watching a few of the videos of the live performances of this song, it looks like it took a lot out of him every time, I think he walks off the stage after each one. Probably the main reason he has never sung it solo as it's digging up painful memories. Lyrics straight from his heart.
I challenge any music fan to produce a better "pop" song than this one... This must go down as the greatest song in pop/rock history. Performed at "rock concert"...the words, "Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head" were sung on repeat for an audience that didn't really know what they were witnessing at that point. Shocking. Beautiful. The greatest band, the greatest singer, the greatest song of all time.
@danang47 The greatest band, singer, song of all time? I can think of many, many pop songs that were far superior starting with Paul Simon or Paul McCartney or John Lennon or Neil Young or James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Ben Harper, Queen. I understand people like/love what they do but there's a long, long list of greater songs then this one. Though this is a good song better though when Buckley sang it.
@owenhunt Buckley taking away emotion (are you sure you know much about Buckley) 80% of the way he sings and the songs he sings are emotion, Morrissey is just really the same in every song, kind of a queer! Let's hear Morrissey sing an opera like Buckley, bail!
@nat00ben06 Sorry, that's not how emotion works. Morrissey's vocal range doesn't extend anywhere as far as Buckley's, hence your perceived lack of emotion in his songs. I had a similar argument about The Smiths and emotion with someone who argued the likes of Satriani were "more emotional" guitar players than Marr, when such a thing is indefinable.
Buckley is someone I listened to obsessively only a few months ago but I grew tired of his obvious magnificence because he relied on his voice...
@owenhunt too often to bear with. A lot of his original songs are actual durge to listen to -'Eternal Life'; 'Dream Brother'- and even his best songs don't have as much life in them as I had once presumed.
He also fails to throw the blessing that is his voice at the crescendo of this very song, hereto is a void of the supposed emotion you attribute him to have. Really, how heartfelt as song is or isn't is very subjective; to say "80%" of the way Buckley sings is emotional is rather wayward.
@owenhunt Wayward, because, by the way, emotion is only known to the expresser of it. Otherwise, we can guess at a singer's emotion by listening to the strain they throw their voice with, thereby Morrissey can be heard to express more in his rendition of this song.
It makes a fool of us to discuss this matter at any level however, as music isn't a science, and if it was, Beethoven would have marked it's peak centuries ago with his trademark resonance - unsurpassed.
@nat00ben06 I hate littering Youtube comment sections with comments, but I reread your last two comments and am reconsidering you entirely. You used Ben Harper as an example of someone with, ahem, better songs? Queen for jibbers sake!?
"Let's hear Morrissey sing an opera like Buckley, bail! " - Ah, you're blatantly (meant in the proper sense) an idiot. Addicted to octaves much?
Nah, I'm kidding. Really... I figured you an idiot as soon as you made that fag comment about Morrissey.
@nat00ben06 You may have been brainwashed by Jazz into thinking this. Morrissey always sought to shun black vocals not out of racism but to avoid his stylings from enjoying a commonplace value. Buckley - furthermore, he had a greater range of octaves at his disposal than did his hero. All things considered, Morrissey was the better singer for he used his vocals to far greater (more distincitve) effect than Buckley ever did, even in his band's eponymous debut album.
@nat00ben06 The constant camp, Anglo-Irish accent may also trick you into thinking Moz's stylings less diverse; in actual fact he managed to grunt, growl, and howl in falsetto all through his four group albums. He even provided backing vocals on certain tracks that were imperceptibly his.
It is no brickbat against Buckley to say he is lesser to Morrissey.
@owenhunt yea Buckley did admire Morrissey and I personally do feel Morrissey appeals to a certain type of listener. Buckley was very ecelectic in his taste and his covers show that. Morrissey sounds cool on this song it's true, but Buckley's ability not just in vocal range but in the warmth of his tone, color,emotion,expressiveness.....melancholic,haunting,unperdictablility, soulful those were him and he showed it in every song.
@nat00ben06 Lol, I'm surprised you think he sounds cool.
All my comment sought to acheive was to inform you that Morrissey averted black vocals to preserve a dying white note set. As a result, his singing does not overide his lyrics, which in turn demand his they are of a high quality.
