I'm a bass player and what he's doing is pretty intense. He basically learned the vocal melody and decided to bounce around inside of it, while at the same holding down the groove with the drums, but his harmonic choices are top shelf. Also, anyone who calls Joyce a simple drummer is an idiot.
you do know that there’s gonna be what they call a polar shift in the suns magnetic poles…where the sun literally flips 180 degrees on its axis…well according to top physicists when this event happens,apparently the world calendar will be set at 1st jan 1980 and the world will act accordingly!!! can’t fuckin wait 😊
"And the pain was enough to make a shy bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder." Only Morrissey could fit those lyrics seamlessly into a song and make them work so well. Absolutely beautiful. That line of lyric not only communicates vividly what Morrissey was communicating, it also is in and of itself a vignette of a compelling story.
@@bobbird4106 It was going to be the third single from Strangeways hence the video but Hungerford massacre stopped that - (The Severed Alliance - Johnny Rogan)
I’ve got the same jacket. Saved all my money at 18. Still have it and wear it. My now grown kids want it all the time but It’s a NO. That jacket carries memories that I don’t want destroyed. 😊😢❤ I’m 58. That’s how long I’ve had it.
The more I think about it, Morrissey must know this video is outstanding and just being a contrarian. He said he liked the suedehead video much more, but that is nowhere near as good, much as I like Jim Dean.
@@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Respect mate.Love it!!Just bought a Johnny Fuckin' Marr t-shirt and I wear it as much as I can(much to the disdain of my wife and kids)
I knew about the smiths when I was young but didn’t get ‘it’. I’m 42 now and have completely fallen in love with the music....Morrisey’s words touch me in a way no others have...there a beautiful, poetic longing to be loved sung with to a backdrop of rain, sadness and loneliness - I just love them now...I get it.
I was 14 when they first hit the scene in 1983. I was immediately hooked and saw them live in 1984. I got them immediately and they have been my favourite band since the day I first heard them 40 years ago.
I've heard it for nearly 37 years, and I still can't get over how good it is, but then, it's a straight shot to my youth, so of course it's POWERFUL. I just learned the lyrics today also, but I'm not learning them in depth, because they're not important. I know the ones that are obvious. Morrisey's use of rhyme and onomatopeia is one of his major geniuses.
I haven't listened to this album in decades, as I only had the cassette, but listening now I realise how much I remember. Such a tumultuous time of my life, too.
Morrissey’s vocal melody on the verses is like crack. I don’t know why it’s so addictive. I think his lack of being overly “schooled” in music allowed him to create such a unique melody, no one else would think to choose those specific notes and sing them that way. And his rhythms and even his use of space are all perfect. Flowing and organic but also wistful, playful, self-aware, intelligent. Coupled with one of the best 80s bass lines out there and Marr in peak form on the guitar: this to me is arguably the most catchiest song in their catalogue and should have been a huge hit. I believe it didn’t get played on radio because of the mass murder line, which Morrissey refused to change (lol)
It was banned in the UK. There had actually been a mass shooting in the UK ( unusual for UK) prior to this song being released. I don't think it was banned in other countries but I'm not sure.
One of the greatest songs ever! It just never stops, it surprises, its memorable, the guitar is magical, the words like nothing you've ever heard before!!
Gorgeous man with an angelic voice and beautiful hair cut and glasess . The smiths music is so beautiful and so nice listen to...I can listen over and over..cant find that kind of music these days..
This song reminds of sneaking into the living room on a Sunday night in high school to watch 120 minutes on MTV. The nostalgia is thick like a warm blanket 😊
I had moved from London to the North as a 12 Year old. 1970s era. The local yobbos used to yell out "who said I lied coz I never" . I heard this song in a record shop in LA when it came out and got goosebumps as the lyric was a memory jogger for times long past.
my father was so in love with the smiths he named his first born son after the lead singer, yep I have a brother named Morrissey (Its 2020 and I just saw how big this comment got! Also all the replies! Wow)
I think I've heard maybe 4 or 5 Smiths songs in my entire life and I feel 'meh' about most of them but *I* *LOVE* *THIS* *ONE!* No deep reason, I just dig the sound of it and the groove of how it moves. It can get stuck in my head for days!
