The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (Official Music Video)

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Official video for Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before by The Smiths
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Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before was released in 1987 and features on the group's 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come.
Lyrics
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love
I was delayed, I was way-laid
An emergency stop
I smelt the last ten seconds of life
I crashed down on the crossbar
And the pain was enough to make a shy, bald, Buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder
Who said I'd lied to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never
Who said I'd lied because I never?
I was detained, I was restrained
And broke my spleen and broke my knee
And then he really laced into me
Friday night in-out patients
Who said I'd lied to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied? Because I never, I never
Who said I'd lied? Because I never
And so I drank one
It became four
And when I fell on the floor
I drank more
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love
#TheSmiths #StopMeIfYouThinkYouveHeardThisOneBefore #StrangewaysHereWeCome

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@alexegoavil7590 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr is a musical genius. His guitar comes in and out in a subtle way and it suddenly hits you with melodic mastery.

@shabbos-goy9407 3 жыл бұрын

at 3mins his genius aligns with those final rifts..

@benspicer7470 3 жыл бұрын

Marr was the man!!

@mrkipling2201 2 жыл бұрын

He was why I first got into the Smiths and why I’m still a massive fan now. His guitar playing is genius.

@ltfringr 2 жыл бұрын

Can Johnny Marr ride his bike around town with a dozen lookalikes? I didn't think so

@mrkipling2201 2 жыл бұрын

@@ltfringr I don’t think he ever tried. I bet he could though………

@willr8764 3 жыл бұрын

That bass line is the stuff of dreams.

@jumhed994 3 жыл бұрын

Like 'This Charming Man'. When I first heard that I was all, 'Wait, what?'

@lgd1974 3 жыл бұрын

That, my friend, is the melodic playing of the amazing Andy Rourke.

@kaydgaming 2 жыл бұрын

Marr really knew how to write them

@novadhd 2 жыл бұрын

@@kaydgaming Im sure Andy Rourke wrote it

@andrewmaguire4476 2 жыл бұрын

Andy Rourke is one of music's most underrated bassists. I happen to think he's a genius.

@kevinhall2829 2 жыл бұрын

The fact we are still talking about this proves how important the smiths are.

@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Жыл бұрын

The Smiths are biblical, Morrissey was heaven sent

@yaknowme2546 Жыл бұрын

I see girls dressed like this now in 2022 crazy

@JasonSmith-dn1bq Жыл бұрын

correct

@Inorganic-Inc Жыл бұрын

When it comes to songs, Nothing's changed, still love this song Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to.

@aandnfishing496 2 ай бұрын

you do know that there’s gonna be what they call a polar shift in the suns magnetic poles…where the sun literally flips 180 degrees on its axis…well according to top physicists when this event happens,apparently the world calendar will be set at 1st jan 1980 and the world will act accordingly!!! can’t fuckin wait 😊

@Rabmcm32 4 жыл бұрын

Morrissey states in his autobiography that he didn’t like this video but I think it is very well done and iconic.

@Rabmcm32 4 жыл бұрын

The more I think about it, Morrissey must know this video is outstanding and just being a contrarian. He said he liked the suedehead video much more, but that is nowhere near as good, much as I like Jim Dean.

@ill8485 3 жыл бұрын

He also states he at first he didn’t like “there is a light that never goes out” and I think we can all agree that song is a masterpiece

@shakedydogshake 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a masterpiece!

@HenryWaltonJones 3 жыл бұрын

Fuck Morrissey,Johnny Marr wrote this amazing song,Morrissey just made up a few lyrics to go along with it.

@stacyblue1980 3 жыл бұрын

He is a gem. 💓

@SidneyDeLira 8 жыл бұрын

my father was so in love with the smiths he named his first born son after the lead singer, yep I have a brother named Morrissey (Its 2020 and I just saw how big this comment got! Also all the replies! Wow)

@JohnKobaRuddy 8 жыл бұрын

pretty sweeeeeet that like

@Twistedhippy 8 жыл бұрын

That's actually a good name.

@Whatshisdan 8 жыл бұрын

now that's just straight out awesome

@LolaFudge 8 жыл бұрын

+Super_Sid and you're named after sid vicious, right?

@mariohds86 8 жыл бұрын

+Super_Sid is he by any chance a "charming man"?

@texasBMXer 5 жыл бұрын

"And the pain was enough to make a shy bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder." Only Morrissey could fit those lyrics seamlessly into a song and make them work so well. Absolutely beautiful. That line of lyric not only communicates vividly what Morrissey was communicating, it also is in and of itself a vignette of a compelling story.

@bobbird4106 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't they have to do a radio edit after The Hungerford massacre?

