@planetmormon Shows like this (and "Solid Gold" in the U.S.) were there to showcase a new album or song in a seemingly live atmosphere (audience & performance). Because it was new and being introduced, they WANTED people to hear the recording and get to know and love and buy it. Once a song is well-known then performing it live (w/o lip syncing) is more appropriate.
@Blink182isthesex I have a solution for you when watching this video or any of your other favorite vids: go to your favorite video, then click on the web browser address bar but highlight only the word "tube", then erase it. After that, type in "repeat", then hit "ENTER", and the video automatically repeats itself. It works! Trust me.
The Beatles are the greatest pop band Britain ever produced. The Smiths are the second greatest pop band that Britain ever produced. The Rolling Stones are the greatest rock band Britain produced.
It's a close one between The Smiths and The Beatles. Different era and different time, so it's difficult to judge. The Beatles have a greater quantity of songs because they were around for longer, but The Smiths have a higher level of output for the short time they were together. Controversial as well, but I believe the Morrissey/Marr writing partnership to be superior to the Lennon/McCartney. The contrast is greater.
It's all personal preference, I prefer The Who to the Stones and never really got the whole Beatles thing. People's tastes vary, I mean, listen to the 'gopher' music as I call it teens eat up now
Aren't opinions great? Personal preference. I would just prefer to think about a private performance with T.a.T.u. rather than someone doing the reacharound with Morissey. Better enjoy your opinions whilst you can. As soon as the communist Obama is elected by the illiterate, you will not be allowed to have an opinion when he "fundamentally changes" America.
I'm just not convinced. Similarly with the Beatles, they're okay, I just can't see why they got so huge. With The Smiths though I quite like the writing but not the performance.
oh i totally agree, the Beatles were spectacularly over rated and still are, they're not even close to The Smiths, have you listened to all their greatest songs like william it was really nothing, what difference does it make, girl afraid, hand in glove, sheila take a bow, some girls are bigger that others, bigmouth strikes again? etc
Well, I had a 'best of' (yeah, not always a good idea) a while ago and the only thing on there I could enjoy was This Charming Man. I gave it a few listens and just gave up on them. So they're in the 'not interested' section now along with Radiohead.
i think that you dont find The Smiths, they find you. i was reccomended the band about 4 years ago and looked them up but didnt see anything i was ready to appreciate. but then 3 years ago, after a 2 year bout of hiphop (dreadful, i know that now!) and fell head over heels for The Smiths, but of course we are all different and thats why we like different things. oh and did 'karma police' really not entice you to like Radiohead, or 'creep' or 'no surprices?' - not even a bit? lol
Actually, I do really like the song 'Creep', but after Thom Yorke's insane arrogance when he complained about 'Creep' being popular and that he never wanted it to be a hit song (idiot) I've not particularly looked into anything else. I know No Surprises and Fake Plastic Trees, but I just find them dull (depressing) without the reasons that make Creep interesting to me.
when The Smiths first came on the scene 80s Media just did not get them. Morrisey amd Marr music was so unique. The camp act the tounge in cheek attitude. Such a two fingers on the electronic crap of the period and Thatcher's Britain
hey jerk,if you don't know all the artist that appeared on TOP OF THE POPS USED PLAYBACK becuase IT WAS THE POLITICS OF THE PROGRAM,so ignorant shut your mouth because it was impossible they sang LIVE,the most important is to see Mozz how he dances and his theatrical movements,you are served IDIOT AND NO SMITHS FAN
hey jerk for your information all the artists who appeared on TOTP made PLAYBACK understood?they weren't the only ones all the rest because it was the politics of the program,before writing,you must reserch better and if you don't know about the subject,YOU MUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH
This sucks, tatu or not, because Moz is not really singing. TAtu are a bunch of sluts, that suck, though. i wouldn't mind being the meat in their sandwich, however.
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Not really my cup of tea. I prefer music...with singing...and I'm pretty sure that God would play music better than that, guys, come on.
