The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (Official Music Video)

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  • Official video for Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before by The Smiths
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    Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before was released in 1987 and features on the group's 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come.
    Lyrics
    Stop me, oh, stop me
    Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
    Stop me, oh, stop me
    Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
    Nothing's changed
    I still love you, oh, I still love you
    Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love
    I was delayed, I was way-laid
    An emergency stop
    I smelt the last ten seconds of life
    I crashed down on the crossbar
    And the pain was enough to make a shy, bald, Buddhist reflect
    And plan a mass murder
    Who said I'd lied to her?
    Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never
    Who said I'd lied because I never?
    I was detained, I was restrained
    And broke my spleen and broke my knee
    And then he really laced into me
    Friday night in-out patients
    Who said I'd lied to her?
    Oh, who said I'd lied? Because I never, I never
    Who said I'd lied? Because I never
    And so I drank one
    It became four
    And when I fell on the floor
    I drank more
    Stop me, oh, stop me
    Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
    Stop me, oh, stop me
    Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
    Nothing's changed
    I still love you, oh, I still love you
    Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love
    #TheSmiths #StopMeIfYouThinkYouveHeardThisOneBefore #StrangewaysHereWeCome
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  • @ChrMmn
    @ChrMmn Před 11 měsíci +395

    RIP Andy Rourke. Your bass makes this song bounce with life and shine with light that will never go out.

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 Před 11 měsíci +12

      Andy made every smiths song bounce with life, and his light will never go out.

    • @Mr.Kerr-cade
      @Mr.Kerr-cade Před 7 měsíci +5

      Amen

    • @foto21
      @foto21 Před 6 měsíci

      I'm a bass player and what he's doing is pretty intense. He basically learned the vocal melody and decided to bounce around inside of it, while at the same holding down the groove with the drums, but his harmonic choices are top shelf. Also, anyone who calls Joyce a simple drummer is an idiot.

    • @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq
      @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq Před 4 měsíci +2

      Sad news, he was very relevant along with Mike Joyce, great rhythmic base.

    • @VaduzVaduz
      @VaduzVaduz Před 3 měsíci +2

      Andy Rourke se fue de gira Músical a otra dimensión convertido en energía.

  • @alexegoavil7590
    @alexegoavil7590 Před 3 lety +1417

    Johnny Marr is a musical genius.
    His guitar comes in and out in a subtle way and it suddenly hits you with melodic mastery.

    • @shabbos-goy9407
      @shabbos-goy9407 Před 3 lety +23

      at 3mins his genius aligns with those final rifts..

    • @benspicer7470
      @benspicer7470 Před 3 lety +21

      Marr was the man!!

    • @mrkipling2201
      @mrkipling2201 Před 2 lety +13

      He was why I first got into the Smiths and why I’m still a massive fan now. His guitar playing is genius.

    • @ltfringr
      @ltfringr Před 2 lety +21

      Can Johnny Marr ride his bike around town with a dozen lookalikes? I didn't think so

    • @mrkipling2201
      @mrkipling2201 Před 2 lety +8

      @@ltfringr I don’t think he ever tried. I bet he could though………

  • @willr8764
    @willr8764 Před 3 lety +820

    That bass line is the stuff of dreams.

    • @jumhed994
      @jumhed994 Před 3 lety +13

      Like 'This Charming Man'. When I first heard that I was all, 'Wait, what?'

    • @lgd1974
      @lgd1974 Před 3 lety +40

      That, my friend, is the melodic playing of the amazing Andy Rourke.

    • @kaydgaming
      @kaydgaming Před 2 lety +6

      Marr really knew how to write them

    • @novadhd
      @novadhd Před 2 lety +16

      @@kaydgaming Im sure Andy Rourke wrote it

    • @andrewmaguire4476
      @andrewmaguire4476 Před 2 lety +22

      Andy Rourke is one of music's most underrated bassists. I happen to think he's a genius.

  • @charlie891
    @charlie891 Před 4 lety +684

    imagine walking down the street and morrisey comes zooming along on a bike with 50 morrisey look-alikes in tow and they're all just zooming about

  • @SidneyDeLira
    @SidneyDeLira Před 8 lety +3842

    my father was so in love with the smiths he named his first born son after the lead singer, yep I have a brother named Morrissey
    (Its 2020 and I just saw how big this comment got! Also all the replies! Wow)

    • @JohnKobaRuddy
      @JohnKobaRuddy Před 8 lety +77

      pretty sweeeeeet that like

    • @Twistedhippy
      @Twistedhippy Před 8 lety +233

      That's actually a good name.

    • @Whatshisdan
      @Whatshisdan Před 8 lety +150

      now that's just straight out awesome

    • @LolaFudge
      @LolaFudge Před 8 lety +94

      +Super_Sid and you're named after sid vicious, right?

    • @mariohds86
      @mariohds86 Před 8 lety +142

      +Super_Sid is he by any chance a "charming man"?

  • @texasBMXer
    @texasBMXer Před 5 lety +871

    "And the pain was enough to make a shy bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder." Only Morrissey could fit those lyrics seamlessly into a song and make them work so well. Absolutely beautiful. That line of lyric not only communicates vividly what Morrissey was communicating, it also is in and of itself a vignette of a compelling story.

    • @bobbird4106
      @bobbird4106 Před 2 lety +5

      Didn't they have to do a radio edit after The Hungerford massacre?