@HighlandMike325 2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbird4106 It was going to be the third single from Strangeways hence the video but Hungerford massacre stopped that - (The Severed Alliance - Johnny Rogan)

@JillASim 2 жыл бұрын

And it's very funny.

@JillASim 2 жыл бұрын

Not the massacre, of course, the lyrics. Yikes.

@Fxirie_harper08 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite lyrics of any pop song right there.

@ChrMmn Жыл бұрын

RIP Andy Rourke. Your bass makes this song bounce with life and shine with light that will never go out.

@zephead843 Жыл бұрын

Andy made every smiths song bounce with life, and his light will never go out.

@Mr.Kerr-cade 8 ай бұрын

Amen

@foto21 7 ай бұрын

I'm a bass player and what he's doing is pretty intense. He basically learned the vocal melody and decided to bounce around inside of it, while at the same holding down the groove with the drums, but his harmonic choices are top shelf. Also, anyone who calls Joyce a simple drummer is an idiot.

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 5 ай бұрын

Sad news, he was very relevant along with Mike Joyce, great rhythmic base.

@VaduzVaduz 4 ай бұрын

Andy Rourke se fue de gira Músical a otra dimensión convertido en energía.

@MindsinUnison 4 жыл бұрын

My favourite part is 0:00 to 3:32

@SofaKingShit 3 жыл бұрын

I liked the sensitive young lad who bicycled.

@Beastgrows 3 жыл бұрын

Mine is just 03:32 !

@danielward7008 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite bit is Morrissey's big cheesy grin around 1:05

@davidallen346 3 жыл бұрын

My is 2:52 after the little girl turn her head and it shows Moz with his perfectly coiffed pompadour dry hair in the residential yard area

@BC-bf2mw 3 жыл бұрын

Look round poshchester these days all change make way for the yuppies of the first half off the new century 😛 in the year 2525 Rickdardo?

@charlie891 4 жыл бұрын

imagine walking down the street and morrisey comes zooming along on a bike with 50 morrisey look-alikes in tow and they're all just zooming about

@Catluvur23 3 жыл бұрын

I think I’d pass out

@NormAppleton 3 жыл бұрын

I can think of worse things

@leeturton9254 3 жыл бұрын

I'd think what has some cunt put in me roll up...basterds

@curtisnogle8907 3 жыл бұрын

Think I'd be frightened, only slightly less..

@alisondrury7333 3 жыл бұрын

In laugh ing so hard

@Sadowsky1965 8 жыл бұрын

One of the most underrated guitarist... Johnny Marr.

@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo 6 жыл бұрын

He is one of the greatest, along with Andy Summers. Easy to play the guitar, but to play like these two, art!

@coryklein84 5 жыл бұрын

He is in the rock and roll Hall of fame. Thats not underrated

@Nola_Egypt 5 жыл бұрын

Say It Again... You Weren’t Heard.

@user-kr9ui3id3u 5 жыл бұрын

The most underrated band too

@benzobrimzs 5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say he was underrated

@ezrhino100 2 жыл бұрын

I wear my Smiths T shirt around town in CA. To this day, I get more comments than any other shirt. I don't think it's possible to forget this band.

@HenryWaltonJones Жыл бұрын

Keep rocking the T Shirt,you're a Legend!!

@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Жыл бұрын

I have a 7 days supply of Smith shirts, I wear them everyday. Shop lifters unite is the shirt I get most comments on.... I enjoy The Smiths lifestyle

@HenryWaltonJones Жыл бұрын

@@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Respect mate.Love it!!Just bought a Johnny Fuckin' Marr t-shirt and I wear it as much as I can(much to the disdain of my wife and kids)

@jfluffydog2110 Жыл бұрын

Where is CA?

@ezrhino100 Жыл бұрын

@@jfluffydog2110 CA is where Justin Bieber resides.

@prime_memeister3324 7 күн бұрын

The Smiths gives me such a nostalgia for a time I’ll never be able to visit. RIP Andy

@paulgross1 8 жыл бұрын

Not sure there are too many better Moz lyrics than: "The pain was enough to make a shy, bald buddhist reflect and plan a mass-murder."

@zimriel 6 жыл бұрын

meanwhile, in Burma

@mr_makmak5296 6 жыл бұрын

'i think about life and i think about death..and neither one particularly appeals to me'

@kostajovanovic3711 6 жыл бұрын

+Henning Diesel more like both

@theobuniel9643 6 жыл бұрын

Isn't it the other way around, though?

