Rusholme Ruffians and Well I Wonder are so underrated.

That bass line….Damn….And covering “Marie’s the name of his latest flame”??? What an iconic band….

two of the best bass lines ever

I completely agree. So many people are for a Smiths reunion. I personally think it would be disastrous. It could ruin a beautiful memory that was The Smiths.

Rourkey = BASS GENIUS!!!

That bass line on this charming man tho

Morrisseys dancing makes me happy

The transition into 'This Charming Man' makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Both sound just as good as in the studio...if not better.

Don't know why people are speaking bad of Joyce's drumming, listen to the peel and Jensen sessions on hatful and tell me his drumming is bad. On handsome devil (live session) and what difference it's so powerful and tight

the bass line is fantastic

This transition though

The bass sounds great in this

my two favorites by them, followed by the headmaster ritual.

I love this Amazing how well Morrissey's voice has stood the test of time when you think of so many other singers of his era. I think it might even be better now than it was in the 80s.

1of my fav tracks from this superb album 👍 ‘I must just walk home alone’

Probably best that there isn't a reunion. The chemistry is gone...and that is the ingredient to what separates good bands from GREAT bands. The Housemartins=good. The Smiths =GREAT.

Rourke. Legend.

theyre my fave band of all time grew up on them etc...but i really hope they dont reform,it`d spoil a beautiful thing i reckon

Thats awesome transition into this charming man. Love it.

Nice stuff - thanks - one of da Smiths' best shows.

The rank version is my favourite. Listen carefully to Andy’s bass, the little extra notes he puts in

That transition!

Bless you for posting this GEM of MORISSEY and the SMITHS. A die hard fan even if Morissey thinks I am POS for bieng his fan ; )

Whilst I would pay to see it I hope a reunion never happens .

I learnt the word tremulous from this song : )

Fantastic recording!

Why pamper life's complexity When the leather runs smooth On the passenger seeeeeat....

Gotta love the transition, amazing stuff.

Rourke was a very tight player, i wonder who wrote these incredible basslines? Rourke or Marr? I don't think there are many bands where the bass and guitar player compliment eachothers parts so well as Marr and Rourke

this is amazing. love the transition.

What a gem

That Rhythm & Bass section 😍

it would be perfect if it wasn't for its poor quality. It's great anyway. Thank you SUPARNI

To you , I bow

Yeah agreed I love Rank's version with his latest flame, I think I got a few other versions of it on bootleg.

Rusholme ruffians is always better live, best on Rank where they go into it from his latest flame.

Rusholme bass line is so good

excellent

Que buen video, 2 grandes canciones en la voz de Morrisey!!!

The best band ever !

interesting pairing, hadn't seen this before. thanks for sharing. however, the video gives me fits.

can't stop watching this...how'd Johnny Marr do it?...

New song? new lyrics to Marie's the name..of his latest flame. The smiths crush Elvis.

marr did write all the music, but morrisey was the lyricist..it was 50/50 morrissey /marr..thats why rourke and jones only got 12.5% of smiths profs (and why theyre still in court over it)

i told mike joyce that this is relavant and i love his drumming and he said that that wasnt relaavant at all i was so happy lol

johhny Marr, a damn fne English guitarist.. Andy's awesome as well.

5:23 WAAAH

thank god.

You have a good heart

I think you are probably right. Suparmi.i have seen some really rougher versions of this so to see this one is a much better version.i don't know if it could get it any better,I would honestly love to see it clearer but this is the best I've seen up to now.

I couldn't agree more.

