The Smiths - Meat is Murder (Live @ Oxford Apollo, 18.3.1985)

[@creepycraig73]

If you can't watch this then you know what you are doing is wrong.

[@Chromic6]

I can't stand animal abuse, in the Netherlands most big commerical businesses deal humanely with animals. I could stop eating meat but that would not result into anything. No company bats an eye, no animals are spared. And there are some quite vital carbohydrates in most meat.

[@Landauh]

Chromic-6 If nobody eats meat, the meat industry obviously will cease to exist. As for "vital carbohydrates" in meat, what? There are no carbs in naturally-occurring meat.

[@Chromic6]

***** But that won't happen. Dream on.

[@sartanko]

Chromic-6 Even if it won't happen you can choose to not be a part of it.

[@ecstasyecs]

Very true. But since I’m vegan since three years back and will be forever is it alright if I dont watch? 😅

[@achaoticbee]

I have never felt more guilty and cruel in my entire life. I'm sat here sobbing at two in the morning and I /won't/ eat meat any more, not when this is how it's produced.

[@stnz908]

Bless you, at least you have a good heart. Some people know about this outrage, don't care, & continue to support it. Kudos to you!

[@seanchaney3086]

I bet you support late term abortions, too....I don't support animal cruelty, but clearly, this extremist guilt video hates what is natural. Go tell starving kids that they're monsters for eating a turkey sandwich....that's about the brain capacity of people who are duped by this shit.

[@MayorBrownn]

@Kidd Hillman if you wanna talk about starving children look up how much food and water it takes to produce one pound of beef, chicken, etc. If you care about starving children the least you can do is be vegan.

[@carlt9265]

Grow up saddo

[@PutSumDirtInYaEye]

Yeah, what did you except? They cuddle them to death?

[@jimjon3261]

Managed for 35 years without meat. We all can do it if we try

[@maepyecroft4003]

Well done! I’ve been veggie since birth and staying strong 💪

[@fernandofilho6994]

We all can do it if we HAVE MONEY AND SUPPORT TO*

[@AsteriskLia]

@@fernandofilho6994 its just not eat meat, not *buying*, you will save money and everything that meat has we can have in vegetables

[@dreamfortress4772]

@@fernandofilho6994 veganism is way more inexpensive than eating meat. veggies, lentils, beans, oats and nuts are the most inexpensive things you can find.

[@V3NOMxz]

5 months vegetarian... Just watching clips like this and listening to Morrissey helps a lot.

[@XxJust4RunxX]

i see you a lot in this comment section, you seem very intolerant. every step in the right direction should be encouraged

[@mymyby]

Its a great step in the right direction - not a final stop - and if someone dosnt know there are other steps than he will never see a reason to move forward

[@CJ_Yo_]

The imagery is so strong in this song and the cow segment has me in tears, actually feel sickened that someone can do this to an animal

[@eposz2]

Not ony the cow segment. From the first second.

[@GumaroRVillamil]

just imagine the mental state of the people who either choose, or are forced out of necessity to work in those places!

[@antonioneto2600]

my brother worked in a place like this, he didn't even seem to care

[@TheMrmatthewparker]

Antonio Neto your brother is a psychopath, tread carefully you might find arsenic in your tea one day!

[@JuliaC-sp5qk]

@@themngreensteve3454 plus a lot get ptsd from what they see every day

[@Augenleberwurst]

Vegetarian for 11 years now. Whenever I was in doubt, the Meat Is Murder album gave me strength and confirmation.

[@B-vw6ci]

Vegetarian LMAO

[@David-kx7tz]

Bro vegetarianism is just as bad as eating meat…

[@ObscuredJellybelly]

That's it. I'll never eat meat again, starting today.

[@annatjernstrom]

I thought the same thing hearing this song and seeing the video 7 years ago and couldn't be happier

[@Deborah-jv3df]

Awesome! *****

[@sartanko]

***** You're a fucking hero, go strong!

[@KutayUgurluer]

Been 2 months vegetarian now. I can't believe how I eat those for years...

