The Smiths ! There Is A Light That Never Goes Out ! Reaction,

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[@raulgonzalezart6006]

The Smiths are LEGEND.

[@char1737]

This is one of the greatest songs ever. The romanticism of death is so beautiful it’s sad but it’s a great song

[@sarahzentexas]

Oh yes! This band was so influential. How Soon Is Now is their most well-known, but they literally don’t have a bad song. Enjoy them! Morrissey’s voice is one of a kind!

[@MattDavey68]

They do. I am a life time Smiths fan but sadly there is one bad song. Golden Lights on Hatfull of Hollow. 😬 Everything else is a work of art though pretty much! 💙

[@davidlukey5189]

To me there's a yearning in Morrissey's delivery, like he's longing for something he's missed out on in life due to his own insecurities and deficiencies.

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

it makes you feel sad but good at the same time, that is Morrisseys signature.

[@alexm2930]

Melancholy comes to mind, when I listen to his voice on the song. At the same there is a lot joy within the music.

[@nish5523]

Good reaction mate. Morrissey's a songwriting maestro, a lot of Smiths' lyrics have a hint of sadness to them. If you want, check out 'I know it's over' next!

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

hugs my friend!

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

The lyrics can be taken as dark, but I find them (still) inspirational. Meanwhile, the music is simply exceptional.

[@lucan_nn]

i love ur reaction

[@andyyoung9463]

Don't care about your "errors" in your English...enjoying your reactions.

[@davesmith8620]

Great choice this and Morrissey- the first of the gang to die are my favourite songs he sings.

[@zephirous8165]

The Smiths is a mile stone :)

[@trexinvert]

From the great sadness comes great inspiration and beauty. That is what Smiths music makes me feel.

[@mikealter7712]

Next Smith's Song - "Stop me If you Heard This One Before"

[@d-pod_L]

Smiths songs I’d recommend: Ask; Is it really so strange?; barbarism begins at home; rusholme ruffians

[@dzomers]

You have to learn and comprehend the irony and sarcasm of Morrissey...

[@jackfriend4u]

hello Wally! new subscriber here. I had just recommended The Smiths to a 23 year old guy, about the age when i first really listened to The Smiths and about the age that Morrissey, Marr were making their magic. So i came on to youtbe to remind myself of why i love their music and the special thing that made it speak to me at that particular time in my life. The mix of sadness and somewhat happier music is what i'd call "Joyful Melancholia" . But i think it may need to be said, perhaps what's the missing link that a lot of people didn't quite get the specifics of ...Stephen Morrisey was (is) gay, but he wasn't "out of the closet"and refused to describe himself as one way or other (in ways that no heterosexual singer/writer has ever felt the need to do). so there was a lot of pent up passion and not being specific about gender in his lyrics. The Smiths were "emo" before that became a fashionable brand style, and if you were a young gay man who couldn't say most of what you felt out loud, you found a way to get it out in more ambiguous ways..especially in the early-mid 1980's. So there's a certain amount of self loathing, and morbidity, that comes of having to either lie about your life but certainly not to say just what you want, or who you are. This is why he knew that shyness was nice, but if you don't "ask" you will never know. It may be worth listening to (and reading the lyrics) again with this knowledge in mind. Morrisey felt for Marr in ways that couldn't be reciprocated, and that longing and unrequited feeling fills a lot of their songs, of which Morrisey wrote the lyrics and Marr wrote the music; so with such a symbiotic partnership it was inevitable that it could only end all too quickly (for us fans anyway!), much as the Lennon/McCartney relationship. each continued on with successful careers independent of each other, but that particular partnering (not to forget the amazing work done by the other two band members on guitar and drums), is consigned to a short and very beautiful time in music history. Some of Morrisey's later work continues in a similar vein, but in keeping his songs more wittily ambiguous it allows them to not just be simply "reduced" by critics to "songs that only gay folk will understand". I think anyone who's been a teen, 20 something and lay awake at night thinking that no one understands how they feel, that the world is a horrible place and there's no hope for us would find solace in this exultant misery. a Kind of wallowing in my tears, but there's hope at the end of the tunnel...or a light that will never go out. Thank you Wally for sharing your love for these guys talent and hopefully helping bring it to a whole new generation of fans.

[@oscillatewildly6553]

I really like your comment and I'm sorry for being a little lazy at the moment for only commenting on one or two things that I disagree with (because I agree with more). Morrissey never considered himself as gay, he wrote sexually ambiguous lyrics because he was unsure of his sexuality. he was open about being celibate which he was for many years. He also said in interviews that he didn't like the labelling of sexuality like gay, lesbian hetro etc. He thought it confused some people, the people like him who weren't yet sure of their sexual preference or orientation and didn't feel like they fit into any box. This is why he loved The New York Dolls who with their mixture of cross dressing and punk rock attitude blurred the gender lines. Morrissey, as you know, did the same in his songs, writing lyrics which anyone could relate to no matter what sex or sexual orientation. As far as Morrissey's sexuality goes, he's had one relationship with a man and one with a woman. People should stop using Wikipedia as a reference because it contains the views and personal opinion of people who haven't gone back to his interviews or autobiography to get his opinion, they use their own in its place. You sound like a real fan so I don't mean to suggest you know nothing about Morrissey because it's clear that you do and I don't like it when people get into arguments online as though it was a competition. I would never feel in competition with a Smiths fan! I only care about people believing he's gay because Morrissey would hate that, being labelled ... He was always answering questions about his sexuality because the ambiguity in the songs spiked interest and curiosity and the assumption was that the ambiguity meant he was hiding his sexuality when he wasn't! This question sold newspapers (the music press). He was always annoyed that journalists wanted to put him in a box and he grew tired of the question. He certainly wasn't lying about anything, what a claim? And Morrissey is probably one of the few artists in history to say in no uncertain terms who he is and what he feels, just because he was ambiguous on one topic doesn't mean he was in the closet! It was the 80's not the 50's! Boy George and Pete Burns, who were both trannies had hit songs in the charts so it was actually more fashionable to be gay! Besides, how clear does the man have to be? Also, The Smiths weren't emo. You know that the term didn't exist so it doesn't make sense to categorise bands from a different era and different genre after the fact. They were indie and still are indie. Emo music is manufactured emotion, insincere commercial crap that just uses the concept of identifying as the outsider and misunderstood loner who Morrissey genuinely spoke up for ... He was said in an interview (early 80's) that he received a fan letter from a deaf girl who said felt too embarrassed to go to a Smiths gig because of her big chunky hearing aid. He was so moved by this and as The Smiths happened to be appearing that night on Top of the Pops he went out to get a hearing aid which as you probably know he wore on national television. He also wore the hearing aid behind the ears on November Spawned a Monster which you probably know, I just wanted to say that because it also reminds me of how much he loves his fans and how committed he his. I bet a gesture like this would never cross the mind of these emo bands.

