Morrissey SOLO is 100 percent better than the Smiths for the simple fact that Morrissey continued and Johnny was a quitter. The Smiths were good, but Alain Whyte and Boz have written songs just as good as any Smiths song. But you get these retards, and I do mean retards, because most Smiths/Morrissey are in fact retards, anyway, you get these people sitting in coffee shops, starving themselves and resting in some f***ing band that NO ONE will ever like, pontificating about, "Oh yes, Dahhhling, The Smiths were way better. No, I never went to a Smiths show and I'm a vegan and I don't wear deodorant and I was molested and Daddy wouldn't pay attention to me and I lived a hard life in the suburbs and my parents didn't give me a very big trust fund (only a 100 grand) and it was hard, the parents paid for EVERYTHING and now they won't give me a dime, so what if I'm 49, and no, I have no clue who Stephen Street is..." (which, by the way, is the real genius behind The Smiths and Morrissey's early solo work - Street had his hand in every single thing that Morrissey and Marr did...that was great), anyway, the retards continue, "...Yes, I was born in 1986, but I listened to the Smiths from my mother's womb, whom attended the concert, and I also caught glimpses of Morrissey whilst looking through her linty belly-button." Yes, they go on and on. In San Francisco, in Manchester, London, Los Angeles, yes, The Smiths were way better than Morrissey SOLO. f***ing retards. A. They aren't even COMPARABLE, and it's stupid to do so. B. Morrissey WAS THE f***ING SMITHS, so comparing himself to himself is just boring. Stop walking around saying The Smiths are better than Morrissey SOLO, all it says, out loud is, "I AM A f***ING PRETENTIOUS QUEER IDIOT." I'll say this. I HAVE been to Smiths concerts and I can honestly say, MORRISSEY was BETTER during the Kill Uncle Tour and Your Arsenal Tour and Wolverhampton that ANY Smiths show ever was. So, drop it.