Andy Rourke passes away (1964 - 2023) (UK) - BBC & ITV News - 19th May 2023

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  • Andy Rourke, the bassist for rock band The Smiths, has died aged 59, the band has announced. Guitarist Johnny Marr confirmed "with deep sadness" that Rourke died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer. His birthday was last January.
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    Wikipedia:
    Andrew Michael Rourke was an English musician, best known as the bassist of the Smiths. He was known for his melodic approach to bass playing. Rourke joined the Smiths after their first gig, having known guitarist Johnny Marr since school, and played on all four of their studio albums.

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  • @johnjmoore3309
    @johnjmoore3309 Год назад +58

    They should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. RIP Andy

    • @sj_-_
      @sj_-_ Год назад

      They're too good for the hall of fame: it's corporate bullshit.

    • @Joelster-og4pf
      @Joelster-og4pf Год назад

      I so agree.

    • @DarrenLamb-on3py
      @DarrenLamb-on3py Год назад

      Only Americans care about that trash stupid club

    • @RiverOfBlacklights
      @RiverOfBlacklights 11 месяцев назад

      Doubt they would ever accept such a crap "accolade"...

    • @festersuncle6298
      @festersuncle6298 6 месяцев назад

      Fame? The Smiths are anti fame.

  • @tommytommytommytommyrobins496
    @tommytommytommytommyrobins496 Год назад +66

    Rip Andy, now any slim chance of a reunion has finally gone. Sad day for us all😢😢😢

    • @75harg
      @75harg Год назад +2

      😢😢😢 literally i been posting the same though any chance I have🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼RIP ANDY YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

    • @tommytommytommytommyrobins496
      @tommytommytommytommyrobins496 Год назад +1

      @@75harg yeah Alex it’s sad sad times for all of us smiths fans. God bless from newcastle England my friend👍

    • @75harg
      @75harg Год назад +1

      @@tommytommytommytommyrobins496 cheers from Cabo, Mexico

    • @oscaralbino374
      @oscaralbino374 Год назад +1

      "the saddest thing ive ever seen, and you never knew how much i really liked you 😢, because i never even told you... Ohhh and i meant tooo. Are you still there?? ( now this lyrics suiting perfectly) Goodbye Andy.

    • @johnrogers2826
      @johnrogers2826 Год назад +1

      There was never a chance.

  • @Ineedanewbrainwashagent1.
    @Ineedanewbrainwashagent1. Год назад +19

    Andy Rourkes bass playing defined many of The smiths records for me . Rip Andy Rourke you truly will be missed💔

  • @KevinSvetlich
    @KevinSvetlich Год назад +6

    Andy. Thank you for bringing to my attention how magical a Bass can be. You Saved My Life. Rest in Peace.

  • @lawrencekelly1898
    @lawrencekelly1898 Год назад +15

    I was listening to the Boy With the Thorn in his Side a few a weeks ago and Andy's bass was what I really couldn't get enough of and put me in a great mood. As a teenager I was mostly enamoured with Johnny Marr's guitar sound and still am, but have loved Andy's contribution more and more, the songs are worth so much more thanks to him. He really was a sublime musician. RIP

  • @FFGG22E
    @FFGG22E Год назад +37

    As good a bassist as McCartney himself, I love what he brought to the smiths.

    • @euan7166
      @euan7166 Год назад +4

      Better. But not as good as Squarepusher or Flea.

    • @Ineedanewbrainwashagent1.
      @Ineedanewbrainwashagent1. Год назад +8

      He was a better bass player than McCartney. Rip Andy Rourke of The smiths.

    • @fzerostrike
      @fzerostrike Год назад +2

      @@euan7166 can´t compare with these bassist... rourk was abselutetly perfect for the smiths songs. no better match... bass and marrs arrangement was a perfect blend...

    • @LouisMenotti
      @LouisMenotti Год назад +1

      Rourke was incredible. Both comments above are missing the point of McCartney's bass playing though.

  • @leeosborne3793
    @leeosborne3793 Год назад +7

    Glad to see clips of live performances of "Barbarism Begins At Home" there - I keep going back to them, Andy's performance on them was incredible.

  • @carlosalenduran4630
    @carlosalenduran4630 Год назад +3

    Andy was and is and always will be my favorite from the smith's, rest in peace and thank you for all the amazing 🎸 sounds.

  • @luiss4684
    @luiss4684 Год назад +5

    😢 so many memories in my young days. Still love the Smiths those albums and songs are forever dear to me

  • @BrickwallStudios0
    @BrickwallStudios0 Год назад +4

    Rest in Peace Andy, I still haven't heard a band with such unique yet tight and driving bass lines.

