The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 214: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

How do you rate What Difference Does Is Make?


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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: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

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 213: Well I Wonder
Part 212: We'll Let You Know
Part 211: We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
Part 210: Vicar In A Tutu
Part 209: Used To Be A Sweet Boy
Part 208: Unloveable
Part 207: Unhappy Birthday
Part 206: Trouble Loves Me
Part 205: Tony The Pony
Part 204: Tomorrow
Part 203: To Me You Are A Work Of Art
Part 202: This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Part 201: This Is Not Your Country
Part 200: This Charming Man
Part 199: These Things Take Time
Part 198: There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends
Part 197: There Speaks A True Friend
Part 196: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Part 195: The Youngest Was The Most Loved
Part 194: The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Part 193: The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils
Part 192: The Queen Is Dead
Part 191: The Public Image
Part 190: The Ordinary Boys
Part 189: The Operation
Part 188: The Never Played Symphonies
Part 187: The National Front Disco
Part 186: The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
Part 185: The Loop
Part 184: The Lazy Sunbathers
Part 183: The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Part 182: The Headmaster Ritual
Part 181: The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
Part 180: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Part 179: The Father Who Must Be Killed
Part 178: The Edges Are No Longer Parallel
Part 177: The Draize Train
Part 176: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Part 175: The Boy Racer
Part 174: That's Entertainment
Part 173: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Part 172: Teenage Dad On His Estate
Part 171: Sweetie Pie
Part 170: Sweet And Tender Hooligan
Part 169: Sunny
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,(follow this link to first 149 songs).

Best performing songs, parts 1 to 149 (click to vote):

Part 147: Rubber Ring
Part 145: Reel Around The Fountain
Part 140: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Part 136: Panic
Part 135: Paint A Vulgar Picture
Part 128: Now My Heart Is Full
Part 126: November Spawned A Monster
Part 124: Nobody Loves Us
Part 104: Life Is A Pigsty
Part 101: Late Night, Maudlin Street
Part 100: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me,
Part 96: Jack The Ripper
Part 93: Irish Blood, English Heart
Part 88: I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Part 83: I Won't Share You
Part 81: I Want The One I Can't Have
Part 77: I Know It's Over
Part 65: How Soon Is Now?
Part 61: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Part 57: Handsome Devil
Part 56: Hand In Glove
Part 55: Half A Person
Part 54: Hairdresser On Fire
Part 50: Girlfriend In A Coma
Part 42: First Of The Gang To Die
Part 41: Everyday Is Like Sunday
Part 36: Disappointed
Part 26: Cemetry Gates
Part 21: Bigmouth Strikes Again
Part 14: Asleep
Part 1: A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
 
f***ing Brilliant Track!!!!

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I enjoy this track and all the versions that I have heard. It seems like each recording I have of the song, I love in different ways. I gave it a 9. Marr strikes again! That opening riff is killer! :cool:

No more apologies....:cool:
 
One of my favorite Smiths' tracks evar!!!! It was one of the first of their songs that really hit me and made me like them. This local bar had Smiths Best I on the jukebox and I would always play it...depending on how drunk I was...it would often get played multiple times.:o:p Everyone in the bar was like "what is this shit?" Meanwhile, I'd be singing away and pounding my drink in complete drunken musical happiness. HAHAHA
I seem to remember hearing a rumor that Moz hated playing this song live. Is that true or is my memory as shot as I think it is?
 
oh ho oh... a 10! :D

The opening riff gets me jazzed! This is one of my top Smiths songs ever. I love his tone of voice on this track...a little monotone(? -which I LOVE) throughout till that ending/outro 'oh my sacred one' *chills*

Great lyrics & the classic line 'The devil will find work for idle hands to do'. So 'me' :rolleyes:

I must say 'what difference does it make?' every day to my DH (we have different ways of doing -every-thing :p)
 
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10
The ultimate combination of Johnny's fabulous guitar and Moz's crafted lyrics.
An early favorite of mine from the 80's, but looking at these lyrics now, this sounds like quite the abusive relationship!

But now you make me feel so ashamed
Because I've only got two hands
Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh
 
Not one of the greater Smiths tracks, but it was the first Smiths song I ever really paid attention to after a brief clip of "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now". The image of Moz on TOTP, looking like Rolf Harris with the NHS specs, is iconic :). An 8.
 
True, it's not quite a Smiths classic, but the guitar riff and the ending - I just never want it to end. There's some fantastic Moz lyrics, of course - "and your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight", "but still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you." Strange how Morrissey never liked the official release from day one. It still gets an 8 from me.
 
i love love love this song! for me it's one of those Smiths songs that I never tire of. I could listen to it over and over again. so many great lyrics, and what a fantastic riff! IMO, of of their best and definitely one of my favorites. 10!!!!
 
Absolutely incredible - easily a 10.

One of those songs I overplayed at first & its effect grew thin on me. However, have recently rediscovered it & it's absolutely brilliant!
 
Not one of my favorites, but it's a nice energetic pop song. I love the way Morrissey sings, "I'm still fond of you, ah-ha-ho". Of course, those Top of the Pops appearances are to be forever treasured. Viva NHS spectacles! I'll give this one an 8.
 
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