Posts tagged as The Smiths
Kids Sing Smiths Song
You have perhaps heard of the Internet sensation that is the PS22 Chorus? Quick primer: READ MORE
Thirteen Songs Inspired By Serial Killers
Apart from being terrifying and horrific, serial killers are oddly fascinating. Why do we find ourselves so obsessed over them? Is it just the fear and revulsion, or is something else at play? And it's not just us. Songwriters are often inspired by serial killers. Here are thirteen songs with extremely sinister origins. READ MORE
Kids Play In Playgrounds Like They've Always Played In Playgrounds
"Children still enjoy playing traditional games like skipping and clapping in the playground despite the lure of mobile phones, computer games, and television, a study published on Tuesday found. Playground games are 'alive and well ... they happily co-exist with media-based play, the two informing each other,' it said." READ MORE
British Parliament Pretty Much Just Talking About Old Smiths Songs
"I accept that if I turned up I probably wouldn’t get This Charming Man and if I went with the Foreign Secretary [William Hague] it would probably be William It Was Really Nothing." READ MORE
Coheed and Cambria Covers The Smiths (What?)
In a move that is probably due to the Large Hadron Collider making everyone in the world insane because of neutrinos and what not, Coheed and Cambria, the prog-rock band that mostly writes about spaceships and evil alien empires, covered The Smiths-they did a cover of "A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours," off The Smiths' last album Strangeways, Here We Come. The cover isn't terrible, but it does have that nagging "fantasy rock" sound that seems to accompany a lot of the band's music lately. But if you can get past the goblins and trolls vibe, it's pretty neat. And if you haven't heard anything coming out of the AV Club's Undercover series you definitely should.
Softer Than Bombs
Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward-known, musically, as She & Him-have covered The Smiths' classic "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" for the soundtrack of Dechanel's forthcoming (500) Days Of Summer. You can hear it here.
