Leon Russen please do!

Leon Russen well I have a third leg

Please Do!

Leon Russen please do

Pleaseee

both rourke and joyce are criminally underappreciated

Utter drudgery

rest in peace andy

@@brianfergus839 ok

For someone with a serious drug addiction, the man was absolutely focused on damn-near 100% of the live clips I’ve seen of him. A machine with a big heart!

Mine too. God bless, Andy. 😢

Ahhhh no! 😢

The bass is the balls on this one. Rip Andy.

was Detailing Motorbikes, in Garage in Longmont CO...when I heard. we rode and Played for Andy . But wait>? detailing Motos? shouldn't you be listening to MOTORHEAD, iron maiden ..or Crue>? No. Smiths Rip Andy.

Signature trade mark with the treble turned up on his P bass accented with a pick. The outro verse with drums and bass is bona fide and legit. RIP Andy Rourke 🥁🎸

And a lovely person to boot

lmao

mmmmm... a bouquet of flowers.

@@chase.7780 he is vegan lol

Lmao

😂

Michael Chance Fuck Ya!!!!

Who underrates him?

@@cinemar, Morrissey and Johnny Marr did, when it came to paying him his share of the band's royalties.

Andy Rourke's bass made the Smith's sound.

Him and hooky mann

yee Johnny wrote it. He's out of this world....

Be like. .. Epic

@@lenamarii4561 he did not

@@smoggyboy6365 he did in fact

"Borrowed " by The Killers for 'Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine'

Of all time, not just the 80s

The only other long bass line like this I can think of is in Tubular Bells.

Heroin

@@althetriangle2559how would help in the slightest

+Andy Phillips Criminally underrated. People focus on Marr (who is a genius) and tend to leave Rourke in his shadow.

I totally agree. Marr is a genius, but in the case of The Smiths Andy Rourke was just as imperative in creating their distinctive sound.

+Andy Phillips Finally someone who agrees with me.

Today is his birthday.

Solid bass player. Always kept good tempo!

I would think the one at the end of Tubular Bells is a killer too.

Well given his on/off again heroin addiction at the time, he probably never noticed how tired his arm was

@@greva2904 didn’t know that !

@@paddyskate According to Johnny Marr’s autobiography, Andy Rourke started using heroin before the Smiths were formed, had stopped using it by the time he joined the Smiths, then started using it again later on during his time with the band

@@greva2904 not surprising tbh

Danceable indeed, as demonstrated by Morrissey and Marr.

That Johnny marr wrote

@@edannoble4116 just no though, that's factually incorrect

@@edannoble4116 Just shut the fuck up about that bullshit.

@@marceloliebhardt I'd rather read a comment. If you have one.

@@315Bodhi17 That guy kept repeating the same reply on every comment praising Andy's bass skills, so my reply to him was nothing but proper. So what if Marr wrote it? Even if he did, it takes a capable bassist to play the part and that's what Andy is.

perfect

The magic of G R O O V E

Nailed it

5:33......Perfect??

@@Htiler punk for a second

Jack Rosa he is a fucking magician

erm..... rourke?

Sam Wulfekotter Marr wrote the bass part too Rourke only performed it

Andy Rourke also

I really am not a big fan of this music, but I have heard a lot about Marr being good while never hearing him. I will say he's a pretty cool player, covering a lot of sonic ground on this.

How can Morrisey suggest that Rourke and Joyce were just session musicians this I's glorious and blew my fifteen year old mind

Rourke is defo a distinctive playing style in the band ...underrated

@@kmjpe2 because they didnt contribute anything to the writing

@@kmjpe2 Rourke is really good, a lot of Smiths songs have excellent basslines (Well I Wonder, Charming Man, This Night Has Opened My Eyes and so forth...) but Mike Joyce was just an ok drummer, there is nothing special about his playing what so ever.

Cant be that underrated if everyone keeps saying so!

great bass player

That's cool

I know, it's not a Smiths concert unless the front row is trying to get up on the stage.

Right? I would give anything to have been there!

izmar they are mystified, spellbound, mesmerised

yeah i think all should be dancing like those on the back haha I would have been one of those if only I would have been there lol

Don't blame them, blame the shows' producers "Everybody please stay put, we need a lot of real estate with our big and heavy cameras."

Morrissey a man of Ukip sadly .

@@jimshelley8831 Yawn Zzzzzzzz 🥱

Andy is the heart and soul of the Smiths.

@@StarsandBarsRecords Well it is all of them, inn't it? A band is a fist pull away fingers and it gets weaker. Marr is a guitar genius but the rest have unique approaches. Too bad Morrisey became a fascist

@@doitnowvideosyeah5841 why a facist ?

the only song that makes me wanna dance, ever !

Its the only song marr has the time to dance and play at the same time :)

Funky indeed

Ese baile es lo mejor que he visto😍 me enamoré aún más.

It's very cool... Really!

Mitch Pendleton what do you mean about a child abuser ?

@@x.Fredward.x read the lyrics. "Unruly boys who will not grow up must be taken in hand"... "A crack on the head is what you get"

Marr and Rourke usually played in funk bands after the smiths

M Pendleton it’s about education you fool

Rusholme Ruffians is also funky. Marr was a big fan of Chic.

no se i feel this within my being like I think we all do

Me too! They woke me up and snapped me out of the prison of my own mind! They filled me (still do 30 years later) with joy amazement curiosity and a fighting spirit, enough courage to run away from an abusive household and to acknowledge and feel things that were previously too scary or confusing before, Morrissey's lyrics helped me connect to my own emotions. I was very quiet and isolated as a young teenager and kept it all hidden away, hearing The Smiths brought it out of me, I doubt that any psychologist or counselor would have been able to do that at the time!

