The Smiths- Bigmouth Strikes Again (REACTION & REVIEW)

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Комментарии • 124

  • @rydelldownward7808
    @rydelldownward7808 2 года назад +27

    This one really expresses Morrissey’s wicked sense of humor. Love it.

  • @PJprog
    @PJprog 2 года назад +45

    Now I know how Joan of Arc felt....... genius - poetry and music all in one place. And groovy as they come. Superb. 😍😍

    • @sarahzentexas
      @sarahzentexas 2 года назад +10

      Morrissey is hilarious. Love his erudite lyrics.

    • @bgray625
      @bgray625 11 месяцев назад +2

      Flames rose, roman nose, melting Walkman. We've all been there.

  • @TisTheDamnStickSeason
    @TisTheDamnStickSeason 2 года назад +32

    Some of the greatest and most hilarious lyrics ever

  • @jeezoh000
    @jeezoh000 2 года назад +44

    The backing vocals are also Morrissey. Backing vocals on the album are credited to Ann Coates a reference to the Ancoates area of Manchester.

    • @EC-dz3fb
      @EC-dz3fb 2 года назад +5

      NEVER knew that! Thanks!

    • @gimu.gilmarmonte
      @gimu.gilmarmonte 2 года назад +7

      It's Morrissey's voice pitched up :)

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher 2 года назад

      @@gimu.gilmarmonte the bastard always did that and credited it to others, he's such a wank like that lol.

  • @mikew4001
    @mikew4001 2 года назад +26

    A classic Smiths album! Still got the original vinyl album from 1986!

  • @saturninebear
    @saturninebear 2 года назад +14

    Best track on a flawless album.

  • @tonyetchells6051
    @tonyetchells6051 2 года назад +10

    The Smiths were so unique. Their musicianship was top notch and Morrissey's lyrics were always grimly amusing. I would heartily recommend "The Headmaster Ritual" , a bona fide masterpiece which has a driving guitar and pulsating drumwork, and anyone who felt like a misfit at school would identify with the storyline.

  • @johnramsell8078
    @johnramsell8078 2 года назад +13

    One of the best singles of the 80’s IMHO, kicking off side two of one of the best albums of the 80’s. You nailed it Justin, this is one of Johnny Marr’s masterpieces

  • @bigjapi1
    @bigjapi1 2 года назад +8

    Was in my playlist during years, years and years, I still listen to it!

  • @HeatherErin
    @HeatherErin 2 года назад +14

    Never gets old. My fave albums are Meat is Murder and Strangeways, Here We Come. Iconic Gen X 💜💜💜

  • @sphericalharmony1603
    @sphericalharmony1603 2 года назад +27

    I always thought that this song was Morrissey showing some self-awareness about the trouble his big mouth could get him into but, judging by that quote you found, maybe not. Nevertheless, a fun song. Glad you mentioned Rourke's great bass playing, which sometimes gets overlooked among all Marr's guitar wizardry.

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher 2 года назад +3

      Honestly that's why I always thought that Rourke and Joyce deserved more than their meager percentages. Unless Marr sat there and taught him the basslines, Andy (and Mike) both brought so much to the songs. All one has to do is listen to the songs Rourke worked on for Moz's solo career to know how quality he was, too.

  • @jamespaivapaiva4460
    @jamespaivapaiva4460 2 года назад +7

    My fickle fingers have replaced the bull-frog mouth in my senior years. Morrissey and Marr's writing brings us to laughs and cheers, while the sarcasm of it all, leads to deeper fears. All in all it is still music to my ears! Peace & joy and beers for your tears!

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley 2 года назад +8

    A perfect song. I love it. Great reaction. Thanks

  • @tonybanks1035
    @tonybanks1035 2 года назад +7

    this might be my favourite smiths song

  • @geneharvey7
    @geneharvey7 2 года назад +5

    The lyrics are beautifully over the top. Nice reaction!

  • @frugalseverin2282
    @frugalseverin2282 2 года назад +6

    I love this band, one of the best of the '80s. This song is a perfect example of Marr's musical brilliance combined with Morrissey's ambiguous (and darkly humorous) lyrics. He calls her "sweetness" as he's trying to apologize by saying he was just joking about violent threats he made. Women don't forgive or forget. Their song 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is very similar in tone and equally funny.
    The 2017 re-release of this album comes with demos and 4 b-sides from the singles: 'Rubber Ring', 'Asleep', 'Money Changes Everything' and 'Unloveable'. For me 'Asleep' is the most devastating song they made. I hope you include these 4 songs with the album reaction.

