The Smiths - Still Ill (Official Audio)

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  • @1020fd
    @1020fd Рік тому +662

    RIP Andy Rourke. Just one example of his stellar basslines that were key to making The Smiths so great.

    • @eeemich
      @eeemich Рік тому +6

      💔

    • @alaskamattel1165
      @alaskamattel1165 Рік тому

      he died? fuck me

    • @Stonehead-
      @Stonehead- Рік тому +6

      Yeah you're right the bass is wicked for sure 👌

    • @RB-bm3xf
      @RB-bm3xf Рік тому +7

      One of the best bass players ever, heart breaking news

    • @daughteroftheHighest.
      @daughteroftheHighest. Рік тому +3

      May Andy Rourke rest in peace. ❤ I hope everything is going well for you all, God bless. ✝️❤️🙏

  • @xXInfinityDiesXx
    @xXInfinityDiesXx 2 роки тому +881

    I used to listen to the smiths so much when I was at my worst point. Suicidal, constant depression, self harming, didn't see the light. Now I listen again with nostalgia, and instead of making me cry this music puts a smile on my face.
    Things do get better ♥️

    • @sxoxo111
      @sxoxo111 2 роки тому +44

      I’m so happy for you :) I hope you get all the happiness you deserve 💌

    • @valentina0102
      @valentina0102 2 роки тому +33

      This comment!! I relate so much. When I was 16, the Smiths literally saved me. I was drowning and they helped me realize I wasn't alone, that somebody else had felt the same way before. They gave me hope.

    • @jasonbelcho8609
      @jasonbelcho8609 2 роки тому +4

      Anime pfp equal L

    • @xXInfinityDiesXx
      @xXInfinityDiesXx 2 роки тому +7

      @@jasonbelcho8609 I mean at least I have a pfp

    • @jasonbelcho8609
      @jasonbelcho8609 2 роки тому +5

      @@xXInfinityDiesXx no pfp is still better than anime pfp

  • @dutchcub
    @dutchcub 4 роки тому +989

    My favorite song! I am 62 and still love the Smiths... I had all records and my neighbors hated me for playing them all the time.

    • @yowie_ltglobal2259
      @yowie_ltglobal2259 4 роки тому +82

      Lol they should be thanking you.

    • @yvonnewatkinson840
      @yvonnewatkinson840 4 роки тому +22

      They are the best poets and guitarists ever 🤗🤗

    • @jahvongeorge4216
      @jahvongeorge4216 4 роки тому +14

      dutchcub iam 16 and luv this song

    • @ryanheyworth9359
      @ryanheyworth9359 4 роки тому +10

      Your neighbours didn't appreciate music

    • @willgregory5847
      @willgregory5847 4 роки тому +12

      Did you listen too them in the eighties? Am 61. He plays a lot in Mexico.

  • @lukeydean
    @lukeydean 8 місяців тому +68

    The song’s emotional range - snark, melancholy, a hidden optimism - is incredible

    • @RichardHoughton-qf8xm
      @RichardHoughton-qf8xm 6 місяців тому +1

      It is indeed. The Smiths got more into one song that most bands manage in their entire oeuvre.

    • @chromberries7329
      @chromberries7329 5 місяців тому

      That's almost every smiths song tho, morrisseys writing is something to behold

    • @Chrisamusic1
      @Chrisamusic1 2 місяці тому

      Great observation. Proper lyric this.

  • @ElectronicChateau
    @ElectronicChateau Рік тому +39

    My old mate Jeff introduced me to many great bands, including The Smiths. RIP Jeff, you're a legend mate, we all miss you!

  • @grandadmiralthrawn.gaming7355
    @grandadmiralthrawn.gaming7355 3 роки тому +668

    The Smiths were a once in a lifetime band.

    • @riccardoverde4683
      @riccardoverde4683 3 роки тому +8

      it goes on with morrissey you know

    • @Mrbrbusby
      @Mrbrbusby 3 роки тому +25

      To have lived through this time in the mid 80’s was Magickal. We would walk into parties and hear the Headmasters Ritual blaring and you knew every body in the entire House was getting laid. Liam Gallagher once said I never saw Johnny without good shoes and a good guitar. It took so little to be happy back in those heady days, before HIV before Covid before the Internet and Cell phones. On bright autumn days I still listen to this full album by myself, musing in ye woode, over loves and memories past. What glorious years.

