What an amazing, beautiful song. When ur dancing in ur room to ur idols music, forgetting they are human, just like you. I adore this song and it is why MORRISSEY is such a genius.
brilliant. this song is a true masterpiece. love the smiths, they will forever have a place in my heart. love morrissey, love the way he is, the way he sings... I just love it all. could someone play this song at my funeral? I would really like it. fucking great song. it speaks to me in a way like no other can. actually, all the smiths songs do that to me. the songs nowadays are so empty! I wish everyone could hear them. I'm so sad I wasn't alive when they were still together. this song is gold. oh my, I got all emotional over the smiths yet again lol
@@INFPinSA wow, definetely wasn't expecting to see a reply to a comment I made so many years ago (though my opinion hasn't changed lol). I'm actually an INFJ, so you almost got it right hahaha
@@leticiaoliveira3644 Haha! Morrissey fans of the world unite! I was looking for a live version of this song. it's one of my favorites. So was reading the comments and as I was reading yours I was thinking, she HAS to be an INFP! :P By the way, where do think Moz falls? ruclips.net/video/Dp68eVhO0Yo/видео.html
Absolutely love this tune one of their greatest, incredible to think the smiths never played it live :(. What i would give to see a reunion, just to see johnny and morrissey nail this!
His love for the Dolls is so admirable…. Even when shunned he still appreciated every moment of them … for him to write such an ode to a memory speaks volumes of how much the human heart can admire and endure. Just like your love for them Moz, I cherish you the same . Even though you’ll never notice me, I always carry your art with me.
Thank you. Thank you. I know this comment is five years old, but this song is one of my favorite of all time. I never see it get brought up by critics, but it's just fucking gorgeous... that riff, that solo, those lyrics...
thank you for this upload, I was a long time listener back in the day but grew tired of music in the dark ages basically everything after the 90s. Picked everything up again during covid, thought I had heard most bootlegs & demo's and I've NEVER heard this one live! Today I also listened to the demo and that one explains why the title is paint a vulgar picture.
definatelly one of the most sensitive songs by the smiths,and believe me or not,I heard them all in every version,live,demo,lost tapes,remasters,etc...never trust the querry,milano tiki,belgrade,serbia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!serious as that..................
At the record company meeting On their hands - a dead star And oh, the plans they weave And oh, the sickening greed At the record company party On their hands - a dead star The sycophantic slags all say : "I knew him first, and I knew him well" Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs Double-pack with a photograph Extra track (and a tacky badge) A-list, playlist "Please them , please them !" "Please them !" (sadly, this was your life) But you could have said no If you'd wanted to You could have said no If you'd wanted to BPI, MTV, BBC "Please them ! Please then!" (sadly this was your life) But you could have said no If you'd wanted to You could have walked away ...Couldn't you? I touched you at the soundcheck You had no real way of knowing In my heart I begged "Take me with you ... I don't care where you're going..." But to you I was faceless I was fawning, I was boring Just a child from those ugly new houses Who could never begin to know Who could never really know Oh... Best of! Most of! Satiate the need Slip them into different sleeves! Buy both, and feel deceived Climber - new entry, re-entry World tour! ("media whore") "Please the Press in Belgium!" (This was your life...) And when it fails to recoup ? Well, maybe : You just haven't earned it yet, baby I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck You're just the same as I am What makes most people feel happy Leads us headlong into harm So, in my bedroom in those 'ugly new houses' I danced my legs down to the knees But me and my 'true love' Will never meet again... At the record company meeting On their hands - at last! - A dead star ! But they can never taint you in my eyes No, they can never touch you now No, they cannot hurt you, my darling They cannot touch you now But me and my 'true love' Will never meet again Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Steven Morrissey / Johnny Marr
"I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck, you're just the same as I am..." - along with the tone of his voice, the longing captured there is almost too much. Doesnt get much better than that - for me anyway.
@Razorhalo i don't mind i s'pose that friends don't appreciate his songs makes them more something i s'pose i just don't know anyone that will pause for a breath
"Harm" suggests that the fan murders his idol who's become a disgrace. "Walked a pace behind you" stalking after being rejected. "They cannot touch you now." Says enough.
@Slapbass13 you're approaching this from the wrong direction. keep in mind moz was a fan club president before he was a superstar. it's not about the record industry but about the relationships between celebrities and their fans--whining about industry suits is the only thing the narrator can do for a person who they never knew but genuinely cared about.