Oh come on, One of? Gimme a break. They are the best band of all time.

honestly same, the smiths are the best

I’m 41 this year and just discovered this wonderful music, why wasn’t I tune to it before?!?! They make me feel 18 again, fill me with pure joy, happiness and have the ability to make me laugh and cry. Truly amazing music.

Exactly

bass is the shit as well !!

And that expensive Gibson Guitar sounds sooo thin only just !

Necrophagist1999 rourke is... Joyce is just okay

TheMumblingMoron stfu

@@themumblingmoron4527 Yes. Joyce goes for a fill at 5:31 and loses it completely. Marr covers by making as much noise as possible until Joyce gets the pattern back

@@ethanc1719 can you then come with some good arguments for why Joyce is underrated?

TheMumblingMoron no I disagree that Joyce was ‘just okay’ , I mean listen to queen is dead or miserable lie drums

airondb101 No different from today apart from the entire crowd would all be holding camera phones in the air.

Just hypnotized witnessing greatness.

I don't know, if I would be there I wouldn't know how to feel, like feeling the urge to dance to that while being scared of looking like an asshole

That was considered to be cool back than...

Now people go to concerts only to talk over the band playing! They don't have any respect for the performers. If they want to talk with their friends they shouldn't go to a concert.

Ricardo Basilio u do realize there is a bass?

Carol Montoya He's talking about "guitars" specifically, not including bass guitar. It does sound like more than one guitar. Marr is a genius.

@@movimentodoscacos it isn't that hard, it's mostly arpeggios what give that effect

Actually the incredible bass line is what gives the impression that it's more than one guitar, sometimes.

Quase dei like no seu comentário, aí vi a foto de perfil...

This was before Meat Is Murder was released and I remember seeing this fantastic performance at the time and feeling so let down by the version on the album which is really lacking the bounce and verve of this version

It's way better!

@@petehenry3421 do you happen to know what gig this clip is taken from? they're on fire here! long live the smiths, truly!

@@billygough3636 It was a performance for The Tube, a UK music TV show on Channel 4. It came from the Tyne-Tees studios in Newcastle.

Agree...prefer to listen to this version

Seems to be a theme with The Tube. I think their back room sound guys really had a talent for making the best of the bands.

So soothing music

Musically talented group.

You're doing it all wrong, weeping/drinking/wetting the bed is the only way to listen to the Schmidts

@@fintanoclery2698 could still be happy doing all three while listening to the smiths

Me too

jules bent me too xD

me three

There is. Not too long but long enough to be really cool

Me four

benevolent bacon & tea

Practice from a tender age!

Love him 😍

Smoking a Lot of weeD

by existing

Was

Ha, wrote something similar above before I saw this!

Shame that they didn't get along

Marr didn’t write any words!!! he wrote the music and that’s that !!!

@@luislizard2626 but he did it so well, you have to admit it

I always maintain that without Rourke and Joyce, Marr's riffs and Morrissey's lyrics wouldn't have worked as well as they did. They were so tight they gave the other two licence to do their own thing.

thoroughly underrated as is joyce really,

No. There are thousands more technically able and the parts were written by Johnny marr

@@edannoble4116 they were not written by johnny marr. its been disproven many times.

@@edannoble4116 Hey Albert Einstein. Johnny didn't play that bass line. Rourke did. You obviously don't play bass yourself either - otherwise you might understand how fucking difficult that part is. It's a masterpiece. And yes - I DID play bass on a pro level. That's one of the best bass lines I've ever heard.

@@etherashe5164 I do play guitar and bass and it's really not that difficult, also I learnt that information on a different smiths song. In hindsight i should have fact checked but I didn't. I'm sorry for spreading misinformation but I think it's rather pretentious to bring up that you played bass at a pro level and use that as validation of your opinion that this is a masterpiece. Even tho I agree

To borrow a phrase from Marr, this was "worth a million rock n roll points."

Yours is one of the best comments I have seen:) Bless you and the smiths, of course. 😊

Luis Lizard for real

Luis Lizard ~ Ha 😆 Yeah... good comment 👍

NoUgHtToSiXtY Shakespeare’s sister

They are just spinning and sliding til it's over

Maybe in the vague genre of rock but really the smiths sound was always very bass driven more so over everything. And was perfect that way. Unless you mean as far as how much respect andy got. Either way.. Yes Andy rourkes amazing.

God bless him. 😢

@@travisedwards3543 Being there was no rythm guitar... Andy's Bass lines were very important sound of The Smiths... and it's glorious...

Youre a goodlooking man

Al Pacino you're right.

Don't forget Mani.

HeFilmsTheClouds Of Course mate!! (Long Live to Stone Roses)

Albert MUFC absolutely amazing bass player

And yet moz and johnny M referred to andy and mike as "survivable musicians

aí tu botou no rabo deles

Agreed goodsir

Reprised by Kramer in Seinfeld.

Ahhh

Do yourself a favor. See every live gig you can afford to see. I had a chance to see them "back in the day" but was too busy, same with REM and the Replacements. I heard a line in a Butthole Surfers song once...It's better to regret something you have done, than something you haven't done. Meat is Murder is an amazing piece of work but there is amazing stuff out there now. Go find it and be a part of it. If you are in the audience you're still a part of it. It will always be a memory. I did get to see Morrissey a couple years ago. He's gained a bit of weight but still has that amazing voice. Regret sucks, try not to have any.

Kenny Truer words were never spoken. Although I don't follow the words as well as I should.

It was heaven in the 80s.

A crack on the head is what you get for asking! CRACK!!

I DID. IT WAS INCREDIBLE TODAY IS SHIT. I MEAN SHIIIIIIIIIT