@owenhunt No doubt his lyrics are of a high quality, so is Leonard Cohen's...what I'm getting at is that the why i.e. ability Buckley had to sing was what was so astounding. Although I think Buckley's songwriting was very, very good as well. What do you mean when you say Morrissey averted black vocals to preserve a dying white note set?
@nat00ben06 I mean that he refused to follow the que from even his favourite band, The New York Dolls, in his vocal stylings. By the 70's, a lot of rock was awash with R n' B influence. Morrissey sang more jumpily like... I dunno. I'm no music buff so.. I don't have a comparison.
One can make a strong case for this being the quintessential Smiths track. Whist it may plausibly lack the musicality of, say, This Charming Man or Hand In Glove, in terms of pure sentiment, I feel we may be witnessing Morrissey at his finest. Only Asleep, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Rubber Ring or Miserable Lie could claim to be more heartfelt.
This is an amazing video..thanks for sharing..perhaps the closest to actually being back in the 80's at one of their concerts for one of their best performances..perfection!
The Smiths!!!! How could we live our without them?! I was able to survive to myself and now I have 2 children and wife, I'm happy. I play a song of the Smiths, close my eyes and remember a whole age of joy. VIVA The Smiths.
they didn't tell of a whole age of joy, though....as it happens, just the opposite...." oh mother I can feel the soil falling over my head"......but you re right, VIVA THE SMITHS
Ha ha...you do make me chuckle. I'm actually beginning to like you as oxymoronic it may sound!! I'm afraid I'm a sucker for jingly pop/indie catchy music. That's what my ears like and I can't change it. Love The Rifles as well; best thing to come out of UK in a long time; and yes, they make "jangly music "as well!!
If you haven't already, you should check out early Psychedelic Furs & Sisters of Mercy. They're both quite jingly-jangly, but with a little more balls, wit and gravitas. Good luck with the band, btw.
Yeah this cocksucker plays coy. Oh boy. But you know what you did to me tripmender on that boyscout trip back in 95. You know what I'm talking about. But why the carcass? How could you fuck a dead horses ass while you felt up my balls?
Tripmender; liked your comment. Quite humerous to be fair!! Like it...the effects of the horlicks have worn off now though. I'm onto the hard black stuff now..without sugar; that would just send me over the edge."jingle jangle lightweight" don't understand that though??
Refers to your fave bands, cass. Apart from the Roses, they're all on my shit-list, especially OCS and anything Weller's ever done. Each to their own I guess, but don't you ever hanker after something a little more invigorating?
As for 1405morrison, I'm sorry you've been dragged down to his level, and it's all my fault. He's been following me around like a lame dog ever since I kicked his ass over on another thread. He's just a twisted redneck who gets his kicks from antagonising people.
Dont mind tripmender. He just got laid off from his job. He did incompetant work as Bruce Springsteen's deviant sex gimp and would keep shittin the dank dark trunk. Needless to say he got shit canned. I hear he applied for a similar job for the next Bon Jovi tour. Watch out for this registered sex offender.
You got that wrong, jizzlobber. I actually quit the Bruce tour after he lied to me at interview. He told me he was jewish, but I soon found out I was expected to deal with a hood-load of roquefort on a nightly basis. He was gutted when I quit, but I gave him your youtube address, cos this seemed like the perfect gig for you. Meanwhile, I've already moved on to the Morrissey tour, running a diaper-exchange concession, with a lucrative under-the-counter side-line in hamsters.
it´s so easy to laugh it´s so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind.......moz, thanks for these words, you are an angel on earth.....i love you.
Beautiful...I consider the studio version one of the prettiest pieces of music I have ever heard, love Johnny Marr's arpeggios around 2:10, I love this song... maybe my favorite Smiths song. On a side note, Morrissey is a cocky bastard, at this point he knew he was beloved by thousands upon thousands of people and showed off.
I mean he's a cocky bastard in the best way possible, that he's kind of full of himself, but is still a great singer/front man/performer, and it's almost a term of endearment, as apposed to someone like... Bono, he can bother me, Morrissey really doesn't bother me.
oh sorry. well whatever that means okay. i do agree that morrissey is selfish, especially since he only gave ten percent of their earnings to mike and andy, and kept the rest for himself. but keep in mind that johnny didn't care much about their pay either :)
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"greatest music legend that ever lived" bit over the top man! hes a legend but musically marr was more of a legend .and nick mcabe/ashcroft/noel gallagher/robert smith/kurt cobain/ michael jackson all pissed over morrisey 4 talent
Woh there - I'm a big Oasis, cure fan n all but Morrissey's capacity as a lyricist, songwriter, as an entertainer who enchanted and gave a deeper meaning of life to people remains unparalled to this day.
