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it's ten times the song The Gloaming is.
Yeah I'm actually believe it or not siding with djerdap on this one. If you don't like his whiny vocals I'm not sure how you could be a fan Although I've always been more annoyed by his refusal to finish words on Lucky. "We are standing on the eeeeeeeeee" "I feel my luck could chaaaaaaaannnn"
A few more.
Dirty by Sonic Youth; Chapel Hill could have closed that out nicely, BUT AVANT GARDE MAN AVANT GARDE
Meat Is Murder's title track makes me laugh my ass off, not feel sad.
Oh yeah, how could I forgot Dirty? Not to mention some great tracks - like Lee Ranaldo's Genetic - were left off the record to give place for such crap.
I think "Year Of The Tiger" off Strange Mercy is a particularly underwhelming ending to that album...but "Hysterical Strength", while a good song, is also not a closer.
Great call. That Smiths song is totally wrong as a closer, and whoever had the idea of not ending the album with There Is A Light should be ridiculed for the rest of his life.
Great call. That Smiths song is totally wrong as a closer, and whoever had the idea of not ending the album with There Is A Light should be ridiculed for the rest of his life.
I think "Year Of The Tiger" off Strange Mercy is a particularly underwhelming ending to that album...but "Hysterical Strength", while a good song, is also not a closer.
I liked cobblers suggestion in the R.E.M. thread that Country Feedback should close Out Of Time. Low would have also been a good album closer
Am I the only one who likes Meat Is Murder? Okay the lyrics (and the cow noises) are a bit ridiculous but I think it's one of the better songs on the album musically.
I disagree with most of that. Eliminator Jr. is a nice fuck-off closer. They could be very, very good with closers - Expressway, The Diamond Sea, Death Valley '69, Titanium Expose... And at least half of their albums are structured very well. Dirty was a bit of a mess because it was more song-based anyway.
Isn't it in keeping with The Smiths to fuck with their own material in that particular way, or perhaps more appropriately to play against expectations like that? I agree that There Is a Light would be one of the best closers ever, but it's also emblematic of the band to keep it out of that context.
I love Year of the Tiger personally and think it makes for a great closer, but I will say that Actor should have ended with Just the Same but Brand New. The Sequel just sputters out.
Am I the only one who likes Meat Is Murder?
So maybe an exception to policy here, but one of my favorite "hidden" tracks is Blue Flashing Light from The Man Who. It doesn't fit the album thematically, but it's an interesting departure for Travis.
Sad Songs may be the opposite of this thread for me, since Lucky You is the only song on it that I really like. So...albums that start too long?