    • @HighlandMike325
      @HighlandMike325 Před 2 lety +8

      @@bobbird4106 It was going to be the third single from Strangeways hence the video but Hungerford massacre stopped that - (The Severed Alliance - Johnny Rogan)

    • @JillASim
      @JillASim Před 2 lety +3

      And it's very funny.

    • @JillASim
      @JillASim Před 2 lety +18

      Not the massacre, of course, the lyrics. Yikes.

    • @Fxirie_harper08
      @Fxirie_harper08 Před 2 lety +12

      One of my favourite lyrics of any pop song right there.

  • @kevinhall2829
    @kevinhall2829 Před 2 lety +468

    The fact we are still talking about this proves how important the smiths are.

    • @BridgeandTunnelScooterClub
      @BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Před rokem +24

      The Smiths are biblical, Morrissey was heaven sent

    • @yaknowme2546
      @yaknowme2546 Před rokem +13

      I see girls dressed like this now in 2022 crazy

    • @JasonSmith-dn1bq
      @JasonSmith-dn1bq Před rokem +2

      correct

    • @Inorganic-Inc
      @Inorganic-Inc Před 11 měsíci +3

      When it comes to songs,
      Nothing's changed, still love this song
      Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to.

    • @aandnfishing496
      @aandnfishing496 Před měsícem

      you do know that there’s gonna be what they call a polar shift in the suns magnetic poles…where the sun literally flips 180 degrees on its axis…well according to top physicists when this event happens,apparently the world calendar will be set at 1st jan 1980 and the world will act accordingly!!! can’t fuckin wait 😊

  • @Rabmcm32
    @Rabmcm32 Před 3 lety +829

    Morrissey states in his autobiography that he didn’t like this video but I think it is very well done and iconic.

    • @Rabmcm32
      @Rabmcm32 Před 3 lety +81

      The more I think about it, Morrissey must know this video is outstanding and just being a contrarian. He said he liked the suedehead video much more, but that is nowhere near as good, much as I like Jim Dean.

    • @ill8485
      @ill8485 Před 3 lety +96

      He also states he at first he didn’t like “there is a light that never goes out” and I think we can all agree that song is a masterpiece

    • @shakedydogshake
      @shakedydogshake Před 3 lety +32

      It’s a masterpiece!

    • @HenryWaltonJones
      @HenryWaltonJones Před 3 lety +33

      Fuck Morrissey,Johnny Marr wrote this amazing song,Morrissey just made up a few lyrics to go along with it.

    • @stacyblue1980
      @stacyblue1980 Před 3 lety +8

      He is a gem. 💓

  • @RovingRoy
    @RovingRoy Před 8 lety +3296

    The world's least threatening biker gang!

    • @lemurianchick
      @lemurianchick Před 8 lety +29

      +RovingRoy LMAO!

    • @SWEvanille
      @SWEvanille Před 8 lety +137

      physically yes, mentally no.

    • @ericmlj18
      @ericmlj18 Před 8 lety +8

      +Nic F But he's a big pussy.

    • @barrieblack482
      @barrieblack482 Před 8 lety +4

      Haha 😂

    • @jfdkl
      @jfdkl Před 7 lety +112

      yesss they'd go around just emotionally tearing people down. their victims thing they're alright until they go home that night and try to go to sleep only to find themselves huddled under the covers crying

  • @pabloemiliopinorivas5923
    @pabloemiliopinorivas5923 Před rokem +125

    RIP Andy Rourke!!! 😢 He will be missed

    • @VaduzVaduz
      @VaduzVaduz Před 3 měsíci +2

      Andy Rourke se fue de gira Músical a otra dimensión convertido en energía, Respeto al Artista y su Música.

  • @weseygirl
    @weseygirl Před 3 lety +195

    I love this slightly more than I used to!

  • @oldskoolcool1887
    @oldskoolcool1887 Před rokem +155

    Their sound, lyrics, humour, vibe and sentiment - all completely original and irreplaceable.

    • @kurtboyer299
      @kurtboyer299 Před 8 měsíci

      Morrissey switches the speaker from verse to verse like chapters in a Faulkner book w/ different narrators.

  • @pwdvc
    @pwdvc Před 9 lety +3503

    Those glasses aren't 'hipster' they are 'national health' glasses...like standard issue prescription from the socialized healthcare system in the UK

    • @rdrake316
      @rdrake316 Před 9 lety +87

      Thank you!

    • @seoulstyle01
      @seoulstyle01 Před 9 lety +193

      I never knew that, thank you for adding context.

    • @PKSkyler
      @PKSkyler Před 9 lety +80

      This comment needs more thumbs, informative!

    • @NickWeirGUITARIST
      @NickWeirGUITARIST Před 9 lety +307

      Hipsterism could be defined as a lifestyle that is rooted in taking something generic and uncool, and associating yourself with it (so the glasses are defo hipster glasses).
      Problem is that then other people copy, making the NHS glasses "trendy" and "fashionable", to the complete bewilderment of the hipster. The hipster is then thrust into a sea of anguish because his "uncool" accessory (that made him cool) is now considered "cool" to the mainstream. And that is not cool. Not cool at all.

    • @PKSkyler
      @PKSkyler Před 9 lety +68

      ***** in this video? The glasses are stock glasses from their local healthcare service at the time, thats why they are all wearing them.

