The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual (Live Spanish TV Special 1985)

[MauMoralesP]

Morrissey + Johnny + Andy + Mike = The smiths



[mrpentium]

this is one song that sounds BETTER rushed...I dont know why

[Mmccormick88]

This is great, but why all the 'nam footage?

[xgmb45]

3 headmasters disliked this

[DMCDize]

nice and fast!

[CrimsonDragon2505]

OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!!!!!!

[ellugarcomun1]

MAGNIFICOS! SI TUVIERA QUE PONER UN SOUNDTRACK PARA EL FIN DEL MUNDO PONDRIA ESTE TEMA!

[slosh77]

i want less american brutality and more morrissey

[AAwildeone]

Ahead of his time yet again...what is Headmaster Ritual but an ANTIBULLY ANTHEM? Let's get it out there!

[chiefbag]

You simple person. Its sad that you need to plagiarise and edit the sounds and verses/video around for your own end to be. .. .. ?

[iscream22]

@cutandpaste1 Im straight and i love the smiths, particularly because of Johnny Marrs awesome guitair playin, but theyre a great band. And Meat is Murder and The Queen is Dead are especially amazing albums. If you dont like The Smiths dont watch em. 

[philnextdoor]

the hollies? wtf? the hollies are anodyne 60s pop whereas this band (never mind the singer) made a series of incredible records over about 4 years. As important to Britain as the Beatles. Graham Nash can suck my c++k

[interlinguateacher2]

@cutandpaste1 You're sooo in the closet dude...

[bonkda]

@prippropro Chameleons were truly amazing. you can hear their sound in a lot of contemporary bands like Interpol and the Strokes. "perfume garden: is just as much a masterpiece as headmaster ritual. Similar amazing 80s guitar. Robin Guthrie had it too.. where did it go? :(

[flame0154]

it's amazing how morrissey manages to keep his shirt on, there was a point there where it looked like it was going to fall off

[giulianoisthebestyep]

@cutandpaste1

Oh I didn't know that. In that case, do you want to meet up and fuck?

[nirvana2295]

@cutandpaste1 hahaha so why are you here to comment on it?....how old are you?....I love this music and I happen to have a girlfriend...so no its not for fags dude....why dont you grow up and get a life rather than getting on youtube and post stupid comments....

[giulianoisthebestyep]

@cutandpaste1

Delete your youtube account.

My favourite song of theirs, easily.

[slosh77]

powerful song, powerful video.

[stezothewhitenegro4y]

@cutandpaste1

Cut and paste...........that means you go both ways, right?

[imsohappy]

I hate it when the two top comments say the same thing.

[alta1843]

One of my favorite song :) love the whole meat is murder album

[babydub77]

morrissey would definitly be having it!

[StrawberryJungle]

I love this song so much.

[carlo88moe]

@cutandpaste1 sorry about that, here the simplified version: go kill yourself!! lol

[carlo88moe]

@cutandpaste1 inventive as always, ur a robot

[carlo88moe]

@cutandpaste1 fantastic!! i wasnt even trying, YEAH!!!! oh, and if your life really is that unbearable, opt for suicide, not dispensing ur 6thgrade invective to me douchebag....

[carlo88moe]

@cutandpaste1 wow, u make pointlessness a virtue

[misoJUUUICY]

Pure genius-3

[kjsdyggf]

Putting this song to footage of war crimes is just pompous and fucking stupid.

I'm not watching this.

[needlearmor]

@kjsdyggf yeah you tell 'em!

[carlo88moe]

@kjsdyggf first off, lighten up. secondly, ur a twat, it wasnt turgid at all. if anything people should find it apropos, the smiths did after all find the cover of "meat is murder" from the very same footage

[carlo88moe]

@gambleZ144 lol, u grammar nazi

[fathermckenzie1]

all the footage is from "In the Year of the Pig," the film which contained the image that the smiths used for the album cover of "Meat is Murder"

[daivietjohn]

thanks GambiniUK. I've loved The Smiths for 27 years and now lived and loved in Vietnam for 10. And in this vid --- my two loves come together

[777petrucci]

jesus christ!!! i have this video since i was like 4 years old! i mean, my brother has it...man, im almost crying in nostalgia! lol!!!

[efgraphics]

The BEST Headmaster Ritual Live version i have ever heard. Johnny Marr, is just excellent at what he does

[Zerusuke]

HE DOES THE MILITARY TWO-STEP DOOOOOOOOOOWN THE NAPE OF MY NECK!

I wanna go home! I don't want to stay!

Give up education as a bad mistake...

[davidjf27]

@Zerusuke why!

[Zerusuke]

@davidjf27 I know, I know... u_u

[fsijh]

i love this song

[roadhockey]

Best Smiths song :)

[onemorejoe]

Can anyone articulate Johnny's guitar idiosyncrasy at 3:15? It makes the whole video for me.

[PlaceOfOrigin]

@onemorejoe It's Atlas shrugging.

[Superstar12inch]

@onemorejoe I guess he's just playing the chords in a more staccato way, best I can do.  I agree, adds a brilliant dynamic to Morrissey's line.

[loknloll]

sexier than elvis

[radioheadicta]

@loknloll but gay.

[MandaOwl]

@radioheadicta well... nobody except Morrissey knows that for sure ;)

[damienmetalwind]

This video sums up the smiths to me:

Johnny plays the Headmaster Ritual faster than normal, and not even the airforce can stop him!

