The Smiths - This Charming Man (Live on Top of The Pops '83)

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The Smiths - This Charming Man (Live on Top of The Pops '83)
This Charming Man performed live on Top of The Tops, broadcasted on 24th November 1983.
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Lyrics:
Punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will Nature make a man of me yet?
When in this charming car
This charming man
Why pamper life's complexities
When the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"
A jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the rings"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome
That someone so handsome should care"
This charming man
This charming man
A jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
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@PVA.GLU. 3 дня назад

Top of the pops is the best thing created.

@alightthatnevergoesout Год назад

Morriseys voice just seems to glide over the instruments. Majestic.

@Harpdashian 4 года назад

It’s weird how much they stick out in the mid 80s, they’re flamboyant but not in the same way a lot of 80s bands were, they seem quite modern

@felipehamm6522 4 года назад

I think it's Johnny Marr guitar playing that made them sound so modern.

@rootsradic 4 года назад

Probably because they’ve been endlessly imitated to this day.

@richham439 3 года назад

@n n Such an amazing tone signature of The Smiths:)

@Severinate 3 года назад

If you saw them walking down your local high street today, they wouldn't look odd.

@johnboy2349 3 года назад

Mozz was flamboyant, the rest were just regular dudes but Marr having that rockstar quality to him.

@kevanbrown7620 3 года назад

"Punctured bicycle, on a hillside desolate", what an opening line to a pop song, running alongside Johnny Marr's great guitar line. Go Morrissey with those flowers. In later appearances he had a tree branch.

@ossi3529 11 месяцев назад

For a long time I thought it was ‘tortured bicycle’. Punctured makes much more sense.

@shortspecimen 11 месяцев назад

LMAO when i was younger i thought it was hold your bicycle on a hillside yesterday but when i saw the lyrics xd

@johnmichaelson9173 Год назад

RIP Andy Rourke & condolences to the family. I first met Andy in the BBC bar after they'd just backed Sandi Shaw on Top of the Pops in 1984. Such a lovely fella & what a Bass Player, wow just wow. If anyone has any doubts about Andy's playing just check out what Guy Pratt says about Andy. It's such a sad day, he's gone but never forgotten, his music will speak for himself & his talent.

@georgeydlfc 4 года назад

Why pamper life’s complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat. Genuinely one of the best lyricist of our time

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

gucci gang gucci gang gucci gang finish teh song next time

@georgeydlfc 3 года назад

@@tobybalmont9037 I believe history is a wheel...

@Peter-ov6xh 3 года назад

English is not my native language. What does this lyric mean?

@georgeydlfc 3 года назад

Why worry about understanding life when you have materialistic posession, it’s morrisey commenting ironically that our desires for knowledge and understanding ourselves is overshadowed by consumerism or luxury . That’s my take on it anyway after all art is subjective 👍🏼🙂

@Justus-im3gb 3 года назад

@@georgeydlfc i always this was about sex, why talk complex blablabla When we can just have simple joy. But i also think its meant ironic

@thomasdonnelly3263 3 года назад

For me this is as about as perfect as pop music gets. It's under 3 minutes, it has an infectious guitar riff, a flawlessly groovy bass line, a simple but effective drum part, and the voice soars over with the most stylish and ambiguous lyrics. Genius. I put it up there with The Beatles greatest hits any day!

@santidudok4196 3 года назад

This ain't pop though

@joshbaino3087 3 года назад

@@santidudok4196 how?

@santidudok4196 3 года назад

@@joshbaino3087 alternative

@joshbaino3087 3 года назад

@@santidudok4196 I mean, "indie pop"

@Cam_NBH 2 года назад

I totally agree, great post

@MultiSUPERLATIVO 10 месяцев назад

The vulnerability that is indeed the true power. No microphone in his hand. He is clearly saying it was a playback. Morrissey's presence on stage was so strange and different from the other pop singers of that era. Respect.