    • @sl4sh552
      @sl4sh552 2 роки тому +3

      Listen To Legião Urbana, It's a Brazilian Band,inspired by The Smiths and Joy Division.

    • @katelynncolburn9457
      @katelynncolburn9457 2 роки тому +1

      My adolescence in the early to mid 2000s was similar to this although probably not as wholesome as the 80s and golden days past

    • @klaasjeamandou
      @klaasjeamandou 2 роки тому +6

      @@riccardoverde4683 No, he's nothing without Marr

  • @LunaMill.
    @LunaMill. 6 років тому +817

    "And if you must go to work tomorrow, well if I were you I wouldn't bother... for there are brighter sides to life and I should know because I've seen them, but not very often!"

    • @yorkshire_tea_innit8097
      @yorkshire_tea_innit8097 5 років тому +15

      I always thought that was war, "if we must go to war tomorrow".

    • @DanyIsDeadChannel313
      @DanyIsDeadChannel313 5 років тому +33

      Morrissey does know the happiness of a NEET :-)

    • @superiauk
      @superiauk 5 років тому +7

      @@yorkshire_tea_innit8097 war would make more sence to the song

    • @thereligion4169
      @thereligion4169 4 роки тому +10

      I've decided to not go to school today now.

    • @southerner4566
      @southerner4566 4 роки тому +18

      Some of the best lyrics ever written.

  • @chonch_burger
    @chonch_burger Рік тому +28

    There are brighter sides to life. I should know, because I've seen them, but not very often.

  • @ingrida.5058
    @ingrida.5058 6 років тому +475

    one of the greatest of all time. the guitar, the lyrics, the voice... i can't get enough

    • @kennethbartlett1465
      @kennethbartlett1465 5 років тому +8

      👍 The Smiths were a quartet so the bass and beat were an inherent part

    • @tttobigs
      @tttobigs 5 років тому +12

      @@kennethbartlett1465 yeah but Marr wrote all of the smiths music and Morrissey wrote the great lyrics

    • @nickbradbury1042
      @nickbradbury1042 4 роки тому +7

      `tobias gallardo the drummer ( Mike Joyce) and the bassist (Andy Rourke) wrote they drum and bass parts respectively off of improvising what morrisey and Marr were doing. They simply deserve more credit for making this band hrrst

    • @HumansFreshlyBorn
      @HumansFreshlyBorn 4 роки тому +3

      coffee Joyce and Rourke wrote a handful of their parts but Johnny did most of the heavy lifting.
      Although I do agree that they go under appreciated.

    • @MD-ru5vs
      @MD-ru5vs 4 роки тому +3

      four guys from Manchester working together created something perfect.I still enjoy it after 36 years.

  • @stevenm6453
    @stevenm6453 6 років тому +3049

    The Smiths were one of the greatest bands ever..

    • @moronitembo5559
      @moronitembo5559 5 років тому +91

      "Were"?

    • @neutralnickhotel
      @neutralnickhotel 5 років тому +252

      @@moronitembo5559 yeah man idk if you heard but they're not together anymore man kinda old news at this point

    • @bobojackiechan3619
      @bobojackiechan3619 5 років тому +20

      neutral nick hotel yo nice name haha

    • @neutralnickhotel
      @neutralnickhotel 5 років тому +8

      BOBO JACKIE CHAN oh yeah yeah

    • @dougschofield7653
      @dougschofield7653 5 років тому +38

      Were the greatest band of all time.

  • @vindictivevillain
    @vindictivevillain 2 роки тому +189

    LYRICS
    I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving
    England is mine, it owes me a living
    But ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
    Oh, ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
    But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
    No, we cannot cling to those dreams
    Does the body rule the mind
    Or does the mind rule the body?
    I dunno
    Under the iron bridge we kissed
    And although I ended up with sore lips
    It just wasn't like the old days anymore
    No, it wasn't like those days, am I still ill?
    Oh
    Am I still ill?
    Oh

    • @alaskamattel1165
      @alaskamattel1165 Рік тому +3

      thank u

    • @vindictivevillain
      @vindictivevillain Рік тому +1

      @@alaskamattel1165 😘

    • @DamienWilson-eu1fy
      @DamienWilson-eu1fy Рік тому +3

      Please provide more lyrics

    • @DamienWilson-eu1fy
      @DamienWilson-eu1fy Рік тому +2

      To other songs by the smiths

    • @Andygb78
      @Andygb78 6 місяців тому +9

      And if you must go to work tomorrow. Well if I were you I wouldn't bother. For there are brighter sides to life and I should know because I've seen them, but not very often.