BoBo0807, get real, Clash started out the decade, Smiths, New Order, B Bragg, Pixies, Throwing Muses, early REM, Stone Roses, Manic Street, passed it on to Nirvana....
Superb stuff! I'm proud to live in Manchester..Long live the Manchester music scene of which I have been a part of since May 9th 1984..Still goin' strong! Long live Rock & Roll!! Peace y'all!
Although the Manchester music scene kinda died in Manchester now, but it's still better than most parts of UK, especially London! I'm studying in Manchester and I'm from London, I went crazy when they played The Smiths songs in clubs in Manchester!
Jeff Buckley's cover of this song is beautiful, but I don't think we should compare them- The Smiths after all wrote this beautiful song, and it is powerful and beautiful, as is Jeff buckley's cover.
What? Who is overrated and who's not?? Jeff Buckley, in my opinion, was a completely genius. He hated the 80's but always said The Smiths just saved the whole decade...so maybe you dislike him, but that doesn't make him overrated
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I totally agree. Not to diminish the awesomeness of the Smiths, but Jeff Buckley performed the definitive version of this song. Funny, Buckley's original songs are pretty good, but his covers were amazing. ("Hallelujah" anyone?)
HAHAHAHAHHAAH... you might be sorry... but I'm not sorry... all in good fun of course. Jeff is beautiful but I can't help but laugh that somebody prefers it to this.
loud lautish lover, she needs you more than she loves you
randyskiss1 4 weeks ago
I really love this song
Claustrife 2 months ago
Sé que se ha acabado.
Y realmente nunca empezó.
Pero en mi corazón era tan real... :(
isabelia84 5 months ago in playlist Morrissey/ Smiths 2
ITS SO EASY TO LAUGH IT'S SO HATE IT TAKES TO BE GENTLE AND KIND! so so true from matthew
matthewangeles1 5 months ago
im a pretty "tough" guy like former marine infantry been to iraq but i really love the smiths
jimschlat 5 months ago
Simes like he sings songs about my life... But I hate those popular dj's, they dont play songs that touches my heart. Hang the dj's!
oeyvind93 7 months ago
watching a few of the videos of the live performances of this song, it looks like it took a lot out of him every time, I think he walks off the stage after each one. Probably the main reason he has never sung it solo as it's digging up painful memories. Lyrics straight from his heart.
dirkgently85 8 months ago
@dirkgently85 But now he Has! =D I never thought he'd perform it again, so I'm so glad and excited that he actually has now!
stillilllife 7 months ago
it's amazing how you can feel his pain and passion when singing this, it really hits home.
laureneffytara 8 months ago 2
recently wrote about the SMiths influence of Detroit radio
tedcantu1 9 months ago
Morrissey is amazing
check these guys out Spiders - Ambitions of a Huckster's Daughter
kirstylouiseish 9 months ago
sono pessima. una brutta persona.
lelletoz88 9 months ago
jesus. i want to be a kid again...
fernberger08 9 months ago
I want to marry him and Marr <3
LiviiBetts95 10 months ago
Golden Years...
WinterDweller 11 months ago
Both this and Jeff's cover are AMAZING and original. If you think Jeff's isn't, you are an idiot/troll.
lizardking392 1 year ago
Easily the best band ever ....
1959canon1 1 year ago
this is so beautiful.
G4eva420 1 year ago
5:32
They love Morrisey... :)
10max30 1 year ago
So many years before its time. Classic track
shonkstar 1 year ago
Morrissey is a genius
TheRFExperience 1 year ago
THE GREATEST SMITHS SONG EVER!!
LadiesCat09 1 year ago
upon discovering this song, i've listened to it about 158 times now, in a row.
ri394 1 year ago
this is one of my favorite songs. I love the Smiths, thank you for the upload :)
lbetweenthebars 1 year ago
i always cry to this :'(
alybabba1 1 year ago
This song has perfectly described where I am right now, and yet, I still will cling on to her.
