How to write a Smiths song in 1 minute
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- Опубликовано: 18 фев 2023
- How to write a Smiths song in 1 minute by Desmond Doom.
Made out of love for Moz and Marr's songwriting in The Smiths! Go buy all their music
FULL version here • A Charming Place - Des...
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the smiths, desmond doom, post-punk, new wave, surf-goth, postpunk, post punk, surf goth, morrissey, johnny marr, this charming man, the queen is dead, how soon is now, the cure, 80s, jangle, guitar 
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Favourite Smiths song, go!
And check my Surf-Goth EP out, it's kinda Smiths meets Joy Division in Eastern Europe.
On Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple etc.
Cheers!
Unhappy Birthday
Cemetery gates, or the queen is dead
The Headmaster ritual
There is a light that never goes out
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out; Well I Wonder.
"I hate this job but at least I get to see your face" I felt that 😔
If it was real Morrissey it would be “oh England such a wretched place, I hate this job and I hate your face” he’s never happy
@@TheVioletBunny Lol 😂
@The Violet Bunny
Yep you got it
@@TheVioletBunny Did I ever tell you, by the way, I never did like your face.
@@TheVioletBunny No because Morrissey remains a romantic at heart although always has sad stories about breakup to tell. That is why I would agree with "I get to see your face" instead of what you propose
0:29 let's be real, this already sounds like a great track - Morrissey's voice is unique and lovely.
Remember the band, Smoking Popes ? The singer of that band sounded a lot like Morrissey.
nope
@@marguskiis7711 check out
Need You Around
I've never actually heard him sing because he storms off the stage before actually doing anything. And yet people still pay money knowing this to see some boy bander from the 80s
@@adnapSMOKING POPES MENTIONED 🗣️❗❗❗
RIP Andy Rourke. His cool basslines were essential.
This isn’t Andy Rourke playing bass here
@@CruceEntertainment right. it's Desmond. I was just acknowledging/mourning
Rourke
@@CruceEntertainmentof course he knows it isn’t andy rourke if he said “rip any rourke”
"I hate this job but at least I get to see your face" i mean you did actually nailed the morrisey style
It's still missing poetry, but yeah, he did.
Not Fascistic enough but there's always the solo 'career' to mine.
This part describes my current situation pretty good! Job is shit, but a girl and i like each other.
@@KarolusMaximus that's kinda how it is throughout someone's entire life tbh. school's shit but i like this guy which makes it a little less shit. and i bet the same will continue on in work
Except, he's more like 'I hate this job but, at least you get to see _my_ face'
This sounds like an actual Smiths song. Not even a parody, just a normal song.
Sounds like almost every song off Hatful of Hollow
Yes the smiths used the same instruments that any other person could buy at a music store
@@germangonzales2008 Being a smartass only works when you’re actually smart, dipshit.
I mean, as advertised
someone has worked out the idea behind the video well done!
That might be Morrissey's longest performance. He actually showed up!
"He hurt me with that remark. Have I mentioned that I cried?"
@@DefendYoungstown Locks in Pop star freshness!
Hey the one time I paid to see Morrissey in concert he showed up and he sang for at least 30 minutes. He seemed really pissed off for having to be there though :-)
I would sniff Johnny Marrs socks if I could
Only after all meat products were banned from the editing software
As a huge Smiths fan, i have to say you absolutely nailed it! Gotta listen to the full version on repeat if there's one.
This does for The Smiths what the Rutles did for the Beatles.
Please do a full version. That was so cool
REALL
With a bunch of Smiths fans on here and AI, it should be possible to expound on this. Next 2 lines:
"When you walk by, it's like sunshine in the rain,
But you're miles away, and you'll never see my pain".
@@redbaron07fuck AI
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Dude that tune slaps, we need a full version
He went with the Ramones philosophy. That was the full version. :P
It actually sounds like a Johnny Marr riff
Srsly. Finish that banger.
Yeah that's true!
Sounds like girl afraid
I couldn't write a song but now I wrote a song and heaven knows I'm more musical now thanks Des.
brilliant
I see what you did there ;)
You're gonna need someone on your side
How soon is gonna happen?
I love this comment
"I hate this job, but at least I get to see your face" if you've ever loved a coworker, that's the feeling
Please please please make a full version of this, it's brilliant!
