This Charming Band: The Smiths Twisted History

In a musical partnership that would last barely 5 years, Morrissey, Johnny Marr , Andy Rourke & Mike Joyce- THE SMITHS - would forge a body of work that was entirely unique, and defied the norms of their contemporaries. With 70 original songs, Manchester's The Smiths created a poetic post-punk romantic soundtrack for the 1980s. They leaned into sensitive poetry and jangling guitars at a moment when drum machines and synths were king. So why did this incredible band break up, right at the peak of their powers and popularity? In this video we delve into the early creative influences of Morrissey and Johnny Marr, their meeting, the prolific career of The Smiths, and what brought everything crashing down.

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SMITHS BOOKS
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A Light That Never Goes out: The Enduring Saga Of The Smiths by Tony Fletcher
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Set The Boy Free by Johnny Marr
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Autobiography by Morrissey (a Penguin Classic!)
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SOURCES & LINKS:
TROY TATE TAPES: http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/s...
Troy Tate version of “Handsome Devil”    • The Smiths - Handsome Devil - Troy Ta...  

PLAYLIST: The Smiths “live” on Top Of The Pops    • The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserab...  

The Guardian article/profile on Johnny Marr:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/201...

Manchester Town Hall:
Photo By David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Article on Marr
https://noitsnotlikeanyotherlove.word...

Manchester in the 1980s photos are from Manchester Archives Plus: https://www.flickr.com/people/manches...

MUSIC:
Lazy Day by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Other music is licensed through:
Youtube Audio Library
Epidemic Sound

ART by Ballette

Stock footage and photos: Pixabay.com

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00:00 Intro
00:40 Morrissey: early influences
02:17 Johhny Marr: early influences
03:49 The Moors Murders
04:48 If Morrissey was In The Clash
06:34 Moz and Marr cross paths
07:50 I was just there, dying, and he rescued me.
10:30 What’s in a name?
11:21 The Smiths first demo
12:17 Mike Joyce
13:56 The Smiths first show
14:56 Andy Rourke
16:32 Hand In Glove & John Peel
18:33 The Smiths (1984)
20:16 Hatful Of Hollow (1984)
20:52 Meat Is Murder (1985)
23:22 The Queen Is Dead (1986)
25:09 Liberating The Queen
26:58 Still Ill
29:23 The World Won’t Listen & Louder than Bombs
30:17 Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
31:25 I Know It’s Over