TarbleSauce 1 year ago
I challenge any music fan to produce a better "pop" song than this one... This must go down as the greatest song in pop/rock history. Performed at "rock concert"...the words, "Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head" were sung on repeat for an audience that didn't really know what they were witnessing at that point. Shocking. Beautiful. The greatest band, the greatest singer, the greatest song of all time.
danang47 1 year ago 2
@danang47 The greatest band, singer, song of all time? I can think of many, many pop songs that were far superior starting with Paul Simon or Paul McCartney or John Lennon or Neil Young or James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Ben Harper, Queen. I understand people like/love what they do but there's a long, long list of greater songs then this one. Though this is a good song better though when Buckley sang it.
nat00ben06 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 No, Buckley's version took away the emotion from the song. Your opinions can be bore for so long until it looks like your trolling.
Just let others hold their opinions, as you do yours.
owenhunt 1 year ago
@owenhunt Buckley taking away emotion (are you sure you know much about Buckley) 80% of the way he sings and the songs he sings are emotion, Morrissey is just really the same in every song, kind of a queer! Let's hear Morrissey sing an opera like Buckley, bail!
nat00ben06 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 Sorry, that's not how emotion works. Morrissey's vocal range doesn't extend anywhere as far as Buckley's, hence your perceived lack of emotion in his songs. I had a similar argument about The Smiths and emotion with someone who argued the likes of Satriani were "more emotional" guitar players than Marr, when such a thing is indefinable.
Buckley is someone I listened to obsessively only a few months ago but I grew tired of his obvious magnificence because he relied on his voice...
owenhunt 1 year ago
@owenhunt too often to bear with. A lot of his original songs are actual durge to listen to -'Eternal Life'; 'Dream Brother'- and even his best songs don't have as much life in them as I had once presumed.
He also fails to throw the blessing that is his voice at the crescendo of this very song, hereto is a void of the supposed emotion you attribute him to have. Really, how heartfelt as song is or isn't is very subjective; to say "80%" of the way Buckley sings is emotional is rather wayward.
owenhunt 1 year ago
@owenhunt Wayward, because, by the way, emotion is only known to the expresser of it. Otherwise, we can guess at a singer's emotion by listening to the strain they throw their voice with, thereby Morrissey can be heard to express more in his rendition of this song.
It makes a fool of us to discuss this matter at any level however, as music isn't a science, and if it was, Beethoven would have marked it's peak centuries ago with his trademark resonance - unsurpassed.
owenhunt 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 I hate littering Youtube comment sections with comments, but I reread your last two comments and am reconsidering you entirely. You used Ben Harper as an example of someone with, ahem, better songs? Queen for jibbers sake!?
"Let's hear Morrissey sing an opera like Buckley, bail! " - Ah, you're blatantly (meant in the proper sense) an idiot. Addicted to octaves much?
Nah, I'm kidding. Really... I figured you an idiot as soon as you made that fag comment about Morrissey.
owenhunt 1 year ago
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Ares9139 1 year ago
This song is devastating. The most honest song of unrequited love ever penned. If you've been there, you know.
TheLeftyGrove 1 year ago 6
best sad song ever!!!!!!!!!!!
10max30 1 year ago
just a drug !
TheNiout1 1 year ago
Coming up Morrissey's singing always annoyed me, but I do like the songwriting. Buckley though is a far, far superior singer.
nat00ben06 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 You may have been brainwashed by Jazz into thinking this. Morrissey always sought to shun black vocals not out of racism but to avoid his stylings from enjoying a commonplace value. Buckley - furthermore, he had a greater range of octaves at his disposal than did his hero. All things considered, Morrissey was the better singer for he used his vocals to far greater (more distincitve) effect than Buckley ever did, even in his band's eponymous debut album.
owenhunt 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 The constant camp, Anglo-Irish accent may also trick you into thinking Moz's stylings less diverse; in actual fact he managed to grunt, growl, and howl in falsetto all through his four group albums. He even provided backing vocals on certain tracks that were imperceptibly his.