@ftfwseoaoj9101 4 года назад

I’d build a time machine just to watch this live The Smiths are the best 80s band of all time

@Shadow_of_Yharnam Год назад

Hmm I’d say Depeche Mode is the best. The smiths are still great tho

@thegolfdude Год назад

You'd be disappointed then since they're not actually performing

@fivvem Год назад

Shifting

@gqmartinez1 9 дней назад

Let’s just say, the 80s had a lot of amazing bands and songs compared to todays music scene

@mmmanutd 4 года назад

I would go out tonight, but I'm in quarantine

@ttobiasg 4 года назад

estamos igual

@thenealdog5343 4 года назад

It'd be in vain i'm sure :P much like my ventures, only accept this time my vain trips come with an added health risk eeee :I

@ZeniferJenZ 4 года назад

😉

@mmmanutd 4 года назад

@@ttobiasg sí :(

@m.s.7756 4 года назад

I pictured Morrissey saying this, subsequently imagined Morrissey in quarantine, and became a bit sad.

@roses1 4 года назад

His voice is still so refreshing to this day

@delby66 Год назад

A terrible shame to hear of Andy Rourke's death. What a great bass player. My condolences to his family and friends. May he RIP.

@masteryeet3600 3 года назад

My dad was such a lucky bastard he got to see this live as he was 22 when this aired edit: let me reiterate i know that top of the pops performances weren’t performed live, i simply meant that my dad saw this as it was live on air, not the performance itself being performed live.

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

23*

@masteryeet3600 3 года назад

@@tobybalmont9037 22 still, turned 23 in December

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

@@masteryeet3600 24*

@jayveebloggs9057 3 года назад

i saw them at the Hacienda round about this time...

@taniaarthur 2 года назад

"live"

@Gabriel-fj2es 3 года назад

One of the best and most memorables moments in rock history.

@skudsproductions323 4 года назад

1:14 AAAH

@jhonnycagexrage7458 3 года назад

AaAAhH

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

12:12

@jagandsunder Год назад

RIP Andy - that bass-line! This chiming riff wouldn't stand a chance over a root-note plod. Bravo sir.

@rayvaughan3197 Год назад

Currently reading Marrs autobiography "set the boy free" ..... it invigorates your near 40 year love of this band and how it all came to be, Marr is a gift an iconic legend and a beautiful soul .

@lamentpnw8662 4 года назад

Man their goes maar workin his guitar magic again. His guitar skills are so powerful he can all play without it even plugged in

@sethsosa3441 4 года назад

I would go out tonight but I haven’t got a mask to wear 😔

@izaiahreyes1044 4 года назад

Seth Sosa 😂😂

@lucaswallo8127 4 года назад

nice

@truebass44 4 года назад

*Plays bassline*

@edisone.7212 3 года назад

😂😂😂👏👏👏...

@justaguy1451 2 года назад

I would go out tonight but I but I voted for the tyrannical Commies.

@rayvaughan3197 Год назад

👊😔 revisiting today 19.5.23 ..... Andy Rourke R.i.P and thank you for the music

@bradglascott9678 2 года назад

Honestly one of the best songs of all time

@b.m.1841 4 года назад

this music remind me about so many things that i miss.. it was a nice nostalgia

@roof.rat. 4 года назад

Agreed, although it was just last year

@sandorrclegane2307 3 года назад

How did shows back then have the audacity to just straight up play the studio recording. They didn't even try

@ieatshampoo6323 2 года назад

Yes but I believe Morrissey is singing

@sandorrclegane2307 2 года назад

@@ieatshampoo6323 oh he does, to a bouquet of flowers. The rest of the band is playing too, it doesn't matter though as their mics are turned off. The audio is the same as the studio version of TCM, it was clearly played over what the band was trying to do. To be clear, i'm not bashing on The Smiths here, i love them, it was probably the TV station that refused to let them play live and instead just used a pre-recorded version. Happened back then i guess

@timithian 2 года назад

Top of the Pops used studio recordings since they had performances after another and they wouldn’t be able to get the right audio settings for each performer so they decide to do studio recordings instead of a live performances

@robbutterill1426 2 года назад

thats top of the pops. literally everyone did it😂 its all prerecorded. oasis did a song and noel pretends to sing, while liam (the actual singer) played the guitar

@hux2000 2 года назад

@@ieatshampoo6323 He's not; he has no microphone. (And besides, you can tell just by listening that it's the vocal track from the single.)

