First Time Hearing The Smiths

First Time Hearing The Smiths | Heaven Knows..

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Erol Reacts

Ай бұрын

Well this was a change from what I've been listening to on this channel! Let me know what you think of The Smiths.

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@corvus.mortuus Ай бұрын

your daughter has good musical taste

@TheGuertzberg Ай бұрын

No kidding!

@stanleyrandall3500 Ай бұрын

Johnny Marr is one of the best melodic guitarists. Definitely worth checking out more of The Smiths, their discography is fantastic

@majormajormajortom Ай бұрын

Yay! The Smiths!! Check out "How Soon Is Now?" love that track

@xNaturalist Ай бұрын

Johnny Fucking Marr!!!!!!

@shortaybrown 6 күн бұрын

Greatest rhythm guitar player ever. It’s always fun to see somebody new discover the smiths and the greatness or Johnny Marr

@NicholasSWilliams Ай бұрын

If you want jangly guitars, you've come to the right band. Great reaction!

@davorjuric1309 Ай бұрын

Yes, The Smiths! Probably the best band of the 80s. Check out This Charming Man, How Soon Is Now, The Headmaster Ritual, Well I Wonder, Bigmouth Strikes Again, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Still Ill, Half A Person ... so many good songs.

@shortaybrown 6 күн бұрын

The guitarist Johnny Marr has many many very cool rhythm guitar songs just like this. It was very advanced songwriting in the 80s, and it still is today. What happened is that Johnny Marr wrote and recorded the rhythm guitar parts and gave the singer, Morrissey, The cassette tape to listen yo, and then Morrissey wrote the lyrics. If you like this one, listen to the guitar intro to The Smiths song called “Bigmouth Strikes Again”. Great reaction!

@thoru4367 Ай бұрын

The best band of all time after Beatles

@misha-jz4yx Ай бұрын

Very tongue in cheek - it's a Smith's motif

@lorcanfeely6371 Ай бұрын

Excellent work.. Check out Reel around the fountain from the same record. It's from 1984

@chefboyrg7356 24 күн бұрын

The Smiths are definitely one of my favorite bands of all time

@jffullum4325 Ай бұрын

Love The Smiths.

@MrWestie1985 Ай бұрын

You must go down the Smiths rabbit hole, one of the, if not the, greatest bands to ever cine from these shores 🇬🇧 'This Night Has Opened My Eyes' would be my next suggestion 👍

@flyingardilla143 Ай бұрын

So many bands tried to emulate The Smiths back in the day and just sounded generic. They played simple songs on a high level.

@tjames4025 Ай бұрын

My favorite Johnny Marr outro.

@_CoasterNinja Ай бұрын

One of my favourites from The Smiths! This Charming Man next for more jangle! Great to see you become a fan in real time!

@stewartmitchell8007 Ай бұрын

Johnny made has so many fantastic guitar lines from the smiths through the the, electronic to modest mouse. Well worth a deep dive. Morrissey is a hilarious lyricist too.

@richardadesmond Ай бұрын

LUCKY YOU, never hearing The Smiths. Yeah, the 80's, they were around from '82 to '87 from the musical centre of the Universe, Manchester, England...just kidding. One of my favourite bands of all time. Apparently, I could be wrong in parts here, Johnny Marr wrote this song just after getting a record deal. To sweeten the deal, he asked the rep at the label to buy him a gibson he really wanted. The deal was struck and Marr wrote this in one sitting. If you love jangly guitars, you're gonna love their whole discography. Though they do have some songs that stray from that in a good way, some also with beautiful piano driven tunes. I just gotta recommend "How soon is Now?" amazing guitar riff, and "The Headmaster Ritual", it has an interesting altered tuning from guitarist, Johnny Marr, inspired by Joni Mitchell, if my memory serves me well. Thanks, Erol, really loved all you had to say and what you observed, musically and lyrically. I would love to see you break down songs with your guitar as well as keyboard.

@ErolReacts Ай бұрын

Yes… That’s a great suggestion. I’d love to analyze all those guitar parts.

@neilmccarthy5102 Ай бұрын

Yes. Morrisey (the singer) was very ‘tongue in cheek’ with his lyrics … most content is negative on The Smiths tunes - but I think you need some negative at times as it reflects true ‘balanced’ life good times/bad times, the ying and the yang, etc. Try ‘what difference does it make’ or ‘please please please let me get what I want’ or ‘barbarism begins at home’ or… well, many many more!

@_CoasterNinja Ай бұрын

One of my favourites from The Smiths! This Charming Man next for more jangle! Great reaction!

@shilditch Ай бұрын

One of the best bands of all time

@romanhed 3 күн бұрын

Holy whoa.. thoughtful reactor with a music theory sensibility?? Consider This Smiths fan subscribed! HellooooErol!

@ErolReacts 3 күн бұрын

Thanks and hello!

@libertyjustice1620 Ай бұрын

What a great reaction to a great song! Highly enjoyable. Well done, sir!

@Mehwei Ай бұрын

Ally you did it again, excellent

@irishpaul3129 Ай бұрын

Yeah! The Smiths! My favourite band (as you can see by my Johnny Marr avatar!) More please!

@user-ol3xe5fz4u Ай бұрын

Those Morrisey lyrics.....

@glenngastonjonsson7954 29 күн бұрын

Thank you, sir. Back in 1984, as a 17-teen year old angst ridden youth, listening to this album for three months straight, the sound of The Smiths did have a deep impact on me. Since I'm not musically trained, I focused on the lyrics. Brilliant stuff by Morrissey. But then again, the music stood out so much from Duran Duran, Wham, Lionel Richie, Michael J and all of that other crap going on at the time. Listening to their few albums through their short lived career, made me appreciate the musicianship of Johnny Marr(guitars), Andy Rourke(bass) and Mike Joyce(drums). I walk on the streets of Göteborg, wearing my "Johnny fuckin Marr" tshirts with great pride. Thanks again for a beautiful reaction!

@ErolReacts 28 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@shortaybrown 6 күн бұрын

He’s. This was great music back in the 1980s. Best of the 80s.

@x.Fredward.x Ай бұрын

That’s a great way to describe The Smiths; happy music , sad lyrics.

@darrenhoskins8382 Ай бұрын

Glad you appreciate… was central for a lot of people and still is ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@philhunter9134 Ай бұрын

An important band. Take note of Morrissey.

@BradleyWitt-rz5qh Ай бұрын

Just subscribed to your channel based off your reaction; would be great to see you react to more Smiths and get into Morrissey's solo catalogue which has gems from a 30+ solo career. Hoping you will :)

@malkmusRules 24 күн бұрын

A classic Smiths song. The guitars are beautiful. The bass less pronounced than usual for Smiths songs but absolutely foundational still. Always interested to hear a musician's take on the Smiths they often have an unconventional structure, particularly in the way the vocals relate to the music. Marr is not a trained musician and can't read music and Morrissey is not a trained musician/singer. Marr would send him the music via cassette tape and then Morrissey would lay down the vocals, often placing the chorus where it doesn't belong conventionally. One of the more unique combinations that lasted only a few years.