The Smiths and Morrissey are huge with the Mexican community in L.A. There's not a big difference between the Mexican Soaps and the "I don't want to be here" vibe of so many Smiths songs..
In the late 80's and early 90's The Smiths was popular in the "baile funk" here in Rio. I'm talking about "funk carioca" clubs indeed. It was very common to listen to Bigmouth Strikes Again playing in favela's parties, for instence.
It was only after I got online in the early 2000s that I realized how lucky I was to grow up listening to the Electricifying Mojo on WJLB. At the time, I figured every city had an amazing DJ like him. And with Detroit being well past its former glory, I assumed the Mojo of New York was probably even funkier. I also assumed all those Detroit techno records were from New York (like all the hip hop records). I wasn't a very bright kid but at least I had good taste.
I remember going to see Morrissey 20 years ago in AZ and the audience was chock full of OG mexican Cholos. In many ways Manchester and Detroit were very similar. Both had been hollowed out in the 70s by deindustrialization and left to rot by the powers that be.
I've never been to Manchester, but that's always been my impression as well. It's like when the Crow comic was coming out of Detroit in the 80s. The fact that it featured Joy Division quotes seemed very fitting. Seeing as how they were both products of bleak, rainy, soul destroying, post-industrial hellscapes.
That’s so funny. I read the headline and assumed it was going to be referring to gay vs straight. I think Johnny is the best rhythm player I’ve ever heard. I was just listening to the Dusk album by The The. Johnny plays some great guitar on there.
Possible the fact that Depeche goes so easily across lines of race has something to do with the fact that Martin Gore (DM’s songwriter) is half black American (his dad). Also, just English cats in general from that era, they all came up on black American music. The 20th century was a story of musicians from all over the world being influenced by black American music, and feeding it back to everyone else. Very cool. I wish people weren’t so narrow and genre-silo now. Thanks for the great videos y’all
The Smiths WERE very limited to the goth and alternative crowd when they were an active band. As the years progressed after their breakup and alternative music getting main stream, the audience broadened. This is the case with all alternative bands of time. The early 90s was the beginning of the end of goth and alternative music for almost 2 decades. The entire situation was horrible.
The Smiths also had a huge Chicano audience. Dudes would be bumping War and Santana and also The Smiths.
This is awesome! Smiths is totally a Detroit vibe, we love them out here!!!
The Smiths and Morrissey are huge with the Mexican community in L.A. There's not a big difference between the Mexican Soaps and the "I don't want to be here" vibe of so many Smiths songs..
Not when they were together. That happened much later.
This is the combination that I never knew I needed ❤
I absolutely love the Smiths!!!
Johnny is my hero! ❤
In the late 80's and early 90's The Smiths was popular in the "baile funk" here in Rio. I'm talking about "funk carioca" clubs indeed. It was very common to listen to Bigmouth Strikes Again playing in favela's parties, for instence.
Good music is good music, always wonderful to hear it
Even DJ Premier himself said on his channel once that he was a huge fan of The Smiths.
It was only after I got online in the early 2000s that I realized how lucky I was to grow up listening to the Electricifying Mojo on WJLB. At the time, I figured every city had an amazing DJ like him.
And with Detroit being well past its former glory, I assumed the Mojo of New York was probably even funkier.
I also assumed all those Detroit techno records were from New York (like all the hip hop records).
I wasn't a very bright kid but at least I had good taste.
I remember going to see Morrissey 20 years ago in AZ and the audience was chock full of OG mexican Cholos. In many ways Manchester and Detroit were very similar. Both had been hollowed out in the 70s by deindustrialization and left to rot by the powers that be.
I've never been to Manchester, but that's always been my impression as well. It's like when the Crow comic was coming out of Detroit in the 80s. The fact that it featured Joy Division quotes seemed very fitting. Seeing as how they were both products of bleak, rainy, soul destroying, post-industrial hellscapes.
Yes, years after the Smiths broke up and when alt music has broken out.
That’s so funny. I read the headline and assumed it was going to be referring to gay vs straight. I think Johnny is the best rhythm player I’ve ever heard. I was just listening to the Dusk album by The The. Johnny plays some great guitar on there.
Possible the fact that Depeche goes so easily across lines of race has something to do with the fact that Martin Gore (DM’s songwriter) is half black American (his dad). Also, just English cats in general from that era, they all came up on black American music. The 20th century was a story of musicians from all over the world being influenced by black American music, and feeding it back to everyone else. Very cool. I wish people weren’t so narrow and genre-silo now. Thanks for the great videos y’all
The Smiths WERE very limited to the goth and alternative crowd when they were an active band.
As the years progressed after their breakup and alternative music getting main stream, the audience broadened. This is the case with all alternative bands of time.
The early 90s was the beginning of the end of goth and alternative music for almost 2 decades. The entire situation was horrible.
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Spit it out man ffs, that first two minutes is just noise
Yeah, it's like , " Land the plane" already, Damn 😂