  • @abdullahmalik8833
    @abdullahmalik8833 Před 10 lety +1718

    i love this music and i'm only 8 months old, infact i am writing this straight from my mother's womb. Today's music is garbage.

  • @ezrhino100
    @ezrhino100 Před 2 lety +80

    I wear my Smiths T shirt around town in CA. To this day, I get more comments than any other shirt. I don't think it's possible to forget this band.

    • @HenryWaltonJones
      @HenryWaltonJones Před rokem +6

      Keep rocking the T Shirt,you're a Legend!!

    • @BridgeandTunnelScooterClub
      @BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Před rokem +12

      I have a 7 days supply of Smith shirts, I wear them everyday. Shop lifters unite is the shirt I get most comments on.... I enjoy The Smiths lifestyle

    • @HenryWaltonJones
      @HenryWaltonJones Před rokem +2

      @@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Respect mate.Love it!!Just bought a Johnny Fuckin' Marr t-shirt and I wear it as much as I can(much to the disdain of my wife and kids)

    • @jfluffydog2110
      @jfluffydog2110 Před rokem +2

      Where is CA?

    • @ezrhino100
      @ezrhino100 Před rokem

      @@jfluffydog2110 CA is where Justin Bieber resides.

  • @Dravenscrypt
    @Dravenscrypt Před 4 lety +167

    Seriously, has anyone ever heard anything like this ever? This music is genius!

    • @BridgeandTunnelScooterClub
      @BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Před rokem +3

      words to live by !

    • @foto21
      @foto21 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I've heard it for nearly 37 years, and I still can't get over how good it is, but then, it's a straight shot to my youth, so of course it's POWERFUL. I just learned the lyrics today also, but I'm not learning them in depth, because they're not important. I know the ones that are obvious. Morrisey's use of rhyme and onomatopeia is one of his major geniuses.

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 Před 3 měsíci

      The first time I heard this my brain did a triple axle.

  • @theartfuldodger935
    @theartfuldodger935 Před 8 lety +665

    Apparently, they have very bad eyesight in Manchester.

  • @paulgross1
    @paulgross1 Před 8 lety +1257

    Not sure there are too many better Moz lyrics than: "The pain was enough to make a shy, bald buddhist reflect and plan a mass-murder."

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel Před 6 lety +45

      meanwhile, in Burma

    • @mr_makmak5296
      @mr_makmak5296 Před 6 lety +113

      'i think about life and i think about death..and neither one particularly appeals to me'

    • @kostajovanovic3711
      @kostajovanovic3711 Před 6 lety +2

      +Henning Diesel more like both

    • @theobuniel9643
      @theobuniel9643 Před 6 lety +2

      Isn't it the other way around, though?

    • @hershall3152
      @hershall3152 Před 6 lety +2

      Henning Diesel you dont get it do you

  • @themayan7689
    @themayan7689 Před 2 lety +62

    Only in the wonderful 80's could you be an adult with a Pompadour, old man glasses, ride a bike with a basket & still look cool!!!!

    • @roseg2239
      @roseg2239 Před 2 lety +4

      Pompadours were fashionable in the 2010s

    • @Kalliopa0122
      @Kalliopa0122 Před 2 lety +4

      Or … if you’re cool like the smiths you could that in any decade 😍

    • @anthonyrios3312
      @anthonyrios3312 Před 2 lety +8

      I live in Portland, that's literally a description of most of the hipsters.

  • @CruceEntertainment
    @CruceEntertainment Před 3 lety +43

    Johnny was such a rocker, and Morrissey the King of Mope. It was a match made in heaven, and they both knew it from the start.

  • @crispingoolsby6303
    @crispingoolsby6303 Před 8 lety +388

    The Smiths were one of those bands, one of the ONLY bands, that NEVER became a parody of themselves or even slightly banal. Oh, how I do cherish their music.

    • @Stingraylego99
      @Stingraylego99 Před 7 lety +55

      They broke up before that could happen

    • @Jrue61
      @Jrue61 Před 4 lety +23

      Probably could have picked a better video to make this comment.

    • @alukuhito
      @alukuhito Před 3 lety +21

      Um... This whole video is parodying Morrissey. So, uh... You might want to rethink your opinion. It's been 5 years, so maybe you have.

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 Před 2 lety

      Apart from the bikes and awful dress sense!

    • @czgibson3086
      @czgibson3086 Před 2 lety +5

      Golden Lights is not just slightly banal, it's bloody awful. The rest of their discography is solid gold though.

  • @johnh7774
    @johnh7774 Před 5 lety +187

    I knew about the smiths when I was young but didn’t get ‘it’.
    I’m 42 now and have completely fallen in love with the music....Morrisey’s words touch me in a way no others have...there a beautiful, poetic longing to be loved sung with to a backdrop of rain, sadness and loneliness - I just love them now...I get it.

    • @chrisolagrim3597
      @chrisolagrim3597 Před 2 lety +3

      I'm a wee bit younger than you and am trying to understand. One day

    • @ggeemmiinnii
      @ggeemmiinnii Před 9 měsíci

      Loved them as a teen and still live them at 44. Timeless

    • @craiglewis6145
      @craiglewis6145 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I was 14 when they first hit the scene in 1983. I was immediately hooked and saw them live in 1984.
      I got them immediately and they have been my favourite band since the day I first heard them 40 years ago.

