The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 162: SPRING-HEELED JIM

How do you rate Spring-Heeled Jim?


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Houdini

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Let's compile our own Morrissey/Smiths Top 100 by rating all 232 Moz/Smiths-songs.

Song for Today: SPRING-HEELED JIM

Voting should be something along these lines:
10: Perfection
9: Near perfect, brilliant
8: Really good Moz/Smiths song
7: Good Moz/Smiths song
6: OK, Nothing special
5: Uninspired
4: Poor
3: Bad
2: Should never have been released
1: He/They should be ashamed

The songs so far (voting is still open, click to vote):

Part 161: Speedway
Part 160: Southpaw
Part 159: Sorrow Will Come In The End
Part 158: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Part 157: Slum Mums
Part 156: Skin Storm
Part 155: Sister, I'm A Poet
Part 154: Sing Your Life
Part 153: Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Part 152: Sheila Take A Bow
Part 151: Shakespeare's Sister
Part 150: Seasick Yet Still Docked
Part 149: Satan Rejected My Soul
Part 148: Rusholme Ruffians
Part 147: Rubber Ring
Part 146: Roy's Keen
Part 145: Reel Around The Fountain
Part 144: Redondo Beach
Part 143: Reader Meet Author
Part 142: Pretty Girls Make Graves
Part 141: Pregnant For The Last Time
Part 140: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Part 139: Piccadilly Palare
Part 138: Pashernate Love
Part 137: Papa Jack
Part 136: Panic
Part 135: Paint A Vulgar Picture
Part 134: Our Frank
Part 133: Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Part 132: Oscillate Wildly
Part 131: On The Streets I Ran
Part 130: Oh Well, I'll Never Learn
Part 129: Nowhere Fast
Part 128: Now My Heart Is Full
Part 127: Now I Am A Was
Part 126: November Spawned A Monster
Part 125: Noise Is The Best Revenge
Part 124: Nobody Loves Us
Part 123: No One Can Hold A Candle To You
Part 122: Never Had No One Ever
Part 121: My Love Life
Part 120: My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Part 119: Mute Witness
Part 118: Munich Air Disaster 1958
Part 117: Moonriver
Part 116: Money Changes Everything
Part 115: Miserable Lie
Part 114: Michael's Bones
Part 113: Mexico
Part 112: Meat Is Murder
Part 111: Margaret On The Guillotine
Part 110: Maladjusted
Part 109: Lucky Lisp
Part 108: Lost
Part 107: London
Part 106: Little Man, What Now?
Part 105: Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
Part 104: Life Is A Pigsty
Part 103: Let the Right One Slip In
Part 102: Let Me Kiss You
Part 101: Late Night, Maudlin Street
Part 100: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Part 99: King Leer
Part 98: Journalists Who Lie
Part 97: Jeane
Part 96: Jack The Ripper
Part 95: It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
Part 94: Is It Really So Strange?
Part 93: Irish Blood, English Heart
Part 92: Interlude
Part 91: Interesting Drug
Part 90: In The Future When All's Well
Part 89: If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
Part 88: I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Part 87: (I'm) The End Of The Family Line
Part 86: I'm Not Sorry
Part 85: I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
Part 84: I'd Love To
Part 83: I Won't Share You
Part 82: I Will See You In Far Off Places
Part 81: I Want The One I Can't Have
Part 80: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Part 79: I Like You
Part 78: I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Part 77: I Know It's Over
Part 76: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Part 75: I Knew I Was Next
Part 74: I Keep Mine Hidden
Part 73: I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Part 72: I Have Forgiven Jesus
Part 71: I Don't Owe You Anything
Part 70: I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Part 69: I Can Have Both
Part 68: I Am Two People
Part 67: I Am Hated For Loving
Part 66: Human Being
Part 65: How Soon Is Now?
Part 64: How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Part 63: Hold On To Your Friends
Part 62: Heir Apparent
Part 61: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Part 60: He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Part 59: He Cried
Part 58: Have-A-Go Merchant
Part 57: Handsome Devil
Part 56: Hand In Glove
Part 55: Half A Person
Part 54: Hairdresser On Fire
Part 53: Good Looking Man About Town
Part 52: Golden Lights
Part 51: Glamorous Glue
Part 50: Girlfriend In A Coma
Part 49: Girl Least Likely To
Part 48: Girl Afraid
Part 47: Get Off The Stage
Part 46: Ganglord
Part 45: Friday Mourning
Part 44: Frankly Mr Shankly
Part 43: Found Found Found
Part 42: First Of The Gang To Die
Part 41: Everyday Is Like Sunday (follow this link for first 40 songs).
 
Great stuff, indeed. A 9 from me.

