Meat Is Murder
Studio album by The SmithsWikipedia
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Oct 19, 2026
Stephen CarsonGUEST
Hmm.
Stephen CarsonGUEST
Yeah, well, maybe he didn't, uh, know the, uh, Meat Is Murder by The Smiths, and then he would-
Pete QuiñonesHOST
[laughs]
Stephen CarsonGUEST
... have been more consistent, you know? [laughs]
JordanHOST
So I thought maybe I was biased because of that.
JordanHOST
But after, you know, we started this project, we listened to The Queen is Dead and Meat is Murder, and those are kinda two of their really highly regarded albums, and I think that Strangeways, Here We Come blows them out of the water.
JordanHOST
For me, it's still my favorite, so I don't think it was just a familiarity.
JordanHOST
I think it actually is a better album.
Merlin MannHOST
... it's the, uh, well, I, I haven't gotten, I have not really warmed up.
Merlin MannHOST
But yeah, it's the first song on Meat Is Murder, which is not their best album by a long shot, but it has some good-
Alex CoxHOST
Hmm
Merlin MannHOST
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Marc FernandezHOST
This B-side was recorded around the same time as Talk Show Host and Lucky.
Jesse CastroHOST
But you know, did you know The Smiths also wrote a song called "The Headmaster Ritual" from their 1990, their 1985 album, Meat Is Murder?
Marc FernandezHOST
I do know that.
Jesse CastroHOST
You know that song?
FrankHOST
Like, if I say, "Oh, you know, I have the record," I, I can't even think of, of what record.
FrankHOST
Uh, Meat Is Murder by the band The Smiths.
FrankHOST
They'll be like, "Do you really have that?" Like, maybe they make you, you know, show the record and then they'll be like, "Okay, Frank, instead of you doing it, we already have it on our server, so we'll just move that over 'cause you proved to us that you own it," right? That idea of putting all that labor into, like, copying your music, you know, like, to another format just sounds...
FrankHOST
It just sounds so daunting.