Video: The Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite

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The Smiths will be releasing a ginormous boxset (as of this writing) on 3 October 2011. The boxset, whose enormity is only eclipsed by Morrissey's louder-than-bombs personality, contains remastered versions of eight albums, on vinyl and on CD, as well as a slew of 7" singles and, we're sure, all kinds of other goodies. Since the Smiths' music is gifted with the ability to inspire both ecstasy and misery, sometimes simultaneously, it's not surprise that...

The band’s 13th single, released in January 1987 and which climbed to #12 in the charts mp3 : The Smiths – Shoplifters Of The World Unite There’s loads of folk out there on this interwebby thing who are adamant that this is the most gay of many gay anthems written and recorded by The Smiths. This is based on the word shoplifter being awfully close to the word shirtlifter which is a rather crude and nasty slang word for a homosexual. There’s even some who has said ‘shoplifting is a misdemeanour crime…so is [...]