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Official Audio for The Headmaster Ritual by The Smiths
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The Headmaster Ritual was featured on the group's second studio album, Meat Is Murder, released in 1985.
Lyrics
Belligerent ghouls
Run Manchester schools
Spineless swines
Cemented minds
Sir leads the troops
Jealous of youth
Same old suit since nineteen sixty two
He does the military two-step down
The nape of my neck
I want to go home
I don't want to stay
Give up education
As a bad mistake
Mid-week on the playing fields
Sir thwacks you on the knees
Knees you in the groin
Elbow in the face
Bruises bigger than dinner plates
I want to go home
I don't want to stay
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Da-da-da
Belligerent ghouls
Run Manchester schools
Spineless bastards all
Sir leads the troops
Jealous of youth
Same old jokes since nineteen- oh- two
He does the military two-step down
The nape of my neck
I want to go home
I don't want to stay
Give up life
As a bad mistake
Please excuse me from gym
I've got this terrible cold coming on
He grabs and devours
He kicks me in the showers
Kicks me in the showers
And he grabs and devours
I want to go home
I don't want to stay
#TheSmiths #TheHeadmasterRitual #MeatIsMurder

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@mattharrison5068 Год назад

RIP Andy Rourke, to me, this is the greatest bass line ever

@BlueArcStreaming Год назад

Yes, first I thought of when hearing he passed. That Bass ! Fav band of my youth

@darrencodd3523 Год назад

Respect 😢

@gabrielprado2659 Год назад

I will say, yes. In addition, and structurally, the whole song is pretty f*****' E P I C af. Just saying.

@MegaHariboboy 11 месяцев назад

The bassline in Barbarism begins at home is so clear of this one though.

@Knonnynonny 9 месяцев назад

@@MegaHariboboy Crrrrrackin' good observation!!!! I am in love with so many of their bass lines. LOVE GREAT BASS!!!!!!!

@sclerismockrey8506 Год назад

Imagine being a new high schooler, going over to a friend's house after school, when this album is brand new, and neither of you have heard it yet. You put the needle on the record, turn up the volume, and the first thing you hear is the beginning of THIS song. Freaking LIFE changing. Might be the best opening of a record I can ever remember.

@x3a3x3 Год назад

I had that same feeling back in the day when I fried gave me a basf cassette tape of this album and I popped it on my Walkman… as a guitar player pretty much into metal at that time Johnnys guitar work blew me away…

@craiglewis6145 11 месяцев назад

I remember first hearing the Smiths 40 years ago. My life immediately changed as a 14 year old boy and every new record was eagerly awaited. I was also quite a proficient bass player and would learn Andy Rourke's bass lines as soon as I could. I'm 54 now and it's still the most important music in my life.

@Paulco67 3 месяца назад

Same happened when I heard Ok Computer for the first time

@v-town1980 2 месяца назад

@@Paulco67No comparison...but nice.

@sclerismockrey8506 2 месяца назад

@@Paulco67 yeah, the impact music can make on us, really incredible.

@fredo4070 5 лет назад

Johnny Marr’s guitar is unbelievable

@martinparker6536 4 года назад

SUBLIME

@MD-ru5vs 4 года назад

I still think he is way underrated. He creates really good music.

@matttaylor3034 4 года назад

What makes it even more unbelievable is that he was 20 when this album was recorded

@chrisryan2252 3 года назад

yes it is I love it

@carlmcmahon3238 3 года назад

Undeniably. I am a drummer and his playing captures me more than most others. Captivating.

@discosecret6363 5 лет назад

Andy Rourke shines on this album. His bass playing is so integral to the Sound of the Smiths and it is ‘criminally vulgar’ how little attention is paid to his talents. That being said, Side 1 of Meat is Murder could very well be one of the finest album sides, ever.

@salomevanel1246 5 лет назад

I agree so much

@lavitroladeldiablo 5 лет назад

bloody hell yeah! i decided to be a bassist because of this album. Nowadays i practice at least two hours per day. Rourke's fault!!!!

@williamotey6707 5 лет назад

Disco/Secret I concur!!!

@pepsipepper5309 5 лет назад

Disco/Secret and to think Moz and Marr only payed him and Joyce 10% of the profits

@kurtmeister5431 5 лет назад

Someone had to say it

@jimmyunited 4 года назад

This song encapsulates the essence of The Smiths. The important lyrics, the yodelling in the end, the perfect bassline and the drums that hold everything together. As for the guitar, untouchable! This song is life.

