The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 98: JOURNALISTS WHO LIE

How do you rate Journalists Who Lie?


  • Total voters
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Houdini

Junior Member
Let' s compile our own Morrissey/Smiths Top 100.
And let's do them alphabetically.

Song for Today: JOURNALISTS WHO LIE

10: Perfection
9: Near perfect, brilliant
8: Really good
7: Good
6: Decent, OK
5: Uninspired
4: Poor
et cetera...

The songs we've done so far (voting is still open):

Part 1: A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
Part 2: A Song From Under The Floorboards
Part 3: A Swallow On My Neck
Part 4: Accept Yourself
Part 5: All The Lazy Dykes
Part 6: Alma Matters
Part 7: Alsatian Cousin
Part 8: Ambitious Outsiders
Part 9: America Is Not The World
Part 10: Ammunition
Part 11: Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
Part 12: Asian Rut
Part 13: Ask
Part 14: Asleep
Part 15: At Amber
Part 16: At Last I Am Born
Part 17: Back To The Old House
Part 18: Barbarism Begins At Home
Part 19: Bengali In Platforms
Part 20: Best Friend On The Payroll
Part 21: Bigmouth Strikes Again
Part 22: Billy Budd
Part 23: Black-Eyed Susan
Part 24: Boxers
Part 25: Break Up The Family
Part 26: Cemetry Gates
Part 27: Certain People I Know
Part 28: Christian Dior
Part 29: Come Back To Camden
Part 30: Cosmic Dancer
Part 31: Dagenham Dave
Part 32: Dear God Please Help Me
Part 33: Death At One's Elbow
Part 34: Death Of A Disco Dancer
Part 35: Dial-A-Cliche
Part 36: Disappointed
Part 37: Do Your Best And Don't Worry
Part 38: Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice
Part 39: Driving Your Girlfriend Home
Part 40: East West
Part 41: Everyday Is Like Sunday
Part 42: First Of The Gang To Die
Part 43: Found Found Found
Part 44: Frankly Mr Shankly
Part 45: Friday Mourning
Part 46: Ganglord
Part 47: Get Off The Stage
Part 48: Girl Afraid
Part 49: Girl Least Likely To
Part 50: Girlfriend In A Coma
Part 51: Glamorous Glue
Part 52: Golden Lights
Part 53: Good Looking Man About Town
Part 54: Hairdresser On Fire
Part 55: Half A Person
Part 56: Hand In Glove
Part 57: Handsome Devil
Part 58: Have-A-Go Merchant
Part 59: He Cried
Part 60: He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Part 61: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Part 62: Heir Apparent
Part 63: Hold On To Your Friends
Part 64: How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Part 65: How Soon Is Now?
Part 66: Human Being
Part 67: I Am Hated For Loving
Part 68: I Am Two People
Part 69: I Can Have Both
Part 70: I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Part 71: I Don't Owe You Anything
Part 72: I Have Forgiven Jesus
Part 73: I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Part 74: I Keep Mine Hidden
Part 75: I Knew I Was Next
Part 76: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Part 77: I Know It's Over
Part 78: I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Part 79: I Like You
Part 80: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Part 81: I Want The One I Can't Have
Part 82: I Will See You In Far Off Places
Part 83: I Won't Share You
Part 84: I'd Love To
Part 85: I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
Part 86: I'm Not Sorry
Part 87: (I'm) The End Of The Family Line
Part 88: I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Part 89: If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
Part 90: In The Future When All's Well
Part 91: Interesting Drug
Part 92: Interlude
Part 93: Irish Blood, English Heart
Part 94: Is It Really So Strange?
Part 95: It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
Part 96: Jack The Ripper
Part 97: Jeane
 
Morrissey bitching about the NME....just a B side!
 
This song wouldn't be so awful if it didn't have that "air being released from balloon" sound going through it. I can't imagine what the producer was thinking (can't remember who produced it offhand - was it Langer/Winstanley or Street?) putting that ghastly sound on the record. Even without that sound it wouldn't rate very highly - maybe a 6 - but with it, I give it a 4.
 
I voted six, But I should change it to 5...

Probably my least favorite of the Pre-Millennia B-sides...

Although I have expressed my thoughts on You Must Please Remember before...
 
I like this song a lot.

There are a few lyrics that I really like.

"Journalists who lie are stealing their money"

"Prospering with spite, hate-in-a-hurry"

"So sick and belaboured, they only want to be favoured"

"Praise then crucify, just follow this pattern"
 
I remember quite liking it when it came out. Seemed an apt response to the (disproportionate) criticism he was receiving at the time.
I quite like the delivery.
Yes, the music is repetitive, but that rather helps to drive the point home.
6,5 from me, so I'll give it 7 :)
 
i'd give 4 for the music, 7.5 for vocals and subject matter, so a generous 6.5 overall. i think with better music, this could be a really good song.

as it is, not so much.
 
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