Imago said:

See what I mean?

Moonbeam said:

What's wrong with CREED, besides them only having 1 cd or something like that.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Dan obviously thinks the world of them, but I find Creed highly objectionable on all levels.

Imago said:

You funny guy.....


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The Police > Sting

Morrissey > The Smiths

Therefore, The Police.

The Smiths spoke to kids and teens a way that the police couldn't even fathom. In the long run the smiths will only grow more popular and more iconic.

Lyrics that attracted me to THE SMITHS


There's a club, if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry
And you want to die

This reminded me of how dramatic I could sometimes be.

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well, enough said
I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go

The smiths are so much cooler.

The police / sting are what middle aged white women listen to.

mancabdriver said:

Nice stereotype there. I'm sure not all middle aged white women listen to The Police.

This is easy.

The Smiths - by a landslide.

I can't stand Sting... His weird fake Jamaican singing voice. His sanctimonious rainforest wankery. His dyed yellow hair. His horrible jazz records which are basically him playing a double bass instead of an electric bass. His smug car advert from a few years ago. His shit Disney movie song with Rod Stewart and Bryan fucking Adams. I hate him!!!

GirlBrother said:

I like the Police somewhat, but Sting rubs me the wrong way too.

GirlBrother said:

fuck

The Police were more for the popular kids that wanted to be cool while The Smiths were for the kids that were never considered cool.

Smiths for me. I was never cool.

sextonseven said:

I always thought that the fans of the smiths were 'cool' but the type of cool that you couldn't just run out and buy a pair of docmartin's to achieve.

Lammastide said:

Has to be The Smiths, by, as a few orgers have said, a country mile.


I disagree that The Police were more versatile - I think they ranged from reggae-lite to faster-reggae-lite to even-faster-slightly-punky-reggae-lite

Horrible, horrible comparison. What next? George Michael Vs David Bowie?

While The Police have a few cool songs The Smiths deposit daffodils down on them from quite a height.

Imago said:

We all knew we were cool of course. The problem was convincing everyone else.

The Smiths.

Dsoul said:

It IS apples and oranges, frogs and grandmothers. I think that's what makes this comparison fun.

Lammastide said:

I love you.

I've always said that I find listening to Morrissey to be like spending the evening with my brother in law. For the first five minutes, he seems clever & charming. After 1/2 an hour his witticisms are starting to sound a little tired & I'm beginning to wish he'd shut up. By the end of the evening I'm usually plotting out murder scenarios in my head.

I'm no fan of either band, but I'd much rather listen to the Police.

sextonseven said:

Well, history is on our side now, suckers!

rocknrolldave said:

And what, didn't The Police have like only two albums or something?

Lammastide said:

I actually like the Police, but such comparisons allow for magnified opinions to emerge.

heartbeatocean said:

All the more colorful. I expect nothing subtle from this place anymore.

Good times for a change
See, the luck Ive had
Can make a good man
Turn bad

So please please please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time

Havent had a dream in a long time
See, the life Ive had
Can make a good man bad

So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time

ok, honestly, I have to go with the Smiths and by a very wide margin.


I love these songs:


ASK
The little rythim guitar rif that Johny Marr does is just infectious and wonderful. It adds the perfect vibe to an already charming little pop tune. The only thing that comes close from the Police catalogue, to me, is the Bass part of Every Breath You Take. Now I do like the Police a great deal, and think Sting was a fine solo artist, but I just don't think their songs come close to the Smiths.


How Soon Is Now
Drama Queen!! But its a song that teenagers like myself latched on to and just adored completely. I remember playing that song possibly 20 times one day. Just loving it to death! We used to dance to this at the wee hours of the night absorbed in an almost trancelike state on darkenned dancefloors....spiritual.


There is a Light
This sums up my 19th year of age. Everything about the song touched me. There is nothing subtle or intellectual about this. Its simply, foolishly, desperate. I love this song.


Essentially, I can listen to The Queen is Dead and Meat is Murder over and over again from front to back. I can't do that with the Police, and can only do that with one of Stings album's (the Soul Cages).


This is not to say that the Smiths are technically a better band--I'm not musically inclined enough to know. But I don't listen to music to trip out on chord progressions and time signatures. I listen to it because it touches and moves me.


And for this, the Smiths reign supreme....above even Prince to me.

I even prefer them when they're compared to their often spoken of rivals "The Cure".

Imago said:

I agree. I can't describe how meaningful this band was to me at the time. None other could even come close. They spoke to me. In fact, I spent a couple years there where the ONLY band I would listen to was the Smiths.

Shyness is nice
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life you'd like to

So if there's something you'd like to try
Something you'd like to try
Ask me, I won't say no
How could I?

heartbeatocean said:

Now I can't get that tune out of my head