The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? - Lyrics

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • A lyric video for The Smiths "How Soon Is Now?"
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Комментарии • 223

  • @mattmingo7694
    @mattmingo7694 3 года назад +435

    Hahahhahaha….. for the longest time I thought he was saying “I am the SUN, I am the AIR. Not “I am “Son I am the Heir”

    • @neplusultra4196
      @neplusultra4196 3 года назад +31

      I also thought it was “i am the summoner of nothing in particular”.

    • @thorpenator9148
      @thorpenator9148 2 года назад +6

      My friend thought Van Halen was singing head em off for Panama...haha

    • @niki4013
      @niki4013 2 года назад +6

      Lol me too!

    • @lauralee950
      @lauralee950 2 года назад +5

      Omg, I just said the EXACT thing to my daughter !!

    • @joraiders8o594
      @joraiders8o594 2 года назад +6

      Hahahahahah me toooo!!! Untill now

  • @sarascarpati887
    @sarascarpati887 3 года назад +129

    Me at 8 years old : cool song!
    Me now, at 21: oh, how I wish I could not relate to the lyrics as I do

    • @paultalley7046
      @paultalley7046 3 года назад +9

      Me too about relating to lyrics, I'm a bit older. Hope you're doing ok

    • @sarascarpati887
      @sarascarpati887 3 года назад +4

      @@paultalley7046 yeah, thanks for asking, I appreciate it

    • @dslhernandez3001
      @dslhernandez3001 Год назад

      Sheesh for real

    • @kokayinewsome9308
      @kokayinewsome9308 5 месяцев назад +2

      Everyone eventually gets like this. Loneliness comes and goes.

  • @SaritaFragozo
    @SaritaFragozo 3 года назад +57

    I am human i need to be loved just like everybody else does

  • @mickpilsworth1
    @mickpilsworth1 6 месяцев назад +19

    Best guitar work ever...great lyrics......love it. Could listen to this for ever....

  • @AuntieNina68
    @AuntieNina68 6 месяцев назад +19

    Am I the only one who thought they said "I am the Sun, I am the Air"?

  • @leedee4968
    @leedee4968 5 месяцев назад +23

    I was a young adult teenager then and now I'm 60 ish I believe this is the quintessential 80s tune

    • @lisagott1354
      @lisagott1354 3 месяца назад

      60 and still love it❤

    • @shaunglover7251
      @shaunglover7251 2 месяца назад

      Here at 45, and was coming here to post this almost verbatim. Having said that, from composition, to lyrics, to mastering, this is one of those rare "timeless classics" that actually merits the title.

    • @butterg9535
      @butterg9535 Месяц назад

      Right next to ya.

  • @djsherz
    @djsherz 2 года назад +49

    The lyrics pretty much describe my early experiences of going to nightclubs as a teen in the mid 90s.

    • @pickle5051
      @pickle5051 Год назад

      Loser

    • @teresawalters6358
      @teresawalters6358 Год назад +3

      And my experiences after splitting up and starting to go to clubs on my own,although I never felt I wanted to die,only a tad lonely.But,at the end,I got used to it and started to meet people,so I was OK.

    • @lainhikaru5657
      @lainhikaru5657 8 месяцев назад

      Were the 90's that bad in clubs?
      Around 2006 to 2012 was the time I went to clubs the most, and they were kinda ok.

  • @joelouisytuartejr.1924
    @joelouisytuartejr.1924 2 года назад +66

    If this song isn't played at my funeral...Iam not going!!!

  • @johnaustx
    @johnaustx 2 года назад +12

    "See I already waited too long.... And all my hope is gone" but I waited longer..... And all my hope returned..... Then I waited longer.... And all my hope was gone again.... 😝🤪😝🤪😝🤪😝

  • @skelter1153
    @skelter1153 2 года назад +26

    I think it's hilarious picturing Morrissey
    getting ignored at a club, going home and then crying.
    🤣

  • @chrisholmes4589
    @chrisholmes4589 3 года назад +105

    I dont need a tv show to bring me here. I remember the original. The opening riffs still give me goosebumps......in my opinion The Smiths are underrated but never overrated. This has to be one of their finest tracks and a Johnny Marr masterclass.