  • @timlynch5710
    @timlynch5710 2 года назад +2

    Way back when....my buddy was a DJ in a great club in Toronto. He'd play the intro to this and the dance floor would get packed, then he'd mix in Barracuda by Heart, then back to The Smiths. It was always about 3 a.m. and it was always brilliant.

    • @raeann63
      @raeann63 2 года назад

      maybe it was heart's "crazy on you"? i also thought "big mouth" 's guitar intro sounded like that.

  • @iainweller452
    @iainweller452 2 года назад +8

    Great song, fab lyrics, this is the album of my early 20s and what an amazing album it is, I always have fun listening to your channel, looking forward to more.

  • @burmajones803
    @burmajones803 2 года назад +3

    Damn, what a guitarist. Love this band. So funny. So inventive.

  • @thegardenfix
    @thegardenfix 2 года назад +5

    Yesssss, finally....my favorite Smith's song, and you're pretty much the only channel that has reacted to it. :) You rock.

  • @johnhawk1089
    @johnhawk1089 2 года назад +5

    Love the track. Johnny is superb. Morrissey used to wear a hearing aid and glasses that he didn't need. The hearing aid mentioned was another way to compare himself to Joan of Arc.

  • @EC-dz3fb
    @EC-dz3fb 2 года назад +5

    I almost always "smile and laugh" when I hit up this channel! Melting Walkman and all! ♡

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  2 года назад +3

      That makes me happy to read EC :) Ty

    • @EC-dz3fb
      @EC-dz3fb 2 года назад +1

      @@JustJP HAHAHA! See?! "I can't be on your side! I just can't!" 😹

  • @nomisnestral6956
    @nomisnestral6956 2 года назад +2

    Play this round midnight and Cinderella turns into a six foot goth, at least that’s how I remember it.

  • @kevind4850
    @kevind4850 2 года назад +8

    Like your new commentary format during the music. Yeah, played _Queen_ _Is_ _Dead_ album constantly when it came out, and vividly recall this track as being one of the standouts (along with the title track). Always wondered at Morrissey's ability to rapid-fire through short series of words while enunciating so clearly. The timbre of the backing vocals reminded me of Cyndi Lauper - interesting to learn it was Morrissey!

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  2 года назад

      Ty Kev!

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 6 месяцев назад

      ​@JustJP Why have you removed me from my channel? I made one comment knocking the Subhumans album, and probably rightly got a lot of flak for it. I apologised to one guy which reached him, album he didn't reply. I've just received another comment criticising the same album and i'm blocked. I imagine you saw my apology, explaining my deep concerns that i had contracted all the symptoms. Yesterday, thank God, i was given the all clear, but before i knew this it petrified me and effected my communication with everyone. It manifested itself in the form of anger. If you've already seen this explanation already and still gone ahead and banned me, surely that goes against your polite and easy going nature. Justin, i am not dying, and surely you can imagine how i am now feeling. Please return me to your channel, as i don't think i have it in me to offend anybody ever again. I've gone from deep despair and darkness to a second chance at life. Please see it in your heart to let me back into the fold. I have no bad feeling left in me, and this would be reflected in the chance of future participation. Peace JP, and please consider what i have been through. ❤

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 6 месяцев назад

      Sorry. I should have put your channel, but i've been rushing through this whole explanation.

    • @Owlstretchingtime78
      @Owlstretchingtime78 6 месяцев назад

      ​@JustJP Have you read my explanation Justin? If so, would you please reply to me! 🫱 🫲

  • @markmaxwell1013
    @markmaxwell1013 2 года назад +5

    I don't know much about The Smiths but appreciate the wide range of music you have covered this weekend! Keep up the good work Justin! 🎷🎹🎻🎸👏

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Mark, I'm trying :D

  • @prestonschmitt5356
    @prestonschmitt5356 2 года назад +1

    i love that you pointed out the chipmunked morrisey vocals in the back lmao. i always noticed that when i played my smiths cd and i thought it was weird as hell but its pretty funny

  • @musicdroog7666
    @musicdroog7666 2 года назад +5

    Johnny Freakin Marr. You should really do more of his work with The The from Mind Bomb or Dusk.

  • @freebee8221
    @freebee8221 2 года назад +2

    Such a great song. The story is kindof brutal yet the music is happy

  • @willem-janageling3907
    @willem-janageling3907 2 года назад +3

    Bass, drums and guitar are all top notch here. And Morrissey to top It off.
    The were my favorite contemporary group in the eighties and this album, this single specifically.
    Great reaction, as always! You’re awesome JustJP.

