The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

Комментарии • 14 тыс.

  • @tonyhill1264
    @tonyhill1264 9 месяцев назад +295

    I was working late night shifts at a supermarket and this is where I first heard this in 87... Incredible.

    • @paulwalsh8959
      @paulwalsh8959 2 месяца назад +9

      That sounds like something written by Morrissey himself! 😊

    • @gtowngtown1601
      @gtowngtown1601 2 месяца назад +3

      Same. Although The Stone Roses got me through those nigh shift's.

    • @CROWOLF87
      @CROWOLF87 Месяц назад +1

      That's When i was Born
      Wonder if You We're Signing Along when i Arrived on the Scene

  • @raoufbasit
    @raoufbasit 3 года назад +9998

    Almost 40 yrs later and that riff still haunts me. This song is timeless.

    • @jessicah4462
      @jessicah4462 3 года назад +152

      They pull your soul and stretch it to its lengths. They’re divinity.

    • @greypilgrim2028
      @greypilgrim2028 3 года назад +44

      raoufbasit: A certain Buffy haunts me every time I hear this song.

    • @jamiethibodeau1
      @jamiethibodeau1 3 года назад +21

      Sighhhhhh

    • @Tripleseis88
      @Tripleseis88 3 года назад +37

      I AM THE SUN

    • @jordanremington4938
      @jordanremington4938 3 года назад +31

      was it not charmed??

  • @wookie79logos81
    @wookie79logos81 Год назад +1341

    With that opening riff…you just know something magical is about to unfold.

    • @Nex47128
      @Nex47128 Год назад +29

      The way it pans is really amazing with modern noise cancelling headphones. Take care.

    • @jeff346
      @jeff346 Год назад +14

      You can feel that magical especially when high lol

    • @spaghettisauce445
      @spaghettisauce445 Год назад +7

      @@Nex47128yeah tremelo is such a great effect

    • @shermanbaker
      @shermanbaker 10 месяцев назад

      not chorus@@spaghettisauce445

    • @shermanbaker
      @shermanbaker 10 месяцев назад +4

      4-8 fender Twins with their tremelo function manipualted to play off each other in real time as Marr's Casino guitar played back in the studio, the tuning on the second guitar was adjusted to allow for the iconic slide part-two notes or double stops and a Bo Didley Beat. Marr used chorus as did half of the eiighties bands, It's still a cool effecr but it not's why this song sound like this at all.
      Marr was using the same guitars, and Boss pedals and studio effects that everyone had access to in the studio then, Nowadays anyone with a laptop has access to hundreds more. Yet this song was a a fookin B SIDE.. He will remain one of the greatest guitarists to ever play the instrument.
      Because he could play Bach? No. But he had the technique to play circles around anyone else iin Engand without breaking a sweat,
      I play a lot of different styles or rock and country and blues. Playing like Marr is almost always the hardest Refer to my channell. Like Muddy Watters he didn't go to music school, They don't teach what he does with a few chords.
      I've seen Moz play this song too and it's great he's an icon but Marr would have been a legend regardless, less famous but a legend, Morrissey.....Marr handed him his career and template on a silver platter, then went on playing like no one else. He doesn't even play like himself here. This Charming Mar is a bit different. As is almost every song musically.
      Id been a fan of Rush and Ozzy, The Cure used plenty of chorus. They were cool too. This right here though is a guitar band. Three straight men and one giant gay singing :shut your mouth I want to be loved" After I discovered The Sniths and Rem I barely gave a single shit when Grunge happened. I never saw hundred of apparently straight men rush the stage just embrace a pretentious albeit gifted clealy gay man. Before or since. Three guys behind him all kilin it. Marr was what 19? No peers. Simply because no on else chose the notes he chose. That has nothing to with a chorus pedal. Wish it did.

  • @TealcJack
    @TealcJack 9 месяцев назад +131

    80's was the best era for music. Now, in my 50s, I still love the 80s music, my children love the 80s music, and for the most part, we can't stand most modern "music" being produced today.

    • @abbyanderson2463
      @abbyanderson2463 9 месяцев назад +4

      music being produced in recent years is at the highest quality and diversity music has ever been produced, the billboard 100 may not be your thing but there is much more great stuff out if your willing to find it

    • @jaymichaelmichaels
      @jaymichaelmichaels 4 месяца назад +8

      @@abbyanderson2463 lol, ya TONS of talent. They cant sing without auto-tune, can't play instruments, just more and more technology. no thanks.

    • @80sSteve-fd5em
      @80sSteve-fd5em 4 месяца назад +8

      ​It may be just my opinion, but It seems to me that contemporary music reached it's pinnacle in the 80's (rock In 90's) then just proceeded to get worse.
      I'm 68 now.

    • @GAHoosier
      @GAHoosier 3 месяца назад +2

      Sitting up late at night having a bourbon with my 24 year old...listening to his Spotify...this song comes on...I am the BEST DAD EVER!

    • @FreshDeath1385
      @FreshDeath1385 3 месяца назад +1

      I'm with ya.. 💯🤘🖤🖤🖤

  • @user-wu8sj3ee3d
    @user-wu8sj3ee3d Год назад +1131

    RIP Andy. Thank you for bass services to humankind. You will be missed.

  • @vernonworsham2363
    @vernonworsham2363 3 года назад +3582

    I am human and I need to be loved, just like everyone does. One of the greatest lyrics ever.

    • @lonny1977
      @lonny1977 3 года назад +20

      True that!! :)

    • @alexandermcdonald9029
      @alexandermcdonald9029 3 года назад +77

      That lyric hurts me

    • @honorus999
      @honorus999 3 года назад +113

      I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does.

    • @gabrielleangelica1977
      @gabrielleangelica1977 3 года назад +67

      ...but I've already waited too long, and all my hope is gone. (Got married at 36 and had a baby 🍼 at 39. Still hope.)

    • @SchulzLau
      @SchulzLau 3 года назад +6

      🙌🏻

  • @luismode-
    @luismode- Год назад +170

    Manchester is the land of the alternative rock, the Smiths, the stone roses and oasis, god bless Manchester!!!

    • @jamesmason8436
      @jamesmason8436 Год назад +29

      New Order and Joy Division as well, and The Bee Gees if that's your thing 😂

    • @luismode-
      @luismode- Год назад +8

      @@jamesmason8436 Ian Curtis was top!!!

    • @generalmassive1907
      @generalmassive1907 8 месяцев назад +10

      Dont forget joy division 😊

    • @jackhewison5246
      @jackhewison5246 8 месяцев назад

      beegees were the isle of man ​@@jamesmason8436

    • @hmkzpdpmgwap1829
      @hmkzpdpmgwap1829 8 месяцев назад +6

      and the fall.

  • @adamrobinson5539
    @adamrobinson5539 9 месяцев назад +493

    Ashamed to say this,i only heard this for the first time at work recently.
    I physically had to stop what i was doing and stand by the radio.
    An absolute masterpiece 👏

    • @YouTubingz
      @YouTubingz 8 месяцев назад +9

      Yup. Wow

    • @mdbrumbach1
      @mdbrumbach1 7 месяцев назад +18

      So many of us had the same reaction to this masterpiece😊

    • @leemorris2127
      @leemorris2127 7 месяцев назад +12

      Exactly what we did forty years ago..

    • @gregkoepke1439
      @gregkoepke1439 6 месяцев назад +2

      Same thing

    • @the4cornersgarden
      @the4cornersgarden 6 месяцев назад +3

      My first time was from a TV show. I think it was supernatural

  • @wes_m
    @wes_m Год назад +489

    This song is timeless, and it's an absolute masterpiece.

    • @TalleyrandsPuppet
      @TalleyrandsPuppet Год назад +3

      The song is timeless. The video… is not.

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot Год назад

      @@TalleyrandsPuppet Why not?

    • @phildolan8631
      @phildolan8631 Год назад

      Totally agree 👍👍👍👍

    • @map3384
      @map3384 4 месяца назад

      @@TalleyrandsPuppetI beg to differ.