@@DesmondDoom will do 👍👍👍👍👍
Hey des, iv been listening to your song on Spotify since you announced its release but as of afew hours ago, anytime I click on it it says its been removed? Can you tell me why?
@@madman-xo3ru so I wasn't the only one who noticed it? I remember seeing it released and then the same day removed. 😔
Lord knows it will be the first time
I miss something like: “and I want to die”.
And "I'm so miserable tonight / in this charming town"
Amazing. I am a HUGE Smiths fan and I can tell this was created with love rather than being nasty. Its amazing how simple some of the best music is. Desmond Doom, I salute you! Long live the Smiths!
Of course, Johnny Marr is a big inspiration! Thanks buddy
I’ve always felt that Marr does not consider himself the genius others think he is. And the group split because of creative differences about exploring new directions.
I will say the the lads invented their sound. And executed it creatively and with much gusto. And no one was playing anything like that in 1983 except American college indy band REM.
Really? I honestly don't know how people don't hear the garbage the Smiths have recorded and not want to blow their brains out. And we haven't even gotten into Morrissey and his nonsense.
@@draneym2003 Go back to sleep!
@@draneym2003 you have my deepest sympathies
I'm literally begging you, please do a full version, its too bloody good!
As a lifelong Smiths fan, this hits really close to home- in a good way!
Dude was already done at 0:05 but kept adding more and more smiths
Please make a full album of The Smiths songs, in your own interpretation !!
He has to fnish his Pleasure Regiment album ' Obscure delights' first
It would be great idea if he did what would be the 5th Smiths album after Strangeways.
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How would this give you the impression he could do that
Like the Squender bass
I've been putting this on repeat for the 500th time and if someone told me this was their demo tape I would have believed them! Please finish the song
It's amazing how the lyrics can be explained from so many points of view. Maybe here they are talking about a guy who really hates his job, but at least he can find moments to be with his love (it's amazing the influence of this piece in Pam-Jim's realtionship in The Office). Also we can imagine that the guy has not any love in his job, and "the face" he sees is the money that he earn. I remember the first time I listened to this song, at Big Bob Pub in Leeds, and it just broke my mind.
My dad had an old record of this and sometimes when I was 7 he'd sneak be downstairs away from mum and listen to this for an hour. The b-side the baker's behind also gets too much hate.
That riff has ‘Girl Afraid’, ‘Hand in Glove’, and ‘Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others’ vibes all in one 😍
That’s super accurate. Especially Girl Afraid
You've Got Everything Now?
Johnny was brilliant. So is Desmond though.
Still Ill
Some Girls are Big, Afraid and Wear Gloves
A key part of Morrissey’s singing is that he often has a single note that he returns to over and over again. He goes above that note and below it, but he always returns to it. That note is kind of a through line for the entire song. He sounds like he’s noodling around and just singing notes above and below the main one. And once you notice it, you can’t un-hear it.
Like this. B is the through line:
➡️ CC C CCC
➡️BBB BBB BB B BBBB
➡️ AA
a similar phenomenon that you can’t unhear once you hear it: all blink 182 songs are structured identically, so formulaic that you can predict when a song will go from verse to chorus to bridge to chorus to outro even if you’ve never heard the song before
He is also one of the worst people to ever exist, cool facts we are all sharing ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
He loves a tonic triad ie. Notes 1,3,5 of a scale. The choruses of most of their hits predominantly use these three notes, there is a light, this charming man, heaven knows I’m miserable now, etc etc
OK spock
@@jamesjameson4566 🖖
Bloody brilliant. You nailed it. That brought a smile to my face.
Pleaaaase, make a full version, this is awesome!😊
That is genuinely a really really good guitar riff hahah would love to hear a full version of the song!
Sounds like an incomplete smiths riff on loop.
Agreed!
Well, finish the job yourself.
ruclips.net/video/WJiVt5LJXIs/видео.html ask and you shall receive...
If i have heard this song on the radio, i would totally believe that it is The Smiths :)
Nice job Desmond
I like how finally RUclips shows me interesting vids on the explore page
Really just uploaded a smiths song and thought we wouldn’t notice
Whoa! Even when you make something "just for fun", you achieve a way better result than many people who make music "for real". Probably they ignore the basics of how a good song should sound and communicate an intention.
You make the difference, bro. Never stop bringing us your undeniable talent. You rock! Cheers!