It is no brickbat against Buckley to say he is lesser to Morrissey.
owenhunt 1 year ago
@owenhunt yea Buckley did admire Morrissey and I personally do feel Morrissey appeals to a certain type of listener. Buckley was very ecelectic in his taste and his covers show that. Morrissey sounds cool on this song it's true, but Buckley's ability not just in vocal range but in the warmth of his tone, color,emotion,expressiveness.....melancholic,haunting,unperdictablility, soulful those were him and he showed it in every song.
nat00ben06 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 Lol, I'm surprised you think he sounds cool.
All my comment sought to acheive was to inform you that Morrissey averted black vocals to preserve a dying white note set. As a result, his singing does not overide his lyrics, which in turn demand his they are of a high quality.
owenhunt 1 year ago
@owenhunt No doubt his lyrics are of a high quality, so is Leonard Cohen's...what I'm getting at is that the why i.e. ability Buckley had to sing was what was so astounding. Although I think Buckley's songwriting was very, very good as well. What do you mean when you say Morrissey averted black vocals to preserve a dying white note set?
nat00ben06 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 I mean that he refused to follow the que from even his favourite band, The New York Dolls, in his vocal stylings. By the 70's, a lot of rock was awash with R n' B influence. Morrissey sang more jumpily like... I dunno. I'm no music buff so.. I don't have a comparison.
owenhunt 1 year ago
haha i love the way he plays with his shirt ;D haha theyre awesome :)
zharonn54 1 year ago
I think im in love :) with his voice anyway
although id be happy if he lost control when he pulled up his shirt ;)
gumtreewallow 1 year ago
mint
dksafc1 1 year ago
I must say he looks quite sexy in that tshirt.
07mojopin 1 year ago 2
This is absolutely incredible. Thank you so much.
asalingerreference 1 year ago
thanks god for the smiths... haha best thing to happen to human kind
boppinkid1991 1 year ago
Great live version! The Smiths rule!!!
X0MissHolly0X 1 year ago
I don't have words, trully.
AliceDamnation 1 year ago
He ruined his shirt.
TehSamurai 1 year ago 5
lmfao
NeonWonderland83 1 year ago
i'd say asleep was their saddest song tbh...
jimmymanager 1 year ago 5
simply classic stuff
MrMarkhobo 1 year ago
I hate watchin video's of the smiths cos it jst reminds me of what i never had the chance to see! ..Love The Smiths . Love Morrissey !!
ct4boro 1 year ago 5
@ct4boro but why hate? Be glad you can get a glimpse
TrikkyMakk 1 year ago
the first sentence is alluding to suicide, is it not? fucking amazing. this whole song is just genius.
shiril01 1 year ago
@shiril01 just everyday life i think.that's enough.you're right though.genius.
realtwinlord 1 year ago
'cause tonite is just like any other night
porque esta noche es como cualquier otra noche
albovial 1 year ago
sjajno je! greetings from serbia
senovac88 2 years ago
The saddest Smiths song in my opinion. The majority of their sadder songs have an ounce of humor or hope, but this has neither.
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dublinkiterunner 2 years ago
One can make a strong case for this being the quintessential Smiths track. Whist it may plausibly lack the musicality of, say, This Charming Man or Hand In Glove, in terms of pure sentiment, I feel we may be witnessing Morrissey at his finest. Only Asleep, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Rubber Ring or Miserable Lie could claim to be more heartfelt.
tiocfaidharla1 2 years ago 6
GENIOUS!
ferpastorino 2 years ago
This is an amazing video..thanks for sharing..perhaps the closest to actually being back in the 80's at one of their concerts for one of their best performances..perfection!
ScottRosiere 2 years ago
"she needs you more than she loves you"
so meaningful
idratherlistentobowi 2 years ago 9
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i didn't mean to give you thumbs down!!!!!! This song is the shit!!!!
antoby69 2 years ago 2
love is natural and real...but not for such as you and I...my love
youwinoneinternets 2 years ago 42
Epic.
theuninvited15 2 years ago 4
I LOVE this song!!
Oh mother I can feel the soil falling over my head....
MissCaptainWeird 2 years ago 6
Arguably the best Smiths song.
fadeintoyou77 2 years ago 17
you brilliance will never be over
youngpab2 2 years ago 5
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I love this song
greenxshow 2 years ago 2
Stunning footage...timeless! Thank you, thank you for sharing this with the world.
bocanot 2 years ago 8
This song is pure brillance
westylufc10 2 years ago 6
this song is just incredible. It sends shivers down my spine!
gonzax 2 years ago 6
amazing <3
lovingeveryxsecond 2 years ago 3
Morrissey has very interesting Live mannerisms.
anchorlove06 2 years ago 3
I know it's over, still I cling
I don't know where else I can go!!!
