The Smiths - How Soon is Now. 1984 (Full 12" Extended Video Version)[Remastered Audio]

Always frustrated me how the official video cut out before the last verse, using footage from the director Derek Jarman who directed all of the music videos in 'The Queen is Dead' video EP as well as the video for 'Ask'.

[@Damon759]

Rest in peace bassist Andy Rourke (1964-2023)… 😞🖤🕯️

[@VaduzVaduz]

El no quiere descansar, el quiere disfrutar su Música con los leales seguidores de The Smiths, pq el vive dentro de esta Muy buena Música.

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

This song brings back memories of the 80's. Me being 16 or so. Head over hells in love with a girl...... who didn't know I existed. What great music we had back then.

[@EMarrs42]

I'm 50. Remember first hearing this at an underage club in Chicago as a wee teen. Religious experience. Went on to be a musician. Played everything from punk to the blues and everything in-between. And decades later, it still comes back to Johnny Marr and this hypnotizing guitar riff. Gives me goose bumps to this day.

[@Yungrexy]

I'm 51 & this song still moves me the same today as it did back when teenage me first heard it. Music is dead now. We used to get a new genre & style every 4 years or so but modern music is just a homogeneous blob of formulatic crap.

[@EMarrs42]

@@Yungrexy yeah music is not as culturally impactful & important anymore. Sad.

[@CreanCrimson]

First time I heard it was walking in the door of Medussa's...a moment I'll never forget

[@susanmoriarty7533]

50 next year 💚

[@thegentlelivingchannel]

You mean Medusa's? 😊 Oh yeah, then you head over to Punkin Donuts to keep the party going. I miss it. Great times.

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

The decade of the 80's was probably one of the best in modern musical history. And thank god I was there to witness it. So many genres with so many hits and the underground was like nothing ever seen before or since.

[@user-hf7je7lz4y]

Say no more...

[@ruuds...7509]

Totally agree. I was there too, awoke in 1981 and God, what a years would follow… indeed The Smiths, and The Chameleons, Talk Talk, Prefab Sprout, R.E.M.. . Even U2 were great in those 🎸!days😉

[@VaduzVaduz]

Es la mejor década de los 80 a nivel Músical x lejos, pq existía todavía esa rebeldía e ingenuidad pero era genuino no era una moda de negocio barato, como es ahora en pleno siglo XXI.

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

@@VaduzVaduz No hablo Espanol ... KZbin no translation abajo ... Siento amigo.

[@Yungrexy]

@@gimmethepinkelephant3685 Translation: *"It is the best decade of the 80s on a Musical level by far, because there was still that rebellion and naivety but it was genuine, it was not a cheap business trend, as it is now in the 21st century."*

[@daveconyard8946]

68 Years old and still floating with this Classic, Brilliant. 😄

[@michaelbeu8590]

Me 68 too and still dig it too.

[@hal9thou001]

59 this September

[@VaduzVaduz]

Es que The Smiths nos transporta a otra dimensión Músical, solamente los leales seguidores podemos entenderlo.

[@jmitch623]

I’m 75. This here is on my playlist.

[@hansOrf]

Fekin legend you xx

[@VaduzVaduz]

Seguís siendo un rockero de a pie de The Smiths.

[@TestUser-cf4wj]

I can't imagine you any other way but gay. I don't know if you are or not, but all the 75 year olds I know that aren't gay are listening to the Beach Boys and Joplin.

[@Mouse_007]

checked out your playlist on YT , dude you rock!

[@Miniature-Solutions]

Cruised the town at night driving alone. Despairing that I'd ever find someone. This song resonated to my soul. Still brings tears to my eyes, especially now that I've found Her. No longer alone, loved and happy. But a lot of strong emotions tied to this song

[@s.jackson1960]

University pubs, beautiful girls a dark smokey room, friends, this song playing, cranked. I m in my zone. Havent felt that good in a very long time. Thank you boys

[@user-fo9bv2mm1g]

Indeed, but such perfect days of the past cannot be relived and it kills me with sadness that I can't.

[@kevinotto5879]

I'm 55 world traveled. Just heard this 2 months ago. I know 80s and 90s is coming back around. KLO 🐻

[@ericligotke3542]

The reverse backbeat. The industrial guitar. Morrisseys insecurity. Awesone

[@emmarae4322]

Takes me back to my teenage days which I’d go back to in a heartbeat.💓

[@patring620]

Lol. Wouldn't we all...

