British Band Tournament - Semi Final - New Order vs The Smiths

[Vincent Vega]

The Smiths are better, but there’s no chance I’m voting either of these into a final two of the best British bands of all time, that shit can get to fuck.

[mgw100]

Of course, Meat is Murder is by far the best album as opposed to the overrated (though still excellent) The Queen is Dead. 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

10 hours ago, YorkshireRed said:

This isn’t even a battle of Manchester’s finest. It’s Manchester’s finest versus New Order. 
 

New Order are a very good band but their back catalogue isn’t a as strong as The Smiths, their primary lyricist is not as good as the one in The Smiths, their excellent lead guitar player is not as good as the one in The Smiths and they’re just not The Smiths.

 

Also, Joy Division were better than New Order so for that reason and because they’re not as good as The Smiths, they can’t win this. 

This post is absolutely correct but completely the wrong way around. New Order are way better than Joy Division, and The Smiths.

[RJ Fan club]

I love The Smiths, shame Morrissey is a shitcunt 

[YorkshireRed]

11 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

This post is absolutely correct but completely the wrong way around. New Order are way better than Joy Division, and The Smiths.

I was close then. 

[VladimirIlyich]

8 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Some of Barnie’s lyrics for New Order songs  are shockingly bad, adolescent poetry at its very worst. I blame the decades of Coke. 
 

Here’s one from Times Change; 

 

“ like Christ in a manger I lay

yellow fever yellow hay”

 

or this one from Crystal

 

“here comes love, it’s like honey

you can’t buy it with money”

 

That is just shit, pure unadulterated lazy can’t be arsed anymore, just write down any old shit shit. 
 

 

 

 

 

I think you'll find 'writing any old shit' is quite common in the music business. Its generally the melody and tune which hooks you and the lyrics,outside of the true greats,are often pretty much nonsense. 

[johnsusername]

42 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Some of Barnie’s lyrics for New Order songs  are shockingly bad, adolescent poetry at its very worst. I blame the decades of Coke. 
 

Here’s one from Times Change; 

 

“ like Christ in a manger I lay

yellow fever yellow hay”

 

or this one from Crystal

 

“here comes love, it’s like honey

you can’t buy it with money”

 

That is just shit, pure unadulterated lazy can’t be arsed anymore, just write down any old shit shit. 
 

 

 

 

 

Yes, but Crystal is an absolutely brilliant song. 

[Remmie]

Yellow submarine and I am the Walrus don't make a great deal of sense but they are still boss songs

[Pidge]

11 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

 

 

 

 

 

Rick Astley giving it the club singer moves at a founding member of the Germs...

[TheHowieLama]

15 hours ago, Mook said:

but wouldn't walk the length of the living room to put either of them on now.

How far would you walk to turn them off?

[Mook]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

How far would you walk to turn them off?

To Tipperary.

[Strontium]

Blue Monday and World in Motion are probably better than the entirety of The Smiths' output just by themselves.

[Mook]

26 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

39 votes for the smiths compared to 42 for Led Zep in the other semi. Assuming it stays as is, we all need to vote again in the final for the Smiths to beat those scruffy brummie dinosaurs. Think how pissed off the rest of the GF will be. Let’s win this thing for awkward teenage nerds the world over ! 

Not one person in Led Zeppelin was from Birmingham.

 

Also, your logic is skewed as a few people will be Stones & Zeppelin fans. Led Zeppelin have 40 votes & are losing too.

[cloggypop]

If Led Zeppelin don't win, the whole GF is getting rammed up Mook's hoop. 

[Mook]

Just now, cloggypop said:

If Led Zeppelin don't win, the whole GF is getting rammed up Mook's hoop. 

I'm expecting them to go out to The Stones.

 

So I've smashed a taxidermy hippo from the museum up my arse in preparation.

[Mudface]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

I'm expecting them to go out to The Stones.

 

So I've smashed a taxidermy hippo from the museum up my arse in preparation.

I'm primed to 'clean up the streets'.

 

We all do what we can, mate.

[johnsusername]

Not really applicable, but some of Morrissey's albums after The Smiths were absolutely brilliant. Viva Hate, Your Arsenal and Vauxhall and I were as good as The Smiths.

 

Not Kill Uncle though, that was shite.

[Bjornebye]

10 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Not really applicable, but some of Morrissey's albums after The Smiths were absolutely brilliant. Viva Hate, Your Arsenal and Vauxhall and I were as good as The Smiths.

 

Not Kill Uncle though, that was shite.

First of the gang to die is a tune. 

 

One grade A wanker of a man though. 

[Grinch]

7 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

First of the gang to die is a tune. 

 

One grade A wanker of a man though. 

A question for someone older than me and you but was he always a wanker. 

[Bjornebye]

22 minutes ago, Grinch said:

A question for someone older than me and you but was he always a wanker. 

He never had any clothes 

[cloggypop]

4 hours ago, Grinch said:

A question for someone older than me and you but was he always a wanker. 

Cornershop sussed him years ago

 

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/cornershop-set-fire-morrissey-posters-racism/

[sh#t waffle]

Morrissey is an absolute tool, and his politics make it difficult for me to listen to anything he's done nowadays. But that said, I think The Smiths were absolutely one of the best British bands of all time. Given that they were only making records for around four years, for me they rival The Beatles and The Stones in terms of how prolific they were. (NOT saying they were as innovative, for the record). And Johnny Marr is one of the all-time great British guitarists, too. So I think they totally deserve their place in the latter stages of the competition.

[KMD7]

25 minutes ago, sh#t waffle said:

Morrissey is an absolute tool, and his politics make it difficult for me to listen to anything he's done nowadays. But that said, I think The Smiths were absolutely one of the best British bands of all time. Given that they were only making records for around four years, for me they rival The Beatles and The Stones in terms of how prolific they were. (NOT saying they were as innovative, for the record). And Johnny Marr is one of the all-time great British guitarists, too. So I think they totally deserve their place in the latter stages of the competition.

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[Barrington Womble]

neither of these bands should be in a semi final of best british bands of all time. i can't even get my head around it. 

[Bjornebye]

Just now, The Gaul said:

neither of these bands should be in a semi final of best british bands of all time. i can't even get my head around it. 

Its called 'The Randomizer'