Good call! It's a triumph of the human spirit sort of thing. I've been playing this on my guitar since it came out. It makes my spirit soar and the ending almost allows me to leave the ground altogether. Maybe Marr's finest moment and maybe just as good or better without the lyrics.
@@obamadonald5052 Horrors. Imagine the Smiths without Morrissey's strange, off centre world view and instead, "we got to keep moving these refrigerators and colour TVs".....No, no, no! NO!
I can't even tell you happy I am to finally find a track of this song without the vocals! The only other one I found on UA-cam (a long time ago) was a terrible edit, and they completely deleted the E major chord! This version is extremely good... and doesnt sound like it has been compressed 63849606 times!
I've always loved the gorgeous sound of this tune. The little colors of guitar here and there under the main riffs. Marr is among a select few who can do it this good. Genius.
@@tomasgalarza5330 thank you for clearing it up the instrumental is truly mesmerizing more smiths instrumentals please no disrespect to morrissey but i love rhythm
One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. Not detracting from Moz, but I always appreciated the band itself more than I did Moz... so this is really really awesome. Wish there were many more of these for all their songs.
The last 1:30 of this might be my favorite piece of music ever written. Wish the song had better lyrics. A rare Morrissey lyrical misfire. Johnny had every right to be annoyed.
Morrissey probably thought that whatever he would come up with wouldn't match against this godly riff anyway so he wrote just the dumbest thing ever, which is ingenious I'd say.
I love the "Send me the pillow, the one that you dream on" bit (inspired by the song 'Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On' by Hank Locklin - a great song) and the Antony and Cleopatra verse, but it definitely is the music itself that brings the whole thing together. I really like the intro on the demo version as well!
Hooo-fucking RAAAH!!! - I just today figured out how to play this correctly on guitar !! I had been 3 decades of wondering about the mystery of how this damn part is managed. Marr plays it in a different register live, then layers the studio tracks so it's confusing. Once in a blue moon I'd get a wild-hair and stumble through deciphering and then integrating the chord shapes, but not getting the flow down until NOW.....people, it is one beeeee-U-tiful day :)
I’ve been listening to those guitar overdubs at the end since 1989 when I first discovered The Smiths and they are still so good that it actually hurts a bit to listen to them.
@ 2:27 when the ride cymbal drops in, the bass starts to walk, and Marr's layered guitars start to come on like an intense orgasm is the EPITOME of the Smiths' sound.
From the ice-age to the dole-age There is but one concern I have just discovered : Some girls are bigger than others Some girls are bigger than others Some girl's mothers are bigger than Other girl's mothers Some girls are bigger than others Some girls are bigger than others Some girl's mothers are bigger than Other girl's mothers As Anthony said to Cleopatra As he opened a crate of ale : Oh, I say : Some girls are bigger than others Some girls are bigger than others Some girl's mothers are bigger than Other girl's mothers Some girls are bigger than others Some girls are bigger than others Some girl's mothers are bigger than Other girl's mothers Send me the pillow... The one that you dream on... Send me the pillow... The one that you dream on... And I'll send you mine
This is my only perfect answer on 'Only connect' - as soon as I saw Yootha Joice what else could it be other than Smith's cover stars. Take that Vikki Coren-Mitchell you beautiful creature, you.
It's all the different parts of the guitar parts one two and three are sections whatever you want to call them and it's the outro and it's the base all playing together complimenting each other
This song is the proof that not only is needed a good instrumental to have a good song. Morrissey work in this bring down all aura Great Marr magnificly created.