@jones848 4 года назад

One of the finest bands ever!

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

One of the best songs ever.

@SwedeProof 3 года назад

You nailed it, johnnyunited. Beautifully said!

@jamestolson2526 2 года назад

As a guitar player myself the Bass player Andy Rourke is amazing to follow all those chord changing and Voicings , he more important to that band then most people think !

@dirkdiggler8367 2 года назад

I hug Morrissey

@charleswoolley8367 5 лет назад

The Smiths never get old.

@contessinadj 5 лет назад

👏👏👏👏

@currentjoystv170 4 года назад

Very much true it has seen a recent reboot pretty much after the doomer meme

@raulgonzalezart6006 4 года назад

I super agree.

@smilingontime 4 года назад

Never ever

@nyamkhuuchuluunkhuu102 4 года назад

Your mom never get old.

@bgavin5899 3 года назад

Morrissey’s lyrics are just brilliant, “Mid-week on the playing fields. Sir thwacks you on the knees. Knees you in the groin. Elbows in the face. Bruises bigger than dinner plates.”

@michaeldillon7662 3 года назад

Spineless bastards all.......

@concars1234 3 года назад

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

@SwedeProof 3 года назад

Ja, brilliant! Simply brilliant!

@alukuhito 3 года назад

Please excuse me from gym I've got this terrible cold coming on He grabs and devours He kicks me in the showers Kicks me in the showers And he grabs and devours

@el84oro Год назад

@@concars1234 give up education as a bad mistake

@mcshafty1 4 месяца назад

The Smith's were such a tough sounding band. Much more hard hitting than they are given credit for

@waterairindustry342 Год назад

The production is god-like on this album. You can hear everything even on a phone.

@justinhunt1714 Месяц назад

The production is such a huge part of their music, Andy's bass is always so punchy and full of character, and Johnny's guitar is bright and shimmering.

@waterairindustry342 Месяц назад

@@justinhunt1714 Nailed it! One of a handful of best shows I have seen in my life was this tour. By the end, the whole stage was filled with dancing people, Andy and Johnny standing on the drum riser, with just Morrisey in the middle of the throng waving his hand around high up in the air and caterwauling.

@pierceyy Год назад

"He does the military two-step, down the nape of my neck" - So poetic, you can almost tangibly feel those lyrics and know exactly the prickly fear he's describing. Just brilliant.

@linsayspence7070 Год назад

" Spineless bastards all" 👍

@applescruff1969 10 месяцев назад

I've always found it quite satisfying. Something about the way he says it is so smooth.

@clintjones9848 9 месяцев назад

The Smiths are terrif.

@slutmachineee5748 9 месяцев назад

@@clintjones9848terrific or terrifying

@clintjones9848 9 месяцев назад

Terrific. Is that a statement or a question? :P

@alanbrown9184 4 года назад

STUCK IN GERMANY 1986-88 (USARMY) THE LOCAL IRISH PUBS ALWAYS PLAYED THE CURE AND THE SMITHS. TURNED ON SINCE.

@kristianzimmer6966 3 года назад

Stuck in America! Wish I was with Moz!

@WilsonMackle101 3 года назад

Berlin? What was cold war era Germany like as an American

@julieclark8976 3 года назад

My 2 favourite bands The smiths and The cure who'd have thought they would go together 🙂

@dougwalker3333 3 года назад

USAF in the UK, 85-88. Same here, and was lucky enough to see both live.

@marinostraparas 7 месяцев назад

@@WilsonMackle101 The cold war was it it's end during that period. Gorbachov was leader of the soviet union and he had really good a relationship with the USA. So actually, nothing much.

@tedcantu1 4 года назад

Morrissey said over and over that they had no idea what they were doing as a band. That might be true but their music is brilliant and has held up. Its just as odd, mysterious, and strange as ever. Genius really.

@thiscorrosion900 4 года назад

I don't believe anything he says, mostly it's pretentious bullshit. And now he's become a total Fascist, I'm even less interested. This is one of the few Smiths songs I can even stand to listen to anymore. Talk about the Emperor having no clothes. He's a total embarrassment now.

@metrab8901 4 года назад

@@thiscorrosion900 yeah he doesn't conform you're right that's bad, he must be removed. we need a hive mind world.

