Morrissey during his 'Business Casual' phase

@Yimello

3 жыл бұрын

On reflection, it's more of a substitute geography teacher look.

@possiblystevo9141

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Yimello Morrissey looking like he turned up last minute from a Mr. Bean convention

@LaurelCanyon1969

10 ай бұрын

But still cooler than 90% of the people on the planet at that time.

@caoilte8097

10 ай бұрын

That was the style for musicians in 1986-87. Just listen to Huey Lewis in ‘Hip to be Square’. “I like my bands in business suits, i watch them on TV

@markofsaltburn

10 ай бұрын

37 years of dress down Friday.

Rrrroll those rrrr's!

Shout-out to Craig Gannon on rhythm guitar. His short lived tenure added an extra sonic texture to their live shows.

@jacquelinemorris7959

7 ай бұрын

Well said 👏 👌

@sexobscura

5 ай бұрын

so fantastically

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq

5 ай бұрын

Yes, it was great. 🍀

@randblackwell8675

4 ай бұрын

His work with Terry Hall is amazing! Check out Home and Laugh.

@stephie.m

4 ай бұрын

And nothing like a Rickenbacker for it...

RIP Andy Rourke

RIP Andy Rourke mil millones de gracias por tu música 🎸 🌹🌹🌹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💞💞💞

@sexobscura

10 ай бұрын

a pesar de que Marr tocó todas sus partes de estudio

@GK-gc9cv

6 ай бұрын

This song truly shows his contribution

Just learned about the Passing of Andy Rourke. In tears. Thanks dude, you were a gift, and always will be.

The Smiths from left to right: Andy Rourke (bass), Craig Gannon (guitar), Mike Joyce (drums), Steven Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar)

Nothing could come close to Marr and Morrisey. They were a formidable pair

@sgbh8874

10 ай бұрын

Laurel & Hardy?

@HarryFlashman.

10 ай бұрын

​@@sgbh8874Chuckle Brothers maybe but not Laurel and Hardy - bloody insult!

@tvtitlechampion3238

10 ай бұрын

Lux and Ivy

@petecampbell6117

10 ай бұрын

Stipe and Buck

@frannieo1707

9 ай бұрын

They're up there with Fagen and Becker. 💜💚💜💚💜

Effortless brilliance. The best band in the world at this time.

@sweetnuthin

9 ай бұрын

Of all time.

@timothyryan8753

4 ай бұрын

They were good, but best in the world/of all time?? Not even close lmao.

@scottfraser7118

4 ай бұрын

It’s a personal thing But not far wrong

@scottfraser7118

4 ай бұрын

Time will tell for us All 😘

Thirty years ago, I remember rushing home to watch this incredible performance, and replaying it again and again until the VHS tape was virtually worn-through. Andy Kershaw's introduction is perfect. Watching this, you just KNEW The Smiths were the best band on the planet. No one even came within their solar-system.

@philkearney0577

6 жыл бұрын

The cult but I know what you mean.

@gaynorplant

5 жыл бұрын

Have you heard placebos version omg awesome if Johnny marr didn’t take his hat off to them ..........

@user-lq2ut4zs7o

4 жыл бұрын

You know, 30 years forward, being completely drunk and able to relate to that, that's saying something

@leebp9106

2 жыл бұрын

Literally and exactly what I did. :) I squealed at Kershaw’s intro. absolutely at their peak I spent a year listening to Queen is Dead. Glorious

@timcomley3241

2 жыл бұрын

Seconded 👍❤️

The Smiths were the best band of the '80s and 1 of the greatest band's ever. Morrissey and Marr wrote so many great tracks in such a short time. Incredible.

@hazelwray4184

9 ай бұрын

@@jonathancroft5235 how is that relevant?

@andresfernandezdelrio9348

9 ай бұрын

Undoubtedly!

@custardtart1312

6 ай бұрын

@@jonathancroft5235hahahaha. Two entirely random bands from the 80s mentioned in reply to a perfectly valid comment. Are you in need of your medication??

@BlueHopi144

5 ай бұрын

best in what sense ? they were not versed in any contest or competition .....wake up dude

@VaduzVaduz

2 ай бұрын

Son la mejor banda de los 80.

British music in the 80s, fabulous time to be in your teens/early 20s

What a band. Every album still stands up today.

@frannieo1707

9 ай бұрын

Yes, and towers above everything else.

