They only wrote 70 songs in their short career. Nearly all of which are absolute gems. Such a talented, unique, and influential band. Thanks for the reaction mate!
“Only” 70? What more do we want? This one song would have been sufficient to make them unique (a word never more appropriately used). The other 69 are an added bonus. People lament they separated early. I am grateful they “happened” at all, which they could very well not have. And certainly never will
Morrissey wrote way more than that. I belived his better lyrics are actually from his solor era that I discovered much later. You are the Quarry is better than The Queen is Dead.
@@experience5988 Agreed! I discovered Morrissey first, and didn’t even know about The Smiths years later. I love Morrissey’s 90’s and early 2000’s works. His lyrics got better and better after The Smiths.
God, The Smiths and Morrissey are the greatest. Most of his songs are cheeky. Half kidding, half serious, depressing and self deprecating. Many ppl can relate.
He's wearing an old school hearing aid here. He sometimes wore huge glasses like the kind poorer kids wore when they couldn't afford something more 'fashionable', which later became a part of the stereotypical hipster look. Like a way of showing people you can be cool and confident no matter what.
@@avalonhamakei No. The name of the band, the image, the glasses, the hearing aid: everything was carefully chosen to represent and give a voice to average, everyday normal working class people. People like Morrissey, Marr, Joyce and Rourke.
@@DoctorMeatDic You seriously consider Morrissey to be an "average, everyday normal working class person"? "Deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated the image of a sexually ambiguous social outsider who embraced celibacy. " That does NOT sound like somebody who wants to appeal to the common man.
@@DoctorMeatDic You’re actually wrong. He wore the hearing aid because he heard about a young fan who was insecure about going to the concert while wearing a hearing aid.
This song is a masterpiece. Nobody on earth could hear this song and not feel a personal connection to it at some point in life weather you hear it at the perfect time or not. If you don't then you might be afraid to feel.
@@michellez1414 When I first heard it I was roaring with laughter. I think that's how he wanted it to be. Spit your cuppa tea out when it first came on the radio in England because it really is proper English dark humour.
I love Morrissey so much. Both The Smiths, and his solo stuff. I was lucky enough to see him live in 2007. On the topic of jobs, Frankly Mr. Shankly is another fun Smiths song.
The smiths were amazing. A drummer who was from a punk band A bassist from a funk band Their guitarist was virtuoso immersed in everything from soul to punk from working in a record store And Morrissey, a crazy lyricist who plundered kitchen sink dramas and poetry for inspiration. They had a strange partnership, Marr would write the music and send it to Morrissey, the band would then record their parts and Morrissey would then sing over the track, often they heard the lyrics for the first time in the studio Check " I know it's over" as an example of this and imagine hearing those words over your music for the first time. "Oh, mother...."
They really were astonishing weren’t they. Those four different backgrounds you rightly point out shouldn’t have worked. And in the end they created the most beautiful thing.
Glad you covered this 🧡 I was there in the audience at TOTP. I ran back stage when they finished and Morrissey gave me the bush hanging out of his arse. I still have it today, in a frame. Thanks for posting. 🙏❤👍
And there are connections between the two bands: Johnny Marr was briefly a (touring) member of the Pretenders (appearing on the single "Windows of the World") and Chrissie Hynde appeared on a Morrissey solo single ("My Love Life").
I think it's kinda 50/50 for me. Some songs do make me feel a bit down but a lot of the time the music itself brings my mood back up. Then there's other tracks steeped in humour or irony. When I first heard the line "she said I know you and you cannot sing, I said that's nothing you should hear me play piano" I don't think I've ever laughed at a lyric so much in my life, it's brilliant.
The song there’s a light that never goes out does this weird thing to my heart where I can sort of feel it slow down… a bit scary… some kind of magic I guess…
@@drmether9150 a reference to the eternal flame within ... that part of us thats not physically quantified as far as our culture allows us to see anyway
Aha! This takes me back to when I was a University Student - doing an arts degree! My friends and I used to call their music “ music to slash your wrists too”
Nothing played more to my goth (before it was called goth), angsty, teen self than a Smiths song. Thanks for this reaction that brought me back a few decades.
@@jerryfalwellsociety I think you misinterpreted what he or she said… they didn’t call “The Smiths” goth . They meant that they deeply connected to it in their goth personality :) I hope you have a great day !