    • @_JonBuhay
      @_JonBuhay 3 месяца назад

      Morrissey is a genius writing timeless lyrics, his vocals and the rest of the band made beautiful music together. Without Morrissey's talent, the band would have never made it in the competitive and awesome decade of 80s music.

  • @JP-ZJuliet
    @JP-ZJuliet 5 лет назад +1945

    My dearest friend Michael introduced me to the Smith's in the 80's when we were just kids. I'm 53 now and their music will always remind me of him. RIP dear friend. You were loved more than you knew.

    • @robmiranda7120
      @robmiranda7120 5 лет назад +44

      J P I’m 51 and I still listen to The Smiths now my daughter is a huge fan we even visited Salford Lads Club 2 weeks ago

    • @christopherwheeler3409
      @christopherwheeler3409 5 лет назад +31

      Good friend, this Michael!

    • @Matthew-vw6gy
      @Matthew-vw6gy 5 лет назад +29

      I’m sorry your friend is gone 😔

    • @michaelpreston233
      @michaelpreston233 5 лет назад +32

      Class of 83 Here ! I miss the Real MTV when they had Videos and the Bands were Great.

    • @jonhcass7643
      @jonhcass7643 5 лет назад +15

      RIP 2 ur friend bless him

  • @agentwaterfowl
    @agentwaterfowl 6 лет назад +1190

    Happy Valentine’s Day to all the people who need to be loved (just like everybody else does).

    • @ososnake97
      @ososnake97 5 лет назад +20

      10/10 comment

    • @kubadzejkob332
      @kubadzejkob332 5 лет назад +3

      You can't help someone mentally if you need such help yourself.

    • @MikeHunt-nt4nz
      @MikeHunt-nt4nz 5 лет назад +4

      What the fuck are you chatting

    • @Azepam
      @Azepam 5 лет назад +2

      get help.

    • @JD-di6md
      @JD-di6md 5 лет назад +4

      Same to you from the future

  • @stevenelson2041
    @stevenelson2041 Месяц назад +66

    62 years old and still loving this!
    Makes me feel young again!

  • @jacksonpovie50
    @jacksonpovie50 2 года назад +1567

    My dad showed me this song. He said he first heard it during his freshman year of college. He says he was woken up by it early in the morning after his first college party, and it was playing extremely loud. He said that was the definitive moment he realized his freedom, from being a kid to being a man. Since he told me the story it’s become one of the most powerful songs I know.

    • @didsthecat1503
      @didsthecat1503 2 года назад +48

      My parent’s lived in Dubai in the late 90s/early 2000s, and when they met they used to meet with each other and listen to The Smiths. This was my dad’s favourite song of theirs.

    • @longtallshorty5791
      @longtallshorty5791 2 года назад

      Dad sounds like a wanker.

    • @kirkmarrie8060
      @kirkmarrie8060 2 года назад +9

      Me too. Freaky?

    • @monsterpoo
      @monsterpoo 2 года назад +23

      Omg my dad and mom used do you have fart contests to this song while smoking toothpaste on banana peels!
      This song transcends all cosmic gates and Narnia! Actually if you play this song backwards you get sucked into Narnia through a vacuous black hole

    • @danieljohns2695
      @danieljohns2695 2 года назад +40

      @@monsterpoo I just got dumber reading this

  • @derbydrifter
    @derbydrifter 4 года назад +3989

    It's that damn guitar . . it's haunted me all my life.

    • @elevenpoisons2484
      @elevenpoisons2484 4 года назад +153

      it's a beautiful sound, and when i listened to it for the first time in years the nostalgia was stroong

    • @apsarasangreal84
      @apsarasangreal84 4 года назад +34

      Me too ,BooBoo, me too

    • @botbot-wo2yx
      @botbot-wo2yx 4 года назад +20

      100% dude

    • @dellablair8514
      @dellablair8514 4 года назад +52

      Immediate shivers from the beginning

    • @jerodohlsen1526
      @jerodohlsen1526 4 года назад +52

      Triggers feelings as strong as a scent.

  • @alanledesma4945
    @alanledesma4945 3 года назад +486

    God, those Johnny Marr's guitar riff are marvellous

    • @steveh7682
      @steveh7682 3 года назад +13

      Mar wasn't such a good guitarist but he was amazingly creative in the way he took a few amps and effects pedals and used them to get a unique sound that was highly entertaining.
      Being a guitarist myself with very limited playing ability I've gotten better response from audiences playing with my band than hard core musicians did playing at the same venue .I made very likable sounds with the guitar that captured people senses.
      It not how good the musicians are , it's how well the audience listening , likes it .Kurk Cobain is another example of that . He barely knew how to play guitar . But he was a great entertainer with a very likable sound .

    • @colonelangus3157
      @colonelangus3157 3 года назад +6

      You know...back when I heard this song and those riffs, back in 84, It blew me away and gave me the chills.AMAZING:)

    • @steveh7682
      @steveh7682 3 года назад +3

      I learnt to play the song in about an hour . And I'm the worst guitarist from canarsie .There are a few different people showing how to play it on RUclips

    • @MongerOfStrings8222
      @MongerOfStrings8222 3 года назад +7

      @@steveh7682 OK try playing william it was really nothing and see if you think he wasn't that skilled

    • @steveh7682
      @steveh7682 3 года назад +1

      If I liked the song and I wanted to do a cover it may take me a week or so to do it .I listened to it and didn't think much of it . I listened to all the songs I could find on the Smiths and Johnny Marr because I like How Soon Is Now so much . I find it's the only song I like of Marrs and the Smiths.
      If Marr wrote the music to that song , he most likely wrote what came natural to him with the style and from what patterns he uses to practice with . Marr may be able to play that song with ease because it's in him . He may have trouble learning what music I have written . It's just repetitious practice
      .I'm learning How Soon Is Now because someone I know wants to do a cover of the song when she gigs out . She writes her own material ,both music and lyrics , but feels she want's to do a few covers in between her own stuff. Since she moved here from another town and doesn't have her band anymore I may get to play out as part of her band .I'm old and rusty but there's nothing more I like than playing in a band and gigging out .
      Here's the person's own materialwho want's to do a Marr's cover . If ya think it isn't to your liking be easy with criticism.
      People get their feelings hurt when people make negative comments of their art .
      ruclips.net/video/bSokxhIbJGg/видео.html

  • @chestermarcol3831
    @chestermarcol3831 5 месяцев назад +108

    Johnny Marr created such a unique sound. What a songwriter, and original guitarist.

    • @instantrameng0d36
      @instantrameng0d36 4 месяца назад +2

      It's not even in this track, many of the smiths songs had interesting sounds and instruments. Even with his new stuff he implements lots of different things.

    • @noelsalisbury7448
      @noelsalisbury7448 4 месяца назад +1

      This is the Classic
      Bo Diddly riff.
      Ask Johnny ❤

  • @DenisDuffy-hb8wh
    @DenisDuffy-hb8wh 10 месяцев назад +727

    Everybody Should Listen To This Masterpiece In 2024 🎶

    • @lloreaudanie5211
      @lloreaudanie5211 8 месяцев назад +8

      Me

    • @tombrunn-f9c
      @tombrunn-f9c 7 месяцев назад +1

      why cause you say so time troll

    • @hollynonya6991
      @hollynonya6991 7 месяцев назад +2

      And Psychedelic furs, Flock Of Seagulls ...and the Sing "Send Me and Angel"

    • @B127Z
      @B127Z 7 месяцев назад +4

      been listening since 2018

    • @coldwindblowing
      @coldwindblowing 5 месяцев назад +4

      2024, 31 July 💜🖤

  • @mortal557
    @mortal557 4 года назад +3486

    This song was ahead of its time.

    • @riderzinc
      @riderzinc 4 года назад +109

      Nope it was right on time

    • @tamonekodaleko8487
      @tamonekodaleko8487 4 года назад +40

      You are so right! I like it more today than I did in the early 90s.