The last night of the fair By the big wheel generator A boy is stabbed And his money is grabbed And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine She is famous She is funny An engagement ring Doesn't mean a thing To a mind consumed by brass (money) And though I walk home alone I might walk home alone... ...But my faith in love is still devout The last night of the fair From a seat on a whirling waltzer Her skirt ascends for a watching eye It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side) From a seat on a whirling waltzer Her skirt ascends for a watching eye It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side) And though I walk home alone I might walk home alone... ...But my faith in love is still devout Then someone falls in love And someone's beaten up Someone's beaten up And the senses being dulled are mine And someone falls in love And someone's beaten up And the senses being dulled are mine And though I walk home alone I might walk home alone ... ...But my faith in love is still devout This is the last night of the fair And the grease in the hair Of a speedway operator Is all a tremulous heart requires A schoolgirl is denied She said : "How quickly would I die If I jumped from the top of the parachutes?" La... This is the last night of the fair And the grease in the hair Of a speedway operator Is all a tremulous heart requires A schoolgirl is denied She said : "How quickly would I die If I jumped from the top of the parachutes?" La... So...scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen (This means you really love me) Scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen (This means you really love me) Oh... And though I walk home alone I just might walk home alone But my faith in love is still devout I might walk home alone But my faith in love is still devout I might walk home alone But my faith in love is still devout La... Compositores: Steven Morrissey / Johnny Marr Letra de Rusholme Ruffians © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group

some of us feel that he still is gorgeous.... even moreso nowadays :D

Once again, Rourke wrote his own bass lines. If you read some of the old interviews with Marr it's quite clear that Marr input only what any guitarist would do when the bassist presents an initial idea for a line. IE Rourke would be working on a bass part and Marr might suggest what he would like to hear from it. What is less known is that Rourke and Marr played together long before the formation of the Smiths, so they were very aware of each others playing.

A Loop that I can sing a lot of vibrato with the Hymn, Yah, My GniKster, The Mock, NeVetS during

fucking awesome. great job upping it dude.

Hideous trait on her mothers side . That's it right there . Master wordsmith !

@markmozmarr Heavy accent on the "IF". Lots of dispute and discussion over Ringo too. I will say I think Joyce's peak moment was "The Queen Is Dead". THAT is a great drum part. Shame that now on top of trying to get over the Morrissey/Marr hurdle to a reunion now we have a Morrissey/Joyce one too. I hate to think we'll never see it but I think this IS one we will never see.

haha true. but you know, those were the 80s. they wanted to show off with every possible effect.

What a band they were

Andy my darling ur a fucking bass genius.

@suparni Yes you're spot on, we still do, oh yes indeed!

superbo

this must be about 84

Quite possibly the worst live video of The Smiths i have ever seen , but STILL an absolute pleasure to watch :-)

ANDY ROURKE RULES !!!!

Rourky FTW

Yes, I like to think of Marr as Rourke's muse... (joke!).

Rourke.

long live both U2 and the Smiths in the 80's..

yessir.

hyper kinetic sensate - Cassiopaeans

@peopletalking He still is.

i love sicking duck

If the vocals dont get you the guitarist should

Both songs are nothing without Andy Rourke!

U2 are cack. Both bands should never be uttered in the same sentence.

@WarGoatForestWolf666 Which Elvis riff, specifically?

Rourke and "Joyce" perhaps? Yeah, among the many reasons why The Smiths will never reunite (legal issues). We can still dream though.

@kusraback Totally true.

ahhh moz ;]

Marr wrote pretty much all the music of The Smiths (Morrissey did 'wrote' the vocal melodies over the music). But if someone else writes music for you, you're always gonna put your own touch on it. So I think it's 70/30 (Marr/Rourke) or so. Might be wrong of course.

thats whati meant..i have one of those new bendy keyboard thingys...whoops

Where was this gig?

I wasted the 80s , U2 were bland when I see this. I didn't know.

@mozzfan714 It's all relative.

Thanks. Meat or veg?

2390RY Sensory

man why you gotta criticize ringo hes alright

Anyone know what gig this is?

No they are not, common mistake right there. I just have pie in my pants.

Meat

If there WAS a weak member of the band it would be Mike Joyce. He was great but he didn't do anything that was unique. I don't think there is any dispute of Morrissey's talent lyrically, Andy Rourke's supreme bass talent and all you need to hear from Johnny Marr is the guitar to "This Charming Man" to know he was genius.

Are your pants really made of pie?

hideous trait on her mothers side .wow

It's directly copied from Elvis...listen to Rank.

can u make this bit more of color vision this black & white is just god awful