12 “ 45 RPM THE SMITHS How Soon Is Now 1984 In Shrink Morrissey
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Description
Artist: The Smiths
Title: How Soon Is Now?
Label: Sire
Description: Specially-Priced 3-cut Maxi-Single
Still in it’s shrinkwrap.
Plastic inner sleeve included.
Looks un played.
Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
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eBay seller since 1997 • Shackwax
Shipped with a new outer sleeve and a new mailing box.
The Smiths had always been a promising band, but no one, not even Morrisey would have predicted the success and the fame their song "How Soon Is Now?" would have get. And why shouldn't be it? How Soon Is Now? is an authentic masterpiece of Rock Music, enough to be on the top 10 list of everyone.
The monochromatic, wobbled guitar tremolos that persist through the song are just an effect put underneath Johnny Marr's guitar lines. This wash of sounds, which may suggest a rush approach to an hypnotic sound, is complemented by the minimalistic drumming, Andy Rourke's unbelievable basslines and Marr's excellent ringing chords alternated with a Pentatonic riff played at the very end of the frets to sound all the more pristine and divine. The whole song gets wrapped up by the typical Morrisey subject matter: typical social life. The lyrics may even be autobiographical, since they count the tale of an individual acting pretty much like him ("I am the son / And the heir / Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar / I am the son and heir / Of nothing in particular", "There's a club if you'd like to go / You could meet somebody who really loves you / So you go and you stand on your own / And you leave on your own / And you go home and you cry / And you want to die"). They create a realistic effect, like the protagonist really wanted to be in a dancefloor.
The single was released on different versions, and none of the b-sides obviously can compare to this song. A sublime, twisted Post-Disco song for a band that often stumbled with their musical approach, apparently not here.
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