@hershall3152 6 жыл бұрын

Henning Diesel you dont get it do you

@pwdvc 9 жыл бұрын

Those glasses aren't 'hipster' they are 'national health' glasses...like standard issue prescription from the socialized healthcare system in the UK

@rdrake316 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@seoulstyle01 9 жыл бұрын

I never knew that, thank you for adding context.

@PKSkyler 9 жыл бұрын

This comment needs more thumbs, informative!

@NickWeirGUITARIST 9 жыл бұрын

Hipsterism could be defined as a lifestyle that is rooted in taking something generic and uncool, and associating yourself with it (so the glasses are defo hipster glasses). Problem is that then other people copy, making the NHS glasses "trendy" and "fashionable", to the complete bewilderment of the hipster. The hipster is then thrust into a sea of anguish because his "uncool" accessory (that made him cool) is now considered "cool" to the mainstream. And that is not cool. Not cool at all.

@PKSkyler 9 жыл бұрын

***** in this video? The glasses are stock glasses from their local healthcare service at the time, thats why they are all wearing them.

@themayan7689 2 жыл бұрын

Only in the wonderful 80's could you be an adult with a Pompadour, old man glasses, ride a bike with a basket & still look cool!!!!

@roseg2239 2 жыл бұрын

Pompadours were fashionable in the 2010s

@Kalliopa0122 2 жыл бұрын

Or … if you’re cool like the smiths you could that in any decade 😍

@anthonyrios3312 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Portland, that's literally a description of most of the hipsters.

@oldskoolcool1887 Жыл бұрын

Their sound, lyrics, humour, vibe and sentiment - all completely original and irreplaceable.

@kurtboyer299 10 ай бұрын

Morrissey switches the speaker from verse to verse like chapters in a Faulkner book w/ different narrators.

@tristan_840 12 күн бұрын

Relatable for me

@RovingRoy 8 жыл бұрын

The world's least threatening biker gang!

@lemurianchick 8 жыл бұрын

+RovingRoy LMAO!

@SWEvanille 8 жыл бұрын

physically yes, mentally no.

@ericmlj18 8 жыл бұрын

+Nic F But he's a big pussy.

@barrieblack482 8 жыл бұрын

Haha 😂

@jfdkl 8 жыл бұрын

yesss they'd go around just emotionally tearing people down. their victims thing they're alright until they go home that night and try to go to sleep only to find themselves huddled under the covers crying

@abdullahmalik8833 10 жыл бұрын

i love this music and i'm only 8 months old, infact i am writing this straight from my mother's womb. Today's music is garbage.

@julianwhitbred7070 10 жыл бұрын

@monhern2 10 жыл бұрын

სგ ძმა

@Lifeinsam 9 жыл бұрын

Swagg man :-) 💮🆘📻📺

@SkullyFH 5 жыл бұрын

Rap sucks

@eb2464 5 жыл бұрын

haha not funny

@Dravenscrypt 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, has anyone ever heard anything like this ever? This music is genius!

@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub Жыл бұрын

words to live by !

@foto21 7 ай бұрын

I've heard it for nearly 37 years, and I still can't get over how good it is, but then, it's a straight shot to my youth, so of course it's POWERFUL. I just learned the lyrics today also, but I'm not learning them in depth, because they're not important. I know the ones that are obvious. Morrisey's use of rhyme and onomatopeia is one of his major geniuses.

@zephead843 4 ай бұрын

The first time I heard this my brain did a triple axle.

@weseygirl 3 жыл бұрын

I love this slightly more than I used to!

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

Now, THAT is the comment

@Joyce-fk4jq 10 ай бұрын

😅

@NormAppleton 8 ай бұрын

Bravo, girl!

@Queen_62 3 ай бұрын

Nooooo! Ok, 🙌

@youwatt499 7 жыл бұрын

Every time my neighbour hears me playing this, she bangs along on the wall. She must love it too, so I play it louder for her. Xx

@antonioalves4351 5 жыл бұрын

O mesmo aconteceu comigo!

@generalkenobi8591 4 жыл бұрын

Hah that's funny and original

@thanosgaming7153 4 жыл бұрын

its ccalled "stop me if youve heard this one before.

@fumingriley 4 жыл бұрын

This song begs to be played loud

@rjrj4750 4 жыл бұрын

When you say... "She bangs along" What exactlydoyou mean?

@crispingoolsby6303 8 жыл бұрын

The Smiths were one of those bands, one of the ONLY bands, that NEVER became a parody of themselves or even slightly banal. Oh, how I do cherish their music.

@Stingraylego99 7 жыл бұрын

They broke up before that could happen

@Jrue61 4 жыл бұрын

Probably could have picked a better video to make this comment.

