History Funny / TheSmiths

* Any of Morrissey's attempts at dancing.

* From "Shakespeare's Sister:"

* From "The Queen is Dead:"

* Morrissey's reaction to Music/{{tATu}}'s cover of "How Soon is Now?":

** For those mercifully unaware, Morrissey's dancing can and may include: Morrissey lying down on the stage, Morrissey ripping off his shirt, Morrissey being hugged by stage-crashing audience members, Morrissey brandishing placards and Morrissey throwing flowers at the audience, as well as overdramatic gesturing, unnerving hip gyrations and a blatant disregard for anything approaching gracefulness. A classic example of Morrissey dancing is The Smiths performing "Still Ill" on The Tube.

''You are a flatulent pain in the ass''\\

** For those mercifully unaware, Morrissey's dancing can and may include: Morrissey lying down on the stage, Morrissey ripping off his shirt, Morrissey being hugged by stage-crashing audience members, Morrissey brandishing placards and Morrissey throwing flowers at the audience, as well as overdramatic gesturing, unnerving hip gyrations and a blatant disregard for anything approaching gracefullness. A classic example of Morrissey dancing is The Smiths performing "Still Ill" on The Tube.

* "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is about the persistence of depression, but it takes a far more [[BlackComedy darkly comedic]] and self-deprecating perspective than it gets credit for.

** Later in the song, the narrator flees in terror from a woman who offers to sleep with him. It's how he makes it sound like the only ''rational'' thing to do that really makes it funny.

* Any of Morrissey's attempts at dancing.

** Later in the song, the narrator flees in terror from a woman who offers to sleep with him. It's how he makes it sound like it was the only rational thing to do that really makes it.
* The narrator's absurd JustJokingJustification in "Bigmouth Strikes Again."

* The morbidly hilarious "Unhappy Birthday," in which the narrator matter-of-factly commits suicide halfway through.

* Morrissey's reaction to Music/{{tATu}}'s cover of "How Soon is Now:"

* Morrissey's reaction to t.A.T.u.'s cover of "How Soon is Now:"

''But still, I must speak frankly, Mr Shankly, give us money"''

-->''(Morrissey turns to the camera with a smirk)''

-->'''Young Girl''' Where are we going?
-->'''Morrissey''' We're all going mad.

-->'''Morrissey:''' Well, aren't we all?

* Morrissey's reaction to t.A.Tu's cover of "How Soon is Now:"

** The verse where Morrissey pokes fun at his own sex life definitely qualifies- the narrator flees in terror from a woman who offers to sleep with him. It's how he makes it sound like it was the only rational thing to do that really makes it.

** From the same song: "I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday / 'cause you're evil and you lie / and if you should die, I may be slightly sad /but I won't cry."

** The verse where Morrissey pokes fun at his own sex life definitely qualifies- the narrator flees in terror from a woman who offers to have sex with him. It's how he makes it sound like it was the only rational thing to do that really makes it.

** The verse where the narrator flees in terror from a woman who offers to have sex with him. It's how he makes it sound like it was the only rational thing to do that really makes it.

** "I was looking for a job, and then I found a job, and heaven knows I'm miserable now..."

* The darkly hilarious "Unhappy Birthday," in which the narrator matter-of-factly commits suicide halfway through.

--> loved and lost, and some may say
--> when usually it's nothing
--> surely you're happy
--> it should be this way?
--> I said "No" and then I shot myself.

--> I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
--> 'cause you're evil and you lie
--> and if you should die, I may be slightly sad
--> but I won't cry.

--> I said "No" and then I shot myself.

* "He killed a policemen when he was thirteen / and somehow that really impressed me..."

* "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is about the persistence of depression, but it takes a far more [[BlackComedy darkly comedic]] and self-deprecating perspective than it gets credit for. "I was looking for a job, and then I found a job, and heaven knows I'm miserable now..."

* "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is about the persistence of depression, and takes a far more [[BlackComedy darkly comedic]] and self-deprecating perspective than it gets credit for. "I was looking for a job, and then I found a job, and heaven knows I'm miserable now..."

* "I was looking for a job, and then I found a job, and heaven knows I'm miserable now."
* The narrator's absurd JustJokingJustification in "Bigmouth Strikes Again." "I was only joking when I said / by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed..."

-->I said, "That's nothing, you should hear me play piano"

->I thought that if you had an acoustic guitar
->Then it meant that you were a protest singer
->Oh I can smile about it now
->But at the time it was terrible.

-->"Shakespeare's Sister"

* The narrator's absurd ImplausableDeniability in "Bigmouth Strikes Again." "[[JustJokingJustification I was only joking when I said]] / by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed..."