@thiscorrosion900 4 года назад

@@metrab8901 He's a fucking outright racist, jerkoff. He's a bloody fascist, let's be plain. You can paint it anything you like. He's a total asshole in my book. I'll never buy a single Morrissey item ever again, that's for sure. I agree UK shouldn't be letting outright terrorists in, which they have, but for Morrissey to come out and side with white nationalist groups is going too far for me. I lost all respect for him at that point. And I used to be a huge fan of his decades ago.

@metrab8901 4 года назад

@@thiscorrosion900 did you tear down a poster of his in your room and plan to take revenge?

@thiscorrosion900 4 года назад

@@metrab8901 Ha, no I did not. I don't think I ever had any Smiths posters up in my room years ago. I was a fan but they were not even close to being my favorite band of the era. R.E.M. would probably have won that contest at the time, anyway. I always thought he was kind of a pretentious twat, but I still like some of the Smiths' music, at least. That's about it.

@henryt8008 Год назад

Andy Rourke was a true innovator. The bass melodies he wrote elevated the band’s stuff to another level. RIP

@TheseBitchesWantNikes 3 года назад

Everything about this song just fucking rules. Morrissey's scathing lyrics and howling voice, Marr's guitar that sounds literally bigger than life.

@lemurianchick 3 года назад

OMG, LITERALLY?!!!!!!!

@alukuhito 3 года назад

Correct.

@patriciacollier128 3 года назад

I'm currently reading Morrissey's autobiography, the school system was damb abhorrent, poor kiddies. Not even that long ago really. No wonder he writes like he does, he exposes it all.

@patriciacollier128 3 года назад

@@alukuhito Are you a fan?

@valeriamontoya2217 2 года назад

And the Drum is increíble 👏🙌

@cheeseboy777 Год назад

RIP Andy Rourke, what a titan of bass. Thanks for so many amazing lines.

@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ Год назад

What's the bass of this song?

@janismorrissey 5 лет назад

I love this fucking song.

@wesker1079 5 лет назад

Why swear though how old are you?

@cheguevara1289 5 лет назад

@@wesker1079 why are you wondering though?

@cheguevara1289 5 лет назад

@mc coolarge because he is wondering

@Angel02112 3 года назад

Eu tbm porra vsf

@janismorrissey 3 года назад

@@wesker1079 hahaha I was 17

@user-sf3gd3xp9s 4 месяца назад

These guys were such dam good musicians which is something really missing from today's music!

@HRHMANSOUR 3 года назад

Their sound is incredible, they spanned the mega music period of the 80's that dominated the world yet they don't sound like they 're from the 80's, it's a unique sound that is timeless and cannot be labeled. Just incredible.

@neomcdoom 3 года назад

facts

@jywist 2 года назад

You are so spot on. Resonates today and sounds better than most alternative songs today. The Smiths were ahead of their time 👍🏾

@basti_marr 2 года назад

Couldn't have said it better myself. It's incredible how unique The Smiths were

@jamestolson2526 2 года назад

Agreed

@BilisNegra 2 года назад

Little or no synths at all in (not to speak of drum machines) in an era few escaped from using them extensively helps making this music not dated.

@israelcastelan4012 4 года назад

this was about when we were younger but we didn’t write it

@extremelypositiveperson1811 4 года назад

Thom did justice imho

@thanxx 4 года назад

justice served

@parmor125 4 года назад

@@extremelypositiveperson1811 who is Thom?

@extremelypositiveperson1811 4 года назад

@@parmor125 Thom Yorke the Radiohead frontman. They did a cover on this song. 🙂

@parmor125 4 года назад

@@extremelypositiveperson1811 LoL I was just listening this surprise. I never thought this could ever happen. Thanks. Amazing cover

@supadupahilton6848 7 месяцев назад

The most beautiful guitar in the world.

@alisadetwiler3404 3 года назад

Johnny Marr one of the greatest guitarists ever.

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

100% agree. Criminally underrated

@d.808lf5 Год назад

And Rourke was his best compliment.

@hiskidkeller 3 года назад

It's hard to wrap my brain around how damn good this song is.

@rickykilby4672 5 месяцев назад

It's hard to wrap my brain around how great a band they were.

@jamestolson2526 2 года назад

I'm am 80s metal shred guitar player and I love this band and Johnny Marr is killer on guitar , love his jangling tone , dude knows what he's doing !

@psantillana 7 дней назад

I'm reading his autobiography right now and it's everything you could hope for, I would imagine especially for a guitar player. I am not one, but the guitar is what sucked me into this band.