[Chorus] Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before Nothing's changed I still love you, oh, I still love you ...Only Slightly, only slightly less Than I used to, my love [Verse 1] I was delayed, I was way-laid An emergency stop I smelt the last ten seconds of life I crashed down on the crossbar And the pain was enough to make A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect And plan a mass murder Who said I'd lied to her? Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never! Who said I'd lied because I never? [Verse 2] I was detained, I was restrained And broke my spleen And broke my knee (and then he really laced into me) Friday night in Out-patients Who said I'd lied to her? Oh, who said I'd lied? - Because I never, I never Who said I'd lied? - Because I never Oh, so I drank one It became four And when I fell on the floor... ... I drank more [Chorus] Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before Nothing's changed I still love you, oh, I still love you ... Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love
@@Henderson182 The lyrics are correct, and taking into account the meaning of the song, it relates an infidelity that goes even further with that nonsense xd
So many teenage blissful memories tied up in one Smiths song. Sigh. God how I loved, love and will forever love the Smiths. I was one of these Morrissey clones in the video.
I've loved the Smith's since secondary school, being black coming from Manchester and being part of the football 80s with CITY this was our narrative. The smiths, The Jam, and New order what can I say. 😄🙏🏾👍🏾 You're very welcome.
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique artists such as the Smiths and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
The smiths had such an original sound, morriseys voice is so unique unlike most artists and bands today, vocalists all sound the same to me on the radio which is why I don't listen to it if I can help it
I bloody love the Smiths! I didn't appreciate them properly when I was a teenager. I was into house music. Nothing wrong with that. But this is soooo good - amazing, tongue in cheek lyrics AND incredible musicians. Nobody nowadays is as good xx
the drummer made the smiths sopud as much as morrisy and the axe man top draw drumming and thats all i have to say about that he drummed his heart out on that tune
The Smiths were one of those bands, one of the ONLY bands, that NEVER became a parody of themselves or even slightly banal. Oh, how I do cherish their music.
"I still love you -- only slightly less than I used to " - I loved that line when I first heard it back in the 80's since it is true in a lot of situations ! Morrissey had 'cut to the bone' lyrics !!
I remember this coming on to my TV and I was just absolutely stunned by it - I then went and over the next few months bought every album and 12-inch that they had released.
After hearing the instrumental break at 1:32-1:47, I can die happily. So simple, yet so heavenly. Marr, Joyce, and Rourke just know how to make you feel things without uttering a single word.
This song and the album, "Strangeways ..." meant so much to me. Bought it when it was released and listened to it daily for years. Brings back found memories of a 20 year old college kid. I still listen but not daily.
I managed a bar in Waikiki beach called Blue Water Seafood in 1987. I came to work at 6am and opened it at 7am....we had a stereo system in the bar with tv s and we would play VH1 all day, but the hour prior to opening I used to jam MTV and this used to come in the morning for a short while on some days. I had never heard of the Smiths before. I used to stop and watch this and thought it rocked and eventually bought some of their records. I was 22/23 at the time. Man I wish I could go back and get a do over. I still have been and still am very blessed,
man, the song, the lyrics, the video, Morrissey was hitting the mark every single time, its all so memorable, yet so real. One of the greatest urban poets we've had
"I still love you - only slighty, only slightly -- less than I used to." That lyric has echoed so true for me in many relationships (or sometimes imagined relationships). In fact I'll probably quote it tomorrow when I speak with someone I've just realized has been lying to me.
Possibly the greatest music video ever, I remember watching this video on much music when I was 16 and thought to myself WOW, finally a music video than no other. The Smiths were the greatest band ever hands down. It was inevitable that such a fantastic band couldn’t possibly last, and I was so angered when they broke up.
Never seen or heard this one before. Love it! Strange isn't it that I'm nearly 62, always liked what I'd heard of The Smiths and Morrissey.but never got properly into them until I was SIXTY years old! 😂😂💪
Johnny Marr is a musical genius.
His guitar comes in and out in a subtle way and it suddenly hits you with melodic mastery.
at 3mins his genius aligns with those final rifts..
