Mike Joyce's Facebook comments on this: "So I'm at The Last Shadow Puppets gig tonight and Johnny Marr walks on and they play, 'Last Night I Dreamt...' The guy next to me says, "See the guy on the right with black hair? That's Johnny Marr, the guitarist from The Smiths and this is a Smiths song they're playing". I didn't say owt, I just couldn't."
Don't understand why there's so many negative comments. This is one of my absolute favourite Smiths songs and Morrissey does it so brilliantly but I think Alex has done a really great job here and pulled it off well! He's not a dick either, people mistake his on stage attitude and persona for arrogance/drug taking too much, give the man some credit, he really knows how to put on a show and entertain everyone!
Johnny Marr: “It was a nice moment and went off okay but when we played it again at Alexandra Palace, and opened the show with it, confetti was raining down on everybody from the ceiling and it was a really poignant moment for me. There’s a good recording of it on CZcams, it was just another one of those weird things that happens in life sometimes.
😳 I can't even believe what I'm witnessing right now... never knew they covered this masterpiece! oh my little black shriveled heart... ohh Alex... ::le swoon::
I hope both johnny and mike can really see how much excitement there is with the fans whenever its something "smiths" related. Especially since Mike was there in the crowd through it all.. I would love to have the 4 of them reunite. I know moz wouldn't be lead singer obviously, but still its something and I'd give an arm and leg to see the people I greatly admire with so much love!
Last night I dreamt That somebody loved me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm Last night I felt Real arms around me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm So, tell me how long Before the last one? And tell me how long Before the right one? The story is old - I know But it goes on The story is old - I know But it goes on Oh, goes on And on Oh, goes on And on
Although they've got a slightly over-the-top semi-ironic image going on obscuring their talent slightly - those pretending here that Miles and Alex don't have at least some worthy songwriting chops themselves should listen to 'The Meeting Place' - the emotions and complexity of the song and arrangement etc.(courtesy of Owen Pallett) not unlike LNIDSLM. Morrissey also dealt heavily in irony of a different kind - namely melodramatic self-mocking self-pity - and their ironic humour isn't so far removed if you listen closely to their lyrics though by no means as ingeniously consistent as The Smiths. I doubt they're Johnny's favourite band by any means but unless he had some respect for them and what they do I'd very much doubt he would appear. Alex can croon better for sure and isn't showing it here. I've no doubt that with Alex a decade in the music industry, touring and recording has hardened him and this persona is probably not a bad way of getting through and it's not necessarily coke-induced or totally preconceived, - I think if the wheels should ever fall off completely some more interesting art may just come of it though I wouldn't wish that on anybody...
Alex's persona sure has changed a whole lot since the early Monkey days. He had a fresh, spunky, punkish, almost naive energy in his late teens/ early 20's. Now he seems gloomier / moodier and more suited to music of this type and TLSP and TBH+C. Even the "fast" Monkeys songs aren't played with the same ferocious tempo they were years ago. I don't necessarily think Alex is coked up. He seems to have become quite the ham over the years and very comfortable with being onstage. This is quite something when you find out that in the earliest years of the Monkeys (before they toured at all) that he was reluctant to share his lyrics with the rest of the band and he wanted someone else to be the lead singer because he was so shy.
I’ve not heard the original but this version is breathtaking. So melancholic, touching… love Alex’s voice here. The vibrato, the nerve. Need to listen to something else now tho to wash the sad feeling away
Wow Johnny marr and the puppets just perfect 😊. Although Alex's voice is brilliant, he can't touch morrissey especially with last night I dreamt. But he's still fantastic.
+Pinkity Pink "as replaceable as lawn mower parts" I'm just kidding, they are great, all 4 of them. In a perfect world they would have put out more albums, toured when I was able to purchase a show ticket... maybe one day.
That's like saying fuck it let's make a car with no engine,morrissey was the smiths,granted marr and Andy in paticular were very good musicians but morrissey would have made it with or without the others let's be honest that kind of genius can only be contained for so long
+Charlie Cullis .The video blew,if anything alls this is gonna do is make the hipster douche bags who listen to the Arctic monkeys start listening to morrissey and I just can't bear standing next to some fanboys who have only heard his hits at my next moz gig,morrissey is very personal for all his fans and with him your either 110% committed of not at all in my option he's just one of those artists
+McLesnar GOAT how am I a hipster pussy, I don't even listen or like the arctic monkeys, all their songs sound the same, I just really like Alex Turner and my music taste is ace, I'm listening to The Smiths at 13. You can't tell someone how good or bad their music taste is as everyone has a different taste in music you fucking goon.
SergioIsrael14 i kinda agree just in the fact that Morrissey does this song perfectly but I still think Alex did great it’s just when you compare him to the original
I love Alex Turner and everything, but he gives Johnny Marr zero justice or honor with his crap vocal version . . . . Morrissey still blows them all away with the vocals. Only Morrissey and Marr can do this song like its supposed to go . . . The real true star here is Johnny Marr . . .