    • @TheBoneo
      @TheBoneo Před 8 měsíci

      ​@craiglewis6145 please read morriseys biography, thank me later...

    • @craiglewis6145
      @craiglewis6145 Před 8 měsíci

      @@TheBoneo I read it when it first came out, but thanks anyway. I've also read Johnny Marr's which I preferred because I could relate to it more.

  • @tristanb2853
    @tristanb2853 Před 3 lety +227

    [Chorus]
    Stop me, oh, stop me
    Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
    Stop me, oh, stop me
    Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
    Nothing's changed
    I still love you, oh, I still love you
    ...Only
    Slightly, only slightly less
    Than I used to, my love
    [Verse 1]
    I was delayed, I was way-laid
    An emergency stop
    I smelt the last ten seconds of life
    I crashed down on the crossbar
    And the pain was enough to make
    A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect
    And plan a mass murder
    Who said I'd lied to her?
    Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never!
    Who said I'd lied because I never?
    [Verse 2]
    I was detained, I was restrained
    And broke my spleen
    And broke my knee
    (and then he really laced into me)
    Friday night in Out-patients
    Who said I'd lied to her?
    Oh, who said I'd lied? - Because I never, I never
    Who said I'd lied? - Because I never
    Oh, so I drank one
    It became four
    And when I fell on the floor...
    ... I drank more
    [Chorus]
    Stop me, oh, stop me
    Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
    Stop me, oh, stop me
    Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
    Nothing's changed
    I still love you, oh, I still love you
    ... Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Před rokem +3

      Bravo

    • @Henderson182
      @Henderson182 Před 11 měsíci

      I wonder if he is saying “I was delayed, I was wailing”

    • @psychoslayer1325
      @psychoslayer1325 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@Henderson182
      The lyrics are correct, and taking into account the meaning of the song, it relates an infidelity that goes even further with that nonsense xd

    • @TheDanno34
      @TheDanno34 Před měsícem

      No one likes a know it all

  • @whwh7339
    @whwh7339 Před rokem +41

    Morrissey’s vocal melody on the verses is like crack. I don’t know why it’s so addictive. I think his lack of being overly “schooled” in music allowed him to create such a unique melody, no one else would think to choose those specific notes and sing them that way. And his rhythms and even his use of space are all perfect. Flowing and organic but also wistful, playful, self-aware, intelligent. Coupled with one of the best 80s bass lines out there and Marr in peak form on the guitar: this to me is arguably the most catchiest song in their catalogue and should have been a huge hit. I believe it didn’t get played on radio because of the mass murder line, which Morrissey refused to change (lol)

    • @h0lysockbob401
      @h0lysockbob401 Před 2 měsíci

      It was banned in the UK. There had actually been a mass shooting in the UK ( unusual for UK) prior to this song being released. I don't think it was banned in other countries but I'm not sure.

  • @MindsinUnison
    @MindsinUnison Před 4 lety +882

    My favourite part is 0:00 to 3:32

    • @SofaKingShit
      @SofaKingShit Před 3 lety +14

      I liked the sensitive young lad who bicycled.

    • @Beastgrows
      @Beastgrows Před 3 lety +4

      Mine is just 03:32 !

    • @danielward7008
      @danielward7008 Před 3 lety +7

      My favourite bit is Morrissey's big cheesy grin around 1:05

    • @davidallen346
      @davidallen346 Před 3 lety +6

      My is 2:52 after the little girl turn her head and it shows Moz with his perfectly coiffed pompadour dry hair in the residential yard area

    • @BC-bf2mw
      @BC-bf2mw Před 3 lety

      Look round poshchester these days all change make way for the yuppies of the first half off the new century 😛 in the year 2525 Rickdardo?

  • @chadarracks
    @chadarracks Před 4 lety +84

    "my name's Moz and this is my biker gang, stay off our turf before we mousse your hair"

  • @mikedavies1217
    @mikedavies1217 Před 4 lety +21

    Morrisey and Johnny Marr could not have been more different as people yet mashed together so beautifully musically

  • @stevealexander2405
    @stevealexander2405 Před 4 měsíci +11

    The Smiths jean jacket. Classic 80s awesome style

  • @teresebloom4381
    @teresebloom4381 Před 6 lety +139

    The Smiths transcend time. I thought they were amazingly talented when I was in my 20's and their music holds up today.

  • @Sadowsky1965
    @Sadowsky1965 Před 8 lety +897

    One of the most underrated guitarist... Johnny Marr.

    • @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo
      @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo Před 6 lety +34

      He is one of the greatest, along with Andy Summers. Easy to play the guitar, but to play like these two, art!

    • @coryklein84
      @coryklein84 Před 5 lety +92

      He is in the rock and roll Hall of fame. Thats not underrated

    • @Nola_Egypt
      @Nola_Egypt Před 5 lety +2

      Say It Again...
      You Weren’t Heard.

    • @user-kr9ui3id3u
      @user-kr9ui3id3u Před 5 lety +9

      The most underrated band too

    • @benzobrimzs
      @benzobrimzs Před 5 lety +18

      I wouldn't say he was underrated

  • @BARLEYSWORLDMANCHESTER
    @BARLEYSWORLDMANCHESTER Před 3 lety +24

    I've loved the Smith's since secondary school, being black coming from Manchester and being part of the football 80s with CITY this was our narrative.
    The smiths, The Jam, and New order what can I say. 😄🙏🏾👍🏾
    You're very welcome.

