Did these Salford lads save your life?
So then, a completely unoriginal post to end the evening (I even flat out stole the title from a book by Simon Goddard). Name your three favorite Smiths songs. The only thing that’s been done more often in this world is name your ten favorite Doctor Who episodes (and your favorite supporting character from each, and your favorite assistant producer whose name rhymes with an ex-boyfriend, and then connect your least favorite companion from the Fifth Doctor era [um, can I choose all of them?] to Lily Allen in three steps, and then make an anagram of the answers…), and who gets tired of that?
Anyone with “indie” roots, if they sprouted them on the other side of the millennial divide, almost certainly owes, or has, some vested interest in the Smiths. They are, after all, a shockingly individual event in the history of British, disaffected, left of center, DIY… no, make that all music.
My little twist on this game is this: Name your favorite three Smiths songs that are not titled “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” (which is indisputably the best) or “How Soon Is Now?” (which is good, but clearly is horribly overrated and should be half as long as it is).
Here are mine then. Post a comment and tell me yours. If you don’t, the secret police will come and bludgeon you in your bed.
The Smiths: Still Ill
The Smiths: Rubber Ring
The Smiths: Sheila, Take A Bow