The Smiths

I have been listening to some of "The Smiths" lately after watching a movie that featured them in their soundtrack. I really like their retro sound and the thickness of the lead singer's accent. I feel like it emphasizes the feeling he is trying to communicate, especially in songs like "Asleep" (my personal favorite of theirs). I haven't exactly investigated them thoroughly, but a quote on Wikipedia states that "The BBC described The Smiths as 'the band that inspired deeper devotion than any British group since The Beatles,'" which I thought was especially relevant to our class studies. It's interesting to me to see just how many of the most popular bands in the world are British. It seems that Britain and the US have always been in tune (ha ha) in terms of the music industry, for each country continually produces groundbreaking bands as time goes on. It makes me wonder if there ever was a struggle between the two, or a battle to see who could rival the other's major band/artist at the time. (Was America jealous of the Beatles British success ...) Anyway, here are some of the songs I really like by The Smiths, I hope you like them:


I'm not sure why the video explores a graveyard the entire time, but here is "Asleep" --

"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"

"This Charming Man"

"How Soon Is Now"