I think it was gladiolas that Morrissey used to have in his back pocket. The Smiths were a great unit as a band. All the musicians worked wonderfully together and the Morrissey and guitarist Marr was a very special combination. They are still my favourite band since the 80s because they had such great songs and were so litererate musically and lyrically and I loved their direct honesty. Can I recommend 'The Boy with the thorn in his side'
Morrissey says what a lot us are thinking. This is one best songs in music history, glad you found it. The bush in his back pocket are gladioli, a tribute to Oscar Wilde.
If you havnt ever heard of Mexrrissey They are a Mexican cover band of The Smiths...... El Chico de La Espina Clavada =The Boy with a Throne in his side. ruclips.net/video/QVdakixP8U8/видео.html
Actually the song title is often referred to by Hatful London Journalists as 'HEAVEN KNOWS IM MORRISSEY NOW'. In paticulur the former NME music magazine. But as 'committed' Fans, we normally take little heed with such type. And carry on regardless and love him either way. As we are the ones that truly support him. Go to the Concerts and purchase Merch. Viva Morrissey
I believe the story of the flowers goes as follows: The Smiths were playing on a big British show called Top Of The Pops. The thing about that show was, the network would book whoever was at the top of the music charts and have them perform, but the artist/band was not allowed to play/sing live; they had to lip synch to their record. So since Morissey didn't need the microphone he decided to take the piss and sing into some flowers. There's a clip of the time Iron Maiden played Wasted Years on Top Of The Pops, and kept switching positions (having the drummer play guitar, having the bassist lip synch, having the singer drum, and keep switching positions like musical chairs. Also, with Morissey, his rabid fan base would come to Smiths' shows and bring him flowers and copies of Oscar Wilde books and different things he mentioned in songs.
"I was looking for a job and then I found a job. And, Heaven knows I'm miserable now." Absolutely brilliant. Great reaction. You should check out "What Difference Does It Make?". You'll definitely feel that track.
I saw them at Glastonbury Festival in 84 or 85 and he had a bunch of flowers in his back trouser pocket, I think it was his gimmick catch phrase type of thing
NO ONE does miserable like Morrissey!!! To this day STILL one of my all time favourite bands 🖤🖤 I could recommend other songs to listen to but I would be here all day! In the 80's After a break up The Smiths + The Cure = Not leaving your room for weeks 😆🖤
@@mariomanno1 for me it was add Depeche Mode & NIN LMFAO, I don't think I ever left my room unless I had no choice but to! Ahhh the misery of youth....lol
One of the funny things about The Smiths is that the music is often really happy and cheerful whilst Morrissey sings about how depressed and suicidal he is! It's deliberately quite tongue-in-cheek of course, he's trying to make us laugh while entertaining us.
@@rosiebottom3870 That's right Rosie and the humour was there from the very start - singing about how he was told he was "too handsome" to worry about what to wear on a night out in 'This Charming Man' 😀
@@rosiebottom3870 Absolutely, everything in his lyrics is tongue-in-cheek and humorous. There's a touch of Oscar Wilde about him (one of his heroes naturally).
Jovaughn thank you so much. I absolutely love The Smiths, especially Morrissey’s voice and those lyrics. They made incredible music together until it went south! However this a band we would listen to in Photography and Yearbook class in high school. If you haven’t already reacted to these maybe you would like those as well. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want Cemetry Gates Bigmouth Strikes Again The Queen Is Dead The Headmaster Ritual (Radiohead did a great cover) Girlfriend In A Coma (my mom’s personal favorite) Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before Thank you so much. I’m in the hospital and this made my day.❤️
The flower thing? Morrisey, in a few of his TV appearances in 1982, waved gladioli and daffodils on stage. From then on. in every concert from 1982 to 1989, fans would bring flowers to concerts, and when the band appeared on stage, 1000s of flowers would be thrown on stage - what a glorious site. Also, you missed the line, "Two lovers entwined pass me by And heaven knows I'm miserable now." - the last thing you want to be reminded of is you are alone or have failed in love and relationships or just can't get or find anyone. Morrissey is a poet.
Morrissey is known for performing on stage accompanied by flowers, usually gladioli, swinging in hand or shoved in the back of his trousers. The history behind flowers and his flowering caring fans can be linked to a music video by the British pop group The Smiths in which Morrissey was the lead vocalist. The video was for the single "This Charming Man" it was the group's second single released in October 1983. Two music videos were made for "This Charming Man". The first was filmed by the British television show The Tube, and features the band playing the song in a room filled wall to wall with flowers. Morrissey and fellow Smiths band mates can be seen in the video tossing flowers about while flower petals fall from the ceiling. After the "This Charming Man" video release The Smiths fans would adorn the band with flowers whenever the band performed live.
