My favourite Smiths is ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’. Again, mesmerising. Would love to see what you think of it. 😊 🎶

Johnny Marr (guitar) and Morrissey (vocals) were a great team in The Smiths. Very good band.

@shawnduffy1988

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@TheInfamousLegend27

Жыл бұрын

it's sad that you don't mention Andy or Mike, seems like everyone forgets that the Smiths was a 4-piece. the bass and the drums were the backbone of the Smiths songs. listen to a song like Still Ill without bass, it just sounds hollow and wrong, and if Mike's drumming wasn't very connected or tight, the songs would've suffered. and bear it in mind i'm a guitarist myself lmao, i love the Smiths but i still think Johnny and Morrissey are just a bit overly obsessed over, and it completely shadows the talents of Andy and Mike.

Morrissey has massive catalog from the Smiths & his solo career his voice and writing is a masterclass of what a Real artist should be.

@e.m.b2834

Жыл бұрын

Morriseys turned into a racist has been clown but in his time he was great

Suedehead was big back in the days, and it's a beautiful song...Morrissey had a big solo career...as others will mention, How Soon is Now is an epic song!

Just like Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order and other bands of the era, the Smiths (and Morrissey solo) have a plethora of songs you’ll need to get to sometime! Some of the cleverest lyrical writing you will ever come across. Morrissey is actually on tour at the moment too - still relevant and playing new and old stuff in 2022.

The Smiths are amazing, their lyrics are funny/tragic honestly.. try You’re the one for me Fatty Girlfriend in a coma Heaven knows I’m miserable now William it was really nothing How soon is Now Cemetery Gates Frankly Mr Shankly Ask You won’t regret it , his voice is sublime ❤

@nightfoundations7228

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! and also Pretty girls make graves, Girl Afraid, Hand in Glove, Jeane, Headmaster Ritual and Some Girls are bigger than others...So many good songs!

@TheInfamousLegend27

Жыл бұрын

"You're the One for Me, Fatty" is a Morrissey solo song lmao. but i agree with your list, I got some more to add to your list: - Still Ill - Accept Yourself (David Jenson Session) - Death of a Disco Dancer - The Queen is Dead - Sweet and Tender Hooligan - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - I Won't Share You - Back To The Old House - Handsome Devil - I Don't Owe You Anything - I Know It's Over - I Want The One I Can't Have - Is It Really So Strange? - Miserable Lie - Nowhere Fast - Rusholme Ruffians - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - Stretch Out and Wait - Suffer Little Children - These Things Take Time - You've Got Everything Now - Well I Wonder

"Well I Wonder" by The Smiths. Such a great track. Blissful simplicity. Also "Such A Little Thing" by Morrissey. The catalogue of the Smiths as well as the singer Morrissey's solo career are simply masterpieces. There are so many great songs to choose from.

Please do more of the smiths!! They're my favorite band of all time, I hope you'll love them too!!

Morrissey loves flowers, especially daffodils and gladioli. * The Smiths have a lot of interesting songs to discover like There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Still Ill, Hand In Glove, Barbarisms begin at at home, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, How Soon Is Now, Bigmouth Strikes Again and others. * Morrissey’s lyrics are full of wry sarcasm and sometimes can be harsh, he is known for dealing with controversial topics in his texts, but they are also full of melancholy, lyricism and true poesy. So everyone will find something in them, that will hit home.

Everyday is like Sunday!

This is so special to see the youth become a Smiths fan from the jump.

I started the video tentatively. I wonder if our dear beloved PMD will enjoy The Smiths ? My worries soon dissipated and was replaced by a grin ! I'm super glad you liked this. Something about Morrissey's lingering vocals does it for me. ❤ I adore this band and I am hoping you will continue your journey to other memorable Smiths songs. x Note - I am more than a bit excited about this possibility ! lol. Oh here are my suggestions and are generally regarded as fan faves - "Girlfriend in a Coma", "Panic", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "What Difference Does It Make", "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" and "Panic". Yes, all of these ! 😁😁

The genius of the Smiths! Morrissey is a brilliant lyricist regarded like a British Bob Dylan. Last Night i dreamt somebody loved Me or Girlfriend In A Coma, just brilliance 😎👍 Get to it you won’t be disappointed.

“I Know Its Over”, “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want”

@taintedlife2618

Жыл бұрын

I know it’s over is my favorite Smiths song albeit BLEAK!