God would dance better too...and play guitar better. I don't really like the playback either, I'd prefer it even if he had a mic and was faking. Of course, he's faking here, too.
First off, they aren't playing "live" in this video. Totally lipsynched. As for how you would get close to this on a guitar - you will need two trem units ... among other things.
if theres one thing i dont get about Morrisey is his horrible dancing or whatever he is doing,whatever happened to just singing into a microphone and getting just enough into it to make it look good, none of this arms flailing out business
That is one of the major problems with the music industry, music has become secondary to the money and marketing strategies...these days it seems as if actual talent is on the bottom of the list after all the other crap that they care so much more about! The music industry is killing music! Has any one seen the mtv awards lately? It's pathetic! I saw the first one ever, Madonna doing like a virgin! MTV is a joke now, it has turned into something that they hated back when they first started!
As much as I adore The Smiths, they made some horrific commercial decisions. Releasing 'How Soon Is Now' as a B-side and then releasing it a few months later as an A-side?Releasing 'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore' as the lead Meat Is Murder single over the sure-fire number one hit 'I Want The One I Can't Have'? Madness. I have to say that this video is when the lads looked their coolest though.
The Smiths were a very creative, influential, and unique band that changed rock music and the lives of many, at a time when superficial, commercialized music was what people had to listen to on the radio. Don't think when you hear the superficial, commercial music of today on the radio that thats the music of our generation. You'll find people today whos lives have been as affected by Arcade Fire, The Stripes, or The Libertines as people were by The Smiths. Its all just about good, honest music.
Wise words Ray. I'm 49 this year and I've loved music from all the decades I've passed through. Zep,The Specials,Joy Divison,Bauhaus, The Smiths, Primal Scream...The Libertines...The trouble is the industry is controlled by too few people and that stops invention and creativity rising to the surface. It's still there though and you are more likely to find it on the net or the small gig scene than on any of the larger commercial organs.Try Milburn & The Cribs. Keep enjoyin your music Ray
I'm 17, and i think people should stop bitching about the quality of music today. I love The Beatles, The Clash, The Smiths, The Velvet Underground, and more musical artists than I can name. But I'm sick of people who neglect today's music as plagiarized, semi-decent crap. Our musical revolution has come over the past 20 years in the form of nirvana, blur, the white stripes, radiohead, the libertines and other bands that make great artistically relevant music for our generation.
im 15 and I think that the only decent bands (not solo artists, morrissey ftw)split up (or had their golden years) sum 20 years ago i say, Britpop to the people!
fucking sweet hair. the 80s > 00s. who is pregnant. that is all anyone cares about now.. back then people had coke problems but still made good music. fuck e-merican shit-popand shit-hop
It's not just those of us over 40 who think today's music is very ordinary or sucks...it blows me away to see so many comments from 13, 14, 15 year olds who get nothing out of 21st century popular music and find solace and inspiration in artists like the BEATLES, LED ZEP, STRANGLERS, the CLASH and the mighty SMITHS.....I love music too much to want to see it die, so I hope there's a musical revolution in the next year or two, but right now it's not in sight!
The Strokes first album was great, I'm really not into Nirvana, and I haven't listened to enough Bjork for me to comment. Anyway, I didn't say I don't like any modern bands/music, all I meant was that I prefer listening to older music, mostly 60's stuff - and the Smiths of course!
I will give anything to be reborn and be old enough when the Smiths were still together--is not that I dont like Moz I love him but this era was so special! I wish I was born so I could have been there.
I was 15 in 1983 and it was a magic time : every EP of the SMITHS was an event , the cover was usually a fine artwork and the music was always magic !! good old times !
this song IS 80's at its best. a lot of the smiths other songs are way ahead of their time though and do sound like they were made in the early 90's. its just brilliant music.
I just finished reading the book "Songs That Saved Your Life," about every Smiths songs ever recorded. In it Marr says that they could never play this live very well because the bulk of it (the grinding sound) was a studio trick. He also said that this Top of the Pops version was them miming to the recorded version. Morrissey refused to use a mic so that it was obvious that it was just a lip-job
That performance was hilarious! I love how fucking retarded Grohl's drumming looks and how he puts his arms in the air when the guitar for the first verse starts! TV gem.