[@stnz908]

+Vohan V When I was a new veg, I saw a bit of Earthlings at a friend's place. I could not watch it. It's as true & sickening as footage from WW2, Vietnam, & Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

[@rachelhutton5150]

Do u ever feel completely ashamed and disgusted by your own species? I sure do

[@dommidavros2211]

Ashamed no, they don't represent me!

[@sexobscura]

being a *Grey,* I am not concerned what your species do

[@yigitpunkyigit]

@@Dodododododododododoodod I am ashamed, because, we are in a way, choosing not to act.

[@gregmyers817]

Good and evil

[@baohcbdkoxsavvoocwko]

Humans are a cancer. If anything else was as destructive to it's own environment it would be considered a virus.

[@creepycraig73]

And this video is being more than polite.

[@seanchaney3086]

I bet you support late term abortions, too....I don't support animal cruelty, but clearly, this extremist guilt video hates what is natural. Go tell starving kids that they're monsters for eating a turkey sandwich....that's about the brain capacity of people who are duped by this shit.

[@manfredsohlberg9998]

This industrialized system of breeding and slaughtering is not in any way natural. "Natural" would be you killing an animal in the wild with your bare hands. And sure, some starving people have to eat meat to survive, but their situation is not the same as yours. Most people in the western world have a choice to not support this industry but still do it, they are the only ones vegan activists try to make guilty by making videos like this one.

[@lwgg742]

@@manfredsohlberg9998 Most starving people actually eat veggies.

[@time8253]

@@lwgg742 the difference is that they don't eat enough of it, which would still yield more than whatever the process of meat production takes

[@thetrooper2]

How you could possibly eat meat after watching this is beyond me. It's just wrong.

[@sartanko]

thetrooper2 Because there's a disconnect in our minds between what happens in the factories and the neatly packaged products in the stores. Stopping this kind of abuse is all about removing that disconnect and making meat eaters realize they are supporting animal abuse.

[@dommidavros2211]

There's always at least 1 fucking dumbass who thinks they're being clever and funny! Yeah top of the food chain, apart from micro organisms, and bacterias ect...go read a book if you're even intelligent enough to do that!

[@dommidavros2211]

lfcmike12 - Because some people deserve to die where as animals are innocent! What a fucking stupid comment to write!

[@josemourinho5600]

because vegans are idiots

[@AsteriskLia]

@@Vincent-pd9vo The taste is spice, eat meat without salt, garlic powder and etc and see. And wtf top of the foodchain, you can't barely cut a paper with scissors in a straight line, imagine hunting and eating meat with fur and raw organs lmao

[@shannonmiller4398]

"A death for no reason is murder." Thank god someone said it!

[@egontiedeman761]

Plants are dying also not every creature deserve to live and only killing of humans murder

[@Jake-jy5rr]

@@egontiedeman761 Here we go with the specism again. What makes a humun more important?

[@egontiedeman761]

@@Jake-jy5rr being human

[@Jake-jy5rr]

@@egontiedeman761 Okay, I see you're just a immature troll. Grow up.

[@amryousef7084]

@@Jake-jy5rr we have minds

[@caroolinnana]

it's sad to see comments such as "I'm gonna get my chicken sandwich", I know the human kind is a cruel specie, but to see this, and not get one tiny bit of emotion is something to really worry about, this is cruelty in every possible way. it's all about showing respect and empathy.

[@egontiedeman761]

Dude why would i empathy with my product your just too emotional

[@TheMrmatthewparker]

@@egontiedeman761 if you condemn a dog being physically abused by someone because they’re intelligent and kept as pets, but call pigs products because they’ve been bred for your consumption, then you’re suffering from cognitive dissonance. Keep burying your head in the sand pal

[@TheMessiahOfThe99Percent]

If you think the people that say “I'm gonna get my chicken sandwich” Are cruel I'm gonna get my turkey sandwich

[@TheMrmatthewparker]

@@TheMessiahOfThe99Percent get a life you sad prick

[@alba4387]

bro this live version is way more powerful than the studio/remastered one. Though I'm missing the piano! Dude, the studio's piano plus all of this would be 100/100