Marr was the man!!
He was why I first got into the Smiths and why I’m still a massive fan now. His guitar playing is genius.
Can Johnny Marr ride his bike around town with a dozen lookalikes? I didn't think so
@@ltfringr I don’t think he ever tried. I bet he could though………
RIP Andy Rourke. Your bass makes this song bounce with life and shine with light that will never go out.
Andy made every smiths song bounce with life, and his light will never go out.
Amen
I'm a bass player and what he's doing is pretty intense. He basically learned the vocal melody and decided to bounce around inside of it, while at the same holding down the groove with the drums, but his harmonic choices are top shelf. Also, anyone who calls Joyce a simple drummer is an idiot.
Sad news, he was very relevant along with Mike Joyce, great rhythmic base.
Andy Rourke se fue de gira Músical a otra dimensión convertido en energía.
Love it when you find a song from 38 years ago and fall in love with it for the first time!
That bass line is the stuff of dreams.
Like 'This Charming Man'. When I first heard that I was all, 'Wait, what?'
That, my friend, is the melodic playing of the amazing Andy Rourke.
Marr really knew how to write them
@@kaydgaming Im sure Andy Rourke wrote it
Andy Rourke is one of music's most underrated bassists. I happen to think he's a genius.
Yet another smiths song that hasn’t aged at all total genius this band
The fact we are still talking about this proves how important the smiths are.
The Smiths are biblical, Morrissey was heaven sent
I see girls dressed like this now in 2022 crazy
correct
When it comes to songs,
Nothing's changed, still love this song
Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to.
you do know that there’s gonna be what they call a polar shift in the suns magnetic poles…where the sun literally flips 180 degrees on its axis…well according to top physicists when this event happens,apparently the world calendar will be set at 1st jan 1980 and the world will act accordingly!!! can’t fuckin wait 😊
"And the pain was enough to make a shy bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder." Only Morrissey could fit those lyrics seamlessly into a song and make them work so well. Absolutely beautiful. That line of lyric not only communicates vividly what Morrissey was communicating, it also is in and of itself a vignette of a compelling story.
Didn't they have to do a radio edit after The Hungerford massacre?
@@bobbird4106 It was going to be the third single from Strangeways hence the video but Hungerford massacre stopped that - (The Severed Alliance - Johnny Rogan)
And it's very funny.
Not the massacre, of course, the lyrics. Yikes.
One of my favourite lyrics of any pop song right there.
Videos like this are time machines, I long for a place that no longer exists . . . 😔
I agree 100%.
Me too! I was 9 when this song was released and had not discovered The Smiths then 😢
The Smiths gives me such a nostalgia for a time I’ll never be able to visit. RIP Andy
Morrisey and Johnny Marr could not have been more different as people yet mashed together so beautifully musically
Their sound, lyrics, humour, vibe and sentiment - all completely original and irreplaceable.
Morrissey switches the speaker from verse to verse like chapters in a Faulkner book w/ different narrators.
Relatable for me
The Smiths jean jacket. Classic 80s awesome style
I’ve got the same jacket. Saved all my money at 18. Still have it and wear it. My now grown kids want it all the time but It’s a NO. That jacket carries memories that I don’t want destroyed. 😊😢❤
I’m 58. That’s how long I’ve had it.
@@conniebell7987 I envy you so much! lol
Morrissey states in his autobiography that he didn’t like this video but I think it is very well done and iconic.
The more I think about it, Morrissey must know this video is outstanding and just being a contrarian. He said he liked the suedehead video much more, but that is nowhere near as good, much as I like Jim Dean.
He also states he at first he didn’t like “there is a light that never goes out” and I think we can all agree that song is a masterpiece
It’s a masterpiece!
Fuck Morrissey,Johnny Marr wrote this amazing song,Morrissey just made up a few lyrics to go along with it.
He is a gem. 💓
The Smiths transcend time. I thought they were amazingly talented when I was in my 20's and their music holds up today.
Got to be one of the most perfect popular music tunes ever.
Lyrical genius of Morissey and the musical and guitar genius of Johnny Marr, perfection.