Adore the smiths ,this whole era in general in British alternative music ,Depeche Mode ,the cure,the smiths , takes me back to some fun nights ,cheers for this fab reaction ,hopefully this is just the beginning of your smiths journey 😊

I grew up listening to The Smiths purely because my sister was into them, the melodies and vocals were absolutely mesmerising. Not a fan of Morrisey himself but some of those songs were sublime. There is a light that never goes out, I know it's over and Never had no one ever from The Queen is dead album are just beautiful!

Morrissey is spinning flowers around, it's true. There is a story behind it. When he was just a lad, straight boys by the busloads would show up at his live shows and heave bouquets at him, some of them would faint. That's right. Morrissey gave straight English lads permission to be gentle and even homoerotic with him. Because Morrissey was celibate, the question of sex was always off of the table. That freed up his young, very straight, steelworker, punks, and tough guys to let their macho guard down and be free. It was an amazing scene to witness. There are documentaries about it. Young Morrissey was perpetually surrounded by flowers offered up by his heterosexual male audience. 🏳‍🌈❤💐Also, you have to know that Morrissey was the number one reason why English men, as well as globally, went vegetarian and vegan in the 80s and 90s. PETA has been a staunch ally with him for a long time. To this day, if he is performing, all restaurants in the area must agree to stop cooking animals. He refuses to be near it. You should listen to MEAT IS MURDER.

I love The Smiths!! The lead singers name is Morrissey, he's amazing! You should check out "How Soon is Now" or"I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish" just to name a couple. Also, you should check out Morrissey's solo stuff!! 🥂

Hi. Love your channel. The Smiths are my favorite bad of all time. Yes I am old. Check out the albums The Queen is Dead and Meat is Murder.

@taintedlife2618

Жыл бұрын

My top Smiths albums.

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The smiths are so awesome! I’m actually gonna see Morrissey tonight!

You FINALLY got to The Smiths! Can't wait to hear your takes on classics such as "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now," and "Ask," and "How Soon Is Now." I also suggest "Hand in Glove" for the single art alone.

Love the Smiths,and Morrissey. "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" is my favorite Smiths song.

_There Is A Light That Never Goes Out_ and _Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want_ are great songs by The Smiths 👍

One of mine fav songs from them

If you enjoy Morrissey spinning a bouquet above his head, wait until you see one of those performances, when he has an entire bush hanging out of his back pocket... The Smiths were simply sublime. I'm resisting the urge to recommend you react to their entire catalogue, but There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, How Soon Is Now and Panic! are absolute musts.

2 recommendations …. Ask or The Queen Is Dead … both great tracks.

Great band, totally original.....well worth hearing lots more them, loved your reaction PMD thanks.

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Love the smiths. My all time favorite of theirs is "Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before".

Top 3 for me: The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode... " How Soon Is Now" By The Smiths is one of the best songs ever written!

You’ve hit on another of my favorite bands. “How Soon Is Now?” Is iconic. A must listen. And then Morrissey’s solo stuff is also amazing. If you decide to check that out, a great one, imo, is “Everyday Is Like Sunday”. Thanks again for the entertaining vid.

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Yes to the Smiths and to most of the comments here. Morrissey really lost me in the past few years, but as the Smiths were pretty much bred into me during my angst years I find their music impossible to give up. Lots of great suggestions here but how soon is now is a must and I also love well I wonder, / please please let me get what I want ❤️

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by the Smiths. Essential!

Love the reaction! You're a funny guy. Keep listening to The Smiths...it only gets better❤

I'm glad you like him - - I look forward to more! I vote for 'How Soon Is Now'

I know it’s over is my favorite smiths song. It’s a bit bleak. But I love it. And Handsome Devil is a great one. William, It was Really Nothing.

I just saw the singer Morrissey perform last month in San Diego and his voice is impeccable and he’s still as vibrant and charismatic as ever

I love the Smiths. A shame the lead singer Morrisey turned out to be a total div. But I digress. Do How Soon IS Now. That one is essential. LOVE your channel! I wonder if you hear the influence on artists like Sam Fender. He (Fender) is a big fan of Jonny Marr the guitarist.

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, and I definitely hear the influence! 😊

@caneyebus

Жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr isn't much better. Here lately they have been fighting like an old couple via Twitter and 3rd parties.

@29memyselfandi

Жыл бұрын

Viva Morrissey.

@29memyselfandi

Жыл бұрын

Viva Morrissey.

The Smiths are really quite amazing. Didn't last very long as a band before MOrrissey went on his own. But they own a special place in alternative music history. Glad to see you going down this rabbit-hole Bryson. How Soon is Now is probably their most famous song.

The Smiths. Ground breaking.

you definitely should listen to "hand in glove" and "there is a light that never goes out"!!

