The Queen is Dead album is a classic , I’m from Manchester and Manchester was Poor , at that time in most places , the Smiths chose that name to try and represent commonality amongst so much projected aspirational nonsense in the 80s , particularly in the face of sociopathic yuppydom , they were real and sincere x Great choice my friend
Great reaction. It makes me happy that you love The Smiths - they were an acquired taste even in the 80s, but people who "get" them tend to become real devotees. They really stood out amid the rest of mid-80s music and meant so much to me when I was a teenager. This song is achingly beautiful. Try 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' or 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' next. Both are also from The Queen is Dead.
This brings a tear to my eye as I am an original Smiths fan and these reaction videos often take me back to how I felt when I first heard Smiths songs in the 80's as a teenager. They were songs that saved our lives back in the 80's as we didn't have therapy back then we had The Smiths.
As a guy who kinda set the pace with music and style once I got to HS, I was pretty invisible before then… Then puberty happened and in 10 months I was taller stronger and better looking than those I’d grown up with. I made girls crazy and guys were intimidated which was easy to play off but inside it was such bitter isolation. I found a departure from the scorpions and Michael Jackson which had plagued Middle School (lol) with my immersion into The Cure Joy Division Ministry, New Order, Skinny Puppy, The Smiths and then the dance music of Book of Love and Depeche Mode Erasure The Cult Front 242 etc I eagerly devoured all the import vinyls, I changed to my own style and couldn’t be labeled.. But I did discover that girls loved different looks and I well, created mine lol But no one besides Robert Smith grabbed me with his Voice like Morrissey or guitar like Marr.. Those two wrote the anthems of left behind, unfulfilled angst and the slightest , always out of reach love seemingly felt by GenX with their deceptively trivial sounding songs which belied the extremely tight and face paced dissonance coupled with soaring and haunting lyrical genius from the band and Moz.. If they did it for you, you know or if you just discovered this recently, you’ll never hear it again without a story built deep into your soul about it And I’ll say it one more time.. That man’s voice is the stuff of delicious dreams and harrowing nightmares simultaneously 😅❤
@@mvaughangolovely that you found a silver lining, and possibly a saving grace in these artists. As someone else that got "hot" out of nowhere or before I got charisma, I know the weird isolation that come from being unable to connect but hated for it when you try to open up since it sounds like a non issue, it's an unsympathetic problem. much love ❤
"It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate. It's takes strength to be gentle and kind..." From Rourke's growling bass to Marr's guitars to Morrissey's vocals, this is The Smiths at their sombre, beautiful best.
My wife and me started listening to the Smiths in the 80s when we were going out , 35 years later and we are still listening to them ,our favourite band ,they never get old
One of my favourites by The Smiths 🖤 NO ONE does misery like Morrissey!! When your a teen in the 80's and depressed this was the go-to song at least among my new wave friends. I STILL can only listen to it if I'm in a strong state of mind. Thanks Jay!
Keep playing with The Smiths! Girlfriend in a Coma is the most fun sad song. Morrissey has one of my all time favorite voices, sling with Thom Yorke, Bjork, Tori Amos...
Love this reaction - it’s a beautiful, mournful song. For some more along the same lines from The Smiths, see also: Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want and Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me (one of my personal favourites and well worth a reaction) and from solo Morrissey: Now My Heart Is Full.
Last night i dreamt somebody loves me is so beautiful, yet so haunting and sad too. I love it - especially the whale sounds intro on the longer version, before it all kicks in - it’s a stunning heart wrenching song 💙
Sorry but i had to make a LOL, not to u but to The smiths lyrics cause..."Love is natural and real" and we think finnaly he's happy and then "But not for such as you and i" and "Last Night Somebody Loved Me"...ops correct "Last Night Dreamt of..."... depressing or irony? (both?)
This song makes me cry like a little child. It’s rare to come across lyrics this reflective and honest. So obvious yet so dipped in mystery. My favorite line is, “Love is natural and real.” It’s such a beautiful expression and the way he delivers it is just heart wrenching. Wish I could go back in time and enjoy this song when I needed it the most.
I hope you realize how special you are! Listening to The Smiths is not for everyone and I am so glad you're discovering them. Try "This charming man", "Bigmouth strikes again" and my personal favourite "Last night I dreamt that somebody lived me". Great reaction!