@mildred714

9 ай бұрын

No doubt about it. And MOZ will never disappoint me. Always manages to amaze me. And I’ll take that to my grave.

I saw this, late, in 1988. I bought the vinyl in 1987, but this. Bullet proof in every way. LIke a toilet, like a sink, a ceiling. As good and true as a floor, as real as a light. Like a good coat, like gas from the pump. Salad from the shop, rain on the roof. Water in your tap. Simple pleasures. It will never make life better. That was it. It was straight and fucking true.

@mikeluke7417

9 ай бұрын

Brilliant ❤😂

Johnny Marr pisses me off. How does he make that look so easy?

@boxcar9142

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Leone because he's one of the coolest people ever (also it's an easy song)

@rainbowslushy223

6 жыл бұрын

Everything he plays he makes look easy

@numbnutone

6 жыл бұрын

He makes it look easy coz he is miming

@Noelmcdonagh

6 жыл бұрын

Second guitarist made it easier

@paulgrahamedwardspencer5161

6 жыл бұрын

It’s basic chords it’s piss easy

The Smiths at their prime. “Bigmouth”, “The Queen Is Dead” and “Panic” were released in consecutive months in the late spring of 1986. To those of that knew, including the band themselves, they were the greatest band in the world that summer. The rest of the world only listened years later.

@ofbullet

9 ай бұрын

I "saw" them play at Preston Guild Hall...I was 15. I loved The Smiths....yet they came on nearly 2 hours later than scheduled, and then watched 2 minutes of the most beguiling live music ever...Morrisey allegedly had a coin thrown at him....he walked off and then the band did 1 minute later. I was right at the front and thought I was going to die in the ensuing crowd surge. The place was rioting big style. Apparently some Fascist types had wangled their way in to disrupt the gig...well, that was the official line. Thankfully I didn't die. Afterwards, me and my sole Smith's loving school-mate went to the Yate's pub round the corner...ordered 2 bottles of Newcastle Brown (it was easier back then), went outside and cried our eyes out....we'd been waiting months for them to come to Preston. I never did see The Smiths live again, but I saw Morrisey on his Viva Hate Tour, and remember thinking that night, The Smiths were dead. It still Haunts me.

@markofsaltburn

9 ай бұрын

@@ofbullet Morrissey was always capricious, entitled, self-piteous and infuriating, but he got away with it while he was brilliant. Sadly, once the royalties started kicking in and he got his big EMI advance, he became even more whiny and it stopped being amusing. It was hard to listen to a critically lauded, good-looking, 28 year-old-man with a flat in Knightsbridge moaning about how the whole world was against him. The wit was replaced by spite, and after “Interesting Drug”, I bailed out for good.

@krinque

9 ай бұрын

im pretty sure metallica was the best band of 1986 but im positive that they could have been very equal!

@Tao_Peace

9 ай бұрын

I’ll be the first to admit I first heard The Smiths in 1992 How soon is now. I was hooked and the rest as they say is history!

@mikeluke7417

8 ай бұрын

@@markofsaltburn harsh, but fair. Very odd behaviour from the son of poor Irish immigrants 😭spends too much time in the USA 🤑

Loved the five piece line up. Saw them at Salford in 86. Nailed it.

Mozza in fine voice. And Mike Joyce is a phenomenal drummer.

I remember watching this when it originally appeared on BBC2. (They also played "Vicar In a Tutu" on the same show.) It was the first time I'd heard the song and I recall been astonished that my sky-high expectations for new songs had been EXCEEDED. This was The Smiths at their absolute zenith.

@michaelocallaghan2683

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely the same memory for me. Blown away

Morrissey is a proper pop star. Eccentric, enigmatic, about the art.

@mister3566

Жыл бұрын

He had a good teacher

@MrUsermister

11 ай бұрын

... when pride was not about voyeurism

@lennybruce6476

11 ай бұрын

He's perfect. So where The Smiths.

@crappymcdick

10 ай бұрын

@@MrUsermister What does this mean?

@foto21

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, well, he was the major reason the band blew up, done in by another egomaniacal singer. So he didn't have it all. But he was one HELLUVA lyricist.

There is so much sound coming out of these 5. Amazing.

@jumpinjojo

Ай бұрын

Ever listen to Rush, the Police or King’s X?

As far as Im concerned, The Smiths are at the TOP of my 80s music checklist. Always and forever.

Kershaw's intro was on point.