Did they edit out the part where he machine guns the audience? (0:40) Could have sworn I saw a version where it was much more obvious.
discountlionsafarii 1 week ago
I love Morrisey's microphone and Marr's backing guitar parts at 0:35. I think that audio doesnt come from the live version.
TomSoulGuitar 2 months ago
Notice how he mocks machine gunning the audience down.
UnderTheAffluence 2 months ago
Morrissey not only created a unique style of lyrics, fashion and singing, but he also created a trademark dance. Genius in every sense of the word.
UnderTheAffluence 3 months ago
essa e muito boua ..os caras sao foda
rodolphobeliene 4 months ago
excellent tune
MrKevinmcgarry 4 months ago
Poor Morrissey, no room to really move on that tiny stage
Catmint1971 5 months ago
nothing explains his dancing, it's unique. I love it, but the rest of us would look rather silly doing the same thing.
Never got to see them back when, i hope he comes to Seattle this year
Catmint1971 5 months ago
@planetmormon Shows like this (and "Solid Gold" in the U.S.) were there to showcase a new album or song in a seemingly live atmosphere (audience & performance). Because it was new and being introduced, they WANTED people to hear the recording and get to know and love and buy it. Once a song is well-known then performing it live (w/o lip syncing) is more appropriate.
SWLinPHX 5 months ago
Morissey is fucking sexy.
insearyn 6 months ago
ive just replayed this 17 times. youtube seriously needs a replay button!
Blink182isthesex 7 months ago
@Blink182isthesex I have a solution for you when watching this video or any of your other favorite vids: go to your favorite video, then click on the web browser address bar but highlight only the word "tube", then erase it. After that, type in "repeat", then hit "ENTER", and the video automatically repeats itself. It works! Trust me.
mistergrin 6 months ago
Son and Heir....genious! Have the original cassette !!!
706cwebb 9 months ago
ransley-sep seven,collapse,in orbit
stanleyfreeze2011 10 months ago
siempre amé el segundo 0:43 muy buen video =D
uniseries 10 months ago
wheres his mic?
blackbeltbrown 11 months ago
@blackbeltbrown Top of The Pops always used pre-recordings, meaning the bands were always just pretending. The BBC insisted!
Loughton397 9 months ago
too bad it only last 2:58 mins :/ ....cuz I could listen this song day in and day out.
vampayerLestat 11 months ago
@vampayerLestat you can always listen to the 6-minute version! ;)
Loughton397 9 months ago
Love this band!
AKAjocey 11 months ago
Great song! Great band!
puacino2 11 months ago
I'm so glad I found this! I thought no one had the video! Thanks a whole heap
girlafraid96 1 year ago 2
this is shit
IIChristian89II 1 year ago
@IIChristian89II bullshit, dude. this, the cure, and the stone roses were some of the best bands to come out of the '80s.
eatmyorangemarmalade 1 year ago 4
@IIChristian89II get off the video then, leave it for the people with taste, ok? :)
OliviaAlice16 6 months ago
love spit love is better lmao no one will ever come close to the original! U can not make a better version of any smiths song full stop!
retricz 3 years ago 5
@retricz it's for historical purpose and documentation that we watch this.
DollyVerstraeten 10 months ago 2
Love spit love version is better
Kindzia386 3 years ago
One of the best band and songwriter ever....
the smiths + morrissey= love
krizstp 3 years ago 3
I listened to this song when I was high school a few years ago.
EZR09 3 years ago 3
Lighten up! It's a figure of speech dork!
bunzza 3 years ago
great and stuff, but it's a voice over!
Doublegoat1 3 years ago
Johnny Marr
juttkeys 3 years ago
yes
opprime1 3 years ago
sure, i know that =) i think's it's kinda cool.
