asleep by the smiths

[aliceishappyvibrancy]

Incidentally, Charlie brought me here

[1madaboutguitar]

@aliceishappyvibrancy Who the hell is Charlie lol?

[weenbag]

Thumbs up if you like thumbs uping stuff all the time.

[unwicked91]

I like Emily Browning's version more.

[02rids]

Thumbs up if The Smiths brought you to this song!!!!

[sellex65]

this is england 88.

[lh16]

Why is everyone on youtube thumbs up whores

[lolatthisgirl]

thumbs up if your parents brought you to this Awesome song!!

[MothersMachine69]

I feel infinite :)

[rememberwheni]

@MothersMachine69 that brought a bittersweet smile to my face.

[lilywithtwobees]

This is the only Smiths song at the moment that simply does not work for me. Which is odd, because Rubber Ring is my favorite and there's the whole fade-into quality, but... no. I've tried hard to see this song as about anything other than suicide and I can't. And what I love about the Smiths is they've got that sort of tongue-in-cheek thing about being miserable, so it's funny AND sort of black, which is great, but they're all about being ALIVE. And this is... not. And I don't like it.

[thesouluniversal]

@lilywithtwobees it is, a sad song.

[damrismedia]

I love your video... :)



[TheRoom666]

JOGAN

[anke9]

here because of dalton god julian and logan ♥ THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER OR I WILL EXPLODE !!!!

[MorriganKingma]

It's beautiful... thank you

[buellerboy311]

These pictures were so unimaginably beautiful. Please keep doing videos like this and knot that the smiths would be proud.

[MathildaWeasley]

OMG julian and logan<<3

[ZarinaLovesYou]

Julian and Logan. YOU MAKE ME CRY! But this was so beautiful :')

[OprahNoodlemantra87]

Dalton brought me here... Love you, Julian!!

[dracon511]

this is my secint song of alltime

[pitt20091000]

Depressing.But i like it..



[beltron1000]

just a little more time between pictures , slow like the song : )

[Starchildlover]

Love this vid... it's so beatiful and deep... and the song is great

[awm21295]

I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower after listening to this song, not the other way around. And Emily Browning can get her greasy fingers off Morrissey.

[oliviachapel]

I feel infininte.

[ciscoh1]

Great song :). p.s. The Perks of Being a Wallflower brought me here.

[ariellovesu3333]

@ciscoh1 me too! best book in the world!

[ciscoh1]

@ariellovesu3333 wow its been two months..:) it is a good book tho.

[lapinot21]

Soon, I'll also be in another world. I love this song.

[thesmiths30605]

Very nice upload. Don't pre-apologize for such beautiful work.

(and yes, it is the greatest band ever).

[nikkistargirl1]

cool pics, awesome song... can't go wrong.

[NDamerfan14]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is my favorite book now, so i figured the music in it would be my favorite too, and I was right! Love you charlie

[greennose3]

I will be gone. <3

[SuperModerateMan]

The greatest song of all time,

For the greatest book of all time.

[FeastinFeaster]

-.- i wanted to direct that movie.

[jarschmidt1]

Why would it suck??

[juniorFIE]

Thumbs up if emily browning brought u to this Awesome song!!

[alt3g]

@juniorFIE LOL emily browning! You fucking idiot, HES CALLED MORRISSEY BITCH

[ReAnim8or]

Emily Browning did a pretty good cover of this song for the "Sucker Punch" movie soundtrack.

[marcus5084]

you have done an excellant job i love it, i am an origignal mozza fan from the 80's. this is perfect.

[eliotraincloud]

@PokerPlum If you've read the book then you'll understand why people keep mentioning it.

[hiellieee]

Apparently Perks of a Wallflower is being made into a film to be released next year sometime. This better be on the soundtrack.

[SR120]

@hiellieee it so has to be, it's a key part of the book.

[SuperKman66]

It doesn't suck at all. GREAT JOB. THANKS!!!