10 years later and I still find myself coming back to this video

Great performance, apparently effortless. Morrissey’s vocal absolutely bang on.

@twoeggcups

10 ай бұрын

I mean, Jesus, tight as hell.

Should have been my wedding song, perfection 😂

The greatest introduction to a piece of music ever presented.

@R0xxo

3 ай бұрын

New Order? Buzzcocks?

@chrisst8922

3 ай бұрын

@@R0xxo 1970's.

Greatest band of all time. Nothing will ever come close.

Smiths at the pinnacle of their majesty. Sadly the end was not so far away.

Playing & singing live, as it should be!

THE SMITHS = THE ONLY LIGHT IN MY LIFE!!!

@johnross7572

11 ай бұрын

Dude - get a better life. X

Craig Gannon is Playing a beautiful Rickenbaker 330 🤩

Literally sends shivers up and down my spine😮 truly magnificent ❤RIP Andy 😢you helped enrich my life along with Morrissey,marr and micky. I simply adore the greatest band ever❤❤❤💔🌹

This song is everything

What a gem!💎 Fires me back into puberty! M,55,🇩🇪 Thanx for that!🫶🏻

Bigmouth Strikes Again🤣😂🤣😂

Clean and clear, near perfection music and vocals… they were on top

man, this song is more powerful than a run away train.....they were at the height of their game......

Rip Andy Lad📻🎸

As I'm getting quite old I often contemplate what song I want to be played at my funeral, something that will say a lot about me but wouldn't be too soppy. I think I've found it ...

@playlist9980

3 ай бұрын

Getting a pop song played at your funeral is naff as fuck.

@ade1963

3 ай бұрын

@@playlist9980 thank you for sharing your opinion

@playlist9980

3 ай бұрын

@@ade1963 You're welcome.

Morrissey was almost late for this gig he was doing door to door selling windows lol 😁 😁 🤣

The BEST influencers of Brit pop in the history

2020 from MALAYSIA👍👍

@rdot5113

4 жыл бұрын

philippines

Big mouth yes great classic by the Smiths awesome thank you.

I remember watching this and, at the time, being impressed with Craig Gannon, on rhythm. He makes this performance what it is. Cheers Craig.

@bazscott4633

Жыл бұрын

I remember watching it going whos he and whats he doing there ?

@johncollins5552

9 ай бұрын

Craig sounds better than Johnny, must have lent him that Ricky.❤

Just brilliant thank you for posting

I remember running home after football training and being slagged off for not going for a pint after, cos this was on the tele...sigh....

Craig Gannon remains one of the most humble, talented and down to earth musicians imo - he was just a young un here! & already ahead of his game...If you're new to the music of The Smiths/Moz he also played on some of Moz's greatest early songs ....as well as with other great bands 👌🎸

@holdencaulfield4230

5 ай бұрын

The fifth Smiths!

@jacquelinemorris7959

5 ай бұрын

@@holdencaulfield4230 Yes!! He certainly is! ☺🎸👌

Che ricordi. Ci vestiamo così era il 1987, 87,88.ilsabato al bar poi Riccionebinbdiscotecaa2h di macchina. Io Freak Simon cipparonibe onetwo.... Ovviamente avevamo questo brano e la strada scorreva sotto di noi come un nastro blu notte. Eravamo Dei.

Im from.83. i Will be 41 this year and i still listen to this song everyday!!!! Love it!! It IS on my top 10 most awesome songs ever

This is a great piece of film.

The asymetric camera angle when moz puts his arms out like that. Elbows to the world. Nothing but elbows. I was entertained

@1683clifton

10 ай бұрын

@0:50 Thats a fuckin pose! So good.

Total legend, hero, saviour!!!!

Thank-you Andy.

definitely one of my favorite performances! moz looks so happy

1986 was a fun year, remember going to the used clothing store and finding old '50s blazers and if we could find really old 501 Levi's that were worn in to go with it, then had to get the doc Martin loafers

This music still seems ahead of its time. Amazing. Unique sound.

@eddiedelisio

10 ай бұрын

Still is. Maybe even more so today

Perfection !! I remember seeing Andy Kershaw at the London Palladium concert 26/10/86

RIP Andy Roarke, shame on Morissey for not paying you what you were owed.

