The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 121: MY LOVE LIFE

How do you rate My Love Life?


  • Total voters
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Houdini

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Song for Today: MY LOVE LIFE

The Top 100 so far:

1) I Know It's Over, rating: 9,51 (9.506)
2) Everyday Is Like Sunday, rating: 9,51 (9.505)
3) Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me, rating: 9,39
4) Bigmouth Strikes Again, rating: 9,35
5) Hand In Glove,rating: 9,34
6) How Soon Is Now?, rating: 9,29
7) Cemetry Gates, rating: 9,24
8) Late Night, Maudlin Street, rating: 9,23
9) Jack The Ripper, rating: 9,22
10) I Want The One I Can't Have, rating: 9,15
11) Half A Person,rating: 9,14
12) Hairdresser On Fire,rating: 9,03
13) Asleep, rating: 9,03
14) A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours, rating: 9,01
15) I've Changed My Plea To Guilty, rating: 8,99
16) First Of The Gang To Die, rating: 8,98
17) Irish Blood, English Heart, rating: 8,97
18) I Won't Share You, rating: 8,97
19) Handsome Devil,rating: 8,93
20) Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, rating: 8,93
21) Girlfriend In A Coma, rating: 8,92
22) Life Is A Pigsty, rating: 8,86
23) Disappointed, rating: 8,83
24) Girl Afraid, rating: 8,71
25) Is It Really So Strange?, rating: 8,67
26) Frankly, Mr Shankly, rating: 8,64
27) I Started Something I Couldn't Finish, rating: 8,63
28) Back To The Old House, rating: 8,57
29) I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday, rating: 8,53
30) Ask, rating: 8,52
31) I Have Forgiven Jesus, rating: 8,48
32) Let Me Kiss You, rating: 8,45
33) Jeane, rating: 8,42
34) Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning, rating: 8,42
35) Come Back To Camden, rating: 8,41
36) Interesting Drug, rating: 8,39
37) Alsatian Cousin, rating: 8,39
38) I Am Hated For Loving, rating: 8,38
39) I'd Love To, rating: 8,38
40) Hold On To Your Friends, rating: 8,37
41) Friday Mourning, rating: 8,37
42) Maladjusted, rating: 8,34
43) London, rating: 8,34
44) Lost, rating: 8,34
45) I Know Very Well How I Got My Name, rating: 8,34
46) Barbarism Begins At Home, rating: 8,32
47) Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together, rating: 8,24
48) Boxers, rating: 8,21
49) Ganglord, rating: 8,16
50) I Don't Owe You Anything, rating: 8,12
51) I Can Have Both, rating: 8,08
52) Glamorous Glue,rating: 8,08
53) I Don't Mind If You Forget Me, rating: 8,04
54) Lucky Lisp, average rating: 8,03
55) Death Of A Disco Dancer, rating: 7,92
56) Alma Matters, rating: 7,88
57) I Like You, rating: 7,88
58) Meat Is Murder, rating: 7,84
59) Girl Least Likely To, rating: 7,83
60) It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small, rating: 7,81
61) Driving Your Girlfriend Home, rating: 7,79
62) I'm Not Sorry, rating: 7,77
63) Little Man, What Now, rating: 7,75
64) Dear God Please Help Me, rating: 7,74
65) A Swallow On My Neck, rating: 7,74
66) (I'm) The End Of The Family Line, rating: 7,73
67) Certain People I Know, rating: 7,72
68) Mute Witness, rating: 7,70
69) Billy Budd, rating: 7,69
70) I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now, rating: 7,65
71) If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me, rating: 7,62
72) Miserable Lie, rating: 7,58
73) In The Future When All's Well, rating: 7,58
74) I Will See You In Far Off Places, rating: 7,58
75) Break Up The Family, rating: 7,57
76) Accept Yourself, rating: 7,55
77) Interlude, rating: 7,53
78) He Knows I'd Love To See Him, rating: 7,46
79) Have-A-Go Merchant,rating: 7,42
80) My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye, rating: 7,41
81) Munich Air Disaster 1958, rating: 7,38
82) I Knew I Was Next, rating: 7,35
83) King Leer, rating: 7,31
84) Good Looking Man About Town,rating: 7,31
85) A Song From Under The Floorboards, rating: 7,31
86) Do Your Best And Don't Worry, rating: 7,30
87) Let The Right One Slip In, rating: 7,27
88) How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?, rating: 7,27
89) Bengali In Platforms, rating: 7,24
90) Michael's Bones, rating: 7,23
91) Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice, rating: 7,22
92) I Just Want To See The Boy Happy, rating: 7,19
93) I Keep Mine Hidden, rating: 7,14
94) I Am Two People, rating: 7,09
95) Human Being, rating: 7,03
96) Dial-A-Cliche, rating: 6,99
97) Heir Apparent, rating: 6,99
98) Christian Dior, rating: 6,89
99) Dagenham Dave, rating: 6,81
100) Ammunition, rating: 6,77
 
