The Smiths on kids TV in 1984
Weird // Jim // 23rd July 2006
Thanks to the magic of YouTube you can relive this freaky piece of televisual history. The Smiths are on an open top bus going to Kew Gardens with a bunch of kids. To a soundtrack of Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now they have a look round, then Sandie Shaw turns up for a performance of Jeane. The kids look perplexed.
The best bits are probably Johnny Marr seemingly making the universal signal for "Wanker" at what seems to be a ten year old boy, plus Morrissey scaring the kids by acting in a particularly Morrissey-esque way. One little girl asks where they are going. "We're all going mad", he replies. You can watch this little gem here
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