  • @conversiamo
    @conversiamo Před 3 lety +81

    Doesn't come more British than that. Love from Italy.

    • @arnk7060
      @arnk7060 Před 2 lety +4

      This didn’t age well

    • @criminally_vulgar
      @criminally_vulgar Před 2 lety +1

      @@arnk7060 😂 I was wondering whether the comments would have been different, if the Italian bit wasn't there!

    • @yakirtepper8965
      @yakirtepper8965 Před rokem +1

      That's Entertainment by The Jam slightly more British

    • @boardsofwood
      @boardsofwood Před měsícem

      Andrea Pirlo humiliating Joe Hart in 2012 be like: 1:12

  • @peterbartlett9459
    @peterbartlett9459 Před 10 lety +169

    Morrissey is justly praised, but don't miss Johnny Marr's HUGE contribution..

    • @hunternichols9463
      @hunternichols9463 Před 5 lety +6

      I actually think it's the opposite Morrissey doesn't get enough Praise for his incredible singing but Marr is absolutely incredible and deserves all the praise he gets but Morrissey is underrated

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel Před 4 lety +3

      Or Rourke's bass.

  • @benedettobruno1669
    @benedettobruno1669 Před 5 lety +82

    Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique artists such as the Smiths and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.

  • @akforge
    @akforge Před 4 měsíci +7

    Videos like this are time machines, I long for a place that no longer exists . . . 😔

  • @richardvanderlip4195
    @richardvanderlip4195 Před 2 lety +39

    67 years old and still my favorite

  • @zakiwahyumustajab4558
    @zakiwahyumustajab4558 Před 7 lety +228

    I can't stop playing this song

    • @longshotkdb
      @longshotkdb Před 7 lety +20

      that happens.
      i wouldn't 'panic' until the song you cant stop listening to, is
      'that joke isn't funny anymore'
      then you're fuct...trust me.

    • @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo
      @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo Před 6 lety +3

      If you ever learn to play guitar, The Smiths is so pleasurable to play and sing at the same time.

    • @steveforest8385
      @steveforest8385 Před 4 lety +3

      Even if you've heard this one before?

    • @javifrusciante1992
      @javifrusciante1992 Před 4 lety +1

      Same here. What a song mfg

    • @amandadiaz7991
      @amandadiaz7991 Před 3 lety

      Neither do I 🤩🤩

  • @youwatt499
    @youwatt499 Před 7 lety +656

    Every time my neighbour hears me playing this, she bangs along on the wall. She must love it too, so I play it louder for her. Xx

  • @amystuckey5900
    @amystuckey5900 Před 3 lety +54

    He saved my daughter w his beautiful music

    • @leo-qn8zg
      @leo-qn8zg Před 3 lety +9

      thats so sweet what :(((

    • @bigbadbillb
      @bigbadbillb Před 3 měsíci +1

      I think it's safe to say The Smiths got A LOT of us through the perils of adolesce. These guys are my Beatles. I'm now 57 years old and STILL love 'em.

  • @927ismynumber
    @927ismynumber Před rokem +11

    Just hearing the first 10 seconds of this catapults me to a better place

  • @lucalone
    @lucalone Před 6 lety +171

    "And the pain was enough to make
    A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect
    And plan a mass murder"
    bloody great lyrics!

    • @decaffeinatedafrican5997
      @decaffeinatedafrican5997 Před 3 lety +5

      its alright

    • @80ssynthfan48
      @80ssynthfan48 Před rokem +1

      This caused the song to be scrapped as a single in the UK as there was in fact a real-life mass murder around the same time. So they used this same video to release "I've Started Something I Couldn't Finish".

    • @alancantu2557
      @alancantu2557 Před 17 dny

      Just phenomenal

  • @vanessavasquez947
    @vanessavasquez947 Před 7 lety +159

    Whenever I watch these videos, I cannot get over just how beautiful Morrissey was when he was young

    • @lssaya
      @lssaya Před 7 lety +18

      and still is

    • @noneya7910
      @noneya7910 Před 6 lety +17

      Everyone’s beautiful when they’re young though. Looks fade with age. He’s still pretty beautiful though lol

    • @winniewinkles
      @winniewinkles Před 6 lety +1

      True story.

    • @eldesconocido5734
      @eldesconocido5734 Před 3 lety +6

      @@noneya7910 i am young and ugly haha

    • @alexisbuchanan2028
      @alexisbuchanan2028 Před 3 lety +6

      @@eldesconocido5734 beauty is overrated anyway. There's a great Highland saying which translates to.." beauty don't boil the pot ".

  • @zakarydenton5655
    @zakarydenton5655 Před 7 měsíci +7

    I long for these lovely, simpler times.

    • @SamuelEMPowell131
      @SamuelEMPowell131 Před 7 měsíci +1

      if you like The Smiths you should check out Lonely Gimmick - Roll Me Over, it gives me Smiths vibes and its one of the best new indie songs I've heard

  • @danmang923
    @danmang923 Před 16 dny +2

    One of the greatest songs ever written. Definitely one of the top ten greatest Smith's song, if not the best song lyrically and musically.

  • @raicebannon1936
    @raicebannon1936 Před 5 lety +784

    Please do not insult The Smiths by referring to them as “hipsters”.

