The Smiths

csm · 30 Mar 2008 at 02:32

I think a greater band than this is still yet to be realised. Opinions?

Gilly · 30 Mar 2008 at 02:42

I think you're wrong.

One More Solo · 30 Mar 2008 at 02:49

Not the greatest band ever but certainly up there.

benneh · 30 Mar 2008 at 09:39

<3 the smiths. Definitely one of the greatest British bands. Regardless of personal opinion they reached a generation (now several). And by 'reached' I mean a little more than 'they went out and bought the lp'

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bigmouse64 · 30 Mar 2008 at 09:47

Gilly said:
I think you're wrong.

Agreed.

The Smiths are good, but there's better. Much better.

alexakasloth · 30 Mar 2008 at 10:16

One More Solo said:
Not the greatest band ever but certainly up there.

Agreed, they are good but their type of music is... aquired.

Voltar · 30 Mar 2008 at 17:53

smiths are good. Not the best ever though I have to say.

SexyGreyFox · 30 Mar 2008 at 17:58

I thought they were crap when they came out and I just didn't 'get them'.
Everytime Morrisey came on the TV I had to turn him off.
I must have mellowed because I can now listen to them but no way would they ever be in my top 1000 British bands list.

wormwood · 30 Mar 2008 at 18:13

Who? Don't talk rubbish, Queen are quite obviously the greatest band in history.

warren_1979 · 30 Mar 2008 at 18:15

csm said:
I think a greater band than this is still yet to be realised. Opinions?

Best band of the last 25 years most definitely.

titchard · 30 Mar 2008 at 18:50

Great - Yes.

Better band to be realised - No.

This is too opinion-filled a discussion really for a yes or no answer.

Rich

voodooflux · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:00

dmpoole said:
I thought they were crap when they came out and I just didn't 'get them'.
Everytime Morrisey came on the TV I had to turn him off.
I must have mellowed because I can now listen to them but no way would they ever be in my top 1000 British bands list.

That pretty much sums up my feeling too.

Azagoth · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:19

csm said:
Opinions?

Whiny, morose rubbish!

loltim · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:21

csm said:
I think a greater band than this is still yet to be realised. Opinions?

The Stone Roses?

The Smiths are awesome, though :cool:

Jonners · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:23

The Smiths were just perfect.

Quality music, nothing will top it imo. Ever.

Morrissey on his own isn't the same though. To me he performed better in a band.

loltim · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:49

Voltar · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:56

Jonny Marr was why the Smiths were so good imo..

Azagoth, I would ave imagined that you wouldn't like them: dunno why lol

Nymins · 30 Mar 2008 at 20:14

wormwood said:
Queen are quite obviously the greatest band in history.

Overrated imo. They are good, very very good. But overrated.

I like The Smiths myself, but there are better.

Azagoth · 30 Mar 2008 at 20:16

Voltar said:
Azagoth, I would ave imagined that you wouldn't like them: dunno why lol

To make things even worse, I used to date a girl who was an absolute 'The Smiths' fanatic. I've lost count of the times I returned home, turned on my stereo only to be aurally raped by the poncey warbling of Morrisey.

ElvisFan · 30 Mar 2008 at 20:25

Tupac said:
The Smiths were just perfect.

Quality music, nothing will top it imo. Ever.

Morrissey on his own isn't the same though. To me he performed better in a band.

The band he had with him when I saw him a couple of years ago were very good, and were easily as tight as the smiths were.

"Hatful of Hollow" by The Smiths is in my top ten albums. There isn't a bad track on it.