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Remembering 2023’s Music Losses: Andy Rourke

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 16 Jan 24

I thought I might escape today, but my gate is frozen shut. So I’ll thaw it out and try again tomorrow. God lets things happen for a reason, and it might not be safe enough to venture out today. I’m glad to see...

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Beddy Bye Top Ten: Spent the Day in Bed (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 8 Oct 19

After a one-day reprieve from the new wave music we return! Actually, the next two days will be spent with acts who made their marks beginning in the 80s. Don’t know if you’d call these acts “new wave” or whatever. Here’s the...

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My Ten Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs: The Smiths (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 10 Aug 19

Comedy is subjective, and this is pretty humorous. I’m looking at my take on who I think has been overlooked for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I hardly expect any agreement, and a lot of, “who’s that?”, but you know what they...

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-Worthy Acts #5 - The Smiths

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 31 Jul 19

It's almost as if I spend more time on hiatus than I do here on the site. Nevertheless, duty calls, and it's high time to resume my countdown, in no particular order, of acts that I feel deserving of inclusion into the Rock and...

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Ten Retirement Songs: Work is a Four-Letter Word (#9)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 24 Apr 19

Things aren't looking too promising for a tournament tonight. That's okay, though: we got three in a row in, which is unusual for April. And, who knows, the weathermen aren't the most accurate people on the planet. Maybe they'd...

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Favorite "Queen" Songs #1 - "The Queen is Dead"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 14 Feb 18

If you've been paying any attention at all over the last two years, #1 in my countdown of my favorite songs with "queen" in the title should come as absolutely no surprise: "The Queen is Dead" by The Smiths. Like The Cult, #1 in...

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Favorite "Heaven" Songs #5 - "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 20 Dec 17

We have reached midpoint in my countdown of my favorite songs with "Heaven" in the title: #5 is "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" by The Smiths. "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" was a single from The Smiths' 1984 compilation...

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Favorite Manchester Bands #4 - The Smiths

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 12 Dec 17

Nope, absolutely no surprise here. Because I've never heard a band from Manchester, England, that I haven't liked, I am counting down my favorite Manchester bands. We are at #4: The Smiths. Led by guitarist Johnny Marr and...

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Favorite "Man" Songs #8 - "This Charming Man"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 27 Nov 17

I'm running out of ideas, man. Ok, not really, I just needed a "man" sentence, to help introduce #8 in my Favorite "Man" Songs series, which involves songs with "man" in the title. It's been awhile since I last used these guys,...

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Ten Favorite Work Songs: Work Is a Four-Letter Word (#10)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86707) • United States 15 Apr 17

April the Giraffe had her baby!!! And for the first time in three weeks I don't have to work on Sunday!!! To celebrate, let's talk WORK! (Hard Labor, the Three Dog Night album, is dedicated to April. ) Here...

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Favorite Male Lyricists #4 - Morrissey

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 25 Mar 17

Here we are at #4 already in my Favorite Male Lyricists series (despite a week off, this one seems as if it has flown by.) The fourth spot in the countdown belongs to Morrissey. From Manchester, England, Morrissey (he detests...

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Favorite "Light" Songs #2 - "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 7 Feb 17

We are nearing the end. (Luckily, @FourWalls is doing this theme as well!) #2 in my Favorite "Light" Songs series, and it's a tune by a band that regularly makes it into my music countdowns: "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"...

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Favorite "Dead" Songs #2 - "The Queen is Dead"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 16 Dec 16

We're almost there. #2 in my Favorite "Dead" Songs series belongs to "The Queen is Dead" by 80's alternative guitar band The Smiths. Led by vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, The Smiths formed in Manchester, England...

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Favorite "Girls Name" Songs #9 - "Sheila take a Bow"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 3 Nov 16

It took a couple of days, but we're at #9 in my Favorite "GirSongs" series. This one is the one that got this series going, thanks to a comment from@ FourWalls, who recommended The Smiths' "Sheila take a Bow. " The Smiths have...

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Favorite "Lie" Songs #2 - "Miserable Lie"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 27 Oct 16

Eight down, two to go. #2 in my Favorite "Lie" Songs series, songs with some play on the word "Lie" in the title, is "Miserable Lie" by The Smiths. The Smiths, led by guitarist Johnny Marr and vocalist Morrisseey, formed in...

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Favorite "Boy" Songs #5 - "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 20 Oct 16

#5 in my Favorite "Boy" Songs belongs to The Smiths with their song "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side." Led by vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, The Smiths formed in Manchester, England, in 1982. They lasted untuil...

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Favorite "Girl" Songs #6 - "Some Girls are Bigger than Others"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43596) • Denver, Colorado 10 Oct 16

I am doing, and @FourWalls is doing, a series of "Girl" songs. How many "Girl" songs are there? We have yet to match. My Favorite "Girl" Songs countdown is at #6, belonging to: "Some Girls are Bigger than Others" by The...

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Meat Is Murder

Lydia May Workman @lydiaworkman (16) • Toronto, Ontario 25 May 14

This is a music review I recently wrote on a favorite 1980s band. I selected The Smiths because I enjoyed listening to them as a teenager. I still listen to them sometimes. This music review won 36 out of 100 on the 'Best of...

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The Smiths fans? Morrissey fans?

olisaur @olisaur (1922) • United States 12 Mar 10

Recently, I have taken quite a liking to The Smiths. It all started a couple weeks ago when I came across the video for "How Soon is Now" (it kind of reminded me of AFI- one of my fav band's- video for "Medicate so it especially...

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kamal77 @kamal77 (53) • Indonesia 6 Mar 07

if you are from indonesian, specially from jakarta or bandung, some young creative movie maker, from indonesia and english, has been try to reborn some the smiths fan,with a karaoke!! Can you imagine, we could karaoke but...

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