    • @izycananua9538
      @izycananua9538 Před 4 lety +9

      Ok, we can insult them by simply saying they rot
      God save the queen,,, and the facist regime

    • @sloppycocky7205
      @sloppycocky7205 Před 4 lety +33

      @@izycananua9538 what?

    • @izycananua9538
      @izycananua9538 Před 4 lety +3

      @@sloppycocky7205 exactly

    • @sloppycocky7205
      @sloppycocky7205 Před 4 lety +64

      @@izycananua9538 guacamole nigga penis

    • @daytona955joop
      @daytona955joop Před 4 lety +58

      Raice Bannon
      Hipsters!!! This was 1986, we hadn’t heard of the word then (thank god), middle class wankers with check shirts, beards and trust funds helping them run a juice bar in Hoxton. Fuck off.
      The Smiths were from the rougher parts of Manchester creating music which made people think. They were not, at the time, massively popular but to those of us who bought in they were very important. One of those by whom you judged your friends. Like ‘em, I’m with you. Dislike and I’m against you. Can’t say that of music now and to use the word hipster in relation to The Smiths is an gross insult.

  • @barbara-jeansbtch
    @barbara-jeansbtch Před 4 lety +64

    This song reminds of sneaking into the living room on a Sunday night in high school to watch 120 minutes on MTV. The nostalgia is thick like a warm blanket 😊

  • @juancitoperez2856
    @juancitoperez2856 Před rokem +11

    Addicted to the bassline, smooth and clean.

  • @zacharysmith4334
    @zacharysmith4334 Před 3 měsíci +5

    First time I am hearing this song, and I cannot stop listening to it.

    • @postal8269
      @postal8269 Před měsícem

      I'm in the same tip as you I've heard it over 100 Times in the past week

  • @padistedor
    @padistedor Před 8 lety +56

    Morrissey is such an original. I still enjoy his songs today like I did yesterday.

    • @soundgardener4940
      @soundgardener4940 Před 7 lety +1

      That's the definition of insanity - doing the same thing and expecting different results.
      GET HELP.

  • @scottnapier943
    @scottnapier943 Před rokem +9

    Rest In Peace Andy Rourke 🙏❤🎸

  • @paulparsons480
    @paulparsons480 Před 7 lety +101

    Quite simply the greatest band in the history of music!

  • @texasBMXer
    @texasBMXer Před 9 lety +1239

    Oh, to ride bicycles around Manchester with Morrissey. Even if I got a puncture on a desolate hillside or a sore itch, the pleasure and the privilege would be mine. Well, I wonder, if we rode without ease on those streets where he was raised, would we be safe? Shyness is nice, but shyness could stop us from asserting ourselves on those streets with double decker busses, ten ton trucks, and charming cars. Being 22, clumsy, shy, and one of the most inept that ever stepped, there is a high chance I would become a cyclist in a coma, which is quite serious. That being said, feeling the soil fall over my head, or meeting at the cemetry gates one last time would not bother me much because I am the son and heir of nothing in particular. Stop me if I am painting a vulgar picture or if you think you've heard some of this before.

  • @kevinomreb
    @kevinomreb Před 3 měsíci +3

    Love it when you find a song from 38 years ago and fall in love with it for the first time!

  • @mtv4701
    @mtv4701 Před 3 lety +37

    This could've been filmed last week it's so relevant

  • @tsartodd
    @tsartodd Před 8 lety +252

    the Manchester UK branch of the Sons of Anarchy ...

  • @curtis5979
    @curtis5979 Před 9 lety +40

    Walking around a rainy DC listening to this song is a great feeling

  • @gdbssa
    @gdbssa Před 2 lety +52

    “And the pain was enough to make a shy bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder” hard to think of a better line ever written than that ❤️

    • @georgemorley1029
      @georgemorley1029 Před rokem +4

      “We hate it when our friends become successful and if they’re Northern that makes it even worse”.

    • @juskahusk2247
      @juskahusk2247 Před rokem

      Isn't it "this shy, poor Buddhist".

    • @80ssynthfan48
      @80ssynthfan48 Před rokem +1

      You may recall that the song was withdrawn from sale in the UK as there was in fact a real-life mass murder around the same time. So they used this same video to release "I've Started Something I Couldn't Finish".

    • @gentillygirl545
      @gentillygirl545 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@80ssynthfan48Damn. I thought only we Americans were that idiotic. Oh well. At least it was released in a larger way, on a national level there. As a teen in the USA, you had to struggle, search, and do your serious research to find great (or any, really) British punk and post-punk music.

  • @racheldell732
    @racheldell732 Před 2 lety +27

    One of their best, very melodic.

    • @juskahusk2247
      @juskahusk2247 Před rokem +1

      Almost as good as 'Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty'.

    • @cc92103
      @cc92103 Před rokem +2

      This song just plain kicks ass!

  • @jamesgretsch4894
    @jamesgretsch4894 Před 7 lety +60

    When Strangeways, Here We Come, came out I listened to it every day for years and still do.

  • @Fan_Made_Videos
    @Fan_Made_Videos Před 7 lety +338

    Johnny Marr's guitar arrangement tho...

    • @scottneilson2450
      @scottneilson2450 Před 7 lety +30

      so underated mann

    • @EmilianoGalati
      @EmilianoGalati Před 7 lety +70

      He was able to create texture always different to every song but still unmistakably recognisable.
      All the band members were incredible musicians....

