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Post by tremulant on May 26, 2005 11:00:31 GMT -5
Heard the name, heard the hype, heard ATD-I cover them, any fans here? What are some good songs I should check out?
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Post by soniktruth on May 26, 2005 11:32:31 GMT -5
you are probably talking to the biggest if not one of the biggest (bradley) fans on this board
Pretty Girls Make Graves This Charming Man Still Ill What Difference Does It Make? These Things Take Time Handsome Devil This Night Has Opened My Eyes Shoplifters Of The World Unite Sweet And Tender Hooligan Half A Person Panic Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now Rubber Ring Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want Asleep A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before Girlfriend In A Coma I Won't Share You The Queen Is Dead/Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty Frankly, Mr. Shankly Bigmouth Strikes Again The Boy With The Thorn In His Side There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others The Headmaster Ritual I Want The One I Can't Have Nowhere Fast Well I Wonder Meat Is Murder
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Post by Rubberneck on May 26, 2005 12:32:12 GMT -5
make it easy on yourself; go out and buy louder than bombs.
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Post by CoKeS on May 26, 2005 14:21:06 GMT -5
you disappointment, para, you forgot one of their best songs, if not the best....
I KNOW IT'S OVER
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Post by tremulant on May 26, 2005 15:48:12 GMT -5
thanks guys. oh, is louder than bombs a compilation?
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Post by rivalhools on May 26, 2005 16:37:58 GMT -5
cure > smiths
q.e.d.
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Post by CoKeS on May 27, 2005 10:19:22 GMT -5
i'd say this....
the cure = the smiths
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Post by Bradley on May 27, 2005 10:27:54 GMT -5
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Post by Bradley on May 27, 2005 10:28:59 GMT -5
i'd say this.... the cure = the smiths Ha! Poor comment!
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Post by Bradley on May 27, 2005 10:51:17 GMT -5
Yes para, I do believe I am the biggest Smiths Fan here. Thanks for the recognition. Ok, reggae hating Tremulent: I'll Highlight the good songs:
"Troy Tate Sessions" (first cut of first album, actually better produced than the real one): Pretty Girls Make Graves (much better than "the Smiths" version)
1984"The Smtihs" LP (First): Reel Around the Fountain You've Got Everything Now Still Ill Hand in Glove [The Reissue has This Charming Man on it]
1984"Hatful of Hollow" (comp inc. some troy tate seswsions, B sides, singles) William, It was really Nothing These Things Take Time How Soon is Now Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now Accept Yourself Girl Afraid Back to the Old House
1985 "Meat is Murder" LP Rusholme Ruffians I Want the One I can't Have What She Said Nowhere Fast Well I Wonder [The reissue has How Soon is Now on it]
1986 "The Queen is Dead" LP THE WHOLE THING!
1987 "Strangeways Here We Come" LP Girlfriend in a Coma Paint a Vulgar Picture I Won't Share You
And you need the live album "RANK" And non-LP singles/B-sides; Asleep, Ask, Half a Person, Panic
The problem with a Smiths collection is that they were a trad band in that they treated LPs and singles as seperate. So the hits are not on LPs originally. Do not buy the reissues. Terribly inserted songs right in the middle. Not good practice at all! Do not buy Louder than Bombs. That is a singles and B sides collection. Their non-LP B-sides are actually their worst stuff. And you would be missing out on album tracks which are their best stuff. Their Discography is totally messed up cos of this. The only song of theirs not on more than one collection/LP/Single disc is "Never Had No One Ever", one of my faves.
oh yeah, Morrissey once said "reggae is vile". Your Friend! You don't have to thank me, it's ok.
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Post by soniktruth on May 27, 2005 12:14:35 GMT -5
Pretty Girls Make Graves (much better than the Smiths version) I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU...
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Post by soniktruth on May 27, 2005 12:15:52 GMT -5
hey bradley, any good smiths covers?
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Post by tremulant on May 27, 2005 12:16:05 GMT -5
This Charming Man is currently being played non-stop on my computer machine, yesss!
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Post by CoKeS on May 27, 2005 15:59:39 GMT -5
i can't believe you said not to get louder than bombs, bradley, that cd has soooo many good songs.
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Post by Castro on May 27, 2005 17:19:14 GMT -5
smiths are awesome to be assured
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Post by rivalhools on May 28, 2005 8:05:08 GMT -5
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Post by Bradley on May 28, 2005 13:25:48 GMT -5
i can't believe you said not to get louder than bombs, bradley, that cd has soooo many good songs. Well it has quite a few really bad songs, which none of the albums have any of (excepting Meat is Murder title-track, of course, but let's not talk about that). Of course in the UK the singles and B-sides comp is "The World Won't Listen", which has some album tracks on, making it useless, even worse than Louder than Bombs. I'd prefer the track "Louder than a bomb" by Public Enemy really.