[blitzshriek999]

I don't think th Smiths themselves coulda done a better job w/th vid-so either u were being ironic ("sorry if it sucks"......!) or ur like me, jus can't tell what 'good' u are actually capable of producing...all i can say is, please don't stop here....if i had ur talent at matching imagery w/music, ida been a successful videographer or some kinda artist by now....keep doing this, th world needs ur help....thank you and love you....(:

[hyoncake]

@PokerPlum OMG...i love the smiths, i loved them from the early 80s until morrissey went out on his own and i still love them. my only point was that youtube isn't the greatest place to reach out if you wanna swallow a bottle of pills or slash your wrists!

[bollax1]

goodnight steven.......enough said !!!!!!!!

[dietydiana]

It was such a lovely book, I'm glad he also had fantastic taste in music as well.

[Karenjamilet1993]

@dietydiana what is the name of the book?

[ChesterJSellars]

Thank you, Charlie.

[abihjohnson]

@ChesterJSellars they must, as in really must, use the songs mentioned in the novel as the soundtrack.

[ChesterJSellars]

@abihjohnson Oh if they don't, you best believe I will be in front of the movie theater screaming my effing head off. I'm already disappointed that Emma Watson is playing Sam.

[abihjohnson]

@ChesterJSellars my gosh! i know, she acts with her eyebrows not to mention she's not at all who i imagined. the disappointment when i found out ):

[ghostspider01]

@ChesterJSellars I feel it too.

[dothaCkdotswaCk]

@ChesterJSellars i know right?!

[allizorjonas]

CHARLIE <3

[BlueXAssassinx]

Can you link me to any of those pictures?

[lcacwelder]

I'm on my last beer of an 18 pack. I love this song. I remember wheeling in Pismo Dunes, Ca in my Landcruiser with my girlfriend late at night with the Louder than Bombs CD playing. Sing Me To Sleep was our end for the night.

[curtiscrush]

one of the best homemade vids i have seen on you tube. well done, mate.

[TotalRIDOCULISM13]

so I'm not the only one listening to this because of Perks? cool...I thought I might be. I just read that book in 6 hours and I'm in love with it. Such an amazing book and amazing song. Thanks Charlie. =)

[shankatherine]

Charlie, you beautiful, beautiful person. Thank you. <3

[MakaWaffle]

Thanks Charlie. <3

[GetItSarah]

Thanks, Charlie.

This song is beautiful.

[sweetheart94]

Wow this song is beautiful, Im listening to it because of perks<3

[marcus5084]

it doesnt suck it's a beutiful song

[birdiegrvs]

such a beautiful songgg <3

[breda83]

This song makes me feel better for some reason

[soimpolite97]

the perks of being a wallflower <3

the first letter is dated my birthday. i find that pretty cool (;

[callumandthebrain]

@soimpolite97 Happy Birthday for Wednesday then!

[soimpolite97]

@callumandthebrain hahaha thank you :)

[niamh0394]

I got this song from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It's so chilling, yet beautifully composed at the same time. I've heard this twice and I absolutely love it :) ♥

[mrvegas2005]

i remember when i first heard this i had it on repeat on my mp3 player an couldnt fall asleep without listening to it over an over for about 3 months lol

[icyspicy647]

i feel infinite.

[TynesideCelt]

valteron7 man up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lavalole]

Any Video with a Smiths song in it, is always good!

[conoco1]

You did a good job with the video, it's a truly beautiful haunting song, which I've loved for many years. Thanks for posting.

[sotearaeatsairplanes]

Thank you, - Perks Of Being A Wallflower.

That book lead me to this great song (:

[harelchen13]

i love this song!

and the video is very well done.

[OIYERMA]

over 50,ooo views,ur video cant suck that much,love this song 2,gna be my funeral song,keep up the good work

[amatoanima]

I enjoyed this. Haunting set of images you put together.

Good work.

Hopefully we can all stop arguing and appreciate this piece of music for what it is. Clearly we all love it...that's what brought us here - No?

[JTCMusic23]

i sometimes think that it would be nice just to sleep for a long time and forget all the crap in life

[boddereo]

When I feel down, I always play this song... It's the best song ever!!!

[Bulzibill]

This song is beautiful. it was played at my best friends funeral. its his kind of music.

[knockknock909]

I don't know why everyone has to associate this song with suicide, if you take the lyric "don't try to wake me in the morning because I will be gone"literally then it just means the person left, but everyone has to jump to conclusions. It's like everyone saying no surprises by radiohead is about suicide, if you take it for what it is instead of projecting, you might all just be able to enjoy it without some psychotic ulterior motive, and I hate perks of being a berk.