[@jackfriend4u]

its hard not to agree with anything you said. i might be a fan but i'm honestly not that knowledgeable on Morrisey, Marr or the rest of The Smiths (who i'm always embarrassed to forget their names though i see now that one was Andy Rourke, the bass guitarist. All i would've read on them would've been a few music magazine type articles and eventually the biography "Morrisey and Marr.". everything else is pretty much speculation and a bit of memory on my part, though i would still contend that being inn the "closet" was both a personal choice and one expected by the record companies in the wake of anti-gay sentiment in the time of Aids. i don't think i've ever heard of any heterosexual artist ever hold back form describing their personal romances/marriages/ relationships in their art , or to the press. It was the times back then and it was easier to say "what difference does it makes" when in fact it made a lot of difference to a lot of people especially those who were in need of at least one positive role model who was brave enough to do so. Boy George certainly didn't come out of the closet back then even though everyone just assumed he was gay from the way he dressed . i couldn't say about Pete Burns. I have no problem with the fact Morrisey mightve been finding it hard to say what he wanted to(of his personal life) if only to un- burden himself of having to "play it safe by having a bet both ways" which was not uncommon (Freddy Mercury , Elton John were doing exactly the same thing then, and i think it might've only been Tom Robinson that was openly "out"at the time. I accept and respect the ambiguity, and wit of Morrisey's lyrics and love his voice, but misery and self oppression often come hand in hand and he knew how to express that perfectly. that he could still' "speak" to me as a young gay man who also hadn't come out and still load his lyrics with things that only such folks might get the "wink"of helped me incredibly at the time and still does. i think his work speaks far more to me than any artists i can think of that are openly queer and express that in their songs, and its as much because of the music by Johnny Marr. it just sweeps me away, and makes me want to laugh and cry with joy. By the way i love that your profile name here is "Oscillate Wildly" and i hope that Wally will check it out what i think was the only totally instrumental track The Smiths did. its a beautiful piece of work and has all the things you'd want from a Smiths track even though it doesnt have Morrisey's typically wonderful lyrics as part of it. that joyful melancholia that takes a heavy heart and lifts it up. thank you for responding to my response of someone else's response (how weirdly meta can this keep getting, lol?!). you seem like a pretty cool/warm person who's smart. this whole 'reaction clips" thing is new to me and i'm only starting to get back into youtube and talking about the music i like, which i've hardly done online. if i even had an inkling (and wasn't totally lazy) about how to do my own blog-casting thing i would, but i'm a writer by nature, and my even greater love than music is film. as it is i can tell my hands will be aching from typing soon! by the way Wally, if you read any of this i'm sorry if i'm taking up way too much space of your site, ranting. I'm going to try and pull it back. Your enthusiasm spiked my enthusiasm , but i need to lay of The Smiths for a bit and start listening to some of the other music that you're getting into, that i've never really heard. i know nothing about Keane, or Rush, and a whole host of who you're trying out. but i think the fact your a fan of The Smiths means i'm gonna enjoy what you choose.

[@Ambofrisk4107]

The pan pipes..the violins……well what can you say

[@TheRohanCharles]

Saudade. The word is saudade.

[@burnleytilidie1882]

Still ill by the smiths is a tune my friend try that 😁

[@15caste]

Please react to Barbarism begins at home by The Smiths

[@mikeortizjr.2186]

The Pope of Mope. MORRISSEY!!!!!

[@edwardrmurrow4511]

During the 80's all of his friends were dying from A.I.D.S. the gay community had a fatalistic attitude of impending doom and his music reflected this.

[@jodagold5481]

Mate check out the verve bittersweet symphony

[@lucasrustrian9014]

I loved this reaction. I know what you meant haha.

[@andythecrimson8877]

😅 😅

[@johnu477]

do well iwonder

[@michaelpaine8884]

Desperation. He’s a gay man in the early 80s

[@Metal_Horror]

There's something to this. Certainly the song is about not feeling accepted but there's one person he feels good about. If you've been suicidal, I think this song probably hits a bit different--that feeling of accepting death, of finding comfort in its possibility, he's just so genuine in that expression. The feeling that being with this person is the only time he feels any kind of happiness, but it's fleeting. And I do think Morrissey's sexuality probably had a lot to do with his feeling this way (although he's also known to have a lot of controversial views) but as many excellent writers do, the details are sparse enough to allow for the listener to fill in the details and develop their own interpretation.