I loved The Smiths and was fortunate enough to see them play live twice (both times in London). They have many good songs and I think you could continue your Smiths journey with "William, it was really nothing" and "That joke isn't funny anymore". There are many more I could've recommended.

Brilliant song. You should listen to How Soon Is Now. I am sure somebody else has suggested that amazing song. You might have heard it because a cover version was the theme tune for Charmed (also a very good version)

Perfect word for this. Mesmerizing.

Nice, you've just taken your first step into the beauty, wit, & genius world of *The Smiths* - only together for five years, they're the most important British band of the past 40 years. Full album listens are justified - classics & holy music, all. Other Smiths video classics: "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" "How Soon Is Now" "The Queen Is Dead" "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" Singer Morrissey is an icon - a bit on the downslope these days but his early solo albums & singles (1988-1995) are essential. Recommended official videos: "Suedehead" "Will Never Marry" "Sing Your Life" "November Spawned A Monster" "Oujia Board, Ouija Board" "Tomorrow"

I love this song ❤ morrissey’s voice is so unique x

Morrissey is now a complete prick but The Smiths were absolute legends. Keep exploring their back catalogue.

My mind is blown, having known this music for three decades or so… to see somebody for the first time hearing it makes me wonder what I must’ve looked like when I first heard it.

my absolute favorite Smiths song is "there is a light that never goes out".

The Smiths were(still are) a massively influential band.Morrissey's solo career has not dissapointed and his voice is still amazing.He has some strong opinions on certain things that really divide people on him.But he just says what he thinks.Please dive in and do more👍🇬🇧,thanks.

The BEST smiths song is definitely“bigmouth strikes again”. I recommend you react to that one by then!! It’s so good!!

I assumed you were familiar with the Smiths. Wow. You are in for a rabbit hole that is an absolute treat. The Smiths are one of the truly great bands of the 80s. I recommend Bigmouth Strikes Again next.

Gladioli flowers he was spinning.he would also where thick glasses and an old hearing aid with the wire and battery pack that he put in his back pocket even though he didn't need them. They were emo and wrote songs about things that were going on. Very influential among their peers and future artists. Try there's a light that never goes out, girlfriend in a coma,heaven knows I'm miserable now and how soon is now.

Time for the deep dive into Morrissey and The Smiths! Just a side note, Moz was obsessed with James Dean, which is easy to do…

The Smiths are great!! And Morrissey, the lead singer is a very Charming Man ☺️ If I'm correct one of their songs was in the movie Pretty in Pink. 80s classic highschool movie

My older brother used to listen to these.. wasn't til I got to his age that I got it 👍

I love for you to do more Smith’s and Morrissey.

You will love "how soon is now" by the smiths. The theme tune used for charmed. Happy viewing x

I've been listening to The Smiths for 40 years and I've never heard this take. Hell, you may be right! Great reaction. Btw, I saw the moment when you fell in love 🎶

I wouldn’t have survived my angst-ridden teen years in the 80s if I didn’t have the Smiths and Morrissey’s mournful wails.

Yeah, the amount of songs by The Smiths and Morrissey's solo career is huge. I've seen that there are several suggestions in the comments, so I'll indicate a few: Well I wonder, The boy with the thorn in his side and Rubber ring by The Smiths. From Morrissey I recommend Ganglord. By the way, I think This charming man was a song I suggested a long time ago. Good to know you liked it.

When I was young, all of my straight guy friends loved Morrissey like crazy. I was a gay guy, yet I didn't get it. Later in life I became a celibate vegan gay guy, and then everything Morrissey did made perfect sense. Now I love Mozza so much.

'William, It Was Really Nothing' would be another good Smiths song to do.

His concerts, both in smiths and solo career are legendary and personal. Us fans always jump the stage to hold him and he loves us for it... i am one who was fortunate to kiss his hand when i got on stage in 2013

One of my favorite guitar riffs.

I could recommend you a hundred different Smiths' songs that I love, but really I'll take anything from them so ditto to whatever the other comments say 🥹 So happy you enjoyed it! Some people don't know what to make of Morrissey's voice and lyrics.

It's great that this is your first exposure to them. While I love How Soon Is Now (and something you should listen to at some point), This Charming Man is a better representation of what you're going to get from them. Morrissey also has an extensive solo catalogue that you can go after. Along with How Soon Is Now? I'd also say to try There Is A Light That Never Goes Out or What Difference Does It Make

How Soon Is Now is real wah wah iconic, if that is what those initial sounds are. I only knew that tune from a Pepe Jeans ad with a rain dance going on

@laurajanehealy612

Жыл бұрын

Here’s the whole advertisement which people still go crazy about here kzread.info/dash/bejne/kWygyc-cYtnZkpM.html

5 years, something like 98 songs and then gone. An astonishing band. I was lucky enough to be around 14 when they appeared and spent the next five years smiling. Funny and beautiful.

