The Smiths POX

1. "How Soon is Now"
2. "Sweet & Tender Hooligan"
3. "What Difference Does it Make?"
4. "London"
5. "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
6. "The Queen is Dead"
7. "Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Love Me"
8. "This Charming Man"
9. "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"
10. "Rusholme Ruffians" - Live version from Rank!

See, easy. ;-)

11-20 forthcoming.

...those are the only Smiths song I really like, so I'm going to distract you all by mentioning "Boys Don't Cry" by the Cure, apropos of nothing.

today.

did we do a poll yet?

yes

i know it's over
the queen is dead
william, it was really nothing
stop me if you think you've heard this one before
bigmouth strikes again
this charming man
the headmaster ritual
this night has opened my eyes
how soon is now
girlfriend in a coma

Sweet And Tender Hooligan
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Panic
Sheila, Take A Bow
How Soon Is Now
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
I Know It's Over
Half A Person

impossible.

In a river the colour of lead

This is impossible, but as this very minute:

01. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
02. Panic
03. How Soon Is Now?
04. This Charming Man
05. Hand In Glove
06. Half A Person
07. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
08. william, it was really nothing
09. Shoplifters of the World Unite
10. Sweet And Tender Hooligan

Kinda surprised that my list holds up just fine, but I shouldn't be. It's not like my appreciation of this band is ever-evolving.

my list should have 'there is a light that never goes out' on it. i used to find it innocuous - these days it gives me chills.

I Want The One I Can't Have
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
How Soon Is Now?
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Reel Around The Fountain
Girlfriend In A Coma
Won't Share You
Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Love Me
I Know It's Over

this night has opened my eyes
that joke isn't funny anymore
cemetry gates
the headmaster ritual
barbarism begins at home
i want the one i can't have
what she said
girlfriend in a coma
rusholme ruffians
meat is murder

Surprised you didn't select Well I Wonder from Meat Is Murder. I like This Night Has Opened My Eyes a lot too, and assumed the top placement meant you liked it best. Moz's vocal on both songs seems similarly to me in tone and effect.

order: length

that joke isn't funny anymore
still ill
there is a light that never goes out
well i wonder
this night has opened my eyes
stop me if you think you've heard this one before
some girls are bigger than others
girl afraid
panic
shakespeare's sister

xp Well I Wonder and TNHOME have a similar vocal delivery but they're a world apart musically - I love Meat is Murder top to bottom, but I never listen to Well I Wonder on its own. TNHOME is a singularly beguiling song, where every player shines. It's eery, creepy, sad, disappointed, at peace, but lost... it's a very mournful song about regret, conflicted feelings... one of the best marriages of lyrics and music I've ever heard. It stands alone.

01. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (Instrumental version)
02. Still Ill (Peel Session version)
03. London
04. I Know It's Over
05. Bigmouth Strikes Again
06. What Difference Does It Make? (Peel Session version)
07. Handsome Devil (Peel Session version)
08. Barbarism Begins at Home
09. Rubber Ring
10. There Is a Light that Never Goes Out

I've been listening to the instrumental version of Some Girls non-stop. It's possibly my favourite Smiths song (the instrumental version in particular)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZqMnyKs_M

This one might work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Fpz5iRt2E

the guitar on the live version is so good.

This one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_aW25wZ4Bc

Punster McPunisher I love all the songs on your list; it's a testament to the genius of this band that it has zero overlap with my POX:

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Ask
Sheila Take a Bow
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The Boy With the Thorn In His Side
I Won't Share You
Back to the Old House (Peel Session)
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Paint a Vulgar Picture
Frankly, Mr. Shankly

Reel Around the Fountain (Jensen session)
Suffer Little Children
William, It Was Really Nothing
I Want the One I Can’t Have (Live in Boston, sound quality apart, there’s a bootleg version from Liverpool I think I once liked even more)
The Headmaster Ritual
The Queen Is Dead
I Know It’s Over
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Half a Person
Death of a Disco Dancer

Well I Wonder
I Know It’s Over
Oscillate Wildly
Rubber Ring
Is It Really So Strange?
Back to the Old House
These Things Take Time
Cemetery Gates
I Won’t Share You
Stop Me If You Think…

Cemetry Gates
Hand in Glove
The Boy with the Thorn in his Side
Handsome Devil
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Death Of A Disco Dancer
Barbarism Begins At Home
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Sweet and Tender Hooligan

Fucking hell, it's like trying to choose a favorite child. Listed in the order in which they occurred to me.

Jean
This Charming Man
Ask
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Panic
How Soon is Now?
Girlfriend in a Coma
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Shakespeare's Sister

*Jeane