But the music, the music holds up. Still one of the best bands of all time, just behind the Beatles.
To me they are better than the Beatles..thats to me.
Im not sure what metric you are using to say they are the second best band to the Beatles
It seems almost purely subjective.
That's the trouble with most "best band "
"Best song " type lists.
it's fantasy land.
Especially funny when you see how ugly and unstlyish and unoriginal lots of the music writers are who make up these lists
It's actually quite scary when you see how many people fall for it.
It's nearly always men who say this league table stuff probably stems from a kind of male autism
Men seem to have this insecurity that they fend off with lists.
To me M is better than Bowie and Lennon and Dylan
But there is no way in hell morrissey even comes in the top five with the worlds important male pop stars list.
The smiths as far as the world is concerned probably don't get in the top 5 either.
In fact even in the uk they prob don't.
Beatels
R Stones
The who
The Kinks
The Jam
Joy Division
The Fall
sex pistols
Specials
Stone Roses
led Zeplin
The Police
D mode
The Cure
Oasis
Suede
Pulp
even Blur could, arguably all rate higher than smiths ,
Again im not talking about me, im talking objectively