    • @sharontaylor4403
      @sharontaylor4403 4 года назад +41

      This song is ahead of now even 👌🏻👌🏻

    • @jonlenin9982
      @jonlenin9982 4 года назад +66

      actually most stuff from the 80s is still ahead of this time

    • @riderzinc
      @riderzinc 4 года назад +10

      @@jonlenin9982 it's not

  • @pattisimmons67
    @pattisimmons67 3 года назад +981

    Just a hauntingly beautiful, totally relatable piece of music, art and magic.

  • @Nikolai-l1i
    @Nikolai-l1i 7 месяцев назад +143

    You do not find groups and songs like this anymore. Impossible to forget the bass and the guitar, even after 40 years.

    • @qwop1900
      @qwop1900 7 месяцев назад +2

      I like the lyrics.

    • @Nikolai-l1i
      @Nikolai-l1i 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@qwop1900 I will agree with you. However, i am a bass player, that's why i cannot leave bass and guitar unnoticed!

    • @xavvi69sexxxy57
      @xavvi69sexxxy57 6 месяцев назад

      Youre insane by posting this track after more than a 4 décadas......
      And the yesrs about to come.....
      Music at it's BEST...!!!

    • @JaysonTripp-r5d
      @JaysonTripp-r5d 5 месяцев назад

      No you don't find bands like this anymore absolutely not music today sux it's all water down traveling music

    • @WebShaman01
      @WebShaman01 2 месяца назад

      @@JaysonTripp-r5d I mostly agree. Try NXCRE & The Villains and Greta van Fleet for some modern kick @$$

  • @arwenr637
    @arwenr637 4 года назад +3704

    Two years ago after his show, I told Johnny Marr "How Soon Is Now?" is my favourite song ever. He kissed my hand and gave me his guitar pick. As a 25 year old, I can't believe the 80's were even real. They seemed too incredible not be fictional.

    • @nes3145
      @nes3145 4 года назад +274

      I hope that in all this years you never washed your hands

    • @strangebee
      @strangebee 4 года назад +126

      Your post needs to live forever.

    • @jerodohlsen1526
      @jerodohlsen1526 4 года назад +124

      Dude you just made my day by saying that.......it truly was a magical time of transition with the emergence of hands on technology in it's infancy but filled with room for hope and dreams!!!

    • @cgleck780
      @cgleck780 4 года назад +57

      The 80's had amazing timbre, but not as good as the 90's.

    • @strangebee
      @strangebee 4 года назад +109

      @@cgleck780 Um. No.

  • @marcoborrillo8097
    @marcoborrillo8097 Год назад +98

    that ringing guitar note right before he says "You shut your mouth" is pure brilliance. I've never heard the same note struck 4 times that ever sounded so good. The skill level there is first day beginner can play it. But putting that note in that key at that moment was genius.

  • @toddrogers2025
    @toddrogers2025 5 лет назад +516

    The Smiths were incredibly popular in Mexico. I partied in Mexico in the 90's and you couldn't go an hour without hearing this song playing in the clubs. This is such a badass hit. Brings back a lot of memories. Cheers.

    • @william_krause
      @william_krause 4 года назад +37

      I just walked trough a crowded market in Mexico City and was happy to hear The Smiths coming from one of the stalls selling clothes.

    • @riderzinc
      @riderzinc 4 года назад +30

      That is actually crazy to hear, Would never expect The Smiths to be popular in Mexico

    • @toddrogers2025
      @toddrogers2025 4 года назад +40

      @@riderzinc Mexico is crazy about the Smiths and nuts about Morrissey.

    • @toddrogers2025
      @toddrogers2025 4 года назад +20

      I must add they still are very popular in Mexico to this day.

    • @marcpfeiffer3154
      @marcpfeiffer3154 4 года назад +23

      Stayed at a resort in 2012 in riviera Maya i think and heard this several times. I remember telling my wife how cool and strange it was to hear an 80s song like this being played.

  • @scottdavidson526
    @scottdavidson526 2 месяца назад +66

    This is my favorite Smiths song.

  • @St.Linguini_of_Pesto
    @St.Linguini_of_Pesto 2 года назад +1224

    "I am human, I need to be loved, just like everybody else does" hits me riiiiight there.
    Just as lyrically powerful for me as Creep.

    • @andrewkempt9204
      @andrewkempt9204 2 года назад

      8

    • @andrewkempt9204
      @andrewkempt9204 2 года назад +11

      Creep

    • @garybirch2763
      @garybirch2763 2 года назад +10

      I feel ya man....but creep is on another level...

    • @pepper9905
      @pepper9905 Год назад

      @@andrewkempt9204Andrew Kempt 9204. 😊

    • @PaulToyoda
      @PaulToyoda Год назад +9

      which creep? the radiohead one or the stone temple pilots one?

  • @lynnejones862
    @lynnejones862 Год назад +906

    I am a metal head but this blows me away every time. I can't explain why - it is everything from beginning to end. Every note, every lyric, every waah.

    • @jmasl7
      @jmasl7 Год назад +12

      have you heard Shoplifters Of The World Unite?

    • @calebthemusicjunkie
      @calebthemusicjunkie Год назад +7

      Me two man
      Me two

    • @jakeselect1912
      @jakeselect1912 Год назад +7

      Same here.

    • @Paraselene_Tao
      @Paraselene_Tao Год назад +21

      I'm very oriented towards stoner rock, sludge & doom metal, psychedlic & prog rock, and other rock that jams hard and usually* slow. Yeah, this song's feeling grooves well with my taste. In fact, this song reminds me of Anemone by The Brian Jonestown Massacre in lots of good ways.

    • @jordanryan5068
      @jordanryan5068 Год назад +3

      I know! I can listen to lorna shore and this still hits the spot

  • @mcmaximon1
    @mcmaximon1 2 года назад +101

    I was sat in the garden tonight with my 16 & 15 year old daughter and I played this on the Sonos.. They were blown away!! no exaggeration! One proud dad :)

    • @rhizoidx
      @rhizoidx 2 года назад +6

      You done well, dad. Respect. I'll remember this when my 7 and 5 year old's become teenagers.

    • @k.drummond9300
      @k.drummond9300 2 месяца назад

      No exaggeration?
      Like dried leaves across the yard? Did you go find them and bring back to finish listening to the song?
      JK. It's awesome when shared music is appreciated.

  • @jornfox3545
    @jornfox3545 8 месяцев назад +27

    Back in the day when this song was new, it didn't play on the radio continuously but when it did people would stop talking and listen to it. One of those songs that transcends into your soul.

  • @Jim_Tacitus
    @Jim_Tacitus 2 года назад +1286

    This song… is a time machine. I’m suddenly a teen again and feel all the feelings and emotions of angst, love, hope… reminds me I’m not completely dead inside after 20 years of war.

    • @PerturaBased
      @PerturaBased 2 года назад +22

      Nostalgia won't save u mate

    • @Sebadoh1995
      @Sebadoh1995 2 года назад +32

      You’re definitely not dead! Music is something to live for!

    • @jeanfrancois125
      @jeanfrancois125 2 года назад +21

      You're not alone

    • @Bayrunner87
      @Bayrunner87 2 года назад

      I hate your avatar

    • @sethglasscock8838
      @sethglasscock8838 2 года назад +1

      @@PerturaBased senseless comment

  • @Kinnakeeter
    @Kinnakeeter 3 года назад +565

    "I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does"
    That hit me hard

    • @steveh7682
      @steveh7682 3 года назад +8

      needing to be Loved is timeless. Jefferson Airplane the other side of White Rabbit on a 45 single .Don't you need somebody to love ...you better find somebody to love. Same concept It came out in 1968 .Most of yins were old people who didn't die and reincarnate so ya may have herd it in your past life

    • @steveh7682
      @steveh7682 3 года назад +6

      It's up there with Journeys "Love Hurts " .And Duran Duran's "Cry for Yesterday "

    • @kellyroberts7268
      @kellyroberts7268 2 года назад +2

      I would leave the clubs thinking this.

    • @darrenparkinson4576
      @darrenparkinson4576 2 года назад +4

      Jesus loves you.