    • @julosx
      @julosx Před 7 lety +16

      I'd rather say, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke were the most underrated members of the band, particularly from Morrissey and Marr. These two never granted their Joyce and Rourke any royalty penny even though nothing would have been ever possible without them.

    • @ItsNotaTuhmah
      @ItsNotaTuhmah Před 7 lety +6

      They sued them and won, apparently.

    • @peterlukats937
      @peterlukats937 Před 6 lety +6

      > These two never granted their Joyce and Rourke any royalty penny
      Quite far wide of the mark.
      Though the both of them would later dispute it in court, Joyce and Rourke were both on a contract awarding them 10% of royalties and performances.
      Joyce won 25% of all future royalties plus a 1 million pounds in back royalties.
      Rourke settled out of court for £83,000 and 10 per cent of royalties, renouncing all further claims as he was broke.

  • @shirlimalish1233
    @shirlimalish1233 Před rokem +6

    Gorgeous man with an angelic voice and beautiful hair cut and glasess . The smiths music is so beautiful and so nice listen to...I can listen over and over..cant find that kind of music these days..

  • @stussy7629
    @stussy7629 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Got to be one of the most perfect popular music tunes ever.
    Lyrical genius of Morissey and the musical and guitar genius of Johnny Marr, perfection.

  • @LucaOldani
    @LucaOldani Před 10 lety +27

    I'm deeply in love with this song.

  • @blondeandchatty7842
    @blondeandchatty7842 Před 2 lety +31

    I bloody love the Smiths! I didn't appreciate them properly when I was a teenager. I was into house music. Nothing wrong with that. But this is soooo good - amazing, tongue in cheek lyrics AND incredible musicians. Nobody nowadays is as good xx

  • @minimasicurezza676
    @minimasicurezza676 Před rokem +6

    i still can feel in this song that andy rourke is alive, even if he's dead today. we will never forget you 💔

  • @Snipfin555
    @Snipfin555 Před 5 měsíci +5

    One of the best smiths and just songs in general

  • @TheRealThomasPaine1776
    @TheRealThomasPaine1776 Před 5 měsíci +7

    One of the greatest songs ever! It just never stops, it surprises, its memorable, the guitar is magical, the words like nothing you've ever heard before!!

  • @ilovebjorksomuch3189
    @ilovebjorksomuch3189 Před rokem +11

    I'm 14 and I love this song.

  • @bimbobaggypants4820
    @bimbobaggypants4820 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Makes me nostalgic for the 80's though I was only a kid born in 1981

  • @thomyoung17
    @thomyoung17 Před 3 měsíci +3

    There will never be a band like the smiths

  • @rmr1967
    @rmr1967 Před 10 lety +16

    Reading Morrisey's Biography. He says this and Girlfriend in a Coma were both "frustratingly unwatchable" so I came to see for myself. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I like em.

  • @athiefinthenight6894
    @athiefinthenight6894 Před rokem +62

    I swear the smiths are such an acquired taste. First time I heard this I was like okay. It's decent. Now I'm like, 'STOP ME OOHOOOOOOHHHH STOP ME'

    • @juanaltredo2974
      @juanaltredo2974 Před 7 měsíci +2

      yep, Im addicted now, but in my 20s I thought "whats the big deal with morrissey?", Now I get whats the big deal with him, hes a genius

  • @juanaltredo2974
    @juanaltredo2974 Před rokem +26

    man, the song, the lyrics, the video, Morrissey was hitting the mark every single time, its all so memorable, yet so real. One of the greatest urban poets we've had

  • @BillLowenburg
    @BillLowenburg Před měsícem +1

    "I still love you - only slighty, only slightly -- less than I used to." That lyric has echoed so true for me in many relationships (or sometimes imagined relationships). In fact I'll probably quote it tomorrow when I speak with someone I've just realized has been lying to me.

  • @rdrake316
    @rdrake316 Před 7 lety +21

    The greatest musical pairing that England has bestowed upon the world since Lennon and McCarthy.

  • @XxChelsxCurse
    @XxChelsxCurse Před 8 lety +37

    "nothings changed I still love you...only slightly less than I used to..."

    • @pearljam619
      @pearljam619 Před 8 lety +7

      The man is a poet and described the pain and anguish of a break up perfectly.

    • @Brennan_Dale3169
      @Brennan_Dale3169 Před 4 lety +1

      Great lyrics, great musicians

    • @NotReallyaPlanet
      @NotReallyaPlanet Před 3 lety +2

      That's how I feel about the one from Germany who I haven't seen in 20 years.

  • @Margie75
    @Margie75 Před rokem +5

    Rest in Peace, Andy Rourke . God bless you 🕊🙏🏽 ❤

  • @johndriscoll157
    @johndriscoll157 Před 2 lety +8

    The best Irish band never to come out of Ireland....

    • @l.b.2592
      @l.b.2592 Před 2 lety +2

      @Pep All band members have Irish parents, except Rourke who is half Irish. Ireland is right across from Manchester, England.

    • @achobrother7128
      @achobrother7128 Před 2 lety

      this comment tho🔥

  • @hisvorpalsword
    @hisvorpalsword Před 9 lety +1559

    kids today be like "oh that's where I got my haircut from"

    • @shaihuludxx
      @shaihuludxx Před 9 lety +5

      hisvorpalsword hahah exactly

    • @Jsalrulz
      @Jsalrulz Před 9 lety +75

      hisvorpalsword And that Morrissey got his from some movie from the 40's.

