Your favorite Morrissey vocals

[The Seeker of Good Songs]

What is your favorite vocal in a Smiths or Morrissey song.

The entire "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" is my tops and,
because I just listened to it, the way Morrissey sings the last line in "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others":
"...And I'll send you mine"

 

[brody]

This is probably a basic answer, but mine’s gotta be It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore. The way he belts “yesterday” sends chills down my spine every time I hear it.
Come back to Camden and Wedding Bell Blues are honorable mentions, too…

 

[The Seeker of Good Songs]

This is probably a basic answer, but mine’s gotta be It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore. The way he belts “yesterday” sends chills down my spine every time I hear it.
Come back to Camden and Wedding Bell Blues are honorable mentions, too…

I forgot "Come Back To Camden", I agree. There are many.

 

[Was I ever any good]

It’s over….. would love to hear this live but I think he’d be to scared in case he was a bit flat.

 

[Light Housework]

Meat is Murder, sung gently, but passionately.

 

[brody]

California Son, in my opinion, has his best vocals to date. It’s over and Wedding Bell Blues are just stellar

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I’ve always adored his singing on You Were Good In Your Time. Simple, perhaps, but with so much presence, warmth and depth in his voice on that particular song. Almost a coarseness to it when he sings “Let the heart rest…”. He really is an amazing torch singer.

 

[nicky wire's legs]

I'm not sorry!

 

[stux]

Another vote for the boy with the thorn in his side. The way he sings “if the don’t believe us now will they ever believe us” magical.

 

[ERT]

Home is a question mark

 

[gordyboy9]

all you need is me,his voice is so good on this song,i could be here till midnight,smiler,ok by myself,camden,good in your time,wedding bell,im not a man,dog on a chain with its nursery rhyme flavour to his singing,kit and finally good looking man about town.

 

[Rufusindigo]

Too many to mention, but 'Dear God' is one of my all time favourites and I'm Changing my Plea to Guilty for the campness of that final flourish!

 

[Anonymous]

It's Not Your Birthday Anymore is his best vocal performance by a country mile.

 

[gordyboy9]

forgot about israel,voice is superb on that.

 

[William Fisher]

Some Say I Got Devil
The Boy With The Thorn in His Side
I Know It’s Over
I Have Forgiven Jesus
Dear God, Please Help Me
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish
Girlfriend In A Coma
Asleep
Late Night, Maudlin Street
To Me You Are A Work of Art

A Swallow On My Neck
I Live In Oblivion

Too many more to mention…

 

[William Fisher]

I think Morrissey himself has said It’s Over (Roy Orbison cover) is his best ever vocal.

 

[gorgideorge]

Oh man, picking my favorite Morrissey vocals is tough, but I'm giving it a shot and claim "Everyday Is Like Sunday" captures his crooning style perfectly. His voice just gets me every time.
Also, yeah, "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" hits me always in the feels.

 

[Raymonde]

last night i dreamt that somebody loved me
girlfriend in a coma
the boy with the thorn in his side
come back to camden
interlude

and i agree totally with others here that the entire california son album is a vocal tour de force

simply the most beautiful voice in the history of popular music! so much of his solo material is carried by his voice alone.

 

[butley]

I adore how he vocalises the word "mausoleum" in Kiss Me A Lot. There are thousands of other examples. "Skin Storm" is a lovely vocal performance and "My Hurling Days Are Done" is amazing. Live At Earls Court contains his best recorded performance pretty much.

 

[Ryan]

It's Over
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
You Were Good In Your Time
My Dearest Love
I'm Not Sorry
I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Well I Wonder