    • @o.z.5786
      @o.z.5786 2 года назад +4

      That takes courage to admit that we need love just like everybody does

  • @elkevandenbrouck3766
    @elkevandenbrouck3766 Год назад +1079

    Yesterday i watched The Killer on Netflix,with music from The Smiths,throwback to when i was 17 in 1984! Today i am playing this song on repeat! Tears in my eyes!

    • @glennboyce2694
      @glennboyce2694 Год назад +38

      Wow l actually listened to it today because of killer

    • @mototoad1242
      @mototoad1242 Год назад +7

      I just read about this movie and came here cause the review mentioned it 😂

    • @miketexas4549
      @miketexas4549 Год назад +19

      I'm here watching The Killer right now

    • @buzz5969
      @buzz5969 Год назад +12

      LOL I just watched it today 19 Nov 2023 and its why Im here.✌🏻🇺🇸🍻

    • @kjb41
      @kjb41 Год назад +8

      I watched it a few days ago and thought it was quite good. At the start it was slow and drawn out but the smiths kept me into it.

  • @SuperCanayaZ
    @SuperCanayaZ 8 месяцев назад +52

    Man, the sound of that guitar is crazy hypnotic. 🍻

  • @robsmith734
    @robsmith734 3 года назад +1266

    One of the greatest 80’s song of all time yet totally underrated. The sound of the musical instruments crossing over eachother is brilliant

    • @kerrijohnson2303
      @kerrijohnson2303 3 года назад +12

      The were amazing until Morrisey turned into a giant egotistical jerk and ruined it all!

    • @ohmaygah3000
      @ohmaygah3000 3 года назад +5

      all that energy one stage. of course it caught fire!

    • @markae0
      @markae0 3 года назад +11

      It was the opening song for TV show "Charmed"

    • @jaime49sanchez
      @jaime49sanchez 3 года назад +11

      So many bad memories. Of heart break. This song kills my soul.

    • @assiabenslimane2589
      @assiabenslimane2589 3 года назад +1

      Yeses is delicious

  • @gianmarcoperezquinones5500
    @gianmarcoperezquinones5500 8 лет назад +767

    I'm 21 and from Puerto Rico, haven't met anyone here that likes or knows about the Smiths. Really don't know what my life would be without them. God bless the internet.

    • @SportstalkDudes
      @SportstalkDudes 8 лет назад +11

      How does nobody know the smiths? Ask some older people

    • @SportstalkDudes
      @SportstalkDudes 8 лет назад +1

      If they know them

    • @HJules-cw6fb
      @HJules-cw6fb 8 лет назад +6

      Excellent. Keep enjoying more and more

    • @fra365
      @fra365 8 лет назад +12

      Known the smiths for 30yrs...This music never dies..Its awesome

    • @EliseLogan
      @EliseLogan 8 лет назад +2

      ^^this

  • @Rob-xc7xv
    @Rob-xc7xv 4 года назад +361

    I’m 53 and this was the best song when cruising the Streets of LA -Hollywood and the Valley. God I missed the 80’s 😫

    • @twistedjedi2040
      @twistedjedi2040 4 года назад +16

      Rob 380 we can’t be the only two. Should start an emotional support group. Can all sit around listening to 80’s gold .

    • @Jazzman-bj9fq
      @Jazzman-bj9fq 4 года назад +7

      @@twistedjedi2040 Yup, I'll join that group in a sec

    • @paularrowsmith9376
      @paularrowsmith9376 4 года назад +3

      Rob those memories are all yours embrace them ,smile andraise a glass to those good times we were lucky enough to have

    • @RachaelARaines
      @RachaelARaines 4 года назад +4

      I'm 53, I'm ready to join this group!

    • @sanandreasgamer9695
      @sanandreasgamer9695 4 года назад

      My father is 50

  • @fragilesoulofthespotless80
    @fragilesoulofthespotless80 4 года назад +10024

    I have tickets to the 80's. Who's coming with me?

  • @cardphins68
    @cardphins68 3 года назад +113

    That guitar riff just never gets old, absolutely landmark!

  • @Unpopularopinion2024
    @Unpopularopinion2024 8 лет назад +18846

    *This is my neighbors favorite* *song, whether they like it or not!*

  • @brotheralaric7177
    @brotheralaric7177 6 месяцев назад +59

    charmed opening, 90's kid here

    • @jinmochizuki
      @jinmochizuki 6 месяцев назад +2

      Duuuude the girl I like said she remembers that, I said I heard it in that Netflix movie the killer

    • @jinmochizuki
      @jinmochizuki 6 месяцев назад +2

      Even though I'm an 80s kid 😂

    • @claudia_socal_realtor
      @claudia_socal_realtor 5 месяцев назад +1

      I’m watching Charmed again and came to play this for my husband. Hes never heard it before!

    • @niyainterlude
      @niyainterlude 5 месяцев назад +2

      my favorite show of all time!

    • @Jhonjhon_1447
      @Jhonjhon_1447 4 месяца назад +1

      Vc já está bem velhinho, diga-se de passagem,meu formidable amigo

  • @JohnSmith-wj7ge
    @JohnSmith-wj7ge 10 лет назад +336

    The fucking guitar sound in this song is absolutely spine tingling. Marr is a genius. Morrissey's vocals are absolute perfection too. Most underrated band ever when it comes to sales and general appreciation.

    • @JohnSmith-wj7ge
      @JohnSmith-wj7ge 10 лет назад +21

      Does that fall under 'general appreciation' to you failtroll?

    • @TDWP53
      @TDWP53 10 лет назад

      *****
      Lel.

    • @Codex7777
      @Codex7777 9 лет назад +16

      You must be joking? They were one of the most hyped acts ever. The darlings of the music press. They did some good stuff admittedly (& this track is a classic) but if anything they were overrated, not underrated

    • @chrismartin1530
      @chrismartin1530 9 лет назад +1

      Charlie Cairns Pipe down "Charlie"

    • @TDWP53
      @TDWP53 9 лет назад

      Chris Martin
      :'3

  • @Ciclopea2
    @Ciclopea2 8 лет назад +336

    The arrangement and production, brilliant and ahead of its time.

    • @torotrac3919
      @torotrac3919 7 лет назад

      HAHAHAHAH Can I buy some magical shrooms from you two?

    • @torotrac3919
      @torotrac3919 7 лет назад +1

      haha yeah they make The Doors look like scrubs. hahahahahah

    • @Bradleykrause
      @Bradleykrause 7 лет назад +1

      For some reason Im so disappointed this wasn't produced in the 90's. they were pioneers.

    • @estevano4434
      @estevano4434 7 лет назад

      Ciclopea2 Time does not exist. Clocks do.

    • @ColinBrain
      @ColinBrain 7 лет назад +1

      I dunno, the production sounds like 1984 to me

  • @randystache78
    @randystache78 2 месяца назад +10

    Talking to a friends daughter, she said her favorite music to play on guitar is the Smiths. Cool kid. 10/10

  • @matthewbaxter249
    @matthewbaxter249 2 года назад +314

    Never gets old. How does Johnny get a sound like that out of a guitar. Genius

    • @KrashyKharma
      @KrashyKharma 2 года назад +5

      Wah/phase pedals and light overdrive

    • @JohyeahM
      @JohyeahM 2 года назад +32

      @@KrashyKharma It's actually a tremolo, possibly straight from the Fender amp, with an old-school rockabilly riff. Not wah or phase pedals. Really simple...but with all the 80's stuff layered over it. Timeless.

    • @sweeps2135
      @sweeps2135 2 года назад +6

      @@JohyeahM pretty sure he was plugged into 4 amps. idk i read that somewhere

    • @knownpleasures
      @knownpleasures 2 года назад +3

      That’s what missing from Morrissey’s solo tours

    • @paintingholidayitaly
      @paintingholidayitaly 2 года назад +6

      Tremolo and lots of overdub

  • @magnethomewood
    @magnethomewood 2 года назад +2943

    I'm not really a Smith's fan, but this is one of the best songs ever written

    • @retro1980x
      @retro1980x 2 года назад +95

      This is the only Smiths song I really liked

    • @simplyzed8966
      @simplyzed8966 2 года назад +123

      @@endy5enduros307 How can one not like This charming man

    • @nachc6459
      @nachc6459 2 года назад +13

      This song is awesome!

