The Queen Is Dead: An Annotated look at the Classic Album

The Queen Is Dead: An Annotated look at the Classic Album | Liner Notes

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8 жыл бұрын

In the next episode of our new series, Liner Notes, we take an annotated look at The Smiths' classic album, The Queen Is Dead, 30 years after its release.
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@T_from_U 8 жыл бұрын

i resisted them until that album then there was just no denying the brilliance

@jamesonjaksch4883 7 жыл бұрын

Unknown Pleasures next or Closer.

@Nicksloan91 5 жыл бұрын

2:20 so the original female background vocals were "really weird" so naturally they had to replace them with "totally normal" sped up Morrissey vocals haha

@lilpentagram13 8 жыл бұрын

Always wondered about the fade out/fade in.

@scottvaughn9 5 жыл бұрын

Love that song, and I love this album. But in fair criticism, if something needs to be explained to the listener in order for it NOT to seem like a big production mistake, is that really justification?

@garbiello 4 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Genzale It was intentional

@doydivision3984 4 жыл бұрын

Fax same

@CarmelaPattillo 7 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite albums ever. I still have a copy in my car right now! Today, literally.

@creekandseminole 7 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see videos in this series on these albums: Loveless, Ok Computer/Kid A, Blood on the Tracks, and Post.

@TheKidEnigma 7 жыл бұрын

creekandseminole they did Loveless already

@m_crowley6674 6 жыл бұрын

Local man predicts the next year of Liner Notes

@madting8082 5 жыл бұрын

This video is so aesthetically pleasing

@thedreamsoldierful 7 жыл бұрын

I always had a soft spot for their debut album tbh

@evah1928 4 жыл бұрын

You've got to love that opening to Cemetry Gates

@dirkheeres2206 7 жыл бұрын

holy shit, how the video cuts out before Morrisey can beautifully sing 'for love' is savave

@knivves0ut 7 жыл бұрын

Keep these types of videos coming pitchfork! Would love to see a footwork history overview since you guys are based in Chicago

@yaeli_i_guess 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm a diehard smiths fan and I didnt know most of these facts.

@wavellan 7 жыл бұрын

This was a great video! Loved it!

@lisaschuster9187 3 жыл бұрын

While he was going through a break-up my brother listened to the Smiths obsessively. The one I always think of was lugubriously called “A Very Unhappy Birthday,” if that was really the name... He survived. :)

@patriciosotelo9007 2 жыл бұрын

Your brother is a good lad

@2tallokote 8 жыл бұрын

Great video

@Regannic 8 жыл бұрын

This series is so awesome, really hoping they do more!

@gruadyhorror7878 7 жыл бұрын

2:25 and a speed-up Morrissey isn't?

@yaeli_i_guess 7 жыл бұрын

Gruady Horror lmao

@AmadOwns 8 жыл бұрын

Can you plssssss make more smiths videos

@xoacid 6 жыл бұрын

I love this album 10/10

@incessantmurkysmuggler 7 жыл бұрын

You gotta do Daniel Johnston it's so interesting

@frigidstarslp5679 6 жыл бұрын

Chris Higgins yes

@alexislannoy5212 8 жыл бұрын

oh yeah!

@patrickbateman457 5 жыл бұрын

What song is “when did you drop it near the end” on????

@theblackmambaplague 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the smiths and their songs.

@fernandezlapa 6 жыл бұрын

do the joy division's masterpiece, unknown pleasures

@sudevsen 8 жыл бұрын

whatever happened to pitchfork. tv album videos

@yaggayaggaya9918 7 жыл бұрын

I love Derek Jarman and I love Morrissey

@theleodensian 8 жыл бұрын

This is the kid from Almost Famous, right?

@rockkiller124 6 жыл бұрын

The record is fucking timeless

@introxgrunt 6 жыл бұрын

Do a video on OK Computer!!!!!!!!!!

@ditlo-km3dj 8 жыл бұрын

fuck yea

@user-vu2sc6ex5i 5 жыл бұрын

I think this is the best album in the 1980s

@leaks2.073 Жыл бұрын

Tom Waits Downtown Train is best 80s Album

@akchubeats3758 3 жыл бұрын

i feel like hatful is much better but this one is good too

@gnt163 2 жыл бұрын

hatful of hollow is compilation not a studio album

@patrikgabrielsson2135 7 жыл бұрын

One of the most underrated albums ever.

@draevonmay7704 5 жыл бұрын

It’s considered by most people to be top 10 in the decade, with many putting it at number 1. I’m pretty hard pressed to say it’s underrated.

@widM_ 5 жыл бұрын

nah, this is really highly rated by everyone

@bobointhebasement2063 3 жыл бұрын

The Queen is Dead is a great album, but am I the only one who feels like Meat is Murder is the best

@user-ym3ld5ut7b 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe underrated? Personally I think the song TQID is one of their most underrated songs.

@luismoraless7133 6 жыл бұрын

I find Meat is murder as their masterpiece. Just saying (: Life is very long when you're lonely

@ClearSoundzArchives Жыл бұрын

This comment was made on September 8, 2022. How ironic.

@Zakaria95M 8 жыл бұрын

I find this a little overrated, don't think it sounds as good as 'Hatful of Hollow' or 'Meat is murder' in 2016. Though I'm unsurprised at NME calling it the best album of all time (somehow beating arctic Monkeys' debut)

@Zakaria95M 8 жыл бұрын

Reasons? Slightly overproduced, and doesn't have the best of Marr's songwriting. It might be the most "Morrissey" smiths album but not the best one musically, IMO.

@buckleygeneration 8 жыл бұрын

I like Arctic Monkeys' debut, but it pales in comparison to The Queen Is Dead.

@Zakaria95M 8 жыл бұрын

I was being sarcastic, given NME's worshiping of the AM. I guess The Smiths were the same sort of band for the magazine to latch onto, only it was actually respectable back then

@hamblok0 6 жыл бұрын

Man and I thought I was the only guy that thought that MIM is better than QID.

@alvaroelias4929 6 жыл бұрын

Hambloko If I’m being objective MIM is their greatest album but if I’m being subjective, the Queen is Dead is their greatest album.