Most overrated Morrissey song?

[DAVID is my HERO]

That's quite a statement, coming from someone who thinks This Charming Man is overrated..

It is! You have to understand where I'm coming from. Yes it is a great song. But it really gets me when people say, "Oh, TCM is the GREATEST Smiths song ever. Along, with HSIN." And I've heard this unlessly.

There are far greater tracks. It doesn't peak with TCM. I'm just looking at it as a whole.

Just because it's overrated doesn't make it a bad song. There are no bad Morrissey songs.

Unless it's You Must Please Remember. hahahah!

[candide]

I wasn't aware The Never-Played Symphonies was so highly rated.

Also, I love Pigsty, bad lyrics or not.

[Amy]

Dear God, Please Help Me has to be the most overrated Morrissey song in decades.

[vicarinatutugal]

6 voted for maudlin st!

should have been public votes!

[Please]

Heaven knows, i'm miserable now

Good song but not up there in my eyes

[Not Right in the Head]

"Ganglord" all the way. Yes, I've heard it a million times, and yes, I've heard it live. It still does nothing for me.

[Amy]

6 voted for maudlin st!

should have been public votes!

Show yourselves!. Maudlin St is a classic!

[DAVID is my HERO]

Show yourselves!. Maudlin St is a classic!

i knoooow.

[Dave]

Life Is A Pigsty is excellent as is First Of The Gang To Die. Late Night, Maudlin Street is one of his best ever. I love Ganglord. The only song on the list I don't really care for is Never Played Symphonies. People that like it are ignorant and pathetic.

[oscillate wildly]

soo, who voted for There Is A Light That Never Goes out and Late Night, Maudlin Street (as others said)? haha this requires full explanation.

[troubleluvsme]

Never been a big fan of Ganglord.

[troubleluvsme]

Life Is A Pigsty is excellent as is First Of The Gang To Die. Late Night, Maudlin Street is one of his best ever. I love Ganglord. The only song on the list I don't really care for is Never Played Symphonies. People that like it are ignorant and pathetic.

Dave, how do you really feel about people who like Never Played Symphonies?

[fridaynightinoutpatients]

Late Night, Boring Street

[bogdana]

my vote is for "The Youngest was the most loved". ugh.

[chrisarclark]

becos ifeel imust:

"Everyday Is Like Sunday"
-not overrated one bit- an absolute classic- but since it is one of those songs that everything is always compared back to, iwouldnt be surprised to see some finding it overrated (they would be wrong, but iwouldnt be surprised).

"First Of The Gang To Die"
-overrated, especially the studio version with the tacky sample- how this is the song that spurred on the massive commercial comeback is beyond me- it's alright, but certainly not great.

"Ganglord"
-overrated and juste plain silly- all the people over the moon for this song really hav no taste or sense of what has made Morrissey great.

"How Soon Is Now?"
-a great song, but probably overrated, and then unjustly underrated by those who are simply sick of how overrated it is- it's a vicious circle.

"I Know It's Over"
-not really overrated other than by those who absolutely obsess over the song, of which there are many- still an absolute classic

"Jack The Ripper"
-slightly overrated- a great track, but its not so over and above as many make it out to be

"Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me"
-not overrated at all until someone like David Bowie or Johnny Marr call it the best thing The Smiths did- then it becomes a little overrated, depsite being absolutely brilliant

"Late Night, Maudlin Street"
-slightly overrated- many would put it alongside EILS and "Suedehead" during the VH era, and really it doesnt come close- good song though.

"Life Is A Pigsty"
-vastly overrated- how people can ignore the absolutely dire lyrics in this song is unbelievable.

"Lost"
-overrated by those who think it was robbed of being a top10 single- its not a top10 single, it would not hav saved Maladjusted (dropping "He Cried", "Papa Jack" and "Sorrow Will Come In The End" would hav)- it's juste a good song.

"The Never-Played Symphonies"
-when it first came out, no one could shut up about how great a song it was, how it shouldve been on the album, how it was one of the greatest songs he'd done in a decade- it's juste a good b-side.

"Nobody Loves Us"
-another b-side like "Lost" and TNPS that has become so overrated for having been a b-side- it's a good song, a great song even, but it's not one of his very best as so many make it out to be- it's not so much better (or better at all) than much of SG.

"Suedehead"
-same as EILS, not at all overrated, but due to it always be cited as one of the very best songs he's written and having been the first solo single, ican see some people coming out to say it's overrated (again, they would be wrong).

"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
-an absolutely brilliant song, but often made out to be the greatest song ever written despite the fact that it's not necessarily the best song on the album- hard to say it's overrated, but it's like when people call The Smiths overrated, you know?

[Dave]

Dave, how do you really feel about people who like Never Played Symphonies?

I know, I was just trying to cause controversy. I do think it's one of the weakest tracks though. He was releasing so many songs around that time and I like most of them, but I didn't like NPS or Friday Mourning.

[celibate]

november spawned a monster

[he played it live too much that I can't stand the song anymore]

the song is too long, only the last verse is good

the screaming of Margareth O Mara and Morrissey's ohwoh is getting
on yer nerves if yer a long time fan

it aint bad, but its definately overrated, cause Morrissey claimed ones
that this was his most imortant/best song he recorded, oh my, I'd like
to hear his opinion about it now

[Buzzetta]

Overrated?

Trouble Loves Me - (Hate that song)
Dear God Please Help Me - (Basically Trouble Loves Me Part II)
Jack the Ripper (Get over it already - Morrissey throwing himself into the P.O.V. of a serial killer does not make it the greatest song ever.)

These songs are usually skipped on my iPod....

[nugz]

Overrated?

Trouble Loves Me - (Hate that song)
Dear God Please Help Me - (Basically Trouble Loves Me Part II)
Jack the Ripper (Get over it already - Morrissey throwing himself into the P.O.V. of a serial killer does not make it the greatest song ever.)

These songs are usually skipped on my iPod....

agree with the first two. disagree with the 3rd!!!

[dzhemini]

I voted First Of The Gang To Die

These songs are also overrated IMO:
Irish Blood English Heart
Ganglord
Lost
Everyday Is Like Sunday (great song but not THE BEST EVER )
+ many Smiths songs..

and Pigsty is very UNDERrated.