  • @timeweston
    @timeweston 2 года назад

    'Who are you talking to?!'
    perfect

  • @elwray3506
    @elwray3506 2 года назад +2

    Haven´t heard this song in a while and I have to say that this pitched up voice ( as basic as this tec is/ was), was really well done. And yeah, guilty of being a bigmouth myself, who loves to melt other peoples hearing aids. And the term "cancelled" springs to mind, when it comes to the chorus line.

  • @thomassharmer7127
    @thomassharmer7127 2 года назад +1

    'Did they really call themselves NME/ enemy?" Text speak had not been invented back then because there were no mobile phones in general use.

  • @cricketbat09
    @cricketbat09 2 года назад +2

    still sounds fresh and relevant.

  • @user-yz1dl3eu8l
    @user-yz1dl3eu8l 2 года назад +1

    The 'walkman and hear aid ' is just for fun and for the rhyme, (felt /melt) it is poetry .

  • @RickTBL
    @RickTBL 2 года назад +5

    As it turns out, Morrissey really does have a great big giant mouth.

  • @Octavian7771
    @Octavian7771 Год назад

    The high pitched vocal during the 'Bigmouth' refrain is Morrisey's voice fed thru an octivator.

  • @Lwize
    @Lwize 2 года назад +3

    Easily my favourite Smiths song.

  • @user-bx2xl7ex7r
    @user-bx2xl7ex7r 2 года назад

    Is that line " and my Walkman is starting to melt" if I but I always thought he said that. Reminds me of an overly self critical acid trip.

  • @LATBEGHUD
    @LATBEGHUD 2 года назад +5

    He said he was was only joking😀

  • @bobbyb2725
    @bobbyb2725 2 года назад

    It also sounds like he’s about to sneeze right before each chorus

  • @jfergs.3302
    @jfergs.3302 2 года назад +3

    Smiths gold.

  • @Grizazzle
    @Grizazzle 2 года назад +1

    Woot!! This one sticks in the brain.

  • @motelghost477
    @motelghost477 2 года назад

    The backing singer is called Ann Coates (it's Morrissey pitch shifted).

  • @MrCREWCRUSHIN95
    @MrCREWCRUSHIN95 2 года назад +2

    That's an electronic harmonizer. It's probably Morrissey using the harmonizer.

    • @eboethrasher
      @eboethrasher 2 года назад +1

      They actually slowed the tape down and he recorded a harmony and then it was sped up when they put the tape at normal speed, the old fashioned trick.

  • @raeann63
    @raeann63 2 года назад

    NME is a UK music industry newspaper, short for NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS, popular in the '80s.

  • @sonnyjames8922
    @sonnyjames8922 2 года назад +1

    The Smiths were my first love in music. I like the Joan of Arc and hearing aid references. You should hear "Head On" by The Jesus and Mary Chain from 1989.

  • @kenhewitt7357
    @kenhewitt7357 2 года назад +2

    Great lyrics

  • @RGRG3232
    @RGRG3232 2 года назад +3

    It's just Morrisey's voice sped up. Edit - OK, I said this during the music so you saw it at the end. Regardless, still one of their 5 best tracks.

  • @eboethrasher
    @eboethrasher 2 года назад

    It is yet another ace track from the GOAT of Smiths albums IMHO. With an ace review from one of my favorite reactors, of course.

  • @jaemyrick5277
    @jaemyrick5277 Год назад +1

    I know Just JP. The Smiths are DARK and also funny. LOL! Catchy tunes. Morrisey is epic vocally.
    You gotta react to “ Girlfriend In A Coma” by the Smiths, very unsettling and cringing and very very sad.
    Great reaction.

  • @maruad7577
    @maruad7577 2 года назад +2

    Before the iPod, there was the Walkman.

    • @lemming9984
      @lemming9984 2 года назад +1

      I thought I was the only one who knew about iPods these days. I have three and use one on a daily basis.

    • @maruad7577
      @maruad7577 2 года назад

      @@lemming9984 My iPod wouldn't hold enough music so I got an iPhone. It is a disappointment as preferred my flip phone and my iPod. Progress sucks some days.

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 Год назад

      After the ipod there is still the Walkman -- You can still buy a digital Walkman today

  • @jenwendy7
    @jenwendy7 2 года назад +2

    I ❤ this. Joan of Arc heard God, perhaps through her walkman and hearing aids? I understand being so angry you feel like bludgeoning the perpetrator so The Smiths always make sense to me. If you've been violated/abused you might understand.

