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The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, the band also included bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. The group was signed to the independent record label Rough Trade Records, on which they released four studio albums, several compilations, and numerous non-LP singles. Although they had limited commercial success outside the UK while they were still together, and never released a single that charted higher than number 10 in their home country, The Smiths won a significant following, and remain cult an… more »

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1987

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At the record company meeting 
On their hands - a dead star 
And oh, the plans they weave 
And oh, the sickening greed 

At the record company party 
On their hands - a dead star 
The sycophantic slags all say :
"I knew him first, and I knew him well"

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! 
Re-evaluate the songs 
Double-pack with a photograph 
Extra track (and a tacky badge) 

A-list, playlist 
"Please them , please them !"
"Please them !"
(sadly, this was your life) 

But you could have said no 
If you'd wanted to 
You could have said no 
If you'd wanted to 

BPI, MTV, BBC 
"Please them ! Please then!"
(sadly this was your life) 

But you could have said no 
If you'd wanted to 
You could have walked away 
...Couldn't you? 

I touched you at the soundcheck 
You had no real way of knowing 
In my heart I begged "Take me with you ...
I don't care where you're going..."

But to you I was faceless 
I was fawning, I was boring 
Just a child from those ugly new houses 
Who could never begin to know 

Who could never really know 
Oh... 

Best of! Most of! 
Satiate the need 
Slip them into different sleeves! 
Buy both, and feel deceived 

Climber - new entry, re-entry 
World tour! ("media whore") 
"Please the Press in Belgium!"
(This was your life...) 

And when it fails to recoup ? 
Well, maybe : 
You just haven't earned it yet, baby 

I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck 
You're just the same as I am 
What makes most people feel happy 
Leads us headlong into harm 

So, in my bedroom in those 'ugly new houses' 
I danced my legs down to the knees 
But me and my 'true love' 
Will never meet again... 

At the record company meeting 
On their hands - at last! - A dead star ! 
But they can never taint you in my eyes 
No, they can never touch you now 

No, they cannot hurt you, my darling 
They cannot touch you now 
But me and my 'true love' 
Will never meet again

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