I know it's over, and it never really began
But in my heart it was so real...
revengeoous 2 years ago 7
I very nearly cried.
And I am made of STONE dudes, stoned
Gwilim 2 years ago 13
this got to be in top 5 songs ever written,or am i talkin` rubbish
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cook119 2 years ago
its never over...smith fans unite for 911 truth .. dr judywood dotcom will be vindicated...true hero of the people
masonfreeparty 2 years ago
well put, i agree totally!!
Their music will last forever.
m<3z
missumisu 2 years ago 3
handsome groom give her room...great stuff...the smiths were the best
jimmyb8 2 years ago 6
She needs you mooooore than she loves you!
<3
CorpseInThisBed 2 years ago 6
best group ever. never get sick of hearing them. seen them twice in edinburgh. great gigs the fans just loved them. thanks for posting video.
mikeyFTP 2 years ago 2
Vintage stuff... playing in their own backyard at the height of their fame!
RATIO3533 2 years ago
The sycophantic slags all say......
Selfhealer22 2 years ago
The Smiths!!!! How could we live our without them?! I was able to survive to myself and now I have 2 children and wife, I'm happy. I play a song of the Smiths, close my eyes and remember a whole age of joy. VIVA The Smiths.
condebizcocho 2 years ago 4
they didn't tell of a whole age of joy, though....as it happens, just the opposite...." oh mother I can feel the soil falling over my head"......but you re right, VIVA THE SMITHS
and FOREVER
riotdave 2 years ago
the sea wants to take me, the knife wants to slit me!!!
Do you think you can help me?
(it describes my feelings tomight)
and tonight is just like any other night...
lauandastarbreeze 2 years ago 3
Is that why you are on your own tonight?
LewisKiernan 2 years ago 3
If you commit suicide over a song, then so long sucker
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Mahisse 2 years ago
what?...
:D
weselefigara 2 years ago
1. Take your middle finger and gouge your eyes out with it.
2. Stop spamming on the Smiths' videos. This song doesn't deserve your ears!
LewisKiernan 2 years ago 5
The Smiths are amazing!
JISCSHY 2 years ago 5
God.
uber1and 2 years ago 3
probably the best band ever
mmyyppaarrttyy 2 years ago 55
@mmyyppaarrttyy: voted down because of the "probably" :)
JaimeKings 11 months ago
Cheers; but to paraphrase Les McQueen, the failed pop star in The League of Gentleman, "It's a miserable business"!
cass74 2 years ago
Ha ha...you do make me chuckle. I'm actually beginning to like you as oxymoronic it may sound!! I'm afraid I'm a sucker for jingly pop/indie catchy music. That's what my ears like and I can't change it. Love The Rifles as well; best thing to come out of UK in a long time; and yes, they make "jangly music "as well!!
cass74 2 years ago
If you haven't already, you should check out early Psychedelic Furs & Sisters of Mercy. They're both quite jingly-jangly, but with a little more balls, wit and gravitas. Good luck with the band, btw.
tripmender 2 years ago
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Yeah this cocksucker plays coy. Oh boy. But you know what you did to me tripmender on that boyscout trip back in 95. You know what I'm talking about. But why the carcass? How could you fuck a dead horses ass while you felt up my balls?
1405morrison 2 years ago
Tripmender; liked your comment. Quite humerous to be fair!! Like it...the effects of the horlicks have worn off now though. I'm onto the hard black stuff now..without sugar; that would just send me over the edge."jingle jangle lightweight" don't understand that though??
cass74 2 years ago
Refers to your fave bands, cass. Apart from the Roses, they're all on my shit-list, especially OCS and anything Weller's ever done. Each to their own I guess, but don't you ever hanker after something a little more invigorating?