@alukuhito 3 жыл бұрын

Um... This whole video is parodying Morrissey. So, uh... You might want to rethink your opinion. It's been 5 years, so maybe you have.

@thursoberwick1948 2 жыл бұрын

Apart from the bikes and awful dress sense!

@czgibson3086 2 жыл бұрын

Golden Lights is not just slightly banal, it's bloody awful. The rest of their discography is solid gold though.

@whwh7339 Жыл бұрын

Morrissey’s vocal melody on the verses is like crack. I don’t know why it’s so addictive. I think his lack of being overly “schooled” in music allowed him to create such a unique melody, no one else would think to choose those specific notes and sing them that way. And his rhythms and even his use of space are all perfect. Flowing and organic but also wistful, playful, self-aware, intelligent. Coupled with one of the best 80s bass lines out there and Marr in peak form on the guitar: this to me is arguably the most catchiest song in their catalogue and should have been a huge hit. I believe it didn’t get played on radio because of the mass murder line, which Morrissey refused to change (lol)

@h0lysockbob401 4 ай бұрын

It was banned in the UK. There had actually been a mass shooting in the UK ( unusual for UK) prior to this song being released. I don't think it was banned in other countries but I'm not sure.

@NormAppleton Ай бұрын

I find it difficult to focus on individual parts of great songs like this. The whole is so much greater than it's parts it just swallows you.

@chadarracks 4 жыл бұрын

"my name's Moz and this is my biker gang, stay off our turf before we mousse your hair"

@zakiwahyumustajab4558 7 жыл бұрын

I can't stop playing this song

@longshotkdb 7 жыл бұрын

that happens. i wouldn't 'panic' until the song you cant stop listening to, is 'that joke isn't funny anymore' then you're fuct...trust me.

@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo 6 жыл бұрын

If you ever learn to play guitar, The Smiths is so pleasurable to play and sing at the same time.

@steveforest8385 4 жыл бұрын

Even if you've heard this one before?

@javifrusciante1992 4 жыл бұрын

Same here. What a song mfg

@amandadiaz7991 3 жыл бұрын

Neither do I 🤩🤩

@texasBMXer 9 жыл бұрын

Oh, to ride bicycles around Manchester with Morrissey. Even if I got a puncture on a desolate hillside or a sore itch, the pleasure and the privilege would be mine. Well, I wonder, if we rode without ease on those streets where he was raised, would we be safe? Shyness is nice, but shyness could stop us from asserting ourselves on those streets with double decker busses, ten ton trucks, and charming cars. Being 22, clumsy, shy, and one of the most inept that ever stepped, there is a high chance I would become a cyclist in a coma, which is quite serious. That being said, feeling the soil fall over my head, or meeting at the cemetry gates one last time would not bother me much because I am the son and heir of nothing in particular. Stop me if I am painting a vulgar picture or if you think you've heard some of this before.

@Logster191 9 жыл бұрын

texasBMXer wonderful! this is genius :)

@GothicCliona 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@vinylmisfit2165 8 жыл бұрын

That, was a masterpiece.

@timmi59 8 жыл бұрын

Dude. Awesome.

@CWojcieszak 8 жыл бұрын

+texasBMXer You have way too much time on your hands, get a job.

@tristanb2853 3 жыл бұрын

[Chorus] Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before Nothing's changed I still love you, oh, I still love you ...Only Slightly, only slightly less Than I used to, my love [Verse 1] I was delayed, I was way-laid An emergency stop I smelt the last ten seconds of life I crashed down on the crossbar And the pain was enough to make A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect And plan a mass murder Who said I'd lied to her? Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never! Who said I'd lied because I never? [Verse 2] I was detained, I was restrained And broke my spleen And broke my knee (and then he really laced into me) Friday night in Out-patients Who said I'd lied to her? Oh, who said I'd lied? - Because I never, I never Who said I'd lied? - Because I never Oh, so I drank one It became four And when I fell on the floor... ... I drank more [Chorus] Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before Nothing's changed I still love you, oh, I still love you ... Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

Bravo

@Henderson182 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if he is saying “I was delayed, I was wailing”

@psychoslayer1325 4 ай бұрын

@@Henderson182 The lyrics are correct, and taking into account the meaning of the song, it relates an infidelity that goes even further with that nonsense xd

@TheDanno34 2 ай бұрын

No one likes a know it all

@pabloemiliopinorivas5923 Жыл бұрын

RIP Andy Rourke!!! 😢 He will be missed

@VaduzVaduz 4 ай бұрын

Andy Rourke se fue de gira Músical a otra dimensión convertido en energía, Respeto al Artista y su Música.

@teresebloom4381 6 жыл бұрын

The Smiths transcend time. I thought they were amazingly talented when I was in my 20's and their music holds up today.

