The Smiths reach top 500 of all time on Spotify

The Smiths’ popularity keeps growing and growing. For the first time they have reached 15 million monthly listeners on Spotify ánd made their top 500 artists which deserves a special mention on Spotify’s platform.

 

[Dusty Miller's Hornpipe]

You’re wrong about SEB. There is a recent revival of Murder on the Dancefloor due to Saltburn but she’s been gaining popularity since Kitchen Disco during lockdown and does various podcasts, writes book etc. She’s popular whether you have heard her or not!

I don't think I'm that wrong ;-)

 

[Juan Dulces]

The Beauty and The Art of The Smiths will never cease. It was too important to be forgotten. Like several people here, I've always understood that to be true.

I envy new listeners. There's real magic in the discovery.

 

[Juan Dulces]

Thank you to all who post the statistics!

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

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Absolutely horrific.

Popular music now-a-days is shyt. I don't even know who half of them are and I'm in my 30s... Lol. Only a few "new" artists that I love: H Hawkline, Cate Le Bon, Aldous Harding, Marlon Williams, Tim Heidecker... just to name a few.

 

[Juan Dulces]

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That's a great pic of the band. I think that photoshoot was within their final 12 months together, maybe even less than that.

In just those few years together, they were at the right ages to show signs of maturing in their faces. The stress of their jobs (and personal habits) played a factor too, and was on display in this pic.

 

[DagenhamDan]

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Absolutely horrific.

That certainly is a horrific list, but sadly not surprising. The Weeknds Save Your Tears is a great pop song and i enjoyed the album it came from, but thats why i liked some of the tracks on there because they sounded like they could have been recorded decades ago. But i was watching clips of the grammys today and the fuss around Taylor Swift i find pretty mad. She is undoubtedly the biggest star on the planet now but i could not hum one of her tunes. I know im an old git but these people really have nothing to say but people go crazy over them.

 

[Surface]

That certainly is a horrific list, but sadly not surprising. The Weeknds Save Your Tears is a great pop song and i enjoyed the album it came from, but thats why i liked some of the tracks on there because they sounded like they could have been recorded decades ago. But i was watching clips of the grammys today and the fuss around Taylor Swift i find pretty mad. She is undoubtedly the biggest star on the planet now but i could not hum one of her tunes. I know im an old git but these people really have nothing to say but people go crazy over them.

Me and my wife said the same this morning when we saw it on TV, neither of us know a single song of hers. Maybe it's an age thing I vaguely remember my mum hearing Blue Monday on Top of The Pops and saying what the hell is this crap.

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

Me and my wife said the same this morning when we saw it on TV, neither of us know a single song of hers. Maybe it's an age thing I vaguely remember my mum hearing Blue Monday on Top of The Pops and saying what the hell is this crap.

All these pop stars sound the same now-a-days, so maybe you've heard it and didn't realize. Autotune autotune and more autotune. That's pop voices now-a-days, it seems.. over-altered and over-worked.

 

[Orange Crush]

Me and my wife said the same this morning when we saw it on TV, neither of us know a single song of hers. Maybe it's an age thing I vaguely remember my mum hearing Blue Monday on Top of The Pops and saying what the hell is this crap.

My God, how old are you and the good lady!? I'm nearly 90 and I am a massive Swiftie. BTW, your mum was right about Blue Monday...

 

[Gaylord Deepstar]

Yes, all modern day popstars are horrible.

Luckily we have a grumpy, right-wing, acting drunkenly like a tit on an airplane, bitter, creatively deteriorating conspiracy nutjob we can adore while he cancels on us on a whim.

Yes, we are the winners here. No doubt about it.

 

[DagenhamDan]

Me and my wife said the same this morning when we saw it on TV, neither of us know a single song of hers. Maybe it's an age thing I vaguely remember my mum hearing Blue Monday on Top of The Pops and saying what the hell is this crap.

In defence of your mum Surface, that Top of The Pops appearance of Blue Monday was pretty bad, New Order wanted to do it live on the show and it sounded awful.
I miss me Dad slagging everything off on TOTP, especially you know who

 

[Surface]

In defence of your mum Surface, that Top of The Pops appearance of Blue Monday was pretty bad, New Order wanted to do it live on the show and it sounded awful.
I miss me Dad slagging everything off on TOTP, especially you know who

That's true it was pretty shocking.

 

[DagenhamDan]

That's true it was pretty shocking.

I think when TOTP made everyone sing live it killed the show cos everyone sounded shit on there.

 

[gordyboy9]

That certainly is a horrific list, but sadly not surprising. The Weeknds Save Your Tears is a great pop song and i enjoyed the album it came from, but thats why i liked some of the tracks on there because they sounded like they could have been recorded decades ago. But i was watching clips of the grammys today and the fuss around Taylor Swift i find pretty mad. She is undoubtedly the biggest star on the planet now but i could not hum one of her tunes. I know im an old git but these people really have nothing to say but people go crazy over them.

whenever im out and about and someone mentions adele i say to people name me three adele songs and guess what,very few people can.ps im not accepting the bond theme because most people know the name of the current bond film at the time.

 

[Dusty Miller's Hornpipe]

I think when TOTP made everyone sing live it killed the show cos everyone sounded shit on there.

That's not fake? Holy f***!

 

[Dusty Miller's Hornpipe]

I think when TOTP made everyone sing live it killed the show cos everyone sounded shit on there.

Not quite sure why, but it reminded me of this

 

[DagenhamDan]

Not quite sure why, but it reminded me of this

Thank you Dusty, that really made me laugh mate

 

[DagenhamDan]

whenever im out and about and someone mentions adele i say to people name me three adele songs and guess what,very few people can.ps im not accepting the bond theme because most people know the name of the current bond film at the time.

Yup, Skyfall and Someone like Yoooooooo....., and erm.....

 

[Malarkey]

I get a bit wistful... there are some real gems in his solo work, getting neglected, like all the paintings in the same room as the Mona Lisa.

 

[Seymour Glass]

Who. Gives. A. Shit.