Although the BBC chose in 2004 this song as the most depressing in history. My "Well i wonder" saddens me much more. And above all "Trust" by The Cure would be my number one in sadness.
Not only did I never think you would review this song, I never thought you would like it. I am pleasantly surprised. I’ve been listening to him since 1985. Greatest band in my opinion.
One of my favorite Smith’s songs. This song was laid down one low-lit evening. Marr recalled to NME in 2011: "We recorded it around about teatime, but England being England it was dark and wet outside. It was very beautiful and it reflected how I felt for a large part of my life, and particularly during that period. But I didn't see a despondency in that, there's an acceptance of melancholia being a part of life, that's why I don't think it's depressing."
Just beautiful when I grew up in a depressing Manchester in the 1980's. I'm convinced they influenced many Manchester bands that created the Madchester era in the late 80's/early 90's as Manchester was on the up. Manchester was the centre of the European music scene, creating a list of huge bands such as The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, The Charlatans, Oasis, The Verve, not to mention the centre of the World's House Music Scene (EDM). All thanks to The Smiths and New Order.
I just posted this song and what it brings to mind: College. I’m surprised I didn’t become an alcoholic. Home life was excruciatingly painful most often and the loneliness was unfair. I was considered a weirdo, too nice, and fragile. I wasn’t aware of the ADHD so getting through school became harder because I couldn’t float on just my intellect anymore. I was lost…aimless. Sometimes I get very angry at my mother now, even though she’s gone, because she knew and chose to do nothing. I’m glad I got my daughter diagnosed. She may still be struggling but she will find her way faster than I ever did.
This song has been my anthem for so many years. I have always been and felt alone. Even now i am alone again and will probably always be, but i now have a beautiful 3 years old daughter and its all i need in my life! True love!
I love this song! I can't wait till he plays in Los Angeles again. I missed out on his Vegas tour this yr but saw him last yr vegas. I love him so much. He music is Amazing. Sounds the same live.
Yeah, "Girlfriend in a coma" is from "Strangeways, here we come" (The Smiths)...but Morrissey does have a lot of great solo songs as well, especially on the first few albums
Appreciate you doin this vid bro. The Smiths are one of my favorite bands of all time and I've been digging your other vids for quite a while. Keep up the great work dude
Thanks bro for an honest reaction to a beautiful song. This band got me through some rough times at college in the mid 80s. Morrissey's angst filled insightful lyrics about everyday life can connect like no other lyrics I've heard. May I suggest "Reel around the Fountain" from their first album for your next reaction. Peace bro
I defy anyone to listen to this first side of "The Queen Is Dead" and still be in a good mood!!! This is Morrissey at his most maudlin. That's Andy Rourke on the bass. He was a real beast on 4 strings!!
Jayvee; thank you so much for your Smiths reactions...!!! Would love you to see you start branching out to Morrissey's solo work, huge catalogue (that continues to this day) with masterpieces just like The Smiths. Keep up the great reviews, love your channel...!!!
Great reaction, as usual. I think you would like "Well I Wonder". It's not one of their most famous tracks but it's really beautiful. By the way, I really admire how open minded you are to different genres of music, or to music from different eras. It's so refreshing.
I don't know what made me chose the queen is dead when selecting my free Columbia house LPS at 14, but I did and OMG, I have been a huge fan ever since!
My favourite song. Recorded in one take, the searing emotion of it is still raw after all these years. It's astonishing. Thank god it doesn't reflect my life anymore, but it was a great comfort back then. Absolutely stunning.
We need more reactions of the smiths! They’re my favourite band, their music is amazing. I’d honestly recommend “last night I dreamt that somebody loved me” or even “never had no one ever” but in general any of their songs is great
Your reactions to this song brought different feelings of it to me, I love the base and the drums and Morrissey has a voice that is so full of emotion, hes brilliant. I was going through some tough times in the 80's and couldn't listen to this. Now in a different mindset I am able to appreciate the sheer brilliance of this. Thank you once again for giving me the joy of listening to music that touches me in many ways Jayvee. God bless you all love hugs and peace to everyone Mary-Ellen UK
I've got my head phone on too. Your hit the nail on the head on everything u say. Beautiful song n the the end. I've been listening to the smiths since 1986 I'm 49 now. Love them to bits, just wish they'd get back together
This song is a painful realization of unrequited love that a person who undergo to this situation wish his mother, like a child to take the pain and escape from this reality of life.