KirschBanane13 3 years ago
huum, an angel then...
vilepete 3 years ago
The Beatles are the greatest pop band Britain ever produced. The Smiths are the second greatest pop band that Britain ever produced. The Rolling Stones are the greatest rock band Britain produced.
HarveyDentLives 3 years ago
It's a close one between The Smiths and The Beatles. Different era and different time, so it's difficult to judge. The Beatles have a greater quantity of songs because they were around for longer, but The Smiths have a higher level of output for the short time they were together. Controversial as well, but I believe the Morrissey/Marr writing partnership to be superior to the Lennon/McCartney. The contrast is greater.
jaysenr14 3 years ago
It's all personal preference, I prefer The Who to the Stones and never really got the whole Beatles thing. People's tastes vary, I mean, listen to the 'gopher' music as I call it teens eat up now
Syndrome43 3 years ago
YES absolutely right!! morrissey has a sensual style.
oooonnnniiiinnnngggg 3 years ago
he is lipsinc*
bloodystinkhole 3 years ago 2
yeah... it is so obvious lol
The simpler days hehe
Jadebuxton 3 years ago
well of course, it's top of the pops.
Blue7869 3 years ago
Aren't opinions great? Personal preference. I would just prefer to think about a private performance with T.a.T.u. rather than someone doing the reacharound with Morissey. Better enjoy your opinions whilst you can. As soon as the communist Obama is elected by the illiterate, you will not be allowed to have an opinion when he "fundamentally changes" America.
ricvonzipper 3 years ago
Morrisey was always insane on stage, I can't understand why people called him boring or miserable.
This classic song was only number 26 in the charts! Hilarious, in those days you really felt part of something listening to bands like the Smiths.
wungabunga 3 years ago 29
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How horribly dated. Well written, but their style is very specific to their age. Most overrated band ever to walk the Earth.
0incorporeal 3 years ago
0incorporeal, ive never heard such bullsh1t, The Smiths are everything their devoted fans claim, and much, much more!
wasagoodkid 3 years ago
I'm just not convinced. Similarly with the Beatles, they're okay, I just can't see why they got so huge. With The Smiths though I quite like the writing but not the performance.
0incorporeal 3 years ago
oh i totally agree, the Beatles were spectacularly over rated and still are, they're not even close to The Smiths, have you listened to all their greatest songs like william it was really nothing, what difference does it make, girl afraid, hand in glove, sheila take a bow, some girls are bigger that others, bigmouth strikes again? etc
wasagoodkid 3 years ago
Well, I had a 'best of' (yeah, not always a good idea) a while ago and the only thing on there I could enjoy was This Charming Man. I gave it a few listens and just gave up on them. So they're in the 'not interested' section now along with Radiohead.
0incorporeal 3 years ago
i think that you dont find The Smiths, they find you. i was reccomended the band about 4 years ago and looked them up but didnt see anything i was ready to appreciate. but then 3 years ago, after a 2 year bout of hiphop (dreadful, i know that now!) and fell head over heels for The Smiths, but of course we are all different and thats why we like different things. oh and did 'karma police' really not entice you to like Radiohead, or 'creep' or 'no surprices?' - not even a bit? lol
wasagoodkid 3 years ago
Actually, I do really like the song 'Creep', but after Thom Yorke's insane arrogance when he complained about 'Creep' being popular and that he never wanted it to be a hit song (idiot) I've not particularly looked into anything else. I know No Surprises and Fake Plastic Trees, but I just find them dull (depressing) without the reasons that make Creep interesting to me.
0incorporeal 3 years ago
Fantastic!!!
Harno3 3 years ago 2
Robert Smith Vs Morrisey.
If only I could choose!
ubersp00k 3 years ago
Morissey does look rather silly on stage.
buckleygeneration 3 years ago
u think? lol
sheikyerbouti1983 3 years ago
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I like TATUs version better.
ricvonzipper 3 years ago
TATU are a joke!