I long for these lovely, simpler times.
I wear my Smiths T shirt around town in CA. To this day, I get more comments than any other shirt. I don't think it's possible to forget this band.
Keep rocking the T Shirt,you're a Legend!!
I have a 7 days supply of Smith shirts, I wear them everyday. Shop lifters unite is the shirt I get most comments on.... I enjoy The Smiths lifestyle
@@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Respect mate.Love it!!Just bought a Johnny Fuckin' Marr t-shirt and I wear it as much as I can(much to the disdain of my wife and kids)
Where is CA?
@@jfluffydog2110 CA is where Justin Bieber resides.
First time I am hearing this song, and I cannot stop listening to it.
I'm in the same tip as you I've heard it over 100 Times in the past week
I knew about the smiths when I was young but didn’t get ‘it’.
I’m 42 now and have completely fallen in love with the music....Morrisey’s words touch me in a way no others have...there a beautiful, poetic longing to be loved sung with to a backdrop of rain, sadness and loneliness - I just love them now...I get it.
I'm a wee bit younger than you and am trying to understand. One day
Loved them as a teen and still live them at 44. Timeless
I was 14 when they first hit the scene in 1983. I was immediately hooked and saw them live in 1984.
I got them immediately and they have been my favourite band since the day I first heard them 40 years ago.
@craiglewis6145 please read morriseys biography, thank me later...
@@TheBoneo I read it when it first came out, but thanks anyway. I've also read Johnny Marr's which I preferred because I could relate to it more.
“Slightly, only slightly less than I used to my love….” 👌
Seriously, has anyone ever heard anything like this ever? This music is genius!
words to live by !
I've heard it for nearly 37 years, and I still can't get over how good it is, but then, it's a straight shot to my youth, so of course it's POWERFUL. I just learned the lyrics today also, but I'm not learning them in depth, because they're not important. I know the ones that are obvious. Morrisey's use of rhyme and onomatopeia is one of his major geniuses.
The first time I heard this my brain did a triple axle.
It just sounds like he is talking and it actually works 🤯
There will never be a band like the smiths
TRUE!!
💯
I haven't listened to this album in decades, as I only had the cassette, but listening now I realise how much I remember. Such a tumultuous time of my life, too.
I can proudly say this is the most Manchester-esque music I’ve ever watched. Love it. Riding a bike with Morrissey sounds quite fun.
LMAO ofcourse it does😂
Morrissey’s vocal melody on the verses is like crack. I don’t know why it’s so addictive. I think his lack of being overly “schooled” in music allowed him to create such a unique melody, no one else would think to choose those specific notes and sing them that way. And his rhythms and even his use of space are all perfect. Flowing and organic but also wistful, playful, self-aware, intelligent. Coupled with one of the best 80s bass lines out there and Marr in peak form on the guitar: this to me is arguably the most catchiest song in their catalogue and should have been a huge hit. I believe it didn’t get played on radio because of the mass murder line, which Morrissey refused to change (lol)
It was banned in the UK. There had actually been a mass shooting in the UK ( unusual for UK) prior to this song being released. I don't think it was banned in other countries but I'm not sure.
I find it difficult to focus on individual parts of great songs like this. The whole is so much greater than it's parts it just swallows you.
To me, Morrissey has the ability with his lyrics to seem like he is rhyming even when he isn't. Something in the rhythm of his singing.
One of the greatest songs ever! It just never stops, it surprises, its memorable, the guitar is magical, the words like nothing you've ever heard before!!
When Strangeways, Here We Come, came out I listened to it every day for years and still do.
Gorgeous man with an angelic voice and beautiful hair cut and glasess . The smiths music is so beautiful and so nice listen to...I can listen over and over..cant find that kind of music these days..
This song reminds of sneaking into the living room on a Sunday night in high school to watch 120 minutes on MTV. The nostalgia is thick like a warm blanket 😊
120Minutes was the best!
Absolutely!
A smiths’ fan who also supports a neo fascist puppet regime masquerading as a civilised country. Funny the company you have to keep to like music!
yes, 12 midnight on Sunday in mid 1980s.i remember.