I don't play guitar and I'm not a musician but I'm 60 I have a keen ear I had piano lessons from 8 to 12 but anyways there's a few different sections on the guitar and then there's the outro and there's the base and it's the way they all play together it's all the different parts adding to each other adding adding adding
It's all the sections of the guitar or parts whatever you want to call them together with the outro and together with the base all playing together in complementing off each other and it's loopy that's what makes it special Rock on Johnny Marr different style than Van Halen but equally or more talented well it's debatable but it certainly was brilliant anyone who doesn't appreciate the Smiths and you don't have to be gay to realize their geniuses but it doesn't matter your orientation anyways it's genius
Yes it was deliberate. Engineer Stephen Street: "The song, as it was, just faded in, so I thought we had to do something a bit more interesting. Basically I put all the reverb on the drums up so it sounded like it was coming in from some large hall, then faded it down really quickly. Then I took all the reverb back off and faded it up again. The effect was supposed to be like the music's in a hall somewhere, it goes away, then it comes back and it's nice and clean and dry. A bit like opening a door, closing it, then opening it again and walking in."
I've been watching a bunch of these Smiths intrumentals to try and pinpoint how anyone find lyrics in them. Do you write your lyrics first, then try to apply them to the song? Or do you write a little sing it to make it fit then continue till completion? It's truely a great wonder for me.
Johnny Marr is one of my heroes and I declare this his best riff, although it's a very tough choice between several Smith's riffs, a couple of his solo riffs, and the getting away with it riff. The man is an icon.
@@KnowSystems Well I'm sure you're right, but Mike Joyce came on suspiciously fast as a drummer. If you listen to the BBC sessions, the Troy Tate produced recordings and some 1983 bootlegs (particularly the three Hacienda concerts) he was a bit of a shambles (albeit a charming one). Within less than a year, however, and after the first sessions with John Porter and then Stephen Street, he had somehow turned into a brilliant, almost robotic timekeeper.
Mark Lawton I definitely know where you leading to! I need to look back at the tapes for sure , cause that is quite a feat for sure in a fraction of the time cause his syncopation is spot on , eerily close to ppq metronomes
It's possible. Everybody with a significant budget in pop music was making seamless digital edits and using chains of effects and sampling to get specific production problems solved. Stephen Street and all involved were very clever at keeping any digital elements from being sonically overt or novel. Strangeways definitely has some of 'the craft' going on on with many of the drum tracks , but by and large the Smiths' production doesn't sound dated.
One of those Marr beauties which you could listen on a loop till the end of time.
Partially agree. It's THE Marr beauty.
Word. Marr is brilliant. The chords are fairly simply but it's how they're played.
@@falica77 takes me back..trying to play this myself...don't ask..
You're not wrong. A gem of a tune.
Try playing this 'simple' song on guitar , easy it certainly ain't
I can’t get over how good Johnny Marr is on this guitar, like it’s seriously so beautiful that I wanna cry. He’s such a genius!
True
Guitar magic was made on this session
perfectly worded
Well stated. Genius.
same
The underlying guitar bit at 2:37 is heavenly
C# minor and b major
The last minute of this is absolute bliss, I could listen on repeat for hours. Marr is a true wizard with melodies.
Marr did fantastic outros, and intros and not forgetting the stuff in the middle, jangletastic!
In fact, the whole song is absolute bliss!
it really is; one of his finest moments
The first minute is boss, too - containing (one of?) the only fade-in-out-in in pop music history.
Good call! It's a triumph of the human spirit sort of thing.
I've been playing this on my guitar since it came out.
It makes my spirit soar and the ending almost allows me to leave the ground altogether.
Maybe Marr's finest moment and maybe just as good or better without the lyrics.
I love this song. It sounds great with or without vocals.
Alex Mojarro vocals*
The guitar is so dreamy, Dire Straits like.
@@obamadonald5052 Horrors. Imagine the Smiths without Morrissey's strange, off centre world view and instead, "we got to keep moving these refrigerators and colour TVs".....No, no, no! NO!
Rest in Peace, Andy. You were such a great musician!
We'll miss you.😔
The outro of this song is seriously the most beautifull things I have ever heard
Takes all your troubles and doubts and gives you peace in return
Some decades are better than others.