Check out 3:54 The guitar's too hot for him.

[jaysmic24]

first listened to the smiths when i was 13 =)..the music that my 11 yr old listens to today is crap...

[innoasatana13]

Johnny sounds real bad ass

[fiveOHwatchin]

pure fucking magic!

[Joseinterpol]

When I was a young kid i used to hate my elementary schools it was full of bullies ugly and cold teachers. When recess came around I would just stand agaisnt the school fence and look at the street full of people going about their day and I wished that I could be one of them free to do anything I wanted.

[makidtrej]

@Joseinterpol me too... those ugly, unbearable years...

[72warsaw]

The Smiths no1 before em and no1 after them..best English (world) band ever..joy division close 2nd;-)

[mylittlepiranafish]

Maybe their best song. Johnny's work on this is superb. I instantly loved it

[juttkeys]

this video had absolutely nothing to do with the smiths! terrible video

[juttkeys]

I hope people realise that this video is completely unrelated to the song

[oldskoolheretic]

Well, it's probably related to the Meat is Murder album cover, at least (the cover is a doctored still from Year of the Pig, and I'm guessing that's also where the Vietnam clips in this come from).

Also, there are scenes such as Vietnamese people being hooded, shackled and beaten. Possibly related to the lyrical content.

[HAMSO61]

the great Mark Burgess at the start

[olderloverxx]

Powerful video, and one of my favourite smiths songs. angry, lyrically and musically you really feel it. School can f''k up many a child for the forthcoming adulthood

[tim0mansell]

Don't apologize, I think most Smiths fans feel the same, it's hard not to. The Smiths are the Smiths.

[glosoly]

the history of music will be complete when we can see and hear the smiths again and live of course...

[sidandmoi]

One of my favs ever from the smiths

[beowulven]

Better than The Hollies; as good as The Beatles.

[Secturis]

You imply that the Beatles were better than the Hollies. The Smiths were much better than either, even better than the Kinks or the Who.

[beowulven]

I can't argue with that.

[fiveOHwatchin]

the smiths are a million times better than the boring lame beatles!

[Bettysdolls]

@beowulven Better than The beatles, as goog as The hollies!

[maximusv1]

"El Ritual Del Professor" haha sick.

[mcjprr]

i was looking forward to just seeing the smiths live ,and i dont really have a problem with the clips inbetween. but i know some people will.

maybe put that in the more info bit?

anyways,Amazing performance!!!!!!!!!!

absolutley stunning, one of my favourites.

[Heathenlegions]

Go SMITHS! BRING EM BACK!

[prippropro]

"i love the smiths i think the smiths are brilliant" well said

[damienmetalwind]

@prippropro

Oh yeah...that's a serious lack of creativity there.

[GlassHopperYouth]

@prippropro That was Mark Burgess, lead singer in The Chameleons, great Manchester band. Listen to them, they were fantastic and extremely underrated.

[mumu867]

Spineless swines, cemented minds...

[michelleradick]

I have this phenomenal morrissey air brushed jean jacket for sale on ebay , I don't want to get rid of it and i had lowered my price if you guys are interested. makes me want to cry but i"m so broke

[anchorlove06]

Morrissey's got a really interesting stage personality

[peacefrogx]

timeless

[loombaron]

the main riff of this song after the intro chords  is awesome

[profittlich]

you prolly know this but ill say it anyways...a double negative is a pretty common SLANG way to really express the negativity...but i can relate to the meaning...i dont know how the system is over there but here you really just learn for the exams and not for life/jobs which school SHOULD do...education is something great and a certain level of common knowledge should be present but the stuff we learn here is just so freaking specific and beyond common knowledge and my future job ....greets

[ThatsaCryinShame]

you're like the dad from the beginning of twisted sister's we're not gonna take it video.

[dripsollig]

Oh really? Fame at last! That's all that matters seemingly according to the gospel of pop (geddit?).

[curtisrunstedler]

well what kind of music do you like then??

[reckoner1977]

Awesome.

[FablesJonny]

love it this quick!! spineless bastards all!!!!!

[vindfab]

belugerent gouls run all schools

[dripsollig]

That's 'belligerent ghouls', perhaps you should have gone to skool!

[ScreaminEagle17]

I LOVE THE SMITHS!!!

[matelot95]

You can swap Manchester for Middlesbrough in this song.

It was just the same at my school in the 70's. Great bit of social comment.

[vindfab]

this is the best smiths song of all

no question it sums up their whole childhood

[WirableWig]

wow about 3:04 that man helping the other man on the right with his shirt undone looked like marr lol!

[fez41]

I was just about to say what a shite comment, but you're absolutely right! Really uncanny. A top spot sir/madam. I dont s'pose anyone knows the name of the dog at 0.21-0.24?

[streetnorth]

best band ever

[fernandostanlei]

The Smiths Forever. México

[computerblue1]

I kinda like this sped up version!! it's a different take on the song, after listening to the lp countless times, this is kinda refreshing!!! Makes me wish I saw them live even more now!!!

[agoober579]

this has to be sped up post record

[iiiidirector]

Interesting footage to put over the music.

[WirableWig]

meet is murder album cover was for vietnam etc etc :)

[angelaseed]

Top Band

[tos1o]

the video made me cry....

[hmposada]

Fucking Brilliant !

[DanC221]

Incredible song, wow they were a good band

[SylentEcho]

Indeed they were!