@vanessavasquez947 7 жыл бұрын

Whenever I watch these videos, I cannot get over just how beautiful Morrissey was when he was young

@lssaya 7 жыл бұрын

and still is

@noneya7910 6 жыл бұрын

Everyone’s beautiful when they’re young though. Looks fade with age. He’s still pretty beautiful though lol

@winniewinkles 6 жыл бұрын

True story.

@eldesconocido5734 3 жыл бұрын

@@noneya7910 i am young and ugly haha

@alexisbuchanan2028 3 жыл бұрын

@@eldesconocido5734 beauty is overrated anyway. There's a great Highland saying which translates to.." beauty don't boil the pot ".

@CruceEntertainment 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny was such a rocker, and Morrissey the King of Mope. It was a match made in heaven, and they both knew it from the start.

@pigknickers2975 2 жыл бұрын

"King of Mope" = love that!

@jizanthapus3099 2 жыл бұрын

@@pigknickers2975 pope of mope :)

@pigknickers2975 2 жыл бұрын

@@jizanthapus3099 Like that too!

@ericsilberstein667 4 ай бұрын

Rourke and Joyce a great rhythm section.

@NormAppleton Ай бұрын

People do it now, but it's just boring and sad.

@mikedavies1217 4 жыл бұрын

Morrisey and Johnny Marr could not have been more different as people yet mashed together so beautifully musically

@johnh7774 6 жыл бұрын

I knew about the smiths when I was young but didn’t get ‘it’. I’m 42 now and have completely fallen in love with the music....Morrisey’s words touch me in a way no others have...there a beautiful, poetic longing to be loved sung with to a backdrop of rain, sadness and loneliness - I just love them now...I get it.

@chrisolagrim3597 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a wee bit younger than you and am trying to understand. One day

@ggeemmiinnii 10 ай бұрын

Loved them as a teen and still live them at 44. Timeless

@craiglewis6145 9 ай бұрын

I was 14 when they first hit the scene in 1983. I was immediately hooked and saw them live in 1984. I got them immediately and they have been my favourite band since the day I first heard them 40 years ago.

@TheBoneo 9 ай бұрын

@craiglewis6145 please read morriseys biography, thank me later...

@craiglewis6145 9 ай бұрын

@@TheBoneo I read it when it first came out, but thanks anyway. I've also read Johnny Marr's which I preferred because I could relate to it more.

@raicebannon1936 5 жыл бұрын

Please do not insult The Smiths by referring to them as “hipsters”.

@izycananua9538 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, we can insult them by simply saying they rot God save the queen,,, and the facist regime

@sloppycocky7205 4 жыл бұрын

@@izycananua9538 what?

@izycananua9538 4 жыл бұрын

@@sloppycocky7205 exactly

@sloppycocky7205 4 жыл бұрын

@@izycananua9538 guacamole nigga penis

@daytona955joop 4 жыл бұрын

Raice Bannon Hipsters!!! This was 1986, we hadn’t heard of the word then (thank god), middle class wankers with check shirts, beards and trust funds helping them run a juice bar in Hoxton. Fuck off. The Smiths were from the rougher parts of Manchester creating music which made people think. They were not, at the time, massively popular but to those of us who bought in they were very important. One of those by whom you judged your friends. Like ‘em, I’m with you. Dislike and I’m against you. Can’t say that of music now and to use the word hipster in relation to The Smiths is an gross insult.

@alancantu2557 Ай бұрын

This is unironically the best music video I think I’ve ever seen

@zakarydenton5655 8 ай бұрын

I long for these lovely, simpler times.

@hisvorpalsword 9 жыл бұрын

kids today be like "oh that's where I got my haircut from"

@shaihuludxx 9 жыл бұрын

hisvorpalsword hahah exactly

@Jsalrulz 9 жыл бұрын

hisvorpalsword And that Morrissey got his from some movie from the 40's.

@J8D2 9 жыл бұрын

Morrissey literally had that haircut before it was cool. Now its got the whole jd sports/nandos vibe about it.

@Drenwickification 8 жыл бұрын

***** the ultimate hipster

@J8D2 8 жыл бұрын

Drenwickification huehuehue

@theartfuldodger935 8 жыл бұрын

Apparently, they have very bad eyesight in Manchester.

@alexanderflourry8426 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Smith's totally and I'm black there's brilliance for you!!!!!!