Impossible not to hear it without tears coming.
this sentence is blowing my mind
I think of Marr's chiming guitar as teardrops
Honestly, I can play this on repeat forever. Immortal tune.
I can't even tell you happy I am to finally find a track of this song without the vocals! The only other one I found on UA-cam (a long time ago) was a terrible edit, and they completely deleted the E major chord! This version is extremely good... and doesnt sound like it has been compressed 63849606 times!
Andy Snook was it mine?
Mike Joyce on the skins...great drummer, great timing, great ride cymbal!
Damien Murray yes, just perfect for this band. His drumming was a huge contribution to The Smiths sound and vibe.
Anyone know Johnny? Someone needs to tell him to release an instrumental album with the Smiths-era sound. I think it could be stunning and timeless.
He's fairly active on Twitter, give him a shout maybe.
I would 100% buy an instrumental cd of the smiths songs
Marr's guitar is just pure bliss, never heard anything like it before.
I've always loved the gorgeous sound of this tune. The little colors of guitar here and there under the main riffs. Marr is among a select few who can do it this good. Genius.
I love how the sublimely brilliant melody rubs against the ribald and comic lyrics, The Smiths at their most wondrous!!
Best riff ever
The most wonderful guitar playing i ve ever heard. It will never get old. Its a masterpiece.
Mr Joyce and his darned hi-hat at 2:47 have been giving me the chills for more than 30 years now
First Name Last Name Its a ride, not a hihat
@@tomasgalarza5330 thank you for clearing it up the instrumental is truly mesmerizing more smiths instrumentals please no disrespect to morrissey but i love rhythm
Yes the ride cymbal at the end is soooo good, I look forward to it as soon as the song starts
I absolutely love when Joyce hits the ride in the outro.
I often weep.
It’s just so beautiful.
Magic, melancholy, beauty and joy all washed into one beautiful guitar performance like a cloud you never want to come down from.
This guitar dances and made us cry and made us reflect on at the same time. Sublime.
still outstanding
I want this to be my funeral song
Wow! Great idea!
Same. Both this version and the regular one.
Absoloutley same.
I love how there are complete strangers who feel the same.
honestly same
A beautifully layered sonic tapestry
the best thing Manchester has ever produced.
The stone roses ain't bad .
@@lifesjustanillusion246 they sure aint no smiths though
What about Joy Division or The Fall?
@@marshallemmet1366 The Fall had a slightly different jam LOL
@@marshallemmet1366 joy division/new order are enjoyable but Sumner sucks at guitar
One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. Not detracting from Moz, but I always appreciated the band itself more than I did Moz... so this is really really awesome. Wish there were many more of these for all their songs.
The last 1:30 of this might be my favorite piece of music ever written. Wish the song had better lyrics. A rare Morrissey lyrical misfire. Johnny had every right to be annoyed.
Matt P True.
Morrissey probably thought that whatever he would come up with wouldn't match against this godly riff anyway so he wrote just the dumbest thing ever, which is ingenious I'd say.
I love the "Send me the pillow, the one that you dream on" bit (inspired by the song 'Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On' by Hank Locklin - a great song) and the Antony and Cleopatra verse, but it definitely is the music itself that brings the whole thing together. I really like the intro on the demo version as well!
Disagree, the lyrics are superb
@@tobyyorke2539 That's fine. I just think the jokey chorus detracts from the greatness of the music.
Can't get enough of Johnny's riffs in this song. Love. It.
Love the way the tune comes hurtling in from afar....
listen to this song before falling to asleep
K
I actually prefer this version to the one with vocals despite the fact that the lyrics are hilarious.
clicked like before the video even started... amazing song.
Thank you for this , sometimes can be difficult to find a high quality smiths instrumental track , cheers for the upload
2:25 I’m in love.
Marr is positively upbeat...how can you not smile at the ending.
Gosh, i ve got no words for this! just cannae get over and over again
Morrissey’s work alone, awesome .
Marr’s work alone, excellent.
Morrissey and Marr working together, perfection.