The amazing lyrics are on par with all he does, but for me in this one his vocals excel. Just like butter and so effortless and he takes his time with every word. Just a perfect song.
The Smiths / Morrissey are popular in Latin American countries and have inspired some great Spanish rock. Odd that more people here in the States don't get the passion & humor he evokes...
The smiths do have a style, I fell in love with more for the playing. I later started to listen to the lyrics, and I’m like woh!😅 ok… hold up! But it grows on you, I did for sure to me. these guys where very young, but so talented. Perfect mash of great talents.
Really enjoyed your reaction, their sound was very much Marmite here in the UK. This song has been in my head to recall during difficult times since the week the album came out. It connects to the emotional side of my brain like no other song, aside from There is a light perhaps. I don't watch many reaction videos but I really enjoyed your appreciation of the beauty of this track.
Omg I can’t believe you reacted to one of my fav songs EVER!! Thank you sooo much for not just reacting to comercial stuff it means a lot to us geeks who listen to alternative music and never get to see reaction!! What about a 70’s Manchester reaction? The bands from Factory and the whole Manchester scene?? That would be awesome ❤️
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head And as I climb into an empty bed Oh well. Enough said. I know it's over - still I cling I don't know where else I can go Oh... … Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head See, the sea wants to take me The knife wants to slit me Do you think you can help me? … Sad veiled bride, please be happy Handsome groom, give her room Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly (Though she needs you More than she loves you) And I know it's over - still I cling I don't know where else I can go Over and over and over and over Over and over, la... … I know it's over And it never really began But in my heart it was so real And you even spoke to me, and said : "If you're so funny Then why are you on your own tonight ? And if you're so clever Then why are you on your own tonight ? If you're so very entertaining Then why are you on your own tonight ? If you're so very good-looking Why do you sleep alone tonight ? I know... … 'Cause tonight is just like any other night That's why you're on your own tonight With your triumphs and your charms While they're in each other's arms..." It's so easy to laugh It's so easy to hate It takes strength to be gentle and kind Over, over, over, over … It's so easy to laugh It's so easy to hate It takes guts to be gentle and kind Over, over Love is natural and real But not for you, my love Not tonight, my love Love is natural and real But not for such as you and I, my love … Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my ... Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can even feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my...
I think Morrissey was at the pinnacle of his vocal powers on this album. That's not to criticise his later solo work as I like that as well but his clarity and tone on this whole album is at a different level
Wow after listening again I missed so much in the lyrics
The Queen is Dead album is a classic , I’m from Manchester and Manchester was Poor , at that time in most places , the Smiths chose that name to try and represent commonality amongst so much projected aspirational nonsense in the 80s , particularly in the face of sociopathic yuppydom , they were real and sincere x
Great choice my friend
The Smiths for me are alllllll about the lyrics first
Please react to more of The Smiths
Miserabalism at its finest! I suggest you try 'Barbarism Begins At Home' next.
Mother I can feel the soil falling over my head! He died of heartbreak 💔 and is in the grave being buried . His mother is his only confidante.
Gorgeous song. "It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind"! Great line.
I live my life by that ✌️
Not many possess that strength
@@ChubbyChecker182 same and it turned out I saved a girls life😅
I always thought is "so easy to love, it's so easy to hate" and that thas deeping meening to me =)
I love this line
The Smiths saved my life .. they allowed me to know I wasn’t alone .. ❤️❤️
Great comment, so true ♥️
You're not alone. We're not alone.
Same, “it’s easy to laugh, it’s easy to hate//it takes strength to be gentle and kind” ❤️
And yet really we all are.
"But don't forget the songs
That made you cry
And the songs that saved your life"
Rubber ring by The Smiths
The Smiths the only band in the 80’s that saved me in my teenage years
It saves me in my 30’s. 💙
@@TheseDarkWoodsme too, although Morrissey is a professional intellectual, I can’t say I mind it.