Addicted to the bassline, smooth and clean.
I love this slightly more than I used to!
Now, THAT is the comment
😅
Bravo, girl!
Nooooo! Ok, 🙌
Made me laugh and cry at the same time 🤣😭
Best video ever made. Who is with me ? Morrissey ❤
My favourite part is 0:00 to 3:32
I liked the sensitive young lad who bicycled.
Mine is just 03:32 !
My favourite bit is Morrissey's big cheesy grin around 1:05
My is 2:52 after the little girl turn her head and it shows Moz with his perfectly coiffed pompadour dry hair in the residential yard area
Look round poshchester these days all change make way for the yuppies of the first half off the new century 😛 in the year 2525 Rickdardo?
I had moved from London to the North as a 12 Year old. 1970s era. The local yobbos used to yell out "who said I lied coz I never" . I heard this song in a record shop in LA when it came out and got goosebumps as the lyric was a memory jogger for times long past.
imagine walking down the street and morrisey comes zooming along on a bike with 50 morrisey look-alikes in tow and they're all just zooming about
I think I’d pass out
I can think of worse things
I'd think what has some cunt put in me roll up...basterds
Think I'd be frightened, only slightly less..
In laugh ing so hard
My second favorite Smiths’ song of all time. Tied with 5 others.
Now don’t leave me hanging. What’s number one and the four others that are tied for second?
Def in my top 5
Top ten songs of my favorite songs
Johnny was such a rocker, and Morrissey the King of Mope. It was a match made in heaven, and they both knew it from the start.
"King of Mope" = love that!
@@pigknickers2975 pope of mope :)
@@jizanthapus3099 Like that too!
Rourke and Joyce a great rhythm section.
People do it now, but it's just boring and sad.
my father was so in love with the smiths he named his first born son after the lead singer, yep I have a brother named Morrissey
(Its 2020 and I just saw how big this comment got! Also all the replies! Wow)
pretty sweeeeeet that like
That's actually a good name.
now that's just straight out awesome
+Super_Sid and you're named after sid vicious, right?
+Super_Sid is he by any chance a "charming man"?
Whoever the bass player was , his part connected the whole song together. And the drums
Not sure there are too many better Moz lyrics than: "The pain was enough to make a shy, bald buddhist reflect and plan a mass-murder."
meanwhile, in Burma
'i think about life and i think about death..and neither one particularly appeals to me'
+Henning Diesel more like both
Isn't it the other way around, though?
Henning Diesel you dont get it do you
One of the greatest songs ever written. Definitely one of the top ten greatest Smith's song, if not the best song lyrically and musically.
Top three
I think I've heard maybe 4 or 5 Smiths songs in my entire life and I feel 'meh' about most of them but *I* *LOVE* *THIS* *ONE!* No deep reason, I just dig the sound of it and the groove of how it moves. It can get stuck in my head for days!
Walking around a rainy DC listening to this song is a great feeling
+Curtis That IS a good feeling
+Curtis It's just as great here on a bright and breezy Edinburgh morning ;)
Duckie!
+Cindy Basement LOL!
[Chorus]
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
...Only
Slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love
[Verse 1]
I was delayed, I was way-laid
An emergency stop
I smelt the last ten seconds of life
I crashed down on the crossbar
And the pain was enough to make
A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder
Who said I'd lied to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never!
Who said I'd lied because I never?
[Verse 2]
I was detained, I was restrained
And broke my spleen
And broke my knee
(and then he really laced into me)
Friday night in Out-patients
Who said I'd lied to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied? - Because I never, I never
Who said I'd lied? - Because I never
Oh, so I drank one
It became four
And when I fell on the floor...
... I drank more
[Chorus]
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
... Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love
Bravo
I wonder if he is saying “I was delayed, I was wailing”
@@Henderson182
The lyrics are correct, and taking into account the meaning of the song, it relates an infidelity that goes even further with that nonsense xd
No one likes a know it all
Thanks
First Smiths video I ever saw on MTV. I was a kid and this was an infectious song I sang around the house. RIP Andy Rourke
Aquí en México admiramos su música y sus influencias en la música inglesa en nuestro rock . Gracias Smiths
One of the most underrated guitarist... Johnny Marr.