So excited to see you're delving into "The Smiths." They had such a unique sound, and yes, Morrissey's vocals are absolutely mesmerizing. He could sing the phone book and still put you into a trance. I would highly suggest "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" and "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out." Both such beautiful songs. "Suffer The Children" is one of my absolute favorites although the subject matter is really heavy. I love how Morrisey was able to tackle a heartbreaking topic in such a beautiful and poignant manner. "William It Was Really Nothing" is also really great, as well as "Cemetery Gates" and "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others " The whole "Loudet Than Bombs" album is a masterpiece. Thanks so much for this reaction. You made my day!

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!! 🙂

The Smiths are an amazing band, Nobody made music like Morrissey and Marr, check out “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” you won’t regret it, great reaction

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I think you'd enjoy "Girls & Boys" by Blur. Exposes you to a young Damon Albarn and opens you up to the whole '90s "Britpop" phenomenon (huge at the time).

Moz is my religion

Aaaaaw ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Best English band ever

LOL!Your line about the goosebumps..........and the air conditioning vent could have been lifted from a Smiths / Morrissey song!

The singer is Steven Morrissey. But for some reason he does not like his first name so he is just Morrissey for the fans 🎤

Morrissey ❤

Gay men have made the world a much better place. They have so much to.offer humanity.

The bass line reminds me of „Walking on sunshine“ by Katrina and the waves.

@danmcdaid

Ай бұрын

Pre-dates it by a few years though, I think.

The Smiths like Madness, Pet Shop Boys etc have a very British sound I'm not sure Americans will fully get. It's great to see your reaction.

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 😊

You simply must check out "There is a light that never goes out!" and ponder forever what you might have been asked by Morrissey on that night in the dark underpass

I am sure you are going to smile. Enjoy your day

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Will do! 😊

As a long time Smiths fan from 1986, you should check out "Big Mouth Strikes Again"!!

Darling you are so cute and your reaction matches my first listen to The Smith as a fellow peculiar man hahaha. Very endearing

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

They are amazing but my favorite will always be it's over.

I couldn't see anyone else mentioning it in the comments so I guess I'll jump in: apparently the "jumped-up pantry boy" and "return the ring" lines are lines lifted from a film adaptation of a homoerotic play called 'Sleuth' and is referring to returning stolen rings. Which I only know because I just looked it up. I always thought "return the ring" was just a quaintly-English way of saying "call him back."

You don’t know Morrissey?...😂😂😂😂 He’s as infamous as Boy George but in a much darker way Listen to Bigmouth Strikes Again Love you Pancake❤️

@PancakeMarshmallowDude

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

i think you mostly nailed the analysis

take a look at "I Won't Share You" and "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" . i think you must try some of their discography.

We've all fallen in love with Morrissey once or twice

Morrissey was a gay and that was still unusual in the 1980s to have an openly gay lead singer to a rock band. My friend and I would play the Smiths all the time in college and people would sometimes ask us if we were gay just because we’re listening to the Smiths. We weren’t. But it didn’t matter, Morrissey was so cool he was one of our heroes.

For your next treck into the Smiths you should listen to Head Masters Ritual , There is a Light, The Boy with the thorn in his Side, and Stop Me if you've Heard this one before enjoy 😉

If you want a similar dynamic in a rock band you can see that Queen would fit the bill. Queen was fronted by obviously gay Freddie Mercury (who never actually came out of the closet) - the rest of the band were comfortably straight and the dynamic this created was really attractive to audiences even if they didn't quite understand or want to admit what was going on. Of course musically Queen and the Smiths are quite different but they had the same gay/straight situation that Queen had and if you keep in mind this dynamic and that Morrissey wrote all the lyrics for the Smith's songs and he wrote about being gay extensively while being ambiguous about his sexuality at the same time makes for an endlessly fascinating body of work !! Of course his lyrics weren't just about being gay but there's a healthy proportion that is. Something about a gay man fronting a straight band that makes you want to look with mouth open in astonishment and your ears open in appreciation of the music that this creates.

Can i recvomend What difference does it make and There is a light that never goes out .

Heartily recommend What difference does it make by The Smiths.

Please, react to the legendary Tina Turner. One of her last live concerts has attracted over 80k spectators in one night. That was something a few decades ago.

The Smiths could be your neighbors.

oh gosh, you'll need a separate channel for the smiths. get ready to cry.

When u doing more Smiths? As promised!

Don’t ever get Botox your eyebrows say everything x