You nailed the interpretation, Morrissey was rarely as vulnerable and self reflective as here. He lays it all out in this song
It's a cover 😂
@@paulie3748 dont think so mate.
who do you think wrote this song?
@alansouthall8221 I do think so mate
@@alansouthall8221 Try Jeff Buckley lad
@@paulie3748 yeah buckley covered it a full 10 years after morrissey and marr wrote it 😂😂
Love the fact you like The Smiths. Sir, you have taste
Great reaction. It makes me happy that you love The Smiths - they were an acquired taste even in the 80s, but people who "get" them tend to become real devotees. They really stood out amid the rest of mid-80s music and meant so much to me when I was a teenager. This song is achingly beautiful. Try 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' or 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' next. Both are also from The Queen is Dead.
💯 80s everything went. After an all night Toronto club listening to this, next weekend I was in Buffalo rollerskating to funk.
One of my favorites by them. Andy Rourke is a great bass player.
This brings a tear to my eye as I am an original Smiths fan and these reaction videos often take me back to how I felt when I first heard Smiths songs in the 80's as a teenager.
They were songs that saved our lives back in the 80's as we didn't have therapy back then we had The Smiths.
As a guy who kinda set the pace with music and style once I got to HS, I was pretty invisible before then… Then puberty happened and in 10 months I was taller stronger and better looking than those I’d grown up with.
I made girls crazy and guys were intimidated which was easy to play off but inside it was such bitter isolation. I found a departure from the scorpions and Michael Jackson which had plagued Middle School (lol) with my immersion into The Cure Joy Division Ministry, New Order, Skinny Puppy, The Smiths and then the dance music of Book of Love and Depeche Mode Erasure The Cult Front 242 etc
I eagerly devoured all the import vinyls, I changed to my own style and couldn’t be labeled..
But I did discover that girls loved different looks and I well, created mine lol
But no one besides Robert Smith grabbed me with his Voice like Morrissey or guitar like Marr..
Those two wrote the anthems of left behind, unfulfilled angst and the slightest , always out of reach love seemingly felt by GenX with their deceptively trivial sounding songs which belied the extremely tight and face paced dissonance coupled with soaring and haunting lyrical genius from the band and Moz..
If they did it for you, you know or if you just discovered this recently, you’ll never hear it again without a story built deep into your soul about it
And I’ll say it one more time..
That man’s voice is the stuff of delicious dreams and harrowing nightmares simultaneously 😅❤
@@mvaughangolovely that you found a silver lining, and possibly a saving grace in these artists. As someone else that got "hot" out of nowhere or before I got charisma, I know the weird isolation that come from being unable to connect but hated for it when you try to open up since it sounds like a non issue, it's an unsympathetic problem. much love ❤
"It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate.
It's takes strength to be gentle and kind..."
From Rourke's growling bass to Marr's guitars to Morrissey's vocals, this is The Smiths at their sombre, beautiful best.
Morrissey is the Shakespeare of the eighties, a classical drama in a three minute record.
Perhaps the greatest lyricist of all time
@@monte2115 Bob Dylan?
@@AndrusKungla I would say Morrissey is more well read. Dylan perhaps a bit more from the soul.
My wife and me started listening to the Smiths in the 80s when we were going out ,
35 years later and we are still listening to them ,our favourite band ,they never get old
I've been listening to them since the 80's too. My daughter and granddaughter also love them.
So cool you have enjoyed them together after all these years. My husband enjoys their music when I play it, but I wouldn't call him a fan.
One of my favourites by The Smiths 🖤 NO ONE does misery like Morrissey!!
When your a teen in the 80's and depressed this was the go-to song at least among my new wave friends. I STILL can only listen to it if I'm in a strong state of mind.
Thanks Jay!
For me, it's Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me!
Keep playing with The Smiths!
Girlfriend in a Coma is the most fun sad song.
Morrissey has one of my all time favorite voices, sling with Thom Yorke, Bjork, Tori Amos...
I love all of them❤️
"I know, I know, it's serious." Cemetery Gates is pretty good too.
The Smiths are a very unique sound and unique content. They were great for an angsty-teen in the 80s. Glad you are getting into them.