@modernmilner9836 3 года назад

The jingly-jangly guitar sound coupled with the yodeling on this song is mesmerizing.

@The.Last.Guitar.Hero. Год назад

Johnny Marr is my hero but my god The Smiths were nothing without Andy Rourke. The dream of seeing them reunited died today along with part of my youth 😢 RIP Andy

@ZenZill 3 года назад

This song never gets old. It's amazing how certain bands like The Smiths have a sound that cannot be emulated. What a combo. I've never heard a better mesh of bass and guitar.

@anthonychristiani9506 11 месяцев назад

I totally agree. Imo the mesh of guitar, vocals, bass and drums is a quartet that is un comparable

@adamtaylor31 3 года назад

Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke create a complete soundscape...with only 2 instruments!

@jdunn101ify 2 года назад

Well Johnny probably with at least 3 different guitar tracks in there 🙂

@gorgolyt 2 года назад

What are you talking about, there's at least a lead, rhythm and bass guitar in there.

@californio7625 Год назад

There's 2 Rickenbacker riffs with an open G tuning which is the Tennessee Sound tune that Johnny Marr used for this song which he stated some years back. He was inspired by a Beatles song. The sound is very northern English like.

@fairdose 3 года назад

I was in high school in the generic, white bread suburban hell of a major North American city from 1985-1990. I just caught the tail-end of The Smiths before they broke up when I was in the seventh and eight grade. When I heard “Meat is Murder” and this song in particular, it felt like I found some cosmic pen pal who caught my exact feelings about high school. Like finally someone in the world understood what it was like being a vulnerable, isolated adolescent, in a crappy school with crappy fellow students, who all like garbage music and you had no one to talk to and no one understood you at all.

@helmsylvanian 2 года назад

i feel you.. im living in that now. best of wishes to you i hope you're doing alright and well 🙏💜🌻

@zulutwenty5546 Год назад

I hope you found peace somewhere. I love it when people from foreign climes appreciate a quintessentially England band. God they were good..

@snug-fibbage7441 6 месяцев назад

Chicago?

@lorin6673 Год назад

I'm so glad I'm old enough to have seen them play live.

@craiglewis6145 3 года назад

Andy Rourke, my biggest influence as a bass player since the 1980s. Him and Bruce Foxton are the reason I've been a bass player for over 35 years.

@Dashriprock4 2 года назад

That’s a hell of a pair my friend. 👍

@Caulderone 5 лет назад

I love The Smiths. I think they are all fantastic: Morrissey, Johnny, Andy and Mike. I think Morrissey and Marr wrote about growing up in a bleak situation when jobs were scarce and options were limited. The skies were grey and days were wet and cold. Morrissey's imagery puts me in the place of the narrator, and I feel the insecurity of being in a situation that is supposed to be comforting, only to be confronted with scrutiny and terror.

@JJ-zg1hh 4 года назад

I'm not sure that music gets any better than this...

@zephead843 3 года назад

It doesn't.

@Chris1Kent 3 года назад

Not even some girls are bigger than others?

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

It doesn't. This is it

@neomcdoom 3 года назад

facts

@yusufcelik9501 3 года назад

this is perfection the guitar the voice the lyrics its what makes us alive

@GlennJimenez 5 месяцев назад

Insanely good song. The bass and guitar compliment each other so well.

@cripor9469 3 года назад

This one, among all their beautifully written songs, has the power to make you fall directly into that precise 80’s atmosphere. My favourite one.

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

It's always good!

@HarryJoiner 3 года назад

This song is like a little movie: I love the way the 45-sec intro sets the stage for the rest of the song ...

@berkslaw 2 года назад

I saw this live in '85!

@_alyse Год назад

Lucky SOB!

@lindamitchell3625 4 года назад

So many memories of being out nightclubbing in the mid 80's - at the "alternative" venues back then...as a Mod. The Smiths were a big part of that music scene then....along with many others. Love this band.

@jdawgthethingod3212 3 года назад

My yearbook quote came from this song. "Spineless swines, cemented minds."

@lenafan492 3 года назад

The plural of swine is swine

@hazmat72 3 года назад

love it.

@HRHMANSOUR 3 года назад

@@lenafan492 he was quoting the song you fucking idiot

@andersquist8436 3 года назад

How can you be sure when the next word is cemented? I think it's "spineless swine, cemented minds".