  • @Monochidraws
    @Monochidraws 2 роки тому +126

    A hauntingly beautiful voice for an equally beautiful song. So melancholic yet upbeat! My all time favourite Smiths song

  • @Merrick1995
    @Merrick1995 4 роки тому +115

    ‘For there are brighter sides to life and I should know because I’ve seen them, but not very often’ - I love that lyric so bloody much

  • @gregnelson460
    @gregnelson460 10 місяців тому +20

    The Smiths deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Morrissey without Johnny Marr’s guitar were just never the same.

    • @MatHopkins_1967
      @MatHopkins_1967 2 дні тому

      Why would they join an inferior organisation..The rock n roll Hall of fame is just a mutual walking session for old has-beens and never weres!

    • @MatHopkins_1967
      @MatHopkins_1967 2 дні тому

      Why would they want to join an inferior organisation. The Hall of Fame is just a mutual jerk-off session for old has-beens and never weres!

  • @LunaMill.
    @LunaMill. 6 років тому +208

    Also, that final OHhhHH just hits me on a spiritual level. Every single time I hear this song.

  • @bmg06
    @bmg06 9 місяців тому +18

    His voice is so therapeutic 🥹💗

  • @brycesterling947
    @brycesterling947 6 років тому +983

    No matter how bad my day was I can always count on the smiths music to lift me to the ceiling with joy

    • @althea9579
      @althea9579 5 років тому +28

      and angst

    • @ceezgeez1793
      @ceezgeez1793 5 років тому +59

      Shit makes me sad af 😂

    • @Nigel068
      @Nigel068 5 років тому +2

      so true!!

    • @lauramacgillefhinnein5106
      @lauramacgillefhinnein5106 5 років тому +15

      True, so very true! All those who call Morrissey & The Smiths depressing just don't get it! They give me a 'readybrek' glow & a warm fuzzy type of hug🤗

    • @Nigel068
      @Nigel068 5 років тому +21

      @@lauramacgillefhinnein5106 exactly, the Smiths were all about a bitter sweet ironic take on the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune!

  • @kendrathompson5207
    @kendrathompson5207 4 роки тому +732

    The Smiths are an unreachable masterpiece

    • @frederick909
      @frederick909 4 роки тому +7

      very well put

    • @markforrest9958
      @markforrest9958 3 роки тому +1

      Correct

    • @blaneycrabbe3390
      @blaneycrabbe3390 3 роки тому +2

      That's because the Devil is behind the lyrics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @joepermenter7228
      @joepermenter7228 3 роки тому

      @@blaneycrabbe3390 Yep.

    • @andybutterworth9215
      @andybutterworth9215 3 роки тому +3

      Joy Division come extremely close. However, as you say - The smiths are a masterpiece.

  • @earthpeaceage
    @earthpeaceage 4 місяці тому +3

    From Japan. I am over 50 years old now. When I was a student, I used to copy Johnny Marr's guitar all the time, and I think that's all I did. There was a bass player, Morrissey, who was really good, and we used to play the Smiths at the school festival. It was great!

    • @kimolowo4364
      @kimolowo4364 2 місяці тому +1

      @@earthpeaceage you're a legend

  • @lacrim0sa320
    @lacrim0sa320 5 років тому +227

    "For there are brighter sides to life and I should know because I've seen them, but not very often"...

  • @Zetapimpkin
    @Zetapimpkin Рік тому +45

    One of the all-time best. RIP Andy.

  • @TheSmiths10Tons
    @TheSmiths10Tons 8 місяців тому +12

    I literally listen to this song multiple times on a daily basis.

    • @DingDong-ly5cj
      @DingDong-ly5cj 5 місяців тому +2

      Make sure you go to work tho!!😊

    • @Eastsidesavage
      @Eastsidesavage 2 місяці тому +3

      @@DingDong-ly5cjif I was him I wouldn’t bother

  • @skybluehero832
    @skybluehero832 3 роки тому +29

    When i first saw The Smiths on TV (top of the pops back in the 80’s), i thought who is that singer? What a ponce. I was about 13 at the time. Now when i listen to the Smiths i can appreciate them, but i wish i could go back to that time and appreciate them back then. The melodic guitar in this track coupled with the lyrical genius of Morrissey nearly brings me to tears. It is beauty captured in music. Mr Marr there are no words Sir.