Forgot your roots Alex? Become this rich rock star wannabe when to most people you were more of a rock star in 2008, when you still wrote and played ace tunes, instead of crooning over some boring souless love songs. Spend less time buying suits, and more time playing guitar.
Mike Joyce's Facebook comments on this:
"So I'm at The Last Shadow Puppets gig tonight and Johnny Marr walks on and they play, 'Last Night I Dreamt...' The guy next to me says, "See the guy on the right with black hair? That's Johnny Marr, the guitarist from The Smiths and this is a Smiths song they're playing". I didn't say owt, I just couldn't."
Poor Joyce, he deserves more credit and praise
Olivia Vasquez facts
this just made me cry
Don't understand why there's so many negative comments. This is one of my absolute favourite Smiths songs and Morrissey does it so brilliantly but I think Alex has done a really great job here and pulled it off well! He's not a dick either, people mistake his on stage attitude and persona for arrogance/drug taking too much, give the man some credit, he really knows how to put on a show and entertain everyone!
Love this song, musically brilliant. Beautiful lament.
He’s the only famous modern singer I accept to cover smiths songs. He’s the only famous modern singer I like.
When two members of my favourites bands play together is the best thing ever!!!! 🖤😭
yess, when I found this video I freaked out lmaooooo
things that only happens in european gigs.
Bocanada!
*only in English gigs
this
Johnny Marr:
“It was a nice moment and went off okay but when we played it again at Alexandra Palace, and opened the show with it, confetti was raining down on everybody from the ceiling and it was a really poignant moment for me. There’s a good recording of it on CZcams, it was just another one of those weird things that happens in life sometimes.
That guitar! So sad, but at the same time so liberating.
The smiths, bro
Smith's sound in a nutshell.
I was there when this happened and it was literally the most magical moment of my life
Jesus Christ, whatever floats your boat I suppose.
Fantastic cover. And Johnny Marr, well, the man's a fucking genius, absolutely brilliant what he can do with a guitar.
That suit colour is awesome! As is the cover
I painted my bedroom walls in that color just because of that suit
Sonido perfecto. La voz de Alex, la guitarra de Jhonny,... ufff. Así debe sonar cuando se llega al cielo.
Was in front row for this one!!
HOW COME DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS GEM
😳 I can't even believe what I'm witnessing right now... never knew they covered this masterpiece! oh my little black shriveled heart... ohh Alex... ::le swoon::
ffs, people, it's just a cover, no one is replacing no one .-.
Anyone saw Taylor Bagley watching him from the backstage? So romantic and also sad to know they arent lovers anymore :(
I hope both johnny and mike can really see how much excitement there is with the fans whenever its something "smiths" related. Especially since Mike was there in the crowd through it all.. I would love to have the 4 of them reunite. I know moz wouldn't be lead singer obviously, but still its something and I'd give an arm and leg to see the people I greatly admire with so much love!
I meant I would love to have the 3 of them play a show, (Andy and etc.)
How have I only just found this now
I would have died if I was in that crowd.
Good job you didn't go then
+John Collins lol
Great song but I wish people in the crowd would just stfu so I can hear the music
Harder to do in person when you're losing your shit because Johnny Marr just walked on stage!
I was there mate, easier said than done
alex was awesome in this song johhny sublime
Last night I dreamt
That somebody loved me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
Last night I felt
Real arms around me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
So, tell me how long
Before the last one?
And tell me how long
Before the right one?
The story is old - I know
But it goes on
The story is old - I know
But it goes on
Oh, goes on
And on
Oh, goes on
And on
How comes the world becomes right anytime Alex sings?
Lucky enough to be there last night. Best night ever 😍
Yes! Me too
it was mind blowing live
Although they've got a slightly over-the-top semi-ironic image going on obscuring their talent slightly - those pretending here that Miles and Alex don't have at least some worthy songwriting chops themselves should listen to 'The Meeting Place' - the emotions and complexity of the song and arrangement etc.(courtesy of Owen Pallett) not unlike LNIDSLM. Morrissey also dealt heavily in irony of a different kind - namely melodramatic self-mocking self-pity - and their ironic humour isn't so far removed if you listen closely to their lyrics though by no means as ingeniously consistent as The Smiths. I doubt they're Johnny's favourite band by any means but unless he had some respect for them and what they do I'd very much doubt he would appear. Alex can croon better for sure and isn't showing it here. I've no doubt that with Alex a decade in the music industry, touring and recording has hardened him and this persona is probably not a bad way of getting through and it's not necessarily coke-induced or totally preconceived, - I think if the wheels should ever fall off completely some more interesting art may just come of it though I wouldn't wish that on anybody...
Alex's persona sure has changed a whole lot since the early Monkey days. He had a fresh, spunky, punkish, almost naive energy in his late teens/ early 20's. Now he seems gloomier / moodier and more suited to music of this type and TLSP and TBH+C. Even the "fast" Monkeys songs aren't played with the same ferocious tempo they were years ago. I don't necessarily think Alex is coked up. He seems to have become quite the ham over the years and very comfortable with being onstage. This is quite something when you find out that in the earliest years of the Monkeys (before they toured at all) that he was reluctant to share his lyrics with the rest of the band and he wanted someone else to be the lead singer because he was so shy.
