I only heard this ‘The Smiths‘ song by chance a few months ago. I didn’t know what to think, which is the same way I have thought about nearly all their music after first listen. Then I realise I have…
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…
In my last post about The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, I listed my ‘Desert Island‘ favourite 5 songs of them. Today’s song How Soon is Now also made that short list. In fact it’s in my top…
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now is is one of my favourite songs by The Smiths. If I was going to introduce someone to their music then I would present the following: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, How Soon is Now,…
I was umming and erring whether to include today’s song here since I just released an article about The Smith’s Half a Person. I consider Half a Person the superior track and I am still deliberating whether I rate Hand…
And if you have five seconds to spareThen I’ll tell you the story of my life Sixteen, clumsy and shyI went to London and II booked myself in at the Y.W.C.AI said “I like it here, can I stay?I like…
The Smiths 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. As I mentioned in my post about lead singer Morrissey’s song Everyday is Like…