Which Smiths song yet to be played live on any solo tour would you most like Morrissey to play on the current tour? (suggested by Gonzo)
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How Soon is Now?
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11% |
443 votes |
This Charming Man
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15% |
611 votes |
Hand in Glove
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4% |
165 votes |
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
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7% |
288 votes |
Girlfriend in a Coma
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5% |
192 votes |
Back to the Old House
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2% |
95 votes |
Reel Around the Fountain
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7% |
284 votes |
A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours
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8% |
337 votes |
Shakespeare's Sister
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1% |
64 votes |
I Know It's Over
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18% |
718 votes |
None of these
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5% |
201 votes |
3835 total votes.
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- Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
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Still Ill......... (Score:1)
(User #762 Info)
hmmm... let me think.... (Score:1)
(User #5085 Info)
hmmmm... (Score:1)
has he played Bigmouth or Nowhere Fast solo? those would be great
This Charming Man, i don't know. no offense, but i wonder if Alain & Boz could handle it?
(User #6367 Info)
Absolutely (Score:1, Interesting)
"Hand" shows Morrissey at his rawest and most pointed both as a lyricist and a singer. Definitely one of my top 5 all time Smith's picks.
(User #6884 Info)
Back to the Old House (Score:1)
As a twelve year-old boy, having a crush on another lad who lives close by and also having to live in a house filled with bad memories- that was me. How did this man know?
I knew someone understood what I was going through, and that was relief. I knew I could go on living.
Ken
(User #3940 Info)
A rocking good time (Score:0)
Also, it woould the band's rockabilly skills to a tee.
hand in glove (Score:1)
(User #5817 Info)
theres too many 2 mention but, (Score:1)
(User #1028 Info)
your the bees knees, but so am i (Score:1)
(User #5109 Info | http://groups.msn.com/SalMineosplace)
it's like being a kid in a candy store (Score:1)
(User #6238 Info)
dont slaughter the sacred cow (Score:0)
I realise those who never saw the Smiths would love to hear him sing these songs live but what you're getting is a shadow, not so much a bad cover version (to quote Pulp) but a cover version nonetheless. Nobody can cover a Smiths track live and pull it off 100%, not even Morrissey. After all the flack and insults often said about the other members of the Smiths on this site (particularly the rhythm section), what they created at that time can never be repeated in terms of musical chemistry.
I'd sooner see Moz revisit his own material first. This Viva Hate renaissance is interesting, but let's see him rediscover Playboys, the good bits of Kill Uncle, "Glamorous Glue". I'd sooner hear him sing "My Love Life" again that try and assimilate a Smiths chestnut with that bunch.
(User #4965 Info | http://www.mehstg.co.uk/ramsey.htm)
I know it's over (Score:1)
How Soon is Now? 14 / 9%
This Charming Man 25 / 17%
Hand in Glove 11 / 7%
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 9 / 6%
Girlfriend in a Coma 10 / 6%
Asleep 4 / 2%
Back to the Old House 5 / 3%
Reel Around the Fountain 13 / 8%
A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours 10 / 6%
Shakespeare's Sister 1 / 0%
I Know It's Over 31 / 21%
Panic
(User #1034 Info)
I don't know where else I can go... (Score:0)
Perfect marriage of words and music.
Furby
Easy solution (Score:0)
the difference it made (Score:1)
(User #6916 Info)
Hand In Glove (Score:1)
(User #1479 Info)
NO Smiths songs please... (Score:1)
Sorry, but to hear Smiths songs which, when heard intially moved our very foundations, being churned out by a 20 year older Moz doesn't work. The Smiths were an institution but we are paying the money to see the man whose name adorns the ticket.... R.I.P SMIFFS
(User #4268 Info)
Rubber Ring! (Score:0)
hat full (Score:0)
Smiths Song - Poll (Score:1)
(User #6917 Info)
Technically (Score:1)
So far, they managed to play quite simple tunes : Last night I dreamt / Shoplifters / Meat is Murder / I want the one / There is a light (have I forgotten any ?). Anyone who plays music knows those are quite basic pop rock keys with no major rythm or arpeggio issues.
But when it comes to the hitch up pace of This Charming Man, the rythm guitar keys of Hand in Glove - which is one of the Smiths'most sophisticated song ever - or the dramatically emotional arpeggio from Some Girls are Bigger than others, I'm just afraid that the current band is gonna need a third hand to grow pretty fast !
