The Smiths: The Making of "Meat Is Murder" 

thats one of the few shames i see regarding the smiths, i never see people giving andy rourke the credit he deserves. he is nearly as talented as johnny marr, and johnny is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, so thats sayin somethin abt andy.

rourke, gallup, hooky made me pick up the bass.

Love Andys bass on every album! Absolute underrated...

foolishness. We have been meat-eaters for millions of years. Don't eat meat at all, watch your health and immunity go downhill. Everything in moderation. "BEEF ITS WHAT'S FOR DINNER!"""". Not murder, its called livestock and a way of life for millions, they are not all wrong. you are entitled to your opinion but it is NOT the popular opinion is it now!

@@BrianCarnevaleB26 meat eating certainly doesn’t seem to cure brain dead recitations of corporate tag lines as an attempt at a legitimate argument, that’s for sure

I agree meat consumption is wrong, but what about hitler

@@BrianCarnevaleB26 jesus christ... *BOOMER MODE ACTIVATE!* and i consumed animal products for 2/3 of my life. I went vegan two years ago and not only am i "fine" I'm thriving, but most importantly I'm not paying for a multi billion animal a year holocaust because of "tradition" or because it is "yummy". You know what they also did millions of years ago? Didn't wipe, didn't use a cell phone, didn't have scientists, didn't have a computer, didn't have laws. Are you just going to pick and choose what parts of tradition suit you? Plus, just because we ate meat millions of years ago doesn't mean that it is healthy. I prefer to live in 2022 where we know that "beef" is codenamed for dead cow flesh and animal products are rubbish for your health, the animals, and the planet. Also, slaughterhouses, artificial insemination, the dairy, testing, fur, leather, breeding have never been this large scale as they have been in the last hundred years so that "tradition" argument gets thrown out the window. Plus, these are sentient beings like you and I, I wouldn't want what happens to them to happen you or me or anyone. It's needless and cruel, consume and use plants. In this respect, fuck tradition.

@@BrianCarnevaleB26 we've raped and killed each other for millions of years does that mean we should keep doing that too? Nonsense we can live healthily without the need for meat or any animal products, I'm a vegan and had nothing but health benefits - my immunity is the best it has ever been.

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LMAO

I think Mozza would laugh at this comment.

😂😂😂

Lol

There were four members of the band and each contributed to their unique sound (Morrissey, Marr, Rourke, Joyce).

Faul mcCartney. Search the name

Hahahaha

this comment just made my day and this video so much better haha

Mark Allen is the man in question . He worked in the music press and also co-hosted The Old Grey Whistle Test . The McCartney lookalike thing always followed him around , even back then .

@@ThefightingCelt Mark Ellen

for real

The Smiths’ youtube channel is a blessing

i love your pfp

The Queen is Dead is imo very very overrated. Don't know why... The compilation with a/b sides and more, Hatful of Hollow is 10 time better than The queen is dead. For me, the Queen is dead is the smiths Sergent pepper LHCB.

@@DocManFR Hatful of Hollow is my number one fave! I also think The Queen is Dead is very overrated...

I think The Queen is Dead has the best pacing of the songs. Meat is Murder is my fave though.

I don't think he would somehow.

The Queen Is Dead - like Sgt Peppers - arrived at the peak of the band’s impact on the wider culture outside of obsessive fans, plus key songs had a triumphant feel. So those albums become the most symbolic, then lazily assumed to be the best by non-fans, which gives new listeners a place to start, but that’s all. Meat Is Murder is it’s own world, flawless, effervescent, perfect.

Does anyone know why it looks like that? It doesn’t really look like fretboard wear

@@jeffxdd4351 It could be birdseye maple, schecter in their early days had telecasters with similar necks

Whatever wood they used it naturally had a nice pattern. @Borkoff Is on point

it's figured maple, has really cool patterns

There's a succession of great Manc bassists- Hook, Andy, Mani, Paul Ryder...must be something in the rain water

you are correct johnny marr is objcectively the greatest guitarist of all time (when it comes to skill AND song writing), however, why do you not give credit to Morrissey? Morrissey as well is probably the greatest singer/songwriter of all time, yet you ignored him?

Making and listening to great music does that to you.

Yup..they did no wrong..rolling stone magazine put all of there albums in the top 500.of all time best ever...i seen them in Boston Massachusetts U.S.A..and it was crazy..there must have been 200 people trying to get tickets..but it sold out once they went on sale..so i was 16yrs old..and i didnt have a ticket...i was in an alleyway next too the opera house they were playing in it holds about 4 thousand..people.....a truck started to back up the alley me and my buddy were standing in...guy gets out of the van..and opens the back doors of this van..and it was the ice being delivered...so we both grabbed a bag of ice and put it over our shoulders and walked right in...we gave the guy with the ice 75 bucks.. we were 150 feet from the stage..standing room only..because once they started playing everyone rushed to the front of the stage...By far the best concert i have ever seen...so thats my story of my first Smiths concert...i seen them 2 other times and the other 2 concerts were incredible..once romeo and juliet started playing..that was the song they came on stage to....but we had tickets this time..✌🇺🇸 ..The Sun shines out of our behinds..!

David McDonald that’s a great story man. Bet that was an amazing experience.. I’m so proud to say I’m from Manchester and live inly a few doors away from where Morrissey’s mum lives

And his trim hasn't aged a day

And Morrissey has aged about 50 :(

@robert will clsdio

@@user-mv3zo2ip9n not in his mind.

Johnny dyes his hair and such. Morrissey is real.

Never.

Nah. Ian Curtis

Never say that about 60s Girl Group, Marc Bolan Johnny Marr ever again

Emo??? NEVER FUCKING SAY THAT AGAIN!!

@@alanbrito5239 Ian Curtis has nothing to do with emo. He did music in the 70s!

@@tiiamattila1157 so? goth and emo are very similar

Very cool

Nice. Mine is “asleep.”

@@21stcenturyvomit68 likewise 👍

@@21stcenturyvomit68 Yup... Asleep is in my list too.

How strange. Why did they do this?

@@erinhand To make people riding bicycles swerve, and possibly crash and die

I can distinctly remember recording the smiths peel sessions on my tandy stacking system. Same age as you and to be that age when the smiths came out was a privilege. Feel very lucky.

I think the most underrated is Wonderful Woman, or maybe Back to The Old House

Akhnaten Both those songs are great I wish Jeane and Wonderful Woman made it onto one of the actual albums instead of just later compilations, they fit the vibe of Hatful and the debut album perfectly imo

"Asleep" is by far one of the most depressing, and saddest songs of the Smiths - yet brilliant, pleasant and well-sung.

So true

SAME

They were The Doors of the eighties. Similar ardent fanbases that felt a great critical ownership of them.

Ditto.

Hmm? Is Well I Wonder mentioned in this video?

I wonder if Antoine Doinel would have liked The Smiths... 🤔

Well I Wonder É minha preferida deles 😋

@@jessebruno7899 A minha é This night has opened my eys, mas Well i Wonder é a segunda.

Quero

That’s a huge relief & credit to U ... with the ‘help’ of the Smiths, U put in the hard yards...

meat is murder is so underrated compared to other of their albums

Andrew Rocco garcia Totally! ❤️🤘🏼😎

Demasiadoo❤️❤️

I think Morrisey is a ’he’. Her hair style is called a quiff!

Jajajaja sorry I was wrong and thanks

It’s called the Morrissey.

@@iskatran me too!!!

Almost as good as queen

Ooooooh you devil lol.