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

Yeah right!!? 😂😂😂 All these kids try so hard to be older, when it's usually all downhill after 25 or 30. 😂😂

[@patring620]

@@thescarletgraywitch8052 I just turned 60 the other day, which freaks me out. I Am trying not to slow down, as I just purchased a dirt bike. Surely this won't end well as I haven't ridden an off-road bike in 45 years.

[@martinhunter1187]

The Smiths were built on the ‘swoon’ of Morrisey & the ‘soar’ of Marr - add in the locomotive drive of Rourke and Joyce at this pitch & it gets ridiculous. Staggering good

[@barbaradoyle6093]

This is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever dreamt of.

[@gosborg]

Such a talented group, so underrated yet so influential.

[@martinsolomon5500]

The smiths aren’t even a teeny tiny bit underrated by any critic or human in history. What utter nonsense. Why do sad mediocre bland people just write poorly thought out nonsense like “they are so underrated” then insert an extremely highly rated, multi award winning, famous band, singer, actor or film…that everyone on earth rates extremely highly. It’s embarrassing, shockingly unoriginal and totally false. It’s like they alone believe that they are “intellectual” and have somehow discovered an unsigned, unsuccessful talent that “no one else” figured out. 😂😂😂😂

[@Samuel-hd3cp]

Thanks Martin, that needed saying. The Smiths are not remotely under-rated!

[@silkeriekeit9675]

The 80's. Strange style but never ending incredible music!! 55 now and still feeling 15

[@paolobenmore3504]

And the think we took it all for granted. Good days.

[@RobertArnett-kp9ep]

One of the most musically and lyrically brilliant songs of ALL TIME.

[@user-sr7yz2ks1w]

Amazing.. better than anything out in the top 20 today

[@martinsolomon5500]

That’s not hard. “Hey Mickey” by Toni Basil is better than anything in the top 20.

[@Broomehall]

My god I loved these times, we were young living life to the full and into a burgeoning and thrilling music scene in London and beyond, the decade that defined many of us ....... Steve Tucker, it was a privilege to call you my friend, you will never be forgotten, a huge missing piece of the jigsaw.

[@andyj639]

One of the greatest 80s tracks. Definitely one of the Smith's best ever. Great student memories.

[@turboslag]

TUNE!!!!! Music has gone down hill and off the edge of a cliff from about 2005. 70's, 80's, 90's were epic, kids need to discover this stuff and realise what good music is.

[@britishsteel666dc]

It's not even music these days, those 3 decades were epic

[@user-ts3jp3os3e]

Somebody please re-release this tune. It is better than the crap that is turned out today.

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

Why re-release it? It's here for whoever wants it. I certainly wouldn't want to see a bunch of modern twinks screwing it up by trying to cover it again...lol!

[@user-xf8is8qs2w]

WAY better.

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

Why re-release it when it's already out there? Not quite sure what good that does.

[@burtrangle3546]

Tatu did it justice, believe it or not.

[@ejude83]

Try Snake River Conspiracy’s version

[@rjzavala87]

Crazy to think how much creativity went into this track. That opening is one of the most badass pieces of music ever created. Just damn.

[@dinasaidso]

One of the best songs ever

[@TestUser-cf4wj]

This is trip down memory lane. I wantbto start a Smiths cover hand and call it the Jonses.

[@PrimaryIgnition]

The melancholy is strong in this one

[@TheRealThomasPaine1776]

So glad I was able to see The Smiths live! It was 86/87, went with my band, Great Woods/Boston. Awesome!

[@andrewturton484]

An incredible song, one that sounds clean, fresh, and different no matter how many times you hear it. That guitar shimmer…how the hell does he do that?

[@BirdTalk13]

It’s beautiful❤

[@s.jackson1960]

This is the song of songs. It just fit in my life so well. The university pub. They played it every night. Ahhhhh those were the times. I am blessed to have been part of those times.

[@jonathasfigaro4992]

This song is magical.