This is one of my favorite interpretations you have done...spot on. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Love this reaction - it’s a beautiful, mournful song. For some more along the same lines from The Smiths, see also: Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want and Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me (one of my personal favourites and well worth a reaction) and from solo Morrissey: Now My Heart Is Full.
Last night i dreamt somebody loves me is so beautiful, yet so haunting and sad too. I love it - especially the whale sounds intro on the longer version, before it all kicks in - it’s a stunning heart wrenching song 💙
Please please is on its own absolutely perfection !
Sorry but i had to make a LOL, not to u but to The smiths lyrics cause..."Love is natural and real" and we think finnaly he's happy and then "But not for such as you and i" and "Last Night Somebody Loved Me"...ops correct "Last Night Dreamt of..."... depressing or irony? (both?)
This song makes me cry like a little child. It’s rare to come across lyrics this reflective and honest. So obvious yet so dipped in mystery. My favorite line is, “Love is natural and real.” It’s such a beautiful expression and the way he delivers it is just heart wrenching. Wish I could go back in time and enjoy this song when I needed it the most.
Shoutouts Andy Rourke for that incredible baseline. May God rest his soul.
I hope you realize how special you are! Listening to The Smiths is not for everyone and I am so glad you're discovering them. Try "This charming man", "Bigmouth strikes again" and my personal favourite "Last night I dreamt that somebody lived me". Great reaction!
I’ve done this charming man
@@JayveeTV you will like ‘the first of the gang to die’ its a morrissey solo song
Sorry... You shoud definitely listen to the others then!
Although the BBC chose in 2004 this song as the most depressing in history. My "Well i wonder" saddens me much more. And above all "Trust" by The Cure would be my number one in sadness.
My favourite Smiths song, the crescendo is a masterpiece.
I cry during well I wonder
Wonderful! This is one of my favorites of the Smiths.
One of the great Smiths songs from the classic album The Queen Is Dead, my intro to the Smiths. So haunting and passion- and despair-filled
Ooh I love this, dark and moody, that bass and drums. I'm here for this. It's a whole vibe
That post-punk bass gets you doesn't it. You should check out some more Echo & The Bunnymen. Their bassist was phenomenal.
And Siouxsie and the Banshees -- songs like Red Over White
What an outstandingly beautiful song!!
Not only did I never think you would review this song, I never thought you would like it. I am pleasantly surprised. I’ve been listening to him since 1985. Greatest band in my opinion.
Loved your reaction
Love the Smiths
Love this song
They have sooo many more great songs. I'll be here for all of them
One of my favorite Smith’s songs.
This song was laid down one low-lit evening. Marr recalled to NME in 2011: "We recorded it around about teatime, but England being England it was dark and wet outside. It was very beautiful and it reflected how I felt for a large part of my life, and particularly during that period. But I didn't see a despondency in that, there's an acceptance of melancholia being a part of life, that's why I don't think it's depressing."
I'm literally cry all the time i hear this song.
Just beautiful when I grew up in a depressing Manchester in the 1980's. I'm convinced they influenced many Manchester bands that created the Madchester era in the late 80's/early 90's as Manchester was on the up. Manchester was the centre of the European music scene, creating a list of huge bands such as The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, The Charlatans, Oasis, The Verve, not to mention the centre of the World's House Music Scene (EDM). All thanks to The Smiths and New Order.
The effect that supergroups like Electronic (Johnny Marr of the Smiths and Bernard Sumner of Joy Division/New Order) is truly understated
Manchester thought they were the centre of the Universe, as was then, go today, kebab shops and not much music. The Smiths represented outside London.
Jayvee, I love how you've commented it this, so honest, so precise, so emotional. You're great! You really got It's Over so well! Bravo!
I just posted this song and what it brings to mind:
College. I’m surprised I didn’t become an alcoholic. Home life was excruciatingly painful most often and the loneliness was unfair. I was considered a weirdo, too nice, and fragile. I wasn’t aware of the ADHD so getting through school became harder because I couldn’t float on just my intellect anymore.
I was lost…aimless. Sometimes I get very angry at my mother now, even though she’s gone, because she knew and chose to do nothing. I’m glad I got my daughter diagnosed. She may still be struggling but she will find her way faster than I ever did.
