You can understand why he probably didn't want to do it again live for a very long time after the audience's behaviour during such a personal song

I wish the audience would have shutted up and appreciated the beauty of this song

I'm dying to see Johnny play the piano on this

What kind of jerk talks over such a beautiful song???!!

This was only played live by the smiths once, because the venue refused to move a piano off stage so they just took that as an opportunity to play this. I can't believe there is even a recording. Marr is a genius on guitar I can't believe he wrote this piano piece as well and Moz is Moz obviously. The audience should of been in tears but I'm fortunate this exists at all.

Morrissey was so overwhelmed singing the song that he was curled up in the foetal position on stage by the end of it.

One of the saddest song ever written, my favorite The Smiths song and the crowd just couldn't appreciate it...what a shame

Very appropriate Photo. I recorded this (the soundcheck recording is even better) ... and that's me in the background.

only live performance of asleep and Inverness got to see it. hahaha

cool ! I never knew there was a live version of Asleep! I wish there was also a live version of well I wonder:(

oh dayum this is rare

I was at this concert. Also a memorable early Frankly Mr Shankly too .

I've known local, amateur musicians in my life who have all expressed hesitation playing slower, reflective songs like this live because of audiences like this. It's so disrespectful how people are pissing about, whistling non-stop, laughing, etc. Same thing happened when I saw Peter Hook and the Light and they played "The Eternal." I get the role of a performer ultimately is to entertain their audience, but if a performer is really surrendering themselves and being vulnerable, then just shut up and listen.

Such a moving song. Thanks for sharing this. I bought the 12” of “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” from Woolworths in Devizes England back in 1985. Such a great B side from that 12”.I couldn’t stop playing it. The most moving songs ever.

Great bass by rourke in this

So wonderful this song is, I think "live" in the Smiths era is not the right decision. The whistling & laughing fans destroyed the song. Moz showed in the last years how this song should be presented live with an adult audience which is QUIET and can LISTEN.

This is super rare

Wow, never knew they performed this song live

When I hear how completely disrespectful the crowd is here it makes you realise how so much great art is not appreciated in its time. Being too young (and on the other side of the world) when The Smiths were around, I didn't have the opportunity to see them live. I know for sure I wouldn't have been whooping and whistling like these idiots. I can only assume they were treating it like any other gig. "Oh who's playing in Inverness tonight? The Smiths. Sounds a bit dull but there is nothing else going on." These days they no doubt brag to anyone who will listen that they saw The Smiths and it was incredible and changed their life and all that. Whereas they probably spent most of their time at the bar or taking the piss.

Oh my god I've been waiting for a live version of this song for so long. Thank you so much 🙌

Whistling during a song called “Asleep” couldn’t seem more inappropriate for the moment. Anyways this is amazing thanks for uploading it

Pity that there's no video of this performance(((((

1:37 that voice crack :(

Wow, where on earth have you dug this up from? I didn’t know this existed. This is such a great channel.

I can't sleep with everyone whistling actually

Wow, how rare is this! Thanks so much for sharing.

Thank you for sharing this. It's beautiful.

Amazing.

I don’t think most people commenting understand that this is 1985 and the person recording this was not doing it on the best equipment The microphone is picking up the voices closest to it, and the actual concert sound will be lower. That’s why when you hear everyone cheer @3:24 it sounds so overwhelmingly loud. I assure you the actual concert drowned out the sound of the crowd That said, yea they could’ve shut up. I’ll never forget hearing Radiohead play “exit music for a film” in front of 50,000 people, and you could hear a pin drop. Saw them again somewhere else and the crowd wouldn’t be quiet and the experience wasn’t the same

This is gold

Those people didn't deserve to listen to this song.

Merci.

Es hermoso.

verynice verynice verynicesong

Very disrespectful crowd.

Te amo pessoa desse canal, te amo

Best song ever - worst audience ever.

I don’t think the audience really understood how they were supposed to listen to this song live.. and that’s the problem.

Free 🇵🇸

Soundboard version?, Wishful dreaming.

QUIte teasing Me...I hear the screams of the audience and I only get a single shot of Jobnny and Yah

Ironic "there is a better world" as his world is occupied by screaming juveniles at the time