    • @justinsossa2957
      @justinsossa2957 2 года назад +3

      This band is always overrated This is the only song they ever made worth listening to. You must like the song meat is murder. And something about the Queen song . the group sucks And I mostly mean the lead singer.

    • @andrewthorsten3809
      @andrewthorsten3809 2 года назад

      same thing with massive attack. at least for me

    • @TIMOTHY1993100
      @TIMOTHY1993100 Год назад +3

      Yea coz you’re old no offence, I was five when I first heard this, and even though it was the shitty nu metal cover for that crap show my older sister watched, I’m still glad it led me to the original, this song is brilliant

    • @RavenNe88
      @RavenNe88 Год назад

      @@justinsossa2957Ok then 😂

    • @duanemcclure8324
      @duanemcclure8324 5 месяцев назад

      It's DEFINITELY a masterpiece. No doubt about it. It's their 'calling card'. Not even "The Queen is Dead" comes close to this one and, it's nice and long so I don't have to replay it twice.

  • @techsun9581
    @techsun9581 Год назад +26

    I am really not a fan of The Smiths at all, but gotta say this song is the one exception for me...excellent track.

    • @BoggWeasel
      @BoggWeasel 6 месяцев назад +1

      Same

    • @gregb7595
      @gregb7595 4 месяца назад +1

      Try " girlfriend in a coma" frekin hilarious!

    • @ricardosoto1442
      @ricardosoto1442 26 дней назад

      Your only human

  • @chief6638
    @chief6638 2 года назад +13

    Remember driving in my car this song on radio, listening to 106.7 KROQ Rok of the 80’s great times

  • @Dvumb_fwairy
    @Dvumb_fwairy Год назад +13

    I would give anything to be able to hear this song for the first time again

  • @Hooftimmer
    @Hooftimmer 3 года назад +23

    I remember this on the radio decades ago. Still listening.

  • @johnaustx
    @johnaustx 3 года назад +16

    It’s been so long.... now it’s like.... Is it ever actually going to happen? How many more years of this? But I see her and she’s so perfect... Rare....... I’m hopelessly in love.... can never walk away.... But THEN...have I gone completely insane? Was it ever going to happen or am I delusional?

    • @yourstruly7895
      @yourstruly7895 3 года назад

      Has a very (end of days) feel.

    • @yourstruly7895
      @yourstruly7895 3 года назад +2

      @@johnaustx if I feel that depressed then I remind myself of God’s love for me and that He is not gonna turn away and leave me. I remember that Jesus died on the cross for my salvation and that He is coming soon. I sing praises to Him and he lifts my head and heart.

    • @dibble1331
      @dibble1331 3 года назад +1

      Why do I feel like this sentence could be used as a lyrics? You know what imma do it. Might be forever until I do but I’ve got a soundtrack that could work perfectly with this. Thank you sir. Lol

    • @johnaustx
      @johnaustx 2 года назад +3

      @@yourstruly7895 And God knew Adam would need a companion and a wife......and so he made eve........ Otherwise, the Bible would have ended with, "God told Adam all he needed was God..... THE END..... "

  • @adamduncan8610
    @adamduncan8610 Год назад +13

    The only time I ever heard this song was when I would watch Charmed before going to school in the mornings. I miss those days lol

    • @italktoanimalsliketheyrehuman
      @italktoanimalsliketheyrehuman 9 месяцев назад +1

      Omgosh me too! Before school in the mornings. I used to be a fan of that show lol.

    • @adamduncan8610
      @adamduncan8610 9 месяцев назад

      @@italktoanimalsliketheyrehuman I still love it, I still try to catch a couple of episode before I have to go to work.

    • @VincentPinner
      @VincentPinner 3 месяца назад

      Ha - ha

  • @elizabethbowie9753
    @elizabethbowie9753 Год назад +7

    I'll never forget, back in 2010, the ringtone on my phone was the intro to this song. I was at my local mall. I was in Target, & went down the escalator. When I got to the bottem floor I went to turn left. My phone rang/intro to this song, & at the same time, Robert Deniro came walking by & gave me a weird look as if to say, "what's that noise coming out of your coat pocket ??!!"

