Mitch Benn: "Never Went Through a Smiths Phase"

This song is soooo funny.

(Mitch Benn is a British stand up comedian who specializes in songs - parodies, topical songs etc. He's VERY good.)



"I think it must have been when I was fourteen
I had turned on my radio when
A peculiar voice sang with Mancunian twang
About how he was miserable then
I sat through the song as he droned on and on
Like some pale intellectual outlaw
And when he was done I thought "That wasn't much fun
That feller wants to get out more"
And even now my friends are all amazed
When I tell them that I never went through a Smiths phase

I was just the right age at just the right stage
Just one city along to the west
Though I could tell Johnny Marr sure could play that guitar
I was never that deeply impressed
My more sensitive friends thought I was round the bend
And started looking at me down their noses
As they sat in the dark I thought "Sod that for a lark"
Went home and cranked up Guns N' Roses
And people are still startled nowadays
When I tell them that I never went through a Smiths phase
They're the same ones who gaze at me in fear and dread
When I say I can't be arsed with Radiohead"

And in case somebody not that knowledgable about the Smiths is reading this, here's the real thing, "This Charming Man". Mitch Benn really managed to emulate the authentic Johnny Marr guitar sound. :-)