XxLeahwxX 3 years ago 15
Is it 'son and heir' or is it 'sun and air'? i love this song and as a metalhead from the 80's I never could figure it out
chancesdad 3 years ago
"son and heir"
:)
x
sliekidd 3 years ago 2
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look on limewire , this soon is NOt called "how soon is now"? but infact " sun and air" ha ha ha ha ha lol lol rofl
clemzzz 3 years ago
ｓｍｕｇ ｂｒｉｔｐｏｐｅｒｓ， ｙｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ｎａｉｌｓ ｔｈｅ ａｔｔｉｔｕｄｅ ｏｆ ｓｏｍｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｃｏｃｋｙ ｃｈａｐｐｉｅｓ！ Ｍｏｒｒｉｓｓｅｙ ｉｓ ｓｉｍｐｌｙ ｂｒｉｌｌｉａｎｔ， ｔｈｏｕｇｈ． Ａｎ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ／Ｉｒｉｓｈ ｒｅｅｌ ｂｌｅｎｄ．
kennyglesga 3 years ago 2
sexy sexy Morrissey
blondie1159 3 years ago
but good song
shooterwall 3 years ago
just a image its all bull shit ok
shooterwall 3 years ago
inside a smoldering agro-grag deluxe like velveeta
astroamelia 3 years ago
when The Smiths first came on the scene 80s Media just did not get them. Morrisey amd Marr music was so unique. The camp act the tounge in cheek attitude. Such a two fingers on the electronic crap of the period and Thatcher's Britain
warwolf4215 3 years ago 2
He set the pace for a generation of Britpopers. But in contrast to them, he lacks the smug bastard attitude.
I love Morrissey so much, even his hair is a piece of erotic artwork to me.
ninmat 3 years ago 3
UPDATE! The Smiths How Soon Is Now IS NOW AVAILABLE ON iTunes!
beatclub911 3 years ago
I just checked for the heck of it and FREAKED OUT! It's about time!!!!!!! lol
pepperannehanson 3 years ago
back in the day they didn't even bother to use a mic, when they were lip-sincing ;)
KirschBanane13 3 years ago 4
hey jerk,if you don't know all the artist that appeared on TOP OF THE POPS USED PLAYBACK becuase IT WAS THE POLITICS OF THE PROGRAM,so ignorant shut your mouth because it was impossible they sang LIVE,the most important is to see Mozz how he dances and his theatrical movements,you are served IDIOT AND NO SMITHS FAN
mozzperu 3 years ago
the one from charmed is by love spit love
this is the original by the smiths
Xinaseason 3 years ago
I CUN'T
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HeirApparent01 3 years ago 2
fortified camp, to be sure...
jokamachi 3 years ago
Marr looks so cool as well!
auto4union 3 years ago
This song is real different compared to the charmed theme song this one is real slow!
joeytimo 3 years ago
It's also Great, Deep, and Non-shit.
luqas99 3 years ago
Morrissey on TOTP? Morrissey Miming?
That's blantantly not the real Morrissey. :(
IanVersion1 3 years ago
hey jerk for your information all the artists who appeared on TOTP made PLAYBACK understood?they weren't the only ones all the rest because it was the politics of the program,before writing,you must reserch better and if you don't know about the subject,YOU MUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH
mozzperu 3 years ago 2
I miss those floppy shirts on a man, very sexy
abigailstwisted 3 years ago
i still wear them let's party
nislive 3 years ago
lol...u gotta love the spam comments....i will announce soon new track and possibly a little rendevous with 3 old FRIENDS???????/
liamrossabby 3 years ago
Where is his mic?
ishhod 3 years ago
He didn't want to use a mic because he was not really singing.
sebmer21 3 years ago
lol
islezeus 3 years ago
These guys are so cool they can stop global warming!
ivegotcandy128 3 years ago 7
Moz is sex
XINDIOS 3 years ago
An absolute masterpiece
bigturd3 3 years ago
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This sucks, tatu or not, because Moz is not really singing. TAtu are a bunch of sluts, that suck, though. i wouldn't mind being the meat in their sandwich, however.
CharmingMan27 3 years ago
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This song is t.A.T.u !!!
Mmm.. fuck smith!!
