At The Drive-In - This Night Has Opened My Eyes

[cakemanishmael]

This is utterly lovely.

[ReggaeMusic3]

i agree with this guy

[rumba357]

espectacular!

[b3njaques]

Not even my favorite band At the Drive-In, can do it. I mean, I love this song, but the original is just great.

[embermage13]

this is awesome,, never thought at the drive in will cover a song from the smiths,, nice job

[Denis303]

wow as a Smiths fan I thought this was going to be rubbish but it was great, the perfect song for them to cover.

[talktal]

i was expecting the worst, but this isnt too bad

[modernchaos]

Nice Cover!!! Me likes!!!

[ibexr88]

This cover is on their greatest hits album, This Station is Non-Operational. I just bought it last month. Great stuff.

I got into ATDI through The Mars Volta. Absolutely hated the screamo/hardcore genre for the most part, but there's just something different about ATDI that I can't put my finger on or analyze. They just kept a high standard for their music. Great melodies, great guitar. Almost all their songs were little masterpieces in their own way. Omar and Cedric have only improved.

[ibette]

I just got my This Station is Non-Operational about a week ago. I can not emphasize how much good substance and music it has. I am not a post hardcore/punk fan either but I really love this album. I am a bigger ATD-I fan but I do accept that their separation was not in vain since TMV is making musical history as we speak. Long live TMV and the ashes of ATD-I.

[hotwireauterus]

maybe that at the drive in had absolutely nothing to do with what you call screamo/hardcore.

[SuperHardcoreFox1]

Hardcore

[PenguinsAreMagenta]

i hear a different version of this cover in some places, like cedric singing higher. were they both off the same album, or was one like a bonus or something?

[ImCoolOffThat]

The version you heard was the deluxe version of This Station is Non-Operational. If you try to get this song on iTunes, all you can get is the deluxe version which is the version which contains this song with the higher vocals. Same album, just not. Ya dig?

[armedelmo]

Yeah I was wondering this as well. If you listen to the iTunes version, he sings in a higher voice.

[PumPumBandit]

Nobody can do it like Morrissey. Not even cedric

[hypemike]

the music is realllllly good actually.. but im not really feeling the singer (the levels, the voice or the style of which he sings it)

[Epiphone314]

What!!!! To me the singers voice shows sadness, almost as if hes the one that wrote the song. I have no ideal how you dont like his voice.

[pythonbyte]

ATD-I were fukin great. These cover no so much.

[tarrao8]

Great song!!!

amazing!!

[spartanlemur]

Wow... i'm impressed. The song was not bad... in fact, I really liked it. I'll admit I was skeptical when I saw someone was covering it.

Amazing cover.

[spartanlemur]

I was honestly skeptical that ANY band cover The Smiths... but damn... this is one of the best covers i have ever heard in general. They not only avoided butchering a great song, but they kind of made it amazing.

i'm impressed.

[davestany]

really cool

[PZOOP]

nice video

[bigbalko]

fucking love this cover

[nindjakornjaca]

this is amazing!!!

[orlinqwest]

btw relationship of command came out in 2000 not the 90s but yea still an amazing album

[xmathiashendrix]

Nice cover. Which atdi cd is it on?

btw, Relationship Of Command is from 2000

[dasneonlicht]

Good, good, great cover. Fine work.

[pwiattitto]

ugh, that voice :( ...a bit flat (mildly speaking), and the smiths/morrisey mood is not hinted at even a little bit, lol.

placebo could cover it better though as it's more their style. now that, i'd love to hear :)

[anijsaaevijsa]

I love this band and this song... ATDI forever! But the Mars Volta are good too

[Blackcampfire]

i'm addicted

need rehab

[HazardControl]

I have to say, I really like this cover. Now obviously Cedrics voice isnt the same as Morriseys but that doesnt mean its not good. They bring their own style to song with the distorted guitar and darker bass. A good song in its own right.

[forgettingxoctober]

yeah man, he sounds alright in this recording, whether the mars volta sucks or not.

[Pestulince]

I actually think its better than the original, which is hard to do. This is the most amazing cover I have ever heard.

[QPRLAD86]

I am a massive Smiths fan for years now... They did the song justice obviously it was not as good as the Smiths version but everyone falls short compared to The Smiths anyway.. At The Drive In were a very decent band though in there own right

[BambiTheCierv]

I didn't like the way Cedrcic's voice sounded at first, but it sort of grows on you... anyways, great choice of song. It doesn't top the original (and I'm sure that wasn't their intention anyways), but it's still really good.

[KidA646]

Absolutely stunning i love the really dominant bass sound gives it a much darker atmosphere. And Cedric's vocals are pure brilliance!

[happiness67peace]

yes this is realy briliant. i love this

[halfwaypretty]

This is pure brilliance. I totally agree with placebomaniac1.

[ch0rx]

I really wish Cedric would sing some more songs like this. It's kind of a double edged blade though. On one hand you get a astonishing performance of vocal magnificence, but on the other hand you have him delving from what he's doing now, and he really seems to be enjoying everything they do lately. meh, I guess when push comes to shove, He's making very good music right now, and we still have these little artifacts :)

For the record TMV has been my favorite since 2005

[dmcsier]

Chorx! word. nice seeing another pwna member on intertubes.

[chrisgboyle]

Not a terribly great cover...to be honest i prefer the original. Fair play to them though, its an awesome song to choose and it is a rather hard one to do right i imagine.

[cromozzer]

nice cover

[robcr8ton]

wow never knew at the drive did this amazing stuff.

i miss at the drive saw them live once a stunning gig.

[grazianeddu]

A very good cover!

[jpb6892]

When Cedric doesn't try to sound like Morrissey, he has one of the most unique and powerful voices in music..

[placebomaniac1]

these guys are not claiming to have a better cover than the smiths. they are merely in love with their music. they have talent, just listen to 'Relationship Of Command'. then say what you want.

[Daaanvh]

True, Relationship Of Command btw is one of the greatest CD's of the 90thies.

[divineobject]

The video shows what the band was all about. And the song shows where they came from. Great Great Great job. I like this cover as much as the original (well...maybe a little less)

[esco6017]

some asshole stole all my music among with many other things. Its so kickass of you to have put this song on youtube. Thanks alot!!!

[manuelsoma1989]

I prefer the original version by the smiths but this is also good

[ThisCharmingMan64]

its mediocre at best. lose the vocals and i might rate it higher.

[christy8907]

i respect your opinion....im glad you atleast see some beauty in this cover

[marrzipan]

I think this is a VERY good cover!! It's close enough to the original to capture the mood and emotions of what Morrissey/Marr had in mind. But instead of being merely a carbon copy of a great song, they give this song a wonderful new character. Really great interpretation and highly listenable! Also, a lot of bands that cover the Smiths do kind of a "simplified version" of the Smiths song, especially with more complicated songs like this one. But this cover is different.