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The Smiths — Girlfriend in a Coma
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jt1
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 03:13
 
Finally, I'm enjoying a Smiths song...its only taken 20 (or so) years!

Rmike
(Up a creek down a river)
Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 18:54
 
ho hum  set
zzzzzzzz
BTW- never heard the Rolling Stones sound so bad as that tune

zigzag
Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 18:53
 
Brilliant song. Great performances all round.

It's a shame that Marr's production once again lets the song down. Talk about a "Japanese Hifi" mix.

 

:+:_DL
(RVA)
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 10:09
 
There's a theme going on here.........

julsee213
Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 21:08
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
Johnny Marr and Morrisey at their melodic best! Great memories!{#Cheers}
 

absolute bliss

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 05:40
 
Johnny Marr and Morrisey at their melodic best! Great memories!{#Cheers}

hencini
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 20:08
 
 So.  Good.  

pamohearn
(not close enough to a beach)
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 20:07
 
this song has always amused me. However, to follow Junkie Girl with this was a stroke of sick comic genius. {#Lol}

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 23:51
 
Not to be confused with "Canary in a Coalmine" by the Police.  ; )

jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind))
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 16:07
 
 gjr wrote:
come on - one of the funniest songs of the last 30 years...............period!!
 
and funnest! {#Dance}

gjr
(boston, ma)
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 04:53
 
come on - one of the funniest songs of the last 30 years...............period!!

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 08:39
 
 EssexTex wrote:
A coma would be welcome relief from this pile of steaming kack
 
Hilarious, despite the fact that I love the song. . .



EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 08:18
 
A coma would be welcome relief from this pile of steaming kack

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 08:14
 
 ptooey wrote:
 
Yes, this song is dumb.  It's also pretty damned good.  7.

 
Dumb?...just wait until you have a girlfriend in a coma!



ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands)
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 08:24
 
 kult wrote:
I think the Smiths are one of those bands that you just love more and more as you listen to them. Morrissey's lyrics are really funny, and not miserable at all; they're deliberately self-pitying and melodramatic.
I agree I've loved The Smith from their very first single and I have always believed that their tongues are so far into their cheeks that it’s a wonder they’re not poking out of their ears.
I simply don’t understand how so many people miss the obvious, the Smith are a comedy band.


ptooey
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 06:53
 
 farakon wrote:
The Smiths are one of the main reasons I got into punk music.  Every time I would hear them on the Radio back in the day I would fly into a rage {#Fire}.  But for punk music I would have killed someone.  Two things stand between The Smiths and tolerable music... testicles.

  Yours or theirs?  'cause, there were, what, four of 'em in the band, right?  How would you divvy those up?
 
Yes, this song is dumb.  It's also pretty damned good.  7.


bronorb
(Wisconsin)
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 06:44
 
 jayvee2 wrote:
I'm sorry, but I think this is just a STUPID song.
 

Agree, totally.

raindogt00
Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 18:03
 
this song is SO WRONG.

I LOVE IT!!!  LMAO!

ploba
(the other coast and hang a left)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 11:12
 
Douglas Coupland wrote a novel called "Girlfriend in a coma"...:) 

farakon
(Orange County CA (a.k.a.The Void))
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 11:11
 
The Smiths are one of the main reasons I got into punk music.  Every time I would hear them on the Radio back in the day I would fly into a rage {#Fire}.  But for punk music I would have killed someone.  Two things stand between The Smiths and tolerable music... testicles.


veejay
(between London, England and Deux Sevres, France)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 11:10
 
 Koan wrote:
I made some snarky comment about The Smiths in another thread awhile back but, they're actually growing on me too.
 

I'd see the doctor about that !

STEVIE1
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Jan 25, 2009 - 07:41
 
Another great british band.

arsenault
(long beach cali US and A)
Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 20:54
 
this is a great song..
short and very sweet..

Koan
(in or around Toronto)
Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 16:12
 
I made some snarky comment about The Smiths in another thread awhile back but, they're actually growing on me too.

TanteJensen
(one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line)
Posted: Oct 22, 2008 - 03:16
 
kult wrote:
I think the Smiths are one of those bands that you just love more and more as you listen to them. Morrissey's lyrics are really funny, and not miserable at all; they're deliberately self-pitying and melodramatic.

umm, you know, that's why I hate them the less and less I here them {#Whisper}

justlistening
(So. California)
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 11:34
 
Cheery song. 

splooge
(Indiana)
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 11:34
 
Wow, I haven't listened to this CD in awhile. Time to pull it out and give it a spin. {#Daisy}

tupicetti
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 19:43
 
jayvee2 wrote:
I'm sorry, but I think this is just a STUPID song.