The moment I heard his voice I knew it was Morrissey, I had forgot how I loved his voice. You gave another great reaction response sweetheart, you are honest and genuine and that's what I love to listen to and you listen to all kinds of music which is wonderful. Take care and stay safe please my friends God bless you all love hugs and peace to everyone Mary-Ellen UK
Imma new sub, im an 80s kid. I LOVE THE SMITHS / MORRISEY more & more. Thank you for being SO OPEN & SO CUTE! What a treat for the ears AND EYES you are!
Ohhhhh man! Their Meat is Murder album is an ultimate classic! It was my first introduction to The Smiths via my older sister, who when she came home on military leave in the mid-80s, she would let me listen to her walkman with the latest music she discovered. Man, those were great memories! Check out How Soon Is Now? And Headmasters Ritual.
Morrisey - love that you reacted to The Smiths! As Paul Sheedy said, great upbeat tunes with morbid lyrics -and they do it well. Check out "Ask Me" next.
They wrote several songs in a pad a few hundred metres from where I lived (didn't realise that until many years later). Memories of listening to them at the bus stop on my walkman waiting to get the bus to grammar school. I had a season ticket at Manchester City, a few rows away from Johnny Marr, and still see him running near my home quite regularly. He is the greatest guitarist of all time in my opinion.
Of all the folks who react to hearing a piece of music for the first time, you are the one whose face makes me happy. Open to anything. Great things are going to happen to you, my boy.
I love Morrissey and The Smiths. I saw them in 1984 at the Portsmouth Guildhall, then Morrissey on his own in 1991. He hated jobs he had before he became a star, which is what the song was about. I'm a year younger than Morrissey and I have always related to him and his music and lyrics. I love your reaction to that song, as you get it. Not many people I know, get what Morrissey was and still is talking about. For instance, he used to be on radio 2 quite a lot in the 80's, and he has a brilliant sense of humour. Love your show man, and glad I found you on here. xx
The Smiths are definitely a huge part of my personal soundtrack. I was lucky enough to see them when I was 14, and have seen Morrissey and Johnny Marr (guitarist) separately multiple times over the years.
Morrissey is so funny - I can’t explain the bush he’s wearing in his jeans but the hearing aid he is wearing is because a fan with hearing disabilities wrote to him saying they felt very self-conscious about wearing a hearing-aid and so of course Morrissey appears on the most popular TV show at the time (watched by practically all of England, Ireland and Scotland) wearing a hearing-aid so his fan would not feel self conscious. Which is pretty awesome.
Ha ha! The amount of times I went home from the pub doing the Morrissey dance with some shrubbery from someone’s garden hanging out of my back pocket. Happy days!
I think a shout-out goes to John Peel (RIP) who was a radio 1 DJ back in the day that promoted and spawned punk/alternative music as we know today. Enough said other than please review Nice N Sleazy by The Stranglers
During the 80s Morrisey would stuff a bouquet of flowers in his back pocket during their top of the pops performances on the tele. I think it's because Morrisey was very into literature so it's a reference to one of his favorite authors.
This song was my anthem every Monday morning when I was working for the government. Possibly the worst 4 years of my life. Heaven knew I was miserable then.
Always interesting to see how younger generations react to music of previous generations. I wasn’t even around when the smiths were popular (born in 1991) but it’s lyrics like those which are featured in this song that got me hooked. They are my favorite band, have been listening since 2009 when I bought their “The Very Best Of” album after seeing several of their albums being featured on many “Greatest of all time” lists. Morrissey’s lyrics are truly relatable, and the band are all extremely talented, I picked up guitar over the last year with Johnny Marr (Smiths guitar player) being a massive influence and reason why I picked up the hobby.
You hit the nail on the head my bro. Been listening to The Smiths since their start. Good to see that new generations appreciate them as well. And yes, I think a large portion of why so many people relate to Morrissey and The Smiths is because he was able to articulate in a way that had not been heard before, the way so many of us feel.
One of The Smiths best lyrical song is called "I Know it's Over." It's a great slow (some may call it depressing) song. It's really worth a listen if you are okay with sitting back and listening to the lyrics.
My favorite line: I was looking for a job and then I found a job and heaven knows I’m miserable now.
The story of every corporate employee. I've been there 😅
Yep!
