Sparks - Lighten Up Morrissey (Official Video) 

Should've been Morose-y-esque

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@@old5333 Good ear!!!

28 now 🙄. Poor bastards, they don't know better.

Thumbs 👇 must be Justin Bieber fans

29 now. I played it through anyhow. There's 1.2k "likes"!

Up to 31! They must be 31 Morrissey fans who don't know that Mozza is a big fan. Their loss.

I'm like you Keith. I didn't discover Sparks til just a few months ago. I don't know how I missed out on them. They are amazing!!

Happened the same with me....50 days ago. SPARKS

I admit I'm the same since last year. I only stumbled onto them through the song "Armies of the Night" from the 'Fright Night' SDTK. WOW! These guys are amazing and spontaneous. Love 'em! Heard everything the've done and await more!

I first became aware of them in 2006 when Weird Al did the style parody Virus Alert. I didn't do any research then, just looked up who they were, but didn't listen to anything. (Because I'm a genius or something.) I then got the Kick-Ass OST in 2011. Listened to This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us a lot. But again, didn't really listen to anything else they did. (Once again, because I'm a genius or something.) Only within the past month had I started listening to various band stations on Google Play. Sparks got played a lot and that's when I realized that I had heard A LOT of their songs in movies. Now I'm asking myself why the hell haven't I paid attention to them? This is definitely a band I would have listened in my late teens/early twenties as the oddball comic geek.

Welcome new Sparks people, they are a fun duo

LOVE the idea in a perfect world the next duo project Morrisey + Sparks..call it 3MS

Well, apparently not so much now though as apparently he wasn't mentioned Once in The Sparks up coming Movie.. Oh Morrissey, so much too answer fore..

@@theboywithathorninhisside.4179 indeed, can't believe how he turned out, although the signs were there

I never really liked them so never kept up with them. Then I discover all the stuff they've done in the past twenty years and I love it.

They have a documentary coming out soon, so i think that day is coming

Their energy!!!

"The Sparks Brothers" is a fantastic documentary.

"One day the music world will wake up and realise how good they are." Well you are prescient. It's happening right now thanks to Edgar Wright and The Sparks Brothers documentary.

It's been one hell of a ride with them ,hasn't it? Wonder Girl was a regional hit and I heard it regularly in SOUTH DAKOTA when I was 14. I jumped on that bandwagon at the same time you did. I hope they put another FFS album out and tour with them again. What a show that was!

Likewise my friend .

I'm with you guys, teenagers to pensioners, the one golden thread . The excellence of Sparks . dud album , absolutely incredible. ...

dont trust the grammys to judge your music taste

Even though Sparks is American they sound very European. Also I don’t think many people in the United States know Sparks or Morrissey. The Grammys is an American awards show.

@@theunwantedcritic Everybody under 70 knows Morrissey.

@@dwarfbeat1 only in Mexico. Fame is regional. Do you know the biggest pop stars from Spain, Togo or New Zealand in1985? Neither do I. I was actually surprised that Sparks was still around. The last time I heard them was 1977.

@@theunwantedcritic first time I heard about them was in the 80's with Cool Places. The Mael brothers are genius.

This hasn't aged well

You are aware that they are mocking him with merciless sarcasm, aren't you? See their comments about him in the documentary "The Importance of Being Morrissey".

@@hulakan, You are aware of this song is a tribute to Morrissey? That the song is about a guy, being rejected by his girlfriend, who has a crush on Morrissey, much because of his sorrowful attitude. The Mael brothers and Morrissey are friends, they have met many times. Morrissey used this video in a montage before he went on stage. The Mael brothers have also said, several times, that they are fans of Morrissey too.

@@annabackman3028 I think you're confusing being cordial with a fan with being friends with one. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@@larendor10, Is "being friendly" better? Ok with me😉 My MAIN point was that the song itself isn't anything negative, contrary, it's positive recognition. The Mael's may have a laugh or two, but they also respect him.

No.

@@annabackman3028 And I heard somewhere they corresponded by writing each other letters.

@@chrisgibson5267, It's known that Morrissey wrote them letters, the other way around, I don't know anything about. I doubt that they do now, after Morrissey's somewhat racist comments.