[@GangplankPhilly]

this is the video that turned me vegan. I always liked this song since I first heard it in high school but obviously never connected with its message. hearing over this footage did the trick. I still can't believe any of this is real

[@jerylmoll]

I am so glad that I have become a vegetarian. I wish that I had made this decision many, many years ago. That is what saddens me so much. The most innocent beings on earth are these beautiful animals. I know that there is a special place in Hell for all those people that abused (in any way) or murdered an animal, Abuse any animal, go to jail--THEN go to Hell. God Bless The Animals!!!

[@TalewYT]

Been vegetarian since I was 9 and vegan since I was 14! Proud!

[@stnz908]

be grateful

[@s4tw905]

You should be proud

[@jerrychetty2524]

You are a hero keep it up

[@Vegan_4The_Animals]

VeganForLife 💚

[@kirateufel]

You can feel Mozzer's anger and sadness in the way he says MURDER.

[@belmary4416]

heartbreaking

[@brokestudenthelp7871]

I can't watch this at all, before I went to a morrissey concert I really started missing the taste of meat having not eaten it for only about 5 months and when he played this, I couldn't look at the screen, these videos help a lot with not eating meat

[@AntitaurinosTV]

And some people say: "but deliver us from evil. Amen." while they has a cadaver on their table!... Animal Rights!.

[@rappernc]

Very Powerful images... Lovely song, but poor bless those innocent animals. :(

[@MrJono1968]

+nigel cole How long have you been a vegetarian Nigel ?

[@MayaMiaow]

I am happily vegan and will never go back again!

[@AshtokDaniel]

So powerful video, spread it

[@balint.dejczo]

Sokszor döntök úgy, hogy inkább nem is nézem meg ezeket a videókat, inkább ringatom magam a tudatlanság édes nyugalmába..

[@AshtokDaniel]

Hát sokan csinálják ezt, mégiscsak egyszerűbb homokba dugni a fejünket...

[@balint.dejczo]

Ez igaz, viszont az is tény, hogy az emberiség már most bőven 7 milliárd fölé nőtt, akiket etetni kell valahogy, amihez pedig "tömeggyártás" kell, akármilyen durván is hangzik ez az állatok kapcsán.. Persze biztos lenne ennek etikusabb útja, csak nem egy profitorientált társadalomban.

[@AshtokDaniel]

Dejcző Bálint Ha azt a takarmányt, amit annak a bődületes mennyiségű haszonállatnak adnánk, azt az emberek kapnák meg, akkor nem lenne semmilyen probléma. 1 kg húshoz becslések szerint 15 kg gabona kell, na most melyikkel hány ember lakik jól?

[@norledd]

I was watching this video while eating meat. And i looked at the animals in the video, and the meat on my plate, and that was it. I knew i could never eat meat again. I am vegan since. It's been almoust a year. Can't even imagine turning back.

[@antony9384]

I vow to do the same

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

EXTREMELY POWERFUL STUFF, AND FROM 85 AS WELL. I WAS 15 WHEN THIS WAS OUT AND SAW THEM LIVE AT THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE IN LIVERPOOL IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR, MET THEM ALL AND STILL HAVE PHOTOS WITH THEM TOO. GOOD TIMES.

[@Metal00m]

In all those years you haven't learned to turn off caps lock

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

@@Metal00m i love CAPS lock THANK YOU VERY much.

[@thegamingalien5476]

This is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen I’m ashamed to be human

[@missjo252]

I can't stop crying

[@elisazanaga164]

I'm a vegetarian since six months for my choice, even if all my family and my friends were not d'agreement and consider me stupid and they think so today too. I have 13 years old and this song made me realize that my thoughts are righteous, and he gives me the strength to continue, and if I've done it everyone can do it . I apologize, maybe I made a few grammatical errors ... Elisa Hello from 'Italy

[@25411959]

Bravo Elisa!

[@Vegan_4The_Animals]

Are you vegan now?

