Mentions (50)
"Heard multiple people use the phrase 'male manipulator music' to refer to the smiths and radiohead. Also at one point the Beatles???"
"The texts haven't been the same since, and now he's just ghosted me. I feel like shit and I've got the smiths on shuffle. Just wanted to get it off my chest."
"I had a friend who loved The Smiths and has since middle school, he had everything they ever put out on vinyl, including a copy of Hatful of Hollow signed by Johnny Marr. This fucking guy sold off his entire collection (including the signed record) and took them off of all of his playlists because h"
"If you're so funny, then why are you on your own tonight? And if you're so clever, then why are you on your own tonight? If you're so very entertaining, then why are you on your own tonight? If you're so very good-looking, why do you sleep alone tonight?"
"Was it really like this? You just had to have bangs and like the Smiths to be manic pixie dream girl material?"
"a woman just told me she's in the 10% of spotify's top listeners of the smiths"
"I'm ragging on him a lot here but I do actually enjoy talking to him. Sometimes we call and just end up belting Smiths songs at each other."
"threw on my smiths playlist when i heard the news about andy rourke passing and am curious about everyone's top picks... i'd probably have to go with these things take time or suffer little children."
"This is somehow deeply important and morally virtuous. "I like the smiths but I can't stand Morrissey!!" Ok bro. Good for you. I don't know him and do not care what he's like."
"They always heavily featured Morrissey and The Smiths but they won't do that anymore so the whole sub-genre has died."
"The only two artists I will be listening to this autumn/winter"
"Taking turns dj-ing The Smiths, Bee Gees, Beatles, The Cranberries, America, and plenty of dad rock."
"Summer is ending and soon the Smiths will be the only band in existence. Life is good, red wine and cold winds. Uni is starting, leaves rustling in the wind."
"Also 'don't you panic, panoramic companion' is a great line and wouldn't look out of place in Smith's song."
"we were listening to my playlist and 'girl afraid' by the smiths came on so I just belted out in my best (very good) morrisey impression: 'Where do his intentions lay?Or does he even have any? ohwowowoooaaaaah He never really looks at me I give him every opportuuuunity!'"
"Johnny Marr and Morrisey met a year earlier and the Smiths, while not yet active, were in motion."
"i've spent most nights in the last two weeks lying in bed listening to the smiths wallowing in self-pity. usually i can cycle in and out of these periods but nothing seems to be working right now."
"And if a ten ton musk kills the both of us
Take me out tonight"
"figured this was the place to ask but I will literally not listen to the smiths and such the whole year and when april weather rolls around it becomes pretty much all i listen to. This affliction has been hitting me since I started listening to them and its a disease."
"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 :("
"This is lame but I had very little friends as a young teenager and spent most of my time on Nirvana/Smiths tumblr pages."
"Ever since I finally had sex, they're just not as enjoyable as they used to be."
"Some old bald bastard man's tactic last night to check my age to see if I'm old enough to "chat up" was to ask "Do you know the song 'How Soon Is Now?' by The Smiths?" Fucking tragic on many levels."
"I get that most people give the music a pass because none of it is inherently bad but it's just not worth having the inevitable discussion over the ethics of listening to good music by bad people. that being said, if you ever end up in that argument, just ask them if they listen to The Smiths and th"
"The chorus to 'There is a light that never goes out' never fails to have a time stopping effect on me. It's far from my favorite smiths song but that chorus is instantly transportive. The swell of synths around morriseys voice is so blissful."
"Zoomers can dickride Marr all they want for fear of looking like they're problematic otherwise but it's obvious which was the true driver behind the Smiths comparing solo careers (and don't get me wrong I do still absolutely adore Johnny's guitar work)."
"Everything that has ever mattered to me, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, The Smiths, sure, typical rsp culture stuff, I've got nothing to prove. Taking these stupid pills has done nothing but cut me off from the beauty of it all."
"Incredible how quickly you stop listening to the smiths when you start getting laid for the first time in a while. And then how quickly you resume listening when it ends"
"I can't get over it, where did this shift in perspective come from? I can't imagine how someone could twist their brain enough to think any of this is true."
"oh yeah! so that song reminds you of me? well, all i can say to that is that you should think about what it's about, and what the charming man does. THAT'S NOT A COMPLIMENT!!!!!"
"Why is Radiohead, The Smiths, My bloody valentine, slowdive, weezer, cocteau twins etc.... considered virgincore music. I dont get it they're all mainstream/ extremely popular who are artists a lot of girls listen to and they make normal sounding accessible music"
"Joy division, stone roses, pulp, the smiths, etc all came from genuinely working class backgrounds, while most of the American indie bands from that era grew up in nice suburbs and formed at universities"
"If you ever met one in real life they could give you amazing music recommendations like the Shins and the Smiths (if you weren't a fan already.) They were alternative, crushes for guys who were a little quirky and maybe more into music and movies than sports."
"After 25 the only artist I discovered and really became enamored with was The Smiths"
"I can never hear "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" without thinking about Dasha on downers crabwalking."
"I had a friend who loved The Smiths and has since middle school, he had everything they ever put out on vinyl, including a copy of Hatful of Hollow signed by Johnny Marr. This fucking guy sold off his entire collection (including the signed record) and took them off of all of his playlists because h"
"Taking turns dj-ing The Smiths, Bee Gees, Beatles, The Cranberries, America, and plenty of dad rock."
"i've spent most nights in the last two weeks lying in bed listening to the smiths wallowing in self-pity"
"I will literally not listen to the smiths and such the whole year and when april weather rolls around it becomes pretty much all i listen to."
"Do you know the song 'How Soon Is Now?' by The Smiths?"
"it's obvious which was the true driver behind the Smiths comparing solo careers"
"Everything that has ever mattered to me, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, The Smiths, sure, typical rsp culture stuff, I've got nothing to prove."
"You had the likes of The Smiths, Stone Roses, Pixies, New Order, Happy Mondays and R.E.M. all putting out iconic records in their absolute prime."
"Incredible how quickly you stop listening to the smiths when you start getting laid for the first time in a while"
"By that I've a pretty narrow decade in mind, roughly the first Smiths record through Modern Life is Rubbish, so '84-'93 or so"
"Joy division, stone roses, pulp, the smiths, etc all came from genuinely working class backgrounds"
"Rated the intro I was like 8 didn't know who the smiths were."
"like I'm guessing more than a few people will go for the Smiths and Lana del Rey"
"I like Morrissey and The Smiths but The Cure is good too."
"what are ur fav smiths / morrissey songs to self loathe to"