Best Guitar i have ever heard
Man Rourke's melodic bass lines are starting to stand out more to me than Marr's beautiful melodic chords.
Without Marr's melodic framework Rourke would not have been able to write those funky bass lines.
Marr wrote those too
Rourke is so underrated... He is great.
@@MarlboroughBlenheim1 No he didn't. Stop repeating this lie.
lets be honest the smiths sound was thanks to morrissey and marr. the other two may have been good but didnt contribute on the same level
The best drug in the world is music
This particular music is definitely the best drug.
Johnny fucking Marr... good god his riffs are just so mesmerizing 😍
Esta guitarra me hace llorar
My 2nd favorite smiths song!!!Such a good tune
Hooo-fucking RAAAH!!! - I just today figured out how to play this correctly on guitar !!
I had been 3 decades of wondering about the mystery of how this damn part is managed. Marr plays it in a different register live, then layers the studio tracks so it's confusing. Once in a blue moon I'd get a wild-hair and stumble through deciphering and then integrating the chord shapes, but not getting the flow down until NOW.....people, it is one beeeee-U-tiful day :)
Listening from the mid 80ties until 2020 ...
Wonderful!
Honestly one of, if not the most emotional Smiths songs out there for me.
"Send me the pillow, the one that you dream on, and I'll send you mine."
This is a smooth evening ride thru the glistening street lights, into the countryside, only car on the road
I’ve been listening to those guitar overdubs at the end since 1989 when I first discovered The Smiths and they are still so good that it actually hurts a bit to listen to them.
beautiful
In love with the cover.
Best. Guitar. Rift. Ever. Legendary status achieved
@ 2:27 when the ride cymbal drops in, the bass starts to walk, and Marr's layered guitars start to come on like an intense orgasm is the EPITOME of the Smiths' sound.
This song could be recorded in the mid 90,s.....incredible sound that does not seem from the 1986!
Amazing vid
Thank you! You just saved me the hassle of cutting exactly the same thing!
If I could inject this instrumental into my bloodstream i would. It's almost nostalgic and painful, but also so blissful
" It's Jonny fukkkin Marr " 🎸
This is the icing on the cake for The Queen is Dead. Fantastic album, fantastic ending.
Shout to bass and drums aswell Whole band is tight asf
I can listen to the outro of this song forever. I hope it's the last thing l hear before l go.
Fantastic the magic of Marr
This is dope, Johnny is truly a lzgend
I love Morrissey's nostalgic fascination with 1960s Britain.
Hipsterdisco still going strong, nice!
SEND ME THE PILLOWWW
From the ice-age to the dole-age
There is but one concern
I have just discovered :
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl's mothers are bigger than
Other girl's mothers
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl's mothers are bigger than
Other girl's mothers
As Anthony said to Cleopatra
As he opened a crate of ale :
Oh, I say :
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl's mothers are bigger than
Other girl's mothers
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl's mothers are bigger than
Other girl's mothers
Send me the pillow...
The one that you dream on...
Send me the pillow...
The one that you dream on...
And I'll send you mine
Margherita Gatto on the shop floor lies a calendar as obvious as snow. As if we didn’t know.
Some girls are bigger than others....
Has anyone got a clue wtf *the dole-age* means?
@@shaft9000 "On the Dole" means to be on welfare
prophetic words still relevant today
@@shaft9000 Google it instead of asking
thanks.
A LOT.
all hail this fucking riff
Makes it so good now
send me the pillow, the one that you dream on, and i'll send you mine
Andy rourke’s basslines are smooth
2:37 bliss
This is my only perfect answer on 'Only connect' - as soon as I saw Yootha Joice what else could it be other than Smith's cover stars. Take that Vikki Coren-Mitchell you beautiful creature, you.
