The Best Smiths Song Ever, Semi-Final 1

[Johan de Witt]

YOU HAVE 5 VOTES!!!

The people have spoken.
We've narrowed 73 Smiths-songs down to 30 semi-finalists.
Here is the first semi-final.
Your top-5 please.

 

[First of the Gang]

In no particular order:

How Soon Is Now?
Please Please Please...
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
This Charming Man

Tough decision though.

 

[hatfull]

Handsome Devil, How Soon is Now, Reel Around the Fountain, Still Ill, What Difference Does it Make. Very hard!

 

[chica]

Hand In Glove
Handsome Devil
I Want The One I Can't Have
Still Ill
This Charming Man

How Soon Is Now? won't need my help...
Overall, this is my favourite period, the Smiths and Morrissey solo.

 

[Dothatagain?]

This Charming Man
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Girl Afraid
Still Ill
Well I Wonder

 

[Young And Alive]

If "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" doesn't go through it will be a travesty. Definitely The Smiths' best ever song after TIALTNGO.

 

[chica]

There should have been more votes for TQID. That's a fact.

 

[Midnight]

Hand In Glove
How Soon Is Now?
Reel Around The Fountain
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Well I Wonder

Hideously difficult one, this time!

 

[Pervomartovtsi]

girl afraid ,cuz I'm that way
hand in glove, cuz I like the phrase "little charmers"
I want the one i cant have, cuz I always want the ones I can't have
reel around the fountain,cuz 15 minutes with you how could I ever say no?
and Joke cuz I choose bad, i was meant to chose still ill

 

[Inttenssity]

I Want The One I CAN'T Have
Still Ill (anyone have a remedy?)
Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (sometimes my laughing continues inappropriately though)
Boy With Thorn (hurts like hell)
Well I Wonder (never stops)

 

[celibate]

girl afraid
hand in glove
handsome devil
headmasters ritual
well i wonder

 

[Nikita]

This charming man
Please, please, please
How soon is now ?
The headmaster ritual
Well I wonder

 

[drunken goldfish]

This Charming Man and Still Ill cause they're perfect
How Soon Is Now? cause of the lyrics
Reel Around the Fountain cause his voice sounds especially lovely
And The Boy With The Thorn In His Side cause of the long "oh..." bit at the end which gives me goosbumps.

 

[Jose]

How Soon Is Now?
This Charming Man
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Well I Wonder

This was really hard though...

 

[handsome devil]

handsome devil has voted :

Handsome Devil
How Soon Is Now?
Still Ill
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
What Difference Does It Make?

 

[Bluebirds]

Still Ill
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Headmaster Ritual
Well I Wonder

With heavy heart....

How Soon Is Now I've heard far too much (please don't play at Manchester!!)
Handsome Devil isn't very good IMHO.
This Charming Man is a mere staple of indie discos up and down the world.
What Difference Does It Make? is a song that I liked in my youth but not so much now.

The 4 1985 songs are a vast improvement in terms of energy and maturity than the 83, 84 songs (apart from Charming Man I guess)

Anyway who cares what I think? Hope Well I Wonder gets through though. And Headmaster Ritual. And That Joke. And obviously the Boy With The Thorn In HIs Side

 

[Bluebirds]

I voted for This Charming Man instead of Still Ill. Ho hum

 

[Nikita]

I never understood The boy with the thorn in his side success

 

[bikubesong]

Noooo! FIVE votes? I forgot to vote for Handsome Devil

 

[Sooty]

Very Tough
What diffrence
How soon is now
Charming Man
Boy with the thorn
Still Ill