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<blockquote data-quote="davidt" data-source="post: 1987289243" data-attributes="member: 1">Shoplifterromo sends the link:<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/greatest-debut-songs-singles-990470/the-smiths-hand-in-glove-991045/">#10 &quot;Hand In Glove,&nbsp; The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time</a> - Rolling StoneExcerpt:“To me, the two-minute-ten-second single was power,” Morrissey told Rolling Stone in 1986, recalling his prefame days of obsessive music fandom. “It was blunt, to the point.” The Smiths proved themselves masters of the form right out of the gate. With its striking fade-in intro, slashing drums, reel-’round-the-cemetery harmonica, and Johnny Marr’s searing jangle, “Hand in Glove” was an anthem of loneliness and disaffection that touched a communal nerve, launching an astonishing run of U.K. hits for the band. As Morrissey recalled in his memoir, “The release of ‘Hand in Glove’ told me, at least, that I existed.” J.D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="davidt, post: 1987289243, member: 1"] Shoplifterromo sends the link: [URL='https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/greatest-debut-songs-singles-990470/the-smiths-hand-in-glove-991045/']#10 "Hand In Glove, The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time[/URL] - Rolling Stone Excerpt: “To me, the two-minute-ten-second single was power,” Morrissey told [I]Rolling Stone [/I]in 1986, recalling his prefame days of obsessive music fandom. “It was blunt, to the point.” The Smiths proved themselves masters of the form right out of the gate. With its striking fade-in intro, slashing drums, reel-’round-the-cemetery harmonica, and Johnny Marr’s searing jangle, “Hand in Glove” was an anthem of loneliness and disaffection that touched a communal nerve, launching an astonishing run of U.K. hits for the band. As Morrissey recalled in his memoir, “The release of ‘Hand in Glove’ told me, at least, that I existed.” [I]J.D.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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