IVOGARCEV 3 years ago
haha what a wanker. t.a.t.u are shit the smiths are in a class of there own
smithsfan92 3 years ago 7
are you serious you idiot?
dugo01 3 years ago 2
IVOGARCEV please kill yourself you foreign clueless cunt.
Stormrage619 3 years ago
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top of the pops sucks. so corny.
beethousand 3 years ago
moz is god. marr is god.
the smiths in general are god.
god is no where near as good as the smiths are
oopsuhdaiz 3 years ago 2
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Not really my cup of tea. I prefer music...with singing...and I'm pretty sure that God would play music better than that, guys, come on.
God would dance better too...and play guitar better. I don't really like the playback either, I'd prefer it even if he had a mic and was faking. Of course, he's faking here, too.
Mickey2315 3 years ago
Chingonsisima la actitud de Morrissey al no tocar playback!!
jumarrogo 3 years ago
hahaha wicked!
gorillym 3 years ago
Morrissey is God
lunny74 3 years ago
johnny marr is GOD.......morrissey is just a disiple !!
nick0is0ace 3 years ago
so familiar feeling ,extremely delicious...
cecilines 3 years ago
Playback
Wolfworck 3 years ago
of course its playback, but he refused to grab a mike and be fake! and I think its great
tatianitanyo 3 years ago 4
he is my sexy beast
!
kgis17 3 years ago
he didn't use one on top of the pops because everybody has to lip sync on there and he thought it would be stupid to hold a mic
tgodd 3 years ago 4
MORRISSEY YOU SEXY BEAST
scotchqueen 3 years ago 3
in his ear ? lol dunno :D
krassOrizOr 3 years ago
he is sexy
scarletpath 3 years ago
Ive uploaded an extremely rare 7 minute version of How soon is now which has prev. unheard vocal passages.
Also the twice as long New York mix of 'This Charming man' from 1983. I have re-edited the videos for these to fit the longer running time.
Click on my site you little charmers.
thescallywags 3 years ago
1:22--ladies love the Mozzer.
damienmetalwind 3 years ago
how do you play this live???
zagorkeramik 3 years ago
First off, they aren't playing "live" in this video. Totally lipsynched. As for how you would get close to this on a guitar - you will need two trem units ... among other things.
tonebenderx 3 years ago
THIS IS THE BEST SONG everrr
I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG
SEE, IT MATCHES, BEST SONG EVER AND THE BEST BAND EVER
AND THE BEST PERSON EVERRR WHICH IS MORRISSEY
HE IS SIMPLY A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!
AND I ABSOLUTELY UHDORE THAT MOZZA DANCE IT TICKLES MY PICKLE
♥
kgis17 3 years ago
if theres one thing i dont get about Morrisey is his horrible dancing or whatever he is doing,whatever happened to just singing into a microphone and getting just enough into it to make it look good, none of this arms flailing out business
Halfaznflava870 3 years ago
Horrible dancing? This is second best. Shoplifters Of The World Unite set the goddam standard.
/watch?v=TRbp0ZIehk0
damienmetalwind 3 years ago 2
(and giggling hysterically when I saw Johnnys amazingly skinny legs in jeans)
idontlikenicknames 3 years ago
I started screaming when he lifted his shirt :)
idontlikenicknames 3 years ago
i don't understand how morrisey can be so ugly, yet so undeniably sexually appealing.
God he's so fantastic.
LittleLucrecia 3 years ago
That is one of the major problems with the music industry, music has become secondary to the money and marketing strategies...these days it seems as if actual talent is on the bottom of the list after all the other crap that they care so much more about! The music industry is killing music! Has any one seen the mtv awards lately? It's pathetic! I saw the first one ever, Madonna doing like a virgin! MTV is a joke now, it has turned into something that they hated back when they first started!
myluckynumberis1 3 years ago 3
it's the same with the NME, and its such a shame
idontknowwhattocallm 3 years ago
i am an african american, and this was the band that i ran home from school to listen to... they are for real!!! i will never forget them
Ovito85 3 years ago 2
As much as I adore The Smiths, they made some horrific commercial decisions. Releasing 'How Soon Is Now' as a B-side and then releasing it a few months later as an A-side?Releasing 'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore' as the lead Meat Is Murder single over the sure-fire number one hit 'I Want The One I Can't Have'? Madness. I have to say that this video is when the lads looked their coolest though.