[Bulzibill]

@knockknock909 Your a faggot. I hate you. And so does my friend jerin. Even though we dont know u you can shut up.

[knockknock909]

@Bulzibill, The fact that you call someone a fag and see that as an insult reveals your own bigotry, but the fact that I am addressing and criticizing an entire group leads me to expect that I will be hated and criticized by more people than you, so thank you for putting into words what surely many people with lesser anonymous balls didn't have the courage to say. I will give one more criticism and then I can slit my wrists to this song, you and "jerin" need to do something more productive.

[janispace99]

The viedo is greatm thank u.................watch my bands videos on janispace99 = dr. kurt

Thank u so much i play that song on piano im a great smiths/ morrisseyfan from norway

[limatedman]

I cant believe I used to listen to the smiths when I was eight. No wonder im fucked in the head.

[thaddeuslowe]

It's a great collection of images to a brilliant song - very, very well done!

[nicstapurple]

Hey you did a great job...but leave the little children out of that....I had a friend who comitted suicide to that song and I think it's what it's best known for, your going to e a c=great cinematographer ( spelt right ??)

[glynrothwell]

life its pointless lets find a speeding train to rugby tackle

[nicstapurple]

nothing is pintless love and light x

[Sleepyflowar]

the perks of being a wallflower saved my life. i reread it whenever things get too much. I love this song also, and the smiths :) ♥

[blacksheepgunner]

yall talking crazy. go volunteer on a cancer ward and tell them people your problems see what they think about how sad and hard your life is.

wankers

[GarageZan]

Sing me to sleep Sing me to sleep I'm tired and I I want to go to bed Sing me to sleep Sing me to sleep And then leave me alone Don't try to wake me in the morning 'Cause I will be gone Don't feel bad for me I want you to know Deep in the cell of my heart I will feel so glad to go

[carlybudd3]

No matter how bad your life may seem, suicide isn't the answer, there's always a bettter answer:(

[OscarJMarroquin]

sometimes things just dont get better. and its best to pull the plug but it be nice just to go to sleep and not wake up. and live in a eternal dream.

[orantes2202]

I love and miss you Walter Garcia..sleep well

R.I.P "DJ Wally G Drexler"

[ellycat]

So do I, carl. There are far too many hours in the day..

[Axemaster2300]

i absolutely adore this song and Morrissey himself ^_^

[blacksheepgunner]

what the duce? read all those stupid comments left on youtube! its just a song, a good song but just a song. ITS YOUTUBE. you want to change the world join the peace corps.

wanker

[AirWalker7o7]

perks FTW!

[nhoj7]

I first heard this song at my daughters friend funneral Mark Gorry ( Great Soul )

mahatama God Bless you Mark

[xKarolina]

this is a great video. nice job. it flows well and keeps with the peaceful nature of the song. best song by the smiths, in my opinion :]

[Valteron8]

For some reason this site will not let me post my opinion. All I said is that I would like this music when I go. I did not threaten anyone.

[oxXbetsXxo]

You can post. I haven't blocked you, youtube must have been having a glitch when you posted. I don't agree with you but I don't believe in blocking people unless they're being rude.

[idideroo]

@oxXbetsXxo what if i said that the JEWS were trying to take over the world

[kissmygritts666]

@Valteron8 Do you want me to kill you?

[Valteron8]

@kissmygritts666 First of all, that would be murder, and secondly, it seems to me essential that I take full responsibility for my choice, not have someone do it for me.Why do you ask? Does the idea of killing someone turn you on? If so, I think you are sick.

[chkrblu]

@Valteron8 I thought the same when I first started posting. oxxbetsxxo is right, it's just a youtube thing. just hit post and leave it. it will be there later.

[Valteron8]

Am I forbidden tro post a comment here?

[funtimefreddy34]

this is a big hit in some remote areas in pakistan and afghanistan they download it on to there i pods and put on there back packs ready to drive into kabul

[hyoncake]

this is an inappropriate format to be threatening suicide. google suicide hotline and give us all a break.

[Millsisgod]

Hair standingly beautiful!

