Another Smiths Homage... to T. Rex

Here's another obvious Smiths touchstone: T. Rex. You'll hear the homage instantly in The Smiths' "Panic", which lifts its chord structure straight from T. Rex's "Metal Guru."

Here's "Panic":

And here's "Metal Guru":

Morrissey and Johnny Marr were huge T. Rex fans dating back to the early 1970s.And as they say, imitation is the greatest form of flattery.