  • @italktoanimalsliketheyrehuman
    @italktoanimalsliketheyrehuman 9 месяцев назад +6

    A cat's point of view about mealtime.

  • @ballsack4321
    @ballsack4321 2 года назад +76

    To my friend Boydie who was cremated today bless him. 53 is no age. Him and his mates/my brother used to worship The Smith's. God's speed to you buddy x

    • @skelter1153
      @skelter1153 2 года назад +2

      What part of England are you from, friend?

    • @ballsack4321
      @ballsack4321 2 года назад +2

      @@skelter1153 Beverley mate, near Hull

    • @007neipy
      @007neipy Год назад +3

      Blessings to all that are going to miss him 😢

    • @ryan13chs
      @ryan13chs 2 месяца назад

      On an unrelated note, @ballsack4321 is a killer user name

  • @thejupiter2574
    @thejupiter2574 3 года назад +9

    I get so confused. Which version was used for the Charmed TV show, the version by The Smiths or the version by Love Spit, Love. They sound so much a like and one of the versions was used for the movie The Craft.

  • @rosemariekowalski5927
    @rosemariekowalski5927 2 года назад +27

    Adore the Smiths and this one always gives me goosebumps from the onset. Memories come flooding back, studying for Finals outside on a warm May day on the Arts Quad at Cornell and this blasting from someone's dorm room... music is amazing like that. I even remember what I was wearing nearly 40 yrs ago!

  • @andyp4462
    @andyp4462 Год назад +7

    This is my default mood setting.

  • @laurahuber1054
    @laurahuber1054 2 года назад +9

    Timeless

  • @jollyjohnthepirate3168
    @jollyjohnthepirate3168 5 месяцев назад +4

    This song brings back so many memories. Being madly in love. Being too scared to ask the girl out. Watching her go out with a scumbag. Finding her crying when he played her. Still too scared to ask her out.

    • @syniicaI
      @syniicaI 5 месяцев назад +2

      ask her outt!!! im pretty sure it will turn out well, and after you do that you’ve gotta tell me what happens

    • @jollyjohnthepirate3168
      @jollyjohnthepirate3168 3 месяца назад

      @@syniicaI This was 1982 ish.

  • @tedriding
    @tedriding 2 месяца назад +1

    Means what it means to YOU.....Thats what the Smiths was about,...no real message,...just therapy through music

  • @joycejballesta4860
    @joycejballesta4860 Год назад +4

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @brayan2412
    @brayan2412 Год назад +4

    I had heard it long time ago,just didn't realize that's a fkn badass jam🔥🤟🤟🤟

  • @El_hacelo_Todo1266
    @El_hacelo_Todo1266 10 месяцев назад +3

    “The killer” brought me here…

  • @thomassayers8559
    @thomassayers8559 Год назад +4

    It's all about waiting and wanting and fitting in.

  • @Ilovegatos983
    @Ilovegatos983 Год назад +3

    POV the craft has been your favorite movie since you were a kid and it’s been 12 yrs of trying to find the song in the movie and you finally found it 🎉

  • @West1010
    @West1010 5 месяцев назад +1

    Natalie Portman as a stripper in the movie The Closer, this song is playing in the background.

  • @prepper_nation_h
    @prepper_nation_h Год назад +2

    I have loved this song for so long, but I am terrible with fully hearing and understanding lyrics correctly. I certainly had them wrong. Now, listening to this while reading the lyrics, my immediate thought was, "All this time, I never knew it was the incel anthem!" Sadly, I can now also relate to the lyrics...

  • @slyteen2197
    @slyteen2197 7 месяцев назад +2

    Is this song written about king Charles?