@t3l3phasicworksh0p 4 жыл бұрын

It’s Salford

@hashteraksgage3281 4 жыл бұрын

@@t3l3phasicworksh0p Manchester

@anthony28303 3 жыл бұрын

@@t3l3phasicworksh0p not all of it was filmed in Salford

@Jj1ll0987 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Fletch from Depeche Mode 🤣🤣

@danmang923 Ай бұрын

One of the greatest songs ever written. Definitely one of the top ten greatest Smith's song, if not the best song lyrically and musically.

@akforge 5 ай бұрын

Videos like this are time machines, I long for a place that no longer exists . . . 😔

@jamesgretsch4894 7 жыл бұрын

When Strangeways, Here We Come, came out I listened to it every day for years and still do.

@curtis5979 9 жыл бұрын

Walking around a rainy DC listening to this song is a great feeling

@crispingoolsby6303 8 жыл бұрын

+Curtis That IS a good feeling

@geeblanco 8 жыл бұрын

+Curtis It's just as great here on a bright and breezy Edinburgh morning ;)

@francespince-nez 8 жыл бұрын

Duckie!

@lemurianchick 8 жыл бұрын

+Cindy Basement LOL!

@kevinomreb 4 ай бұрын

Love it when you find a song from 38 years ago and fall in love with it for the first time!

@BARLEYSWORLDMANCHESTER 3 жыл бұрын

I've loved the Smith's since secondary school, being black coming from Manchester and being part of the football 80s with CITY this was our narrative. The smiths, The Jam, and New order what can I say. 😄🙏🏾👍🏾 You're very welcome.

@carlocrolla7564 3 жыл бұрын

Only us blues get it ..c.mon citeh

@fasthracing 2 жыл бұрын

good taste

@barbara-jeansbtch 4 жыл бұрын

This song reminds of sneaking into the living room on a Sunday night in high school to watch 120 minutes on MTV. The nostalgia is thick like a warm blanket 😊

@greatesthitsmore9085 Жыл бұрын

120Minutes was the best!

@thewoodys_surf_instrumental Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@tomthumb4719 Жыл бұрын

A smiths’ fan who also supports a neo fascist puppet regime masquerading as a civilised country. Funny the company you have to keep to like music!

@herbertpetrillo485 10 ай бұрын

yes, 12 midnight on Sunday in mid 1980s.i remember.

@richardvanderlip4195 2 жыл бұрын

67 years old and still my favorite

@marz_mitzi 2 жыл бұрын

where were you when the music video was made :0

@richardvanderlip4195 2 жыл бұрын

@@marz_mitzi ?

@gdbssa 2 жыл бұрын

“And the pain was enough to make a shy bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder” hard to think of a better line ever written than that ❤️

@georgemorley1029 2 жыл бұрын

“We hate it when our friends become successful and if they’re Northern that makes it even worse”.

@juskahusk2247 Жыл бұрын

Isn't it "this shy, poor Buddhist".

@80ssynthfan48 Жыл бұрын

You may recall that the song was withdrawn from sale in the UK as there was in fact a real-life mass murder around the same time. So they used this same video to release "I've Started Something I Couldn't Finish".

@gentillygirl545 8 ай бұрын

@@80ssynthfan48Damn. I thought only we Americans were that idiotic. Oh well. At least it was released in a larger way, on a national level there. As a teen in the USA, you had to struggle, search, and do your serious research to find great (or any, really) British punk and post-punk music.

@padistedor 8 жыл бұрын

Morrissey is such an original. I still enjoy his songs today like I did yesterday.

@soundgardener4940 7 жыл бұрын

That's the definition of insanity - doing the same thing and expecting different results. GET HELP.

@peterbartlett9459 10 жыл бұрын

Morrissey is justly praised, but don't miss Johnny Marr's HUGE contribution..

@hunternichols9463 5 жыл бұрын

I actually think it's the opposite Morrissey doesn't get enough Praise for his incredible singing but Marr is absolutely incredible and deserves all the praise he gets but Morrissey is underrated

@zimriel 4 жыл бұрын

Or Rourke's bass.

@TheRealThomasPaine1776 6 ай бұрын

One of the greatest songs ever! It just never stops, it surprises, its memorable, the guitar is magical, the words like nothing you've ever heard before!!

@conversiamo 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't come more British than that. Love from Italy.

@arnk7060 2 жыл бұрын

This didn’t age well

@criminally_vulgar 2 жыл бұрын

@@arnk7060 😂 I was wondering whether the comments would have been different, if the Italian bit wasn't there!

@yakirtepper8965 Жыл бұрын

That's Entertainment by The Jam slightly more British

@boardsofwood 2 ай бұрын

Andrea Pirlo humiliating Joe Hart in 2012 be like: 1:12

@mtv4701 3 жыл бұрын

This could've been filmed last week it's so relevant

@tsartodd 8 жыл бұрын

the Manchester UK branch of the Sons of Anarchy ...

