Daily Jam - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

Remember kids, you don't have to feel too bad about liking or listening to The Smiths, because even though Morrissey is a total twat, Johnny Marr is cool as hell.  Listen to "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Get the Message

Typically speaking, music supergroups are rarely worth the sum of their parts...and that's probably true of Electronic, the supergroup consisting of New Order's Bernard Sumner and The Smiths' Johnny Marr, but i like it anyway.  Here's a track from the 1991 self-titled debut.  Listen to "Get the Message" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me

Morrissey’s kind of an asshole right? Anytime he’s interviewed for a website or magazine, he’s bound to say something stupid…something an asshole would say. Something a fascist might say. Every reported incident, every cancellation, every quoted blurb, Morrissey continually proves to be someone I would probably hate. But he makes great music, so I guess it gets complicated.

Personal feelings for Morrissey aside, he has released a ton of music, both with The Smiths and as a solo artist, that I can’t help but adore. It’s actually kind of difficult to even narrow it down for an entry today, but there’s just always been something about the morose and maudlin “Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me” from 1987’s Strangeways, Here We Come.

Beginning with a slightly discordant and reverbed piano riff accompanied by echoed crowd noise in the background, the song shifts instantly into melodramatic, lovelorn requiem, the sudden blast of a synthesized orchestra hit cueing the artist’s lonesome lament. Listening to “Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me” now, it’s really easy to see why The Smiths’ and Morrissey’s catalogs resonate so intensely with young music fans. Morrissey effortlessly captures that kind of teenage outsider zeitgeist, parlaying notions of alienation and sour feelings into wonderfully relatable (and damn good) pop. It’s almost like an Emily Dickinson poem come to life.

So yeah, Morrissey makes wonderful music. He’s adept at touching your soul with his lyrics, maybe making you feel like you’re not alone in this world.

But, he’s also an asshole.

Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Sunlotus

Sunlotus is an Indonesian band that plays reverb and distortion heavy shoegaze to blast your eardrums out to.  Their "Fever" EP is out now and features a really awesome cover of one of my favorite Smiths songs.  Check out their take on "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" below and get the cassette here from Gezellig Records.

Daily Jam - Panic

I hate that The Smiths have become one of those "separate the art from the artist" kind of situations for me, but a particular lead singer's fascistic point of view tends to do that.  Anyway, i still dig the old songs, so here's "Panic," our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Just kind of floating around this morning, despite everything i need to do.  So here's The Dream Academy with their instrumental cover of The Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," our Daily Jam.