This song has been my anthem for so many years. I have always been and felt alone. Even now i am alone again and will probably always be, but i now have a beautiful 3 years old daughter and its all i need in my life! True love!
I prefer "Well I wonder", "Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me" or "Asleep". In the top of sadness.
Love how you get them. Well I Wonder. Cemetry Gates.
I love this song! I can't wait till he plays in Los Angeles again. I missed out on his Vegas tour this yr but saw him last yr vegas. I love him so much. He music is Amazing. Sounds the same live.
What a week. Front row for Johnny Marr in Gloucester on Friday, now this reaction to my favourite ever Smiths song!
over 40 years, and i still sit and cry to so many of the smiths and morrisseys songs, and i just cant help it.
I’ve got “it takes to be strength to be gentle and kind” tattooed onto me like it’s such a powerful lyric from such a perfect song
Also check out some solo Morrissey songs: 'SUEDEHEAD' 'EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY' 'GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA' ✌️
Is gf in a coma a solo song i thought it was smiths?
Yeah, "Girlfriend in a coma" is from "Strangeways, here we come" (The Smiths)...but Morrissey does have a lot of great solo songs as well, especially on the first few albums
Hell yeah, I love those songs
The soundtrack of a very dark phase in my youth. Still brilliant.
Jayvee you get my respect for reacting to "I know it's over" - You need to really react to "Big Mouth Strikes Again" off of this same album!
Radical suggestion bro 👌
yes! ideally the live version from Rank
Yes that’s next
Probably my favourite smiths song, along with barbarism begins at home. So good
Obviously we have a new Smiths fan in the community!Love the song TOO!Thanx for posting,try HALF A PERSON!💓
Appreciate you doin this vid bro. The Smiths are one of my favorite bands of all time and I've been digging your other vids for quite a while. Keep up the great work dude
Oh the 80s...if I could only take you there, to those clubs who played music till 7am. Thank you for playing this and learning history of music.
Oh my DOG! I love you! I'm hearing the Smiths for the first time thru you! I liked, i subbed, I rang!
Has been my favorite song from The Smiths for so many years now...
There are many Smiths songs and all are epic. Well I wonder is my favourite.
Thanks bro for an honest reaction to a beautiful song. This band got me through some rough times at college in the mid 80s. Morrissey's angst filled insightful lyrics about everyday life can connect like no other lyrics I've heard.
May I suggest "Reel around the Fountain" from their first album for your next reaction.
Peace bro
I defy anyone to listen to this first side of "The Queen Is Dead" and still be in a good mood!!! This is Morrissey at his most maudlin. That's Andy Rourke on the bass. He was a real beast on 4 strings!!
The first side of TQID has Frankly Mr Shankly! It's hard to not be in a good mood during that one
I love you for loving this! ❤️ It’s so gorgeous.
I didn't know this one. wow wow.Thank you!
Morrissey’ voice ❤️
Jayvee; thank you so much for your Smiths reactions...!!! Would love you to see you start branching out to Morrissey's solo work, huge catalogue (that continues to this day) with masterpieces just like The Smiths. Keep up the great reviews, love your channel...!!!
Great reaction, as usual. I think you would like "Well I Wonder". It's not one of their most famous tracks but it's really beautiful.
By the way, I really admire how open minded you are to different genres of music, or to music from different eras. It's so refreshing.
I don't know what made me chose the queen is dead when selecting my free Columbia house LPS at 14, but I did and OMG, I have been a huge fan ever since!
HUGE Smiths fan, here!
there are a few live performances of this in 86 you should watch for sure...live it is amazing.
It's about time you got to this song. One of my favorite Smiths songs.
My favourite song. Recorded in one take, the searing emotion of it is still raw after all these years. It's astonishing. Thank god it doesn't reflect my life anymore, but it was a great comfort back then. Absolutely stunning.
We need more reactions of the smiths! They’re my favourite band, their music is amazing. I’d honestly recommend “last night I dreamt that somebody loved me” or even “never had no one ever” but in general any of their songs is great
I love how universal The Smiths are.
This is my favorite Smiths song! So glad you enjoyed it!
