-The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982
-The NME named the Smiths the “most influential artist ever” in a 2002 poll
-Morrissey, the bands singer is a vegetarian
-Morrisseys fav Smiths song is the boy with the thorn in his side..la⇨ hear here
Morrisseys realism swings from outsiders poetry to social debacle and romantic irony
“Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.”
Girl afraid
Where do his intentions lay?
Or does he even have any?
She says:
He never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
I’ll never make that mistake again.
Boy afraid
Prudence never pays
And everything she wants costs money
But she doesn’t even like me!
And I know because she said so
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
I’ll never make that mistake again no.