In 2003: National Pop League 18 – Smiths Special
A founding goal of National Pop League–which was eventually reached, Golden Lights included!–was to play every Smiths song. In the month leading up to NPL18, a poll was taken for Pop Leaguers’ top three Smiths tunes. In the end, the top ten, played over the course of the night, were:
10. I Want the One I Can’t Have
9. William It Was Really Nothing
8. Still Ill
7. Cemetry Gates
6. The Queen Is Dead
5. You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby
4. Panic
3. Reel Around the Fountain
2. This Charming Man
1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The ethos of The Smiths, and by extension Morrissey, was central to NPL, but obviously the topic has taken on much more complexity in the intervening years. Please watch this space in the coming week for more thoughts on Morrissey and The Smiths, fandom, and tackling difficult subjects in the archives.
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