This is rocking😊

The 80's, melancholic, dark, powerful. And all that embodies Morissey, with his perfect sounding voice and this airy, distant, arrogant way he had about him. He was a really charismatic character, although he seems so far above everything. That's exactly the way people felt and behaved if they were the incrowd. There was a kind of coolness and distance, no wonder if we look at what happened in that year - think of Tschernobyl, think of the Cold War, think of President Reagon threatening the countries in Europe fooling around with nuclear weapons.

@hazelwray4184

9 ай бұрын

US presidents. Some things never change.

One of the best songs ever on my Sony Walkman 1988 or so ride my bicycle to and from work

Insanely good vocal. As good if not better than the studio. I’m guessing Moz doesn’t do many takes in the studio.

@bobhenderson9276

10 ай бұрын

You are right. He's well known for only taking one or two takes to get it down usually. From what I remember, Johnny Marr has said that the 'I Know it's Over' vocal was done in one take, and that no one had heard it before he did it in the studio, which is remarkable considering it is arguably his best vocal. He was always very prepared before coming to the studio and had his part ready to go. This was from the way they worked where the band would lay down the music in a demo and then that tape would be sent to Morrissey who would work on the vocals at home, then he would come to the studio and do the vocal.

@user-fd4cq7pp5s

10 ай бұрын

Go home and get a life but it's a miserable life laah de dah

@bluepool6969

10 ай бұрын

The producer on "How Soon Is Now" said Moz only did two takes.

@rayhoughton8046

5 ай бұрын

Ffs he's only talking through how soon is now. Bellend

There will never again be such a band as the smith's Dynamic and original

the best . A melhor banda de todos os tempos.

this is so brilliant, that nobody can bear it

Marr is a geniusssssss

love it

Andy Rourke is rocking a nice bass in this...

tight musical unit, scathingly delicious lyrics

Wow incredibly perfect ❤ Smiths at their finest 🎉

Craig looks really young in this video! I just checked Wikipedia and apparently he was only 20 when this was performed. I didn't think he was so young!

These lads were/are bloody amazing.

Such a great song

johnny marr plays one tune, morrissey in a different zone

@wanwandokko

5 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what makes it perfection

Rourke is looking so cold on the side there, with the bleached blonde hair. What a total badass.

i remember this, and like gunneretic above i taped it and watched it endlessly. there was quite a bit of controversy in the nme about their "rocked up" sound, but then "there is a light..." came out and everyone shut up. great live band.

Can't even see Joyce, but he is tearing up the beat on this. I really think he doesn't get enough credit.

Went to see them in 86 in manchester at the gmex. Unforgettable days.

I luv this sm

@hazelwray4184

9 ай бұрын

s+m?

Hi😊 great I'm missing my brother and dad my adult offsprings goodness in foodness good wholesome vibes tonight how about anyone else?😊

The Smiths essa banda é demais gosto muito ouço até hoje

First time i saw the Smiths on TV when i was 17 and in sixth form on a thing called "sounds of the 80s" bbc archive performance footage. The Fifth Smith craig cannon and an amazing reverse tom drum roll by Mike Joyce first time id ever seen one make this a joy.😊

i love him

Rip andy ❤

What a fantastic performance! The song was not one that I particularly liked of theirs, but I would happily watch this live performance again, because it is top-notch and full of vibrancy.

Brilliant song

Stunningly beautiful and truly great words and musicianship 😢😢 still bring me to tears, the greatest band ever❤.RIP Andy 😢😢

@dommccaffry3802

4 ай бұрын

I agree

Odd seeing Morrisey with a Blazer and Tie here :P

Greatest band ever!

@MarielaRodriguezRico

9 ай бұрын

Listen to more music brother

The 80s..........................oh how I miss you!

I love this introduction by Andy Kershaw…

Wow they sound great live.

The Smiths una de las mejores bandas que he escuchado tengo 38 años y la primera ves que los escuché fue a los 16 años cuando fui a un bar clásico en lima peru en el centro de la ciudad que se llamaba YAKANA BAR donde pasaba new wave, pop y rock británico y rock de los 80 de las más clásicas de la época, me acuerdos claramente que me enamoré de su música. Desde entonces sigo escuchando ❤🎶🎶🎶😌

The Smiths . Wonderful .

Brilliant

Great introduction❤

Whatever the studio or set-up..There is STILL THE UNIQUE STAGE PRESENCE 😊OF Mr. Morrisey & Mr.Marr 3:36 3:36

every time i see him i grin from ear to ear. every single time.

What a front man just a top band…