@achair650 4 года назад

*insert unoriginal corona joke* stop me if you've heard THIS one before

@eggspress8043 4 года назад

Maddy Russo that joke isn’t funny anymore..

@lew306 4 года назад

Well it appears as though we're all going nowhere fast.

@lew306 4 года назад

Best rush home to the old house, all we can do now is stretch out and wait.

@theneer-do-wells9728 4 года назад

Louie Morin a rush and a push?

@lew306 4 года назад

@@theneer-do-wells9728 Rusholme and a push

@manfredlopeza1002 4 года назад

Happy to be here listening to Morri's voice, the perfect guitar of Johnny "F" Marr, Andy's bass and Mike's drums. Keep going, guys. We can overcome with this 2020, remember that "there is a light that never goes out".

@SansukitheOriginal 4 года назад

There is a Light that never goes Out is A MASTERPIECE and will overlife ALL Generation

@gnus3830 4 года назад

All the performances on TOTP were done with backing track, and that means that Marr, Andy and Mike were just mimicking playing the song live. The only person who was actually performing 'live' here was Morrissey.

@Fragrantbeard 4 года назад

Sungley Yeah, he is lip syncing. Hell, at one point he sticks his tongue out when "he" is still singing.

@Norce555 3 года назад

@@Fragrantbeard I'd say the fact that he doesn't have a mic is the bigger "hint" that he isn't singing live.

@kramerbassplayer 9 месяцев назад

Thats some good bass playing on this track

@LANCSKID Месяц назад

Andy Rourke RIP .

@fortyminers9389 4 года назад

who else was never able to see them live and wishes they could time travel

@christophermartin7889 4 года назад

I saw them in august 86 at the fox theatre in Detroit. Great show!

@MCphattyStoolz 4 года назад

I'm watching them live, now

@westonsea 4 года назад

Don’t wanna gloat but.......oh ok i will.....saw them live Twice 1984 Birmingham Tower Ballroom and 1986 Wolverhampton civic Hall - no day goes past without me thinking of those gigs.....they were as good as in your dreams!

@emileconstance5851 4 года назад

Saw them on The Queen is Dead Tour, Boulder, Co. Kissed Morrisey on stage.

@MrAlwaysBlue 4 года назад

Fortunate enough to see them at Lancaster Uni 1984.

@lucaaa03 4 года назад

the smiths saved my life

@tajson1488 3 года назад

same

@mvrick1 3 года назад

same here

@valeriamontoya2217 3 года назад

Same, and Oasis too😉

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

thank me later

@priskadr8107 4 года назад

STAN THE SMITHS

@chrisjames6327 Год назад

I'm an 88 year old Titanic survivor, and when I was in the lifeboat fighting for my life, it was this song that kept me going. Thank you Morrisons

@awerawer0708 Год назад

what lol

@victorrangel8283 Год назад

Bruh

@user-bj4vw4vy5i Год назад

bruh

@axlblazeauthor Год назад

Holy sh we have living legend right here lol

@brayshell3922 Год назад

@@JJStale missed the joke

@david-nr4ok Год назад

Oh look at that style. Awesome

@nievesofficial 4 года назад

Amazing

@bibypbh8219 4 года назад

neevs agreed

@Randmhuman Год назад

What a song

@footyguy01 5 месяцев назад

The most iconic TOTP performance of the 1980's. It was a complete & total cultural shift, a real cannon blow to 1980's music.

@thecinematicmind 3 года назад

Best night of those flowers

@bob_lobblah1388 3 года назад

He's so damn charming he don't even need a mic, the universe just obliges

@mrtoad1408 Год назад

Lol he doesn't need a mic because TOTP was all lipsynced then. Even the musicians aren't actually playing.

@stephenson19861 Год назад

@@mrtoad1408 I heard it frustrated them and that's why he didn't even want to have a mic but flung flowers

@rushyy8765 Год назад

@@mrtoad1408 this is why Freddie mercury is better

@tysfalsehood 11 месяцев назад

@@rushyy8765 Freddie also lipsynced on Top of the Pops. It's just how that show was. Both bands genuinely performed their songs love on other occasions lol.

