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

There's 4 massive ones left (plus ^ that one)

Looking at my ballot, think all 20 of mine are going to place

has oscillate wildly placed yet?

No, it's coming up. ;)

At this point I have 2 songs in mind that I don't want to see in 1st place but I'm not too optimistic.

I voted for 'Ask' (#20), against the odds. The latest track I selected. Musically and production-wise it ends up feeling a bit like a guilty pleasure, but those lyrics are so attractively bonkers.

Vicar in a Tutu and Unhappy Birthday?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Ggz-iAxsA

My #1!

I love the story Marr has about designing the music after what he felt the MC5 should have sounded like after he'd finally heard and was disappointed by them.

So "Draize Train," "Never Had No One Ever," "Golden Lights,"and "Unhappy Birthday" are coming up; I guess we can all stop reading this thread
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Is this the dullest ilx list ever? No matter the order of the top four, it will look like every other Smiths list ever.

'William, It Was Really Nothing', 'This Charming Man', 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out', 'The Queen Is Dead' and 'How Soon Is Now', I suspect.

(many x-posts)

and there's one of them! I expected this one to be #2 after 'How Soon Is Now', fwiw.

I voted for Never Had No One Ever and Golden Lights :/

I actually like both those songs; Never Had No One Ever" is just awkwardly sequenced

At this point the only track that I'm a bit disappointed won't make it is "I Won't Share You". Would've been top 10, possibly to 5 in my ballot.

hearing live version 'The Queen Is Dead' from Rank kind of killed my ability to enjoy the album version, it sounds underwhelmingly polite and restrained by comparison (though I do mess the piano bit at the end). the live version is great at bringing out this funhouse woozy quality.

I feel the opposite way about 'Ask', the Rank version loses a lot without Kirsty MacColl's backing vocals and the studio production imo

miss the piano, not mess

Looking again at that L-Shaped Room clip, it's amazing how every frame could have adorned a Smiths sleeve.

I love the way Morrissey's voice cracks on "I swear to god, I swear I never even knew what drugs whurrrrrr"

I'm just really hoping for anything but "How Soon Is Now" at #1. I mean I do like it, and yes that's a very cool guitar sound, but it plods along for nearly seven goddamn minutes. It's like Marr thought "I just came up with the greatest riff... now how can I wear out its welcome?"

At this point the only track that I'm a bit disappointed won't make it is "I Won't Share You". Would've been top 10, possibly to 5 in my ballot.
― daavid, Sunday, March 6, 2016 2:10 PM (16 seconds ago)

My #7! I'm surprised it didn't make the cut.

Is this the dullest ilx list ever? No matter the order of the top four, it will look like every other Smiths list ever.

Doesn't every poll end up like this at the very top? I'd love it if How Soon is Now and There is a Light somehow didn't place at all, but when you've got a lot of people voting you're bound to find the obvious ones winning out. There's a lot of interesting placings among the rest of the list.

still WTFing at "Reel" so low. And would have never guessed "Queen" so high!

http://i.imgur.com/s74MMEV.jpg

4. WILLIAM, IT WAS REALLY NOTHING (Single A-side)
1276 points | 50 votes | 7 first place votes

Is this the dullest ilx list ever? No matter the order of the top four, it will look like every other Smiths list ever.

― simmel, Sunday, March 6, 2016 8:07 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ts: The 20 best Smiths tracks, as voted by NME.COM users vs the 20 best Smiths tracks, as voted by ilxor.com users

http://www.nme.com/photos/the-20-best-smiths-tracks-as-voted-by-nme-com-users/253082#/photo/1

And u guys otm about "I Won't Share You" clearly the perrier's gone to ilm's collective head

Was "The Queen is Dead" a shock at the time?

Oh wait! William??? That was not at all what I was expecting!

'William, It Was Really Nothing' was my first place, I know it's a boring consensus pick, but every single thing about it is just concisely perfect

Ask is every non-fans' favorite.

'Ask' was my no.1. Whenever I mention to someone that's it's my favourite Smiths song I get a surprised 'Really? Ask!?' response, perhaps a bit too fun and poppy for some people who prefer their Smiths deep and serious, but for me it's nothing short of pop perfection with great lyrics to boot.

I'm also disappointed at the lack of 'I Won't Share You'

I was expecting "Meat Is Murder" (the song), which at this point it's obvious it won't be there. Does ILX hate it?

guess no one's mourning "i started something" as much as me. hair brushed and parted

"William" is such a perfect single, the shimmering way the guitars come in

typical me, typical me, typical me

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love 'ask' but loving the moaning here nearly as much, too perfect

The only problem with 'William, It Was Really Nothing' is that it's TOO FUCKING SHORT! Undoubtedly one of my all-time favourites, and if I'm honest I probably prefer it to the next 3 tracks that are gonna place. Such sublime guitar work.

I am mourning "i started something" as well, BradNelson. Well maybe not 'mourning' but I would have liked to see it place.

I was hoping I Started Something would place so we could all talk about the crazy way Morrissey sings, "That's what tradition means" and that last "Fair enough". Two of my all time favourite Smiths moments.

As I mentioned, I Won't Share You was my number one. Gutted it has missed out.

I Started Something my #2.

xxp

Their shortest single to date, with ‘William, It Was Really Nothing’ Marr would later boast that he purposely set out to mould a pop single under three minutes long: ‘I thought it was amazing to say what you have to say in two-and-a-half minutes. “William, It Was Really Nothing” was the first thing I wrote with a real emphasis on keeping it under that.’

I'm not really that arsed about 'I Started Something...' not placing, but surprised to see that it hasn't.

http://i.imgur.com/LHhVG1b.jpg

3. HOW SOON IS NOW? (B-side of 'William, It Was Really Nothing' 12")
1306 points | 52 votes | 3 first place votes

I Started Something was my number three. I think that and I Won't Share You are the only songs on my list that missed out.

I think I prefer their shorter songs in general

So glad this wasn't number one!

yesss! (@ HSIN not being 1st place)

many x-posts:

Ha! Morrissey's growly delivery of that line is the worst thing about that song for me!

Nice, not #1. I get that for many people this is the Smiths song, and it is very good, but it sure does drag on.

JRN OTM RE HSIN.

XP: Phew!

Pic perfectly encapsulates most ilxors just now.

This was my #2. I get the overplayed criticism but it's such a fantastic riff/song it seems churlish to not place it highly

of the remaining two that will inevitably place, How Soon Is Now would be a preferable winner