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The Smiths – These Things Take Time
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“These Things Take Time” is another upbeat Smiths' song with an homoerotic sexual undertone. It was originally released as a B-side to the maxi single version of “What Difference
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The Smiths – These Things Take Time (David Jensen Session 26/06/83)
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[Verse 1] / Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind / You took me behind a disused railway line / And said, "I know a place where we can go / Where we are not known
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The Smiths – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
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Perhaps the Smiths at their most delicate, “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” is a minimal, yet lush two minutes of almost otherworldly beauty.
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The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel Session 18/05/83)
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[Verse 1] / All men have secrets and here is mine / So let it be known / We have been through hell and high tide / I can surely rely on you / And yet you start to recoil / Heavy
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What Difference Does It Make? - Single by The Smiths
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Get all the lyrics to songs on What Difference Does It Make? - Single and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
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The Pro Letarians (Ft. Maggie Smith) – Take Your Time
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She said it's 1:30 AM, tell me what you called for / I just need somebody real to tell me what it's all for / You know what you stand for, you know what you fall for / You said you
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The Smiths – Rusholme Ruffians (Peel session, August 1984)
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[Verse 1] / The last night of the fair / By the big wheel generator / A boy is stabbed and his money is grabbed / And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine / She is famous, she
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The Smiths – What Difference Does it Make? - Single Edit
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[Verse 1] / All men have secrets and here is mine / So let it be known / For we have been through hell and high tide / I can think I can rely on you / And yet you start to recoil
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The Smiths – Girl Afraid
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On “Girl Afraid” Morrisey plays with the word girlfriend as “girl afraid” and boyfriend as “boy afraid”. The song deals with mistaken assumptions in the relationship of said girl
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The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
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Sire Records chief Seymour Stein called it “the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ of the Eighties”, while co-writer Johnny Marr described it as “possibly our most enduring record. It’s most
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The Smiths – Still Ill (John Peel Session 14/09/83)
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[Verse 1] / I decree today that life / Is simply taking and not giving / England is mine, and it owes me a living / Ask me why and I'll spit in your eye / Oh ask me why and I'll
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The Smiths – William, It Was Really Nothing
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This song is about a love triangle between 2 men and a woman. Many believe it’s addressed to William Mackenzie, lead singer of the Associates. In 1993 Mackenzie wrote the song “
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The Smiths – Reel Around The Fountain (Troy Tate Version)
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[Verse 1] / It's time the tale were told / Of how you took a child / And you made him old / It's time the tale were told / Of how you took a child / And you made him old / You made
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The Smiths – Hand in Glove (Single A-side Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Hand in glove / The sun shines out of our behinds / No, it's not like any other love / This one is different, because it's us / Hand in glove / We can go wherever we
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The Smiths – This Charming Man
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“This Charming Man” is The Smiths' second single of 1983, depicting the story of a poor boy coming in contact with an upper class man and feeling unwelcome due to his lack of
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The Smiths – Handsome Devil (John Peel Session 18/05/83)
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“Handsome Devil” appears on the November 1984 compilation album Hatful Of Hollow, having been recorded originally during the John Peel session at the BBC, May 31, 1983.
The lyrics
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The Smiths – The Draize Train
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[Instrumental]
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The Smiths – This Night Has Opened My Eyes
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“This Night Has Opened My Eyes” is inspired by and retells the events of the play A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, as Morrissey told interviewers at NME in the 7 June 1986
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The Smiths – Accept Yourself (David Jensen Session 25/08/83)
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Initially released as the B-Side to the 12-inch single of “This Charming Man,”, a recording of “Accept Yourself” done for John Peel’s BBC 1 Radio Show was later released in 1984 on
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The Smiths – Reel Around The Fountain (John Peel Session 18/05/83)
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[Verse 1] / It's time the tale were told / Of how you took a child / And you made him old / It's time the tale were told / Of how you took a child / And you made him old / You made
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The Smiths – The Queen is Dead
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“The Queen is Dead” parodies media fascination with the royal family over bombastic guitar bursts and an aggressive bass line. Officially listed on physical tracklist as “The Queen
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The Smith Street Band – Profiteering
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[Verse 1] / Everything's fucked / Everything's fine / Everyone sucks / Everyone's lying / The converts are the most devout / They don’t always know what they’re talking about / I
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Relauncing one of the greats in rock: The Smiths
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Over the last few days I have gone through the whole discography of The Smiths here on Genius. Going through each studio and compilation album, adding metadata, correcting album art, rewriting old SLA’s, answering questions, accepting/archiving comments, suggestions and annotations, upvoting, upvoting, upvoting all the good work already present, deleting pressburgs.. ahem.. contributions? Anyway – everything is in a pretty good shape, so NOW is a better time than ever (on Genius) to dive into the amazing band that was the Smiths – whether your Smiths virginity is still intact or if you’re looking to revisit an old love.
Need further incentive? How about the fact that knowledge of and love for the Smiths might get you a data with Zooey!
P.s. there’s still a lot of potential work to do on annotations etc. I’ll keep a keen eye, as I have all their songs #followed, so your work won’t go unnoticed.
P.p.s. To encourage comments in this thread I ask thee: What are your favourite three the Smiths'
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The smiths are genuinely terrible
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rtrt
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The Smiths – Back to the Old House (John Peel Session 9/14/83)
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[Verse 1] / I would rather not go / Back to the old house / I would rather not go / Back to the old house / There's too many bad memories / Too many memories there / There / [Verse
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The Smiths – Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
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This is a typical Morrissey song about a person who is upset or depressed, and doesn’t want to waste any more time on thoughtless people. It was released as a single backed with “
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Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life
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Song off of I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning that has a connecting thread to “Take it Easy (Love Nothing)” off of Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (both of these albums were released on
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The Smiths – Barbarism Begins at Home - 7" Version
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[Verse] / Unruly boys who will not grow up / Must be taken in hand / Unruly girls who will not settle down / They must be taken in hand / [Chorus] / A crack on the head is what you
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