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Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
There's a club, if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry, and you want to die
When you say it's gonna happen now
Well, when exactly do you mean?
See, I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
Funny how that works when your the teen vs. when you become the Dad. My Dad has been gone nearly 20 years and there is not a day that goes by that I don't wish for the chance of him embarrassing me again, like he loved to do. Rest easy Dad.
80s sound. And not in a good way.
20s comment. And not in a good way.
Oh, that guitar! Johnny Marr.
YES!!
Tasty, tasty murder.
(from a T-shirt)
Mr. Marr is a total fucking legend.
Morrissey bugs me, but the delivery of this line makes me smile.
BLEAGH! Make it stop, PLEASE!
Can we have a rating several below 0?
Yeah -22
(So far, for your comment.)
Total knockout Smiths soundtrack on it.
And, I loved the movie.
This is as tight as a gnat's jockstrap and oh the memories I have of dancing to it at The Hacienda in Manch.
Yeah, I have never been able to stand Morrissey but I still love this song.
I Agree! GREAT TUNE!! Morrissey is creepy!
It's Johnny Marr's guitar work that really makes this so outstanding.
Yeah, I have never been able to stand Morrissey but I still love this song.
skip!
skip!
In the words of 10cc "How Dare You" !!
But this song still slaps, almost four decades on.
Godspeed Andy!
It's Johnny Marr's guitar work that really makes this so outstanding.
Absolutely, Marr's creativity and studio alchemy with the guitar sounds make this song great. I personally had never heard anything like it upon first listen, and I don't think I've ever heard anything similar since.
This song just shines in FLAC.
Yes! I Agree!
It's Johnny Marr's guitar work that really makes this so outstanding.
This song just shines in FLAC.
They recall the session as being accompanied by heavy marijuana use. "We used to smoke dope from when we got out of bed to when we got back to bed",
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I’ve loved this since the minor’s strike.
After that the miners became so mainstream. I liked them better when they were underground.
KJET -
1600 AM Radio
SEATTLE
1985
Well that, and the innovative production.
And the whistling - so many great songs have whistling.
It's true that this really sounds like nothing else in their catalogue, and yet it still is quintessential Smiths. And the musicianship as always, second to none. I love this band, and I love this overplayed song.
Top shelf stuff.
Marr is quoted on the subject in Wikipedia, from an interview:
"The vibrato sound is fucking incredible, and it took a long time. I put down the rhythm track on an Epiphone Casino through a Fender Twin Reverb without vibrato. Then we played the track back through four old Twins, one on each side. We had to keep all the amps vibrating in time to the track and each other, so we had to keep stopping and starting the track, recording it in 10-second bursts... I wish I could remember exactly how we did the slide part — not writing it down is one of the banes of my life! We did it in three passes through a harmonizer, set to some weird interval, like a sixth. There was a different harmonization for each pass. For the line in harmonics, I retuned the guitar so that I could play it all at the 12th fret with natural harmonics. It's doubled several times."
Because then you'd get a whole bunch of people saying "HOW IS THIS SONG ONLY A 16" or some such.
LOL!! TOO FUNNY!! But, true!
Because then you'd get a whole bunch of people saying "HOW IS THIS SONG ONLY A 16" or some such.
How come the ratings don't go to 12?
sucko-barfo
Your Nick Name? ...eh?
This is overrated
So is your mom.
This is overrated
Almost a plain stated, three word sentence. Go against your trusty, detailed, heartfelt description and throw a reliable punctuation period in there and it'll just be a perfectly valid, worthless statement.
It's Johnny Marr's guitar work that really makes this so outstanding.
Well that, and the innovative production.
But this, I have always loved this!!!
But for me, only this song and it is mainly because of Johnny Marr.
Yup. Totally identify. I bought a Smith's album in the 80's because I liked the cover (The Queen is Dead). Hated the music. But now... umm... kinda... like it again.
Couldn't stand The Smiths in the 80s. But I have to admit now, three decades later, this is kinda growing on me.
But for me, only this song and it is mainly because of Johnny Marr.