  • @thoru4367
    @thoru4367 2 года назад +2

    Freakin classic dude

  • @deanmaynard8256
    @deanmaynard8256 2 года назад +1

    This is supposed to be about Morrisey's relationship with the press

  • @rogerhennie8939
    @rogerhennie8939 Год назад

    Lots of great Morrisey solo stuff too.

  • @chrissmith6022
    @chrissmith6022 Год назад

    NME … New Musical Express … a UK music paper

  • @ammonitelight
    @ammonitelight 2 года назад

    I hope you'll do Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. It's such a good example of Marr's guitar playing as well as that happy music/depressing yet humorous lyrics juxtaposition that The Smiths were so good at.

  • @briz1965
    @briz1965 2 года назад +1

    At this time, Morrissey had already a pretty poor relationship with the UK press - they hounded him really, this was his response. Oh, and yes, moving to the US as soon as he could.

  • @thefabulousmula
    @thefabulousmula 3 месяца назад

    his bigmouth getting him into trouble is exactly what the song is about for those wondering. People have a tendency to overanalyze his songs because of his reputation. Most of his songs are tongue in cheek. The chipmunk voice was added because Morrissey nearly busted his belly laughing when it was added as a prank

  • @HippoYnYGlaw
    @HippoYnYGlaw 2 года назад +1

    The More you ignore me the closer i get &
    Hold on to your Friends were responsible for me purchasing “Vauxhall & I” which has Soul. Now My Heart is Full and the rest of them tear me apart.
    Great LP.
    Yeah mid 90s . The mist was Dense.
    Stephen Duffy says hi.

  • @ButtonPhonics
    @ButtonPhonics 2 года назад

    Loved it Love it. Here's my 'big mouth' telling you the secret of the incomparable Chris Rea who has evaded your great reaction channel Justin. Britian's enduring songwriting, gravel voiced, slide guitar master (all 3). 'Your Warm and Tender Love' from his No.1 1989 Album Road To Hell perhaps a nice starting point. Putting it our there cos he's loved world over but not known all over.

  • @DurandCompton
    @DurandCompton 2 года назад +1

    You deserve more subs.

  • @onsesejoo2605
    @onsesejoo2605 2 года назад +2

    Morrissey often has the themes of alienation and misplacement in his lyrics for The Smiths. "There's The Light That Never Goes Out" is a prime example.
    Morrissey got some stick about the lyrics, which he apologised as a bad choice and lack of judgement. He was critisized for not possibly knowing about how Joan Of Arc felt and putting her mission in mere loudmouth in trouble category. The hearing aid was also cause of anger. I personally think that it might have been a bit odd reference to the voices she claimed to hear.

  • @jenniferkilzer5080
    @jenniferkilzer5080 2 года назад

    I'm sure someone will tell you, NME is New Musical Express. There were tons of publications about music in the UK since the fifties. That one was a weekly and may still be online these days. Like our 24 hour News Channels, to keep an audience, they tended to be quite sensational. Every band was at war with each other, and there could only be clearly good and bad individuals in each band. The public ate it up!

  • @musicbybackinnyc1
    @musicbybackinnyc1 2 года назад +1

    36 years old wow

  • @dvancebum
    @dvancebum 2 года назад

    Great track

  • @paulsharp2565
    @paulsharp2565 2 дня назад

    Life would be a lot easier if I didn't have a mouth. It's not just what comes out of it, but what goes in too!

  • @jtenaz
    @jtenaz 2 года назад +1

    Good song.

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull7076 2 года назад +1

    Walkman, a portable cassette player. New Musical Express, NME

    • @briz1965
      @briz1965 2 года назад

      quite nothing like buying the NME every week 1978-82

  • @sunkenindeaf
    @sunkenindeaf 2 года назад

    Because recently you've posted Marillion too... Take _"Forgotten Sons"_ (from "Script of a Jester's Tear"), the passage starting at about 3 minutes mark, and compare it with Smiths' _"Barbarism Begins at Home"_ (from "Meat Is Murder") --sounds quite close to each other, bass parts in particular.

  • @ginodc5944
    @ginodc5944 Год назад

    I suspect that the lyrics about wanting 'to smash every tooth in your head' and 'you should be bludgeoned in your bed' are not literal things he said but exaggerations of things he may of said to which people overreacted as he had said what the lyrics say. I hope it makes sense. I can't explain it any better at this time of night lol.

  • @cujocujo4942
    @cujocujo4942 2 года назад

    Marr is just so smooth...

  • @bgray625
    @bgray625 11 месяцев назад +1

    "Sweetness I was only joking when I said I'd like to smash every tooth in your head"
    - Chris Brown?

