Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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already over 20 years that this group is broken, but more importantly, left a legacy of music where from the tiller to the most hardcore you know this band has been influenced by his playing and especially his lyrics that the famous singer Steven Patrick, better known as "Morrissey" and guitarist John Marr have managed to capture in all the melodies of the band The Smiths.

for I am mentioning much about the band will be for another post, but its 18 official singles and best known landmark for many is "This Charming Man" and leave you a little blurb about this particular topic ...

According to wikipedia is:

This Charming Man "is a song by the British of alternative rock , The Smiths , composed by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer and lyricist Morrissey . It was released as the second single group in October 1983 with the independent label Rough Trade Records . The song is characterized by guitar riff style jangle pop Marr and Morrissey lyrics that revolve around the usual themes of their songs such as sexual ambiguity and lust.

Although the song only had moderate success in its first edition, reached the No. 25 of UK Singles Chart, the song has been widely recognized later. In 2004 a list voted by listeners of BBC Radio 2 was ranked number 97.

In 2008 journalists Mojo magazine placed it at number one on the list of "50 Best independent songs in history." Front

Upon release, the song was praised by most critics. Paul Morley's NME wrote, "'This Charming Man' is a song accessible. This group believes that the randomness is not enough ... This is one of the best singles of the year. Unique and indispensable as' Blue Monday 'and' Karma Chameleon '. " [ 9 ] A critique in the magazine The Face wondering: Where are all the savagery and courage today?. Part of it is in the recording of The Smiths, "This Charming Man." The music sounds discordant and clashes with the voice of a choirboy mutant Morrissey, sounding happy and anxious at the same time. " [10 ] While the band was little known in America, Robert Palmer of The New York Times described the song as" sparkling, ambitious and superlative pop-rock ", and stated that the guitar band format created by The Beatles " was still valid for bands with something to say. " following year Palmer choose the song as the second best single of 1984 .

Allmusic critic , Ned Raggett wrote that it appeared that "the first Elvis had written the music and words Wilde," and described the song as "an audacious final decided to quality." Tim DiGravina, the same publication wrote, "is a classic song from one of the last classic bands." Also it can be called "This Charming Song." In 2007 the composer of the band Oasis, Noel Gallagher , described the first Once he heard the song "When I heard" This Charming Man "gave me everything about her feelings. The guitar sound was incredible. The letters damn good too. People say that Morrissey is a miserable bastard, but I really is an honest person. "

During his performance in the Top of the Pops , Morrissey appeared wearing a gladiolus . In 2004, BBC Radio 2 referred to the action saying it had been submitting to The Smiths a large proportion of British youth. Thus the cumbersome world met Morrissey and Johnny Marr's music. " UNCUT magazine, wrote about the debut on national television:" Thursday night when the Manchester group made its appearance on Top of the Pops there was an unexpected and crucial event in the lives of millions of English boys applied. Noel Gallagher said about the performance: "any of my colleagues like me They had more hooligan behavior . They arrived at work and said: "Damn!," you saw this fag in the "Top of the Pops" with a bush in your back pocket? "But instead I felt that life was changing."

The famous performance on Top of The Pops.

By now, no matter what the band told the truth is that there is a time before and after The Smiths.

In this page are all HQ covers of singles and albums of the band click here

In the years they released a EP with remixes of this song


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