Been there! making beer and selling it now! I used to work on a callcenter.. man, that job requires you to deal with a hardcore level of frustration!
First time I heard the "and then I found a job" it really threw me off. It's so unexpected and almost sounds stupid at first, but it's genius
Hahaha...
Love him or hate him, Morrissey is a poet.
“ i was looking for a job and then i found a job” yes such amazing poetry
@@fadedbard Yep that line is all-encompassing of his lyrics. Great point.
@@musicaddict5076 it was just a joke, it wasn’t supposed to be that serious
He's certainly not a novelist.
He definitely has a way of expressing himself and in songs with the lyrics.
They only wrote 70 songs in their short career. Nearly all of which are absolute gems. Such a talented, unique, and influential band. Thanks for the reaction mate!
“Only” 70? What more do we want? This one song would have been sufficient to make them unique (a word never more appropriately used). The other 69 are an added bonus. People lament they separated early. I am grateful they “happened” at all, which they could very well not have. And certainly never will
All their song sucks except for one
Morrissey wrote way more than that. I belived his better lyrics are actually from his solor era that I discovered much later. You are the Quarry is better than The Queen is Dead.
@@experience5988 Agreed! I discovered Morrissey first, and didn’t even know about The Smiths years later. I love Morrissey’s 90’s and early 2000’s works. His lyrics got better and better after The Smiths.
@@justinsossa2957 wtf ? They are all bangers dude
God, The Smiths and Morrissey are the greatest. Most of his songs are cheeky. Half kidding, half serious, depressing and self deprecating. Many ppl can relate.
Well put.
Morriseys voice is just so pretty to listen to, it just takes you into a different world 🖤
Agreed. He has been and will likely always be my favorite singer. Amazing voice that has never been duplicated. :)
He is a really good singer.
True
A fantasy world
Gorgeous falsetto.@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
“The night has opened my eyes” great track. Amazing bass line
This Night Has Opened My Eyes has always been my favorite. Love it.
Yes yes yes!!
PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES..
STOP I LOVE THAT SONG
"why do i smile at people who i'd much rather kick in the eye" ...hahaha...yes, who can forget that line lol....one of my favorite song from the 80's
0:43 "That bass" says everything
He's wearing an old school hearing aid here. He sometimes wore huge glasses like the kind poorer kids wore when they couldn't afford something more 'fashionable', which later became a part of the stereotypical hipster look. Like a way of showing people you can be cool and confident no matter what.
Didn't he wear it in solidarity for a young fan who was worried about being ostracised by his classmates?
The National Health Service glasses that were instantly identifiable.
@@avalonhamakei No. The name of the band, the image, the glasses, the hearing aid: everything was carefully chosen to represent and give a voice to average, everyday normal working class people. People like Morrissey, Marr, Joyce and Rourke.
@@DoctorMeatDic You seriously consider Morrissey to be an "average, everyday normal working class person"?
"Deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated the image of a sexually ambiguous social outsider who embraced celibacy. " That does NOT sound like somebody who wants to appeal to the common man.
@@DoctorMeatDic You’re actually wrong. He wore the hearing aid because he heard about a young fan who was insecure about going to the concert while wearing a hearing aid.
This song is a masterpiece. Nobody on earth could hear this song and not feel a personal connection to it at some point in life weather you hear it at the perfect time or not. If you don't then you might be afraid to feel.
"In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die"
0:43 "That bass." Rip Andy Rourke.
Johnny Marr (guitar) was so cool - and still is.
One of those songs that makes me smile,and feel a little sad too.
I've been a fan of The Smiths for thirty years. They created such a unique musical landscape.
This takes me back to uni days. Great upbeat tunes with morbid lyrics. Only the Smiths could do this. And there still among my faves now.😀👍🎶❤️
Girlfriend in a Coma is such a fun song about a tragic death.
@@michellez1414 When I first heard it I was roaring with laughter. I think that's how he wanted it to be. Spit your cuppa tea out when it first came on the radio in England because it really is proper English dark humour.
@@michellez1414 I always thought is was more about a convenient break up for someone who always wanted to but didn’t have the courage.
Similar to the cure = upbeat music with depressing lyrics
Tears for fears
Love The Smiths - this song takes me back to high school. I could totally relate to his lyrics, and still do, lol! 😁
"Please ,Please;Please", "Bigmouth Strikes Again","This Charming Man"," How Soon is Now", all great tunes from a great band....Class of 85
I agree. The troubling teenage years!