He is one of the greatest, along with Andy Summers. Easy to play the guitar, but to play like these two, art!
He is in the rock and roll Hall of fame. Thats not underrated
Say It Again...
You Weren’t Heard.
The most underrated band too
I wouldn't say he was underrated
Amazing lyrics from an amazing front man. Will never get fed up listening to this Nick 70 from England
So many teenage blissful memories tied up in one Smiths song. Sigh. God how I loved, love and will forever love the Smiths. I was one of these Morrissey clones in the video.
I've loved the Smith's since secondary school, being black coming from Manchester and being part of the football 80s with CITY this was our narrative.
The smiths, The Jam, and New order what can I say. 😄🙏🏾👍🏾
You're very welcome.
Only us blues get it ..c.mon citeh
good taste
I found the Smiths when I was eighteen, I'm thirty-three now and they're still so unbelievably good! When that guitar kicks in....😌💗
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique artists such as the Smiths and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
Well said. Thank you for writing what I have thinking.
You are welcome....
True. Greatings from Portugal
What a lovely comment
yes indeed! thank you to the music people of great britain.
Only in the wonderful 80's could you be an adult with a Pompadour, old man glasses, ride a bike with a basket & still look cool!!!!
Pompadours were fashionable in the 2010s
Or … if you’re cool like the smiths you could that in any decade 😍
I live in Portland, that's literally a description of most of the hipsters.
@@anthonyrios3312 Ye but theyre not cool though, theyre kind of doinks
I was the first to buy this album in my town (55,Dortmund/Germany) then!
Morrissey is one of my youth heros!💎
Iconic vídeo, Morrissey looks so handsome here
RIP Andy Rourke!!! 😢 He will be missed
Andy Rourke se fue de gira Músical a otra dimensión convertido en energía, Respeto al Artista y su Música.
RIP you, us, our youth. Our hopes. Our dreams. You will be missed.
This video always makes me think of the way London looked the first time I was there in 1985. Washed out, a bit gray and seedy...wonderful.
A bit Bleak
@NormAppleton A good place to think and write.
You should have been there back in '79.
It's Manchester, not London
@@richardkemp5550 it's Salford, not Manchester ;-)
This guy British! Genius of 80s! There's no other music better than New Wave !! Go, go, go, British, GO,!! Greetings from PERU!!!!
The smiths had such an original sound, morriseys voice is so unique unlike most artists and bands today, vocalists all sound the same to me on the radio which is why I don't listen to it if I can help it
I can't stop playing this song
that happens.
i wouldn't 'panic' until the song you cant stop listening to, is
'that joke isn't funny anymore'
then you're fuct...trust me.
If you ever learn to play guitar, The Smiths is so pleasurable to play and sing at the same time.
Even if you've heard this one before?
Same here. What a song mfg
Neither do I 🤩🤩
This tugs at my heart. Very nostalgic. A wonderful song.
Morrissey is such an original. I still enjoy his songs today like I did yesterday.
That's the definition of insanity - doing the same thing and expecting different results.
GET HELP.
This is unironically the best music video I think I’ve ever seen
"nothing changed, i still love you, only slighly less than i used to"
I bloody love the Smiths! I didn't appreciate them properly when I was a teenager. I was into house music. Nothing wrong with that. But this is soooo good - amazing, tongue in cheek lyrics AND incredible musicians. Nobody nowadays is as good xx
I dont believe you
Your dam right
I loved both house and post punk. I still live by both in my 50s.
Where are they now...Their youth forever immortalised
the drummer made the smiths sopud as much as morrisy and the axe man top draw drumming and thats all i have to say about that he drummed his heart out on that tune
The Smiths were one of those bands, one of the ONLY bands, that NEVER became a parody of themselves or even slightly banal. Oh, how I do cherish their music.
They broke up before that could happen
Probably could have picked a better video to make this comment.
Um... This whole video is parodying Morrissey. So, uh... You might want to rethink your opinion. It's been 5 years, so maybe you have.
