MORRISSEY - Suedehead | FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION | Better late than Never!

[@jb8280]

Must agree with many of the people here. Suedehead is my second favorite Morrissey song. Everyday is like Sunday is his crown jewel. So classic and timeless, I think it even outshines most of The Smiths work.

[@dopiaza2006]

Many great songs later on in his career too - check out You Are The Quarry and the following few albums.

[@jb8280]

@@dopiaza2006 Thanks for the info, but I have all his albums and assorted one off singles. My ears just gravitates to his Stephen Street early era.

[@CoachThom16]

The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode and New ORDER were all I listened to in high school (class of '87)

[@johnm1503]

You said what I'm saying and still listening to. EPIC !!!

[@NICOPSG5]

Cocteau Twins too 🎉

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

My best friend introduced me to Morrissey and The Smiths in the late 80s in our early 20s.. I fell in love with them instantly and it never gets old!! My friend also looked like he could be a close relative of Morrissey just by the way he dressed and his mannerisms..

[@colin4796]

Hi Guy's. Such a great track have a listen to "Everyday Is Like A Sunday." A suedehead is a person with an almost shaven head. The look was very popular at the beginning of the 70s in the UK, similar to a skinhead.

[@vmax4steve524]

Crombie coat with a silk hankie and gold pin in the top pocket, Ben Sherman shirt with button down collar, two tone tonic straight leg trousers with oxford brogue shoes. My brother in law 💯

[@yelgif]

Suedeheads are more Mods than Skinheads.

[@mattleppard1970]

Fantastic song ❤ So true

[@29memyselfandi]

@@colin4796 And there’s me going through life thinking a suede head was a style of quiff like Moz’s or James Dean’s. You learn something new every day.

[@ErskineCrumb]

Everyday Is Like Sunday - seconded!

[@blindonion]

Everyday is like Sunday is incredible!

[@29memyselfandi]

One of the truly great lyricists. People concentrate too much on his ‘miserable’ persona. And miss the fact that he’s bloody hilarious.

[@darrenmckinnon3354]

1987 was an uneasy time in Manchester - I was 17 and we had no idea what would happen following the Smiths split but this calmed a lot of us down.... PS props to Vini.

[@michaelsmith1262]

I love your reactions and I really like that you are discovering the Smiths, which is my favorite band of all time. Also, not for nothing, but Lex, you are one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. Not trying to reduce you just physical appearance at all. Your spirit and joy are wonderful to see as well.

[@anthonypallen7919]

I agree, Everyday is like Sunday is beautiful, this whole album is a great artistic endeavor.

[@ianbald8827]

“Tomorrow”, “I’ve Changed My Plea to Guilty”, “Everyday is Like Sunday”, “The Last of the Famous International Playboys”. So many great songs! Stephen Street was the guitarist on Viva Hate. The bassist and drummer from The Smiths played on Viva Hate. In 1992, Morrissey changed music style to a more rockabilly sound which is pervasive on “Your Arsenal”, one of my favorite albums.

[@stinkhornadrian]

Welcome to the World of Morrissey. Some of my favourite Morrissey singles are First of the Gang to Die, Istanbul, Spent the Day in Bed, All you Need is Me. Also, like the Smiths, many of his best tracks are non-singles: Maladjusted, Ganglord, Sister I'm a Poet, Spring-Heeled Jim.

[@ronaldmilner8932]

I saw MORRISSEY in Chicago in 1991 and it was a GREAT CONCERT!! Check out "Everyday is like Sunday" next!!

[@JOELY79]

he has such a unique voice he's awesome

[@georgedominguez255]

His songs Tomorrow, National Front Disco,Late Night,Maudlin St,Bengali In Platforms,Break Up The Family, First of the Gang to Die are some more awesome Morrissey tracks. Supposedly he has a huge Latino fan base in Los Angeles.🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽🇺🇸♓️✝️✝️✝️🙏💙🇺🇸💙

[@michaelbehan58]

Johnny Marr was the genius composer/guitarist and Morrissey obviously the brilliant singer/lyricist. Johnny is my fav guitarist…worth digging deeper into his playing!

[@pacofernandez4591]

I love The Smiths and VIVA HATE is a master-piece. I've sung this song a million times on my bike or just while walking around...

