The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 129: NOWHERE FAST

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Houdini

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Let's compile our own Morrissey/Smiths Top 100 by rating all 232 Moz/Smiths-songs.
And instead of chronologically, let's do them alphabetically.

Song for Today: NOWHERE FAST

Voting should be something along these lines:
10: Perfection
9: Near perfect, brilliant
8: Really good Moz/Smiths song
7: Good Moz/Smiths song
6: Decent, OK, Nothing special
5: Uninspired
4: Poor
3: Bad
2: Should never have been released
1: He/They should be ashamed

The songs so far (voting is still open):

Part 128: Now My Heart Is Full
Part 127: Now I Am A Was
Part 126: November Spawned A Monster
Part 125: Noise Is The Best Revenge
Part 124: Nobody Loves Us
Part 123: No One Can Hold A Candle To You
Part 122: Never Had No One Ever
Part 121: My Love Life
Part 120: My Life Is A Succession Of People Goodbye
Part 119: Mute Witness
Part 118: Munich Air Disaster 1958
Part 117: Moonriver
Part 116: Money Changes Everything
Part 115: Miserable Lie
Part 114: Michael's Bones
Part 113: Mexico
Part 112: Meat Is Murder
Part 111: Margaret On The Guillotine
Part 110: Maladjusted
Part 109: Lucky Lisp
Part 108: Lost
Part 107: London
Part 106: Little Man, What Now?
Part 105: Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
Part 104: Life Is A Pigsty
Part 103: Let the Right One Slip In
Part 102: Let Me Kiss You
Part 101: Late Night, Maudlin Street
Part 100: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Part 99: King Leer
Part 98: Journalists Who Lie
Part 97: Jeane
Part 96: Jack The Ripper
Part 95: It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
Part 94: Is It Really So Strange?
Part 93: Irish Blood, English Heart
Part 92: Interlude
Part 91: Interesting Drug
Part 90: In The Future When All's Well
Part 89: If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
Part 88: I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Part 87: (I'm) The End Of The Family Line
Part 86: I'm Not Sorry
Part 85: I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now
Part 84: I'd Love To
Part 83: I Won't Share You
Part 82: I Will See You In Far Off Places
Part 81: I Want The One I Can't Have
Part 80: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Part 79: I Like You
Part 78: I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Part 77: I Know It's Over
Part 76: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Part 75: I Knew I Was Next
Part 74: I Keep Mine Hidden
Part 73: I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Part 72: I Have Forgiven Jesus
Part 71: I Don't Owe You Anything
Part 70: I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Part 69: I Can Have Both
Part 68: I Am Two People
Part 67: I Am Hated For Loving
Part 66: Human Being
Part 65: How Soon Is Now?
Part 64: How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
Part 63: Hold On To Your Friends
Part 62: Heir Apparent
Part 61: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Part 60: He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Part 59: He Cried
Part 58: Have-A-Go Merchant
Part 57: Handsome Devil
Part 56: Hand In Glove
Part 55: Half A Person
Part 54: Hairdresser On Fire
Part 53: Good Looking Man About Town
Part 52: Golden Lights
Part 51: Glamorous Glue
Part 50: Girlfriend In A Coma
Part 49: Girl Least Likely To
Part 48: Girl Afraid
Part 47: Get Off The Stage
Part 46: Ganglord
Part 45: Friday Mourning
Part 44: Frankly Mr Shankly
Part 43: Found Found Found
Part 42: First Of The Gang To Die
Part 41: Everyday Is Like Sunday
Part 40: East West
Part 39: Driving Your Girlfriend Home
Part 38: Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice
Part 37: Do Your Best And Don't Worry
Part 36: Disappointed
Part 35: Dial-A-Cliche
Part 34: Death Of A Disco Dancer
Part 33: Death At One's Elbow
Part 32: Dear God Please Help Me
Part 31: Dagenham Dave
Part 30: Cosmic Dancer
Part 29: Come Back To Camden
Part 28: Christian Dior
Part 27: Certain People I Know
Part 26: Cemetry Gates
Part 25: Break Up The Family
Part 24: Boxers
Part 23: Black-Eyed Susan
Part 22: Billy Budd
Part 21: Bigmouth Strikes Again
Part 20: Best Friend On The Payroll
Part 19: Bengali In Platforms
Part 18: Barbarism Begins At Home
Part 17: Back To The Old House
Part 16: At Last I Am Born
Part 15: At Amber
Part 14: Asleep
Part 13: Ask
Part 12: Asian Rut
Part 11: Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
Part 10: Ammunition
Part 9: America Is Not The World
Part 8: Ambitious Outsiders
Part 7: Alsatian Cousin
Part 6: Alma Matters
Part 5: All The Lazy Dykes
Part 4: Accept Yourself
Part 3: A Swallow On My Neck
Part 2: A Song From Under The Floorboards
Part 1: A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
 