As for 1405morrison, I'm sorry you've been dragged down to his level, and it's all my fault. He's been following me around like a lame dog ever since I kicked his ass over on another thread. He's just a twisted redneck who gets his kicks from antagonising people.
tripmender 2 years ago
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Music for bed-wetters
tripmender 2 years ago
speaks volumes of the twat who's just made the comment then eh!?
cass74 2 years ago
You're up late for a jingle-jangle lightweight, Cassie - you been snorting Horlicks or something?
tripmender 2 years ago
Dont mind tripmender. He just got laid off from his job. He did incompetant work as Bruce Springsteen's deviant sex gimp and would keep shittin the dank dark trunk. Needless to say he got shit canned. I hear he applied for a similar job for the next Bon Jovi tour. Watch out for this registered sex offender.
1405morrison 2 years ago
You got that wrong, jizzlobber. I actually quit the Bruce tour after he lied to me at interview. He told me he was jewish, but I soon found out I was expected to deal with a hood-load of roquefort on a nightly basis. He was gutted when I quit, but I gave him your youtube address, cos this seemed like the perfect gig for you. Meanwhile, I've already moved on to the Morrissey tour, running a diaper-exchange concession, with a lucrative under-the-counter side-line in hamsters.
tripmender 2 years ago
this is a really great smiths performance!
pecam5 2 years ago
thanks for that x
PopeOfMope 2 years ago
The best smiths album was their self titled Debut. The only mediocre track on it was "Miserable lie".
Ulmeyda08 2 years ago
Love, love, love.
Thanks for putting "this" up.
kezac 2 years ago
"if youre so funny why are your own tonight" and
"with your triumphs and charms while they are in each others arms" what great lyrics!!
markbusk 2 years ago
beautiful performance
VeronicaAssalone 2 years ago 3
I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
Over and over and over and over
Over and over, la ...
I know it's over
And it never really began
wisesatyr72 2 years ago 3
it´s so easy to laugh it´s so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind.......moz, thanks for these words, you are an angel on earth.....i love you.
insomniacsuicide 2 years ago 8
Beautiful...I consider the studio version one of the prettiest pieces of music I have ever heard, love Johnny Marr's arpeggios around 2:10, I love this song... maybe my favorite Smiths song. On a side note, Morrissey is a cocky bastard, at this point he knew he was beloved by thousands upon thousands of people and showed off.
tomlyoldhappyderek1 3 years ago 2
fuck you! morrissey has every right to be cocky, he's the greatest music legend that ever lived.
chachacha311 2 years ago 3
I mean he's a cocky bastard in the best way possible, that he's kind of full of himself, but is still a great singer/front man/performer, and it's almost a term of endearment, as apposed to someone like... Bono, he can bother me, Morrissey really doesn't bother me.
tomlyoldhappyderek1 2 years ago 6
oh sorry. well whatever that means okay. i do agree that morrissey is selfish, especially since he only gave ten percent of their earnings to mike and andy, and kept the rest for himself. but keep in mind that johnny didn't care much about their pay either :)
chachacha311 2 years ago
Well to be honest, Mike & Andy were little more than session musicians.
Aardvarked88 2 years ago
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"greatest music legend that ever lived" bit over the top man! hes a legend but musically marr was more of a legend .and nick mcabe/ashcroft/noel gallagher/robert smith/kurt cobain/ michael jackson all pissed over morrisey 4 talent
futrestarofengland 2 years ago
Woh there - I'm a big Oasis, cure fan n all but Morrissey's capacity as a lyricist, songwriter, as an entertainer who enchanted and gave a deeper meaning of life to people remains unparalled to this day.
oofy84 2 years ago 7
or should that be unparallelled even!
oofy84 2 years ago
"He hated the 80's but always said The Smiths just saved the whole decade..."
Yeah, the 80s sucked raw eggs...but The Smiths had a little help redeeming them, The Minutemen, Sonic Youth, a handful of others.
BoBo0807 3 years ago
BoBo0807, get real, Clash started out the decade, Smiths, New Order, B Bragg, Pixies, Throwing Muses, early REM, Stone Roses, Manic Street, passed it on to Nirvana....
uncbobrox 3 years ago 3
WOW... SICK
murderdogg213 3 years ago
Superb stuff! I'm proud to live in Manchester..Long live the Manchester music scene of which I have been a part of since May 9th 1984..Still goin' strong! Long live Rock & Roll!! Peace y'all!
