Is anybody out there a fellow fan of The Smiths? What was it that turned you on to this band? Ever seen them live? Do you have a particular favourite album or song of theirs? Let’s discuss!
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I saw the live in Preston years ago. Someone threw a coin and it hit Morrissey above the eye and it was bleeding all over. This was the first or second song, they went off and that was that.
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That’s awful!! There always has to be that one creep in the audience who has to ruin it for everyone. What a shame.
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Yes! I first heard This Charming Man, or How Soon is Now, in an indie music club, and then got into other songs. I like the lyrics, introspective, I related to them a lot. I like Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now.
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I have so many favourites, but in particular I like “Wonderful Woman”. It’s one of their lesser-known tracks, but Johnny Marr’s guitar work on it is just gorgeous.
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Oh, no. You again!!! You pianist, you! How about a big job anniversary celebration and we were each asked for a favorite song for the stage walk…I offered Morrissey, not too well known here…don’t guess they listened to my clip beforehand:
“I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now”
It happened. My still sober go-to is “Sunny”. Melodramatic, perhaps, but there’s love behind 
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Sing your Life. F’ing sober vegan, that!
And after that, every day feels like Sunday.
Ohhh…so, that makes me wonder…do you take exception to The Smiths and Morrissey being so and such overlapped?? And, BTW, I don’t admire the videos (e.g. Sunny) as matching the power of the song.
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Definitely a Smiths fan! But also, it can put me in a depressed mood (I’m sure many people).
There is a light that never goes out reminds me of a particularly dark time.
Still love them. I was never a big Morrissey fan tho 
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Agreed. The video is crap. Too bad, though, because it’s a great song.
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Huh. Im all ears and curiosity. I love both, never found them depressing more than reality. Don’t rock our sober over this, though.
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If you think The Smiths are depressing, listen to some Joy Division (another great Manchester band). 
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Funny I almost brought that up 
joy division doesn’t do that to me. Even though it’s just so tragic. Ian Curtis was a conflicted human being.
But I like New Order a lot more than Morrissey 
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Actually i LOVE Joy Division. New Order as well, but JD much more. Seems people have different perceptions of what depressing music is. The Carpenters make me depressed, and not at all because of Karen Carpenter’s death.
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No joke.
I just listened to "I Started Something ", and I wouldn’t able to tell if it was Smiths or M. Kinda timeless.
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Meat is murder.
Heaven knows I’m miserable now.
The lyrics are pretty depressing.
And can’t forget, I won’t share you now…
I remember listening to a lot of smiths hungover at home or after festivals because it was chill and was the depressed state of mind I was in .
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I actually like a lot of depressing music ha.
I love Julien Baker and she gets me feeling some kind of way sometimes.
My favorite New Order songs are actually the ones most reminiscent of JD! Ie. Procession
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WoW! If I find music depressing, it’s off!
Heaven knows I’m miserable now I find hilarious in the right context. When my Mom heard it at age 87, driving on a getaway from my last job, it was funny! We had both been professors. But I had been miserable for a short bit, in a very long-term job. Road trip time!
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Honestly, yes, some of it is hilarious now!! Really though, some of the lyrics are absurd and head scratching haha. Also why I like it
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Sister I’m a (Poet), too. I’m grateful that you are robust of heart and in sobriety.
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I really like "Ceremony ". Hooky’s bass parts on that are awesome.
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