Possibly The Smiths' most famous moment, contains the wonderful lyric 'and you go and stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry and you want to die'. Excellent and unusual guitar work from Johnny Marr, stands out amongst The Smiths catalogue.
from Meat is Murder available on CD - Hatful of Hollow
25 Sep 06 ·leonthedog: I can't believe it took so long for someone to post this song! (So why didn't I, right?) Is it too trite to call this an anthem? Anyone self-(dis)respecting teen who heard it in the mid 80's played it over and over and over. Yet you can grow older and not be embarrassed to have cherished it.
A 10 minute progressive rock epic, that builds from an atmospheric beginning before climaxing in a flurry of death metal brilliance and winding back down again.