At nothing, good night.. Someone besides me, do you think this song explained the gloomy future of the band? As arguments to these I think of two things (although it hides more), photos in the albums, Things of Smiths and the sad part in the soundcheck, naming when the band attended their recordings master.. This is sad, and it really overwhelms and deepens my tired soul.
'Please the press in Belgium.' The Smith's label had to apologise to reporters waiting in Belgium because they didn't turn up the press conference and the Belgian media slated them.
Well the album version is by far better. The song is really long, took me days to learn it by heart. But the lyrics are so beautiful. And the best part is from 3:45
This song could have been written about Freddie Mercury. I heard rumors and suspect that Morrissey may have known something of Freddie's Aids diagnosis in the late 80's. I also suspect that Morrissey himself is either gay or bisexual and maybe he new something that we didn't about Freddie's fate at the time he recorded this song with The Smiths and the disgusting money grubbing way that the record company (and the remaining members of Queen) would ultimately cash in on the legacy of Freddie after his death. It's just a thought?
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Probably one of the best Smiths songs. A pure jewel.
probably one of the best songs ever.
Exactly.
I know they didn't pen it, but it doesn't hold a candle to *'Golden Lights'*
@@sexobscura LMAO
Definitely the best british song ever.
I met Morrissey at the soundcheck. And I danced my legs down to the knees. The Smiths were the best!
Criminally underrated
“You could have walked away, couldn’t you?”
I have never loved anyone more in my entire life than Morrissey. This song WILL make a comeback. KROQ - you listening????????
What an amazing, beautiful song. When ur dancing in ur room to ur idols music, forgetting they are human, just like you. I adore this song and it is why MORRISSEY is such a genius.
brilliant. this song is a true masterpiece. love the smiths, they will forever have a place in my heart. love morrissey, love the way he is, the way he sings... I just love it all. could someone play this song at my funeral? I would really like it. fucking great song. it speaks to me in a way like no other can. actually, all the smiths songs do that to me. the songs nowadays are so empty! I wish everyone could hear them. I'm so sad I wasn't alive when they were still together. this song is gold. oh my, I got all emotional over the smiths yet again lol
your right this record is so underrated one of their best in my eyes.......
CAN I TAKE YOUR COMMENT AND COMBAT IT IN A SONG?
Leticia, just curious, are you an INFP by chance?
@@INFPinSA wow, definetely wasn't expecting to see a reply to a comment I made so many years ago (though my opinion hasn't changed lol). I'm actually an INFJ, so you almost got it right hahaha
@@leticiaoliveira3644 Haha! Morrissey fans of the world unite! I was looking for a live version of this song. it's one of my favorites. So was reading the comments and as I was reading yours I was thinking, she HAS to be an INFP! :P By the way, where do think Moz falls? ruclips.net/video/Dp68eVhO0Yo/видео.html
I really feel depressed with this song. I just love it, especially the line "sadly, this was your life; and you could've said no if you'd wanted to"
Morrissey is the King!
But me and my 'true love'
Will never meet again...
Absolutely love this tune one of their greatest, incredible to think the smiths never played it live :(. What i would give to see a reunion, just to see johnny and morrissey nail this!
Fantastic, couldnt agree more.
Im so glad this was filmed
I change my mind about the best Smiths'song ever everyday. Definitely in my top 10 though.
Rusholme Ruffians is my fave ATM :)
16 years later, which is your favourite now?
Love how he changes the lyrics from "you" to "I" !! Guess he's admitting to taking part in all the industry hoopla he was originally criticizing?
The cool think about it is that it’s also referring to the other smiths song “you just haven’t eared it yet baby”
Rolling stones magazine rated this song 71/73 in the top 73 Smith's songs of all time, whats the deal
I know. What a great song about the music industry and the idealised view the young and hopeless have of the people in it.
My favorite song...I'll die to hear this live...thank you Morrissey and Smiths =)
Beautiful! This is one of my favorite songs from the Smiths and in general. I would’ve cried my eyes out if I heard this song live! Brilliant❤️❤️
What a fcukin gem of a tune this is,best thing I’ve seen on the internet today 👌
you said: Best song off of Strangeways, if not ever
I say: Agreed
brilliant!!! words and melody are incredible
Morrissey writes the most beautiful vocal melodies this is very rarely mentioned.