@lenafan492 3 года назад

@@HRHMANSOUR He's misquoted the song, dickhead

@jaafersameer 4 года назад

This guitar is so damn haunting

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

I will never tire of this song

@lavitroladeldiablo Год назад

My soul is as gray as this album cover today. Good bye, dear dear Andy. Thank you for that many...

@Paulco67 3 месяца назад

When a great poet and a great musician meet to make music: This happens

@richmoreno9938 Год назад

My heart bursts during the outro EVERY TIME. I just want it to keep going and going and going…. 🎶🎶🎶

@Dashingdiva73 Год назад

Everything about this song is healing to me. I used to listen to it on the vus ride home from my terrible experiences in junior high...Johnny's guitar 🎸 ...so much love for this song..

@chancehunter2979 Год назад

yeah Dabney you are not alone this song hits a nerve.

@ianfink9277 Год назад

Big love from UK

@alexanaya9704 10 месяцев назад

Same. Glad we made it....❤

@je4754 5 лет назад

It's kinda hard to say, but this song is probably in my top ten of Smiths songs.

@maxxxxxxy 5 лет назад

Whats first place?

@je4754 5 лет назад

Max Tough to conclude.

@salomevanel1246 5 лет назад

I understand

@robertoenriquez2927 5 лет назад

I think It is not hard. It is a fucking great song!!!!

@popolbruh8263 4 года назад

For me its always 1. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, 2. This song. Always in that order. The rest changes.

@henriquemiguel7890 3 года назад

The intro of this song gives me life everytime I listen to it.

@michaelcastro8625 3 года назад

It’s crazy how ahead of their time The Smiths were.

@suzycreemcheeze446 3 года назад

I’d say timeless.

@alukuhito 3 года назад

Ri...ght?

@davidpaz9389 2 года назад

They were of their time. The music they made can never be considered dated.

@pns5013 2 года назад

It's the same all the time.

@seangiere8068 2 года назад

nope, they were exactly a part of that time

@paddymurphy1343 4 года назад

Abuse is never an excuse for abuse

@kinwhevnyz9587 5 лет назад

Lyrics Belligerent ghouls Run Manchester schools Spineless swines Cemented minds Sir leads the troops Jealous of youth Same old suit since nineteen sixty two He does the military two-step down The nape of my neck I want to go home I don't want to stay Give up education As a bad mistake Mid-week on the playing fields Sir thwacks you on the knees Knees you in the groin Elbow in the face Bruises bigger than dinner plates I want to go home I don't want to stay Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Belligerent ghouls Run Manchester schools Spineless bastards all Sir leads the troops Jealous of youth Same old jokes since nineteen- oh- two He does the military two-step down The nape of my neck I want to go home I don't want to stay Give up life As a bad mistake Please excuse me from gym I've got this terrible cold coming on He grabs and devours He kicks me in the showers Kicks me in the showers And he grabs and devours I want to go home I don't want to stay Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da Da-da-da

@lduv1 6 месяцев назад

Belligerent ghouls Run Manchester schools Spineless swines Cemented minds Sir leads the troops Jealous of youth Same old suit since 1962 He does the military two-step Down the nape of my neck I want to go home I don't want to stay Give up education as a bad mistake Mid-week on the playing fields Sir thwacks you on the knees Knees you in the groin Elbow in the face Bruises bigger than dinner plates I want to go home I don't want to stay Belligerent ghouls Run Manchester schools Spineless bastards, all Sir leads the troops Jealous of youth Same old jokes since nineteen-two He does the military two-step Down the nape of my neck I want to go home I don't want to stay Give up life as a bad mistake Please excuse me from gym I've got this terrible cold coming on He grabs and devours He kicks me in the showers Kicks me in the showers And he grabs and devours I want to go home I don't want to stay

@MrJtrip11 5 лет назад

Music is a time machine. This track takes me back to some great times in my life, partly because I never attended Manchester schools.

@scottherrmann1358 7 месяцев назад

The way the Marr's guitar and Morrissey's voice go together at 1:40 is one of my favorite parts in any Smiths song. Absolutely brilliant! I just love that sound on the Meat is Murder album.

@jmckenzie962 2 года назад

Listening to a song from 1985 in 2022 is like listening to a song from 1948 in 1985. Crazy how so much music from the 80's has aged so well.