  • @garysmith5641
    @garysmith5641 2 года назад

    After years of being a Smiths fan Barbarism begins at home , i think is their best

  • @SKYSAW59
    @SKYSAW59 2 года назад

    What is there to say about perfection?

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 2 года назад

    The Smith’s and Morrissey Never boring always interested fun to listen to love you

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  2 года назад +1

      Appreciate you David :)

  • @airwindows
    @airwindows 2 года назад +1

    Much like Randy Newman or some Steely Dan, Morrissey's making a point of writing himself right OUT of listener sympathy. It's not about you liking the character in the song, so much as he is just straight up venting and you're experiencing him as a sort of emotional spectacle. You can like the spectacle and still be like 'I don't think me and this guy are going to be friends'. I still like the music, but I don't think I'd be friends with Morrissey :)

    • @-davidolivares
      @-davidolivares 2 года назад

      Big mouth short people go to the movies.

  • @pedromiguelfernandezgonzal9126
    @pedromiguelfernandezgonzal9126 2 года назад

    REACCIANA A ROBE LA CANCION MAS TRISTE EN EL TEATRO ROMANO DE MERIDA NO TE VA A DEFRAUDAR UN SALUDO DESDE ESPAÑA

  • @karimpardayev
    @karimpardayev Год назад

    But sweetness)

  • @teacherchil
    @teacherchil Год назад

    He's siging to Margaret Thatcher...Basically the UK Trump of the eighties.

  • @RickTBL
    @RickTBL 2 года назад +4

    Here's another example of Morrissey's "brilliance": Early in his solo career he was doing a concert at UCLA when, about 4 songs in, he announced to the audience "You don't have to stay in your seats. They can't make you!" and with that, they rushed the stage and the sound went out. Concert over! Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

  • @mattking5936
    @mattking5936 Год назад

    It Manchester humour.

  • @jamesdeansghost5531
    @jamesdeansghost5531 2 года назад +1

    I think he's using Joan Of Arc as a metaphor for himself.

  • @-davidolivares
    @-davidolivares 2 года назад +1

    Go Johnny go…

  • @murdockreviews
    @murdockreviews 2 года назад +1

    One of their biggies. The Smiths at their best. Backing vocals sound like sped-up/high pitched vocals and not a female background singer to me.

    • @ljones2087
      @ljones2087 2 года назад

      isn't it Kirstie McCall? I feel like its deffo a female voice pitch-shifted coz its got that timbre.

    • @murdockreviews
      @murdockreviews 2 года назад

      @@ljones2087 really? I have to check the liner-notes again 😁

    • @SilentAssassin01234
      @SilentAssassin01234 2 года назад

      @@ljones2087 It was supposed to be Kirsty MaColl but due to be unavailable, Morrissey did it himself and pitched voiced the vocals.
      It is credited in the album credits as Ann Coates.

    • @ljones2087
      @ljones2087 2 года назад

      @@SilentAssassin01234 interesting, ta for solving it:)

  • @neilmccarthy5102
    @neilmccarthy5102 2 года назад

    The thing about the Walkman melting… I think is just being ironic, flippant, kind of poking fun at the seriousness of the situation she’s in. Possibly the whole song is about this - how loud, brash people say things to shock… but underneath it’s all a big joke to get a reaction. Maybe a touch of Andy Kaufman spoofing going on there…

  • @tfsonicyouth88
    @tfsonicyouth88 Год назад

    Try well i wonder by the smiths

  • @andrewgibson395
    @andrewgibson395 2 года назад +2

    Still a bit conflicted about this one, back in the day they did produce some great songs and were the voice of the outsiders but nowadays Morrisey turns into a more loathsome creature every time he opens his mouth and seems determined to antagonise the people who were his fans.

    • @unkindestcut
      @unkindestcut 2 года назад

      With the Smiths, I can separate the art from the artist as the art was at least 50% created by Johnny Marr, and Joyce and Rourke were no slouches either.
      Morrissey as a solo performer, though? Nah. He’s ruined that legacy.

    • @JoeBidensdememtiapills
      @JoeBidensdememtiapills Год назад

      Idiot

  • @jasperdevries1726
    @jasperdevries1726 2 года назад +3

    Great band. At the time, I thought Morrisey might have been a bit too full of himself. Age has not quite improved that view.

    • @unkindestcut
      @unkindestcut 2 года назад

      I liked him better when he modeled himself after Oscar Wilde. Now, it appears he takes his inspiration from Enoch Powell, unfortunately.