[@shadowchateau]

I really like Every Day Is Like Sunday and Hairdresser on Fire. And back to the Smiths, Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me, and There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.

[@TheseDarkWoods]

Nice picks!

[@Hornet71]

Great reaction. Haven’t listened to this track in far too longer time. Forgot how good it is.

[@ac9110]

A suedehead is someone with a slightly longer haircut than a skinhead. Kind of in between a mod and a skinhead. The original late 60's skinheads started growing their hair longer around 1970.

[@murdockreviews]

Difficult person, but some great tunes. I guess my solo fave of his is "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get".

[@laughinggravyuk]

You can go to his later album "You Are The Quarry", and listen to "First Of The Gang To Die"

[@mattleppard1970]

Also a brilliant song 😊

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

its my Birthday , and Morrissey and you guys are my gift, this is a great song, I have almost all the M albums, this Viva Hate is so good, I miss Johnny Marr Genious songwriting, but this is special, I love you guys.This is a MASTERPIECE.

[@NicknLex]

Tomorrow is my birthday!!! Hope you’re having the happiest of days!! 💖 Lex

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

@@NicknLex really? Love and love to the greatest couple on YT

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

@@NicknLex and Kevin Moore is my fave 😄

[@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain]

Such a great song! Growing up in the uk in the late/eighties, on the dole or in uni, Morrissey and the Smiths were the soundtrack to life. Life is a Pigsty is Morrissey solo and a bit different, and The Smiths song Well I Wonder is fantastic. Jonny Marr is definitely up there with being my favourite pop guitarist. Glad you`re having fun!

[@rickjenkins6438]

Vinny Reilly on guitar. Cult Mancunian guitarist played on Suedehead. Seriously underrated

[@scottanderson8420]

Morissey is a blast his voice and stylizations are one of a kind. Fun reaction.

[@angeloscarcroce726]

Hola!!! Temazo!!! Muchas gracias!!! Saludos desde Temperley, BsAs.

[@cyclops60]

I'm really pleased (and a bit surprised) that you like the Smiths and Morrisey given that the lyrics are such an important part of their work. I don't know why but I am drawn to melancholy music in general and it is something that Morrisey excels in! Cheers.

[@simonhalliday3652]

What I would give to have the opportunity of being able to listen to morrisey for the first time again

[@triscat]

Guys!!!! If you’re going to explore the Smiths/Morrissey world, I might have to subscribe to your Patreon. Watch the video for this one if you have time. The songs that saved your life! Long live Morrissey!

[@willfromyadkinville]

i love the song! and back in the day the cassette!

[@mattleppard1970]

And here it is ❤ Next up should be Last of the International Playboys 😊 Also Everyday is lile Sunday First of the Gang to Die Hairdresser on Fire Ouija Board Hold on to Your Friends Now my Heart is Full The Smiths were on an independent label - hence “indie.” We didn’t say alternative then, as you say.

[@groove2519]

‘Suedehead’ always seemed the most Smiths-like of his solo songs. (It was hard to beat The Smiths as a creative force, but he tried.) ‘Something Is Squeezing My Skull’ is a very robust late-period track!

[@francisconavarro669]

Si se acuerdan de RIck Astley, al parecer es muy fan de Morrisey y The Smiths, y hace muchos covers de ellos ahora ya de grande en unos shows en vivo con una banda que supongo no es de el pero que se juntaron y cantan muchas canciones de ellos. Les recomiendo que en sus tiempos libres chequen esos videos. La voz de Rick le hace justicia a Morrisey. Den una busqueda con esos terminos, la verdad se la van a pasar muy bien. Es una delicia escuchar a Morrisey, si no me equivoco, hace tiempo haciendo una busqueda en Google encontre que Morrisey esta catalogado de entre los mejores cantantes de todos los tiempos, a mi me gusta mucho y me sorprendio ese dato. Buena reacción chavos!..

[@mynameispaul0530]

"It was a good lay" I've heard that Morrisey uses the term "lay" as defined "a short lyric or narrative poem meant to be sung." Supposedly he mentioned this in an interview.