Wagner "Good Vibes" Ribeiro. Cheers bruv!
@@DesmondDoom is there a full version of this song? It’s really good
@@mozymandias1441 just listen to any smiths song
@@callmeishmael5742 you’re of no help moron
Or maybe they just don't want to make a The Smiths song.
Thing is, it's not even a joke, it's accurate.
Keep coming back to this as it’s so good
That is a really good riff, I love it!
Absolutely nailed it.
I can imagine the lyrics
"Wearing the same old clothes
You wore when we first met
I never liked the colours you wore
But it suits you some how"
Edit: I'm going to edit these as some of them are a bit crap in hindsight
So, imagine the main Jingle or listen along, Morrissey's usual moaning sound to his voice
"I recall a time, when things were great,
I would smile even when the bus was laaaaate
I didn't think that you'd remember me,
So I left a bunch flowers at the cemet-ryyyy
Morrissey would probably want good lyrics instead 0:58
@@docsavage8640they aren't bad tho?
@@docsavage8640 they're very Morrissey come on. Lol
"Next to that rundown pub in Glasgow,
And we could never know
No, we cooould
Never knowww
And he spins out from his office chair
But he never goes any wh-e-e-ere"
These are all bad, but perhaps if you could sing i would get it. I think it just needs more male manipulator vibes instead of virgin love song vibes
Magnificent. I've replayed this at least 50 times. You NEED to do a full version.
Same.. cant get it off my head
you guys totally got the words out of my mouth
@@DesmondDoom you, sir… are a god…
@@DesmondDoom Fantastic!!
@@xmartinx357 Let's crowdsource the lyrics, I have a suggested next refrain in my comment up above !!
It’s like you completely understand every single band I love!
This sound isn't just the Smiths but the whole of the C86 genre itself, Sarah Records bands, Cherry Red Records bands, and pretty much the breadth and bulk of 1980s jangle pop.
Back then it was just called indie
@@henrywallace7996 no it wasnt lol
@@user-xu4xw6jm7d Yes it was. Indie is what it was called, none of this jangle pop stuff. C86 was an indie comp, Cherry Red was an indie label, The Smiths were an indie band, etc.
@@henrywallace7996 can you provide sources that show that this term was used in that way? i looked it up nd couldnt find any, what seems to be the case is that the indie term wasnt used to define a specific musical style beyond independent music and that meaning was atributed retroactively more recently. id b happy to know if thats wrong
@@user-xu4xw6jm7d Read old issues of the NME, old zines, or anything of that nature. It’s true that indie didn’t imply a specific style at first, but by the mid-80s with The Smiths, JAMC, Housemartins and others, it did have a recognisable sound, aesthetic, culture, fashion sense, and fans (‘indie kids’). Hyper-specific terms like ‘jangle pop’ and ‘noise pop’ were not in use then, as it seems to me these are retroactive labels used to differentiate 80s indie (real indie) from what came after.
omg I've been streaming your music for sometime now. coming across your videos just now. wow man!
Imagine the genius of Morrissey and Marr for inventing this complete sound and style.
Is there a full version of this? It's actually catchy, you pretty much nailed the lyricism and sound of The Smiths holy crap
"I hate this job but at least I get to see your face."
I miss those days
OMG this channel is fantastic!! i love all those bands but you make very solid points 😄
These lyrics have been stuck in my head since this came out, amazing.
This is so good! We need a full version of this.
I came into this not expecting to like it, but I ended up loving it! Great job!
this is brilliant all your videos are so accurate!!
That was amazing! As others have said, I'd love to hear a whole album, or at least a whole song.
I wasn't happy and wasn't sad, but now I'm in love... can't stop listening to this. Instantly needed to play this on guitar. Pls! Make full song! And thank You!
Loving the Squier to Fender upgrade on that bass! Cheapest and most reliable upgrade available.
This is spot on- and it’d be at the top of my playlist if it were a Smiths song, too-
This is awesome lolll, I lowkey love that all the smiths songs have similar vibes
Need an album of this mock smiths stuff !!!
I thought you really got morrisey to sing on this video, you've done a fantastic job on mimicking his singing
Wait... are you implying that’s NOT Morrisey? 🤔 IMPOSSIBLE! 🤯
That would easily qualify to be a Smiths release. Beautiful.
I love these bits.