There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home and you cry
And you want to die "..... wow
Can we have a rating several below 0?
I would just respectfully request that you listen to the guitar & base work on this song. Pretty incredible - just sayin'
Premo!
'Nition!
are you ignoring the lyrics?
sunnyS wrote:
Buffy?!?
I think I am the wrong generation;)
Oh sorry, I totally missed it. The song was used in the "charmed" Intro. A 90th series. The same generation as Buffy the vampire slayer. That's why I misstook it. Shame on me. I didn't know it is a Smiths song.
I used to think he was singing, "I am the sun and the air" until I realized it made more sense that he's "the son and the heir". Brilliant.
ShamanManu wrote:
me too!
Wikipedia sez... the lines
I am the son, and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir, of nothing in particular
were adapted from a passage in George Eliot's novel "Middlemarch" :
"To be born the son of a Middlemarch manufacturer, and inevitable heir to nothing in particular"
Phew! Good call, man, good call.
sunnyS wrote:
Buffy?!?
I think I am the wrong generation;)
Buffy?!?
I think I am the wrong generation;)
Just saying.
I assume you mean "fanatical" aliens, and not aliens who have rabies. Either way, it's difficult to know for sure until they show up. Do you really think rabid, carnivorous aliens would spare vegetarians and vegans? It doesn't seem likely. It could make for a fun sci-fi story.
Already been done...See the old TwilightZone episode "To Serve Man"...
"It's a cookbook!"
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
I used to think he was singing, "I am the sun and the air" until I realized it made more sense that he's "the son and the heir". Brilliant.
ShamanManu wrote:
me too!
Wikipedia sez... the lines
I am the son, and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir, of nothing in particular
were adapted from a passage in George Eliot's novel "Middlemarch" :
"To be born the son of a Middlemarch manufacturer, and inevitable heir to nothing in particular"
me too!
Better don’t ;)
Can we have a rating several below 0?
Yep, so far your rating is -3
Marr is quoted on the subject in Wikipedia, from an interview:
"The vibrato sound is fucking incredible, and it took a long time. ... "
The flange on the bass is also gorgeous.
Can we have a rating several below 0?
Superb guitar sound!
Premo!
Marr is quoted on the subject in Wikipedia, from an interview:
"The vibrato sound is fucking incredible, and it took a long time. I put down the rhythm track on an Epiphone Casino through a Fender Twin Reverb without vibrato. Then we played the track back through four old Twins, one on each side. We had to keep all the amps vibrating in time to the track and each other, so we had to keep stopping and starting the track, recording it in 10-second bursts... I wish I could remember exactly how we did the slide part — not writing it down is one of the banes of my life! We did it in three passes through a harmonizer, set to some weird interval, like a sixth. There was a different harmonization for each pass. For the line in harmonics, I retuned the guitar so that I could play it all at the 12th fret with natural harmonics. It's doubled several times."
I like how Marr is the guy lurking behind Morrissey in the Wikipedia band photo.
nate917 wrote:
Marr is quoted on the subject in Wikipedia, from an interview:
"The vibrato sound is fucking incredible, and it took a long time. I put down the rhythm track on an Epiphone Casino through a Fender Twin Reverb without vibrato. Then we played the track back through four old Twins, one on each side. We had to keep all the amps vibrating in time to the track and each other, so we had to keep stopping and starting the track, recording it in 10-second bursts... I wish I could remember exactly how we did the slide part — not writing it down is one of the banes of my life! We did it in three passes through a harmonizer, set to some weird interval, like a sixth. There was a different harmonization for each pass. For the line in harmonics, I retuned the guitar so that I could play it all at the 12th fret with natural harmonics. It's doubled several times."
This tune and everything they did is genius. No-one but you gives a monkey's about your diet though; take it off RP. Let's discuss the majesty of the music instead.
What is with this tune - I always cringe when I hear the 1st few notes.
Also wondering why it took someone so long to sample that (1 hit wonders Soho, Hippychick, 1990) amazing riff.