[@NICOPSG5]

Morrissey 🎉❤🎉

[@thoru4367]

Please more Morrissey

[@ferleiva7080]

Actually R.E.M. and The Smiths released their first album in the same year, 1983. And Morrissey (known to be a loner in the biz) said once that in Michael Stipe he had found someone he could relate to as an artist. Be warned that Morrissey, for all his egotism, is one of the best rock lyricists that ever lived, even today. He's up there with Tom Waits and Lou Reed in that department. And it's quite hard to find a bad album in his career (Kill Uncle is rather sloppy music-wise, but even then the lyrics are good). Some solo songs worth visiting: "The more you ignore me, the closer I get", "Dagenham Dave", "First of the gang to die", "Ouija board, Ouija board", "Sister I'm a poet", "We hate it when our friends become succesful"... so many. From The Smiths (other than "How soon is now" and The Queen is Dead album): "Half a person", "Stop me if you think you've heard this one before", "Panic", "Heaven knows I'm miserable now" , "Shoplifters of the world unite".

[@mynameispaul0530]

Old interviews with Morrissey are very entertaining also. KZbin has a lot of them.

[@triscat]

Heck, his newer interviews are every bit as entertaining. They man is a marvelous anomaly.

[@oscillatewildly6553]

Thanks for your great reaction please do more!

[@Alternative112]

Everyday Is Like Sunday

[@richarddobson815]

Morrissey's early solo albums have some great songs, but the essence of The Smiths was equally Johnny Marr's guitar arrangements and Rourke and Joyce's tight rhythm section. Although they only released four studio albums there were many, many singles and B-sides of equally brilliant quality that didn't feature on those albums but appeared on compilation albums. Listen to The Smiths output first, as we did, and then move onto the solo stuff. Songs such as 'Sheila Take A Bow', 'Shoplifters Of The World Unite', 'Half A Person', 'Panic', 'Girl Afraid', 'Shakespeare's Sister', 'William, It Was Really Nothing', 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', 'Ask', 'Rubber Ring', 'Stretch Out And Wait', 'Unloveable', 'What Difference Does It Make', 'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore', 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before' to name but a few!

[@gregorysanchez6903]

So awesome

[@musicaddict5076]

Viva Hate is one of the best albums of that era. For me it's par with most of The Smith's albums.

[@vmax4steve524]

I have all The Smiths albums on vinyl, yes vinyl. Morrissey was a lyricist and had the melodies for his lyrics in his head but as a non musician he couldn't write the songs so he first teamed up with Johnny Marr to form The Smiths. Marr was a guitarist and provided the chord structures and arrangements for Morrissey's lyrics and melodies that he had in his head and they both took a songwriting credit for the songs. When The Smiths broke up Morrissey teamed up with producer Stephen Street for his first solo album Viva Hate, Street taking the Marr role and took a songwriting credit for the songs. Check out Irish Blood English Heart, a favourite of mine as that's my ancestry as well as well as Everyday Is Like Sunday, The Ordinary Boys. Favourite Smiths songs for me are, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Panic, Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, How Soon Is Now, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Meat Is Murder. The song Suedehead is said by some to be about a brief affair with Associates singer Billy McKenzie. Morrissey has never confirmed or denied his sexuality saying it's no ones business but his. Associates incidently were absolutely totally bloody crap! ' BURN DOWN THE DISCO, HANG THE BLESSED DJ, because the music they constantly play says nothing to me about my life' was my anthem throughout the 80's, terrible decade for music, thank god for The Smiths and The Church, nothing much else going on. #nicknlexrequest The Church : The Unguarded Moment

[@triscat]

“The Haties”, as Morrissey had said.

[@enriquevela9717]

Ouija Board is also pretty good!

[@tomlaw17]

'Glamorous Glue' is my fave Morrissey song.

[@johntrickey7182]

This easily could have been a Smiths tune. It was his first single from his debut solo album,Viva Hate.

[@richardvial3658]

Interesting to listen to this song without watching the video. It is a sound track to the video

[@tonyetchells6051]

Morrissey and Simply Red both from Manchester, my home town!

