ONE SONG BY THE SMITHS....A SATURDAY SERIES (Part 9)

There was something I hated about The Boy With The Thorn In His Side when it was released as the ninth single by The Smiths - it had a promo video.This was the band that had vowed never to make such a thing. Indeed Morrissey had been vehement in the early days of the band that videos were the perfect example of image over substance. And those of us who really championed the band and held them up as something truly unique in an increasingly shallow and materialistic world felt badly let down at ...

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