    • @seankenneally3483
      @seankenneally3483 5 місяців тому +1

      You have said that very eloquently Thank you

    • @seankenneally3483
      @seankenneally3483 5 місяців тому +2

      Actually, I take that back you are mistaken and there are "words" for that and you just said them.
      "It is beauty captured in music.". That is the perfect way of saying that. And for that I will thank you again. 😀❤️

  • @xiiinosceteipsum
    @xiiinosceteipsum 5 років тому +51

    "For there are brighter sides to life, and i should bcos ive seen them, but not very often" unbelievable line!! X

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 6 років тому +186

    Some of the best Morrissey lyrics. When you are young the body rules the mind. As you age that changes. No more sore lips !!

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 5 років тому +11

      David- And no more broken hearts. Aging has a upside.

    • @iananderson3799
      @iananderson3799 3 роки тому +10

      @@zephead843 I would take a few broken hearts, if I coukd get rid of this age-induced sore back.

  • @lukeydean
    @lukeydean 8 місяців тому +4

    …and Johnny marr’s exquisite guitar riffs, perfectly complementing morrisseys singing and lyrics - OMG I haven’t seen such a perfect union since

  • @BARLEYSWORLDMANCHESTER
    @BARLEYSWORLDMANCHESTER 2 роки тому +22

    Thank you The Smith's for making my childhood memorable and doing the same in my adulthood at 53.👌🏾

    • @stebul7996
      @stebul7996 3 місяці тому

      God yeah me too!!!

  • @TM-fg8ze
    @TM-fg8ze 4 роки тому +73

    One of the best songs ever made, the first 25 seconds is enough for me to want to start it again

  • @nickbranagan6897
    @nickbranagan6897 6 років тому +301

    My favourite ever Smiths song.

  • @real_happytimes
    @real_happytimes 3 роки тому +96

    It’s crazy how much hope The Smiths give me. They just uplift my spirits ❤️

  • @MariaRodriguez-zo7sy
    @MariaRodriguez-zo7sy 5 років тому +491

    1]
    I decree today that life
    Is simply taking and not giving
    England is mine, it owes me a living
    But ask me why and I'll spit in your eye
    Oh ask me why and I'll spit in your eye
    But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
    No, we cannot cling to those dreams
    [Refrain]
    Does the body rule the mind
    Or does the mind rule the body?
    I don't know..
    [Verse 2]
    Under the iron bridge we kissed
    And although I ended up with sore lips
    It just wasn't like the old days anymore
    No, it wasn't like those days
    Am I still ill?
    Oh am I still ill?
    [Refrain]
    Does the body rule the mind
    Or does the mind rule the body?
    I don't know..
    [Verse 3]
    Ask me why and I'll die
    Oh ask me why and I'll die
    And if you must go to work tomorrow
    Well, if I were you I wouldn't bother
    For there are brighter sides to life
    And I should know because I've seen them
    But not very often
    [Verse 4]
    Under the iron bridge we kissed
    And although I ended up with sore lips
    It just wasn't like the old days anymore
    No, it wasn't like those days
    Am I still ill?
    Oh am I still ill?

    • @mxhst.6668
      @mxhst.6668 5 років тому +6

      Thanks Lyrics Guy 😝😝

    • @arvindhmani06
      @arvindhmani06 5 років тому +5

      Thank you so much. Wouldn't Verse 2 and Verse 4 be traditionally known as the Chorus section?

    • @MariaRodriguez-zo7sy
      @MariaRodriguez-zo7sy 5 років тому +3

      @@arvindhmani06
      Yes
      It is just that they prefer to put the number of verse instead of the popular name
      Think so

    • @TheDonovanMcCormick
      @TheDonovanMcCormick 3 роки тому

      Thank you, was about to post this lol

    • @camilacotrim2458
      @camilacotrim2458 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you!

  • @cunkonankara
    @cunkonankara 6 років тому +352

    I simply owe this song a living. It helped me go through very hard times.
    And now I know the answer;
    'am I still ill?' - not anymore.

    • @barbaramirson7846
      @barbaramirson7846 5 років тому +23

      wish i could say that :(

    • @luzaguirre2830
      @luzaguirre2830 4 роки тому +2

      You HAVE to befriend Darkness..glean what you must & move beyond it.. there is no other way 🖤

    • @deltaflyer9078
      @deltaflyer9078 3 роки тому +3

      When I'm very lonely in the nights, I turn the smith's on.. They help.

