The Smiths- Bigmouth Strikes Again (REACTION & REVIEW)

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Жыл бұрын

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Song Link: • The Smiths - Bigmouth ...

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@rydelldownward7808 Жыл бұрын

This one really expresses Morrissey’s wicked sense of humor. Love it.

@PJprog Жыл бұрын

Now I know how Joan of Arc felt....... genius - poetry and music all in one place. And groovy as they come. Superb. 😍😍

@sarahzentexas Жыл бұрын

Morrissey is hilarious. Love his erudite lyrics.

@bgray625 9 ай бұрын

Flames rose, roman nose, melting Walkman. We've all been there.

@TisTheDamnStickSeason Жыл бұрын

Some of the greatest and most hilarious lyrics ever

@jeezoh000 Жыл бұрын

The backing vocals are also Morrissey. Backing vocals on the album are credited to Ann Coates a reference to the Ancoates area of Manchester.

@EC-dz3fb Жыл бұрын

NEVER knew that! Thanks!

@gimu.gilmarmonte Жыл бұрын

It's Morrissey's voice pitched up :)

@eboethrasher Жыл бұрын

@@gimu.gilmarmonte the bastard always did that and credited it to others, he's such a wank like that lol.

@saturninebear Жыл бұрын

Best track on a flawless album.

@mikew4001 Жыл бұрын

A classic Smiths album! Still got the original vinyl album from 1986!

@sphericalharmony1603 Жыл бұрын

I always thought that this song was Morrissey showing some self-awareness about the trouble his big mouth could get him into but, judging by that quote you found, maybe not. Nevertheless, a fun song. Glad you mentioned Rourke's great bass playing, which sometimes gets overlooked among all Marr's guitar wizardry.

@eboethrasher Жыл бұрын

Honestly that's why I always thought that Rourke and Joyce deserved more than their meager percentages. Unless Marr sat there and taught him the basslines, Andy (and Mike) both brought so much to the songs. All one has to do is listen to the songs Rourke worked on for Moz's solo career to know how quality he was, too.

@johnramsell8078 Жыл бұрын

One of the best singles of the 80’s IMHO, kicking off side two of one of the best albums of the 80’s. You nailed it Justin, this is one of Johnny Marr’s masterpieces

@tonyetchells6051 Жыл бұрын

The Smiths were so unique. Their musicianship was top notch and Morrissey's lyrics were always grimly amusing. I would heartily recommend "The Headmaster Ritual" , a bona fide masterpiece which has a driving guitar and pulsating drumwork, and anyone who felt like a misfit at school would identify with the storyline.

@HeatherErin Жыл бұрын

Never gets old. My fave albums are Meat is Murder and Strangeways, Here We Come. Iconic Gen X 💜💜💜

@bigjapi1 Жыл бұрын

Was in my playlist during years, years and years, I still listen to it!

@jamespaivapaiva4460 Жыл бұрын

My fickle fingers have replaced the bull-frog mouth in my senior years. Morrissey and Marr's writing brings us to laughs and cheers, while the sarcasm of it all, leads to deeper fears. All in all it is still music to my ears! Peace & joy and beers for your tears!

@tonybanks1035 Жыл бұрын

this might be my favourite smiths song

@frugalseverin2282 Жыл бұрын

I love this band, one of the best of the '80s. This song is a perfect example of Marr's musical brilliance combined with Morrissey's ambiguous (and darkly humorous) lyrics. He calls her "sweetness" as he's trying to apologize by saying he was just joking about violent threats he made. Women don't forgive or forget. Their song 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is very similar in tone and equally funny. The 2017 re-release of this album comes with demos and 4 b-sides from the singles: 'Rubber Ring', 'Asleep', 'Money Changes Everything' and 'Unloveable'. For me 'Asleep' is the most devastating song they made. I hope you include these 4 songs with the album reaction.

@iainweller452 Жыл бұрын

Great song, fab lyrics, this is the album of my early 20s and what an amazing album it is, I always have fun listening to your channel, looking forward to more.

@Hartlor_Tayley Жыл бұрын

A perfect song. I love it. Great reaction. Thanks

@geneharvey7 Жыл бұрын

The lyrics are beautifully over the top. Nice reaction!

@burmajones803 Жыл бұрын

Damn, what a guitarist. Love this band. So funny. So inventive.

@thegardenfix Жыл бұрын

Yesssss, finally....my favorite Smith's song, and you're pretty much the only channel that has reacted to it. :) You rock.

@musicdroog7666 Жыл бұрын

Johnny Freakin Marr. You should really do more of his work with The The from Mind Bomb or Dusk.

@timlynch5710 Жыл бұрын

Way back when....my buddy was a DJ in a great club in Toronto. He'd play the intro to this and the dance floor would get packed, then he'd mix in Barracuda by Heart, then back to The Smiths. It was always about 3 a.m. and it was always brilliant.