I bet Mozza never says lol.
@@eh-i1841 You're probably right...does he even laugh, let alone out loud? 😏😉
Love The Smiths! And Morrissey's lyrics are so quotable! 🤭
Yes, he had plants and flowers sometimes
I love Morrissey so much. Both The Smiths, and his solo stuff. I was lucky enough to see him live in 2007. On the topic of jobs, Frankly Mr. Shankly is another fun Smiths song.
The smiths were amazing.
A drummer who was from a punk band
A bassist from a funk band
Their guitarist was virtuoso immersed in everything from soul to punk from working in a record store
And Morrissey, a crazy lyricist who plundered kitchen sink dramas and poetry for inspiration.
They had a strange partnership, Marr would write the music and send it to Morrissey, the band would then record their parts and Morrissey would then sing over the track, often they heard the lyrics for the first time in the studio
Check " I know it's over" as an example of this and imagine hearing those words over your music for the first time.
"Oh, mother...."
The most beautiful fusion…
you have a beautiful way with words
And check Jeff Buckleys version of that song
Fluetist is from fuck bed
They really were astonishing weren’t they. Those four different backgrounds you rightly point out shouldn’t have worked. And in the end they created the most beautiful thing.
Glad you covered this 🧡 I was there in the audience at TOTP. I ran back stage when they finished and Morrissey gave me the bush hanging out of his arse. I still have it today, in a frame. Thanks for posting. 🙏❤👍
I know you don't wanna sell it, but it would get loadsamony on eBay :)
I'd sooner sell one of my children. But thanks anyway 😆
That is very cool
@@LesleyAnnPrettyBeads 😆😆😆😆
Great story!
Man, hold up!. Two of my favorites. Thanks!
Wow! You are bringing it tonight. The Pretenders AND The Smiths! Congrats man! You ARE on a journey to enlightenment!
Cheers!
And there are connections between the two bands: Johnny Marr was briefly a (touring) member of the Pretenders (appearing on the single "Windows of the World") and Chrissie Hynde appeared on a Morrissey solo single ("My Love Life").
I never found smiths depressing i feel so much better listening to morrisey put things so beautifully it diminishes the bs of the world
I think it's kinda 50/50 for me. Some songs do make me feel a bit down but a lot of the time the music itself brings my mood back up. Then there's other tracks steeped in humour or irony. When I first heard the line "she said I know you and you cannot sing, I said that's nothing you should hear me play piano" I don't think I've ever laughed at a lyric so much in my life, it's brilliant.
The song there’s a light that never goes out does this weird thing to my heart where I can sort of feel it slow down… a bit scary… some kind of magic I guess…
@@drmether9150 a reference to the eternal flame within ... that part of us thats not physically quantified as far as our culture allows us to see anyway
Classic gold. This song is soooo good. I'm glad you agree
Aha! This takes me back to when I was a University Student - doing an arts degree! My friends and I used to call their music “ music to slash your wrists too”
Nothing played more to my goth (before it was called goth), angsty, teen self than a Smiths song. Thanks for this reaction that brought me back a few decades.
Truth!
The Smiths weren't goths!
@@jerryfalwellsociety I think you misinterpreted what he or she said… they didn’t call “The Smiths” goth . They meant that they deeply connected to it in their goth personality :) I hope you have a great day !
Goth was around since Sioxie and the Banshees, way before the Smiths
Adore the Smiths , so many brilliant tracks .. and the lyrics … pure gold
My favorite from Smiths, that line is one of the truest to me! Thanks for this great reaction Jay! 🥰
This song is my anthem!!! Infection control/employee health in a hospital during Covid times!
I think it was gladiolas that Morrissey used to have in his back pocket. The Smiths were a great unit as a band. All the musicians worked wonderfully together and the Morrissey and guitarist Marr was a very special combination. They are still my favourite band since the 80s because they had such great songs and were so litererate musically and lyrically and I loved their direct honesty. Can I recommend 'The Boy with the thorn in his side'
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side is phenomenal. One of Morrissey's most impressive vocal performances for The Smiths I'd say.
@@mariomanno1 I totally agree 👍
Such a great song by them.
Morrissey says what a lot us are thinking. This is one best songs in music history, glad you found it. The bush in his back pocket are gladioli, a tribute to Oscar Wilde.