This is the most beautiful song that I ever heard
You're just the same as I am, what makes most people feel happy, leads us headlong into harm.
I danced my legs down to the knees...
His love for the Dolls is so admirable…. Even when shunned he still appreciated every moment of them … for him to write such an ode to a memory speaks volumes of how much the human heart can admire and endure. Just like your love for them Moz, I cherish you the same . Even though you’ll never notice me, I always carry your art with me.
They cannot touch you now, but me and my true love, will never meet again.
This song is so rare that if you type it in on RUclips other smith songs come up few spaces down haha
Absolutely pure Smiths wonderfulyl melodic music, wonderfully majestic
Love this song!!
Are you serious? It's my fav song!!! The lyrics, the music...so perfect.
I've never seen a live clip of this tune before! Thank you Suparni!
Thank you. Thank you. I know this comment is five years old, but this song is one of my favorite of all time. I never see it get brought up by critics, but it's just fucking gorgeous... that riff, that solo, those lyrics...
They can never taint you my darling’
They cannot touch you now
my favorite Smith' song
brilliant song, strangeways was the best album (in my opinion) sad though, as it gives us a taster of how good they could have gone on to be : (
Long live marr’s solo. Great track! Love the vhs footage
still one of my fave Smiths' songs
Il mio amore..Morrissey. .visto dal vivo..stra meraviglioso! !!
MTV MTV MTV OH KISS THEIR ARSES, on of the greatest Morrissey lyrics
FANTASTIC! This is my all time favourite :D:D:D
thank you for this upload, I was a long time listener back in the day but grew tired of music in the dark ages basically everything after the 90s. Picked everything up again during covid, thought I had heard most bootlegs & demo's and I've NEVER heard this one live! Today I also listened to the demo and that one explains why the title is paint a vulgar picture.
"Best of! Most of"... I love The Smiths!
This song is awesome
thank you suparni,this is my fav song in strangeways here we come
I saw him sing this from 20 feet away, in Central Park, NYC on this tour.
only one man could ever do this
Holy shit is that beautiful
Brill song didnt know it till was on Waterloo road tv prog on bbciplayer absolutely the guitar sound wowed me over
Strange ways...their best album.37 minutes of pure genius.
definatelly one of the most sensitive songs by the smiths,and believe me or not,I heard them all in every version,live,demo,lost tapes,remasters,etc...never trust the querry,milano tiki,belgrade,serbia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!serious as that..................
Them all live? where and when, for there are some Smiths song Morrissey hasn't sang from strangeways?
Many many thanks to you for posting this!
Quality, and the lyrics are truer every year since 87 - agree about the guitars comment below: every Smiths fan could hum that solo
This is awesome. The Smiths broke up before touring anything off "Strangeways." Cheers to you suparni for posting!
At the record company meeting
On their hands - a dead star
And oh, the plans they weave
And oh, the sickening greed
At the record company party
On their hands - a dead star
The sycophantic slags all say :
"I knew him first, and I knew him well"
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
Re-evaluate the songs
Double-pack with a photograph
Extra track (and a tacky badge)
A-list, playlist
"Please them , please them !"
"Please them !"
(sadly, this was your life)
But you could have said no
If you'd wanted to
You could have said no
If you'd wanted to
BPI, MTV, BBC
"Please them ! Please then!"
(sadly this was your life)
But you could have said no
If you'd wanted to
You could have walked away
...Couldn't you?
I touched you at the soundcheck
You had no real way of knowing
In my heart I begged "Take me with you ...
I don't care where you're going..."
But to you I was faceless
I was fawning, I was boring
Just a child from those ugly new houses
Who could never begin to know
Who could never really know
Oh...
Best of! Most of!
Satiate the need
Slip them into different sleeves!
Buy both, and feel deceived
Climber - new entry, re-entry
World tour! ("media whore")
"Please the Press in Belgium!"
(This was your life...)
And when it fails to recoup ?
Well, maybe :
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck
You're just the same as I am
What makes most people feel happy
Leads us headlong into harm
So, in my bedroom in those 'ugly new houses'
I danced my legs down to the knees
But me and my 'true love'
Will never meet again...
At the record company meeting
On their hands - at last! - A dead star !