    • @J8D2
      @J8D2 Před 9 lety +83

      Morrissey literally had that haircut before it was cool. Now its got the whole jd sports/nandos vibe about it.

    • @Drenwickification
      @Drenwickification Před 8 lety +23

      ***** the ultimate hipster

    • @J8D2
      @J8D2 Před 8 lety +1

      Drenwickification huehuehue

  • @getaction
    @getaction Před 8 lety +18

    If I'm not mistaken, this video was filmed after the Smiths had broken up.
    It was also used for "I Started Something ..." and "There Is A Light ...".

    • @scottherf
      @scottherf Před 4 lety +2

      makes sense. great song.

  • @breakfastwiththemoon
    @breakfastwiththemoon Před rokem +3

    Still a banger! 2023 baby!

  • @DenkyManner
    @DenkyManner Před rokem +11

    the production is beyond sublime

  • @nicolecolson6886
    @nicolecolson6886 Před 9 lety +12

    So many teenage blissful memories tied up in one Smiths song. Sigh. God how I loved, love and will forever love the Smiths. I was one of these Morrissey clones in the video.

  • @amysifuentes55
    @amysifuentes55 Před 6 lety +7

    Those boys are so lucky to be hanging with moz shooting a film, wearing his merch, cruising with him etc.. wowzer jealous

  • @johnlarrazabal7494
    @johnlarrazabal7494 Před měsícem +2

    Top ten songs of my favorite songs

  • @thewoodys_surf_instrumental

    Probably my favorite Smith's song. Johnny Marr's guitar is just so amazing on this song. Morrissey's voice is the icing on the cake.

    • @JustinHollingsworthness
      @JustinHollingsworthness Před rokem +2

      One of the most underrated guitarists. And in the whole Smith's catalog he plays only one guitar solo.

  • @63arizona1
    @63arizona1 Před 10 lety +41

    The 80's Alternative/New Wave was the best.

    • @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo
      @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo Před 6 lety +2

      True heirs of The Beatles in 1966-1967.

    • @NealDamiano
      @NealDamiano Před 5 lety +1

      63arizona1 the Smiths were not new wave. They were the epitome of indie rock.

    • @claireellis8985
      @claireellis8985 Před 5 lety +1

      Without question. After punk even pop songs had messages. 80's were amazing and led to Raves!

  • @DGSE
    @DGSE Před 8 lety +55

    At this time there was no internet and take a bike ride with friends was very fun !!

    • @thejeff5825
      @thejeff5825 Před 4 lety

      "Very fun"? That's appalling grammar.

    • @branson9271
      @branson9271 Před 4 lety +6

      @@thejeff5825 man's just expressing his nostalgia nobody cares how perfect the grammar is it still makes sense

  • @keyd33
    @keyd33 Před rokem +5

    Paying more attention to the bassline than ever... RIP

  • @NealDamiano
    @NealDamiano Před 6 měsíci +2

    First Smiths video I ever saw on MTV. I was a kid and this was an infectious song I sang around the house. RIP Andy Rourke

  • @aki98jon
    @aki98jon Před 3 lety +7

    Love the bass tone in this song. The smiths are simply talented!

  • @kenwhitener985
    @kenwhitener985 Před 3 lety +10

    "I still love you -- only slightly less than I used to " - I loved that line when I first heard it back in the 80's since it is true in a lot of situations ! Morrissey had 'cut to the bone' lyrics !!

  • @alancantu2557
    @alancantu2557 Před 17 dny

    After hearing the instrumental break at 1:32-1:47, I can die happily. So simple, yet so heavenly. Marr, Joyce, and Rourke just know how to make you feel things without uttering a single word.

  • @darkpoethd9913
    @darkpoethd9913 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Where are they now...Their youth forever immortalised

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan Před 3 lety +8

    In the 1980's I never thought I'd miss the 1980's as much as I miss the 1980's in 2020.

  • @mikeporten8174
    @mikeporten8174 Před 3 lety +24

    Strangeways truly was their best album. It’s got the most complex (in a good way) melodies and is just as good as music gets.

    • @coolnamebro
      @coolnamebro Před 9 měsíci

      Nah. Queen is Dead was their best album. This was them gravitating toward the mainstream. I'm glad they "stopped themselves" before they turned into U2.

    • @mikeporten8174
      @mikeporten8174 Před 9 měsíci

      @@coolnamebro I think Strangeways is superior to the Queen is dead. The songwriting was elevated to another level. I love the Queen is dead (it’s my second favorite), but yeah I’m glad that they went out on top and didn’t go all U2 on everyone’s ass.

  • @kevinomreb
    @kevinomreb Před 3 měsíci +1

    Whoever the bass player was , his part connected the whole song together. And the drums

  • @garonvega9625
    @garonvega9625 Před 3 měsíci +2

    46 now i heard this in 86 its.still one of my favs

  • @mikoda92
    @mikoda92 Před 3 lety +30

    I heard this song at the store few times, and I was enchanted! This is my kind of music.

  • @denisesmith6095
    @denisesmith6095 Před 3 lety +38

    I could listen to this every day and never get sick of it💜