Morrissey's first TV Interview (The Tube) (1984)

[@Jack_Jack7890]

He’s literally screaming in Morrissey’s earlobe

[@mini_mozzer]

bro theyre in like a club itd loud asf in there. u can see morrisseys facial expressions as hes trying to understand what hes saying. the interviewer shouldve yelled louder honestly

[@hilaryg493]

Never realised in 1932 they had coloured telly

[@sharonedwards6010]

That's hilarious, Morrissey is singing about this charming man an d then out pops Johnny rotten.

[@kangaroo7299]

Sharon Edwards That made me laugh out loud so much

[@monstergod888]

Jumpscare😂😂😂

[@sexobscura]

Manchester connects the two: tony Wilson put The Pistols on So it Goes [which that snippet is from] there and the Smiths are from there

[@genjimm]

Took me around three seconds before I noticed that just happened, and only thén proceeded to laugh loudly.

[@Dreamskater100]

Yeah lol!!

[@blaithink6093]

His wave at the end of the interview is the sole reason for me living

[@sturdeehouse]

nazi salute you mean? oops sorry, I'm alluding very clumsily to his right wing fascist tendencies, there now.

[@SardonischerDean]

He's pro-Israel, has a song called Israel, and has played in Israel multiple times 😂

[@blaithink6093]

@@SardonischerDean yeah not going to lie i made that comment when i was 14 before i realized what a disgusting bigot he is.

[@Dreamskater100]

Really? Sole reason? Ok.

[@reggiekrager5411]

@@sturdeehouse What right wing fascist tendencies? Morrissey is left wing and anti-fascist!

[@cleawox]

Excellent interviewer that lets Morrissey express himself with gracious open questions.

[@sexobscura]

*But nowhere as good as ending with a screaming Johnny Rotten*

[@gdfen9816]

when i'm sad i like to watch this video because it's one of the funniest things i've ever seen

[@valentina0102]

he was so tiny and young oh my god

[@bleedingforrest2941]

Now he's fat and gross 🙃

[@mijadreams3486]

@@bleedingforrest2941 no

[@Jiuyal2406]

Aaah, Warsaw 1959... The Smiths first concert and what a show it was. Truly incredible that this piece of footage survived...

[@mini_mozzer]

bro morrissey wasnt even born yet😭

[@arcader3756]

@@mini_mozzer it’s a joke for how awful the quality is 😂

[@AL-PAKA]

@@mini_mozzer Dimwit

[@gdfen9816]

which pixel is morrissey

[@indylindy]

hiperpepper lmao, good one.

[@hilaryg493]

Haha - the one in the fetching musturd shirt.

[@sonicfoxxmusic4281]

We need to talk bookmarkthis...this was my first thought... NICE ONE....out of the box thinking.

[@sexobscura]

which..... pixie

[@achair650]

The handsome one

[@maggiesctt]

His accent is very beautiful

[@nirau]

2:07 love it so much

[@oscart1375]

Johnny rotten is quite the charming man

[@oliviaisbored6220]

His wave goodbye!

[@poolboyinla]

The video era didn't die.

[@definitelytherealnickmason5644]

Fr

[@jlouis4407]

It did but much later

[@JesseNothing33]

The whole rock music era has died. RIP.

[@robfogg7459]

He didn't get round to heralding the death of videos cos he makes them to this day. Love morrisey

[@darlinjacq1552]

He has to have some way to get his love and his message out to the people of this world 🥰🥰🥰(Steven, I need to kiss you all over the place...)

[@lucaaa03]

he looks so tiny and cute

[@user-ev1uo7sb8n]

that fuckin end always gets me

[@ibtaba]

Thanks Andy for the good times.

[@ArmanM]

Who would have thought we'd be watching The Tube on KZbin? skynet

[@Wilantonjakov]

morrissey predicted the music video's reign wrong. I wish he was right

[@hawksnacks-2419]

King Cobalt I wish he was right too. Maybe they could have worked harder in making great music accessible based on quality, rather then how much money they can put together for a video. Shit like K-pop definitely won't be popular if the market died.

[@LucyOLastic]

At least when they made videos there was not a cast of thousands, no Busby Berkeley dance routines, no guys with hammers or angels and devils, and nothing to date them particularly. The video by Derek Jarman for "The Queen Is Dead"/"Panic" is excellent....a work of art which does not impose itself on the song, rather complements it. Pop videos were a bad thing generally, forcing people to listen with their eyes rather than their ears, taking away your right and ability to interpret the music using your own imagination. It's what we have landed up with, where music is second to the image, there as wallpaper, something to dance to....robbed of meaning, except for a narrow band of emotions, and then you are overpowered by them. All style over substance. Morrissey at least tried to break that spell. Who does now in mainstream pop?

[@ZAPPED916]

I think everything should end the same way this video does.

[@musicalwayshere4]

WTF was that end LOL

[@elizabeth-qx2bs]

JAJAJAJKA yo me asuste

[@jackelineloaiza8827]

WTF hahahahhaha

[@maggiesctt]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@rldme]

You watched it to the end? You are pixel-gifted!

[@sexobscura]

GET OFF YOUR ARSE

[@jakeerickson2180]

Arguably Jim Carey’s best performance

[@kengarrett5542]

That interviewer went on to do fuck all in the medium of television. Not a great shock there my friends!

[@420-blaze-it]

the start was so funny what the heck

[@71hammyman]

Morrissey is used to that level of awkwardness.

