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Devilish Smiths Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Here are some Smiths 'snippets' to make it extra difficult. If you get all of these then you're worthy of a bunch of gladioli delivered by Moz himself.

A multiple-choice quiz by liammacrae1. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
liammacrae1

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
230,394

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
635

Last 3 plays: Guest 32 (6/10), Guest 194 (9/10), Guest 188 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. OK, a fairly well known one to get you started. What's the song this lyric is from? "A jumped up pantry boy" Hint

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Miserable Lie

Panic

This Charming Man

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Question 2 of 10

2. Moving on. Again what's the song? "Take me to the haven of your bed" Hint

Pretty Girls Make Graves

You've Got Everything Now

I Don't Owe You Anything

Reel Around the Fountain

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Question 3 of 10

3. Moving on to a B-side now. Heh heh heh. "Oh, the alcoholic afternoons". What's the song? Hint

These Things Take Time

Stretch Out and Wait

London

Girl Afraid

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Question 4 of 10

4. Now another heartfelt beauty, but what song is it from? "Keep me in mind" Hint

What She Said

Death of A Disco Dancer

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

Well I Wonder

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which later Smiths song does this line come from? "Any man could get used to" Hint

Vicar In A Tutu

Shakespear's Sister

Unloveable

I Won't Share You

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Question 6 of 10

6. Now onto one of the many songs Morrissey wrote about one of his many problems. But which song is the lyric from? "You tug my arm" Hint

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Never Had No One Ever

Girlfriend In A Coma

Still Ill

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Question 7 of 10

7. Onto a slightly more upbeat number, and a definite live favourite. "When you lay in awe". What's the song? Hint

Rubber Ring

Back to the Old House

William, It Was Really Nothing

I Know It's Over

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which song from the Smiths' final album does this lyric come from? "The note I wrote" Hint

Death At One's Elbow

Paint A Vulgar Picture

I Won't Share You

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

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Question 9 of 10

9. On to another B-Side that most bands would have been delighted to have as their best known single. What song is it? "And general decay" Hint

Accept Yourself

Asleep

Stretch Out and Wait

Half A Person

10. And I think I'll finish with (probably) the most overtly sexually explicit lyric Morrissey wrote in his time with the Smiths; ie not very explicit at all. Quite an easy one if you know it, what's the song? "Let me get my hands" Hint

This Night Has Opened My Eyes

What She Said

Sweet and Tender Hooligan

Handsome Devil

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. OK, a fairly well known one to get you started. What's the song this lyric is from? "A jumped up pantry boy"

Answer: This Charming Man

One of the best known Smiths songs. Certainly the one I've heard most at rubbish indie discos. I swear, the next person I hear singing "a jumped up country boy" is going to feel the sharp end of my tongue.

Full Lyric:
"A jumped up pantry boy/
Who never knew his place/
He said: "return the ring"/
He knows so much about these things"

2. Moving on. Again what's the song? "Take me to the haven of your bed"

Answer: Reel Around the Fountain

A lyric from probably the most beautiful love song ever written. Definitely NOT about child abuse.

Full Lyric:
"I dreamt about you last night/
And I fell out of bed twice/
You can pin and mount me/
Like a Butterfly/
But take me to the haven of your bed/
Was something that you never said/
Two lumps please/
You're the bee's knees/
But so am I"

3. Moving on to a B-side now. Heh heh heh. "Oh, the alcoholic afternoons". What's the song?

Answer: These Things Take Time

"Oh the alcoholic afternoons/
When we sat in your rooms/
they meant more to me, than any/
than any living thing on Earth"
Genius

4. Now another heartfelt beauty, but what song is it from? "Keep me in mind"

Answer: Well I Wonder

"Gasping - but somehow still alive/
This is the fierce last stand of all I am"
Probably my all time favourite Smiths song. Makes me curl up and shiver.

5. Which later Smiths song does this line come from? "Any man could get used to"

Answer: Vicar In A Tutu

A slightly odd, but none the less wonderful, song. A jocular interlude appearing just before the epic glory of 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' on 'The Queen Is Dead'.

Full Lyric:
"In the fabric of a tutu/
Any man could get used to/
And I am the living sign/
And I'm a living sign"

6. Now onto one of the many songs Morrissey wrote about one of his many problems. But which song is the lyric from? "You tug my arm"

Answer: Pretty Girls Make Graves

One of many great tunes on their eponymous debut album. Ends with a haunting Johnny Marr guitar coda. Look at the rest of the lyrics (not just the excerpt below) for the full tale of woe.

Full Lyric:
"End of the pier, end of the bay/
You tug my arm and say/
"Give in to lust, give up to lust/
Oh, heaven knows we'll soon be dust""

7. Onto a slightly more upbeat number, and a definite live favourite. "When you lay in awe". What's the song?

Answer: Rubber Ring

On this one Morrissey is trying to ensure that Smiths fans don't forget him once they've become socially acceptable.

Full Lyric:
"So don't forget the songs/
That made you smile/
And the songs that made you cry/
When you lay in awe/
On the bedroom floor/
An said "Oh no, smother me mother""

8. Which song from the Smiths' final album does this lyric come from? "The note I wrote"

Answer: I Won't Share You

Morrissey's impassioned cry to Johnny Marr, shortly before the band split. My favourite song on their last album 'Strangeways Here We Come'. Incidentally, 'Death At One's Elbow', on the other hand, is undoubtedly my all time least favourite Smiths song.

Full Lyric:
"The note I wrote as she read/
She said: "Has the perrier gone straight to my head?/
Or is life sick and cruel instead?""

9. On to another B-Side that most bands would have been delighted to have as their best known single. What song is it? "And general decay"

Answer: Stretch Out and Wait

A wonderful description of love in the crumbling urban jungles of 1980s Britain, with beautifully understated backing from Marr/Rourke/Joyce.

Full Lyric:
"Two icy-cold hands conducting the way/
It's the Eskimo blood in my veins/
Amid concrete and clay/
And general decay/
Nature must still find a way"

Answer: Handsome Devil

A seriouly rocking tune, and early live set closer, in which Morrissey describes some youthful, forceful naughtiness. Many people love it, but not one of my favourites. There's plenty more rudeness in the lyrics than just the excerpt below.

Full Lyric:
"Let me get my hands/
On your mammary glands/
And let me get your head/
On the conjugal bed/
I say, I say, I say"

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