@travvistodd6016 6 жыл бұрын

Perfect.

@ShahPhilLeotardo 5 жыл бұрын

Sons of Morrissey

@blondeandchatty7842 2 жыл бұрын

I bloody love the Smiths! I didn't appreciate them properly when I was a teenager. I was into house music. Nothing wrong with that. But this is soooo good - amazing, tongue in cheek lyrics AND incredible musicians. Nobody nowadays is as good xx

@tourzrap 2 жыл бұрын

I dont believe you

@matthewscaletta5952 2 жыл бұрын

Your dam right

@ChicanoPhD 9 ай бұрын

I loved both house and post punk. I still live by both in my 50s.

@stevealexander2405 5 ай бұрын

The Smiths jean jacket. Classic 80s awesome style

@DGSE 8 жыл бұрын

At this time there was no internet and take a bike ride with friends was very fun !!

@thejeff5825 4 жыл бұрын

"Very fun"? That's appalling grammar.

@branson9271 4 жыл бұрын

@@thejeff5825 man's just expressing his nostalgia nobody cares how perfect the grammar is it still makes sense

@getaction 8 жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken, this video was filmed after the Smiths had broken up. It was also used for "I Started Something ..." and "There Is A Light ...".

@scottherf 4 жыл бұрын

makes sense. great song.

@shirlimalish1233 Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous man with an angelic voice and beautiful hair cut and glasess . The smiths music is so beautiful and so nice listen to...I can listen over and over..cant find that kind of music these days..

@juancitoperez2856 Жыл бұрын

Addicted to the bassline, smooth and clean.

@paulparsons480 7 жыл бұрын

Quite simply the greatest band in the history of music!

@RollingOrmond 7 жыл бұрын

If you've heard no other bands, sure.

@andrewkelly2546 4 жыл бұрын

Spot on totally agree absolute bliss

@Fan_Made_Videos 8 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr's guitar arrangement tho...

@scottneilson2450 7 жыл бұрын

so underated mann

@EmilianoGalati 7 жыл бұрын

He was able to create texture always different to every song but still unmistakably recognisable. All the band members were incredible musicians....

@julosx 7 жыл бұрын

I'd rather say, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke were the most underrated members of the band, particularly from Morrissey and Marr. These two never granted their Joyce and Rourke any royalty penny even though nothing would have been ever possible without them.

@ItsNotaTuhmah 7 жыл бұрын

They sued them and won, apparently.

@peterlukats937 6 жыл бұрын

> These two never granted their Joyce and Rourke any royalty penny Quite far wide of the mark. Though the both of them would later dispute it in court, Joyce and Rourke were both on a contract awarding them 10% of royalties and performances. Joyce won 25% of all future royalties plus a 1 million pounds in back royalties. Rourke settled out of court for £83,000 and 10 per cent of royalties, renouncing all further claims as he was broke.

@stussy7629 6 ай бұрын

Got to be one of the most perfect popular music tunes ever. Lyrical genius of Morissey and the musical and guitar genius of Johnny Marr, perfection.

@racheldell732 2 жыл бұрын

One of their best, very melodic.

@juskahusk2247 Жыл бұрын

Almost as good as 'Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty'.

@cc92103 Жыл бұрын

This song just plain kicks ass!

@zacharysmith4334 4 ай бұрын

First time I am hearing this song, and I cannot stop listening to it.

@postal8269 2 ай бұрын

I'm in the same tip as you I've heard it over 100 Times in the past week

@thomyoung17 4 ай бұрын

There will never be a band like the smiths

@scottnapier943 Жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace Andy Rourke 🙏❤🎸

@NealDamiano 7 ай бұрын

First Smiths video I ever saw on MTV. I was a kid and this was an infectious song I sang around the house. RIP Andy Rourke

@miskay5526 7 жыл бұрын

this video is killing me how i wish more than anythng to have lived in 1980s england!

@sugarlandspringsteen 7 жыл бұрын

Can I say that you are quite a looker Mis Kay. You look very beautiful.

@brandyjackson3875 7 жыл бұрын

Mis Kay me too!!

@oscarsclavuno6464 7 жыл бұрын

It kills me, too !!

@megankelly8613 7 жыл бұрын

Mis Kay under thatcher ?? ha ok

@miskay5526 7 жыл бұрын

what are you saying

@benedettobruno1669 5 жыл бұрын

Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique artists such as the Smiths and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.

@careydepass130 5 жыл бұрын

Well said. Thank you for writing what I have thinking.

@mishatomskovich7103 5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome....

