I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (track)
by The Smiths

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish by The Smiths
Year: 1987
From the album Strangeways, Here We Come (track #2)
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Listen out for Marr's fantastic use of guitars here; on one hand, there's one playing a dirty overdrive and another, lighter acoustic sound. Yet on both of them, he plays a similar bouncy and energetic riff. They work so damn well.
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