Such a powerful song, Morrissey's voice is incredible on this track..one of Marrs favourites I believe
Your reactions to this song brought different feelings of it to me, I love the base and the drums and Morrissey has a voice that is so full of emotion, hes brilliant. I was going through some tough times in the 80's and couldn't listen to this. Now in a different mindset I am able to appreciate the sheer brilliance of this. Thank you once again for giving me the joy of listening to music that touches me in many ways Jayvee. God bless you all love hugs and peace to everyone Mary-Ellen UK
i just adore your reaction :) so real :) one of the greatest song of the Smiths
Your reaction at 4.44 is my reaction everytime to that part of the song. Just wow. ❤
Nice to see Andy Rourke's bass playing get some love.
I've got my head phone on too. Your hit the nail on the head on everything u say. Beautiful song n the the end. I've been listening to the smiths since 1986 I'm 49 now. Love them to bits, just wish they'd get back together
You explained this so well mate! love this channel :)
This song is a painful realization of unrequited love that a person who undergo to this situation wish his mother, like a child to take the pain and escape from this reality of life.
A new video, great. And yes, what you feel with that bass playin' was what catched me when I also heard it for the first time.
The boy with the thorn in his side is a great song to listen to
I love the Smiths but didn’t know this song! Beautiful song, thank you for bringing it to my attention!
The amazing lyrics are on par with all he does, but for me in this one his vocals excel. Just like butter and so effortless and he takes his time with every word. Just a perfect song.
The Smiths / Morrissey are popular in Latin American countries and have inspired some great Spanish rock. Odd that more people here in the States don't get the passion & humor he evokes...
Oh yeah I was glad that I'm not the only Mex American that absolutely loves this mans voice, do you know what the inspired bands are?
I love the smiths. Probably my favourite band ever
This song makes me sob everytime i listen to it.
Morrissey’s voice is just incredible on this track and the bass is just as good.
Man, you’re taking me back with this one..
Watching this a second time because I love this song and I love this reaction.
So glad that you enjoyed this, JayveeTV!
One of my favourite songs 🙌
beautiful song , thanks for the reaction.
Yes! This is truly one of my favourites 🙌🏻
The smiths do have a style, I fell in love with more for the playing. I later started to listen to the lyrics, and I’m like woh!😅 ok… hold up! But it grows on you, I did for sure to me. these guys where very young, but so talented. Perfect mash of great talents.
Really enjoyed your reaction, their sound was very much Marmite here in the UK. This song has been in my head to recall during difficult times since the week the album came out. It connects to the emotional side of my brain like no other song, aside from There is a light perhaps. I don't watch many reaction videos but I really enjoyed your appreciation of the beauty of this track.
This is one of my faves by the smiths . Lifelong fan still have to play them everyday or my day ain’t complete! U picked a gem here!
Omg I can’t believe you reacted to one of my fav songs EVER!! Thank you sooo much for not just reacting to comercial stuff it means a lot to us geeks who listen to alternative music and never get to see reaction!! What about a 70’s Manchester reaction? The bands from Factory and the whole Manchester scene?? That would be awesome ❤️
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well. Enough said.
I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Oh...
… Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me?
… Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Handsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
(Though she needs you
More than she loves you)
And I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Over and over and over and over
Over and over, la...
… I know it's over
And it never really began
But in my heart it was so real
And you even spoke to me, and said :
"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight ?
If you're so very good-looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight ?
I know...
… 'Cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they're in each other's arms..."
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
Over, over, over, over
… It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
Over, over
Love is natural and real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight, my love
Love is natural and real
But not for such as you and I, my love
… Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my ...
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can even feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my...
I think Morrissey was at the pinnacle of his vocal powers on this album. That's not to criticise his later solo work as I like that as well but his clarity and tone on this whole album is at a different level
One lf my fav slower Smith's songs
Great reaction . this song is amazing to people for different reasons thats the greatness of it
Well done for taking this one on. Powerful then and now.
Haunting voice 🎶‼️
Another excellent reaction. Please continue with the Smiths. "Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me" is another great one.
You have to listen to this night has opened my eyes
It's poetry. Morrissey is a real poet.
Love this video. Such an awesome channel 😎
The thing about the Smiths is that everybody can relate to the lyrics and the music is incredible.