@gurdipthandi25 Год назад

Sleep well Andy Rourke 😥😥

@richbland6983 3 года назад

For me this the best Smith's song of all, musically- it's the phenomenal guitar combination of Marr and Rourke that makes the intro and the concluding part unique, where towards the end Morrissey is almost yodelling in an echoey dreamlike 'thank ##d those days are all well past me' type of way. It's really hypnotic, a real cairn on the mountain top moment of the band's magic.

@ktmcv7118 2 года назад

Totally agree. Sublime

@anthonycavalliotis8736 2 года назад

@@ktmcv7118 Yep, i reckon it's the Best. Creates an atmosphere that feels like your own Dream experience.

@shanereynolds5380 2 года назад

For me his wailing is the cry of the student who wants to go home and Joyce's snare attacks suggest a series of pummelings at the hands of the barbarian. Stark portrayal of the reality at the time. Bloody fantastic outro.

@jasonbelanger8396 3 года назад

One of the best songs to come out of the 80s. Never gets old.

@nikospaleologos3907 2 года назад

There are many moments when the Smiths are simply sublime..

@hanselleos9718 Год назад

Incredible Bass playing....RIP Abdy Rourke ❤

@luisleal7301 5 лет назад

This song is perfection

@briannepeterson5905 3 года назад

Word

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

Agree

@attemptandprosper3725 3 года назад

this chorus is insane

@davidellis5141 5 лет назад

I hope the belligerent ghouls no longer run Manchester schools.

@davidellis5141 5 лет назад

@David Ellis There are a few of us out and about.

@GeoffreyGentryMusic 5 лет назад

There's belligerent ghouls everywhere you go.

@MicheleBohmke 5 лет назад

"Manchester, so much to answer for."

@lucalone 4 года назад

not just in Manchester...

@scientifico 4 года назад

theres always another generation chasing the the strap of jesus' sweaty lean hand.

@Batstrings 9 месяцев назад

Andy's bass sound is brilliant on this . full marks to the production team for bringing it out so well

@196del7 2 года назад

So many people are missing the point about this song. If you grew up in England and went to a secondary school in the 1970s, and were an emotional and sensitive kid then you'd really get what this song is about! Listen to the lyrics. Pretty much my School late 1970s.

@user-ji3iy5sy2j Год назад

But why it was that bad in schools back in the days?

@jonahsmith2757 Год назад

RIP Andy Rourke the bass line on this track is amazing. One of my favorites

@linsayspence7070 Год назад

It's the songs like this one that proved that The Smiths were the best band in the world, ever.

@Blisteryn 4 года назад

When i remember school and i get really sad and angry, this song is sort of a revenge, although i didn't live in Manchester in the 60's like Morrissey did.

@kaguth 4 года назад

I always substitute Manchester for my home town when singing it.

@johnforkan1492 4 года назад

I went to this school

@michaeldillon7662 3 года назад

Remember those school days so well. Some of the teachers were absolute bullying monsters.

@yatesy117 3 года назад

I'm a kid of the 90s so didn't experience too much of that but definitely had one teacher who was a throwback of that era. An absolute bastard Mr McGuiness belittling, bullying tosser. Our other teacher gave him a black eye as picked up on his bullying antics with kids, wish I was there to witness it.

@Eddie71883 4 года назад

this guitarist fills the whole song

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

That's a great way to put it

@TheMcmikerg 3 года назад

Never mind Morrissey today, this is perfect pop, nothing more, nothing less. As good as The Beatles.

@vinyldiary6664 3 года назад

TRUE

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

Better!

@urszulaskowronska8866 3 года назад

when the "chorus" begins, my heart falls into warm milk, every time

@michaelofarrell9637 Год назад

Timeless priceless ..marrs guitars rourke bass joyce drums moz vocals ..the combination will never be repeated ..Andy Rourke great loss..

@leonstraatman1857 8 месяцев назад

This band is so much better than the Beatles or the stones.

@thehighlandhamster Год назад

RIP Andy Rourke. Some awesome bass on this and, quite possibly, the greatest intro of all time!

@Koshirozation 5 лет назад

give up life as a bad mistake!

@axelCast-bs8gz 4 года назад

You again

@ollieoliver3356 Год назад

RIP Andy Rourke. We both turned 21 in the same year and your music got me through a lot.

@mikeydowling-qo2dd 11 дней назад

Johnny Marr is outstanding. Different class!!

@dvdmcd 4 года назад

The Very Best of The Smiths!