Check out the song “Girlfriend in a coma”, “Big mouth strikes again” and “The boy the thorn on his side” next
I was looking for a job and then I found a job ♥️🎶
If you havnt ever heard of Mexrrissey They are a Mexican cover band of The Smiths...... El Chico de La Espina Clavada =The Boy with a Throne in his side.
ruclips.net/video/QVdakixP8U8/видео.html
This is my favourite The Smith’s song. Thanks for reacting to it.
I'm 58 and been a fan since 1984. I never get tired of playing them, their lyrics make me snigger.
The talent is unbelievable, they're so tight.
Just brilliant guitar melodies and contrasting dark lyrics. Always blows me away
Wow - thanks, Jayvee - didn't think this was "up your alley" - but I really appreciate that you listened to this - I LOVE this song! thank you!
You have done a few of their mood songs, perhaps try their upbeat side - Vicar in a Tutu or Bigmouth Strikes Again.
Bigmouth is so great!
Bigmouth Strikes Again is my favorite...
Actually the song title is often referred to by Hatful London Journalists as 'HEAVEN KNOWS IM MORRISSEY NOW'. In paticulur the former NME music magazine. But as 'committed' Fans, we normally take little heed with such type. And carry on regardless and love him either way. As we are the ones that truly support him. Go to the Concerts and purchase Merch. Viva Morrissey
My favorite band ever! So many good songs. Another great song is Well I Wonder.
LOVE THIS. I haven't heard, or even thought about this song in decades. So glad you brought it back for us today.
I believe the story of the flowers goes as follows: The Smiths were playing on a big British show called Top Of The Pops. The thing about that show was, the network would book whoever was at the top of the music charts and have them perform, but the artist/band was not allowed to play/sing live; they had to lip synch to their record.
So since Morissey didn't need the microphone he decided to take the piss and sing into some flowers.
There's a clip of the time Iron Maiden played Wasted Years on Top Of The Pops, and kept switching positions (having the drummer play guitar, having the bassist lip synch, having the singer drum, and keep switching positions like musical chairs.
Also, with Morissey, his rabid fan base would come to Smiths' shows and bring him flowers and copies of Oscar Wilde books and different things he mentioned in songs.
It's lovely to see you get them so well. I grew up with them and still listen.
"I was looking for a job and then I found a job. And, Heaven knows I'm miserable now." Absolutely brilliant. Great reaction. You should check out "What Difference Does It Make?". You'll definitely feel that track.
"How Soon is Now?" It's one of their most recognizable hits. Love you. Love the channel.
This charming man's more recognizable.
You are right, that line alone is a masterpiece. So glad you appreciated it as much as the music
I saw them at Glastonbury Festival in 84 or 85 and he had a bunch of flowers in his back trouser pocket, I think it was his gimmick catch phrase type of thing
It was his homage to Oscar Wilde, one of his heroes.
@@rosiebottom3870 thankyou Rosie, now I get it
NO ONE does miserable like Morrissey!!! To this day STILL one of my all time favourite bands 🖤🖤
I could recommend other songs to listen to but I would be here all day!
In the 80's After a break up The Smiths + The Cure = Not leaving your room for weeks 😆🖤
Good lord I never realised this was why I never leave my room. Add Radiohead into the mix and you've got the soundtrack to darkness and despair lol
@@mariomanno1 for me it was add Depeche Mode & NIN LMFAO, I don't think I ever left my room unless I had no choice but to! Ahhh the misery of youth....lol
One of the funny things about The Smiths is that the music is often really happy and cheerful whilst Morrissey sings about how depressed and suicidal he is! It's deliberately quite tongue-in-cheek of course, he's trying to make us laugh while entertaining us.
Yes and he was called the "Pope of Mope" by those who couldnt see the humour.
@@rosiebottom3870 That's right Rosie and the humour was there from the very start - singing about how he was told he was "too handsome" to worry about what to wear on a night out in 'This Charming Man' 😀
@@ronaldobrien6870 yes, I got so tired of friends saying he was depressing. " no he's funny".
@@rosiebottom3870 Absolutely, everything in his lyrics is tongue-in-cheek and humorous. There's a touch of Oscar Wilde about him (one of his heroes naturally).
@@ronaldobrien6870 I love Oscar, I've even been in his cell at Reading Gaol.
He's laughing. He gets it!
I love that you love the smith's jv.There lyrics as you say are so relatable to well almost everyone.Pure geniuses.Keep them coming mate.
