How The Smiths Changed Music 

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johnny marr is such a great guitarist and andy rourke was so underrated. its amazing how many great songs they wrote in such a short time

RIP to the Great Andy Rourke!!! Just like Johnny Marr, his style of playing and influence is undeniable! You will be greatly missed!❤❤

Everyone always talks about how great morrisey and marr were, because they are. But people really sleep on Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce. One of the best rhythm sections ever. They're criminally underrated but they really do carry the amazing guitar and lyrical work of the songs.

The band has gone but the songs will live forever

I’ve tricked my mother into thinking The Smiths have made a new album called “The Smiths II” I’ve been playing her random songs that sound like the smiths and she has totally bought it. Every time I’m in the car with her she says “Play The Smiths II on your phone” and I can’t help but die of laughter on the inside

Imagine being in a band for 5 years and leaving a legacy this big. It’s astounding. It was just a burst of energy over the blink of an eye. Here and gone but never forgotten. Every single member possessed insane talent.

Can’t believe they haven’t been inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. My absolute favorite band 🖤

HOW SOON IS NOW BY THE SMITHS: How soon is now is definitely one of the most hypnotic songs I’ve ever listened too! I remember dancing to this song at prom and just being in my own headspace even though I was dancing with my prom date! She loved it too!

The Smiths are such an important band for me. I discovered them when I was 14 and they really influenced not just my musical tastes, but Morrissey's lyrics were a part of the reason I wanted to read more. That was what made me want to go into university and what put me on the path I am today.

I was in the backseat of my car during a road trip,my family and i were playing music from the 60s-90s that we liked,joy division,manic street preachers,nirvana,echo and the bunnymen,green day,david bowie,queen,the cure... Then suddenly my mother played "there is a light that never goes out" and i SWEAR,it was like an awakening in me,from the first chord it had such a huge impact on me,it wasnt one of those songs that you have to listen to a bunch of times until you like it,for me,it was an instant click,then she played heaven knows im miserable now and i kept on discovering their music,this charming man,panic,bigmouth strikes again,everyday is like a sunday,suedhead.., i love watching their music videos and concerts and i learned a lot with this video.thank you for making it.

I saw The Smiths in Dallas at the Bronco Bowl, too young to realize how great they were. Now that I’m much older, I have realized that I saw one of the greatest bands of all time. They changed my life and I am forever grateful for that. MORRISSEY changed my life and I still would follow him anywhere. ” Because we must ”.

Girl Afraid is a heavily underrated The Smiths song

I think it would be cool to have a Beach Boys video next, they have a very interesting history.

I'm Brazilian, I'm 52 years old, and I lived through the time when The Smiths emerged. I bought all the albums released in Brazil and followed their entire career. I'm not sure how it was in the rest of the world, but here their influence was very strong on the best rock bands of the time, both in playing style and lyrics. I listened so much that I spent almost a decade without listening, but now I'm back into it, and it's amazing. It's on another level. It's a shame they never came to Brazil. I only watched Morrissey and Jonny Marr's solo shows, and it was very emotional.

Rest easy, Andy...Maybe you and the boys will play again in Heaven....

Andy Rourke, Rest In Peace 😢

How Soon Is Now was the first song I ever heard from them, and it changed my life.

The song, "Please Please Please" (let me get what i want) was licensed for the hit movie, "Ferris Buehler's Day Off" and played as the characters visited the Chicago Art Institute - and imho had a huge impact and I wish you'd cover this song as well in this great biopic ...

There is a Light That Never Goes Out, is the greatest love song ever written. Do one on Morrissey’s solo career duh.

The Smiths! Aw man, I love blastin' some Smiths. They were like the british emo version of the Dead Kennedys. Both bands had incredible guitar work and fun/sassy vocals with infectious bass to round it all out.

I will always have the smiths to thank for making me more interested in music they were the first real band i really listened to they really made me more interested in finding music that i liked and discover new genres before that i would never really think of music as something other then background noise and my playlist was just filled with shit i had heard on the radio or similar

I'm kinda new to rock and for some reason the Smiths and R.E.M remind me of each other, even though they're both so vastly different in their history. I'd love to see you do a deep dive into their career. Also, these videos are so special to me. As a rap fan, I've learned so much of the history of Rock music and made it so much more interesting to check out these "unheard-of" artists as a newcomer. I'm always happy to see a new upload from your channel

Im from stretford in manchester. My dad grew up in gorse hill (a part of stretford) where morrisey was from. Says he used to see him walking about when he was a kid and now knows it must have been morrisey as there wasnt many people like that back then. The smiths has always been an integral part of my life. One of my favourite bands ever.

