I was sort of chuckling the other day around lunch time with Jeff and Bill about Morrissey’s recent open letter to Johnny Marr. Too funny. Morrissey, man. Sheesh. C’mon. Whatever. Next thing that happens, Jeff texts, “Top five Smiths songs?” The endorphins surge. Right away, Bill and I can agree upon “This Charming Man.” That’s a no-brainer. Jeff’s short list looks similar to mine, including later songs “There Is a Light” and “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before.” Naturally, I listen to The Smiths for the rest of the afternoon while working from home, the beginnings of a Smiths top ten list forming in my head. I tend to go on Smith jags, anyway. Bill gives it a day before sharing a Spotify playlist—Mix: The Smiths. He reveals that he favors twenty-song playlists, so I try to follow suit, but mine has to include two bonus tracks.
I tried like hell to cut two songs but just couldn’t do it.
Thus, after staying up way too late, I’ll be texting Jeff and Bill the following Spotify playlist in the morning: Mix: The Smiths (Red Meat Version) *Two Bonus Tracks.
(Note: In an effort to preserve some of the mixtapes I made and received back in the day, I recently bought a Walkman-like device that converts cassette tapes to mp3 files. Don’t waste your money.)
You can check out my Smiths playlist below.
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