Waitingforriki 3 years ago 4
Although the Manchester music scene kinda died in Manchester now, but it's still better than most parts of UK, especially London! I'm studying in Manchester and I'm from London, I went crazy when they played The Smiths songs in clubs in Manchester!
alexandre1129 3 years ago
Much better live, the Rank version is incredible - the guitar and vocals are rawer, the drums fantastic.
wungabunga 3 years ago
Jeff Buckley's cover of this song is beautiful, but I don't think we should compare them- The Smiths after all wrote this beautiful song, and it is powerful and beautiful, as is Jeff buckley's cover.
dramamusicdance 3 years ago 7
Moz pulled the words right out of my mouth
wisesatyr72 3 years ago 4
The video of the century.....
orestes3009 3 years ago 5
Padre nuestro que estas en los cielos .....
gracias por esta bella cancion
347714 3 years ago 4
Great lyrics, but I wish I couldn't relate to them so well :(
billybobthe3rd 3 years ago 14
seconded
andythejock 3 years ago
Awesome
mozkrew211 3 years ago 2
the smiths are much better than jeff buckley
SamD071 3 years ago 30
AMEN
suparni 3 years ago
@SamD071 Buckley was a musical genius.
dupoisa200 1 year ago
@SamD071 Ah here i dunno about that, in my opinion Buckley is better not by much but he is better, i still love the Smiths though,
RUARIDHT07 1 year ago
greatest band ever, nuff said
qwerty1616161616 3 years ago 3
absolutely sublime!
ikey76 3 years ago 2
This version sounds just like the one in "Rank", does anybody know the name of this bootleg video concert?
biarritzsurf 3 years ago
One of the best songs they have!
missfdw 3 years ago
probably one of my favourite songs of all time. The end has emotion like no other, thankyou for sharing.
ukp571 3 years ago
love and adore always, the smiths live on and on...
miamagic 3 years ago
No one sang and will ever sing as perfect as Jeff did
ilaid 3 years ago
jeff buckley is the most overrated artist ever
qwerty1616161616 3 years ago
What? Who is overrated and who's not?? Jeff Buckley, in my opinion, was a completely genius. He hated the 80's but always said The Smiths just saved the whole decade...so maybe you dislike him, but that doesn't make him overrated
osterley 3 years ago 3
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I totally agree. Not to diminish the awesomeness of the Smiths, but Jeff Buckley performed the definitive version of this song. Funny, Buckley's original songs are pretty good, but his covers were amazing. ("Hallelujah" anyone?)
skrason 3 years ago
i totally disagree... Buckley paid a nice tribute to a masterpiece... a nice tribute, well done.
Definitive? I think not.
suparni 3 years ago 3
HAHAHAHAHHAAH... you might be sorry... but I'm not sorry... all in good fun of course. Jeff is beautiful but I can't help but laugh that somebody prefers it to this.
suparni 3 years ago
this might be their best song... but it's so hard to choose
hemorrhoidprime 3 years ago 2
absolutely amazing
alb104 3 years ago
this is from the cd The Smiths RANK Live.
elgallegotorero 3 years ago
no it's not.
rherrick123 3 years ago 3
morrissey is my favorite poet, not that i know many. sad veiled bride please be happy...
crash1929 3 years ago 4
listen to Jeff Buckley's cover of this!
perfection
tearypeary 3 years ago
I don't think it's possible to perfect on the smiths versions of their own songs.
tarheel8494 3 years ago 3
i just meant that Buckley's performance is divine!
No need to compare.. he loved them as much as you did...
tearypeary 3 years ago
if craig gannon would of stepped up and wrote some tunes maybe the smiths would have lasted a little longer
ikey76 3 years ago 2
gee that is a good point. I never looked at it that way... but yes indeed.
suparni 3 years ago
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I love Louder Than Bombs, but I'm not that big a fan of Ask,and I really don't like Panic or London
Fuck Craig Gannon....
damienmetalwind 3 years ago
Stunning lyrics
Zidanie5 3 years ago 2
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I think it`s from the album "the world won`t listen"
Borusse73 3 years ago
...no, from "The Queen is dead"
jjj13031984 3 years ago 4
thanks for the live video, men.
TheMaxxProjectII 3 years ago
bellend.
whoaboyo 3 years ago
Probably the most exquisitely heartbreaking song in the history of music. God, I wish I was old enough to have seen this band in their prime.
Flummoxed27 3 years ago 6