They will always be my favourite band! I just wish I was alive earlier so I could’ve seen them live at their peak.

RIP Andy Rourke

The Smiths must be included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is shameful they’ve been overlooked for this long.

no way! IVE BEEN WAITING ON THIS VIDEO FOR YEARS. 🤩

I just listened to your entire Story of The Smiths, whom I Love. It was great & very informative for me, thank you for all your work in making this & putting it out for everyone. My ex-husband was an enormous fan of The Smiths and saw them perform more than once. I didn’t really know a lot about them until Circa 1990, after they had parted ways. I never got to see them perform but I did see Morrissey in Boulder, CO in 1997, Maladjusted Tour. I made my way up to the front stage (smaller venue) and he held/shook my hand and smiled at me, an incredibly monumental moment~ My favorite song: There’s a Light, not just because it’s a beautiful song but because of an event. We had just taken a road trip moving from Monterey to Olathe, KS, where my soon to be husband & his best friend were going to start a band. After a month, things weren’t moving along. We were living in our friends parents basement & one night I was so over living there and I said take me anywhere… and yep, I had no home-so it’s a magical memory for me because after meeting Michael, my life changed 💯 for the better. He introduced amazing music, art, classical literature etc. to me and was very well read & interesting and quirky and my life changed forever. So this song always brings me back to that time in my life in 1992. Definitely was the greatest summer of my life, to this day. The story has way more to it and all seriously so cool and amazing, but suffice to say-The Smiths, The Cure, REM were my fav 3 bands when we met and he had asked me what were my top 3 & when I told him he freaked because his were the same 3. We were married 6 months later in NYC. I just saw The Cure at MSG 6/21/23-and they were so incredible/our seats were so close to the stage-best show I’ve ever been to. Would love to hear more of their story! Robert Smith (after 3 hour show) got a 10 min standing ovation & said thanks this was F’ing incredible & had tears walking off the stage ♥️

Rip Andy rourke

RIP

This is one of my dad's favorite bands. And Johnny Marr is very talented! Nice Video!

Thank you for the work you do 😊

Impeccable video. Have to check out the rest of your Band history videos for sure

One time The Smiths had a concert in Poland and Morrissey just stormed of backstage without even playing one song and that was the first nd also the last concert in Poland by them.

I’ve waited for this one Mr.Beat

Was watching your videos last night literally thinking I hope they make one about the smiths and here it is the next day thank you such an awesome video

Oh yes. I love this ❤ thank you so much for posting this

Thank you so much for this video. It bought back so many memories. It also filled in a bunch of gaps

I think an Oasis video would be great. they have such an interesting history and the brothers had such a dynamic relationship.

Great detailed video. I've been a Smiths fan since 1985 and they'll always be one of my top 10 favorite bands.

Just found your channel from your Black Sabbath video. Could not imagine a more perfect blend of my taste in both music and film. And I love the production and narration on these history lessons. Favorite Smiths song is Death of a Disco Dancer, and favorite Smiths album is probably The Queen Is Dead.

'The Queen is Dead' is still my favourite go-to winter album. Masterpiece sums it up. Every song works.

I was pleasantly surprised to hear Mr. Beat on another channel!

I went to school with Andy & Johnny Marr at St Augustines in Sharston, Manchester. Even played rugby with Andy. Remember them well. RIP Andy.

I came to The Smiths late in life, but really enjoy their creativity and uniqueness. Thanks for making this video. It’s been done before, but Kraftwerk are/were a highly influential band who took synthesiser music to new frontiers where many artists built on their direction. Would good to hear your perspective.

rip andy rourke 🕊️

A brilliant concise, to the point and entertaing review of this great band. As fan of thier music I learned stuff I didn't know. Thanks!❤

Great video as always!! I think it would be cool if you did a brief history of Pearl Jam or The Cure. I would absolutely love that.

UGH I know it'll never happen now but I would've adored to see them live 😢

my favorite song is The Hand That Rocks the Candle off the debut. Purely because of the cryptic nature of the lyrics and because it seems so unorthodox for him to write stuff like that

Great edit work. Thanks for the effort....