@raeann63 Жыл бұрын

maybe it was heart's "crazy on you"? i also thought "big mouth" 's guitar intro sounded like that.

@EC-dz3fb Жыл бұрын

I almost always "smile and laugh" when I hit up this channel! Melting Walkman and all! ♡

@JustJP Жыл бұрын

That makes me happy to read EC :) Ty

@EC-dz3fb Жыл бұрын

@@JustJP HAHAHA! See?! "I can't be on your side! I just can't!" 😹

@kevind4850 Жыл бұрын

Like your new commentary format during the music. Yeah, played _Queen_ _Is_ _Dead_ album constantly when it came out, and vividly recall this track as being one of the standouts (along with the title track). Always wondered at Morrissey's ability to rapid-fire through short series of words while enunciating so clearly. The timbre of the backing vocals reminded me of Cyndi Lauper - interesting to learn it was Morrissey!

@JustJP Жыл бұрын

Ty Kev!

@Owlstretchingtime78 4 ай бұрын

@JustJP Why have you removed me from my channel? I made one comment knocking the Subhumans album, and probably rightly got a lot of flak for it. I apologised to one guy which reached him, album he didn't reply. I've just received another comment criticising the same album and i'm blocked. I imagine you saw my apology, explaining my deep concerns that i had contracted all the symptoms. Yesterday, thank God, i was given the all clear, but before i knew this it petrified me and effected my communication with everyone. It manifested itself in the form of anger. If you've already seen this explanation already and still gone ahead and banned me, surely that goes against your polite and easy going nature. Justin, i am not dying, and surely you can imagine how i am now feeling. Please return me to your channel, as i don't think i have it in me to offend anybody ever again. I've gone from deep despair and darkness to a second chance at life. Please see it in your heart to let me back into the fold. I have no bad feeling left in me, and this would be reflected in the chance of future participation. Peace JP, and please consider what i have been through. ❤

@Owlstretchingtime78 4 ай бұрын

Sorry. I should have put your channel, but i've been rushing through this whole explanation.

@Owlstretchingtime78 4 ай бұрын

@JustJP Have you read my explanation Justin? If so, would you please reply to me! 🫱 🫲

@markmaxwell1013 Жыл бұрын

I don't know much about The Smiths but appreciate the wide range of music you have covered this weekend! Keep up the good work Justin! 🎷🎹🎻🎸👏

@JustJP Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, I'm trying :D

@nomisnestral6956 Жыл бұрын

Play this round midnight and Cinderella turns into a six foot goth, at least that’s how I remember it.

@johnhawk1089 Жыл бұрын

Love the track. Johnny is superb. Morrissey used to wear a hearing aid and glasses that he didn't need. The hearing aid mentioned was another way to compare himself to Joan of Arc.

@willem-janageling3907 Жыл бұрын

Bass, drums and guitar are all top notch here. And Morrissey to top It off. The were my favorite contemporary group in the eighties and this album, this single specifically. Great reaction, as always! You’re awesome JustJP.

@prestonschmitt5356 Жыл бұрын

i love that you pointed out the chipmunked morrisey vocals in the back lmao. i always noticed that when i played my smiths cd and i thought it was weird as hell but its pretty funny

@elwray3506 Жыл бұрын

Haven´t heard this song in a while and I have to say that this pitched up voice ( as basic as this tec is/ was), was really well done. And yeah, guilty of being a bigmouth myself, who loves to melt other peoples hearing aids. And the term "cancelled" springs to mind, when it comes to the chorus line.

@cricketbat09 Жыл бұрын

still sounds fresh and relevant.

@freebee8221 Жыл бұрын

Such a great song. The story is kindof brutal yet the music is happy

@jfergs.3302 Жыл бұрын

Smiths gold.

@Lwize Жыл бұрын

Easily my favourite Smiths song.

@LATBEGHUD Жыл бұрын

He said he was was only joking😀

@motelghost477 Жыл бұрын

The backing singer is called Ann Coates (it's Morrissey pitch shifted).

@thomassharmer7127 Жыл бұрын

'Did they really call themselves NME/ enemy?" Text speak had not been invented back then because there were no mobile phones in general use.

@user-yz1dl3eu8l Жыл бұрын

The 'walkman and hear aid ' is just for fun and for the rhyme, (felt /melt) it is poetry .

@timeweston Жыл бұрын

'Who are you talking to?!' perfect

@Grizazzle Жыл бұрын

Woot!! This one sticks in the brain.

@RickTBL Жыл бұрын

As it turns out, Morrissey really does have a great big giant mouth.

@user-bx2xl7ex7r Жыл бұрын

Is that line " and my Walkman is starting to melt" if I but I always thought he said that. Reminds me of an overly self critical acid trip.