@carlospucarinho 4 жыл бұрын

True. Greatings from Portugal

@Ma77F 4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely comment

@zapvox7189 4 жыл бұрын

yes indeed! thank you to the music people of great britain.

@vaniaandrade8293 3 жыл бұрын

This brings many vibes. The composition of the song and this video is just...wonderful. What a band!

@927ismynumber Жыл бұрын

Just hearing the first 10 seconds of this catapults me to a better place

@mildred714 10 ай бұрын

Exactly

@XxChelsxCurse 8 жыл бұрын

"nothings changed I still love you...only slightly less than I used to..."

@pearljam619 8 жыл бұрын

The man is a poet and described the pain and anguish of a break up perfectly.

@Brennan_Dale3169 4 жыл бұрын

Great lyrics, great musicians

@NotReallyaPlanet 3 жыл бұрын

That's how I feel about the one from Germany who I haven't seen in 20 years.

@DJR-NZ Жыл бұрын

I remember this coming on to my TV and I was just absolutely stunned by it - I then went and over the next few months bought every album and 12-inch that they had released.

@knoxtaurigen 3 жыл бұрын

One of my all times favorite band! A hell of a song!

@nicolecolson6886 9 жыл бұрын

So many teenage blissful memories tied up in one Smiths song. Sigh. God how I loved, love and will forever love the Smiths. I was one of these Morrissey clones in the video.

@LucaOldani 10 жыл бұрын

I'm deeply in love with this song.

@BillLowenburg 2 ай бұрын

"I still love you - only slighty, only slightly -- less than I used to." That lyric has echoed so true for me in many relationships (or sometimes imagined relationships). In fact I'll probably quote it tomorrow when I speak with someone I've just realized has been lying to me.

@bimbobaggypants4820 5 ай бұрын

Makes me nostalgic for the 80's though I was only a kid born in 1981

@minimasicurezza676 Жыл бұрын

i still can feel in this song that andy rourke is alive, even if he's dead today. we will never forget you 💔

@farmfarmdorrie 9 жыл бұрын

I've never seen this video, until now. I could not take my eyes away from it, this little trip through a Morrissey-led idea of Manchester. Loved the shop signs, loved the cycling, loved the true feel of the time. Love the song, of course. :-)

@DenkyManner Жыл бұрын

the production is beyond sublime

@juanaltredo2974 Жыл бұрын

man, the song, the lyrics, the video, Morrissey was hitting the mark every single time, its all so memorable, yet so real. One of the greatest urban poets we've had

@Margie75 Жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace, Andy Rourke . God bless you 🕊🙏🏽 ❤

@thewoodys_surf_instrumental Жыл бұрын

Probably my favorite Smith's song. Johnny Marr's guitar is just so amazing on this song. Morrissey's voice is the icing on the cake.

@JustinHollingsworthness Жыл бұрын

One of the most underrated guitarists. And in the whole Smith's catalog he plays only one guitar solo.

@S1apShoes Жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up with grunge and later got into Love Battery and Screaming Trees, it's painfully obvious where they drew their inspiration from. This shit slaps.

@Snipfin555 6 ай бұрын

One of the best smiths and just songs in general

@rain73ful 2 жыл бұрын

They were definitely a great band. I enjoyed their music immensely!

@rmr1967 10 жыл бұрын

Reading Morrisey's Biography. He says this and Girlfriend in a Coma were both "frustratingly unwatchable" so I came to see for myself. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I like em.

@garonvega9625 4 ай бұрын

46 now i heard this in 86 its.still one of my favs

@kevinomreb 4 ай бұрын

Whoever the bass player was , his part connected the whole song together. And the drums

@ilovebjorksomuch3189 Жыл бұрын

I'm 14 and I love this song.

@VitoC. Жыл бұрын

Good taste

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

As you should, good music is beyond time

@velsie2303 Жыл бұрын

me too,

@TheWinkyGuy Жыл бұрын

I feel this band in my soul, their music speaks to me so much.

@alci720 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite and best songs from one of the greatest British bands and one of the best lyricists of the last 50 years.

@toniputin1096 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr's lick at the end always gives me chills.

@kenwhitener985 3 жыл бұрын

"I still love you -- only slightly less than I used to " - I loved that line when I first heard it back in the 80's since it is true in a lot of situations ! Morrissey had 'cut to the bone' lyrics !!

@empiricaltheory6650 2 ай бұрын

Song title: "Stop Me if you've Heard this one before" Me: *puts song on pause because i keep replaying it*

@kirkross4514 2 жыл бұрын

Great band and great song! Reminds me of staying up late on Sunday night watching MTV 120 minutes and catching up on sleep in the classroom on monday!