  • @vidiia
    @vidiia 4 роки тому +157

    i'm pretty new to the smiths, and i'm extremely surprised not to find this johnny marr riff anywhere in the lists for his best riffs. i guess that just amounts to him being so utterly prolific. what a fantastic riff.

    • @Mrbrbusby
      @Mrbrbusby 3 роки тому +10

      The great John Maher was third in line in the great post-War succession of Chet Atkins - Geo. Harrison - Johnny Marr. Nobody in my generation could touch him; all of us desired to emulate him. His mastery of chord solos, Three and Four note shell voicings and passing tones are the stuff music books are written about today, see R. Vincent 3 note voicings and beyond. Liam Gallagher describes Johnny best for my generation, us working class kids raised on Jelly beans on Maggie’s Farm: “I never saw him without a good pair of shoes and a good guitar.” As they said about George, “When Eric played they said ‘What a great guitarist’ but when George played they said nothing, and quietly wept.” Compare: The Boy with Thorn in His Side (Johnny’s closing Scots dirge solo), to George’s repeat parallel sequence in I need you, and you’ll hear what I mean.

    • @Lyndanet
      @Lyndanet 2 роки тому +1

      @@Mrbrbusby my guitar 🎸 was stolen so I gently weep 😭

    • @sjisjsissk
      @sjisjsissk 2 роки тому +1

      @@Lyndanet did you ever get a new one

    • @Lyndanet
      @Lyndanet 2 роки тому +4

      @@sjisjsissk some acoustic replacements but I’ve yet to meet one of similar quality and size

    • @T13x
      @T13x 2 роки тому

      Awesome Mountain Goats zopilote machine album profile pic!

  • @janismorrissey
    @janismorrissey 5 років тому +216

    These lyrics are damn beautiful and cool.

    • @xmanlegend550
      @xmanlegend550 3 роки тому +12

      You are beauiful

    • @seifrules
      @seifrules 2 роки тому +8

      whoever's reading this is beautiful

    • @papi9694
      @papi9694 2 роки тому +2

      @@seifrules i gusse im ,ty😉

  • @rafaelandrade7627
    @rafaelandrade7627 5 років тому +81

    "I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving"
    Wow, just wow

  • @fabiobonanno930
    @fabiobonanno930 Рік тому +29

    I discovered the Smiths with this song when i
    I was 20 in '84, now my daughter is 15 and she loves the Smiths too, this band will live forever

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 4 місяці тому

      You didn't discover anything.

    • @matthewellenberger1905
      @matthewellenberger1905 3 місяці тому

      The days when the most energetic dancing was a slight sway while held hostage by emotion.

  • @MindsinUnison
    @MindsinUnison 5 років тому +499

    amazing song

  • @finnersmcspeed5646
    @finnersmcspeed5646 3 роки тому +54

    I can't get over how well the song ends

  • @adriangreen6462
    @adriangreen6462 3 роки тому +40

    This is the ultimate band ,Morrisseys lyrics and the haunting guitar of Johnny marr it takes me away to a different place ,love the smiths so much ,ade Sheffield

  • @lollel3974
    @lollel3974 2 роки тому +36

    I am 14 and my father showed me this song I thought I was never going to like and old band from the 1980s but I was proven wrong by far nothing to say other than this is a masterpeice

    • @helenekuhn07
      @helenekuhn07 2 роки тому +6

      OMG same my dad also showed me this band and now I LOVE it

    • @DamienWilson-eu1fy
      @DamienWilson-eu1fy Рік тому +2

      Same here i cant stop listening to them

    • @dystopian2153
      @dystopian2153 4 місяці тому

      So awesome! I've been listening to them since their beginning. I tried to get my son to like when he was a kid and he was not interested. Now he's 33 and totally appreciates them! It took a long time.
      You kids are much wiser than he was at your age haha

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 4 місяці тому

      Bleh. No one cares. Learn how to construct a sentence. Ask your father how English works.

  • @jepreyoamelda5674
    @jepreyoamelda5674 Рік тому +13

    resquiescat in pace andy rourke.your bass lines still rings to my ear.

  • @Lizard1582
    @Lizard1582 5 років тому +33

    Probably my favorite Smiths song. I can cheer myself up a bit during miserable day if I put this on.

  • @notlob23
    @notlob23 5 років тому +22

    Still one of their best..still so fresh and powerful.

  • @achilleskoukouselis4260
    @achilleskoukouselis4260 5 років тому +15

    the band of our generation,thank you from Greece

  • @isabellaruva9600
    @isabellaruva9600 2 роки тому +7

    Seriously the best band on earth imo i love them and i love this song beautiful music they have.

