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The Smiths — What Difference Does It Make?
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Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: May 20, 2013 - 08:57
 
morrissey

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: May 13, 2013 - 11:21
 

"What difference does it make?"  Didn't somebody say that not that long ago?  I'm trying to remember.

Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 13:38
 
Such a great, great LP!  So good to hear a Smiths song other than "How soon is now"....

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 10:01
 
 Rockit wrote:
Romeo is that you with the Potato in your pants?
 
I have been saved!  Love this song...
 

kcar
Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 01:01
 
 Proclivities wrote:

This song pre-dates any recordings by Chris Isaak.
 
Cousins in angst, separated at birth. At least Morrissey whines about more than heartbreak. 

spiggy
Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 01:01
 
plus 1 {#Biggrin}
 they are poets of a modetrn age, and the voice is not always the most important thing to consider. Don't forget to check out Jake Bugg if you are looking for similar up and coming talent...19 and has a big future ahead of him
ScottishWillie wrote:
I realise that likes of Neil Young, Dylan and Morrisey all rub up a certain type of person the wrong way because they don’t sing conventionally. However isn’t this like saying Picasso is rubbish because he cant draw realistic heads. Personal I’d rather see artists express themselves creatively rather than restricting performance to individually who can sing “Perfectly”.
 



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Nov 22, 2012 - 07:45
 
 Paul_in_Australia wrote:
It might be a nice piece of writing, but the logic is not nice at all. "I think the reason the rest of you (you being non Americans) don't choose to like Country is that country comes from our country, the United States of America, and not from your country, some other place. "

Utter tosh. The reason I don't like country music is that 90% of it cloying, sentimental gloop, bereft of authenticity and presented in a way that jars with my taste buds. It is an issue of taste, not nationality. Nationality is a matter of fact, taste is a matter of opinion. Once we start listening to music on the grounds of national origin, it is a short step to fascism. You would know you live in a fascist state as you would see national flags everywhere, and externally originated ideas would be trashed, and xenophobes would start appealing to the nationalist streak, talking sentimentally about 'this great country' and constrasting how great 'our country is' and how it is under threat from 'other countries.' The antidote to this is the free exchange of ideas, so I'm glad to hear a little country on RP, and I hope that I can learn to enjoy the 10% of country music that is acceptable to me, and that we can all share in the joy of music, wherever it comes from...
 
{#Cheers} Country music sucks.  America is great.  So is Australia, by the way.

ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands)
Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 07:34
 
I realise that likes of Neil Young, Dylan and Morrisey all rub up a certain type of person the wrong way because they don’t sing conventionally. However isn’t this like saying Picasso is rubbish because he cant draw realistic heads. Personal I’d rather see artists express themselves creatively rather than restricting performance to individually who can sing “Perfectly”.

richlister
Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 07:29
 
 bluejay08003 wrote:
I like this version, but it's "flatter" than the studio version off of their first album. 
 
Now, I like this version, but I also like the studio version. There's only one way to sort this out... FIIIIIIGHT!

ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 07:28
 
 bluejay08003 wrote:
I like this version, but it's "flatter" than the studio version off of their first album. 
 
it's also played at a faster tempo

bluejay08003
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 16:39
 
I like this version, but it's "flatter" than the studio version off of their first album. 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 04:54
 
 smackiepipe wrote:
Sounds like he's channeling Chris Isaak at the end of that thing.
 
This song pre-dates any recordings by Chris Isaak.

govna
(beantown)
Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 12:45
 
 fredriley wrote:

?? Erm, he wrote it. Unless it's an unknown cover.

 
(with his voice)

Rockit
(Ottawa ON)
Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 12:43
 
Romeo is that you with the Potato in your pants?

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 20:00
 


We be dancing...  love it...



 

LongGoneDaddy
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 11:35
 
Hatful of Hollow, 1984

Mari
(île de lesvos)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 11:28
 
 ovidiu wrote:
Praising a good pair of headphones that allow me for the first time to hear the fast drumming in this piece
 
{#Music}

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 11:28
 
Sounds like he's channeling Chris Isaak at the end of that thing.

ovidiu
(Romania)
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 - 01:46
 
Praising a good pair of headphones that allow me for the first time to hear the fast drumming in this piece

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 04, 2012 - 07:47
 
Morrisey is for me the male equivalent of Natalie Merchant with his monotone vocalizing - here except for the falsetto in the end.