[@elisazanaga164]

@@Vegan_4The_Animals wow, 5 years later.... I smiled reading that comment, yes now I'm vegan since 2019 :)

[@Sergio_9320]

This is an extremely difficult watch.

[@AlgernonMoncrieff77]

Great song! So happy for having become vegetarian! It was one of the best decisions in my life!

[@caitlynford2790]

Everyone going "oh but I was raised eating meat" So was I for 18 years, as soon as I moved outta home, vegetarian. Haven't looked back since.

[@lkjv3]

i fucking eat meat, never watched one of those before, had tears in my eyes. i know this may be a cut showing only the worst, but even with the most humane way - i just realised taking a life itself is the crime, no matter how fast and painless it is, guess ill try to go veg

[@davidlink412]

lkjv3...trust me when i say this is not the worst. do your research. wish you the best

[@robbiepeterh]

Extraordinary vocal performance. Morrissey is a star ⭐️

[@wuschl2911]

Heifer whines could be human cries Closer comes the screaming knife This beautiful creature must die This beautiful creature must die A death for no reason And death for no reason is murder And the flesh you so fancifully fry Is not succulent, tasty or kind It's death for no reason And death for no reason is murder And the calf that you carve with a smile It is murder And the turkey you festively slice It is murder Do you know how animals die? Kitchen aromas aren't very homely It's not comforting, cheery or kind It's sizzling blood and the unholy stench of murder It's not natural, normal or kind The flesh you so fancifully fry The meat in your mouth As you savour the flavour of murder No No No - It is Murder No No No - It is Murder And who hears when animals cry?

[@dommidavros2211]

Great lyrics!

[@HarisPi]

Best song for someone to start his vegetarian life.

[@Vegan_4The_Animals]

Male chicks in the egg and male calves in the dairy business still get killed by the billions each year, did you know that?

[@beatrizmachado6554]

My heart hurts

[@Lexthebarbarian]

I will never eat again. As Mother Nature is my witness. Thank you Morrissey for waking me up.

[@huluvzcousinbenson]

It's a vast understatement to say morrissey was a talented writer/poet and beyond the animal rights statement in the song ,I've come to appreciate it and the album title 'meat is murder' referring to people treated as commodities reared by a system only to be used and abused in society and hopes to be left in obscurity. Children in education, women's roles and men. It's a very strong album. What she said and that joke isn't funny anymore are sad portrayal of self worth and devastating affects societies expectations of women and men . The sacred works of the smiths should be in a museum somewhere. Quality

[@fiddlecastro1453]

He's still alive and is still a very talented writer/poet.

[@SuperCutiepie1012]

I just cried my eyes out, this footage is too real , and very sad. I feel disgusting, I couldn't watch, they are suffering

[@canalpoetadaluanmachado1134]

Hello friend, I'm from Brazil. I can dub your video to the Portuguese and put it on my channel?

[@canalpoetadaluanmachado1134]

OK thank you

[@ladysnake8449]

I've been losing some weight due to going to the gym most of the time, lost a couple of pounds, because I've been going vegan. When you cut off the meat in your diet, it makes a difference. Especially when you know that meat is harder on your body and difficult to digest. So for health reasons and to save the animals, I have been going vegan. Seeing this video makes me wish that these poor excuses for people that worked in these factories should be fired and put out of business for good especially for torturing these poor animals! No doubt I am proud that I'm not eating meat! I've heard someone say if we stop force breeding animals to meet meat eaters demands we wouldn't have a severe problem in this world. Because of experience when you go vegan you're not just saving yourself in your health you're saving Mother Earth.🌎

[@cookiemonster010395]

This is so chilling...

[@jimjon3261]

Thou shalt not kill

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

Best version of this song imo So raw and angry

[@jmo1225]

this makes me so mad and depressed at the same time

[@dixiecup343]

Oh, god, how can we turn our back on this suffering..we must stop this madness and abuse...it is shameful. The first step is to stop consuming meat..."who cares how animals die".

