Inside The Queen is Dead: A Complete Song History by The Smiths | Poetic Wax
Released June 16, 1986, The Queen is Dead is the third studio album by the jangle and indie rockers The Smiths. In this week’s Fun Facts About Albums video, I discuss the album cover and name then cycle through the track list discussing some fascinating and interesting things I dug up about each.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Interesting Things About The Queen is Dead
0:39 Preface on The Smiths
2:53 A Queen of Controversy
5:27 The Smiths Does The Stooges Does The Velvet Underground
6:46 Please, Please, Please Let Me Get… More Money
9:12 Never Had No Trumpet Ever
10:45 The Misspelling Misspelled
12:35 Backup Singer Ann Coates
14:53 Morrissey’s Favorite Smiths Song
16:29 Clergy In Drag
17:29 The Romance of a Double Decker Bus Crash
19:30 Contour Absurdity
20:25 I Know It’s Over
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REFERENCES:
📕 “Album Cover Story” from Far Out Magazine: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead-album-cover-story/
📕 I Like Your Old Stuff: https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/the-queen-is-dead-21-surprising-smiths-facts
📕 NME: https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-full-story-behhind-the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead-from-the-band-6822
📕 Smack Media: https://www.smackmedia.ca/longform/the-queen-is-dead-turns-35
📕 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_Is_Dead
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