Davidorrz 3 years ago
wow, you really didn't need to lift your shirt up there buddy
no seriously, the smiths are one of my two favorite bands that sontain johnny marr
mikemc0420 4 years ago
The Smiths were a very creative, influential, and unique band that changed rock music and the lives of many, at a time when superficial, commercialized music was what people had to listen to on the radio. Don't think when you hear the superficial, commercial music of today on the radio that thats the music of our generation. You'll find people today whos lives have been as affected by Arcade Fire, The Stripes, or The Libertines as people were by The Smiths. Its all just about good, honest music.
raym12 4 years ago 4
Wise words Ray. I'm 49 this year and I've loved music from all the decades I've passed through. Zep,The Specials,Joy Divison,Bauhaus, The Smiths, Primal Scream...The Libertines...The trouble is the industry is controlled by too few people and that stops invention and creativity rising to the surface. It's still there though and you are more likely to find it on the net or the small gig scene than on any of the larger commercial organs.Try Milburn & The Cribs. Keep enjoyin your music Ray
rael1999 4 years ago 2
I'm 17, and i think people should stop bitching about the quality of music today. I love The Beatles, The Clash, The Smiths, The Velvet Underground, and more musical artists than I can name. But I'm sick of people who neglect today's music as plagiarized, semi-decent crap. Our musical revolution has come over the past 20 years in the form of nirvana, blur, the white stripes, radiohead, the libertines and other bands that make great artistically relevant music for our generation.
raym12 4 years ago 4
im 15 and I think that the only decent bands (not solo artists, morrissey ftw)split up (or had their golden years) sum 20 years ago i say, Britpop to the people!
Mirlana13 4 years ago
Thank you for posting that..got my spirit back up! My fetish song!And the words!
Boucrate 4 years ago
Why over analyse everything? Maybe he's just dancing.
JoeHughes 4 years ago
Wow, thanks for that insight into the level of your intelligence, kajagoogoo20...
JoeHughes 4 years ago
It was funny how Moz never used a mic on TOTP...taking the piss out of the fact everything was lip-synched!
Genkimark 4 years ago 4
fucking sweet hair. the 80s > 00s. who is pregnant. that is all anyone cares about now.. back then people had coke problems but still made good music. fuck e-merican shit-popand shit-hop
memalley 4 years ago 6
Michael Jackson stole all his dance moves from Morrisey.
lonelywan 4 years ago 2
I was there in the '80s but then I wished I'd grown up in the '60s. Now the '80s seem good compared with what's going on now.
Ahzdiosh 4 years ago 12
thats what happens when u get old, u think nowadays everything suck
al3jandro 4 years ago
I disagree. I think music has been on a long slow decline dating back to 1973.
ivegotcandy128 4 years ago
It's not just those of us over 40 who think today's music is very ordinary or sucks...it blows me away to see so many comments from 13, 14, 15 year olds who get nothing out of 21st century popular music and find solace and inspiration in artists like the BEATLES, LED ZEP, STRANGLERS, the CLASH and the mighty SMITHS.....I love music too much to want to see it die, so I hope there's a musical revolution in the next year or two, but right now it's not in sight!
terrythekittie 4 years ago 5
Agreed! I think music was half decent in the 1990's, but has sucked arse for the most part of the past 10 years.
ivegotcandy128 4 years ago
I'm only 19, and i think everything sucks. There are only a handful of decent bands at the minute, none of which come close to the Smiths.
Diamo23 4 years ago
what about the strokes? nirvana? bjork?
al3jandro 4 years ago
The Strokes first album was great, I'm really not into Nirvana, and I haven't listened to enough Bjork for me to comment. Anyway, I didn't say I don't like any modern bands/music, all I meant was that I prefer listening to older music, mostly 60's stuff - and the Smiths of course!
