The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 215: WHAT SHE SAID

How do you rate What She Said?

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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.

Song for Today: WHAT SHE SAID

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: 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, click to vote):

part 214: What Difference Does It Make?
Part 213: Well I Wonder
Part 212: We'll Let You Know
Part 211: We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
Part 210: Vicar In A Tutu
Part 209: Used To Be A Sweet Boy
Part 208: Unloveable
Part 207: Unhappy Birthday
Part 206: Trouble Loves Me
Part 205: Tony The Pony
Part 204: Tomorrow
Part 203: To Me You Are A Work Of Art
Part 202: This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Part 201: This Is Not Your Country
Part 200: This Charming Man
Part 199: These Things Take Time
Part 198: There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends
Part 197: There Speaks A True Friend
Part 196: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Part 195: The Youngest Was The Most Loved
Part 194: The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
Part 193: The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils
Part 192: The Queen Is Dead
Part 191: The Public Image
Part 190: The Ordinary Boys
Part 189: The Operation
Part 188: The Never Played Symphonies
Part 187: The National Front Disco
Part 186: The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
Part 185: The Loop
Part 184: The Lazy Sunbathers
Part 183: The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Part 182: The Headmaster Ritual
Part 181: The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
Part 180: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Part 179: The Father Who Must Be Killed
Part 178: The Edges Are No Longer Parallel
Part 177: The Draize Train
Part 176: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Part 175: The Boy Racer
Part 174: That's Entertainment
Part 173: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Part 172: Teenage Dad On His Estate
Part 171: Sweetie Pie
Part 170: Sweet And Tender Hooligan
Part 169: Sunny
Part 168: Suffer Little Children
Part 167: Suedehead
Part 166: Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
Part 165: Stretch Out And Wait
Part 164: Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Part 163: Still Ill
Part 162: Spring-Heeled Jim
Part 161: Speedway
Part 160: Southpaw
Part 159: Sorrow Will Come In The End
Part 158: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Part 157: Slum Mums
Part 156: Skin Storm
Part 155: Sister, I'm A Poet
Part 154: Sing Your Life
Part 153: Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Part 152: Sheila Take A Bow
Part 151: Shakespeare's Sister
Part 150: Seasick Yet Still Docked,(follow this link to first 149 songs).

Best performing songs, parts 1 to 149 (click to vote):

Part 147: Rubber Ring
Part 145: Reel Around The Fountain
Part 140: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Part 136: Panic
Part 135: Paint A Vulgar Picture
Part 128: Now My Heart Is Full
Part 126: November Spawned A Monster
Part 124: Nobody Loves Us
Part 104: Life Is A Pigsty
Part 101: Late Night, Maudlin Street
Part 100: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me,
Part 96: Jack The Ripper
Part 93: Irish Blood, English Heart
Part 88: I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Part 83: I Won't Share You
Part 81: I Want The One I Can't Have
Part 77: I Know It's Over
Part 65: How Soon Is Now?
Part 61: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Part 57: Handsome Devil
Part 56: Hand In Glove
Part 55: Half A Person
Part 54: Hairdresser On Fire
Part 50: Girlfriend In A Coma
Part 42: First Of The Gang To Die
Part 41: Everyday Is Like Sunday
Part 36: Disappointed
Part 26: Cemetry Gates
Part 21: Bigmouth Strikes Again
Part 14: Asleep
Part 1: A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
 
My first time being first to comment. I think I'm supposed to be more psyched about it than I actually am.

"What she said: How come someone hasn't noticed that I'm dead and decided to bury me? God knows I'm ready!'"

Please. 10.

(PS--I just realised that THIS is the song that took me longest to figure out, lyrically. Back in the day, I thought it was, "What she said I smote, cuz I'm hoping for an early death . .." despite the fact that I actually knew and understood that "smite" doesn't have a single appropriate definition in that context.)

--jeniphir
 
I feel like this song has a good structure, has a good rhythm, and goes at a good pace. And every time I listen to it, it always leaves me satisfied and smiling...thats What She Said!!!

haha get it?!!!!
 
Possibly The Smiths most raucous song, Mr Marr gives most 'rock' guitarists a run for their money. It's a pretty bleak song, but a really good one. 8.
 
Brilliant song, makes me want to move around in a violent and rapid fashion! Lovely energy to it, great track from a great album.
 
I reckon it's one of Moz's best lyrics.
 
scratches said:
The above quote is "borrowed" by Morrissey from Smart's " By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept":

"I wonder why no one has noticed I am dead and taken the trouble to bury me"

Nothing new here...
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oh. i dunno about Jenipher, but when I hear the name Elizabeth Smart I think of the little girl who was kidnapped from her room, thought to be dead only to turn up a year or so later, alive and well.

it was still an oddly worded statement...
 
Rosso said:
Brilliant song, makes me want to move around in a violent and rapid fashion! Lovely energy to it, great track from a great album.
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Ditto!! Great jam. I give it a 9 -almost for the energy alone :D
"and I need to cling to something"!! I do -- Morrissey for life:)
 
nugz said:
oh. i dunno about Jenipher, but when I hear the name Elizabeth Smart I think of the little girl who was kidnapped from her room, thought to be dead only to turn up a year or so later, alive and well.

it was still an oddly worded statement...
Click to expand...

That's exactly who I was thinking of.

Also, scratches, please don't condescend to me (or anyone else, for that matter) about lifted lyrics (or anything else, for that matter). I am well aware that fully 75% of the Smiths' lyrics are references to other sources. That doesn't make the way Moz has used them any less thrilling or interesting or just plain clever.

Stop annoying me.

--jeniphir
 
love it. I used to listen to this one with "Monica from Berkeley" and we decided that this and "The Queen Is Dead" were a couple of the best songs on "Rank". I'd say that this is a classic and probably underrated. The lyrics in the wrong hands could sound corny in the way that The Cure and Nine Inch Nails can sound corny but I don't think they do. It works.

"I smoke because I'm hoping for an early death
and I need to cling to something"

classic. 10.
 
Well whoever she is, she definitely sounds interesting.
 
Tis an 8 from me. i love this line:

"I smoke because I'm hoping for an early death
and I need to cling to something"


...actually, make it an 8.5.
 
a 9

a little gem from Meat is Murder, hitting lyrics and sound, what a great
song this is, and always will be

I smoke because I'm hoping for an early death
do I need to cling to something*


*or someone, as always words straight from the writerblock:eek:head
 
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One of my all time favorites.... Fast paced and shows a touch of punk.
 
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