[@rhessex]

The end wasn't half bad too

[@sexobscura]

What's happening

[@garridopablo_]

The end too

[@shaunab2735]

😂😂😂

[@Coppertunes]

A nano second of Johnny Rotten in the Sex Pistols playing Anarchy In The UK From the 1976 TV program - So It Goes... /watch?v=W3M4V36hOkE

[@allizappamcminn4376]

Why am I laughing af

[@luislizard2626]

I miss the LP’s era 😢

[@JesseNothing33]

You can still buy them, one them, and play them if you choose to.

[@javiermiranda6135]

It's 2022 and all I can say is has the world changed or have I changed!!?

[@amaj7313]

It's 2023 and the Queen is dead.

[@therealrussellsmyth]

“There is a scene but I think it’s very important to look beyond the scene and to go outside also , because otherwise you get locked into a little clique , you have to have very expansive vision” Preach Morrisey. Music to my ears

[@angel120019xx]

Ooo he got the music video thing wrong didn’t he

[@ashleyohohoh]

According to his biography his first tv interview was for Breakfast TV, interview done by Henry Kelly.

[@rldme]

It was recorded on abacus.

[@rvic11]

And on this day, Morrissey heralded the death of the video market. It's been a long slow death, but he was right.

[@kevinhanson4703]

I understand how videos can be tedious for bands, but if care and attention as to how they want it to look and get exactly the point across or in some cases no point across, then it can be enjoyed

[@atomaalatonal]

the bst thing is lydon at the end of the video :D

[@lvclouds7208]

Cuando estoy triste vengo a ver esto y se me pasa :p

[@JesseNothing33]

Is that all it takes?

[@lvclouds7208]

@@JesseNothing33 yes.

[@ukelicious123]

the video era didn't died

[@Hollowsmith]

That interviewer at the start reminded be of Dr. Steve Bruhl from Tim & Eric.

[@renanalcantara8856]

Somebody is willing to post something so interesting and out of reach, and all some morons have to say is "oh, the quality bla bla bla." How about you appreciate the effing opportunity to see something so awesome?

[@CruceEntertainment]

Videos didn’t die completely, but obviously they lost their importance as MTV shifted more to reality tv programming. KZbin also provides an outlet for music videos, but still nothing like how it was in the 80’s with MTV, when every song ever recorded HAD TO have a video along with it. Then the irony is that, though not often, Smiths songs still made it into movie soundtracks. Is Morrissey upset about that? And then a whole bunch of Morrissey solo songs had videos made for them. Even some Smiths songs after this interview was made. Ie Stop Me if You Think…. Moz just likes to run his mouth. Lol

[@marguskiis7711]

Moz The Poser talking about the pure music. Lol.

[@ibtaba]

I guess Morrissey was wrong about music videos dying off.

[@juliafinelli2836]

mano a qualidade desse video eh muito boa se tem uma coisa boa nesse video eh a qualidade sem defeitos da pra ver direitinho muito boa

[@maggiesctt]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Full HD amiga

[@chriss2295]

This guy interviewed people with a Michael Jackson Jacket on.

[@sbaxter4207]

poor ol' auto tracking could not sort this out. Good vid, anyhow.

[@kevhanson1262]

Morrissey is being interviewed by Ronald koeman

[@Gonzalez2500]

Fried interview

[@arricammarques1955]

Why didn't they chose a quieter location?

[@marguskiis7711]

It was The Tube, yo`know

[@wallacelovecraft8942]

Not wanting to make a video during the craze of making videos for mtv and the such? I'm with him on that but you can't dismiss that a video could help sell a record back in those days. Pretty much every band was doing it.

[@petertocher6845]

Moz was only half right.

[@grahambrooks5080]

Hilariously witty comment, superb!

[@David-h4z2s]

Looks like 1959 in colour

[@DGSE]

Qui a encore son décodeur canal + ?, merci

[@sceneofthecrash99]

oh, en français mdr

[@JohnQPublic345]

Morrissey? .... or max headroom?

[@diegopisfil614]

Morrissey resembles a male Cara Delevingne here

[@ILoveMorrissey]

That doesn't seem like Morrissey?? ??

[@blackbird5787]

Well, he was quite wrong about music videos.

[@SardonischerDean]

That interviewer was terrible lol

[@arcader3756]

What a weird interview

[@ittybittygirl2093]

This interviewer is so cringey

[@keithlynch202]

I like the guys music but how the fuck did/do people find him physically attractive?! the underbite, the lisp....just no. "we really want to by pass the whole video market, I think its something thats going to die very quickly" oh fuck, did he get it wrong on a massive scale! I get his sentiment though.

[@nicholassaunders8227]

+keith lynch there is a reason that a strange fear gripped him and he just couldn't ask

[@StandardCreation]

+Nicholas Saunders hahahaha I’ve got time for that

[@keithlynch202]

+TheMonkeesRock old obsessed moz fan alert, you sound absolutely ridiculous, you ARE absolutely ridiculous.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

I'm pretty sure the noisy atmosphere made them both sound like they had a lisp due to interference. I've seen other interviews from this year with him and he sounds nothing like this. Besides his arrogance is a key part of his charm

[@marrtissey6305]

he was incredibly handsome and hot!!! both physically and intellectually. He did not age very well though... and there is no lisp. That, you got it wrong as he got wrong his video forecast

[@teresagomes6491]

Pretentious as fuck

[@3798penisholder]

thats the best part

[@prudenceneverpays]

@@3798penisholder real