Wow, I think Alex did an amazing job!
why is this so perfect
The perfect cover!
I’ve not heard the original but this version is breathtaking. So melancholic, touching… love Alex’s voice here. The vibrato, the nerve. Need to listen to something else now tho to wash the sad feeling away
This is amazing
That song is marr's and totally him. When i've listened it to Morrissey on his actual setup it seems less alive...
Awesome!! Thank you.
Morri
good cover alex
awesome!
Dang, those negative comments ruined the mood😑 Ffs, people, let’s spread GOOD vibes okay?! If you have nothing nice to say better stay silent🫠🙃
Wow Johnny marr and the puppets just perfect 😊. Although Alex's voice is brilliant, he can't touch morrissey especially with last night I dreamt. But he's still fantastic.
Capolavoro capolavoro capolavoro!!!!
i'm from manchester and i didn't think much of that! and that's positive lol
Oh yeah, he's getting a chubby ~ Very nice to see JM do a classic
good cover
Ti amo!!! Vi amo!!!!
Ti amo
NOT FAIR I’M DYING
brilliant
3:40 you can see Taylor filming her instagram video lol
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED OMG
Not bad. No one can do it as good as Morrissey. It's impossible, nice try.
what about mike and andy's rhythm?
+Pinkity Pink "as replaceable as lawn mower parts"
I'm just kidding, they are great, all 4 of them. In a perfect world they would have put out more albums, toured when I was able to purchase a show ticket... maybe one day.
snap. i want it to happen but i dont want it to happen in case its a disappointment. from you tube the smiths soundedbest on european mainland
Good cover tbh
It will never happen. It should never happen.
looks like Zlatan in the thumbnail
I came for Johnny, I stayed for Johnny!
Not bad from Alex though
Dream team! - sound not great but thanks for posting.
Alex GOD Turner
Okay I love Alex Turner but this song just isn’t the same without Morrissey
Dont they look happy
Johnny Marr guitar playing is magnificent. He just needs a singer that can match his playing.
morrissey
Yes .I know it probably won`t happen, but that`s the only guy who can match Johnny`s playing .
+Eddie Reid lol someone had to say it.
ALEXXXXXXXXX
alex is in love with himself .the whole tom jones thing.
aren’t we all
A Banda foi ótima, o vocalista foi mto ruim 🤦🏼
Oh my god, this is the best thing ever. Fuck it, Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce, Johnny Marr and Alex Turner should be The Smiths again.
That's like saying fuck it let's make a car with no engine,morrissey was the smiths,granted marr and Andy in paticular were very good musicians but morrissey would have made it with or without the others let's be honest that kind of genius can only be contained for so long
Yeah but is Morrissey ever going to consider joining back The Smiths, no. I was joking anyway because I loved the video, ffs
+Charlie Cullis .The video blew,if anything alls this is gonna do is make the hipster douche bags who listen to the Arctic monkeys start listening to morrissey and I just can't bear standing next to some fanboys who have only heard his hits at my next moz gig,morrissey is very personal for all his fans and with him your either 110% committed of not at all in my option he's just one of those artists
And that's not the case, I'm a 13 year old lad.
+McLesnar GOAT how am I a hipster pussy, I don't even listen or like the arctic monkeys, all their songs sound the same, I just really like Alex Turner and my music taste is ace, I'm listening to The Smiths at 13. You can't tell someone how good or bad their music taste is as everyone has a different taste in music you fucking goon.
No. No, no, no, no, no.
Vocal is not working here. Anyone who says it does have no ears for music or is a too much of a singer fan to recon it sounds bad
His voice just wasn't right for this :/
SergioIsrael14 i kinda agree just in the fact that Morrissey does this song perfectly but I still think Alex did great it’s just when you compare him to the original
Qué fea voz, no se le compara a la de Morrissey, pero la guitarra perfecta. Viva Johnny fucking Marr!
Es mi opinión, algún problema imbécil?
Alex Turner trying far too hard
yourface nahhhhh
Clowns!
He tries too hard to be cool - Johnny is cool
nice guitar shame about the singer
Blue suit guy, you are not Morrissey, it's time to stop.
and he is not trying to be
He is Alex fucking Tuner and his is not trying to be anybody else. It's just a cover c:
I love Alex Turner and everything, but he gives Johnny Marr zero justice or honor with his crap vocal version . . . . Morrissey still blows them all away with the vocals. Only Morrissey and Marr can do this song like its supposed to go . . . The real true star here is Johnny Marr . . .
Forgot your roots Alex? Become this rich rock star wannabe when to most people you were more of a rock star in 2008, when you still wrote and played ace tunes, instead of crooning over some boring souless love songs. Spend less time buying suits, and more time playing guitar.