The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 169: SUNNY

[Houdini]

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

Song for Today: SUNNY

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 168: Suffer Little Children
Part 167: Suedehead
Part 166: Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
Part 165: Stretch Out And Wait
Part 164: Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Part 163: Still Ill
Part 162: Spring-Heeled Jim
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).

 

[The Spirit of '69]

A pleasant reminder of the days Our Man did stand-alone singles. Nice cover, as well. Where is The Grave Maurice, anyway? And why was he grave??

 

[Comtesse]

I really like "Sunny" but it's not a classic. Much better than anything off Southpaw Grammar though, of course. Still, this mid-period Morrissey doesn't say much to me about my life. I give it an 8.

 

[Mel_Torment]

I really like "Sunny" but it's not a classic. Much better than anything off Southpaw Grammar though, of course. Still, this mid-period Morrissey doesn't say much to me about my life. I give it an 8.

Reminds me...see attached piccy from the Boxers viddy...

 

[Corrissey]

A quirky & catchy 8. This song is in my head when I wake up a lot of mornings...and not just cuz of "We're really missing you and you've only just gone"

 

[Mel_Torment]

A pleasant reminder of the days Our Man did stand-alone singles. Nice cover, as well. Where is The Grave Maurice, anyway? And why was he grave??

Yes, that single was the highlight of the month, if not season during a drab year.

You are in London, and you don't know where the Grave Maurice is? It's on WhiteChapel a couple of doors east of the Whitechapel tube station, I believe. It's been turned into a nauseating modern disco-dolly type of joint.

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/articles/03/05/26/0753237.shtml

I dunno why Maurice was grave. Maybe because he is dead? I like how many English pubs are named after gruesomely deposed/disposed kings. The link above has a possible explanation for Grave Maurice -- Cockernee English mispelled Graf Maurice (graf = some kind of noble title such as Earl).

 

[BillyBudd]

Excellent, excellent song.

 

[Uncleskinny]

Excellent, excellent song.

Absolutely agree, wholeheartedly.

Peter

 

[Dave]

One of my favorites. It might not seem like one of his most important songs, but it's a favorite I never get tired of. 10

 

[MsChievous]

this song still makes me cry. it's a 10 imho.

 

[jossu]

10. Absolutely wonderful song. And every time I listen to it, I find something new, for example an emotion in Morrissey's voice or something in the music, that I hadn't noticed before.

 

[Johan de Witt]

A truly great lost single.
If only he could produce a heartfelt lyric like this these days, we'd all be so much happier.

 

[Maurice E]

A truly great lost single.
If only he could produce a heartfelt lyric like this these days, we'd all be so much happier.

Quite right Mr de Witt. It is indeed a lovely lyric, and a really nice jangly piece of music. One of the very few solo songs (possibly the only one) performed live on British TV (Later with Holland) before it was released.

I wonder though when it was recorded. I've got a feeling it was pre-Southpaw but, for some strange reason, was released a few months after...

 

[Kewpie]

Yes, that single was the highlight of the month, if not season during a drab year.

You are in London, and you don't know where the Grave Maurice is? It's on WhiteChapel a couple of doors east of the Whitechapel tube station, I believe. It's been turned into a nauseating modern disco-dolly type of joint.

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/articles/03/05/26/0753237.shtml

I dunno why Maurice was grave. Maybe because he is dead? I like how many English pubs are named after gruesomely deposed/disposed kings. The link above has a possible explanation for Grave Maurice -- Cockernee English mispelled Graf Maurice (graf = some kind of noble title such as Earl).

Sadly Grave Maurice was bought by a pub chain, still serves drinks, but no longer called Grave Maurice.

 

[JoyDiv007]

Sadly Grave Maurice was bought by a pub chain, still serves drinks, but no longer called Grave Maurice.

It's now a different place or it's totally closed. Least it looked closed when I went past there a few wks ago. The Grave Maurice signs are still up. Looked empty inside.

 

[Kewpie]

Thank you very much for the updated information.

 

[JoyDiv007]

Thank you very much for the updated information.

No problem. Of course I was there at like 10:30 am, the people selling stuff from the tents were giving me odd looks as I looked in the windows. Was a bit creppy, took a few pics of the place and left.

Btw I voted this song an 8.

 

[celibate]

a 10

one of me personal favourites, along with Boxers the best he did in 1995.

the song is about his drug friend Jake Walters [ and not about Sunny Liston] who were already parted at that time, cause of Jake's drugabuse

I'm here and I wont move

 

[Johan de Witt]

I wonder though when it was recorded. I've got a feeling it was pre-Southpaw but, for some strange reason, was released a few months after...

It was recorded during the Boxers-sessions, and was initially planned as the 4th song on the Boxers EP, but they felt it was good enough to stand as a single on its own.
Quite rightly, although the British public didn't agree as this is one of the very few Moz-singles that didn't make the UK Top 40...

 

[King Leer]

Voted this a solid 8 -- I'm glad it's rating so highly (I though the average would be around 7).

It's a strong track with good guitar and a heartfelt lyric. Like Alain's backing vocals.

And despite the criticisms of many, I like the video!