Kammala wannan magana: A matsayin shugaban kungiyar Smiths, Morrissey - wanda aka bayyana a matsayin "mai saurin magana, mai saurin magana, mai saurin magana da tabarau" - ya rushe ka'idoji da yawa da ke hade da kiɗan pop da kiɗan dutse. Sauƙin ƙarancin band ɗin ya kasance martani ne ga wuce gona da iri wanda New Romantics ya bayyana, kuma yayin da Morrissey ya ɗauki bayyanar androgynous kamar New Romantics ko glam rockers na baya, nasa ya fi dabara da ƙima. In ji wani mai sharhi, "yana son littattafai; yana saka tabarau na NHS da na'urar sauraro a kan fage; ba ya aure. Mafi munin duka, ya kasance mai gaskiya", tare da waƙarsa "mai cike da baƙin ciki, mai haɗari, mai ban dariya mai ban sha'awa wanda ya yaudari masu sauraronsa... cikin dangantaka da shi da waƙarsa maimakon duniya". A cikin wata takarda ta ilimi game da ƙungiyar, Julian Stringer ya bayyana Smiths a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin siyasa mafi bayyane na Burtaniya", yayin da a cikin binciken aikin su, Andrew Warns ya kira su "mafi yawan ƙungiyoyin adawa da jari hujja". Morrissey ya kasance mai mahimmanci a cikin sukar da ya yi wa Firayim Minista Margaret Thatcher; bayan Oktoba 1984
Bam din otal din Brighton, ya yi sharhi cewa "kawai baƙin ciki" shi ne "cewa Thatcher ya tsere ba tare da rauni ba". A shekarar 1988, ya bayyana cewa Sashe na 28 "yana nuna ainihin yanayin Thatcher da ƙiyayya ta na halitta".