@zurucalel7568 4 года назад

Love the Smiths ❤

@carusher6681 4 года назад

Zuru Calel, same

@cristiant1068 4 года назад

Simplemente historico

@abcb0210cag 4 года назад

I'm practicing this song on guitar. Marr's beautiful riff

@alexdebua2666 3 года назад

It's very enjoyable to do!

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

cheers

@alexiaandrade2902 3 года назад

Me too

@El_Andru 3 года назад

I just did. Downloaded a looping pedal app. Its so fun to layer guitars

@pepepantuflas1 2 года назад

His quiff is o epic

@dougfunnie8321 3 года назад

Good Song!!!!

@DVDfeverGames Год назад

RIP Andy Rourke (17th January 1964 - 19th May 2023) 😥

@joseloprado5181 4 года назад

This Fucking Man!!!!!! I love

@stevieperez9992 4 года назад

Should of been #1 on the chart’s

@eduardobrazil007 3 года назад

Perfection

@Thecrow987 3 года назад

The smiths saved my life

@avrolancaster6987 3 года назад

A megastar was born that evening. I miss. TOTP and music how it was...(and this was before even my time.... but it was ‘better’.... it just was... than today).

@shadowplay5363 3 года назад

Iconic.

@rafaelbaldivia7269 Год назад

Os The Smiths 🍷🍷🍷

@M15Guys 4 года назад

Beautiful then - beautiful now ......

@lucas77025 4 года назад

Paixão e amor eterno por essa banda 🎈

@gabrielabarros2036 3 года назад

his jawline wow

@nmyo27 Месяц назад

This Charming Man

@MartianFruit 4 месяца назад

This song reminds of my brother, who I lost in the mountains in Hawaii

@comicalsoldier 3 года назад

Sometimes it's hard to be yourself, thank you Morrissey for showing me that is not impossible.

@mrmralloa8540 4 года назад

At number 30😁😁😁😁

@nalonoliveira1988 4 года назад

Cresci ouvindo Smiths... incrivelmente saudosa memória 👏👏👏👏

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

do u have a turkey version?

@jessereamer5804 2 года назад

For me the Smiths are like a good bottle of wine. they get better with age!

@amytaylor4407 Год назад

Hello there 👋👋,how are you doing today? Hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!!❤️

@jlaw8873 3 года назад

Loved the Smiths never forget seeing this for first time November 83 absolutely fu@#*%# brilliant

@JasmineSurrealVideos 3 года назад

I'm so glad-ioli this song and video exists.

@grimmertwin2148 2 года назад

Best comment here - everyone else hung up on lip synching or earnest fawning

@RadioClambake Год назад

RIP Andy Rourke

@jennyjohnson7751 2 года назад

Morrissey definitely helping my anxiety xxxxxxxx

@raulgonzalezart6006 4 года назад

The Smiths are LEGEND.

@andymurph3394 4 года назад

brilliant band the smiths Morrissey had such a unique voice

@valentina0102 4 года назад

Only God knows how much they helped me when I was feeling like there was no way out. It doesn't matter where life will take me, whenever I'll listen to them I'll think about the 16-year-old I used to be and time will be just a perception. "But they were the only ones who ever stood by you"...

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

i also think about the time when u were 16 aswell

@perksofbeingadeadpoet 3 года назад

this makes me happy

@f1sh_st1cks 4 года назад

This band is my nutrient

@lauratacuriarqque8699 4 года назад

Amo a The Smiths

@AJM01 Год назад

Didn't realise how much I'd miss T.O.T.P. I find myself watching repeats whenever I'm looking for something to watch and come across them on tv.

@tombartram7384 Год назад

I've got a boring af job, security guard, and totp downloads in my phone are a lifesaver! I'm 58 hence 78-88 is my era. I also watch motorbike and car vids plus George & Mildred from that era. Bit sad really but never mind.

@AJM01 10 месяцев назад

@@tombartram7384 😆 I am a bit younger so 80s are my earliest memories. I am currently watching "Minder" because I remember the theme from my childhood.

@doug1234dougx 3 года назад

Johnny Marr ducking the flowers Morrissey is swinging. LMAO.

@CHS_BLue 2 года назад

Lmao

@peterlorrequartet6559 Год назад

A complete enigma for this era of pop music......so different....so brilliant....