[@gillian1975]

This is heart breaking

[@georgec4844]

After this video around 4 years ago after I first watched it, I haven't eaten meat since. I always thought of going vegetarian before but this cemented my vegetarianism in place.

[@godeshows]

THX (Y)

[@antony9384]

The bit with the beak! 😢

[@Therealguymins]

If psychopaths were kept off the streets, there'd be nobody working those factories.

[@pebbles92able]

most of the workers are minorities making a living to survive.. you are speaking from privilege..

[@mracc4240]

^^^

[@callumduke6172]

Not arsed about eating meat but jeeze the melody and beat of this tune just hits different

[@georgesoliveira3009]

POW MUITO FORTE !

[@vitortadeucandido4408]

O profano comércio da morte!

[@bebela2030]

Tô num churrasco morrissey carne é uma DELICIA

[@henriquemoreira801]

Eu escutando a música:😭😭😫 Eu no churrasco:❤️😎😎💋😘

[@annapedrocchi3511]

grandissimo Morrisey

[@laurenbell2824]

I had no idea this wad how they killed animals , killing them in a slow and painful death just the thorght of it makes me wonna cry amagin if animals did that to us watching your loved ones being taken away to be slaughted and be put in a packaging l

[@MrDudeguitar0]

There are also free range farms where the animal has a nice life and is killed quickly and painlessly.

[@noneyourbusiness341]

+MrDudeguitar0 anything to make consumers feel better about eating animals

[@TheMrmatthewparker]

MrDudeguitar0 oh my god pull your head out your arse

[@Jake-jy5rr]

@@TheMrmatthewparker Lmao saids the salty vegan

[@sarahgamal9508]

3:40 it was still alive.....

[@dante441]

No it wasn't

[@ironix1]

Shame they don't put these pictures on the supermarket packaging!

[@Xa_El_]

This is worse than war, at least in war you can choose the side, you can fight for life or die with dignity. These animals can not fight for their lives, they do not even know what awaits them until they are in agony.

[@SSJFinalK]

yea thats truly the best performance of meat is murder

[@Tato9412]

I work at a pork meat processing plant and trust me that this song was playing all over my head the day of the tour, but im really glad the company actually doesnt go over the limits of animal rights. They use the least violent treatment for the pigs using an electrical shock to kill them. Now whats shown on the video it is totally different...

[@Thomasvanessen95]

What little difference does it make how animals are killed its all just bullshit semantics. At the end of the day it's still unnecessary, senseless killing and if you'd paid any attention at all- "death for no reason is murder". As far as I'm concerned, there is no discernible or morally justifiable reason for the unprovoked slaughter of sentient living creatures other than greed and self-interest (which I'm sure most rational human beings could and would deduce, are not very good reasons at all).

[@nicolastapioles]

Thomas Van Essen "death for no reason is murder" killing for food its a reason

[@ethanschwarzkaiser8144]

nicolastapioles killing for food is not a human necessity .. don't let the 'experts' and meat industry fool you ...

[@nicolastapioles]

experts? ,like my biology teacher , someone who studied biochemistry , and has zero relation to the meat industry , you mean people like that?

[@nicolastapioles]

okay , if you want to be ill and sick , good for you , but i'm going to have a sane diet, and no one is going to make me do anything by saying im a murderer for eating meat ,both people who doesn't eat vegetables or fruit and vegans are fucking stupid you are not eating well if you need vitamin supplements

[@baohcbdkoxsavvoocwko]

Why the fuck doesn't this come up when you search it.

[@wesleysantana6315]

😔

[@becky200125]

This video makes me feel so sick, I can’t believe I used to eat meat all my life until 4 years ago. Like other people can eat what they want but god I can’t imagine ever eating meat again.

[@angelicugly]

it been 4 years (since i was 16) of being a staunch, militant vegan for me. i already knew all this when i was in like 6th grade. i love this song but it’s really strange that so many people had no idea before they chose to live this way. it’s the most disgusting and pure evil, vile industry in the world. if this was a video of the same things happening to humans, it would not be allowed on youtube

[@pacifistrebel8248]

Where did you take the videofrom?

