http://foreverill.com/disc/howsoon.htm "And they've made several marketing disasters which have really been quite crippling to us in personal ways. For instance, the release of the last single. 'How Soon Is Now' was released in an abhorrent sleeve - and the time and the dedication that we put into the sleeves and artwork, it was tearful when we finally saw the record... And also we can discuss a video they made. It had absolutely nothing to do with the Smiths - but quite naturally we were swamped with letters from very distressed American friends saying, 'Why on earth did you make this foul video?' And of course it must be understood that Sire made that video, and we saw the video and we said to Sire, 'You can't possibly release this... this degrading video.' And they said, 'Well, maybe you shouldn't really be on our label.' It was quite disastrous - and it need hardly be mentioned that they also listed the video under the title 'How Soon Is Soon,' which... where does one begin, really?"
- Morrissey on Sire Records, Creem, 1985
Originally posted by Bags:
No, there was a video for "How Soon Is Now" when it was a single... Granted, they didn't make many, but they made some, and not only late in their history.
Originally posted by tenfifteen:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Must have been later in their careers. One of the things the Morrissey prided himself on the early days was not selling out to MTV/ music video.
Definitely much later, and now that I think about it, they may have been nothing more than performance clips. But there is a DVD, and as I recall, it has a few videos in addition to some hacked together live clips. I believe Morrissey aptly called videos "promotional films." [/b]
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