  • @robertafelice7687
    @robertafelice7687 2 роки тому +16

    Every single song is an obsession, love the smiths

  • @pg6917
    @pg6917 4 роки тому +240

    Is it me or everytime you hear a smiths song you just cant stop listen more

    • @kofibonsu8466
      @kofibonsu8466 3 роки тому +2

      Trueeee

    • @FreedomLovingFox
      @FreedomLovingFox 3 роки тому +3

      I can’t help but listen to more? Then I ask myself does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?

    • @YAYJOBS
      @YAYJOBS 2 роки тому

      @@FreedomLovingFox The Smiths controls the mind

    • @FreedomLovingFox
      @FreedomLovingFox 2 роки тому +4

      @@YAYJOBS You aren't suppose to know the answer :/

    • @YAYJOBS
      @YAYJOBS 2 роки тому +4

      @@FreedomLovingFox Sorry,
      Do the The Smiths control the mind? I don't know.

  • @TheGogofo69
    @TheGogofo69 Рік тому +7

    “Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I don’t know…” ❤️

  • @22i0
    @22i0 2 роки тому +4

    the smiths will be my favourite band ever, no matter for how long i will stop listening to them, when i come back its always amazing just like the first time, their songs fill me with so much emotions i love it, i love them

  • @Starkman1992
    @Starkman1992 4 роки тому +37

    The guitar speaks just as strong to me as the lyrics 👌🏼❤️

  • @player-coach
    @player-coach 6 років тому +346

    england is mine.. and it owes me a living!!

  • @counterstroke2654
    @counterstroke2654 4 місяці тому +2

    I suffer from
    A severe anxiety and panic disorder that has been eating at me every day for five years. When I first heard this song I just thought it was an upbeat track cause I didn’t LISTEN to it but really hearing it it really speaks about my situation basically 100%. “Am I still Ill?” Referring to my anxiety and depression from the annoyance of the disorder. “Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body” my body will tell me something’s wrong and that triggers a panic response even though I know I’m fine and tell myself I’m fine my mind and body still clash and cause unstoppable panic. The whole under the iron bridge lyric describes how I used to feel normal and have normal days without worry but even when I should be happy with my girlfriend I’m still too anxious to feel that way therefore the old days are technically better. I could go on even more. Perfect song for coping and I’m sure plenty of other people have the same situation or completely different ones that still apply. Best band ever to form by far🙏

  • @KirkMeighooChannel
    @KirkMeighooChannel 4 роки тому +41

    I lived through the 1980s, and remembered when this was new. But from today's vantage point, it's hard to believe that that time really existed. Who writes like this? Amazing.

    • @2koP7
      @2koP7 3 роки тому +11

      Im pretty young and I must say, its really hard to imagine the 70s-90s to be real, such a different world than today.

  • @HardyJap
    @HardyJap 6 років тому +2373

    * meditates for 5 minutes *
    Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?

  • @antonydyatlov5651
    @antonydyatlov5651 3 роки тому +9

    Still my favourite Smith's song - an eternal truth: "If you must go to work tomorrow, well if I really wouldn't bother." Something most know instinctively
    Still working on the courage.

  • @kane00000
    @kane00000 3 роки тому +79

    The Smiths always had such killer bass lines.

    • @krea9438
      @krea9438 2 роки тому +5

      thanks to Andy then.

    • @User-jk8wq
      @User-jk8wq Рік тому +5

      We’ll miss you Andy x

    • @Codzilla71
      @Codzilla71 Рік тому

      The Smiths had everything.

    • @kane00000
      @kane00000 Рік тому

      @User-jk8wq Dang I didn't know he left us! What a genuinely cool dude.

  • @patrickbateman2225
    @patrickbateman2225 4 роки тому +599

    Sounds like the way Joy Division would open a song with the drums

    • @nightshadespectre409
      @nightshadespectre409 4 роки тому +65

      The Smiths were heavily influenced by Joy Division, David Bowie, and The Talking Heads. So the majority of their discography had a new wave type sound.

    • @patrickbateman2225
      @patrickbateman2225 4 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/ngIQEeHpWPE/v-deo.html

    • @patrickbateman2225
      @patrickbateman2225 4 роки тому +9

      I always thought after seeing this video that they really weren't their biggest fans

    • @nightshadespectre409
      @nightshadespectre409 4 роки тому +14

      @@patrickbateman2225 Morrissey also said that the Doors “never had any hit singles”, so I’m gonna take his statement with a grain of salt. People can not like a band and still find themselves with a similar sound though acquisition alone.