    • @fightsforrights
      @fightsforrights 2 года назад +22

      They did a bunch great songs, this one was a B side and got alot of radio play. Maybe that is why you like it, everything that gets alot air play gets liked.

    • @RumbleFish69
      @RumbleFish69 2 года назад +18

      This song was perfectly written and played. Would make almost anyone a fan!

  • @LPJack02
    @LPJack02 Год назад +561

    RIP Andy Rourke (January 17, 1964 - May 19, 2023), aged 59
    You will be remembered as a legend.

    • @Najain
      @Najain Год назад +6

      Very sad😢😢😢😢😢😢 so hard

    • @lc-jd3lg
      @lc-jd3lg Год назад +6

      ❤❤❤

    • @rickysiebert9618
      @rickysiebert9618 Год назад +20

      Very sad. Being only a year younger then Andy, this hits home. Cherish every moment you have. You never know when it might be your last.

    • @noctumnocturnal
      @noctumnocturnal Год назад +1

      Hey that's my birthday too! Hope I don't die the same day as him lmao

    • @jrbeddingfield
      @jrbeddingfield Год назад +1

      @@noctumnocturnal I'm pretty sure you won't because that day has already passed and you're still here! LOL!

  • @musicisthefoodofthesoul
    @musicisthefoodofthesoul 5 месяцев назад +7

    I learned this song yesterday and words can't tell how much I love this, the guitar gives me goosebumps and lyrics hit me in the heart..
    I just turned 22 today, I'm listening to this on loop

  • @frm6121
    @frm6121 Год назад +312

    I've been searching for this song for at least 7 years! That 'train-like passing' guitar sound was so definitive! Glad I finally found it!

    • @Taylor-gb5gf
      @Taylor-gb5gf Год назад

      this song sucks idiot

    • @maggycamardella9035
      @maggycamardella9035 Год назад +5

      Johnny Marr

    • @ilovefunnyamv2nd
      @ilovefunnyamv2nd Год назад +5

      damn that's a rough way to search, glad to me it was "that song from Smallville"

    • @cindygarcia530
      @cindygarcia530 Год назад

      Look up Robin Trower. It's got that cry you speak of. Bridge of Sighs is a good song to start

    • @homemadedelusion
      @homemadedelusion Год назад +27

      '"train-like passing" guitar' - what a gem of perception!

  • @shellyrae6386
    @shellyrae6386 6 лет назад +3089

    I hear this song and I think, "There's no way I'm already 55 years old!" Still love this song.

    • @tshandy1
      @tshandy1 6 лет назад +70

      It creeps up on us all, time.

    • @conspiracyoftruth6770
      @conspiracyoftruth6770 6 лет назад +42

      Shelly Rae Well, I've got ya beat, I'm gonna be 60 in December!!! Yikes!

    • @albertocorredoiraisasi7489
      @albertocorredoiraisasi7489 6 лет назад +41

      I must be the baby in this gruop. 53.

    • @martinholroyd7605
      @martinholroyd7605 6 лет назад +33

      Ditto im 54....the Smith's are ageless

    • @arina5
      @arina5 6 лет назад +50

      I'm 54 and I still love it, I miss the '80's.

  • @dystopia9662
    @dystopia9662 8 лет назад +1573

    Gives me an eargasm every time.

    • @MadMarker
      @MadMarker 8 лет назад +30

      Awesome. "Eargasm"

    • @its-morbintime
      @its-morbintime 8 лет назад +8

      You should probably go see a doctor then.

    • @mattclarknyc
      @mattclarknyc 8 лет назад +24

      You only need to see a doctor if the eargasm lasts six hours or more. But then again, if I'm having an 8-hour eargasm, I'm probably just going to enjoy it and the last thing I'm thinking about is calling a doctor 'cause I already feel gooooooooooood.

    • @lunymoony4062
      @lunymoony4062 8 лет назад +4

      Ear Ear Dys.

    • @B0rnles13
      @B0rnles13 8 лет назад +14

      I wonder if you can get multiple eargasms?

  • @graceharris4510
    @graceharris4510 Месяц назад +7

    In my sophmore year of college. 19 years old. Just finished my third semester, and boy was it a hell of a semester. Me and a boy I was in love with were coming back from a film tour in Boston and playing a playlist of songs from the 80s & 90s. When we got to the parking lot of our college, we were mid make out and this song came on. Most heavenly make out sesh I’ve ever had In my life. Honestly can’t imagine a more perfect way to hear this song for the first time. We don’t hang out anymore but I will always cherish all the fun we had. Thank you for accompanying me on my impulsive adventures. You will always be a very special part of my college years.

    • @wittydev4301
      @wittydev4301 Месяц назад +1

      Cool story bro

    • @peterschofield6810
      @peterschofield6810 Месяц назад +1

      The song was more awesome at the time of its release because of the absolute dross being released. I'm a proud Mancunian and these sang my life at the time

    • @peterschofield6810
      @peterschofield6810 Месяц назад +2

      I fell in love and married a fellow Smiths fan. We're still married and listen to the Smiths every day

  • @susanmathew9176
    @susanmathew9176 Год назад +139

    My absolute favorite song by The Smiths. Listening to their songs all day in remembrance of Andy Rourke’s musical artistry and legacy. RIP Andy, you’re a light that will never be forgotten 💔😥🙏🏽

  • @mazzaseixas
    @mazzaseixas 3 года назад +137

    "I am human and I need to be loved
    Just like everybody else does..."
    Amo!!

  • @samvanschie21
    @samvanschie21 2 года назад +651

    “There’s a club if you’d like to go, you could meet somebody who really loves you. So you go and you stand on your own. And you leave on your own, and you go home and you cry and you want to die.” How can somebody articulate something so heavenly painful?

    • @mjsmum5406
      @mjsmum5406 2 года назад +42

      And true. I was considered 'too beautiful ' My nightclub experiences were a nightmare. Always stood on ny own and went home alone. Alone today at 58.

    • @NathanHarrison7
      @NathanHarrison7 2 года назад +35

      He’s articulating his life. Namely his childhood. He was always an outcast and bullied.

    • @andrewkempt9204
      @andrewkempt9204 2 года назад

      Jhgf

    • @friendlykiwi384
      @friendlykiwi384 2 года назад +7

      But so relatable..

    • @vampoftrance
      @vampoftrance 2 года назад +14

      I remembered being picked last in sports teams in school, but really the glass was half full. Everyone feels sad, its a mood. Sometimes you go to a club, and you find someone who loves Morrissey more than you, you go to bed with him, and you're on your own. But you still have " How Soon Is Now"

  • @marcelloinsausti
    @marcelloinsausti 4 месяца назад +6

    I can't get enough of this track. I've been trying for decades but what the hell? I just can't. Legend!

  • @sc8670
    @sc8670 Год назад +142

    One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

  • @christianbrown7438
    @christianbrown7438 4 года назад +1574

    "There's a club if you'd like to go,
    You could meet somebody who really loves you,
    So you go and you stand on your own,
    And you leave on your own,
    And you go home and you cry and you want to die" - I felt that and related to that so hard, definitely my thought process on a average night out.

    • @KarinaRodriguez-sh3bj
      @KarinaRodriguez-sh3bj 4 года назад +11

      💕💕💕

    • @dougstyles
      @dougstyles 4 года назад +22

      I do better with meeting people when I go out alone. Its almost hard to believe. Girls will sit right next to me at an empty bar. I'll be back at it once covid is done. GL buddy.

    • @nicholasrhodes4550
      @nicholasrhodes4550 4 года назад +41

      That's why I didn't go out nights in my twenties, thirties, and now.
      Besides, I'd had enough of people after a typical day...
      After you've been kicked in the nuts psychologically by enough people, that "wanting to die" feeling goes away somewhat.
      Ya just don't care anymore...