@Sideways Rain Well i love her by the ounce
Some bands are bigger than others
Esse tempo foi brilhante,showwww
It's all the different parts of the guitar parts one two and three are sections whatever you want to call them and it's the outro and it's the base all playing together complimenting each other
Eargasm
This song is the proof that not only is needed a good instrumental to have a good song. Morrissey work in this bring down all aura Great Marr magnificly created.
Hay que avisarle a marr que hizo uno de los mejores riff de la historia
Venia a comentar lo mismo jajajaj , creo que hizo el mejor riff de la historia !
my biggest accomplishment was probably learning this song on guitar
after hearing this everything seems lower
❤❤❤
I don't play guitar and I'm not a musician but I'm 60 I have a keen ear I had piano lessons from 8 to 12 but anyways there's a few different sections on the guitar and then there's the outro and there's the base and it's the way they all play together it's all the different parts adding to each other adding adding adding
0:52🫶🏼
At this moment I choose to develop an ear fetish.
Easily the most beautiful riff ever. I come back to this all the time. Johnny Marr is a god
honestly would marry this instrumental if I could🤣
I thought this was the song and I was like wtf isn't this boi singin
It's all the sections of the guitar or parts whatever you want to call them together with the outro and together with the base all playing together in complementing off each other and it's loopy that's what makes it special
Rock on Johnny Marr different style than Van Halen but equally or more talented well it's debatable but it certainly was brilliant anyone who doesn't appreciate the Smiths and you don't have to be gay to realize their geniuses but it doesn't matter your orientation anyways it's genius
🎶🎶🎵🎵🕺💃
No need for chord changes when you've got a sound this sweet. Magical groove
Where can I buy this version?
Sublime, absurd!
I feel like staring at a wall my whole life while this plays in the background 24/7
Marr magic
Sorry guys- feel I should know this: was the fade out/fade in deliberate & if so why? A masterpiece anyway!
Yes it was deliberate.
Engineer Stephen Street: "The song, as it was, just faded in, so I thought we had to do something a bit more interesting. Basically I put all the reverb on the drums up so it sounded like it was coming in from some large hall, then faded it down really quickly. Then I took all the reverb back off and faded it up again. The effect was supposed to be like the music's in a hall somewhere, it goes away, then it comes back and it's nice and clean and dry. A bit like opening a door, closing it, then opening it again and walking in."
@@puds13 Thanks alot for reply!
just want to let you know if I discover the smith along with spotify app release
I've been watching a bunch of these Smiths intrumentals to try and pinpoint how anyone find lyrics in them. Do you write your lyrics first, then try to apply them to the song? Or do you write a little sing it to make it fit then continue till completion? It's truely a great wonder for me.
Johnny Marr is one of my heroes and I declare this his best riff, although it's a very tough choice between several Smith's riffs, a couple of his solo riffs, and the getting away with it riff.
The man is an icon.
Were The Smiths using midi loops sampled from MJs drumming? The drums on this and This Charming Man (inst) certainly make it sound that way.
Mark Lawton nah that’s just methods of mixing and proper compression maybe similar style drum sets that’s raw banging beyond that good sir
@@KnowSystems Well I'm sure you're right, but Mike Joyce came on suspiciously fast as a drummer. If you listen to the BBC sessions, the Troy Tate produced recordings and some 1983 bootlegs (particularly the three Hacienda concerts) he was a bit of a shambles (albeit a charming one). Within less than a year, however, and after the first sessions with John Porter and then Stephen Street, he had somehow turned into a brilliant, almost robotic timekeeper.
Mark Lawton I definitely know where you leading to! I need to look back at the tapes for sure , cause that is quite a feat for sure in a fraction of the time cause his syncopation is spot on , eerily close to ppq metronomes
It's possible. Everybody with a significant budget in pop music was making seamless digital edits and using chains of effects and sampling to get specific production problems solved.
Stephen Street and all involved were very clever at keeping any digital elements from being sonically overt or novel. Strangeways definitely has some of 'the craft' going on on with many of the drum tracks , but by and large the Smiths' production doesn't sound dated.