  • @JamesSnowden-b6n
    @JamesSnowden-b6n 4 месяца назад +1

    I always thought it would have been cool to start it as.....I am the sun...air and then change in back in the next line son...heir

  • @SelfishMorsal
    @SelfishMorsal 3 года назад +5

    Nice

  • @italktoanimalsliketheyrehuman
    @italktoanimalsliketheyrehuman 3 месяца назад +1

    Charmed lol

  • @jarmotahti5259
    @jarmotahti5259 Год назад +3

    I'm also human I love the sound!

  • @lainhikaru5657
    @lainhikaru5657 8 месяцев назад +1

    I can't remember why this song was one of the first things that came to my head when I woke up from a coma I had at the hospital.
    I couldn't relate to the lyrics at the time.
    Nowdays, maybe a little, but still weird it was the first thought.

  • @jonathanmeyers633
    @jonathanmeyers633 Год назад +2

    I thought that too, but when I found out it was "son" and "heir," it made the song cooler, if that's even possible

  • @gaylebremer8492
    @gaylebremer8492 3 года назад +3

    I love you dearly 😘. Respectfully Gayle Raye Bremer

  • @Viraven03
    @Viraven03 Год назад +2

    Morrissey sucks but i remember this from Charmed

  • @cbird4922
    @cbird4922 Год назад +3

    This song I will have played when I go.

    • @cbird4922
      @cbird4922 Год назад +1

      I hope that’s not for a long time.

  • @ncp3077
    @ncp3077 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you

  • @tube4625
    @tube4625 Год назад +2

    I always thought it was "I'm human and I need to belong"

  • @juliusagustin4555
    @juliusagustin4555 2 месяца назад

    It is used by THE CRAFT and mostly ..THE CHARMED series❤️

  • @lalaboo251
    @lalaboo251 3 года назад +3

    Thank you 💜

  • @RichardSmith-gw8qo
    @RichardSmith-gw8qo 3 месяца назад

    The 80s..Vegas .PT Bokelys..clubbn..ha ha!

  • @kildemahll8908
    @kildemahll8908 Месяц назад

    Not a huge fan of him rhyming “own” and “own”, but what do I know? Still a great song.

  • @alexandracarrion4940
    @alexandracarrion4940 2 года назад +2

    CHARMED

  • @scott2296
    @scott2296 3 месяца назад

    When is soon?

  • @geisegamer
    @geisegamer Год назад +1

    Thanks

  • @alimtv2024
    @alimtv2024 10 месяцев назад +1

    im the killer

  • @geisegamer
    @geisegamer Год назад +1

    Thnks

  • @jamesalfredstrong8106
    @jamesalfredstrong8106 Год назад +2

    This song is how i feel about my emotions that mean the most but are assuming that they are just petty but also brilliant 😊

    • @007neipy
      @007neipy Год назад

      Misunderstood anyone like me?

  • @rockyslack799
    @rockyslack799 Месяц назад

    Quality Riff on base guitar 🎸 👌

  • @Ilove13Ev
    @Ilove13Ev 2 месяца назад

    Shannen I miss you!

  • @agatinoarena1788
    @agatinoarena1788 7 месяцев назад +1

    Bellissima ❤

  • @ladred23
    @ladred23 4 месяца назад

    Puddles did it better

  • @tedriding
    @tedriding 2 месяца назад

    To "fuse!" a tune like that...to create a tune like that...imagine being in the studio saying.."" ok..job done, ..see you tommorrow!" How could you go back to even try and improve youre quality....pure QUALITY

  • @DenisBreban-pz2gv
    @DenisBreban-pz2gv Месяц назад

    Sa l fait penser à mon papier peint sous❤❤

  • @raullodos4649
    @raullodos4649 5 месяцев назад

    I was fortunate enough to see them perform this song live on their "Meat Is Murder" tour in NYC, which I believe was in 1985 or 1986. Marr said they rarely played this song live because of the multiple guitar lines which required another guitarist to sound right.

