Making a "best of..."

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floodzonex

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It's a relative term but you know what I mean. A friend of mine stopped after Kill Uncle(as I'm sure many who heard King Leer did). I decided to make him just a 2 disc retrospective hitting all the high points of each era. No need to tell me what you hate about mine. I just want to see other people's lists. Two recordable cds is about 43 songs or so if you dont use many long ones
Here are mine, now post your's

“Long May It Last”

1. Interesting Drug
2. The National Front Disco (live)
3. You Have Killed Me
4. Interlude (duet with Siouxsie)
5. Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself
6. Our Frank
7. The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
8. Trash (live)
9. Boxers
10. Everyday Is Like Sunday
11. Alma Matters
12. Girl least Likely To
13. Tomorrow
14. Nobody Loves Us
15. First Of The Gang To Die (live)
16. Let The Right One Slip In
17. Reader Meet Author
18. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
19. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference (live)
20. On The Streets I Ran
21. Speedway


“All Because Of Us”

1. Billy Budd
2. Hairdresser On Fire
3. Sunny
4. I Like You
5. Sing Your Life (live in the studio)
6. Trouble Loves Me
7. My Love Life
8. You’re Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
9. Sister I’m A Poet
10. The Boy racer
11. Mute Witness
12. The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get
13. No One Can Hold A Candle To You
14. Jack The Ripper (live)
15. Suedehead
16. To Me You Are A Work Of Art
17. Now My Heart Is Full
18. Lost
19. Angel Angel Down We Go Together (live)
20. Irish Blood English Heart
21. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
22. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (live)
 
Morrissey - The Best of

1. Everyday is like Sunday
2. Suedehead
3. Hairdresser On Fire
4. November
5. TLOTFIP
6. Dissapointed
7. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
8. Seasick and yet still docked
9. Tomorrow
10. I know its gonna happen someday
11. Why don't you find out for yourself
12. Hold on to your friends
13. TMYIM
14. Speedway
15. Now my heart is full

1. Sunny
2.The Boy Racer
3. Reader Meet Author
4. Nobody Loves Us
5. Alma Matters
6. Trouble loves me
7. Jack The Ripper (Live)
8. the edges are no longer paralell
9. First Of The Gang To Die
10. Irish Blood English Heart
11. I have forgiven Jesus
12. Let me Kiss You
13. Come back to Camden
14. The Never Played Symphonies
 
If I had to make two CDs with let’s say 45 songs, I mean for a friend of mine so he could discover the Morrissey solo career, here are the songs, only official releases, and the order I would chosse :



1. Alsatian cousin
2. Little man, what now ?
3. Everyday is like Sunday
4. Angel, angel, down we go together
5. Late night, Maudlin Street
6. Hairdresser on fire
7. I know very well how I got my name
8. Disappointed
9. Will never marry
10. The last of the famous international playboys
11. Michael Bones
12. Interesting drug
13. Such a little think makes such a big difference
14. November spawned a monster
15. Sing your life
16. That’s entertainment
17. King leer
18. Driving your girlfriend home
19. My love life
20. Cosmic dancer (live)
21. Certain people I know
22. We’ll let you know
23. Jack the ripper
24. Seasick yet still docked
25. I know it’s gonna happen someday
26. Tomorrow



1. Now my heart is full
2. Spring-heeled Jim
3. Hold on to your friends
4. Why don’t you find out for yourself
5. Lifeguard sleeping, girl drowning
6. Speedway
7. Have-a-go merchant
8. Whatever happens, I love you
9. Interlude
10. Nobody loves us
11. Trouble loves me
12. Irish blood, English heart
13. The never played symphonies
14. It’s hard to walk tall when you’re small
15. First of the gang to die
16. Let me kiss you
17. You have killed me
18. A song from under the floorboards
19. Life is a pigsty


If I had to make only one CD, with let’s say 25 songs, it would be :

1. Now my heart is full
2. Everyday is like Sunday
3. Late night, Maudlin street
4. Suedehead
5. Hairdresser on fire
6. Will never marry
7. Such a little think makes such a big difference
8. King leer
9. Driving your girlfriend home
10. Certain people I know
11. We’ll let you know
12. Seasick, yet still docked
13. I know it’s gonna happen someday
14. Spring-heeled Jim
15. Lifeguard sleeping, girl drowning
16. Speedway
17. Have-a-go merchant
18. Whatever happens, I love you
19. Nobody loves us
20. Trouble loves me
21. First of the gang to die
22. The never played symphonies
23. Let me kiss you
24. You have killed me
25. Life is a pigsty
 
I like both those compilations though I'd swap interlude for have a go merchant
 
Everyone has a different 'best of' in their mind so it is hard to create one that everyone will like. It always changes for me. One day I love Boy Racer and the next day I'm sick of it and don't listen to it again for weeks or months. THis is how I have listened to Moz for so long. He has so much material I can alternate and keep interest over time. So it is impossible for me to make a best of.
 
You've got to add these Mozzer classics:

"Yoshinoya is for grownups"
"The Wonder Soup"
"Yoshinoya: The Soup of champions"
"I've died and gone to Yoshinoya Heaven"
"Yoshinoya: The soup for PIMPs"
 
Also busy making a "best of..." for a friend. She's odd enough to be Morrissey fan. Here's what I've got so far. Half made up of my favourites, and the other half from the results of Johan's polls.

Ganglord
The National Front Disco
The Youngest Was The Most Loved
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Southpaw
I Like You
Life Is A Pigsty
November Spawned A Monster
The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
I Have Forgiven Jesus
Our Frank
First Of The Gang To Die
Piccadilly Palare
Tomorrow
Jack The Ripper (Live)

Added Ganglord today. Why was that not on ROTT. Been on repeat since I got home.
 
The last best of I did for someone was the following,

Lost
Best Friend on the Payroll
Satan Rejected My Soul
Late Night, Mauldin Street
Now I Am A Was
Ganglord
I Like You
Life Is A Pigsty
First of the Gang
November
Tomorrow
Now My Heart Is Full
The Edges Are No Longer Parallel
Speedway
Southpaw
Subway Train/Everyday Is Like Sunday
 
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