The Smiths - What do you see in him? AKA Wonderful Woman (Demo 1983)

Lyrics:
The nights are too long
When the questions are too long
I try
But i... will never understand
What do you see in him?
What do you see in her? oh..
da da da
She's the lifeblood of me
As you walk hand in hand
And I try, and I try, and I try
But I will never understand
Oh, What Do You See In her?
I Ask Myself, What do you see in her? oh...
she will plague you
And I will be glad
she will plague you
And I will be glad
From Passions Just like Mine:
Quotes
Morrissey friend James Maker states in his "Autofellatio" book: "Initially, [Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke¸] were not particularly comfortable with the connotations of Morrissey’s prescient homoeroticism. The title of What Do You See In Her? [sic] was changed to Wonderful Woman for this very reason because of a concern that the group might be construed as gay. However, it was evident from the beginning that the songwriting, the conceptualisation of the group’s identity and the public voice of The Smiths lay exclusively in the hands of Morrissey and Marr. Consultation with Rourke and Joyce in this regard was superfluous.".

[@arcader3756]

Is amateur as morrissey was here, there’s a certain amount of soul that you can hear in his voice, projecting his angst and sadness. I love the roughness of it

[@owenmaybeidk]

the quality is killing me im sorry 😭😭😭

[@kaduisaui4596]

Simon Cowell would press the golden buzzer

[@imsorryforarguingbut4555]

is it wrong to have burst out laughing at this? never head him sound more drunk-i’m sure he was completely sober though!

[@JayP_125]

That’s what I was thinking too lmao; him singing this drunk

[@lovesandyrourke]

this was in 1983?!? from this recording to 1984 they improved a ton!!!!!!! johnny and moz both!!

[@decaffeinatedafrican2403]

woww

[@luddyvd]

👏👏👏 This channel has very interesting stuff for a The Smiths fan.

[@decaffeinatedafrican2403]

reminds me of nico

[@nfnf4604]

Demais!!

[@terrypmusic]

Nice!

[@둥탁둥둥탁]

Sounds like Homer Simpson lol

[@vacher45]

haha very true

[@sexobscura]

It could be ... maybe

[@stephennicholas1590]

Early Morrissey learning to be a singer lol

[@tomhanser]

Johnny Marr talks about recording demos on his 4-track cassete recorder - I wonder if this is one of those recordings? At Johnny's home?

[@hakufl2863]

Idk what to say about, let me check that

[@hakufl2863]

This one it’s a sound check

[@Springheeledjim5]

@@hakufl2863How did you track it down? It’s quite the rarity!