 Genius Meanings
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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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Snake River Conspiracy – How Soon Is Now?
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I am the son / And the heir / Of a shyness / That is criminally vulgar / I am the son and heir / Of nothing in particular / Oh shut your mouth / How can you say / I go 'bout things
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Quicksand – How Soon Is Now?
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“How Soon Is Now?” is a cover of The Smiths song of the same name. It was originally added as a bonus track on some European releases of Slip in 1993. It was also included on US
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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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Love Spit Love – How Soon Is Now?
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Love Spit Love, formed by former Psychedelic Furs lead singer Richard Butler, were approached towards the end of 1995 about recording a cover of The Smith’s song, How Soon Is Now
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Emma Blackery – How Soon Is Now?
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[Verse 1] / I am the son, I am the heir / Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar / I am the son and heir / Of nothing in particular / [Chorus] / You shut your mouth / How dare you
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Phoebe Bridgers – Smoke Signals
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Smoke signals are a form of communication in which a person would use fire and smoke to transmit or communicate a message to another person across a long distance.
In the song
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Johnny Marr – How Soon Is Now?
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[Intro] / [Refrain] / 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 mouth / How can
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Kai Watson – How Soon Is Now
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[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 mouth, how can you say
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t.A.T.u. – How Soon Is Now?
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[Refrain] / I am the son and the heir / Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar / I am the son and the heir / Of nothing in particular / [Chorus] / You shut your mouth / How can you
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Paradise Lost – How Soon Is Now?
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I am the son / And the heir / Of a shyness that is criminally broken / I am the son and heir / Of nothing in particular / You shut your mouth / How can you say / I go about things
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Morrissey – How Soon Is Now? (Live At Earls Court)
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[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 mouth / How can you say
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The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? Covers
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See all of “How Soon Is Now?” by The Smiths’s covers
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Motionless in White – Puppets (The First Snow) Samples
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See all of “Puppets (The First Snow)” by Motionless in White’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Soho (UK) – Hippychick
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The biggest single from early 90’s pop-dance trio Soho, consisting of twin sisters Jacqueline and Pauline Cuff on vocals, and guitarist/songwriter Timothy London. It samples the
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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 – That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (Live in Oxford)
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[Verse 1] / Park the car at the side of the road / You should know time's tide will smother you / And I will too / When you laugh about people who feel so very lonely / Their only
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The Smiths – I Want the One I Can't Have (Live in Boston)
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[Intro] / On the day that your mentality / Decides to try to catch up with your biology / Come round / [Chorus] / Cause I want the one I can't have / And it's driving me mad / It's
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Pitchfork – The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s
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1. Prince and the Revolution – "Purple Rain" / 2. Michael Jackson – "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" / 3. N.W.A – "Straight Outta Compton" / 4. New Order – "Blue Monday" / 5. Public
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Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love?
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[Verse 1] / I walk 47 miles of barbed wire / I use a cobra-snake for a necktie / I got a brand new house on the roadside / Made from rattlesnake hide / I got a brand new chimney
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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 – That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
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The gorgeous, swirling “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore” might be the emotional peak of Meat Is Murder. It was released as the second and last single of the album.
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The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Demo Mix)
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[Chorus] / The boy with the thorn in his side / Behind the hatred there lies / A murderous desire / For love / [Verse 1] / How can they look into my eyes / And still they don't
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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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