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Let's Talk...The Smiths
As much as I claim Thin Lizzy or the Ramones as my favorite band, I must admit I listen to The Smiths far more. Their albums seemingly never get old and I never skip a track. Marr is clearly one of the greatest guitarists of all time and as much of a twat Morrissey can be...ya gotta love him. He definitely adds spice to the pop culture landscape.
So love them or hate them....what's your take? The most important band to emerge from the 80s? Worst band of all time? Still relevant? (Can any band be relevant 30 years later?)
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Mr. White wrote: For the sake of a little conversation this morning.
As much as I claim Thin Lizzy or the Ramones as my favorite band, I must admit I listen to The Smiths far more. Their albums seemingly never get old and I never skip a track. Marr is clearly one of the greatest guitarists of all time and as much of a twat Morrissey can be...ya gotta love him. He definitely adds spice to the pop culture landscape.
So love them or hate them....what's your take? The most important band to emerge from the 80s? Worst band of all time? Still relevant? (Can any band be relevant 30 years later?)
They are a _great_ band. I listened to them over and over and over again in high school and early college. Marr is a genius, Morrissey is an outstanding frontman.
That said, as a conversation starter... I don't listen to them any more all that much because I don't really relate? I don't feel terribly alienated anymore. In particular, I'm not confused about who I am. As a result, the intentionally false pretense of the whole thing, the intense emotions... I'm not like that any more. I don't think it necessarily says something good about me but I know I am much happier these days.
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One of the great bands no doubt. The right concept, the right people, the right time.
I think their themes and lyrics are timeless. I can always connect back to that Smiths "mentality" and that sort of aura of monumentally mythic teenage-dom they projected.
They don't make bands like this anymore and never will again.
"How Soon is Now" is too long. I always wished there was a single edit of it that took just a minute off it.
I love Morrissey, I love how outspoken and antagonizing he is. I really want that shirt he was selling on one of the last tours- "Be Kind to Animals or I'll Kill You". When I saw him at Radio City Music Hall in 2004, he left in an unexplained tiff during an encore of "There is a Light"...which for me was just perfect.
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I think the way you feel about The Smiths, I feel about The Clash. Fantastic band that I immersed myself in back in my teenage and college years. Now, I'm not filled with as much spit and vigor. Maybe I've become a bit jaded, but I'm not sure we can really change the world as much as we thought (that comment the other day about 'no revolution with TVs in houses' was on point. even worse now with smart phones.). So, I can still enjoy The Clash, but I don't connect as much as I once did.
The Smiths, on the other hand, with their personal and introspective themes...that I can still relate to.
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