No offense guys, but you just might need to get your hands off the glove to play them ;-)
Note : this could be a rather interesting challenge. If we compare Smiths to one of their fans group called Suede, the first thing Richard Oakes - the second lead guitar of Suede history - had to show was not songwriting skills but how he played Bernard Butler's old songs. It's an exam that Alain and Boz never had to pass and they definitely should make an effort ! Who wants to be in a jury ? I !
(User #6271 Info)
How Soon is Now? not really. (Score:1)
(User #1720 Info)
Miserable lie (Score:1)
with the bands rockabilly experience this would be good non?
(User #6737 Info | http://www.livejournal.com/users/superfurrygaz)
He Could Sing Out Of The Phone Book And I'd Be... (Score:2, Interesting)
cheers
(User #454 Info | http://jaytando.tripod.com/meeting-morrissey/)
I ould love to hear (Score:1)
I love the words especially...
"I half-die
please keep me in mind"
(User #2606 Info | http://www.myspace.com/youmeandmorrissey)
twinkle twinkle (Score:1, Funny)
(User #3157 Info)
I know It's Over (Score:1)
(User #6183 Info)
"A Rush and A Push" because... (Score:1)
2). I can imagine the Lads giving it a good treatment (have Alain tickle the keys while Boz throws in some jagged skiffle riffs and Deano plays tidy, jazzy drum fills), and...
3). it's a damn cool song.
(User #1233 Info)
I would be (Score:1)
A beautiful, painful, touching song.
(User #2483 Info)
Why do you forget the underrated classic... (Score:0)
I Know Its Over, but... (Score:1)
(User #2464 Info)
without a doubt (Score:1)
linzi burgess(longterm smiths/moz fan)
(User #6929 Info)
Headmaster's rirual (Score:1)
(User #220 Info)
A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours. (Score:1)
(User #4967 Info)
Not quite the same (Score:0)
None of these (Score:1)
(User #555 Info)
Solo-Morrissey (Score:0)
Reel around the fountain (Score:0)
If only (Score:0)
Yes I know, sick.
Well I Wonder (Score:2, Insightful)
In my opinion, it's the best song ever written (in history). It's simplicity is ironic because I don't think ANYONE, aside from The Smiths, could pull this song off live.
I love Morrissey's current band, but I don't know how I'd feel about them covering this song. Maybe I'm just being over protective about *my* song...
Either way, if Morrissey did play this song, I'd probably faint. I think I'd "half die..."
(User #5339 Info)
The Queen is Dead (Score:1)
Though admittedly that is one of the most ambitious guitar parts ever written by J. Marr; very few guitarists could pull it off, and I suspect that Alain and Boz are not among those few.
Perhaps that sounds dismissive and mean, but somebody must agree with me or else it would have appeared on the list.
(User #5762 Info)
sun and the heir... (Score:1)
(User #2789 Info | http://www.morrisseymusic.com/)
None of the above.... (Score:1)
(User #880 Info)
I want another one (Score:1)
(User #2106 Info)
Panic (Score:1, Funny)
How Soon was Sung (Score:0)
Reel Around The Smiths First Record (Score:0)
Hand In Glove (Score:1)
:)
(User #827 Info)
None of the Above... (Score:0)
This Can Of Spam (Score:1)
(User #4758 Info)
Thats what reunions are for (Score:1)
(User #1158 Info)
Suffer little children (Score:0)
Reel Around the Fountain and Spin Magazine (Score:1)
On another note--make sure you pick up the latest Spin Magazine with the Foo Fighters on the cover--there are six letters from militant Morrissey fans printed there. One is really irritating--yet another fan who thinks he or she has to bash Johnny Marr to make Morrissey look good. It's pretty sad. Great Art comes along so seldom in this world...
(User #5785 Info)
Shakespeare's Sister (Score:0)
please god no.
back to back with pregnant for the last time.
it's got to be Panic (Score:0)
Torn to tears. . . (Score:1)
(User #5918 Info)
smith stuff (Score:1)
It would be interesting to hear "How soon is Now" without Johnny Maher, but I don't think that it would be quite the same. "Asleep" I know would be simply beautiful, because its not a complicated song to play and it is really Mozza's singing that makes the sound.
(User #6285 Info)
Half a Person (Score:1)
(User #3487 Info | http://profiles.myspace.com/users/5347553)
Old Smiths' songs to be played now... (Score:1)
(User #6741 Info | http://www.morrissey-solo.com/NA(NOTAPPLICABLE))