Apart from the bikes and awful dress sense!
Golden Lights is not just slightly banal, it's bloody awful. The rest of their discography is solid gold though.
"I still love you -- only slightly less than I used to " - I loved that line when I first heard it back in the 80's since it is true in a lot of situations ! Morrissey had 'cut to the bone' lyrics !!
46 now i heard this in 86 its.still one of my favs
One of my favorite and best songs from one of the greatest British bands and one of the best lyricists of the last 50 years.
I remember this coming on to my TV and I was just absolutely stunned by it - I then went and over the next few months bought every album and 12-inch that they had released.
After hearing the instrumental break at 1:32-1:47, I can die happily. So simple, yet so heavenly. Marr, Joyce, and Rourke just know how to make you feel things without uttering a single word.
*THE BEST BAND*
i love this music and i'm only 8 months old, infact i am writing this straight from my mother's womb. Today's music is garbage.
XD
სგ ძმა
Swagg man :-) 💮🆘📻📺
Rap sucks
haha not funny
This song and the album, "Strangeways ..." meant so much to me. Bought it when it was released and listened to it daily for years. Brings back found memories of a 20 year old college kid. I still listen but not daily.
Those boys are so lucky to be hanging with moz shooting a film, wearing his merch, cruising with him etc.. wowzer jealous
and girls!
Love the bass tone in this song. The smiths are simply talented!
Do you play the bass?
I managed a bar in Waikiki beach called Blue Water Seafood in 1987. I came to work at 6am and opened it at 7am....we had a stereo system in the bar with tv s and we would play VH1 all day, but the hour prior to opening I used to jam MTV and this used to come in the morning for a short while on some days. I had never heard of the Smiths before. I used to stop and watch this and thought it rocked and eventually bought some of their records. I was 22/23 at the time. Man I wish I could go back and get a do over. I still have been and still am very blessed,
man, the song, the lyrics, the video, Morrissey was hitting the mark every single time, its all so memorable, yet so real. One of the greatest urban poets we've had
Morrissey’s lyricism is just magical
Instant nostalgia. I remember being a small child hearing this play while driving with my dad. ❤❤❤
Probably my favorite Smith's song. Johnny Marr's guitar is just so amazing on this song. Morrissey's voice is the icing on the cake.
One of the most underrated guitarists. And in the whole Smith's catalog he plays only one guitar solo.
Still a banger! 2023 baby!
"I still love you - only slighty, only slightly -- less than I used to." That lyric has echoed so true for me in many relationships (or sometimes imagined relationships). In fact I'll probably quote it tomorrow when I speak with someone I've just realized has been lying to me.
"my name's Moz and this is my biker gang, stay off our turf before we mousse your hair"
Just hearing the first 10 seconds of this catapults me to a better place
Exactly
Oh and the crisp guitar and the bass speaks its own tale
One of their best, very melodic.
Almost as good as 'Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty'.
This song just plain kicks ass!
One of my favs timeless tune😊
67 years old and still my favorite
where were you when the music video was made :0
@@marz_mitzi ?
Johnny Marr's lick at the end always gives me chills.
The bicycles give it a magic touch
Every time my neighbour hears me playing this, she bangs along on the wall. She must love it too, so I play it louder for her. Xx
O mesmo aconteceu comigo!
Hah that's funny and original
its ccalled "stop me if youve heard this one before.
This song begs to be played loud
When you say...
"She bangs along"
What exactlydoyou mean?
The right time and the right place. This band changed the course of musical history.
Rest In Peace Andy Rourke 🙏❤🎸
Possibly the greatest music video ever, I remember watching this video on much music when I was 16 and thought to myself WOW, finally a music video than no other. The Smiths were the greatest band ever hands down. It was inevitable that such a fantastic band couldn’t possibly last, and I was so angered when they broke up.
Always lovedhow much he pays homage to the people who influenced him. He still does it at his live shows today!
Never seen or heard this one before. Love it! Strange isn't it that I'm nearly 62, always liked what I'd heard of The Smiths and Morrissey.but never got properly into them until I was SIXTY years old! 😂😂💪
One of the best smiths and just songs in general