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Bubbling under, slipping below the water line:

101) At Amber, rating: 6,74
102) Moonriver, rating: 6,74
103) At Last I Am Born, rating: 6,71
104) Margaret On The Guillotine, rating: 6,66
105) Cosmic Dancer, rating: 6,56
106) Mexico, rating: 6,53
107) East West, rating: 6,49
108) Best Friend On The Payroll, rating: 6,48
109) America Is Not The World, rating: 6,45
110) Death At One's Elbow, rating: 6,43
111) Black-Eyed Susan, rating: 6,43
112) Asian Rut, rating: 6,42
113) Money Changes Everything, rating: 6,37
114) Ambitious Outsiders, rating: 6,33
115) He Cried,rating: 6,24
116) All The Lazy Dykes, rating: 6,10
117) Get Off The Stage, rating: 6,07
118) Found Found Found, rating: 5,95
119) Golden Lights,rating: 4,94
120) Journalists Who Lie, rating: 4,74
 
I LOVE IT....

and the obvious influence of New York Dolls' Subway Train...shines through even more....THIS is the song he should have blended with Subway Train on The Quarry tour...

I miss it...It needs to be played again...soon PLEASE...Before I Die...I have One Final Dream....For My Love to be played live again....
 
It's an okay single, but it's one of those rare Morrissey songs that I like better musically than lyrically. Moz didn't put a great deal of effort into these lyrics, much like "You're The One For Me, Fatty". He just repeats the same scant lines over and over and over again, and it becomes tedious and dull. I do like Chrissie Hynde's backing vocals (wish she'd do more of that instead of the revolting Kristeen), and the music is pretty, and the vocals are pleasant, but the lyrics let it down. If Morrissey had bothered to actually finish the song, it could have been great, but as it is it is nothing more than a 7.
 
A song I see as the antithesis of "I'd Love To", with Morrissey proclaiming polygamy over devotion to a single person, in desperation of someone to love and love him. Although this song doesn't scale the heights of "I'd Love To", it is generally good and the music is very serene and nice to drive to down long roads in contemplative moods.

A 7.
 
As some argue, perhaps with good reason, that to compare Smiths songs to Morrissey-songs is apples and oranges, here is how the list would look if we would seperate the two:

SMITHS TOP 30 SO FAR:

1) I Know It's Over, rating: 9,51
2) Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me, rating: 9,39
3) Bigmouth Strikes Again, rating: 9,35
4) Hand In Glove,rating: 9,34
5) How Soon Is Now?, rating: 9,29
6) Cemetry Gates, rating: 9,24
7) I Want The One I Can't Have, rating: 9,15
8) Half A Person,rating: 9,14
9) Asleep, rating: 9,03
10) A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours, rating: 9,01
11) I Won't Share You, rating: 8,97
12) Handsome Devil,rating: 8,93
13) Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, rating: 8,93
14) Girlfriend In A Coma, rating: 8,92
15) Girl Afraid, rating: 8,71
16) Is It Really So Strange?, rating: 8,67
17) Frankly, Mr Shankly, rating: 8,64
18) I Started Something I Couldn't Finish, rating: 8,63
19) Back To The Old House, rating: 8,57
20) Ask, rating: 8,52
21) Jeane, rating: 8,42
22) London, rating: 8,34
23) Barbarism Begins At Home, rating: 8,32
24) I Don't Owe You Anything, rating: 8,12
25) Death Of A Disco Dancer, rating: 7,92
26) Meat Is Murder, rating: 7,84
27) Miserable Lie, rating: 7,58
28) Accept Yourself, rating: 7,55
29) I Keep Mine Hidden, rating: 7,14
30) Death At One's Elbow, rating: 6,43


MORRISSEY TOP 50 SO FAR:

