Ultimate Mix Tape: Morrissey
[The essential jams.]
by Scott Collura
February 29, 2008 - Welcome to IGN Music's Ultimate Mix Tape, a new semi-regular column that revisits some of our favorite bands and musical artists and creates what we see as the definitive playlists for those acts. What's the difference between a mix tape and a playlist, you ask? Well, for one thing you can't hit random on a mix tape. And for another, no one actually listens to tapes anymore -- except for your grandma.
Still, there's something about a mix tape that the more modern playlist can't quite capture… A mix tape always held a finite amount of space, which meant you had to pick your 15 or so songs carefully. And for the mix masters out there, the order the songs were included in on the tape could be important as well, with each tracking playing off the previous one, leading to an overall cumulative sonic experience.
For our first installment of IGN's Ultimate Mix Tape, we're going with none other than the former Smiths frontman himself, Morrissey. It was recently announced that [Morrissey] will be releasing a Greatest Hits on March 25th that will span his 20-year solo career, and hard as it is to believe that it's already been 20 years since The Smiths broke up, this news also got us thinking about what Morrissey has truly accomplished in those two decades… and whether or not said musical deeds could make up a great mix tape. Read on for the answer to that question and find out if we were truly disappointed or if our Morrissey mix turned out to be an interesting drug…
Go to the website link to see the song list.
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Hit and miss.... (Score:0)
Most songs listed are good to great tracks, but not all inclusive when you neglect b-sides.
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
Picadilly Palare
My Love Life
Trouble Loves Me
I Have Forgiven Jesus
At Amber
Angel, Angel Down We Go Together
I'm Playing Easy To Get (Not officially released)
Billy Budd
Break Up The Family
I Can Have Both
Teenage Dad On His Estate
In The Future When All's Well
It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
Jack The Ripper
Girl Least Likely To
Let Me Kiss You
Please Help The Cause Against Lonliness (N.O.R.)
Speedway
Good Looking Man About Town
Lazy Sunbathers
Sunny
We'll Let You Know
All You Need Is Me
Need to get the extended tape to fit all 23.... But still so many more that could be included
its pretty much all the main singles... (Score:0)
1.Disappointed
2.Last Of The Famous....
3.Late Night Maudlin Street
4. Everyday Is Like Sunday
5.Sister Im A Poet
6. Girl Least Likely To
7. Youre Gonna Need Someone on your side
8. Hairdrsser On Fire
9. Glamourous Glue
10.Used Yo Be A Sweet Boy
11.Speedway
12. First Of The Gang
13.I'm Not Sorry
14. Life Is A Pigsty
15. In The Future....
(and if theres room)
November
sunny
and naturally-Suedehead
Satis Steven? (Score:1)
Suedehead
Everyday is Like Sunday
The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Piccadilly Palare
My Love Life
The National Front Disco
I'd Love To
Spring-heeled Jim
Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself
Speedway
Nobody Loves Us
I Can Have Both
Irish Blood, English Heart
Munich Air Disaster
You Have Killed Me
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Maladjusted (Score:1)
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all you need (Score:0)
frankly, mr. shankley
i know it's over
never had no one ever
cemetry gates
bigmouth strikes again
the boy with the thorn in his side
vicar in a tutu
there is a light that never goes out
some girls are bigger than others
best record ever written. no need for the rest.
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tape this. (Score:1)
sister i'm a poet
now my heart is full
the world is full of crashing bores
every day is like sunday
Tomorrow
why don't you find out for yourself
lucky lisp
suedehead
in the future when all's well
hold on to your friends
the lazy sunbathers
life is a pigsty
first of the gang to die
hairdresser on fire
there is a palce in hell for me and my friends
Speedway
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don't look at my list...you won't like it. (Score:1)
sunny
boxers
no one loves us
reader meet author
boy racer
dagenham dave
maladjusted
alma matters
ammunition
roy's keen
satan rejected my soul
first of the gang
i've forgiven jesus
i'm not sorry
crashing boors
i like you
see the boy happy
ganglord
human being
thats how people grow up
see...I knew you wouldn't like it.
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