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Hands down best Smiths release - no competition. Hard to find online, but will change your life.
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I’ve been listening to a handful of Smiths songs lately, having not really been that aware of them previously:
These Things Take Time
How Soon is Now
This Handsome Man
Handsome Devil
Oct 26, 2024
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and yet… the most romantic songs ever
Jan 26, 2024
"Sixteen, clumsy and shy/that's the story of my life."
"Half a Person" is not only the best song on this odds/sods U.S. singles collection (which, aside from "The Queen is Dead," remains their most stunning achievement; the Smiths were very much a singles band throughout their entire history, releasing 24 in total, many iconic and better known than the album tracks), it's the best thing they ever recorded -- one of Johnny's all-time great chord sequences.
The title is borrowed from a line in Elizabeth Smart's extended prose poem By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.
And the cover star is Salford, Manchester playwright Shelaugh Delaney. I've been to Salford (see photo), it's rough but ready -- the famous men's club is basically on the same lane (Coronation Street) as the long-running Brit soap opera.
Mar 30, 2025
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Has anyone ever heard of this band called radio, head.? I lokey feel like no one nose about them
Jan 28, 2024