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The Smiths? What a great fricking band!

Posted on 10/12/24 at 6:57 pm
Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
7148 posts
Posted on 10/12/24 at 6:57 pm
Saw Johnny Marr last week in New Orleans. Still riding that high. Looking for the board’s opinion on this band. I wish they were more popular in the States. Weirdly, they seem to be more popular among the younger generation in the US than they were in their own time because of TikTok. Brilliant band.
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
7660 posts
Posted on 10/12/24 at 8:44 pm to
Welcome to the party, pal! Seriously, Meat is Murder is one of my favorite mid-80s alternative bands. Guitar and bass are incredible.

Posted by bleeng
The Woodlands
Member since Apr 2013
4314 posts
Posted on 10/12/24 at 10:47 pm to
Johnny Marr rocked. Saw him in Houston and put on a great show.
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
7796 posts
Posted on 10/12/24 at 11:53 pm to
Huge fan. They were a magical, hugely influential band. Almost everything that they put out was phenomenal. Almost no filler anywhere in any of their four studio albums. Hell, their B-sides could have easily passed as single releases.
Posted by Clint Torres
Member since Oct 2011
2832 posts
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:53 am to
Huge fan; wish i could have seen this tour.. James is a great band too. Saw them in the mid 90s and was blown away by their live show.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
77703 posts
Posted on 10/13/24 at 3:31 pm to
Saw them in 1986 at Tulane's McAllister auditorium.
Posted by Degas
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Member since Jul 2010
11936 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 3:31 am to
Marr is the shite.
Posted by Degas
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Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 10/14/24 at 3:33 am to
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Saw them in 1986 at Tulane's McAllister auditorium.


Probably the Queen is Dead tour.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
24641 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 6:05 am to
One of my all time favorite bands. Have bought tickets to see morrissey twice and both shows were cancelled
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
33851 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 8:50 am to
quote:

I wish they were more popular in the States. Weirdly, they seem to be more popular among the younger generation in the US than they were in their own time because of TikTok.


They were extremely popular in the states in the 80s. They broke up fairly early in their careers though which hurt their popularity because there were no more albums or tours.

Marr and Morrissey are both on separate tours and they both sing a lot of Smith's songs.
Posted by guzziguy
Lake Forest
Member since Jun 2022
756 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 11:52 am to
How Soon is Now? is one of my favorites when wearing headphones.
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
7796 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 4:57 pm to
quote:

They were extremely popular in the states in the 80s. They broke up fairly early in their careers though which hurt their popularity because there were no more albums or tours.


Despite that popularity, the largest venues they ever played here in the states were only about 3-4 thousand.
Posted by supatigah
CEO of the Keith Hernandez Fan Club
Member since Mar 2004
89738 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 5:31 pm to
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Have bought tickets to see morrissey twice and both shows were cancelled

he is notoriously fickle and undependable
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
7796 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 5:41 pm to
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he is notoriously fickle and undependable


I feel fortunate to have seen him when he headlined Cruel World a couple of years ago in Pasadena.
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
7796 posts
Posted on 10/14/24 at 7:08 pm to
My top 10 favorite songs by The Smiths (in no particular order):

What Difference Does It Make?
How Soon Is Now?
This Charming Man
There is a Light that Never Goes Out
Well I Wonder
Bigmouth Strikes Again
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
The Queen is Dead
I Know It’s Over
Rubber Ring
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
33851 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:35 pm to
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Despite that popularity, the largest venues they ever played here in the states were only about 3-4 thousand.


Just a 60 second cursory venue search shows this to be untrue. They played very few shows in the United States, and actually not that many shows anywhere, but they played University of Colorado Events Center (11,064 capacity), Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre (16,085 capacity), and the Greek Theatre in Berkely (8500 capacity).

Posted by Pikes Peak Tiger
Colorado Springs
Member since Jun 2023
9245 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:43 pm to
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The Queen is Dead


One of the best drum intros ever
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
168473 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:53 pm to
Damn i didn’t realize he was in new orleans.

Posted by Lost Highway
Chicago
Member since Sep 2016
157 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 2:55 pm to
My wife and I saw Morrissey at the Aragon Ballroom back in '09. Great venue to watch a show.
Marr was the man though! Great youtube video out there with him and his Ricke. How he got the sound he wanted was fun to watch.

Marr and James playing the Riviera Theatre this Thursday. Unfortunately, I cannot go...sucks.
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
7796 posts
Posted on 10/15/24 at 5:03 pm to
quote:

they played University of Colorado Events Center (11,064 capacity), Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre (16,085 capacity), and the Greek Theatre in Berkely (8500 capacity).


Thanks for the correction. I should have said most of the venues.
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