There’s this inbuilt helpful thing about Smiths songs that can get you by in any public situation where scrutiny over unfaltering, thorough knowledge of the Smiths means success or failure. At these parties, these pub trivia nights, these wooings, if you’re terrible at song titles (like me) or if you’re without that unfaltering, thorough knowledge (like… me) like 80% of the time (if there is sufficient window to get past Johnny Marr’s guitar intros) you can guess the Smiths song playing by just going by the first word or bunch of words Morrissey sings. “Panic on…” Aha! yes Panic. It works surprisingly often and has gotten me out of none too few credibility jams. My tip to you.