"Take life at five times your average speed, like I do"
 
TEN!! One of my favorite Morrissey songs!!
Great tone, lyrics, music, and la la’ing at the end!! =o)

“So many women, his head should be spinning! Ah…but no…”
 
It's a good song, but it doesn't really speak to me. The production is great and I love the samples on it - they really add an extra dimension that's missing from the live performances. An 8.
 
I'd give 8.5, if I could. . .but since I can't, it's an 8 from me.

--jeniphir
 
I know this won't be popular but here goes:

Nearly derails the definitive Morrissey album. The weakest track on the album. A mediocre six. Granted the fact I have no freaking clue what this song is about might help to explain my position. Someone please explain! ;-)
 
I know this won't be popular but here goes:

Nearly derails the definitive Morrissey album. The weakest track on the album. A mediocre six. Granted the fact I have no freaking clue what this song is about might help to explain my position. Someone please explain! ;-)

It's always seemed quite an ironic song to me - Jim seems to have the "live fast, die young" view of life, and spends all his time chasing women. He "lives to love" (well, lust), leaping from one girl to the next. But he doesn't die young - he grows old, too old to carry on living life at "five times the average speed". He realises that by spending all his time bedding as many women as possible, he's wasted his life, he never did anything else, and he has nowhere else to go - and, I assume, no one to go to. It's a warning against that lifestyle of casual sex.

That's always been my view of it, anyway. I'm sure someone will come along in a moment with a far more interesting subtext-reading. ;)

8/10 for me, anyway.
 
a 10

A brilliant song, as SNS discussed yesterday why Speedway wasn't choosen
as a single, well if there's any song on vauxhall whio had a chance to rank
number 1 in the UK charts it would be this song

The whole song fits, musicly, lyricly and ecpecially the samples
it's the best and me favourite song with samples
[thanks Comtesse, didn't know the word, I wrote something else first but now
editing]

the best line is ofcourse
take life at 5 times your average speed
like i do


all I can say, 75% of Vauxhall songs can be labelled legendary classic brilliant songs.

I have to stop, need extra oxygen
and they think he's mentall
 
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I know this won't be popular but here goes:

Nearly derails the definitive Morrissey album. The weakest track on the album. A mediocre six. !

:eek:

so you think 'used to be a sweet boy' and 'the lazy sunbathers' are better
than Jim?

[IMHO those 2 tracks are his weakest on Vauxhall, but still Ok, compared
to other weak tracks on his other albums]
 
Absoluteley LOVE this song. 9/10. Vauxhall & I by far his best album.​
 
a 10

A brilliant song, as SNS discussed yesterday why Speedway wasn't choosen
as a single, well if there's any song on vauxhall whio had a chance to rank
number 1 in the UK charts it would be this song

The whole song fits, musicly, lyricly and ecpecially the samples
it's the best and me favourite song with samples
[thanks Comtesse, didn't know the word, I wrote something else first but now
editing]

the best line is ofcourse
take life at 5 times your average speed
like i do


all I can say, 75% of Vauxhall songs can be labelled legendary classic brilliant songs.

I have to stop, need extra oxygen
and they think he's mentall

Word!
 
Not as good as most of the songs on the album...

A Solid 8...Just not in the same league as Billy Budd or Hold Onto Your Friends....

But definitely better than Lifeguard Snoozing and Lazy Sunbathers....I think I was banned when those two were rated.....
 
i may be wrong but wasnt this song about a little known british 50s comedy actor called little jimmy somethingorother??? his trademark was walking really quickly i think
could easily have dreamt this so feel free to shoot me down!
i gave it a 7 by the way - i like it very much but its not really that memorable unlike many other V&I compositions.
 
Not as good as most of the songs on the album...

A Solid 8...Just not in the same league as Billy Budd or Hold Onto Your Friends....

But definitely better than Lifeguard Snoozing and Lazy Sunbathers....I think I was banned when those two were rated.....

you can go vote for them now.. thats why the links should be still active and spring-heeled is better than the two you mentioned. I like lifeguard, why do you not like it? Lazy sunbathers I agree with you.
 
Lazy Sunbathers hasn't been up yet, as it's THE Lazy Sunbathers officially

of course! I do that all the time, stupidly. I was looking for (The) boy racer in my ipod the other day and kept going where is it, eventually went to Southpaw grammer only to be embarrassed when I realised its THE, I am so used to just thinking as boy racer... :p
 
of course! I do that all the time, stupidly. I was looking for (The) boy racer in my ipod the other day and kept going where is it, eventually went to Southpaw grammer only to be embarrassed when I realised its THE, I am so used to just thinking as boy racer... :p


Yes, it's interesting how certain songs can do without 'The' without any problem (Boy Racer, Lazy Sunbathers, Last Of The Famous, Headmaster Ritual), where others seem to suffer without the article (Loop, Father Who Must Be Killed, Edges Are No Longer Parallel, More You Ignore Me...).

And then there's First Of The Gang To Die which often is called The First Of the Gang To Die :)
 
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