[@aligindahouse7777]

Why can't you share this video?

[@thelegitethanwallin4482]

Great to listen to while chowing down on steak woho yeah!

[@helenadearaujo4524]

Never more

[@coolozzyneo]

oh my god that video is shocking

[@hawksnacks-2419]

Been a vegetarian since I was 9, this is my 11th year without it.

[@Walchben]

Is this meant to be filmed in the UK, because the cars in the background are driving on the right side of the road, which says to me that that this was not filmed in England.

[@someguy5427]

i thought this was the studio version, i've lived a lie

[@raymondanimalcrossing]

I do not concern myself with these creatures. The world must go on.

[@aa-tp6oh]

ironic animal crossing pic

[@elohiymkingdom9453]

Sad that you lack compassion and empathy

[@solofaces7255]

Is that a Hitler quote?

[@kerasungokong]

makes me sad

[@philipyoung3030]

This video explains why poultary meat is bruised up. Bruisess only occoure when they are alive."NOT DEAD!!!"

[@sexobscura]

*Just to clarify the "Death For No Reason" lyric* *- the actual reason is to eat*

[@hansmeulenkamp4411]

We believe that we are better than any other creature (the bilbe tells us so) but in reality we are the lowest of the lowest.

[@ronyamadeusmenaplascencia7780]

😞

[@syahdilanaaldi6306]

Yeaaah chicken and cow is so damn delicious food

[@deniztekin7113]

[Verse 1] Heifer whines could be human cries Closer comes the screaming knife This beautiful creature must die This beautiful creature must die A death for no reason And death for no reason is murder And the flesh you so fancifully fry Is not succulent, tasty or kind It's death for no reason And death for no reason is murder And the calf that you carve with a smile It is murder And the turkey you festively slice It is murder Do you know how animals die? [Verse 2] Kitchen aromas aren't very homely It's not comforting, cheery or kind It's sizzling blood and the unholy stench of murder It's not natural, normal or kind The flesh you so fancifully fry The meat in your mouth As you savour the flavour of murder No, no, no, it is murder No, no, no, it is murder Oh... and who hears when animals cry

[@emilseacuna1004]

Me avergüenzo de lo que les hacemos y les hice en algún momento, jamás me alcanzará la vida para pedirle perdón.

[@kaligulaminus1907]

Its in ours natural behaviour. Its Normal.

[@adamrobinson7170]

Feel absolutely disgusted with myself 😢 no more meat

[@gavinbeech1776]

I've heard this song countless times but this is the first time I have seen this video and it was hard to watch but I made myself keep watching and I feel pretty disgusted right now tbh

[@9yearsagooner611]

I'm by no means a vegi/vegan but love this song, it helps me despise people who don't eat every scrap on their plate.

[@25411959]

Just 1 example of the fact that humans are vegan by nature-I`ve never, ever seen anyone stop on a roadway, get out, & savor roadkill.

[@maxielpilotociego8]

A VOS QUE TE GUSTA LA PALETITA Y LA DISFRUTAS , AL IGUAL QUE TODO ESO ...

[@falconbruno9397]

NO NO NO IS MURRRDER

[@thiagopagot9981]

#govegan

[@Malika-qe3hj]

so sad and cruel! thats the human bean acts!

[@yes-yv6wc]

shit i love meat but this song is a banger

[@DavidGomez-ll2qs]

You’re a psychopath if you can watch this and continue eating animals as if you’re doing the right thing.

[@acidangel3158]

Wow so am I the only fucking person here who still eats meat and enjoys doing so?

[@moxbigboss3141]

Mmmmmm Nuggets

[@MaximilianMairhofer-ev1xn]

Vegan FTA !!!

[@james19876]

Off for a Maccys...mmm

[@oscarwar3534]

??

[@laurenbell2824]

I had no idea this wad how they killed animals , killing them in a slow and painful death just the thorght of it makes me wonna cry amagin if animals did that to us watching your loved ones being taken away to be slaughted and be put in a packaging