No wonder it seems stupid for you. You should try not to bump your head so often... see a doctor.
aragon
(West Lafayette)
Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 19:33
 
Always witty, constantly sarcastic, ever cunning.
EssexTex
(Washing the dog at Pedernales)
Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 03:35
 
Awful...one of the worst voices in music..


pigglywiggly
(mid-America)
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 07:13
 
jstrait wrote:
Silly? SILLY? It's not silly! It's Seeeriooous...



jayvee2
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 07:07
 
I'm sorry, but I think this is just a STUPID song.
beakersbeats
(Metroplex - DFW)
Posted: Aug 08, 2007 - 07:04
 
not HIS girlfriend, is it???
jstrait
Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 10:45
 
Silly? SILLY? It's not silly! It's Seeeriooous...

Dior
(Sherbrooke, Quebec)
Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 10:36
 
In a past life, I often dreamt it could be true...
jagdriver
(Auburn, CA)
Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 10:35
 
BooKitty wrote:
This drek would put anyone into a coma.
Yep
Cruithne3753
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 13:01
 
Darlington wrote:
Agree. Like it for the same reasons. "Stop Me If You Think that You've Heard this One Before" is one of my favorite 2-3 Smith's songs, hands down.


Unfortunately, there is a crappy cover version doing the rounds at the moment...
djinnthespazz
(S/E Michigan)
Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 18:00
 
Sing Me To Sleep...
exciter76
(venice - la bella italia / I am two people: one you know, but don't like, the other one you don't know but you don't want to...)
Posted: Sep 27, 2006 - 01:59
 
the best lyricist ever!
daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Sep 12, 2006 - 10:40
 
come on, morrissey, we know you've never in your life had a girlfriend.
savoyard
(Indiana)
Posted: Sep 12, 2006 - 10:40
 
Short, but Sweet! Just what I needed right now.
Kevstar
(San Diego)
Posted: Sep 12, 2006 - 10:39
 

kult
Posted: Jan 15, 2006 - 11:15
 
I think the Smiths are one of those bands that you just love more and more as you listen to them. Morrissey's lyrics are really funny, and not miserable at all; they're deliberately self-pitying and melodramatic.
seedy
(Naples,Florida)
Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 11:24
 
Helchat wrote:


Because these are sang in such a way that they're funny!


This is one of my favorite songs to make fun of...yet I really like it. So tragic yet totally laughable. It's just life after all.
BooKitty
(My Own Private Idaho.)
Posted: Dec 02, 2005 - 21:05
 
This drek would put anyone into a coma.
Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina)
Posted: Nov 18, 2005 - 05:54
 
fureanbode wrote:
Well, I've always loved 'Strangeways' - the house of cards that fell down and was glued back together again. It's a precious bird - 'the-album-they-made-while-they were-breaking-up' - but each song on it is hugely evocative and memorable.
It's over-produced, for sure, but in comparison to the minimalism of the first two albums, I find that a real tonic - an unnecessary but hugely enjoyable jolly after years of parsimony.
Morrissey's lyrics are characteristically brilliant, yet (here, more than ever) disjointed - each song is little more than a patchwork of arbitrary one-liners. The celebration of brilliance thrown into the gutter, for...well, for what?

Love, peace and harmony - very nice, very nice... maybe in the next world?


Agree. Like it for the same reasons. "Stop Me If You Think that You've Heard this One Before" is one of my favorite 2-3 Smith's songs, hands down.
trekhead
(Just Missed Me.)
Posted: Nov 18, 2005 - 05:45
 
Morissey always had the talent of breaking bad news, exquisitely. Lilting , sighing, wunnerful!
9.
ninja_band
(chicago, il)
Posted: Nov 18, 2005 - 05:39
 
5:43 am - The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
5:39 am - REM - Can't Get There From Here
5:35 am - The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

Man - I'm having a severe 80's flashback right now - I mean, I like the songs, but I'd hate to have to go back to high school.
fureanbode
(hungary)
Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 14:35
 
Well, I've always loved 'Strangeways' - the house of cards that fell down and was glued back together again. It's a precious bird - 'the-album-they-made-while-they were-breaking-up' - but each song on it is hugely evocative and memorable.
It's over-produced, for sure, but in comparison to the minimalism of the first two albums, I find that a real tonic - an unnecessary but hugely enjoyable jolly after years of parsimony.
Morrissey's lyrics are characteristically brilliant, yet (here, more than ever) disjointed - each song is little more than a patchwork of arbitrary one-liners. The celebration of brilliance thrown into the gutter, for...well, for what?

Love, peace and harmony - very nice, very nice... maybe in the next world?
Helchat
(a record store near you)
Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 14:20
 
mxdcec wrote:
I wish The Smith's could have sung these lyrics:
I was naked, butt, she didn't notice.

(Why do such morose lyrics make us feel so damn good?)


Because these are sang in such a way that they're funny!