[FoReal100]

I'm listening to this because of Perks :)

the song makes me feel kind of cold...it is hauntingly beautiful.

[Musicaldrugie]

diddo

[blue3ollie]

@FoReal100

[Darkmask133]

@FoReal100 me too

[d3vilman666]

se é ou não sobre suicidio isso não vem ao caso,é uma linda música interpretaçoes a parte!

[xXmintyISmeXx]

most beautiful song ever.

[ElGuybrush]

All things considered, if one were to be going to intentionally overdose on a downer, this would definitely be a song to fall into the eternal dream to.

[Valteron8]

I love this song so much that I have decided it is what I will have playing on my MP3 when I take my own life.

[oxXbetsXxo]

please tell me you're not serious about taking your life

[Valteron8]

I am serious in the sense that I would very much like to end my life. But like so many people, I lack the courage to do it. So I would have to say I am serious but I am not likely to do it soon because I am too much of a fuckin' coward.

[oxXbetsXxo]

You should talk to someone. I's not worth taking your life trust me

[Valteron8]

On what authority can you say it is not worth it? Have you ever killed yourself? Do you know what I am feeling? I suspect the answer in both cases is "no". Morrisey is like my angel of death who helps me develop my will to die every time I hear his songs. Someday his songs will liberate me completely. There is no need to get emotional about this. There are already too many people on this planet. My death would mean little. Please be rational about it. Suicide is a fact of life. Always has been.

[oxXbetsXxo]

I have obviously not killed myself since I'm typing this and I have no way of knowing what you feel, but I have been sucidal before. I don't know what your problems are but things always get better. And please don't call Morrissey an "angel of death" because i know that is definitely not what he had in mind when he wrote this and all his other amazingly beautiful songs.

[Valteron8]

If this song is not about suicide then what is it? For ME he is a blessed angel of death. I love him deeply. That is my interpretation of this and many of his other songs. Is your interpretation the only good one?

[Valteron8]

Once again, it would seem that you are into repeating unproven and unprovable assertions. How do you know it "always gets better" for everyone? How do you know it does not get worse and stay that way? I have spoken to people in the suicide chats who said they have been expecting "it" to get better for 20 years. They feel they could have been saved that suffering.

[oxXbetsXxo]

You can't just sit around for 20years "expecting" things to get better, things don't fall from the sky you have to do something. There's nothing I can tell you that will change your mind so I'm going to stop trying to. I assume you're mature enough to make your own decisions. Good luck.

[Valteron8]

All I can say, lady, is that if you think this song is not about suicide, you are not living in the state of California, you are living in the state of denial. And don't bother to tell me Morrissey said it was not about suicide. His attorneys would have told him to say that to avoid lawsuits from the families of suicides.

[S3AANNN]

it is about suicide, but it wasnt written to convince others to commit suicide.

[Badaboomly]

@oxXbetsXxo

Totally agree

[Jackthemeat]

get over yourself you selfish bastard, the world does not revolve around you.

[Valteron8]

I don't know which of my comments you are referring to, but I agree with you completely. The world does NOT revolve around me, and I would not really be missed. There are over 6 billion of us. If you are giving a party, your house is full of people, and one person says he would like to leave, do you yell at him that he is a selfish bastard or do you say "bye-bye"? How am I selfish? Whose life is it anyway?

[Jackthemeat]

you are selfish because you are only thinking about yourself. not your parents or family and friends.

GO ahead and KILL yourself and quit talking about it. I think you just want attention. there is NO need to respond. let me repeat.. DO NOT RESPOND. Just Shut up and DO IT already..

[Valteron8]

You do not have to read my response, but you cannot order me and there ARE other people on Youtube who might be interested besides you. (Talk about being selfish). My comment was simply that "Asleep" would be an ideal song to have playing when I finally get up the courage to end it all. That is all I said, initially. The rest is just people like you jumping all over me for saying that I wanted to do something I have a right to do. How do you know I even have family and friends?

[MDooley06]

y do you feel this way. well ur comment is over 2 months old so i hope things got better for you.

[Valteron8]

I really do not want to talk about it, because I doubt if anyone would understand and I think Youtube messages are hardly the place for amateur counselling. This all started because I made a comment about how I would like to have this song playing if I bumped myself off. In fact, it is VERY difficult to kill yourself and I will probably never have the courage to do it. So just forget I made that comment and leave me alone. I am sorry I made it. Next time I will keep my mouth shut.