@lix4124 2 месяца назад

My favourite song by The Smiths ❤

@jywist 2 года назад

The BEST!!!👍🏾 Spineless swines, cemented minds. Same old suit since 1962!!!!

@allisonthompson9065 Год назад

Definitely one of my favorite Smiths songs! BRILLIANT! ❤

@TheAnalPunisher Год назад

Everyone talks about Johnny's guitar work but Andy's bassline is incredible

@salomevanel1246 5 лет назад

I didn't have the chance to know The Smiths when the band was formed but thank god I discovered their songs, otherwise I don't know what I would hear

@StreetSceneLive Год назад

On this day, May 19th 2023, to the late great Andy Rourke! Gone much too soon at only 59. 🎸♥️

@nonsuch 4 года назад

My #1 Smith song.

@MiloDC 4 года назад

Absolutely. Best track they ever put out, and that's saying a ton.

@3rdwaveofdave524 3 года назад

Still as awesome in 2021 as it was in 1984!!

@nathanleveille8017 2 года назад

Best Smiths song imo

@paristexas80 3 года назад

its gotta be one the greatest openings to any Smiths song..and there are many great ones..

@benspicer7470 3 года назад

Such a great song

@paristexas80 3 года назад

@@benspicer7470 one of the best 😎🍻

@milhad 2 года назад

One of the most enjoyable guitar riffs

@stephenwright8824 3 года назад

Thank you Beth Funcasta, the classmate who introduced me to this song -- and by association, to the Smiths -- in the Summer of 1986, our summer, as we were both high-school grads that year.

@user-ym3ld5ut7b 3 года назад

I got introduced as a sophomore or junior...'86 or 7 by a kid named Jeff Nelson, asked me if I ever heard of them .. Lent me Louder Than Bombs...I was hooked instantly.

@user-jy8et3gh8p 3 месяца назад

Het eerste nummer van mijn eerste (toen nog) Smiths-lp. Onvergetelijk! Nog steeds muziek waar ik op teruggrijp als het even niet zo wil als ik wil...eigenlijk altijd dus! Het is als met Joy Division: deze muziek grijpt (voor mij) zoveel DIEPER...

@albertdesseauve8159 Год назад

Best bassline ever! Andy changed my life as a musician (and music lover) the very first time I heard this song. Rest in peace for this incredibly talented player.

@alanhall8340 3 года назад

The smiths are timeless , love this song , sickening oh a massive fan

@seeslee6303 Год назад

This is a timeless song. The interplay between guitar and bass is extraordinary.. Also a very tricky vocal line. Great, great stuff.

@raysharkey3475 3 года назад

Still sounds as good as the first time I heard this in 1985👌

@me-nb4ut 3 года назад

Yessss

@pabloescobar7647 3 года назад

What a song writer. What a band. We are all here for the same reason cos we love the Smith's.

@Voetistasneua 27 дней назад

Timeless......Just absolutely timeless!!

@angiebaby7517 Год назад

It’s taken me 37 years to hear this and now I can’t stop listening to it 😮what else have I missed?

@welshhibby Год назад

a lot angie

@angiebaby7517 Год назад

@@welshhibby I’m catching up 😅

@jamisonbalvin 4 года назад

Johnny Wrote some incredible songs but they wouldn’t be what they became without Andy Rourke. No Doubt brothers and sisters.

@linsayspence7070 3 года назад

Yes ,Andy Rourke is a brilliant bass player 👍

@daniellclaress7127 8 месяцев назад

Melhor banda desse mundo todo.

@user-ip9yu7lp1q Год назад

[Verse 1]Belligerent ghouls Run Manchester schools Spineless swines Cemented minds Sir leads the troops Jealous of youth Same old suit since ninteteen-sixty-two He does the military two-step Down the nape of my neck [Chorus 1]I want to go home I don't want to stay Give up education as a bad mistake [Verse 2]Mid-week on the playing fields Sir thwacks you on the knees Knees you in the groin Elbow in the face Bruises bigger than dinner plates [Verse 3]Belligerent ghouls Run Manchester schools Spineless bastards, all Sir leads the troops Jealous of youth Same old jokes since nineteen-two He does the military two-step Down the nape of my neck [Chorus]I want to go home I don't want to stay Give up life as a bad mistake [Verse 4]Please excuse me from gym I've got this terrible cold coming on He grabs and devours He kicks me in the showers Kicks me in the showers And he grabs and devours