    • @patrickbateman2225
      @patrickbateman2225 4 роки тому +15

      Yeah, it was more Marr's opinion that I was referring to though, Morrisey always talks shit about other artists

  • @SovereignSpectre
    @SovereignSpectre 3 роки тому +16

    The anthem for the artsy sensitive boy who gets bullied. I can imagine this song being written during such an experience on a cold, rainy Manchester day as teenage Morrissey rushes home scribbling in his notebook in anger the lyrics to this song. Simply beautiful. The Smiths are one of the best.

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 4 місяці тому

      Yeah, OK, but it takes zero courage to comment like this. Try this in the 80's. You haven't a clue.

  • @MrDLOC11
    @MrDLOC11 5 років тому +8

    Another solid masterpiece,
    a song like no other .....

  • @davidwalford3103
    @davidwalford3103 3 роки тому +47

    This is my neightbors favorite song wherever they like it or not.

  • @LoverOfManyArts
    @LoverOfManyArts 4 роки тому +17

    This song has really grown on me over the years

  • @melanphilia
    @melanphilia 5 років тому +29

    The Smiths always was my shoulder to cry on while having relationship problems

  • @parkermintyfresh9786
    @parkermintyfresh9786 10 місяців тому +48

    This whole time I thought this song was “still 3”

  • @171apples171
    @171apples171 2 роки тому +2

    The intro to this hit me right in the face when i first heard it. I remember all my hair standing up when the first vocals hit. Just a seamless transition from that buildup into singing and guitar. Blew my mind

  • @bhdctn
    @bhdctn 3 роки тому +7

    Hadn't heard this version in a while and the guitar tone is amazing. Like Ice Water. I could drink it!

  • @petercastlehouse-ic4fo
    @petercastlehouse-ic4fo Рік тому +1

    56 yrs old now I love the smiths never ever fall out music and lyrics just love em. Uplifting not depressing

  • @dsmslp8186
    @dsmslp8186 9 місяців тому +5

    best smiths song

  • @matejilakovac4173
    @matejilakovac4173 6 років тому +26

    The most beautiful song ever

  • @melviningram5867
    @melviningram5867 Рік тому +8

    I AM A 61 YEAR OLD Black man the inner city and love that falsetto of MORRISEY.

  • @FemboyDeath
    @FemboyDeath Рік тому +7

    I cannot even begin to express how much this song (and even the band overall) is helping/has helped me. I relate painfully close to this song, and knowing that someone out there knows exactly how you feel and can put it into words, it's surreal, and it makes you want to cry. Not even mentioning the lyrics, the vocalizing at 1:23, absolutely fucking beautiful, I love this with all my heart.

  • @dixiecat666
    @dixiecat666 6 місяців тому +1

    Off back home to UK for school reunion ( 1984 leavers ) in 2 wks .
    Smiths, Cure, E&BM , OMD ...

  • @michaelclougher7643
    @michaelclougher7643 5 років тому +9

    One of the greatest songs of all time ❤️

  • @lorenzoalvarez785
    @lorenzoalvarez785 5 років тому +33

    That great guitarist is Johnny Marr, he played the melody in The Smiths, now as a soloist he is great.

  • @pequel12
    @pequel12 4 роки тому +3

    I love a lot the way he sounds 😫🥺💖

  • @oskarileppanen1744
    @oskarileppanen1744 5 років тому +1

    Jos pitäis keksiä top viisi lista kaikkien aikojen kappaleista, tää olis siellä ehdottomasti. One of the top five songs ever!!

  • @tinxxb
    @tinxxb Місяць тому +5

    and here I am, still ill

  • @unknown.mp4
    @unknown.mp4 Рік тому +2

    I love the smiths, and it’s hard for me to pick a favourite song but I really think this one is it. Perfect!

