Morrissey appears on the BBC Pop Quiz on May 26, 1984
On May 26, 1984 — just three months after the release of
The Smiths — a young and occasionally smiling
Morrissey appeared on the
BBC TV game show
“Pop Quiz,” which pitted two teams of musicians against each other in a battle of musical knowledge hosted by a ridiculously attired DJ named
Mike Read.
In this half-hour episode — which can be seen in its entirety via the two clips posted below, uploaded just last month by YouTube user
Slane717 — Morrissey, “Kids in America” singer
Kim Wilde and singer/stage actor
Alvin Stardust are pitted against
Thin Lizzy frontman
Phil Lynott, Kajagoogoo’s Nick Beggs and
Derek Forbes of
Simple Minds.
Although Moz’s team — spoiler alert! — loses in the end, the
Smiths frontman does pretty well, quickly ID’ing a clip of
Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon,” recognizing
Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walking” from a snippet of the song’s lyrics, and reeling off some of ’50s pop star
Billy Fury’s Top 10 hits. (He did, however, get beat by the guy from Kajagoogoo on two questions about
The Cure.)
In typical fashion, though, it wasn’t long before Morrissey regretted appearing on the show. In an
interview with The Face published in July 1984, Moz said, “‘Pop Quiz’ was unbearable. I realized it was a terrible mistake the moment the cameras began to roll. … I just squirmed through the program. I went back to my dressing room afterwards and virtually felt like breaking down, it had been so pointless. I felt I’d been gagged.”
MORRISSEY ON POP QUIZ 1984 PART 1
MORRISSEY ON POP QUIZ 1984 PART 2
from:
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/10/06/morrissey-pop-quiz-game-show-video-1984/