#50. The Greatest Breakdown of Morrissey and The Smiths

If Oscar Wilde were a musician, he would probably be in The Smiths. In a new episode, Petya, Arkady, and Yuri from the “Do Yu-Yu” channel discuss whether The Smiths can be called postmodernists, analyze how the band’s sound changed, and try to understand why the “poets of Manchester streets” were almost never seen on the streets of Manchester itself. Download the app with humanities lectures — https://clck.ru/3P9CQe Subscribe to our Telegram channel — https://t.me/artforintrovert Telegram channel of Arkady — https://t.me/arkadybazarish Telegram channel of Petya — https://t.me/fieldofpikes “Do Yu-Yu” — https://t.me/britpopsucks 00:00:00 — Start 00:02:30 — What hooks us about The Smiths? 00:10:12 — The origins of Morrissey 00:18:31 — The first emo “in the village” 00:24:18 — What would Morrissey be outside music? 00:29:44 — On the threshold of Johnny Marr (and Thatcher) 00:44:41 — The Smiths as the voice of the working class? 00:53:50 — What you need to know about Johnny Marr 00:59:01 — Why without Marr nothing would have come together 01:05:56 — Blitz: the best album, the funniest song, and the best Russian-language equivalent