    • @GenX...MCMLXV
      @GenX...MCMLXV 4 года назад +1

      @@nicholasrhodes4550 never up, never in..........

    • @dawgmuffin
      @dawgmuffin 4 года назад +2

      @@nicholasrhodes4550 I know what you mean. I'm only 29, but it's hard to imagine that feeling evolving much beyond this point. Would you say that it does?
      I wish RUclips still had direct messaging. Wouldn't mind talking about it at length if you want.

  • @themoodofclaustraphobia3751
    @themoodofclaustraphobia3751 Год назад +55

    This song with headphones is magical

    • @lifeline667
      @lifeline667 Год назад +3

      ...and without headphones with big boxes and friendly neighbours - too ;-)

  • @daveg1221
    @daveg1221 8 месяцев назад +68

    2024 and still sounds fresh and so relevant

  • @rylieriley
    @rylieriley 2 года назад +315

    I've lived through the decades, and I can tell you that the '80s were magical. The Smiths and their music were/are also magical.

    • @scottrichard5792
      @scottrichard5792 Год назад +7

      I believe so, they brings beautiful feelings to my heart❤️

    • @lisapopken9229
      @lisapopken9229 Год назад +3

      Still are!!

    • @davidhubbert9445
      @davidhubbert9445 Год назад +4

      Hi there me too and wish we could go back special times.

    • @gib59er56
      @gib59er56 Год назад +4

      1985 H.S. grad. here. I agree with you hands down. I was a Metal Head, mostly Thrash, like Megadeth, Anthrax and of course the big ones like Maiden and Priest, but being a guitarist, I love all music with talent. This is pure and simple magic. An amazing synth groove and vocals /lyrics as well make this tune a big time Monster ! Just wish it was longer.

    • @robin9876
      @robin9876 Год назад +1

      @@gib59er56 My brother was a guitarist & rocker & didn't like my "new wave" or early 80's newer music. I left for L.A. & he said he started loving all the music I played - he just wasn't ready (being into guitars, I don't like guitars much) so now he admits the 80's & this song are kick-*ss songs.

  • @davidalanmors3233
    @davidalanmors3233 Год назад +102

    The qualities of this song are haunting and special. I never get tired of this sound.

  • @ericsilberstein667
    @ericsilberstein667 3 года назад +346

    Morrissey, Marr, Rourke, and Joyce made great music together for a short period of time. The Smiths will live on forever. Great alt band.

    • @ritakinsella2350
      @ritakinsella2350 3 года назад +3

      Irish names

    • @chriswalsh1465
      @chriswalsh1465 3 года назад +22

      I worked with Morrisseys dad at the Bupa hospital in Whalley Range Manchester. He got Morrissey a job there once and that's when he wrote heaven knows I'm miserable now.

    • @steveh7682
      @steveh7682 3 года назад +7

      Morrissey looks dead already . The guy didn't age too well . I know dead people who look more alive than he .

    • @v-town1980
      @v-town1980 3 года назад +9

      @@steveh7682 Regardless, he makes enough money to live happy, and distance himself from you disgusting libs and minorities. BOOM!!!

    • @ClannCholmain
      @ClannCholmain 3 года назад +2

      @@v-town1980 he is a minority.

  • @KawRoach3s
    @KawRoach3s 4 месяца назад +12

    endlessly convinced this will go down one of the greatest songs of all time

  • @anthonyward6805
    @anthonyward6805 2 года назад +681

    The sound of the 80’s is like no other.

    • @nachc6459
      @nachc6459 2 года назад +19

      Original sound! What an Era

    • @anthonyward6805
      @anthonyward6805 2 года назад +6

      @@nachc6459 Yes Nach 👌

    • @cesarramos1038
      @cesarramos1038 2 года назад +6

      Yes my friend, beautiful music

    • @misparkes3792
      @misparkes3792 2 года назад +5

      The BEST song there is no question

    • @gtob431
      @gtob431 2 года назад +2

      Amen!!

  • @MadMarker
    @MadMarker 8 лет назад +241

    My hair stands up all over my body every time I hear this song. So many memories, so much emotion. No other song has such a physical effect over me.

    • @JustSheilz
      @JustSheilz 8 лет назад +4

      same

    • @MadMarker
      @MadMarker 8 лет назад +4

      My roosters have feathers. So do my hens. Have a nice day.

    • @mischa0719
      @mischa0719 8 лет назад +8

      +The Real MadMarker As soon as it begins, I'm hooked. Music today is complete shit! I was obsessed with Morrissey when I was a kid lol 😁

    • @blotfd
      @blotfd 8 лет назад +4

      true

    • @EliseLogan
      @EliseLogan 8 лет назад +6

      the bass line for this song... the intro... gah. can't. Marr talks about how they got it without pedals... www.westword.com/music/johnny-marr-on-how-he-created-the-sound-for-how-soon-is-now-without-effects-pedals-5704969

  • @JD_13
    @JD_13 Год назад +105

    Man, the 80s are living rent free in my head.

    • @Makado14
      @Makado14 Год назад

      Amen brother

    • @pashapasovski5860
      @pashapasovski5860 Год назад +1

      I don't remember the 80s! My friend told me that I made out with Madona in a club Wirld,I had no idea

    • @Lizeth_benitez
      @Lizeth_benitez 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, better than an ex-boyfriend, living rent free

    • @LSMH528Hz
      @LSMH528Hz 11 месяцев назад

      Rent free ? you should pay them tribute

  • @biged359
    @biged359 5 месяцев назад +36

    When I die, just sprinkle my ashes all over the 80s

    • @Staciamm
      @Staciamm 2 месяца назад +1

      Exactly.☝️

  • @totallyfrozen
    @totallyfrozen 2 года назад +197

    There are literally millions of lonely people who can completely relate to this song. This is a timeless anthem. 👍🏻

  • @billsmith6884
    @billsmith6884 10 лет назад +35

    I was a lonely heavy metal kid growing up in small city Australia in the early 80's, this is exactly how I felt. How can two guys writing music in another country capture that feeling of isolation so well?

    • @Monad01
      @Monad01 10 лет назад +17

      Because human isolation, yet desire to be part of a greater good is universal.

    • @Ondrus21
      @Ondrus21 10 лет назад +2

      Human isolation exists everywhere.

    • @jameschapman4896
      @jameschapman4896 10 лет назад

      Bill, I feel the same way and I was in the American Southwest...

    • @billsmith6884
      @billsmith6884 10 лет назад +1

      James Chapman And all these years later here we are. The cuts run deep hey.

    • @jameschapman4896
      @jameschapman4896 10 лет назад

      True... Very True... Be Well Bro...

  • @CreativeCreatorCreates
    @CreativeCreatorCreates 3 года назад +135

    This song IMMEDIATELY invokes goosebumps for me.

    • @michaelwilson4621
      @michaelwilson4621 2 года назад +2

      goosebumps and goosebumps on top of the goosebumps.

    • @kettleroland820gmail3
      @kettleroland820gmail3 2 года назад

      wow what a lovely and out standing profile you have here you profile was attracted to my eyes I can tell you are a very positive person with a positive mind and I'd love to be around such good energy. If it's okay with you I'd love to be friends!

  • @lucifugerofocale-x4t
    @lucifugerofocale-x4t 6 месяцев назад +12

    I love that the Intertextual nature of art led people here to mourn the passing of our beloved Shannon Dougherty.

  • @JolPil
    @JolPil Год назад +112

    East Africa here, ugandans are loving this hard.

    • @63Baggies
      @63Baggies 5 месяцев назад +3

      Great music almost travels by itself.

    • @lazylaurablue
      @lazylaurablue 5 месяцев назад

      Nice one!

  • @TrackGeeks
    @TrackGeeks 2 года назад +80

    The sounds of our youth. Still resonates today in my 50s.