[@johnmavroudis2054]

LOVE this song. Other great tracks: THE SMITHS: “THAT JOKE ISN’T FUNNY ANYMORE” (The Smiths BEST SONG. No need to argue, It is.) MORRISSEY (Solo): “LAST OF FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS,” “HAIRDRESSER ON FIRE,” “EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY,” … and the MOST-SMITHS-LIKE (“How Soon Is Now”) song: “DISAPPOINTED”… which is FANTASTIC. You will love it. GUARANTEED.

[@brynmilford1343]

Where to start!! I know its gonna happen someday, Jack the Ripper, Something is Squeezing my Skull, First of the gang to die.... Etc etc etc..

[@Lannes03]

TONS of Great MORRISSEY ))) Try " Last of the International Playboys " , " I Have Forgiven Jesus ", " Speedway ", and " World Peace is None of Your Business " ... I Could Put 30 Morrissey songs here and they ALL would be Equally GREAT!

[@johncampbell756]

Alternative music was a well used term in the early 1980s. It described The Smiths, R.E.M. and others.

[@user4923]

The video is fantastic too paying homage to James Dean!

[@mynameispaul0530]

"Radio Free Europe" by REM is very good. Their early stuff "Murmur" album is awesome.

[@angelamariasturiale3710]

Johnny Marr was the only one missing in viva hate, the other members Rourke and Joyce were there

sometimes the most listen isnt the best but thats not the case here Morrisey is great with Jonhnny marr in smiths is awesome

[@andythecrimson8877]

❤👍

[@wymanma2146]

Deep Rabbit Hole

[@kennethtierney7835]

Southern Central rain by r.e.m. is well worth a listen

[@GroovePlum]

If you liked this song, you have to check out "Everyday is like Sunday". Give it a listen. You won't be disappointed!

[@hod2]

Tou should give jonny marrs solo styff a go also. Great great stuff.

[@marcorobertini9943]

sto piangendo dalla commozione

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

87 the Smiths is done. They even didnt tour for theit latest album.... 😢

[@nickwhitfield3898]

REM first came out before the smiths.

[@stefanblue660]

Great discovery Morrissey and the Smiths ! But it is also a bit dangerous to melancholic people ...One of the most deeply melancholic voices ,bearable .maybe rescued by the band , but deep and dark emotions at the edge of

[@stefanblue660]

Thank You! I have an ambiguous Relation to The Smiths and Morrissey, wonderful music and Lyrics , but there is also The Werther Problem, because of this Goethe - Roman mamy Young people comitted suicide , and the same Problem is deliverered about The Smiths. All I want to say is , a warning about the music is apropriate, by own experience.

[@stefanblue660]

But I also know, If it gets so existential it is real Art , which is beautiful, but also dangerous at the same time.

[@TDOTMUSICNERD]

Killer

[@angelamariasturiale3710]

React to well I wonder from meat is murder, please

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

Morrissey first album is after The Smiths broke up.

[@johng.8517]

It's been a long time since you listened to YES. Check out "In the Presence of". Good live version here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpmZkn2DqKpmaLs

[@JamesCormier]

It was a good lay.....a good lay....good.... I told you it was good! We did use the term alternative back in the 80s. It included REM, The Smith's, The Cure, New Order, The Replacements, Joy Division, Talking Heads, and much much more. Rabbit Hole City for the both of you to explore.

[@anrun]

Johnny Marr's contribution to The Smiths should never be undervalued. Listen to Marr's beautiful melody to Some Girls are Bigger than Others without Morrissey's rather bad or weird lyrics. I am a big Morrissey fan, but to say he was The Smiths isn't correct.

[@leonhaven6262]

R.E.M. made their best music before The Smiths.

[@jesmarina]

Comparing the two makes absolutely no sense IMHO.

[@leonhaven6262]

@@jesmarina both janglepop, but R.E.M. did that back in 1980/81

[@jesmarina]

@@leonhaven6262 Ok? I still don't see your point. Never mind.

[@Patrick-gg4hu]

The Smiths broke up in 1987

[@dallastropical]

leave this dork i will take care of you

[@gtarry]

On behalf of the citizens of the UK, I must apologise for inflicting Morrissey on the human race! How this guy has made a career in music is beyond me

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

Proof

[@denisreed4701]

Love Johnny Marr. However I can’t listen to the Smiths due to Morrissey’s annoying presence, just makes my ears hurt!! Sorry!! Keep up the excellent work!