  • @Alex-hu4jh
    @Alex-hu4jh 3 роки тому +15

    this song makes me so nostalgic for the 80s. and I was born in 03

    • @yank.my.doodleitsadandy9222
      @yank.my.doodleitsadandy9222 3 роки тому +2

      1969 baby here... you not only missed out on the 80's but the incredible GRUDGE of the 90's! Both Unbelievable periods in music! XOXO

    • @dorelaiyh
      @dorelaiyh 3 роки тому +1

      @@yank.my.doodleitsadandy9222 '81 🌬🤘

    • @yank.my.doodleitsadandy9222
      @yank.my.doodleitsadandy9222 3 роки тому +2

      @@dorelaiyh YOUR STILL A BABY! XOXO

    • @dorelaiyh
      @dorelaiyh 3 роки тому +1

      @@yank.my.doodleitsadandy9222 🤫😙

    • @yank.my.doodleitsadandy9222
      @yank.my.doodleitsadandy9222 3 роки тому

      @@dorelaiyh LOVE FROM BRISBANE AUSTRALIA!💯❤❤

  • @stevewharton375
    @stevewharton375 Рік тому

    Absolutely pivotal in my appreciation of music, The Smiths encapsulated all I felt about my love of music, I was not part of the angst movement, but lyrically as a word smith, Patrick (Morrisey) was unequivocally in line with with his pears and then his fore fellows Keats and Yates.. this statement may seem overpowered and trite, but thank you The Smiths

  • @cummente318
    @cummente318 3 роки тому +15

    The smiths is one of the greatest band ever

  • @tokyojudy
    @tokyojudy 4 роки тому +1

    I'm a 90's baby so I've never heard this song until now on a Netflix series called Chambers. So glad I came across it!!

  • @eriscriss8863
    @eriscriss8863 4 роки тому +32

    "Am I still ill" hits me kinda hard

  • @Dissident_Rapture
    @Dissident_Rapture Рік тому +2

    this song will eternally remind me of someone special🔥💜

  • @Michael-yz4mc
    @Michael-yz4mc 4 роки тому +12

    This has to be one of the best smiths songs!!

  • @HC_Golixed
    @HC_Golixed Місяць тому +1

    I love this song so much

  • @shannonnonnahs6943
    @shannonnonnahs6943 3 роки тому +4

    The Smiths is like the fountain of youth when it comes to music. Listen to this song and suddenly your young and angst all over again. Simply Lovely!

  • @Chris-ue6zq
    @Chris-ue6zq 12 днів тому

    20 years later, still my favorite band.

  • @DeborahFiantchenni
    @DeborahFiantchenni 6 років тому +28

    The Smiths ❤ ouço todos os dias, as letras combinam com o meu dia-a-dia

  • @Asap_saturn
    @Asap_saturn Місяць тому +1

    This is my new favorite the smiths song

  • @iamahater170
    @iamahater170 6 років тому +6

    Beautiful lyrics , this song is my favourite

  • @southerner4566
    @southerner4566 2 роки тому +2

    There are brighter sides to life and I should know because I've seen them... But not very often ...

  • @misss6430
    @misss6430 6 років тому +30

    Una de mis canciones favoritas de The Smiths, amo fuerte

    • @aaaa-gx2su
      @aaaa-gx2su 2 роки тому

      estoy acariciando mi pp rn tengo loción en mi pp (los smithos)

  • @mkryvohub
    @mkryvohub 2 роки тому +2

    Man, this song is so deep... The moment he says "It just wasn't like the morb days anymore"... I can't...

  • @ClaireLegowitch
    @ClaireLegowitch 5 років тому +11

    God bless you, Morrissey 💓 from one Gemini to another, from the bottom of our ever broken,ever spiteful hearts.

    • @angelariley4296
      @angelariley4296 5 років тому +1

      I recognise that description,I too am a ♊ Gemini.

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 4 місяці тому

      Cringe comment. As if "Gemini" means anything. Typical female comment.

  • @arnoldmabalay5841
    @arnoldmabalay5841 2 роки тому +1

    Their music are passionate. By the people and for the people.

  • @user-ev1uo7sb8n
    @user-ev1uo7sb8n 6 років тому +6

    one of the first i heard from them, couldn’t stop grinning

  • @mikebreslaw9651
    @mikebreslaw9651 2 роки тому +1

    This brings back memories....80's forever

  •  Рік тому +13

    Está canción me quito la tristeza de la vida y me sirvió de inspiración para mi álbum.
    Inglaterra les debe la vida, pero yo le debo la vida a The Smiths.

  • @moggiesmusic
    @moggiesmusic 2 роки тому +1

    Pioneers of alternative rock.

  • @dicasdesaudeparaleigos7378
    @dicasdesaudeparaleigos7378 6 років тому +25

    Esta música me traz lembranças inesquecíveis, amo demais!!! 😍😍😍❤❤❤