[kissmygritts666]

I can show you how to do it painlessly.

[Valteron8]

It is not a question of pain, because I have fully researched how to do it painlessly. It is a question of having the courage to do it. But please, I already asked that we end this discussion. It all began with my mentioning that this is the song I would like to have playing when I go, and then everyone jumped all over me. So from now on I will not respond to any more comments. Talk to yourselves if you like, but I won't be participating.

[Revsmeeth]

courage, lol. It's a question of being a fucking coward to do it.

[SHAWNJX]

thats cold man

[liskism]

You just want attention. And you're ignorant too because you're assuming that you're the only one who's suicidal. You think you're the only one who wants to die?! Most who are truly suicidal do not 'brag' of it online, and they do not choose a song to die to. You are trying to get attention, please stop and seek help. Do you honestly think you're the only one who has problems? Stop being selfish, and go give your parents a hug for being the ones who made you.

[Valteron8]

Kind of difficult to hug 2 piles of ashes.

[liskism]

If your parents are dead, that's tragic and sorry for mentioning that. But seriously, don't talk about it as if you have it so bad, because you don't. People who have it bad are the kids suffering from starvation in Darfur who watched their mothers get raped and killed in front of them. You're at home on the computer with food and other crap, so stop bitching.

[Valteron8]

When did I bitch? I just said this is the song I would like to be listening to when I "press the eject button", so to speak. I did not ask you to judge me, to call me selfish, etc. All of that hostility is your idea.

[liskism]

Whatever, that doesn't matter anymore. Just be sure that if you do decide to do it, which I don't suggest, do it all the way. And if you don't, try to pretend your happy because sometimes it works. I know advice never helps much, but just take care of yourself. Do what you think is right and may the force be with you, so to speak...

[jared20101]

haha im sorry but your quite probably the biggest twat ever. Your like if bob geldof had a baby with harold shipman

[liskism]

haha, well is being a twat trying to convince someone not to consider suicide? What would be the appropriate plan of action? Please, tell me.

[jared20101]

lol mate i probably wasnt talking to you lol

theres is no trace of geldoff or shipman in what you said

[jared20101]

oh wait no i was, but to your first comment about africans. Burke.

[guidafad]

@liskism Not trying to be offensive,but when down hearing about other ppl´s misery has never helped,on the contrary.If you think about it,it´s actually pretty sick-to feel better bc 1 thinks s.o. else has had it worse.

I suspect your intentions the best,just saying this sort of argument isn´t efficient on everyone.Pain,like Joy,is a very subjective thing.

[lordflanderwell]

please dont,i beg of you.

[sfumato1002]

@Valteron8 , LOL, hope you are still alive. Anyway, one suggestion...when ever you feel sad...please listen to U2's mlk. and then some "streets have no name", then when U2 has changed you state, go and listen to les brown. Life is beautiful...Life is short. Don't worry about death...it will come one day...but for now just listen to U2 mlk. Hope you see things get better soon. Love.

[swingsetlovers]

I loved the smiths way before i read Perks, but I love the fact that book has made so many people find the smiths. Both things have affected me deeply.

[kayccham]

lmao. Aren't we all watching this cus of Charlie?!

[SHAWNJX]

dude yes man i love the book

[laurarincon411]

PERKS! best book ever

[thesterlingwhite]

hahaha i'm watching this now because of Charlie.

[rabbitisrich]

Love the Smiths. Love Morrissey. Spread the word.

[hollowfeeling]

i found this from Reading "the perks of being a wall flower" and i'm glad i did, this song and that book are heart wrenching in there own way

[fashionandmusic921]

such a hauntingly beautiful song

[Noumenon4Idolatry]

Great Video.

Thanks

[barrymasteller]

me 2, love the smiths = ) the video touched me, you are deep

[ParkParkParkPark]

Magical song, wonderfully chosen photos.

[RadBrad13]

Rad. <3

[james1327]

Cool song, cool vid.

[losthighway415]

a great song but this video reeks of emo ideology. Am i supposed to feel bad for the downtrodden in the video? Sorry I don't.