  • @tommykearney510
    @tommykearney510 Год назад +4

    The light of Heaven to Andy. A musical legend. He made that guitar talk.

  • @tinxxb
    @tinxxb 6 месяцев назад +1

    I'll never get over this 😪 it's been almost a year and I feel like he's still there

  • @fzerostrike
    @fzerostrike Год назад +6

    very very underrated bassist...

  • @emmanuelbenghi8798
    @emmanuelbenghi8798 Год назад +1

    Obrigado, Andy.

  • @voxxclamantis9668
    @voxxclamantis9668 Год назад +2

    Very amazing and memorable bass lines, The Smiths were one of the best bands ever, in my opinion...RIP Andy!

  • @heleneramos889
    @heleneramos889 Год назад +2

    So nice to meet you and share so shining and blissfulness moments with you @ Perú!!! The privilege and pride is mine! Yes!🎸

  • @TP42411
    @TP42411 Год назад +1

    R.I.P Andy! And thank you for the music that you were part of making 🙏🕊

  • @gabrielgolden4336
    @gabrielgolden4336 Год назад +3

    He was unusually, noticeably good. A cut above. Pancreatic cancer is really bad. Hope he's in a lovely place.

  • @lavitroladeldiablo
    @lavitroladeldiablo Год назад +9

    Everyone point to This Charming Man or Barbarism BAH when they want to remark how good he was. But those bass lines are just such a "cool riffs" not cooler than other lines from Gallup (Cure) or Hook (N.Order). I´ve been bass player for more than 30 years, and I strongly recomend anyone who would want understand what a bassist should do to enhance the quality of any song, to pay attention to some other gems as Well I Wonder, Oscilate Wildly or Headmaster Ritual (many others, of course). Thats why Mr Andy Rourke was a second to non true bass player. Cheers mate.

  • @everythingiseverything6740
    @everythingiseverything6740 Год назад +3

    One of the best, RIP!

  • @matttorrence2900
    @matttorrence2900 Год назад +2

    My fave bassist of all time.

  • @MrJommins
    @MrJommins Год назад +8

    What a tragic loss to the music industry. One of my biggest influences as a bass player.

  • @v-town1980
    @v-town1980 Год назад +2

    That 'The Tube' performance of Barbarism at 03:48 is one of my favorites of Andy's. Totally chunky and juicy bass playing.

  • @stephenwalker2924
    @stephenwalker2924 Год назад +7

    such sad news

  • @anthonylawson6955
    @anthonylawson6955 Год назад

    Very sad news. This man fueled the rhythm of my youth. You will be greatly missed. 😢

  • @christophercleary6780
    @christophercleary6780 Год назад

    God bless you, Andy, you changed our lives, Sir

  • @bodenebarker3019
    @bodenebarker3019 Год назад

    Rip Andy I grew up with your songs Man . Sorry to see you gone too soon.cheers

  • @OswaldoLafee
    @OswaldoLafee Год назад

    But in our hearts, you are so real. R.I.P. Andy you need not to worry about that.

  • @iwanttheoneicanthave11578
    @iwanttheoneicanthave11578 Год назад

    Maraming salamat Sir Andy para sa musika. We love The Smiths here in the Philippines 🇵🇭 RIP..

  • @bb-gc2tx
    @bb-gc2tx Год назад +2

    only 59 sad

  • @jessefigueroa345
    @jessefigueroa345 Год назад

    🖤

  • @glennoc8585
    @glennoc8585 Год назад +1

    Can't believe it seems so young. That cancer has taken young people Ive known it awful. Andy's bass riffs were fantastic so funky at times. Pity they never got back together for a one off gig. Morrissey I believe deep down still cared for Andy even after their fallout hence such kinds words

  • @Bigsbeee
    @Bigsbeee Год назад

    Andy and Derek Forbes are THE two best ever for me. Very sad he was taken so young.

  • @ianbruce892
    @ianbruce892 Год назад

    Vale Andy 😢💔 You are LEGEND, you will be very missed by the World 🎸🎶🎤

  • @englishmanlv
    @englishmanlv Год назад

    RIP Andy :( Great bass player great band

  • @peterjonas4971
    @peterjonas4971 Год назад

    What a shame!!! Their rhythm section was so tight. RIP, Andy. This is the first I've seen/heard of it. The US media has said nothing. WTF? He helped make my adolescence.

  • @dhh488
    @dhh488 Год назад

    What a talent.