  • @DenisBreban-pz2gv
    @DenisBreban-pz2gv Месяц назад

    Bien choisis 😂❤

  • @again5162
    @again5162 5 месяцев назад

    I am a grandson and an heir,
    if I don't claim my inheritance in an a year... I am fkd
    Squatters will ranch
    and take my homestead
    Yeah

  • @JamesSnowden-b6n
    @JamesSnowden-b6n 4 месяца назад

    That's how I sing, all apologizes Mr Morrissey!!! Lol

  • @eshoemaker
    @eshoemaker Год назад

    👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

  • @amberjones6289
    @amberjones6289 10 месяцев назад

    Son and heir of 4 thousand acres and farm 3 thousand of it but it's dirt. Nothing in pertiticuter

  • @Nev_from_Hogwarts
    @Nev_from_Hogwarts 4 месяца назад

    (2008 Remaster!!)

  • @subparticle
    @subparticle 5 месяцев назад

    Timeless: the key to brilliant art.

  • @HaloAngel-gv5fi
    @HaloAngel-gv5fi Год назад

    I AM CONTRABAND

  • @stevenanderson9532
    @stevenanderson9532 5 месяцев назад

    I'm human...& I need Luv

  • @hunter-hero-girl1987
    @hunter-hero-girl1987 2 года назад

    Ahem... MTMTE anyone?

  • @ditanadya1997
    @ditanadya1997 8 месяцев назад

    All my life I thought this song is tAtU's.. turns out they remade it from The Smiths. Mindblown 🤯

  • @luisgameros3142
    @luisgameros3142 8 месяцев назад

    Hechiceras

  • @giannidcenzo
    @giannidcenzo 2 года назад

    🌞

  • @judahraah2876
    @judahraah2876 2 года назад

    🦅🕊️🦅

  • @judahraah2876
    @judahraah2876 2 года назад

    🔥

  • @gilbertgutierrez1820
    @gilbertgutierrez1820 5 лет назад

    🎀📞🎀

  • @detroitbeastie7792
    @detroitbeastie7792 3 года назад +4

    I’m here after American Horror Story 1984!

  • @jamesnichol2183
    @jamesnichol2183 8 месяцев назад +1

    Johnny marr..Guitar God!!...that's all...

  • @OmarAbdullah-fu9wl
    @OmarAbdullah-fu9wl 3 месяца назад

    "The Killer" brought me here. Well Done

    • @Things606
      @Things606 3 месяца назад

      What’s that?

    • @max_ratkov
      @max_ratkov 3 месяца назад

      @@Things606 David Fincher's movie "The Killer" (2023)

  • @bryanlarsen7760
    @bryanlarsen7760 Месяц назад +1

    When this song comes on, I have to stop and listen! The guitars are incredible and soook original. This is my favorite smiths song. Remind me of the 80s. Long live Morrissey

  • @mpmopeninpm
    @mpmopeninpm Год назад +1

    Morrissey!!! 👍

  • @IcicleHeavenCollections
    @IcicleHeavenCollections 2 года назад +2

    I really like the tune but the lyrics make no sense

    • @jimmyd6111
      @jimmyd6111 Год назад +1

      A person who is in love with a person, and cannot let go after the other party has move in looking for something that they can't find.

    • @charlesdjones1
      @charlesdjones1 Год назад

      @@jimmyd6111 "You figured this out all on your own?" - Hans Gruber

    • @jimmyd6111
      @jimmyd6111 Год назад +1

      @@charlesdjones1 yes and I speak 3 different languages. German being one of them.

    • @charlesdjones1
      @charlesdjones1 Год назад

      @@jimmyd6111 I speak two, fk & off. Seriously though, I wasn't chiding you, your answer just seemed so generic.

  • @Bianca-pm7jj
    @Bianca-pm7jj Год назад

    Min 3:00 hits hard

  • @jampotd.r.8599
    @jampotd.r.8599 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you Charmed🙌🥰

  • @francus7227
    @francus7227 Год назад

    I always thought it was....
    I am the sun and the air..... of a sky that's criminally vulgar..
    Now I know it's a gay flag waving....

  • @mattmingo7694
    @mattmingo7694 Год назад +1

    I heard this track in a store, wrote down the lyrics I could hear, and typed this masterpiece into my memory