But they can never taint you in my eyes
No, they can never touch you now
No, they cannot hurt you, my darling
They cannot touch you now
But me and my 'true love'
Will never meet again
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Steven Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Me and my true love, will never meet again.
The best Smiths song
AWESOME!
Que pinche Hermoses!!!!!!
omg this was sweet!
wish i could have been there..
Strangeways is a superb album that never got toured so dome ofcthe killer tracks haven't had the same exposure of a lot of other Smiths aongs
wow what a rare treat for the fans. rare as hens teeth this song.
those that say petty miss the point totally.
Agreed.
I touched me at the sound check.
This was his love song to Johnny
ahhh *sighs*
Love it.
❤❤❤
*the shockingly karmic irony of these lyrics is something that subsequently would come back to haunt the writer …*
just like "get off the stage".
One man (like his Celtic cousin, Sean Connery) who aged soooo well. Very handsome over 40.
@RTL ,I love this one too mate,,,,,we used to play card at my mates for days and thiS LP was always on.
difficult task to be fair, i don't think he does that bad a job
I strongly agree.
i danced my legs down to the knees,and it freakin hurt.
Really solid vocal performance from Moz. When and where was this?
read the description.
@@BLLLYMUSIC @ OP, where it states, Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1. December 1997
best smiths song ever. yup.
One of the greatest songs EVER (but home boy on lead guitar couldn't hold Johnny Marr's guitar case).
"... you had no real way of knowing..."
most underrated smiths song
God, that tempo at the ending... as if this song could've gotten any better
Tienes razón RTL, seguramente una de las canciones más injustamente olvidades.
TheMozzfather is a TRUE legend.
The smiths never got to play this song live. It would have been amazing
te amo ttanto
"I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck, you're just the same as I am..." - along with the tone of his voice, the longing captured there is almost too much.
Doesnt get much better than that - for me anyway.
@Razorhalo i don't mind i s'pose that friends don't appreciate his songs makes them more something i s'pose
i just don't know anyone that will pause for a breath
"Harm" suggests that the fan murders his idol who's become a disgrace.
"Walked a pace behind you" stalking after being rejected.
"They cannot touch you now." Says enough.
@Slapbass13 you're approaching this from the wrong direction. keep in mind moz was a fan club president before he was a superstar. it's not about the record industry but about the relationships between celebrities and their fans--whining about industry suits is the only thing the narrator can do for a person who they never knew but genuinely cared about.
At nothing, good night.. Someone besides me, do you think this song explained the gloomy future of the band? As arguments to these I think of two things (although it hides more), photos in the albums, Things of Smiths and the sad part in the soundcheck, naming when the band attended their recordings master.. This is sad, and it really overwhelms and deepens my tired soul.
all was said
That last two stanzas are missing
"Please depressing Belgians. This was your life.."
'Please the press in Belgium.' The Smith's label had to apologise to reporters waiting in Belgium because they didn't turn up the press conference and the Belgian media slated them.
Listen to the video!!! :)
@angstriddenyouth definitely changed the lyrics live as u say. He does this quite a lot, sadly doesn't play this one tho.
I wish he could’ve performed it with the smiths 😢 but I mean, that is kind of what the song is about isn’t it.
Well the album version is by far better. The song is really long, took me days to learn it by heart.
But the lyrics are so beautiful. And the best part is from 3:45
totally.
I like it in b flat.
This song could have been written about Freddie Mercury. I heard rumors and suspect that Morrissey may have known something of Freddie's Aids diagnosis in the late 80's. I also suspect that Morrissey himself is either gay or bisexual and maybe he new something that we didn't about Freddie's fate at the time he recorded this song with The Smiths and the disgusting money grubbing way that the record company (and the remaining members of Queen) would ultimately cash in on the legacy of Freddie after his death. It's just a thought?
Alas Smith and Jones.
@padraic2001eire I know... i know... exactly. 10 Thumbs up.
@mechashiva2 what do you mean he was a fan club president?
President of the New York dolls fan club
Amazing song but still his past and present band can never touch the soul of the Smith's version.
Such plodders aren't they!
NilsBuss meet paulbuss
what is up with up with the nose rubbing, my love?
Well, most of that was done by his record-labels like Rough Trade. Obviously he hated it(the reason he wrote this song).
just a shorter 'do' at the time....hairlines do recede. Moz realized he wasn't 20 anymore.
er... did he attempt at being a skinhead for a while?
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