PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF POP THE BAND THAT CHANGED (AND SAVED!!) MY LIFE Dates I bought all my Smiths cassettes in 1988 from my original notebook I was 15 going on 16, it was just after I’d left secondary education in 1988 and I was waiting for my Youth Training Scheme (remember those?!) to kick in. I’d heard of The Smiths whilst I was at school obviously as they were very successful in terms of hits and presence, but I didn’t think much to them as I had completely the wrong idea. I didn’t mind Ask and Girlfriend in a Coma , though. I also recall approving of Morrissey’s stance on the monarchy when I realised they were just glorified benefit scroungers and fit for precisely nothing! What changed everything forever was when I first heard Everyday is Like Sunday . Suedehead had intrigued me I must admit, but I was completely floored when EILS floated so beautifully out of the airwaves and TV scre...
The mad ramblings of The Girl Least Likely To, relating to my ongoing and everlasting obsession with The Smiths and Morrissey