  • @genesisalexander2225
    @genesisalexander2225 4 года назад +1373

    I was 18 and remember back in 1988, this was used in a Pepe Jeans commercial in England...I used to cry every time it came on. I’m 50 now, and it still gets me. Johnny Marrs guitar cries.
    I met Johnny a few years back and he said the song almost didn’t happen because of how complicated it was to get that now famous sound out of the guitar...apparently it took weeks to get right, but he said now, a kid could create the sound with an iPhone.
    Long live the kings

    • @Brooque613
      @Brooque613 4 года назад +7

      What guitar sound are you referring to? (Sorry, I'm not a musician)

    • @nattyliz2768
      @nattyliz2768 4 года назад +24

      I always wished I was a was a teenager in the 80s!

    • @Sarasapien
      @Sarasapien 4 года назад +18

      Generation X gave us some really great music 🖤🙏🏽

    • @Brooque613
      @Brooque613 4 года назад +17

      @maripicelli The thing that sounds like "ahhhhhh"?

    • @Brooque613
      @Brooque613 4 года назад +14

      Wow! I had no idea that was a guitar. That's pretty dang cool.

  • @shuk0rina444
    @shuk0rina444 Месяц назад +4

    best opening riff to any song i’ve ever heard

  • @markkalfahs1047
    @markkalfahs1047 8 лет назад +51

    .....one of the greatest guitar riffs in music history.....

    • @niitsukid
      @niitsukid 7 лет назад

      Mark Kalfahs it’s hey monna by bo diddley with more tremelo

  • @jasminhohlweg4780
    @jasminhohlweg4780 Год назад +218

    25 Years since the first episode of Charmed. I just love the "opening", the song is truly timeless.

  • @MrTkeddo
    @MrTkeddo 6 лет назад +665

    I always imagine a car going past under neon lights when Marr does that guitar slide.

  • @mikejones9122
    @mikejones9122 17 дней назад +4

    You are now tuned into a Iconic track from the legendary 1980's... Now sit back and let the memories flow... 🎧🎧

  • @icydelon
    @icydelon 2 года назад +683

    this is literally one of the greatest songs ever

    • @beeweejr
      @beeweejr 2 года назад +5

      Just created a Top 30 of 1985 playlist. Definitely a badass Top 5 for that year. I cranked it. This is a theatrical moment in music to be heard.

    • @license45
      @license45 2 года назад

      Please share the 1985 list!

    • @beeweejr
      @beeweejr 2 года назад +5

      @@license45
      Oh Wow!
      1. I Want To Know What Love Is
      The rest of Top 30 in no order:
      Head Over Heels
      What About Love?
      How Soon is Now?
      Like A Virgin
      Material Girl
      Turn Up The Radio
      Relax
      We Don't Need Another Hero
      A View To A Kill
      Don't You Forget About Me
      Run To You
      Somebody
      ___________
      Born in the USA
      Fortress Around My Heart
      Jungle Love-The Time
      Saving All My Love For You
      We Are The World
      I Feel For You
      High On You
      Carless Whispers
      Everything She Wants
      Along Comes A Woman
      In My House
      Rhythm of the Night
      Some Like It Hot
      You Give Good Love
      Valotte
      Lay Your Hands
      Can't Fight This Feeling
      Be Near Me
      I Can't Hold Back

    • @cacambo589
      @cacambo589 2 года назад +3

      Why "literally"?

    • @cesarramos1038
      @cesarramos1038 2 года назад +2

      I agree my friend, the beat is just awesome

  • @michaelahansen5054
    @michaelahansen5054 6 лет назад +185

    This is pure magic...not from this world...I still can recall this feeling ...even after more than 30 years...again and again....thank you so much, Smiths....

    • @kenbray5682
      @kenbray5682 6 лет назад +3

      Michaela Hansen there were so may great bands in the 80's lik : The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Psycadelic Furs, The Cure, Duran Duran, The Fixx, Talk Talk, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, The Cult, Echo and the Bunnymen, Billy Idol, OMD, The Concretes....you get the idea ! The 80's ruled ! And this is not a coincidence, all these bands came from the UK....

    • @lucianaluh5944
      @lucianaluh5944 5 лет назад +2

      Anos 80❤️🎧🙋

    • @antoncigurh6342
      @antoncigurh6342 5 лет назад

      cocaine is a hell of a drug

    • @darrenparkinson4576
      @darrenparkinson4576 2 года назад +1

      "I can still recall this feeling"....mate,you don't have to say anymore.
      We all remember that feeling of being an unloved teenager in 1984.
      I recently divorced after 32 years,and find myself back here again.
      It's like I've come full circle.

    • @M13x13M
      @M13x13M 2 года назад

      Definitely not from this world . Marr has a story about it that proves that point.

  • @valentinius62
    @valentinius62 4 года назад +97

    The best thing about this song was dancing to it in night clubs. I'm not sure most younger people realize that almost all of these alternative songs were great dance songs. Turn down the lights, turn on the strobe if you have one, and just dance to one after another for an hour or more. Yes, by yourself...if someone else is around, they do their thing on the dance floor and you do yours.

    • @protovision2010
      @protovision2010 4 года назад +3

      I always consider this (and their others) as catchy, dance-able sad songs, which is rare.

    • @hithere2697
      @hithere2697 4 года назад +1

      Suedehead was hot in the club when that came out

    • @valentinius62
      @valentinius62 4 года назад +1

      @@protovision2010 As a friend of mine pointed out decades ago, punk (hardcore, industrial, etc.) was music meant to dance to...including slam dancing. In the '90s we saw it replaced largely by music to slit your wrists to. LOL

    • @GenX...MCMLXV
      @GenX...MCMLXV 4 года назад +2

      so high.......... the groove takes over

    • @TheHeywoodkenobi
      @TheHeywoodkenobi 3 года назад +1

      It's true, I had a remix of this song from a club in New Orleans. It was mind blowing. My room mate destroyed that tape because he was so sick of hearing that song. I should have killed him.

  • @mikeclarke952
    @mikeclarke952 4 месяца назад +1

    I'm 62 and just recently started to listening to this song again (I have the LP), such a beauty. So I'm running around YT watching every version I can and it was tear jerking to see the youth today climb on stage and huge Morrisey when he plays this song, so moved by this song they are.

  • @sid1957vicious
    @sid1957vicious Год назад +528

    I'm 14 years old but the Smiths songs are simply beautiful, and they are one of those songs that I can listen to all day long and I won't get bored

    • @annekale1503
      @annekale1503 Год назад +29

      Bless your heart young one! Glad you dig it!

    • @qxob2123
      @qxob2123 Год назад +2

      Get otta here! Lmao jk.

    • @vapordreams983
      @vapordreams983 Год назад +38

      I'm 17. Us kids must keep the music alive 💪

    • @nowwereghosts
      @nowwereghosts Год назад

      @babeno3606 you shut your mouth

    • @sid1957vicious
      @sid1957vicious Год назад +23

      @babeno3606 been a fan of Morrissey since 1988. I'm 54.

  • @sabrinamerrick1271
    @sabrinamerrick1271 Год назад +158

    Hard to believe this song is 40 years old. I remember it from Art School. Still sounds fresh and new.

    • @mcribs7811
      @mcribs7811 Год назад

      Please don’t say it that way. Besides, I had just finished school 😬

    • @soybasedjeremy3653
      @soybasedjeremy3653 Год назад +4

      ​@@mcribs7811He or she can if they want, who gives you the right to dictate speech?

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot Год назад

      @@soybasedjeremy3653 whoa

    • @me15ist
      @me15ist 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@soybasedjeremy3653they're probably making a joke about how old they are

  • @davidroberts5322
    @davidroberts5322 3 года назад +38

    Morrissey and Marr wrote poetry and put it to music... Never ever tire of this, one of the greatest pieces of music ever written...

  • @MishMash22
    @MishMash22 4 месяца назад +3

    A song for all our youths. God that helplessness you feel when you’re desperate to meet someone but too shy to do anything about it. But thankfully a thing of the past.