1) Everyday Is Like Sunday, rating: 9,51
2) Late Night, Maudlin Street, rating: 9,23
3) Jack The Ripper, rating: 9,22
4) Hairdresser On Fire,rating: 9,03
5) I've Changed My Plea To Guilty, rating: 8,99
6) First Of The Gang To Die, rating: 8,98
7) Irish Blood, English Heart, rating: 8,97
8) Life Is A Pigsty, rating: 8,86
9) Disappointed, rating: 8,83
10) I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday, rating: 8,53
11) I Have Forgiven Jesus, rating: 8,48
12) Let Me Kiss You, rating: 8,45
13) Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning, rating: 8,42
14) Come Back To Camden, rating: 8,41
15) Interesting Drug, rating: 8,39
16) Alsatian Cousin, rating: 8,39
17) I Am Hated For Loving, rating: 8,38
18) I'd Love To, rating: 8,38
19) Hold On To Your Friends, rating: 8,37
20) Friday Mourning, rating: 8,37
21) Maladjusted, rating: 8,34
22) Lost, rating: 8,34
23) I Know Very Well How I Got My Name, rating: 8,34
24) Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together, rating: 8,24
25) Boxers, rating: 8,21
26) Ganglord, rating: 8,16
27) I Can Have Both, rating: 8,08
28) Glamorous Glue,rating: 8,08
29) I Don't Mind If You Forget Me, rating: 8,04
30) Lucky Lisp, average rating: 8,03
31) Alma Matters, rating: 7,88
32) I Like You, rating: 7,88
33) Girl Least Likely To, rating: 7,83
34) It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small, rating: 7,81
35) Driving Your Girlfriend Home, rating: 7,79
36) I'm Not Sorry, rating: 7,77
37) Little Man, What Now, rating: 7,75
38) Dear God Please Help Me, rating: 7,74
39) A Swallow On My Neck, rating: 7,74
40) (I'm) The End Of The Family Line, rating: 7,73
41) Certain People I Know, rating: 7,72
42) Mute Witness, rating: 7,70
43) Billy Budd, rating: 7,69
44) I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now, rating: 7,65
45) If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me, rating: 7,62
46) In The Future When All's Well, rating: 7,58
47) I Will See You In Far Off Places, rating: 7,58
48) Break Up The Family, rating: 7,57
49) Interlude, rating: 7,53
50) He Knows I'd Love To See Him, rating: 7,46
 
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Not a masterpiece, but still very sweet. I love his "childish" lyrics (reminds me of "The little prince"); "I know you love one person, so why don't you love two"
 
I just love it... And I think it has one of the greatest lyrics lines ever: "I know you love one person so, why don't/can't you love two"... Master!
 
This is a gorgeous song. its so dreamy.

I'm going to get a Tatoo with Morrissey, followed by "My Love Life" under it, because Morrissey is my love life. :)
 
Haha, we have the same love life then :)
Your tatoo...would it be a picture of him with "love life" under it then or?

I'm not sure I could get a really good tattoo of his face, so I think it would just be the MORRISSEY letters that are used on Viva Hate.

:) I'm so excited to see him here in Hollywood.
 
i liked this single when it came out. Is the clip of him doing it on Top Of the Pops on youtube?
 
I'm not sure I could get a really good tattoo of his face, so I think it would just be the MORRISSEY letters that are used on Viva Hate.

:) I'm so excited to see him here in Hollywood.

Okay, good. I think the text tattoos are much nicher. I'm really looking forward to get one (when I decided which one).

Well, lucky you. I guess "my love life wlll be dead the next years". Have a wonderful time
 
AVERAGE SO FAR BY ALBUM

The Smiths - 3 songs, average 8.25
Meat Is Murder - 4 songs, average 8.65
The Queen Is Dead - 3 songs, average 9.19
Strangeways - 7 songs, average 8.47

Viva Hate - 10 songs, average 7.96
Kill Uncle - 6 songs, average 7.11
Your Arsenal - 3 songs, average 8.11
Vauxhall - 4 songs, average 8.22
Southpaw - 3 songs, average 6.86
Maladjusted - 5 songs, average 7.11
Quarry - 10 songs, average 7.88
Ringleader - 6 songs, average 7.62
 
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10, I bloody love it! I can listen to this song 1,000 times and never get bored, the music is lovely even if the lyrics are weak, and I love Moz' voice on this one :D
 
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