The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 195: THE YOUNGEST WAS THE MOST LOVED

[Houdini]

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

Today the final 'The'-song
Song for Today: THE YOUNGEST WAS THE MOST LOVED

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 194: The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Part 193: The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils
Part 192: The Queen Is Dead
Part 191: The Public Image
Part 190: The Ordinary Boys
Part 189: The Operation
Part 188: The Never Played Symphonies
Part 187: The National Front Disco
Part 186: The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
Part 185: The Loop
Part 184: The Lazy Sunbathers
Part 183: The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Part 182: The Headmaster Ritual
Part 181: The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
Part 180: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Part 179: The Father Who Must Be Killed
Part 178: The Edges Are No Longer Parallel
Part 177: The Draize Train
Part 176: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Part 175: The Boy Racer
Part 174: That's Entertainment
Part 173: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Part 172: Teenage Dad On His Estate
Part 171: Sweetie Pie
Part 170: Sweet And Tender Hooligan
Part 169: Sunny
Part 168: Suffer Little Children
Part 167: Suedehead
Part 166: Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
Part 165: Stretch Out And Wait
Part 164: Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
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).

[Not Right in the Head]

I mean, c'mon.

[Chartres]

Awful, but still it's a very nice title and some lyrical highlights but except all that... awful.

[liebe]

I accidentally gave this a 10!

I would've given it at 6 if I'd paid attention properly...

[lightupvirginmary]

'there is no such thing in life as normal' -good
children's choir- bad

Unfortunately the bad cancelled out the good.

[Not Right in the Head]

I accidentally gave this a 10!

Hahahaha, someone had to give it a 10. Unfortunately, I'm sure that it will get more, and they won't be due to user error.

[mozmal]

I like it, and while it's not a classic, it is, in my opinion, one of the stronger songs on Ringleader. 7 from mozmal.

[Corrissey]

I like it, and while it's not a classic, it is, in my opinion, one of the stronger songs on Ringleader. 7 from mozmal.

AGREED-all points! The song rocks & I think the kids choir gives it just the edge it needs.
I love the line "Retroussé nose turned up and mischievous"

[Amy]

I think this is a fairly strong song, although by no means spectacular. Kudos to Morrissey for weirding out my friends with a typically macabre subject matter 8

[Black_Eyed_Sioux]

I think it's ok...But there are better songs on ROTT

[lottie]

an ABSOLUTE 10, and nothing less.

[Maurice E]

Hmm, I was discussing song with Houdini and saying how I thought it wouldn't do very well. What did I tell ya?!
The music's quite good and the yodel at the end's nice enough. But the lyrics are just ... I dunno, dull I suppose. No insight, no humour, nothing that anyone can relate to. Yet another flipping Ringleader song about killers, being killed, killing etc. At least the lyrics to the new stuff suggest Moz is over this particular obsession.
Almost makes you long for the court-case related lyrics. Almost!

[Dothatagain?]

Almost makes you long for the court-case related lyrics. Almost!

I've got a feeling we won't have to wait too long for a few more of those ...

[Amy]

I've got a feeling we won't have to wait too long for a few more of those ...

Only this time, Moz will win, and the lyrics will be a smugfest rather than vengeful threats

[jeniphir]

7 from me. It's not terribly special; the lyric is bordering on clever but not exactly on par with some of Moz's classics. I'm all in favour of songs about crime, but this isn't one of the better ones.

--jeniphir

[William4]

this song, like the cd, had to grow on me for a while.. but it still only grew up to be a 7

[cossy]

I love this song. Always have always will.
Should have been number 1

[Dave]

It's a pretty good song but he has so much better. If this were by one of the bands that imitates Morrissey and The Smiths it might sounds better. It is great live though. It would help to know what it's about.

[celibate]

a 7

a song which ranks above the most mediocre songs of ROTT.

also a weird choice as a folow up single, but Morrissey was never
understandeble in his choice of which song should be a single.
music is OK, this song could be on any Morrissey album, musicwise

[unruly boy]

Not being one for agreeing with people on here , I happen to like the song and the album. For me, and I've said this before, ROTT is better than YATQ. Anyway, with regard to this song, it is decent, but I like it less than I did. Still a thoroughly respectable effort. 7/10.