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Angel Angel Down We Go Together - 2011 RemasterMorrissey This song is said to be written about Johnny Marr, and it's really sad. "They do not understand the urgency of life but I love you more than life. I love you more than life. I love you more than life. I love you more than life." The repetition here, this song is beautiful.
I Don't Mind If You Forget Me - 2011 RemasterMorrissey This album being Morrissey's first album after the fall of The Smiths, there were doubts it would even be successful, with Morrissey thinking this may really be the last of his music output. With that context, these lyrics read as if Morrissey is coping with this worry to his listeners telling them it's okay if his legacy ends here. He speaks of pressure to move on from The Smiths, how he now has to struggle to find how he'll make his own solo music and live up to the strong legacy he left behind. Because to top Johnny's composition skills is quite a hefty task. I like the upbeat contrast to this in the music. It's nice to know that unlike Morrissey's worries, this album was a hit and he'd continue on.
I Won't Share You - 2011 RemasterThe Smiths This song is so romantic, being very obviously written in lyrics from Morrissey to Johnny Marr, and even Johnny knowing so couldn't help but feel flattered. It's as if they already knew their time was coming to an end. It's so sad, and the instruments are so good here.
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - 2011 RemasterThe Smiths This is a classic, truly beautiful song. Great use of strings with a catchy guitar melody. The song puts together this romantic scenery of a car ride (Morrissey seems to have a thing for this like in This Charming Man or You've Got Everything Now), and the part with the underpass had a such a fitting sound to it, it's so cohesive. Really romantic even in its dark humor, but the crashing into a double-decker bus is just so iconic. It amazes me how Morrissey can sing such memorable scenery and phrases in these songs. It absolutely deserves to be this famous.
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side - 2011 RemasterThe Smiths This is a really lovely song, very romantic sounding. The guitar and strings blend nicely and I love the melody. I love the metaphor it has for gay love, even if Morrissey will lie to the press and say some crap like it's about how the press doesn't believe his lyrics. It's reminiscent of their song Hand in Glove. "How can they see the love in our eyes and still they don't believe us? And if they don't believe us now will they ever believe us?"
I Know It's Over - 2011 RemasterThe Smiths Oh this song is really depressing, and it hits very close to home. Brutally honest lyrics that are beautifully told. The melody truly drowns in the sorrow and inevitability. I love the Live in Boston performance. Jeff Buckley did a nice cover of it too. Curious that this song, that brings up letting go of loving someone who gets married, was written only 2 months after Johnny got married. Just saying... "It takes strength to be gentle and kind."
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - 2011 RemasterThe Smiths The melody is phenominal here. Seriously, Johnny Marr did such a good job here it's so rich and complex. I love the lyrics about the "pillow". Don't let this song's otherwise simple lyrics deceive you though, it's a mockery of the way men speak about women in such a stupid, objectifying way. I can understand why Johnny was upset at first hearing them though haha.
Barbarism Begins at Home - 2011 RemasterThe Smiths Andy Rourke's bass line of this song is just so funky wow. And it's a very complex one, so imagine playing it for this long. I love Morrissey's barking, and the guitar is just so good. Everything about this song is chaotic, funky, and weirdly encapsulating of the violence of this song's lyrics. I can't help but dance to this, even if it is perhaps a little too long. I highly recommend checking this song's live performance though. The rougher sounding guitar hits harder, along with Morrissey's barking. It's extra funky here and in some cases Johnny even improvises a bit here. Sometimes they'd try to play this song extra long (like even double the length of the original), sometimes pretty fast, and I just don't get tired of it. Also love it whenever Morrissey and Johnny start dancing together to Andy and Mike's playing at the end. They look like they're having so much fun, you can even see Andy smile and laugh at it.
Well I Wonder - 2011 RemasterThe Smiths This song is so beautiful. Genuinely. From the acoustic guitar, to the on point bass line, the sound of the following rain, and Morrissey's desperate plea to not be forgotten by the one he loves. I can't listen to this one too often, it's too special and emotional. Listening to it just drags me in to a whole other plane. I agree with their decision to not attempt this one live as it wouldn't truly capture the beauty of it.
I Want the One I Can't Have - 2011 RemasterThe Smiths Upbeat, fun song. The lyrics are really nice, very honest and relatable haha. I love the part about meeting him in the alley, it's funny Morrissey snuck in that kind of meaning. The lyrics about the mind and the body are a super interesting way to describe the troubles with his sexuality. I can't help but hear part of the melody of This Charming Man at around the midpoint of the song, still the melody is super catchy.