That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1985
From the album Meat Is Murder (track #5)
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That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Meat Is Murder (track #5) (this album) (1985)
- The World Won't Listen (track #14) (compilation) (1987)
- The Sound Of The Smiths (track #11) (compilation) (2008)
- Singles (track #8) (compilation) (1995)
- ...Best II (track #9) (compilation) (1992)
- The Very Best Of The Smiths (track #15) (compilation) (2001)
- Complete (track #16) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #84) (compilation) (2011)
- Meat Is Murder / The Smiths (track #5) (compilation) (1986)
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| ! | 06/22/2026 20:12 | araidernomore | 5,138 | 78/100 |
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/19/2016 21:37 | #173102
Dark, vivacious and delivered with superb form, Morrissey and Marr reached new levels with this song. It's certainly one of their best works, and a stellar song in its own right.
The finest moment of the album. (Edited)
Amazing song... It tosses and turns and grows like a post-rock track...The initial dark and beautiful chord progression before Mike Joyce's dramatic drum-entrance is an amazing moment.
Then, Marr creates some shoegaze of his own, years before My Bloody Valentine or Slowdive, with his gorgeous backward-recorded drone solo which hijacks the final two minutes of the song.
GandalfORiley345 06/23/2014 21:27 | #115104
OMG, 6 seconds of soft acoustic guitar and then, TUN TUN TUN TUN, I repeated that part at least 5 times, incredible the drums in this song sounds incredible, his voice sounds a little bit awesome than the rest of the songs, I´m listening to, a masterpiece
Probably one of the best tracks Morrissey and Marr has ever written. I just love the instrumentation and the vocals from Mozza, it creates this hauntly beautiful track
