IF IT'S NOT LOVE THEN IT'S THE POLL THAT WILL BRING US TOGETHER - ILM Artist Poll #72 - THE SMITHS - RESULTS THREAD

poll of one word smiths titles

stunned that "accept yourself" may have fallen outside the top 50

When will you accept it

i couldn't for the life of me tell you what song that is

Musically, this song is based on T. Rex's glam rock anthem, "Metal Guru." Marr recalled to Les Inrockuptibles in 1999: "When we wrote 'Panic' Morrissey was obsessed with 'Metal Guru' and wanted to sing in the same style. He didn't stop singing it in an attempt to modify the words of 'Panic' to fit the exact rhythm of 'Metal Guru.' He also exhorted me to use the same guitar break so that the two songs are the same!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s1Ra39nh_8

i mean i have a rough time remembering "accept yourself" myself but it's well-loved

http://i.imgur.com/Ju2bSP9.jpg

10. STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE (Album track from Strangeways, Here We Come)
962 points | 42 votes | 1 first place vote

I'm not surprised to see 'Panic' place this high, probably one of their best known songs, and the "hang the DJ" coda is absolute perfection.

hey it's my no. 4, and the last of my ballot to place

oh wait no i lied, i didn't vote for this song lol

Thought this would be in the top five. Are we expecting anymore Strangeways songs after this? If not, that means my number one has missed out.

YES!!! I'm so fucking delighted to see 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before' this high. It's one of my all-time favourite Smiths tracks, another one that I never get bored of.

i love marr's post-chorus guitar line in this

xp Death At One's Elbow was stuck in my head last night, therefore it will win.

"Stop Me... " is the only Smiths song I bought as a single. Don't really like it, though. It's just a jumble, and kinda empty.

Are we expecting anymore Strangeways songs after this? If not, that means my number one has missed out.

i'll be kind of bummed/shocked if one more doesn't make it

I'm amazed that as many songs off that album placed as it is

I suspect that's it for songs from that album.

It's literally only in the last year that I've come to really love Stop Me.

Yeah the post-chorus section is sublime. I think it's a great song solely on the basis of the instrumental sections (the intro and outro!), though of course "only slightly less than I used to" is also one of my all-time favorite Moz lines

y'all really think "i started something" was exiled from the top 50?

hm maybe it was

oh I thought you were holding out for "Unhappy Birthday", Brad

i said no, and then i shot myself

I love the solo.

Catching up -- I was one of the #1 votes for Cemetry Gates, it's got everything I want from the Smiths in one place. Tuneful, sardonic, a little precious, shimmering guitars, nice vocal.

(I realize that describes a lot of Smiths songs, Cemetry Gates just hits those marks particularly well for me.)

"The pain was enough to make a shy, bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder" is such a great line!

http://i.imgur.com/JBY6niP.jpg

9. THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE (Single A-side)
980 points | 43 votes | 2 first place votes

sufficiently low

Not one of the highlights of TQID for me, but the strings and jangle work surprisingly well together with Morrissey's wordless cooing.

I love it, but it's no 'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others'

y'all really think "i started something" was exiled from the top 50?

― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson)

I'd be disappointed if this missed out but I was actually referring to I Won't Share You. As it hasn't been mentioned once on this whole thread, I've officially given up hope of it sneaking in.

Thinking about what people have posted about liking, and the other songs that have done well, I'd now be surprised if I Won't Share You doesn't place, as it does what it does extremely well.

Seems unlikely methinks. There's 8 really big ones yet to place.

I can only think of 5 "really big ones" that haven't placed

I find everyone else's standards re: this catalog unfathomable. As clearly evidenced by these results. Barring a couple songs (HSIN and TIAL) i have no idea whats left to place.

http://i.imgur.com/GXnCYjR.jpg

8. BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN (Single A-side | Album track from The Queen Is Dead)
1008 points | 44 votes | 1 first place vote

I'd be shocked if there's not two further songs beyond that from one particular studio album alone. And several A-sides.

XP: and there's one of the former!

'Bigmouth Strikes Again' is one of those that I played the shit out of repeatedly when I first got The Queen Is Dead but nowadays I could easily live without hearing it again. When I was re-listening to all of the albums etc. the other week, this one struck me as being a little too over-familiar. I think it's a great song, but I guess it wore on me quite quickly in comparison to some of their other tracks.

'There Is A Light...' and the title track still yet to place from The Queen Is Dead.

Love Morrissey's 'chipmunk' backing vocals on this one

Bored with "Bigmouth." I don't hate it when it's on, but I would never seek it out.

dear 44 people who voted for this, I really don't understand you

Jeez y'all really hate this completely excellent song

I don't hate it. I just think there are like 50 better songs by this band.

http://i.imgur.com/3K5nzax.jpg

7. THE HEADMASTER RITUAL (Album track from Meat Is Murder)
1018 points | 42 votes | 2 first place votes

Bigmouth is like a Johnny Marr sizzle reel. One of his best showcases.

Dgaf about this song