An excellent little ditty: catchy, peppy music combined with Morrissey's characteristic funny/sad lyrics. Contains one of Morrissey's greatest lines: "And when I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me." Sums it all up, doesn't it?

A solid 9.
 
Moz should try and make sure that all of his future songs begin with the letter 'n'.
Seems to be a guarantee of a top-notch song!:)
 
Need you even ask? A 10. Classic Smiths track.

--jeniphir
 
Moz should try and make sure that all of his future songs begin with the letter 'n'.
Seems to be a guarantee of a top-notch song!:)

Even "Noise Is The Best Revenge"?
 
I'd like to drop my trousers to the queen, every sensible child would know what this means.
A really catchy song. I can't tell about Moz solo lyrics, I haven't read them all, but in the Smiths era they were brilliant.
I thought I'd give it a 9, but I've listened to it too much and it's kind of lost something, so I gave it an 8.

It's songs like this and I Wan't The One I can't Have that make Meat Is Murder a better record the The Queen Is Dead. Not excellent and not average, but good/very good songs.
 
It's outstanding! One of my very favourite Smiths songs - the John Peel session is almost as good as the version on Meat Is Murder. 10.
 
an 8

very good song from me fav Smiths album Meat is Murder.
the lyrics are great, and the music is typical Smiths, a short, upbeat
song with that typical guitarriff from Johnny

[i should've given it a 9, but voted already]:mad:
 
Weakest song on Meat is Murder
 
WHAT?

you die now. :mad:

Okay, then what IS the Weakest song on that album?

Seriously, it's funny...but Like Vicar In A Tutu...what does it really say?
 
Okay, then what IS the Weakest song on that album?

Seriously, it's funny...but Like Vicar In A Tutu...what does it really say?


ummm, why on earth would you ask me on IM and then post it on here too? i'll just copy and paste what i JUST said to you:

the song isnt silly. meat is murder is silly. with all the animal noises, musically nowhere fast is better. "and when im lying in my bed i think about life and i think about death, and neither one particularly appeals to me" as opposed to "savor the flavor of MURDERRRR. give me a break"
 
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Okay, then what IS the Weakest song on that album?


barbarism [only because it was by the time it came out ,already played
live for over a year, lyricly it's nothing, musicly it's OK, this song that
proved Joyce and Rourke are Smiths and not replacable sessionmusicans...
but they showed that already in the first 2 years]
 
i think this is worth a 9 because it shows that mr. rourke was not "as readily replaceable as the parts of a lawnmower" (and because only 'i know it's over' can get a 10).
 
9/10!!! Absolutely love it and its off my fav album!!!!​
 
And when I'm lying in my bed
I think about life and I think about death
And neither one, particularly appeals to me



Excellent. A solid 8 from me.
 
Okay, then what IS the Weakest song on that album?

Seriously, it's funny...but Like Vicar In A Tutu...what does it really say?

The weakest song on Meat Is Murder is easily "Meat Is Murder" with "Barbarism Begins At Home" close on its heels.
 
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