@kenhewitt7357 Жыл бұрын

Great lyrics

@jaemyrick5277 Жыл бұрын

I know Just JP. The Smiths are DARK and also funny. LOL! Catchy tunes. Morrisey is epic vocally. You gotta react to “ Girlfriend In A Coma” by the Smiths, very unsettling and cringing and very very sad. Great reaction.

@maruad7577 Жыл бұрын

Before the iPod, there was the Walkman.

@lemming9984 Жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who knew about iPods these days. I have three and use one on a daily basis.

@maruad7577 Жыл бұрын

@@lemming9984 My iPod wouldn't hold enough music so I got an iPhone. It is a disappointment as preferred my flip phone and my iPod. Progress sucks some days.

@annother3350 Жыл бұрын

After the ipod there is still the Walkman -- You can still buy a digital Walkman today

@Octavian7771 Жыл бұрын

The high pitched vocal during the 'Bigmouth' refrain is Morrisey's voice fed thru an octivator.

@DurandCompton Жыл бұрын

You deserve more subs.

@MrCREWCRUSHIN95 Жыл бұрын

That's an electronic harmonizer. It's probably Morrissey using the harmonizer.

@eboethrasher Жыл бұрын

They actually slowed the tape down and he recorded a harmony and then it was sped up when they put the tape at normal speed, the old fashioned trick.

@thoru4367 Жыл бұрын

Freakin classic dude

@bobbyb2725 Жыл бұрын

It also sounds like he’s about to sneeze right before each chorus

@sonnyjames8922 Жыл бұрын

The Smiths were my first love in music. I like the Joan of Arc and hearing aid references. You should hear "Head On" by The Jesus and Mary Chain from 1989.

@dvancebum Жыл бұрын

Great track

@RGRG3232 Жыл бұрын

It's just Morrisey's voice sped up. Edit - OK, I said this during the music so you saw it at the end. Regardless, still one of their 5 best tracks.

@rogerhennie8939 Жыл бұрын

Lots of great Morrisey solo stuff too.

@jenwendy7 Жыл бұрын

I ❤ this. Joan of Arc heard God, perhaps through her walkman and hearing aids? I understand being so angry you feel like bludgeoning the perpetrator so The Smiths always make sense to me. If you've been violated/abused you might understand.

@eboethrasher Жыл бұрын

It is yet another ace track from the GOAT of Smiths albums IMHO. With an ace review from one of my favorite reactors, of course.

@briz1965 Жыл бұрын

At this time, Morrissey had already a pretty poor relationship with the UK press - they hounded him really, this was his response. Oh, and yes, moving to the US as soon as he could.

@cujocujo4942 Жыл бұрын

Marr is just so smooth...

@raeann63 Жыл бұрын

NME is a UK music industry newspaper, short for NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS, popular in the '80s.

@ammonitelight Жыл бұрын

I hope you'll do Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. It's such a good example of Marr's guitar playing as well as that happy music/depressing yet humorous lyrics juxtaposition that The Smiths were so good at.

@HippoYnYGlaw Жыл бұрын

The More you ignore me the closer i get & Hold on to your Friends were responsible for me purchasing “Vauxhall & I” which has Soul. Now My Heart is Full and the rest of them tear me apart. Great LP. Yeah mid 90s . The mist was Dense. Stephen Duffy says hi.

@jtenaz Жыл бұрын

Good song.

@ButtonPhonics Жыл бұрын

Loved it Love it. Here's my 'big mouth' telling you the secret of the incomparable Chris Rea who has evaded your great reaction channel Justin. Britian's enduring songwriting, gravel voiced, slide guitar master (all 3). 'Your Warm and Tender Love' from his No.1 1989 Album Road To Hell perhaps a nice starting point. Putting it our there cos he's loved world over but not known all over.

@chrissmith6022 11 ай бұрын

NME … New Musical Express … a UK music paper

@deanmaynard8256 Жыл бұрын

This is supposed to be about Morrisey's relationship with the press

@musicbybackinnyc1 Жыл бұрын

36 years old wow

@onsesejoo2605 Жыл бұрын

Morrissey often has the themes of alienation and misplacement in his lyrics for The Smiths. "There's The Light That Never Goes Out" is a prime example. Morrissey got some stick about the lyrics, which he apologised as a bad choice and lack of judgement. He was critisized for not possibly knowing about how Joan Of Arc felt and putting her mission in mere loudmouth in trouble category. The hearing aid was also cause of anger. I personally think that it might have been a bit odd reference to the voices she claimed to hear.

@jenniferkilzer5080 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure someone will tell you, NME is New Musical Express. There were tons of publications about music in the UK since the fifties. That one was a weekly and may still be online these days. Like our 24 hour News Channels, to keep an audience, they tended to be quite sensational. Every band was at war with each other, and there could only be clearly good and bad individuals in each band. The public ate it up!