Sparks are great! The Sparks have never written a single verse of lyrics that equals Morrissey's in his dullest song. But the Sparks are great! And very clever!

Over The Milky Way 😂, and that's high...

He was, and he plays this song amongst the other songs before he comes onstage.

😂😂

Yeah, seems Sparks are a secret love of a lot of my friends, too. That's why I got to the age of 42 without ever hearing them. If my so called "friends (BASTARDS!) had OPENLY loved Sparks, then I would have done also at least twenty years ago, but no, nobody ever told me about them, and I had to discover them by accident about three weeks ago. I mean, sure, I've got the thrill of the new discovery going on, and that's wonderful, but at the same time, my friends are all BASTARDS!!!!!!!!! because they never told me about Sparks.

Add 'Hippopotamus' to that list.

And now, 2020, add 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip'!

Kevin maltby I'm the same way. I didn't know who Sparks were til this year. I can't get enough of them.

Kevin maltby been a fan since kimmono my house

Lucky you. You have so many great albums to catch up on. Leave the 80's stuff till last though.

​@Cherry Red It was a complete change of style following their European success. I think they just wanted to crack their home market and chanced on what would appeal to it. They had some moderate success with songs that I find baffling and hard to like, such as With All My Might and I Predict but I agree with you, it was their weakest period. Just been listening to the album Music You Can Dance To from 1986, which is my least favourite Sparks album, to try and re-discover it. I love Modesty Plays, although it would be much better with a rock beat. Also like the title track, albeit more apt as background music at the hairdresser's or a coffee shop. The Scene is interesting, more like a soundtrack to a film rather than a song and quite lively. However, Fingertips (not one of their own compositions) and Let's Get Funky are for me, the worst songs they have ever recorded. So a mixed response, though still my least favourite Sparks album. Gratuitous Sax is my favourite, in case you are wondering; every track simply brilliant, especially Let's Go Surfing. Now why didn't they release that one as a single for the West Coast market?

Thanks for the lyrics

Yah, it is a commentary on judging. Morrissey was known for doing that, too.

they (Simpsons) should just play this on loop for their next episode

😂😂

'Simmer down, Sparks' would be a better title if Morrissey would sing it. ;-)

he would need to lighten up to even entertain the idea!

@@misterbamboostick "Darken Down Sparks" has an even better ring to it. :-)

The first what? He's just a dude like you and me

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they wouldn't have Morrissey any other way!

@@eastend59 That's right. They are laughing at him for the posturing clown he is.

@@hulakan You only think so cause your intellect's paper thin

@@worldaccordingtogarp i love the smiths but they have a point. His obsessive thought process is consistent with autism... anyway its just his opinion

@@W00lyBully and?

It's from the album 'Exotic Creatures of the Deep', 2008. Look in the info part!

Because they do WHAT THEY want to, WHEN they want to. Not following anyone else's ideas or suggestions. That is SPARKS. Not selling themselves out. One of many things that identifies greatness.

Have you heard the album 'A Steady Drip Drip Drip' yet?

@@annabackman3028 on repeat here

Spot on. I always thought the Smith's being totally overrated. There's a video here on RU-vid, listing the ten most important Manchester bands, and guess what, they occupy spot no. 1, way ahead of Joy Division and The Fall. Now give me a break. Now Sparks on other hand are easily one of the most creative and versatile acts around, always with intelligent and artfull (but not arty farty) music and lyrics. From an intellectual perspective I'd put them in the same bracket as Brian Eno, Caberet Voltaire, Captain Beefheart, David Bowie, John Cale, Pere Ubu, Ray Davies or The Residents.

Aderack Online: Which came first the chicken or the egg? I think REM sounds like Sparks. 🙂

I believe this is a rework of or idea to something that was on their minds to the album before 'Exotic Creatures Of The Deep'; 'Hello Young Lovers' (2006). I sense similarities to 'Perfume' for instance. Is it only a coincidence that Shaw Petronio directed this video as well as 'Perfume' and 'Dick Around'? I don't think so. He also directed 'My Baby's Taking Me Home' from 'Lil' Beethoven' 2002, another somewhat, hm😂, repetitive song.