty
Part 103: Let the Right One Slip In
Part 102: Let Me Kiss You
Part 101: Late Night, Maudlin Street
Part 100: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Part 99: King Leer
Part 98: Journalists Who Lie
Part 97: Jeane
Part 96: Jack The Ripper
Part 95: It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
Part 94: Is It Really So Strange?
Part 93: Irish Blood, English Heart
Part 92: Interlude
Part 91: Interesting Drug
Part 90: In The Future When All's Well
Part 89: If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
Part 88: I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Part 87: (I'm) The End Of The Family Line
Part 86: I'm Not Sorry
Part 85: I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
Part 84: I'd Love To
Part 83: I Won't Share You
Part 82: I Will See You In Far Off Places
Part 81: I Want The One I Can't Have
Part 80: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Part 79: I Like You
Part 78: I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Part 77: I Know It's Over
Part 76: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Part 75: I Knew I Was Next
Part 74: I Keep Mine Hidden
Part 73: I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Part 72: I Have Forgiven Jesus
Part 71: I Don't Owe You Anything
Part 70: I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Part 69: I Can Have Both
Part 68: I Am Two People
Part 67: I Am Hated For Loving
Part 66: Human Being
Part 65: How Soon Is Now?
Part 64: How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Part 63: Hold On To Your Friends
Part 62: Heir Apparent
Part 61: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Part 60: He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Part 59: He Cried
Part 58: Have-A-Go Merchant
Part 57: Handsome Devil
Part 56: Hand In Glove
Part 55: Half A Person
Part 54: Hairdresser On Fire
Part 53: Good Looking Man About Town
Part 52: Golden Lights
Part 51: Glamorous Glue
Part 50: Girlfriend In A Coma
Part 49: Girl Least Likely To
Part 48: Girl Afraid
Part 47: Get Off The Stage
Part 46: Ganglord
Part 45: Friday Mourning
Part 44: Frankly Mr Shankly
Part 43: Found Found Found
Part 42: First Of The Gang To Die
Part 41: Everyday Is Like Sunday (follow this link for first 40 songs).

[Corrissey]

One of the quintessential Smiths tunes. 10!!

I crashed down on the crossbar and the pain was enough to make a shy, bald, buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder... Brilliant stuff

[Walkers Crisp]

Probably my most favourite Smiths song. 10.

[mozmal]

An obvious 10!

[the judge]

An obvious 10!

Oh yes!
The thing that makes me sad is that we'll never hear it properly with all the Smiths playing.
The video is the best made for a Smiths song.

[MozzaBedfordSpur]

A resounding 10 from me, a stunning classic, which stands the test of time, one of my all time favourite songs.

[Comtesse]

Excellent, propulsive music by Monsieur Marr and funny, self-mocking lyrics by Moz make this one of the best songs from Strangeways. Morrissey's voice, fine-tuned from touring, is in amazing form and the words always make me smile. It was tragic when the song was prevented from being released as a single in England due to the ridiculous presumed association of the "mass murder" line with Michael Ryan's Hungerford massacre. "I Started Something..." was released in its place and pales in comparison.

Simply a great song - well-deserving of a 10.

[Helios]

A bit like Still Ill. If you don't vote this a 10, you don't really deserve to be a Moz fan & should leave the board forthwith.

[lovemorrissey]

Stunning 10!

[Chartres]

Never really liked this one apart from the opening drum intro and the segueing from Girlfriend In A Coma". It's not a bad song but I can't find it neither catchy nor witty, nothing outstanding. If I just saw the lyrics and didn't knew which song it were from I would never have guess that it was a The Smiths' tune.

7.


Do you want to lynch me now? But well people have given "Late Night, Maudlin Street", "Reel Around The Fountain" and "Now My Heart Is Full" seven's so I guess there's sins worse then mine.

[Kewpie]

Never really liked this one apart from the opening drum intro and the segueing from Girlfriend In A Coma". It's not a bad song but I can't find it neither catchy nor witty, nothing outstanding. If I just saw the lyrics and didn't knew which song it were from I would never have guess that it was a The Smiths' tune.

7.


Do you want to lynch me now? But well people have given "Late Night, Maudlin Street", "Reel Around The Fountain" and "Now My Heart Is Full" seven's so I guess there's sins worse then mine.

Haha, don't worry you didn't vote 3 or 2.

I don't like having dilemma about how to rate each song, so I decided not take part in.

[Chartres]

Haha, don't worry you didn't vote 3 or 2.

I don't like having dilemma about how to rate each song, so I decided not take part in.

Yupp it's hard, especially when you really don't like it but know that it's certainly not a mediocre song. But then, someone must see to it that doesn't get 9.89 or something like that.

[9 x Fined]

MTV used to hammer this video back in the day. I think it was Stop Me that got me interested in The Smiths in the first place, though I did not buy Strangeways until 1990.

[vicarinatutugal]

Haha, don't worry you didn't vote 3 or 2.

I don't like having dilemma about how to rate each song, so I decided not take part in.

see Kewpie, my feelings can on occasion change from what I voted it, so I take it on what I am feeling at the time, I also think it is a bit of fun. So I say go on, have a vote, keep you busy for ages voting in all these hahaha!

[Captain Tractor]

My favourite Smiths song by a small country mile. An absolute 10.

[Amy]

Do you want to lynch me now? But well people have given "Late Night, Maudlin Street", "Reel Around The Fountain" and "Now My Heart Is Full" seven's so I guess there's sins worse then mine.

Where, where?
Find me these people so that I may chop off their heads!

[Buzzetta]

One of their faster paced songs. It appeals to the masses as well as the fans. Simply a great song. I have played it many a time while driving as non fans will ask me who is this? I tell them... they nod with an impressed "hmm..."(as in this is actually pretty good.)

For that alone it is a ten.

[JoyDiv007]

This song is a 10, after last nights show that 10 is well earned.

[celibate]

an 8

good Smiths song, great lyrics, good tune, but never was a fave of mine,
now thinking there's no Strangways song I really have in me all time
Smiths top 5 [well vulgar picture comes close and I won't share you also]

that's all folks

[celibate]

A bit like Still Ill. If you don't vote this a 10, you don't really deserve to be a Moz fan & should leave the board forthwith.

all people can say that, but if it comes from you , it's not taken to be
serious, looking at yer votes on other classic Morrissey/Smiths songs