A new video of beat goes on, what a time to be alive

Nothing makes me happier than a new brief history from Mr Beat

...I just found your videos...INSTANT subscriber...very detailed information and massively cool...please do not stop - excellent work sir...👍🏼😎

The Queen is Dead is a masterpiece. Not the biggest Smiths fan but that one is brilliant

Thank you as always Mr Beat‼️ Another fantastic piece of AwEsOmE content🎉🍿🎶💯🎶

Thank you for all these wonderful videos! I can’t imagine how much time goes into the making of them, thank you😊 (And if you don’t mind me asking I think you should do David Bowie)

''the sun shines out of our behinds'', is still one of my favorite lines from a song. Moz the poet !

Great video!!! I'm sure you know this but Tony Wilson didn't sign them not because he thought they were bad or mediocre but because factory records were almost bankrupt at the time. Also EMI didn't reject them, they offered The Smiths a deal but they wanted to stay independent as it was very important to them and their fans. They Had a huge following by their 3rd gig which is mad to think about. Loved seeing this video on my recommended!

"The band has gone but the influence is real"

Growing up in the 80s,all I knew was typical pop music and hair bands. I didn't know about the Smiths until after they disbanded when I was living in West Germany. A friend played Hand in Glove on night and I was hooked.

I watch all these videos *because* I've never heard these bands. I love the work you do yo!

The Smiths are my fave band all time. My favorite so g by them is "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before". My fave album is The Queen is Dead. And I feel like they were around long enough to make their presence felt...

I've waited for this one!

Talking Heads would be a cool new entry for this series, especially now that A24 is sending Stop Making Sense back to theaters this year

REally great video, thank you!

I have no idea why but Bigmouth Strikes again is my favorite Smiths song. I just love how it sounds.

We're about to get here on our podcast. Just started the 80s. Super excited to be talking about this genre and this video is a great resource.

I learned about the Smiths from my aunt she made sure I knew them by asking me who was playing when their songs came but I was young at the time so I never knew that many songs but as I got older I took more interest in them and started listening to their music on my own, also, my aunt has the exact photo on the thumbnail as a poster above her bed

please keep making these

i love these videos so much

Great video!

I love your videos and your voice! Thank you!

Saw them live August 86 excellent show

Super nice video, i love you content. I would love to see a video about Screaming Lord Sutch someday! ❤❤❤

love these videos

You sound like one of my favorite college professors. Thank you for making me feel 20 again 🥲

My favourite song by The Smiths is whichever one I'm singing at the time. My favourite album by The Smiths is the compilation Louder Than Bombs. I would love to see you do an episode on Wire. Now there's a band that had a huge influence on what would become indie rock. Their second album, Chairs Missing, is a blueprint for what would become post-punk and indie rock

you have to do an obligated history of The Cure now that you've covered the smiths

love your vids!!! keep up the good work

Johnny Marr is one of the greatest guitarists that this country and the indie scene has ever produced

Excellent brief history of The Smiths. A monumental band that we all wanted to stick it out. If you've not done The Sweet, that would be a great episode I think.

A band that doesn’t get that much recognition is the alternative/indie band The shins. They really made their own influence around although they aren’t the biggest. I will love for you to make a brief history of the shins.

Saw them live in 1983 Portsmouth polytechnic. Sort of changed everything for me

In just 5 years together they released such an amazing lineup of music with varying styles and such emotion.

There is a light that never goes out is my favourite song - I discovered it when I was in the grip of depression and drinking a rather nice 85 year old single malt straight out of the bottle. That song spoke to me, I think I played it ten times in a row.

I watched 500 days of summer when it came out I was 12 and The Smiths still hit so hard now. Andy Rourke is the best bassist to ever do it

There is a light that never goes out is my favorite Smiths track and Meat is Murder is my favorite album.

Well written video! With ❤ from somewhere in middle America

I saw Morrissey solo in LA at the Hollywood Bowl and it was spectacular!

Spot on

One of my 10 favorite bands of all time

My favorite smiths album is strangeways here we come

Great, great video, thanks!!! LEGENDS!!

I think the quote „the brightest stars burn the fastest“ fits pretty well

‘I die of laughter on the inside’ Could easily be a Mozzer Lyric 😂

Probably favourite band

Minor Threat? Bad Brains? would love to see hardcore/punk bands

great vid! absolutely love the smiths, johnnny marrs tone is just so beautiful honestly some of my favorite guitar work and i think that similar tone reemerged later with the excellent midwest emo scene. as a bass player though have to say you must recognize andy rourkes playing its fantastic "the headmmasters ritual" is a prime example of this such good bass riffage!