*THIS is now my favorite Smiths song!*
This sounds way too accurate, I'm convinced this is a Smiths song I haven't heard yet
God, this sounds so good.
This was amazing!
Ok! Ive been a Smiths fan since 1987 and this is completely spot on! And I'd like the complete version please! LOVE IT!!! 🥰😅😅
Nicely done😂! That earned a sub, and I am definitely down with this riff. It’s all about the frantic jangle.
FULL ONE NOW THAT WAS AMAZING
Oh the subtle easter egg in cancelling out the Squier and manually writing Fender 😂😅❤
That bass line is exactly what I imagined during the few seconds of guitar before it dropped in. Really good work all around
I’m embarrassed by how right you are and how excellent that tune is
OH MY GOD.... Yes, please. More of this. I'm 48 years old, I've been listening to The Smiths since boarding school, and I haven't laughed this hard since 2016. Thank you.
And we have to agree: the result is great!
"I hate this job but at least I get to see your face", very Morrissey indeed
Thank you. The skill and humor is just fascinating. You're mimicry is brilliant and your own music is awesome as well.
Spot on musicianship and production. Too damn good, 😅
F
Again, thank you
PLEASE make a full version! I am begging you!
Oh my god. You freakin nailed it! I got lots of love for The Smiths but this is great ❤😂😂😆😆 nice work my friend! And I absolutely love the Manual Fender upgrade for the bass. 😆😆😆😆.
You are literally the first channel ever I turn the bell notification on for, for when you make a full version of this
Haha cheers, maybe in a week or two ;)
Love this Fender Bass...it must be one of these expensive custom shop models...never saw the headstock logo in this design on the stock bases so far...maybe the DD (desmond doom) signature collection bass? 😂😁👍👍
An absolute vibe 💃 I need more
Please make a full version of this! 🫠
Add like a little transition with Gbmaj7, then Dbmaj7/9, and back to the main Cm. Oh Johnny, you make such beautiful music, I just love singing all over it.
This is actually good. I want a full version
Accurate...I'm as huge a Smiths fan as anyone but you've nailed their style!
I love that Fender Bass Sound!
And they still sound amazing
From a HUGE The Smiths fan, this is AWESOME!!! Can you please make a full album just with these kinda songs?! 😂😂😂
Maybe AI could finish it?
@@mrduuud Gross no
@@mrduuud AI has no place in music
Neither is OP for asking a full album here
AHA! Now we know you have a beard! Another great job. Plus, I'm glad to learn how Johnny gets his sound
I've been supplying him with chest hair since the 90's
These how to make a song videos have got me in stitches - genius!🤣
I love the modification on the P-Bass! Spat my coffee out a little. So obvious and an easy mod to do. Sounds great.
Are you gonna make a full song of this?
Can you please?
This is just something that need to be made its too perfect to not finish
I want the whole mixtape pleasee 🙏🏾
That guitar riff... Love it 😎
Loved this video. And all in one minute! Impressive. As a fellow music maker I appreciate ur work.
I checked out your EP after this vid, loved it!
Please finish this song. This song sounds better than most of the rubbish they play on the radio these days
"Oh, England"🤣🤣🤣 Tío, me parto de risa. Eres lo más ocurrente y talentoso que he encontrado este año curioseando por RUclips. No entiendo cómo no tienes millones de visitas. Y el clip de cómo sonaría "1979" por Joy Division ha hecho que empiece mi día sonriendo.
I would say this is a perfect example for the Smiths "2 minutes formula" like William and This Charming Man. Nice, nice work on recreating the soul of this legendary band!
Me, I would play the bass section more legato, the jangle-jingle part more up-tempo on picking if major chords, struming if in minor key (a là Bigmouth style). I think I'm gonna try starting from your hints 😊 Keep up the good work!
Well, I've never listened to The Smiths, but now you've sold me on them. Good job.
This is brilliant!
Going to see Morrissey tonight in Brussels. Will be screaming my lungs out for his classic "Charming Place".
ayo the melody of this is really good
I love it ! .. release it !
Most incredible is X'ing out 'Squire' and writing in "Fender" in ball point.
Well played on a few levels, sir.
I am dying! The Smiths got me through college and grad school! I love it so much!
This isn't even a parody, this is a real smiths song.
Love the Smiths and the attention to detail you have shown in this is second to none. Awesome job 🤣