Diamo23 4 years ago 2
I will give anything to be reborn and be old enough when the Smiths were still together--is not that I dont like Moz I love him but this era was so special! I wish I was born so I could have been there.
diomy83 4 years ago
I was 15 in 1983 and it was a magic time : every EP of the SMITHS was an event , the cover was usually a fine artwork and the music was always magic !! good old times !
BorlandRIP7 4 years ago
Jadore
GrooveMasterItaly 4 years ago 2
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la version de t.A.T.u. es la mejor!!
the smiths una banda lejendaria de los 80´s son buenos pero t.A.T.u. multiplico por 100000 el valor de esa cancion
MIKellucho 4 years ago
no puedes comparar para nada la version original con la de TATU la de TATU es patetica comparada con esta obra maestra.
johannesjuanes 4 years ago 3
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bueno, es tu opinio y la respeto pero no la comparto,
saludos
MIKellucho 4 years ago
tatu are a pair of russian dykes. This is how the song should sound. even though it is only the record
orourkeda 4 years ago 3
i agree. but doesn't that have a lot to do with the new wave of music that's surging through at the moment?
great song anyway.
tomjuniper 4 years ago
it took so long to find this song !
i love it !
im sooo weird i love all like 80s and 90s music... heh.
cLaUsTrOpHoBiClLaMaS 4 years ago
weird?No,you're not weird,you simply like the real good music...You'd be weird if you'd like..i don't know...shit like Tokyo Hotel for example!!
grazianeddu 4 years ago
mmm the 80's. this song sounds more like a 90's song then an 80's, oh well. its amazing nonetheless
Cocaineandoreos 4 years ago
you are so wrong this is the 80`s at its best....you shut your mouth how can you say.....it`s 90`s music
Yorkshiregirl1967 4 years ago 3
this song IS 80's at its best. a lot of the smiths other songs are way ahead of their time though and do sound like they were made in the early 90's. its just brilliant music.
tomjuniper 4 years ago
indie rock 80s the best smiths
arturocobain 4 years ago 4
Morrissey is a god, but his dancing is well shameful
kamelion7 4 years ago 5
that's the appeal of moz though.
he can dance like that & easily get away with it because lyrically, he's god-like.
haroof 4 years ago 3
ive read that book aswell its good, he started trying to use a pedel with prerecorded functions but the timing was alway difficult!
check2thebeat 4 years ago
Go to "The Smiths-How soon is now" by "danielearwicker" and this all becomes clear!
winky1963 4 years ago 3
I just finished reading the book "Songs That Saved Your Life," about every Smiths songs ever recorded. In it Marr says that they could never play this live very well because the bulk of it (the grinding sound) was a studio trick. He also said that this Top of the Pops version was them miming to the recorded version. Morrissey refused to use a mic so that it was obvious that it was just a lip-job
cdayton11 4 years ago 5
wow, thats really interesting. First artist I've seen lip-sync and blatently not hide it.
repsect +1
dignan501 4 years ago 6
have you seen nirvana on top of the pops?
charlieburdett 4 years ago 2
wow, thank you very much for pointing me to search for it.
great performace, seriously.
dignan501 4 years ago
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WHO CARES about Nirvana !
BorlandRIP7 4 years ago
Regardless of how you may feel about their music, to doubt their influence on the genre of rock is a very ignorant thing to do indeed.
philfs89 4 years ago
That performance was hilarious! I love how fucking retarded Grohl's drumming looks and how he puts his arms in the air when the guitar for the first verse starts! TV gem.
JoeHughes 4 years ago
Morrissey is hypnotic!
TykoEaston 4 years ago
Not much bands wright stuff like that anymore....
solaar1976 4 years ago
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Sounds like Pink Floyd. (:
endlessdirtpath 4 years ago
Morrissey's portrayal of the gay scene in Manchester is brilliant in this clip!
decline01 4 years ago