@MultiSUPERLATIVO 10 месяцев назад

They were truly fortunate. There are lots of wonderful bands that never had 10% of what The Smiths achieved in terms of selling records and the due respectful amount of consideration. They indeed put Rough Trade Records on the map.

@serenitatis2191 3 года назад

"I Think Youve Blown Some Minds, John"

@mikemccord72 7 месяцев назад

I remember watching this as an 11 year old on top of the pops. I remember my dad going what the hell is this awful crap so i instantly fell in love with the Smiths. Its been a 40 year old one sided love affair wver since.

@luisdias3843 4 года назад

Love The Smiths!!

@James-bu6yz Год назад

Andy forever

@miaaa_eg_1787 4 года назад

the smiths will ever ever get old.

@meatsurfer Год назад

no cameras, no phones, no mics, no amps or cords, just living in the moment

@Abeja1225 Год назад

Just your good ol fashioned lip sync

@gobsmacker2390 11 месяцев назад

I wish

@llIlIlIIllIIlllllllIIIlI 10 месяцев назад

all over flawless feels

@smfc1rjh 2 года назад

Such a hypnotising voice

$@fracox17$

@fracox17 4 года назад

Love the Smiths

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

thxs

@maddy-tt7xn 3 года назад

i wish i was alive in the 80s. the music, the movies, everything seemed so much better. i wish i could time travel back in time. i’m 14 and i hate growing up in today’s society :(

@robloxscpsplaythroughs1137 Год назад

What a great singer I hope there isn't any controversial news surrounding him.

@stevenvargas4800 Год назад

Why would that matter doesn’t take away from his amazing voice don’t be a sheep

@NicolaVerni-qj2wu Год назад

Yawn

@mnih6072 11 месяцев назад

😂

@missingno88 11 месяцев назад

morrisey is based

@ardrialban511 6 месяцев назад

Whatever it is he’s in trouble for, he’s probably right.

@tobyjackman3212 3 года назад

Sweet segue

@grahampick4959 7 месяцев назад

Will still be heard and remembered and played in 50 years time. Unlike today's so-called pop & r&b.

@janismorrissey 4 года назад

Let's pretend the smiths are still together and they put this video here. Anyway thank u ♡♡

@idontgetjokes1918 4 года назад

Shut up Janis

@blmarg1001 3 года назад

@@idontgetjokes1918 very cool, great opinion sick mode kid

@antoniopadula9401 3 года назад

Let's pretend Morrissey wasn't an horrible person

@tobybalmont9037 3 года назад

they are together they're called travis scoott

@chocmint 4 года назад

oh to be in that audience....

@marcoantoniogarridomunguia5863 4 года назад

I love the Smiths

@bellesss 2 года назад

this is one of my favourite songs in the entire world oml

@TheRealThomasPaine1776 6 месяцев назад

I was such a rocker back in the 80's but I totally got into the Smiths and used to dance like crazy to this song! I was a bass player, but I just loved the guitar work!!!! And yes, I actually saw them live at Great Woods, outside Boston! It was perhaps in 86-87, maybe 88.

@yami1758 4 года назад

Mano, essa música fará parte da minha playlist eternamente ❤

@dicasdesaudeparaleigos7378 4 года назад

Somos dois. 😍😍😍😍😍

@Semnome_780 4 года назад

The smiths é poesia

@victorialima1801 4 года назад

Eu sou fanática em smiths e tipo caralho preciso da amizade de vcs

@BITGAMMER 4 года назад

Mano amo esses cara ♡

@welliu4529 4 года назад

a banda faz parte da minha playlist/vida

@lucasdummer7912 3 года назад

Brazil love you guys! 01/11/2020

@migueldrozino2686 4 года назад

Saudade do que nunca vivi tenho 14 kkkk

@lavendxr_grey 4 года назад

beautiful man moz thank u for being so pretty x

@SimMaster 4 года назад

The Smiths are the best 80s band of all time

@Teajonmustard 4 года назад

Never say something like this ever in your fucking life. Reading this comment I literally felt me heart stop working for approximately 3 minutes. I crawled from the ground to my computer (even though I can’t feel the right side of my fucking neck) to tell you this