Genius Meanings
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The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
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The lead single from The Queen Is Dead, “Bigmouth Strikes Again” reached 26 in the UK singles chart.
One of Moz’s most distinguishable features is his “Bigmouth” blabbering in the
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The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again (Demo)
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[Verse] / Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head / Oh-oh, sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / By rights
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Placebo – Bigmouth Strikes Again
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A cover of the frenetic song by The Smiths, “Bigmouth Strikes Again.” During an interview with a David Bowie fansite, Both Steve Hewitt and Brian said that The Smiths were a huge
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The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again (Live in London, 1986)
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[Verse] / Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head / Oh, oh, la-da-da-da-da-da / Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when
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Chumbawamba – Big Mouth Strikes Again
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I caught you with your head down the toilet as you were gulping up dirty words, then later dressed in suit and tie, whilst playing to the laughing crowds, you were gargling
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Balance and Composure – Bigmouth Strikes Again
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Sweetness, sweetness / I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head / Ohh, sweetness, sweetness / I was only joking when I said / By rights you should
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Johnny Marr – Bigmouth Strikes Again
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[Verse] / Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking, when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head / Oh... sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / By rights
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The Smiths – Money Changes Everything
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One of the few instrumental tracks by the Smiths, “Money Changes Everything” was released as a B-side to “Bigmouth Strikes Again” and later included in the compilation album The
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The Smiths – Rubber Ring
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Well respected by Smiths fans and critics alike, “Rubber Ring” is a song about coming of age, and leaving the awkward, difficult period in life that is being a teenager.
Morrissey
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The Smiths – The Draize Train
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[Instrumental]
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hallowed – I wish i was joking when i said that i have a great big hole in my chest
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Oh Allie, I wish I was joking when I said / I have a great big hole in my chest / Oh Allie, I wish I was joking when I said / I have a great big hole in my chest / Do you love me
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The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? (Live in Boston)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse] / I am the son and the heir / Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar / I am the son and heir / Of nothing in particular / [Chorus] / You shut your
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Morrissey – Bigmouth Strikes Again (Live At Earls Court)
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[Verse] / Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head / Oh-oh, sweetness, sweetness, I wasn't joking when I said / By rights you
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The Smiths – Panic
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This song was written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr and is the first song to be recorded with the new member at the time, Craig Gannon. The song is influenced by the T.Rex song “
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The Smiths – Frankly, Mr Shankly (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held / It pays my way, and it corrodes my soul / I want to leave, you will not miss me / I want to go down in musical history
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The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
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“There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” is a sacred Smiths classic by now, one that makes fans across the globe join hands and mope together. To some it is a depressive anthem, to
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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 – Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
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For those unwilling to accept this is about breasts – or at least sexual shapes, at the 1986 Queen Is Dead tour Artists Against Apartheid concert, the only time The Smiths
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The Smiths – Cemetry Gates
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Right after one of the bleakest songs in Smiths' history, we get this jangly, up-beat contradiction of a song that takes a frolicing tone through the cemetery.
This song recounts
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The Smiths – Asleep
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“Asleep” tells of the narrator’s desire to die. In his pain and sorrow, he wishes to be comforted as he drifts peacefully into death.
The song was originally released as the b-
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The Smiths – Vicar in a Tutu
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[Verse 1] / I was minding my business / Lifting some lead off / The roof of the Holy Name church / It was worthwhile living a laughable life / To set my eyes on the blistering
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The Smiths – I Know It's Over
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“I Know It’s Over” is a ballad for the desperate and lonely. It uses basic allusions to the idea of loneliness producing despair, but the attention to the speaker’s ego, and how it
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The Smiths – Cemetry Gates (Live in Boston)
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[Chorus] / A dreaded sunny day / So I meet you at the cemetry gates / Keats and Yeats are on your side / A dreaded sunny day / So I meet you at the cemetry gates / Keats and Yeats
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The Smiths – Never Had No One Ever (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / When you walk without ease / On these / Streets where you were raised / I had a really bad dream / It lasted 20 years, 7 months, and 27 days / And I doh-doh-don't / [
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