Vicar In A Tutu (track) by The Smiths
Year: 1986
From the album The Queen Is Dead (track #8)
Vicar In A Tutu appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- The Queen Is Dead (track #8) (this album) (1986)
- Rank (track #3) (1988)
- Complete (track #28) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #43) (compilation) (2011)
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60/100  | 04/06/2024 12:36 | spinout | | 84/100 |
75/100 | 04/05/2024 22:14 | araidernomore | | 84/100 |
100/100 | 04/04/2024 13:40 | phmusic | | 100/100 |
90/100 | 02/26/2024 07:57 | SUPERJEFF6 | | 89/100 |
90/100 | 02/15/2024 18:25 | renanbdej | | 95/100 |
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Morrissey sings with a kind of intensity on this track that makes me really enjoy it. I guess that's the vocalist in me appreciating this track. The lyrics are also quite interesting and unique.
AAL2014 11/06/2023 16:26
Clearly the weak link on The Queen is Dead, and wizardalien pointed out, it interrupts a run of classic tracks.
It’s not horrible by any means, but it sticks out on this batch of tracks especially as the odd song out.
Why?? Tracks 6, 7, 9 and 10 would be the best run of songs on any album ever in my view, but this jokey carny little song in the middle of them just ruins it!
When the weakest song on the album is still a delight then you know this is a timeless record.
This track reminds me of when the Beatles would throw lightweight folksy pop ditties onto their albums, particularly on the White Album (Rocky Raccoon or Bungalow Bill somehow come to mind when I think of the parallels) which was a record that Johnny Marr adored very much.
Like Frankly Mr. Shankly, it's strange, entertaining, and is a nice breath between two monumentally good tracks. Along with Cemetery Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, and most of the rest of TQID, it serves to straddle the line between a genuine romantic narrative and a funny satirical outlook on human existence.
Quite cool for what it is.
Not sure if I love this or not, but a strange, nice song :D
M42K0 08/16/2016 09:51
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koner1 05/28/2015 02:01
What's everyone's problem with this? I think it's good.
meh
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