@barriehull7076 Жыл бұрын

Walkman, a portable cassette player. New Musical Express, NME

@briz1965 Жыл бұрын

quite nothing like buying the NME every week 1978-82

@ginodc5944 11 ай бұрын

I suspect that the lyrics about wanting 'to smash every tooth in your head' and 'you should be bludgeoned in your bed' are not literal things he said but exaggerations of things he may of said to which people overreacted as he had said what the lyrics say. I hope it makes sense. I can't explain it any better at this time of night lol.

@sunkenindeaf Жыл бұрын

Because recently you've posted Marillion too... Take _"Forgotten Sons"_ (from "Script of a Jester's Tear"), the passage starting at about 3 minutes mark, and compare it with Smiths' _"Barbarism Begins at Home"_ (from "Meat Is Murder") --sounds quite close to each other, bass parts in particular.

@davidmaholchic6146 Жыл бұрын

The Smith’s and Morrissey Never boring always interested fun to listen to love you

@JustJP Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you David :)

@thefabulousmula Ай бұрын

his bigmouth getting him into trouble is exactly what the song is about for those wondering. People have a tendency to overanalyze his songs because of his reputation. Most of his songs are tongue in cheek. The chipmunk voice was added because Morrissey nearly busted his belly laughing when it was added as a prank

@garysmith5641 Жыл бұрын

After years of being a Smiths fan Barbarism begins at home , i think is their best

@bgray625 9 ай бұрын

"Sweetness I was only joking when I said I'd like to smash every tooth in your head" - Chris Brown?

@pedromiguelfernandezgonzal9126 Жыл бұрын

REACCIANA A ROBE LA CANCION MAS TRISTE EN EL TEATRO ROMANO DE MERIDA NO TE VA A DEFRAUDAR UN SALUDO DESDE ESPAÑA

@airwindows Жыл бұрын

Much like Randy Newman or some Steely Dan, Morrissey's making a point of writing himself right OUT of listener sympathy. It's not about you liking the character in the song, so much as he is just straight up venting and you're experiencing him as a sort of emotional spectacle. You can like the spectacle and still be like 'I don't think me and this guy are going to be friends'. I still like the music, but I don't think I'd be friends with Morrissey :)

@-davidolivares Жыл бұрын

Big mouth short people go to the movies.

@SKYSAW59 Жыл бұрын

What is there to say about perfection?

@karimpardayev Жыл бұрын

But sweetness)

@mattking5936 Жыл бұрын

It Manchester humour.

@jamesdeansghost5531 Жыл бұрын

I think he's using Joan Of Arc as a metaphor for himself.

@teacherchil Жыл бұрын

He's siging to Margaret Thatcher...Basically the UK Trump of the eighties.

@-davidolivares Жыл бұрын

Go Johnny go…

@murdockreviews Жыл бұрын

One of their biggies. The Smiths at their best. Backing vocals sound like sped-up/high pitched vocals and not a female background singer to me.

@ljones2087 Жыл бұрын

isn't it Kirstie McCall? I feel like its deffo a female voice pitch-shifted coz its got that timbre.

@murdockreviews Жыл бұрын

@@ljones2087 really? I have to check the liner-notes again 😁

@SilentAssassin01234 Жыл бұрын

@@ljones2087 It was supposed to be Kirsty MaColl but due to be unavailable, Morrissey did it himself and pitched voiced the vocals. It is credited in the album credits as Ann Coates.

@ljones2087 Жыл бұрын

@@SilentAssassin01234 interesting, ta for solving it:)

@neilmccarthy5102 Жыл бұрын

The thing about the Walkman melting… I think is just being ironic, flippant, kind of poking fun at the seriousness of the situation she’s in. Possibly the whole song is about this - how loud, brash people say things to shock… but underneath it’s all a big joke to get a reaction. Maybe a touch of Andy Kaufman spoofing going on there…

@RickTBL Жыл бұрын

Here's another example of Morrissey's "brilliance": Early in his solo career he was doing a concert at UCLA when, about 4 songs in, he announced to the audience "You don't have to stay in your seats. They can't make you!" and with that, they rushed the stage and the sound went out. Concert over! Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

@tfsonicyouth88 Жыл бұрын

Try well i wonder by the smiths

@andrewgibson395 Жыл бұрын

Still a bit conflicted about this one, back in the day they did produce some great songs and were the voice of the outsiders but nowadays Morrisey turns into a more loathsome creature every time he opens his mouth and seems determined to antagonise the people who were his fans.

@unkindestcut Жыл бұрын

With the Smiths, I can separate the art from the artist as the art was at least 50% created by Johnny Marr, and Joyce and Rourke were no slouches either. Morrissey as a solo performer, though? Nah. He’s ruined that legacy.

@JoeBidensdememtiapills Жыл бұрын

Idiot