The Smiths....are good?
 

I've always been repulsed by anything related to Morissey because of his infamous prissy diva actions that made him out to be a whiny person but then I heard their song "please please please let me get what i want" in that 500 days of summer movie and was really moved by it. It's completely made me rethink the band and now I'm on the lookout for a great album by them. Which one has the sound most like that song?

Anyone else get into them by accident when you realized morissey isnt an annoyingly anal prick all the time?

i'd go with the "louder than bombs" comp. it seems to be the smiths album for people who hate the smiths.

Yeah... The Smiths.. I LOVED them a lot 10 years ago. Louder than Bombs is still great though. AMAZING guitarist, but eh...

But he basically is!

I've learned to appreciate the music and even the song writing, which is at times brilliant. But that doesn't make him any less whiny, self-righteous, and generally full of it.

He definitely was the worst part of that band..

why's that, aren't a lot of those tracks from their albums anyway?

i would go with the self titled or queen is dead, both are solid records.

Louder than Bombs is a comp of singles and shit. None of the songs are from other albums except Hand in Glove, which is on a few of their albums.

I'd say Queen is Dead is their worst. Strangeways is unfairly neglected -- it has their best song ("stop Me if you Think You've Heard THis One Before").

Actually, their best, by far, is probably Hatful of Hollow -- it has better versions of previously-released songs like THESE THINGS TAKE TIME, a lot of the songs are way different, it's like a best of with better recorded versions.

But yeah, Louder has like 16 or 17 truely great songs on it, so go there.

morrissey isnt even in my favourite smiths track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S9AR9S3p0

i liked the smiths a few years ago, and then i resolved to hate them... but that's over, i guess, as i've been listening to hatful of hollow a lot lately.

morrissey's a dick but so's most everyone else i listen to. eh.

I fucking hate Morrissey.
I fucking love The Smiths.

no shit, sherlock


jk

Yeah, I almost added "Just like every fucking Smiths fan ever" but I forgot to.

i'm not sure why that album. i'm just basing it off the few people i know that hate the smiths. i guess it "rocks" harder without too much of the soft stuff.

the smiths... the guy from modest mouse's old band, right? johnny marr, i thought... who the fuck is morrissey?

You pretty much nailed it right there.

I find it impossible to trust anyone who doesn't like The Smiths at least a little.

Why is that?

I've never liked The Smiths. I gave the local library's copy of the band's reputed best album "The Queen is Dead" a listen and was appalled by it's insipidness. One of the most overrated bands ever.

morrissey's favorite fall song is "lie dream of a casino soul." he should get some mad rep for that. he plays it before each of his shows too.

shitty and way overrated!