Love this song! Love this performance, cheers Jayvee ♡♡
Jovaughn thank you so much. I absolutely love The Smiths, especially Morrissey’s voice and those lyrics. They made incredible music together until it went south! However this a band we would listen to in Photography and Yearbook class in high school. If you haven’t already reacted to these maybe you would like those as well.
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Cemetry Gates
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Queen Is Dead
The Headmaster Ritual (Radiohead did a great cover)
Girlfriend In A Coma (my mom’s personal favorite)
Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before
Thank you so much. I’m in the hospital and this made my day.❤️
@Rose Madder Thank you so very much! ❤️
Yes, these are my favourites too! Cemetry Gates is a beauty!
@Rose Madder You are too kind! ❤️
@Savannah Loughlin That is something I didn’t know. You learn something new everyday. Thank you.
The flower thing? Morrisey, in a few of his TV appearances in 1982, waved gladioli and daffodils on stage. From then on. in every concert from 1982 to 1989, fans would bring flowers to concerts, and when the band appeared on stage, 1000s of flowers would be thrown on stage - what a glorious site. Also, you missed the line, "Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I'm miserable now." - the last thing you want to be reminded of is you are alone or have failed in love and relationships or just can't get or find anyone. Morrissey is a poet.
Basically a masterpiece.
Morrissey is known for performing on stage accompanied by flowers, usually gladioli, swinging in hand or shoved in the back of his trousers. The history behind flowers and his flowering caring fans can be linked to a music video by the British pop group The Smiths in which Morrissey was the lead vocalist. The video was for the single "This Charming Man" it was the group's second single released in October 1983. Two music videos were made for "This Charming Man". The first was filmed by the British television show The Tube, and features the band playing the song in a room filled wall to wall with flowers. Morrissey and fellow Smiths band mates can be seen in the video tossing flowers about while flower petals fall from the ceiling. After the "This Charming Man" video release The Smiths fans would adorn the band with flowers whenever the band performed live.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I’ve been waiting for this one. This song takes me back to high school!
The moment I heard his voice I knew it was Morrissey, I had forgot how I loved his voice. You gave another great reaction response sweetheart, you are honest and genuine and that's what I love to listen to and you listen to all kinds of music which is wonderful. Take care and stay safe please my friends God bless you all love hugs and peace to everyone Mary-Ellen UK
Absolute amazing voice , the smiths are legendary .🇬🇧👍
I was 18 when this was out & found the lyrics totally relatable!
Imma new sub, im an 80s kid. I LOVE THE SMITHS / MORRISEY more & more. Thank you for being SO OPEN & SO CUTE! What a treat for the ears AND EYES you are!
Ohhhhh man! Their Meat is Murder album is an ultimate classic! It was my first introduction to The Smiths via my older sister, who when she came home on military leave in the mid-80s, she would let me listen to her walkman with the latest music she discovered. Man, those were great memories! Check out How Soon Is Now? And Headmasters Ritual.
Morrisey - love that you reacted to The Smiths! As Paul Sheedy said, great upbeat tunes with morbid lyrics -and they do it well. Check out "Ask Me" next.
That line , "why do I smile at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye" 🤣 🦵
*I'd much rather...
Just over one minute in and he’s “GOT IT”! Brilliant
They wrote several songs in a pad a few hundred metres from where I lived (didn't realise that until many years later). Memories of listening to them at the bus stop on my walkman waiting to get the bus to grammar school. I had a season ticket at Manchester City, a few rows away from Johnny Marr, and still see him running near my home quite regularly. He is the greatest guitarist of all time in my opinion.
Caligula would have blushed...you gotta like that one
Wow, very fitting song for a hazy, rainy day here...😁
I’m glad you noticed the bass because Andy Rourke is an amazing player and ridiculously underrated. Please react to Pretty Girls Make Graves
I love how much this guy loves it. 😊
Of all the folks who react to hearing a piece of music for the first time, you are the one whose face makes me happy. Open to anything. Great things are going to happen to you, my boy.
I love Morrissey and The Smiths. I saw them in 1984 at the Portsmouth Guildhall, then Morrissey on his own in 1991. He hated jobs he had before he became a star, which is what the song was about. I'm a year younger than Morrissey and I have always related to him and his music and lyrics. I love your reaction to that song, as you get it. Not many people I know, get what Morrissey was and still is talking about. For instance, he used to be on radio 2 quite a lot in the 80's, and he has a brilliant sense of humour. Love your show man, and glad I found you on here. xx
A great group and song.