  • @soppdrake
    @soppdrake Год назад

    Ah, man! This is the first I've heard of this and I am gutted 😢

  • @joanofarc708
    @joanofarc708 Год назад

    What a bass player

  • @Stelladoppia1
    @Stelladoppia1 Год назад

    😭😭

  • @festersuncle6298
    @festersuncle6298 6 месяцев назад

    He's still here Bass Drum Guitar Voice.

  • @quantumeseboy
    @quantumeseboy Год назад

    He was one of the very few fretted bass players I liked.

  • @karakoram4613
    @karakoram4613 Год назад

    aw dang!!

  • @VIC-20_Synthwave
    @VIC-20_Synthwave Год назад

    RIP Andy!

  • @robertqqq4292
    @robertqqq4292 Год назад

    🙏🙏🖤

  • @eancurtis9333
    @eancurtis9333 Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @jaxking904
    @jaxking904 11 месяцев назад

    Reast high King 👑

  • @demetrio5171
    @demetrio5171 Год назад +6

    The first of the gang to die

    • @pablopatriciom.3596
      @pablopatriciom.3596 Год назад +1

      Oh....its true, just like title morrissey song, Andy Rourke virtuos bassist. His death is so sad but He will live in his songs and rytmhs

  • @kevinjackson6387
    @kevinjackson6387 Год назад

    Very sad news 😢

  • @Htiler
    @Htiler Год назад

    Andy was a much better character than Morrissey or Marr. Best bass player in my books. Thanks Andy.

  • @anthonyjenkins5170
    @anthonyjenkins5170 4 месяца назад

    The older i get the more i realise that without Morrissey they would have been recognised as possibly the greatest British band in history. With Morrissey they were the recognised as the top 5 British band in history..

  • @ursweetsab
    @ursweetsab Год назад

    Nooooooooo!

  • @bigpauliep6992
    @bigpauliep6992 Год назад +1

    "after the band was photographed there for the Queen's Dead album."
    Funny, I've never seen that album listed in Queen's discography. . . Unless he meant Hot Space..?
    Or perhaps the BBC needs to hire someone who actually knows how to annunciate? Yes, that'll be it.

    • @VGAgamerandvideos
      @VGAgamerandvideos Год назад

      he said "the Queen is dead album", thats a smiths album

  • @XLBiker13
    @XLBiker13 Год назад

    Probably my favorite bass player ever. His bass lines were so melodic and musical. Brilliant artist.

  • @stevenvoynow561
    @stevenvoynow561 Год назад

    With all due respect.

  • @johnnyslc
    @johnnyslc Год назад +1

    Never a chance of a reunion, as long as Morrisy was in the band. He despises all of them

  • @txhimlauj
    @txhimlauj Год назад +1

    Wow this sucks. I don’t want to be this old.

  • @bobdobalina838
    @bobdobalina838 Год назад +3

    Hypocrite Morrissey, to say that he was valued but not enough to give him the 6 or 7 figures that he owed him??

  • @TJPoppy
    @TJPoppy Год назад

    💐🤍🕊️

  • @kbtube8125
    @kbtube8125 Год назад

    same as cars bass player ben orr.

  • @connectedwave6101
    @connectedwave6101 Год назад +2

    Barbarism begins at home, enough said!

  • @dawidklucz849
    @dawidklucz849 Год назад +1

    There's 3 greatest bands In British music:Led Zeppelin,Joy Division and The Smiths!!! Farewell Andy

    • @bigpauliep6992
      @bigpauliep6992 Год назад

      Cardiacs, Genesis and The Kate Bush Experience.

    • @dawidklucz849
      @dawidklucz849 Год назад

      @@bigpauliep6992 they're local bands

    • @novadhd
      @novadhd Год назад

      uh you forgot one

    • @bigpauliep6992
      @bigpauliep6992 Год назад

      @@novadhd UB40..?

    • @novadhd
      @novadhd Год назад +1

      @@bigpauliep6992 Beatles

  • @wakeupcanuck6763
    @wakeupcanuck6763 Год назад

    Safe and effective ....

  • @leifandersen2756
    @leifandersen2756 Год назад

    The eighties music with the boy bands were boring and they had a short lifetime luckily !

  • @stevendimmock4791
    @stevendimmock4791 Год назад

    So sad that Andy, the humourless, gay bass player with The Smiths, has died.

  • @brianstones6234
    @brianstones6234 Год назад

    A god of bass!!! Cheers mate!

  • @heleneramos889
    @heleneramos889 Год назад +1

    So nice to meet you and share so shining and blissfulness moments with you @ Perú!!! The privilege and pride is mine! Yes!🎸