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re: The Smiths? What a great fricking band!
Posted on 10/15/24 at 5:05 pm to _Hurricane_
Posted on 10/15/24 at 5:05 pm to _Hurricane_
In 1990 I dated a tennis player from England (Blackpool) at Midland college (midland, Tx) she had tapes from home of the radio station so I would use my Walkman and listen. Smiths, Stone Roses so many more but I am old and forget. It BLEW my mind that this was out there. She got me tapes the next time she went home of just hours of their radio station. Plus I bought a bunch of stuff. 80/90 British music was going hard
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Posted on 10/15/24 at 5:16 pm to Vandyrone
I wasn't trying to pull a "but akshually"
I was really checking myself to make sure I was not misremembering their popularity.
I just listened to a Smith's documentary on Youtube and perhaps it influenced my perception.
But I was a freshman at LSU in the mid 80s and everyone I knew loved the Smiths and listened to them all the time.
In my mind they were just as popular as The Cure, and for a time they probably were, but the Smiths broke up and only had 4 studio albums while the Cure has had 13 studio albums and is still touring and even has a new album coming out.
I was really checking myself to make sure I was not misremembering their popularity.
I just listened to a Smith's documentary on Youtube and perhaps it influenced my perception.
But I was a freshman at LSU in the mid 80s and everyone I knew loved the Smiths and listened to them all the time.
In my mind they were just as popular as The Cure, and for a time they probably were, but the Smiths broke up and only had 4 studio albums while the Cure has had 13 studio albums and is still touring and even has a new album coming out.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 6:40 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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But I was a freshman at LSU in the mid 80s and everyone I knew loved the Smiths and listened to them all the time.
I had a similar experience at around the same time/age. That’s why I was amazed at how many smaller venues they played, despite their perceived (my own perception included) popularity.
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but the Smiths broke up and only had 4 studio albums
4 studio albums, and just 3 years after they released the first album, they were done. Strangeways was released months after they announced the break up. 73 songs overall in just over 3 years. Very prolific in terms of high quality material in such a short period of time.
This post was edited on 10/15/24 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 10/16/24 at 9:10 am to Vandyrone
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My top 10 favorite songs by The Smiths (in somewhat order):
1. Cemetery gates
2. Stop me....
3. There is a Light...
4. Boy With a Thorn...
5. Sheila Take a Bow
6. Bigmouth Strikes Again
7. Girlfriend In A Coma
8. Panic
9. Ask
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Posted on 10/16/24 at 11:10 am to _Hurricane_
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