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Post by Bradley on May 28, 2005 13:36:44 GMT -5
hey bradley, any good smiths covers? I don't have any currently. Your problem here is that they are an absolutely legendary band! Untouchable. Marr, Rourke and Joyce are three amazing musicians, so anyone playing their stuff straight would have to be real good also. It's not like covering Leonard Cohen, (see hallelujah, Buckley and Cale+) where you can do it in another style. It's a band doing a band. Add to that that most Smiths songs have 4 or 5 guitar tracks (This Charming Man appparently has 12) and Morrissey's distinctive yodelling, and the idiosyncratic nature of the lyrics, and you have something very hard to cover. So I don't have much belief. But there are loads. I'm sure we can spot the bands that have taken names from Smiths/Morrissey tracks, though.
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Post by Bradley on May 28, 2005 14:11:45 GMT -5
Oh yeah, Jeff Buckley works "I know it's over" into Hallelujah in concert on the live CD Mystery Whiteboy, which we all have, right?...right?
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Post by CoKeS on May 30, 2005 12:35:46 GMT -5
Oh yeah, Jeff Buckley works "I know it's over" into Hallelujah in concert on the live CD Mystery Whiteboy, which we all have, right?...right? i need to pick up some more Jeff Buckley, all i have is Grace.
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Post by soniktruth on May 30, 2005 23:59:31 GMT -5
hey bradley, any good smiths covers? I don't have any currently. Your problem here is that they are an absolutely legendary band! Untouchable. Marr, Rourke and Joyce are three amazing musicians, so anyone playing their stuff straight would have to be real good also. It's not like covering Leonard Cohen, (see hallelujah, Buckley and Cale+) where you can do it in another style. It's a band doing a band. Add to that that most Smiths songs have 4 or 5 guitar tracks (This Charming Man appparently has 12) and Morrissey's distinctive yodelling, and the idiosyncratic nature of the lyrics, and you have something very hard to cover. So I don't have much belief. But there are loads. I'm sure we can spot the bands that have taken names from Smiths/Morrissey tracks, though. i hear the sweet and tender hooligans are phenomenal with smiths and moz covers
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Post by CoKeS on May 31, 2005 14:35:39 GMT -5
I don't have any currently. Your problem here is that they are an absolutely legendary band! Untouchable. Marr, Rourke and Joyce are three amazing musicians, so anyone playing their stuff straight would have to be real good also. It's not like covering Leonard Cohen, (see hallelujah, Buckley and Cale+) where you can do it in another style. It's a band doing a band. Add to that that most Smiths songs have 4 or 5 guitar tracks (This Charming Man appparently has 12) and Morrissey's distinctive yodelling, and the idiosyncratic nature of the lyrics, and you have something very hard to cover. So I don't have much belief. But there are loads. I'm sure we can spot the bands that have taken names from Smiths/Morrissey tracks, though. i hear the sweet and tender hooligans are phenomenal with smiths and moz covers is that supposed to be a joke, para, or is that an actual band?
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Post by soniktruth on May 31, 2005 15:58:02 GMT -5
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Post by mook8515 on May 31, 2005 23:59:43 GMT -5
What song does ATDI cover and where can I find this?
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Post by Bradley on Jun 1, 2005 7:21:41 GMT -5
They covered this night has opened my eyes. paranoid has it on his website thingy.
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Post by tremulant on Jun 10, 2005 17:32:34 GMT -5
its also on the anthology, beware, it sucks!
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Post by Bradley on Jun 11, 2005 6:56:29 GMT -5
sure does
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Post by Bradley on Jun 12, 2005 9:55:34 GMT -5
I have a video of a gig where they work the "I've seen it happen in other people's lives..." part of That Joke Isn't funny anymore into Catacombs.
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Post by Bradley on Jun 12, 2005 9:58:24 GMT -5
Oh yeah, Jeff Buckley works "I know it's over" into Hallelujah in concert on the live CD Mystery Whiteboy, which we all have, right?...right? i need to pick up some more Jeff Buckley, all i have is Grace. I have Grace Mystery White Boy Live at Cin-e Songs to No One Sketches (For my sweetheart the drunk) Live at L'Olympia Last Goodbye EP
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Post by CoKeS on Jun 12, 2005 13:51:54 GMT -5
i need to pick up some more Jeff Buckley, all i have is Grace. I have Grace Mystery White Boy Live at Cin-e Songs to No One Sketches (For my sweetheart the drunk) Live at L'Olympia Last Goodbye EP i just picked up Mystery White Boy, and my girlfriend got me Sketeches for my birthday.
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