I think the musicians are excellent, and I think they clearly struck a nerve with the young listeners in both the UK and US at the time for which I give them props.

I am the great defender of the non pitch perfect singer songwriters on this site so I can't be too harsh on the band, but that doesn't mean I have to put them up with the likes of Waits, Neil Young, Costello, Radiohead, Pearl Jam or Dylan - geniuses (IMHO) who get flogged here for the vocals.

stunix
(Wales, UK)
Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 12:35
 
everyone seems to love The Smiths, and earlier today everyone was slagging off the '74 version of the Floyds Shine on.   

Im not mad, everybody else is!

dedawson
(You never know where you're going til you get there)
Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 12:34
 
 evermovingtarget wrote:
One of the most annoying vocals of all time. The only good part of this song is right at the end, exactly where it ends.

 
Dead on.  Actually, anything with Morrissey makes me ill.

hencini
Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 19:40
 
 Tippster wrote:

Hatful of Hollow is mostly BBC1 radio sessions... so "Live."
Johnny Marr is a Guitar God.
 
Cool!!  Thanks for the tip... I'll look into acquiring it... : )

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 19:39
 
 Tippster wrote:
The original version is better.
 
I like this version, but I do prefer the first one I'd heard, as well.

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 22:11
 
The Smiths in their Prime!

Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 17:43
 
 hencini wrote:
This sounds like a different version from what I'm used to hearing (which I never really liked much, although I love these guys).  Anyway, I like this one quite a bit more.  : )
 
Hatful of Hollow is mostly BBC1 radio sessions... so "Live."
Johnny Marr is a Guitar God.



gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 11:46
 
Another outstanding Smiths song. 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 18:00
 

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 11:57
 
The Smiths were magical.

hencini
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 18:39
 
This sounds like a different version from what I'm used to hearing (which I never really liked much, although I love these guys).  Anyway, I like this one quite a bit more.  : )

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 20:12
 


I'll dance to this...

 

GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 02:29
 
I'm still fond of you.

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 18:23
 
one of the greatest compliments I ever got..A fan once said I was his 2nd fav. guitar player of Johnny Marr..I'll take that anyday

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 10:44
 


We be dancing... love it...

 

rathersnappish
(5363 miles from Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 07:05
 
I don't know what it is about this song... I have and always have had a deep and enduring dislike for The Smith right from their first records in 1983.  Even constant exposure to them from a friend when we were in the Soviet Union for three months in 1987 didnt change my mind.  And yet I absolutely love this song and have done since I first heard it a quarter of a century ago. Go figure.


crogers
(Sunny San Diego, California)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 09:53
 
 evermovingtarget wrote:
One of the most annoying vocals of all time. The only good part of this song is right at the end, exactly where it ends.

 

Wow - this from a Dylan fan??


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 17:45
 


GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Feb 17, 2011 - 01:59
 
I step away from the computer for one second and I miss a stone classic like this. D'oh.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 02:19
 
 govna wrote:
yet another decent piece of music that morrissey comes along and ruins.
 
?? Erm, he wrote it. Unless it's an unknown cover.


motorichi
(formerly known as Owensmouth)
Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 08:22
 
fond, very fond

govna
(beantown)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 10:13
 
yet another decent piece of music that morrissey comes along and ruins.

meadowwoods
(Madison environs)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 11:16
 
 meltingptofTrees wrote:
I love this song but I prefer the slower moodier version.
 
I agree. But great song nonetheless. 


Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Oct 10, 2010 - 15:16
 
Drums are way too loud in this mix. Much prefer the original version.

Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Oct 10, 2010 - 15:16
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Is he singing "But I'm still fondling you" ?
 
I'm still fond of you.


DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Aug 26, 2010 - 19:17
 
Is he singing "But I'm still fondling you" ?

prickelpit96
(Where the grass is green and the ball is round, meet me in the stand behind the goal.)
Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 01:36
 
Timeless prefection

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 25, 2010 - 19:08
 


love it...



hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 07:46
 
Gee a Smiths song I can actually stand listening to.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 17:07
 


This is cool...

 

Barman
(Milan, Italy)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 10:10
 
 Tippster wrote:
The original version is better.
 
{#Iamwithstupid}