I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but here’s yet another great B-side from The Smiths. On this occasion, Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want appears as the B-side to their magnificent single William, It’s Really…
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Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (1984) – The Smiths
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Rubber Ring (1985) – The Smiths
Morrissey sings here about how music mattered intensely to so many of us when we were young: A sad fact widely knownThe most impassionate song to a lonely soulIs so easily outgrownBut don’t forget the songs that made you smileAnd…
Tagged with: 2296, asleep, Morrissey, rubber ring, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side, the smiths
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This Charming Man (1983) – The Smiths
“Where has all the wildness and daring got to? Some of it has found its way onto the Smiths’ record, ‘This Charming Man’. It jangles and crashes and Morrissey jumps in the middle with his mutant choir-boy voice, sounding jolly…
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1986) – The Smiths
“I didn’t realise that ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’ was going to be an anthem, but, when we first played it, I thought it was the best song I’d ever heard.” – Johnny Marr’s (guitarist) comment on…
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1982) – The Smiths
Here is a Smiths’ lullaby of love and unease. It showcases the eerie tenderness and poetic ambiguity that would come to define The Smiths. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is said to be their first musical collaboration – Morrissey’s…
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (1985) – The Smiths
“So I think we’ve reached a stage where we feel… if they don’t believe me now, will they ever believe me? You know, what more can a poor boy do?…I wanted [fame] for so long and now I’ve got it,…
[Nothing But] Flowers (1988) – Talking Heads
My friend Nancy over at The Elephant’s Trunk postscripted her January 10th article: ‘By The Side Of The Road‘ with today’s featured song [Nothing But] Flowers by Talking Heads: I don’t know whose idea it was and I don’t care but having Dunkin…
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Reel Around the Fountain (1984) – The Smiths
The Smiths‘ music features here regularly. They are a punk-pop English group regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. They are one of my favourite bands outright. I…
I Want a Boy for My Birthday (1982) – The Smiths
I Want a Boy for My Birthday was singer Morrissey & lead guitarist Marr’s debut recording (Home demo). The Smiths played this song at their first rehearsal. This is a cover of a song made by The Cookies. I really…
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