i agree. for such a supposedly miserable band The smiths created some of the most hilarious music I've heard. I remember trying to stop myself from laughing out loud while listening to 'Rusholme Ruffians' on my walkman on the bus when i was a kid - a problem I never had while listenig to, say, Joy Division. The Smiths were 'miserable' in the same way a Mike Leigh film or an Alan Bennet play might also be considered miserable.
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