  • @goddessmothersupaqueen9919
    @goddessmothersupaqueen9919 4 года назад +246

    So now I'm 54 and all three of My children love this song. I played the hell out of it day and night

    • @didinx8417
      @didinx8417 4 года назад +18

      Training your children well....keep up the good work.

    • @s.romero2934
      @s.romero2934 4 года назад +4

      The eighties songs are Oldies but Goodies now on 101.1 with Scott Shannon. I told my kids born in 78 and 79 lol

    • @msboom5849
      @msboom5849 4 года назад +2

      Are they the Charmed ones?🥺

  • @藤村譲
    @藤村譲 2 года назад +348

    this song is saving a boy who's a japanese and twenty years old.
    the smith keeps shine forever.

    • @idontwantodoit
      @idontwantodoit 2 года назад +18

      Stay strong brother! That’s a tough age while your still finding your place in the world, but keep fighting!

    • @藤村譲
      @藤村譲 2 года назад +18

      @@idontwantodoit
      Hi Tom 😀
      Nice to meet you
      the message by the smiths came across the time and country to me
      We're sure to know the light that never goes out…

    • @Matthphyl4561
      @Matthphyl4561 2 года назад +2

      @@藤村譲 hi!

    • @Matthphyl4561
      @Matthphyl4561 2 года назад +4

      @@藤村譲 How are you doing after these weeks? Are you still the same? or do you feel that the situation has improved

    • @藤村譲
      @藤村譲 2 года назад +22

      @@Matthphyl4561
      I probably shouldn't say this, but I was bullied in high school by a teacher. And there was a long time when my sister was schizophrenic and my family was broken. I've been depressed for about five years because of them.
      (I tried to write English sentences that are correct but it may be wrong.
      I hope this sentences will be able to tell you what I want to tell.)

  • @alexisarrizon6799
    @alexisarrizon6799 6 лет назад +71

    I was born in 1987 but my dear father was a huge fan of the Smiths and I was raised with their music and Morrissey's. I absolutely love the Smiths. Definitely reminds me of my childhood.😃

    • @jules3951
      @jules3951 5 лет назад

      I was born in 1973 so just the right age to appreciate The Smiths as soon as they starting banging out the tunes.

  • @chandrahildebrand1746
    @chandrahildebrand1746 4 месяца назад +7

    One of my favorite songs of ALL Time, it gives me the chills every time I listen to it 🖤 This song describes me in High School with my social anxiety and depression

    • @TheWhale45
      @TheWhale45 4 месяца назад

      You and everybody else.

  • @GamerChic005
    @GamerChic005 10 лет назад +325

    Didn't have a privileged childhood, but one thing I was graced with during my childhood was that my parents had me grow up with good music. Born in 1991, and I wouldn't change a damn thing, I got a taste of old music and current music of that day. Not the meaningless, repetitive "messages" they play on the radio to kids today. Keep the old music CURRENT!!! Let children EMBRACE the music of the past. Back when music actually made you FEEL something. Back when music MEANT something!!!!!

    • @africkinamerican
      @africkinamerican 10 лет назад +16

      Back when the music had MUSIC in it!
      I swear, the Ramones sound like Mozart compared to the allegedly popular music today.

    • @strat6911
      @strat6911 10 лет назад

      africkinamerican Best comment on the internet!

    • @MrIftown
      @MrIftown 10 лет назад +2

      +PATS FOOTBALL. Patriots suck ass. Brady and gronkowski are big bags of assuck. Oh and sorry bout ur childhood

    • @MrIftown
      @MrIftown 10 лет назад

      Im a mechanic at a chevy dealership keeping ur assholes cars on the road. So fuk off:)

    • @MrIftown
      @MrIftown 10 лет назад

      Jags had jones drew and thats about it. Not no more. Tho raiders haha

  • @lildevil2380
    @lildevil2380 5 лет назад +362

    Some idiots say the Smith's are depressing but I loved the Smith's when I was depressed and I still love them now I'm happy.. maybe even more!!

    • @TheDrewbyrnes
      @TheDrewbyrnes 5 лет назад +14

      You don't have to be depressed to listen to sad music

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon 4 года назад +2

      the smiths make me happy (most of the time).

    • @tomxd7660
      @tomxd7660 4 года назад +1

      I can’t wait to be like you. I crave happiness so much but it seems so unreal at the moment.

    • @lildevil2380
      @lildevil2380 4 года назад +2

      @@tomxd7660 my comment was 6 months ago I'm back in black now mate

    • @JTD472
      @JTD472 4 года назад +1

      Mark Obrien depressing music makes you feel better when you’re depressed.
      I’ve a theory that it’s like commiserating with a friend that picks you up, but who knows. Some things are better not analyzed

  • @Zan4833
    @Zan4833 5 месяцев назад +8

    “I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does” 🤍

  • @mudbutton2
    @mudbutton2 3 года назад +151

    This song fills my heart and the pit of my stomach with a sad, strong and unquenchable desire for the past.

    • @ruialbertocosta1886
      @ruialbertocosta1886 3 года назад +4

      Very much so!

    • @moto-fl3rd
      @moto-fl3rd 3 года назад +3

      You'll never get the past back, maybe try living to make new better memories.

    • @pallen1746
      @pallen1746 2 года назад +2

      I feel the same way..
      For some reason,I feel like I'm 8 years old and watching a vampire movie..

    • @InstantKaarma
      @InstantKaarma 2 года назад +2

      We are getting old, brother ❤️

    • @patsypatti990
      @patsypatti990 2 года назад +1

      Yes

  • @SysPoppy
    @SysPoppy 5 месяцев назад +5

    Iconic song; Iconic video. I remember dancing in clubs in the 80s, staring up at a huge screen watching this...its still as compelling as the day it was released.

  • @cash1851
    @cash1851 2 года назад +52

    You go home & you cry & you wanna die.
    That was our jam. 15 yrs later... transcendental!

    • @zochbuppet448
      @zochbuppet448 Год назад

      So this was you jam?
      I guess you are also going to the latest Beyonce tour?

    • @voxxvoltair2662
      @voxxvoltair2662 Год назад

      This song is 40 years old right now. Unbelievable. ~V~

  • @skonenblades
    @skonenblades 5 лет назад +69

    I remember dancing to this song in an alternative goth club in the late 80s. I'd borrowed a friends handcuffs and I had handcuffed my hands behind my back as a lark. I'm pretty tall and there was this shorter guy with a massive mohawk dancing in front of me. Sometimes as we swayed around to this song, I'd get a faceful of stiff, hairsprayed mohawk in my face. I can remember it all crystal clear. Good times.

  • @airtonrodrigues1134
    @airtonrodrigues1134 7 лет назад +24

    Probably one of the most brilliant masterpieces the music ever created

  • @user-BymeLou
    @user-BymeLou Месяц назад +1

    My Fav Smiths tune and still listen over 40 years later. I also have it on cassette!!

  • @mjdomicello
    @mjdomicello 8 лет назад +81

    JOHNNY MARR'S MOST BRILLIANT RIFF EVER! MORRISSEY'S MOST ANGST RIDDEN LYRICS EVER UTTERED! ONE OF THE PERFECT SONGS OF ALL TIME! I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR 1987 NYC SHOW (PIER 42) WITH THIS SONG! I STILL GET GOOSEBUMPS THINKING ABOUT THAT MOMENT WHEN JOHNNY STARTED THE RIFF AND MORRISSET CAME SAUNTERING OUT ON STAGE.

    • @RighteousBrother
      @RighteousBrother 8 лет назад +3

      Marc Domicello great memory. Currently reading Marrs biography, haven't got to the recording of this song yet!

    • @ROTFLBD
      @ROTFLBD 8 лет назад

      Marc Domicello have you ever listened to I know it's over or asleep?

    • @999klondike
      @999klondike 8 лет назад +4

      ...and to think their record label didn't want to release the song because they thought it was too Noise.

    • @ROTFLBD
      @ROTFLBD 8 лет назад

      999klondike lol, I wonder what they think of My Bloody Valentine and Merzbow