Was a goth in those days in Leeds and we danced to many a Smith's tune.
Haha I was in Leeds then (though not a goth).
Jeez, time certainly flies by! I've been listening to Morrissey since the 1980's, when he was in _The Smiths_ and then solo, FFS.
The Smiths are definitely a huge part of my personal soundtrack. I was lucky enough to see them when I was 14, and have seen Morrissey and Johnny Marr (guitarist) separately multiple times over the years.
I had 3 jobs like that, 🤣😂🤣
Morrissey is so funny - I can’t explain the bush he’s wearing in his jeans but the hearing aid he is wearing is because a fan with hearing disabilities wrote to him saying they felt very self-conscious about wearing a hearing-aid and so of course Morrissey appears on the most popular TV show at the time (watched by practically all of England, Ireland and Scotland) wearing a hearing-aid so his fan would not feel self conscious. Which is pretty awesome.
LOVE The Smiths. LOVE. So great you played them.
They have so many great records, hard to make a recommendation list, just keep listening to more and more smiths.
I love watching someone ‘get’ the lyrics in the same way I got them when I was 17. Wonderful band.
I admire people like you who seek to discover new things in the endless realm of music…
Omg. The Smiths were my band. Yes, my family at the time thought I was depressed. Lol.
Thank god my family doesn't speak english 😂
Lol mine too - and I was just an angsty, broody kid 🙃😏😕😉
@Rose Madder What an awesome gift! Yeah their music kept me sane too! 😀
@@Sonnie0325 😁
@Rose Madder original vinyl? I'll always regret not buying vinyl. I instead bought cassettes during the early 80s. Ugh.
Ha ha! The amount of times I went home from the pub doing the Morrissey dance with some shrubbery from someone’s garden hanging out of my back pocket. Happy days!
Sued-head, and The boy with the thorn in his side are two more good ones.
I think a shout-out goes to John Peel (RIP) who was a radio 1 DJ back in the day that promoted and spawned punk/alternative music as we know today. Enough said other than please review Nice N Sleazy by The Stranglers
John was the great promoter of so many great British artists. Without him the music world would be so different, bless his soul.
John Peel was the absolute,must listen to,DJ,if you wanted to hear what was happening,in music,back then.
"The more you ignore me" by Morrissey.
Hey man. The flowers are something he does every time on stage. They were thrown to him from the audience.
The Smiths is amazing band, one of the best ever.
During the 80s Morrisey would stuff a bouquet of flowers in his back pocket during their top of the pops performances on the tele. I think it's because Morrisey was very into literature so it's a reference to one of his favorite authors.
My favourite Smiths song! I also love This Night Has Opened My Eyes
This song was my anthem every Monday morning when I was working for the government.
Possibly the worst 4 years of my life. Heaven knew I was miserable then.
"Frankly Mr Shankley" is about Moz' time working for similar employers. Have you heard it?
Always interesting to see how younger generations react to music of previous generations. I wasn’t even around when the smiths were popular (born in 1991) but it’s lyrics like those which are featured in this song that got me hooked. They are my favorite band, have been listening since 2009 when I bought their “The Very Best Of” album after seeing several of their albums being featured on many “Greatest of all time” lists. Morrissey’s lyrics are truly relatable, and the band are all extremely talented, I picked up guitar over the last year with Johnny Marr (Smiths guitar player) being a massive influence and reason why I picked up the hobby.
one of my favorite songs ever. great video man!
I'm looking for a job and then i found the job,heaven knows i'm miserable now.that is the fun part of this song to me.
You hit the nail on the head my bro. Been listening to The Smiths since their start. Good to see that new generations appreciate them as well. And yes, I think a large portion of why so many people relate to Morrissey and The Smiths is because he was able to articulate in a way that had not been heard before, the way so many of us feel.
Haha! I’ve just watched your AC/DC reaction - this couldn’t be any different 😂 I LOVE The Smiths!! ❤️🇬🇧
One of The Smiths best lyrical song is called "I Know it's Over." It's a great slow (some may call it depressing) song. It's really worth a listen if you are okay with sitting back and listening to the lyrics.
"If you're so funny, why you on your own tonight?" One of their best!
@@rosiebottom3870, I would have to agree.
some of the best lyrics ever written!
When they first started he had some obsession was having a tree branch or flowers down his trousers or twisting around in his hand.
You are perceptive. The lyrics are so true. They were a very good serious band, and their music shows it. Thanks for your genuine appreciation.