THE SMITHS - PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, LET ME GET WHAT I WANT

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, LET ME GET WHAT I WANT

THE SMITHS

SONGWRITERS: JOHNNY MARR & MORRISEY

COUNTRY:

ALBUM: HATFUL OF HOLLOW

LABEL: ROUGH TRADE

GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK

YEAR: 1984

 

             The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. Consisting of vocalista Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and drummer Mike Joyce, critics consider the band one of the most important to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. Internal tensions led to their break up in 1987 and subsequent offers to reunite have been refused. In 2012, all four Smiths' studio albums (and a compilation) appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", while "William, It Was Really Nothing" and "How Soon Is Now?" were included in the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.

Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Marr, the Smiths' focus on a guitar, bass, and drum sound, and fusion of 1960s rock and post-punk, were a rejection of the synthesiser-based dance-pop of the time. Marr's Rickenbacker guitar work was reminiscent of the jangle pop sound of Roger McGuinn from the Byrds. Morrissey's complex, literate lyrics combined themes of ordinary lives with mordant humour.

          The Smiths were signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart and all of their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album Meat Is Murder (1985). They achieved mainstream success in Europe with The Queen Is Dead (1986) and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), both of which entered the top twenty of the European Albums Chart. Their live álbum Rank (1988) reached the top 10 in Europe.

           "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as the B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" in 1984 and later featured on the compilation albums Hatful of Hollow and Louder Than Bombs. It has been covered by numerous other artists.

Good times, for a change

See, the luck I've had

Can make a good man turn bad

 

So please please please

Let me, let me, let me

Let me get what I want

This time

 

Haven't had a dream in a long time

See, the life I've had

Can make a good man bad

 

So for once in my life

Let me get what I want

Lord knows it would be the first time

Lord knows it would be the first time.