[@surfomzt]

55 now still enjoying this like back in the 80s and always will!! 🔥

[@trevorlaidler9243]

75 years old and love this so much feet are moving now the rest of me moving

[@Yungrexy]

G'wan Trev lad. Let the rhythm mova ya 😆

[@albertcastillo4466]

I graduated in 84 and a week later I landed my first job at a record store. Started hanging around with the club kids. Fridays and Saturday nights we hung out at a techno club in Galveston, Texas. Sometimes we would make it to Numbers in Houston, that was the place to be. Between the clubs, the music, the alcohol and the drugs, even though some of it was often a blur, the 80’s were a great decade.

[@Daatchmo]

Johnny Marr ran 4 twin reverb amps to get this sound, still 2024 it’s a relevant song- does that need any explanation????

[@Gimenez528Hz]

❤

[@hal9thou001]

Brilliant

[@informedchoice2249]

Great creators use simple things to make brilliant sounds.

[@discos-comics-y-mas]

I am the son And the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular You shut your mouth How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does I am the son And the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular You shut your mouth How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does There's a club if you'd like to go You could meet somebody who really loves you So you go and you stand on your own And you leave on your own And you go home and you cry And you want to die When you say it's gonna happen now When exactly do you mean? See I've already waited too long And all my hope is gone You shut your mouth How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does

[@lagartijoazul75]

In THAT moment, she was the most beautiful woman in this world.

[@Toll_Booth_Willie]

Stunning

[@hansOrf]

Music good, but the lad is a proper knob end though, thank gods we still have Jonny.

[@activeshooter628]

Timeless Classic

[@nelsonfragoso5713]

A melhor música da década de 80!!!!!!!!

[@Jazna1]

1984. What a great year. Forty years ago now. Where did the time go?

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

Well, the fashion did suck. Then hair metal came along trying to ruin the world. Other than that, it was great. Although that's only because I was like 14yo! 😂😂😂

[@garnGad]

Saw them supporting the Fall at the Electric Ballroom Camden Town London, I’m 60 years old now, and back in. Glasgow. Great post thank you 🙏 ❤

[@UNSINKABLEII]

Classic!

[@Tdub0911]

Not just my favorite Smiths song but close if not in my top ten ever. That's coming from a hard rock guy. That guitar gets into your bones. I may seem like I'm smoking crack but I really think if this came out now it would still be huge. It wouldn't really fit into any current genre but would stand out on it's own.

[@donpiano.684]

Just timeless and perfect 👌

[@gilliebrand]

Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@s.jackson1960]

Lol im having another relaspe, back in the 80s again. Alway on replay and a quick exit to the past. Thank you Smiths

[@SybilKibble]

Thanks, man! I love this tune.

[@johnsononey]

I wish someone would re-post the live version from May 9th , 1984 from the Paris show .Its rare but It will blow your mind along with the stage affects .

[@Cassells2012]

I first heard this when John Peel played this very version on his radio 1 show and said at the time they will be huge R.I.P John you knew ur stuff

[@s.jackson1960]

I have tried. But on the porch late at night I crank it, it echoes accros the lake. Always wondered why so many lights in other cottages turn on or flash? No complaints just enjoying the Smiths with me. Cheers Thx. Its always a great moment in time.

[@jaykulina6064]

Whenever I hear this master piece, I want a hug 😔

[@wellingtonvarela7626]

Man what beautiful arrangements just awesome how they created something so awesome

[@TheLolli84]

I'm 46 soon,for me is top ten band on my playlist

[@Samuel-hd3cp]

The NorthWest of England produces the best football and the best music we have.

[@RasX144]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Hengo07]

My youth...

[@XLBiker13]

Definitely not my favorite Smith's song but I will admit it is probably their most important. I've been in love with the girl in this video for 40 years now.

[@Finland-SkiTeam39-40]

As a Nordic really 80`s was the best; Europe (UK at that point) had the best music though US had own genre with rap, disco etc. but grown up with this superb European music and brings up soooo good memories.

[@algaleassi3133]

Remember being in the back of vw bus trippin and this came on and me and my girl just went at it

[@jenhasken]

1984? Wow. They were ahead of the curve. That girl is probably in her early 60’s now? Wow.

[@mudbutton2]

Imagine being back in these great times again.

[@BirdTalk13]

At least I have my memories.

[@joelheaton8738]

I was in Hillbrow, Joburg , RSA!

[@steven-napoleonwilliams1422]

This trac is straight fire the energy the hint of the Bellow's from the factory wage labor rebellion at its finest

[@hal9thou001]

Great version

[@EVatsonovski]

Spectacular!!!

[@luigiventriglianews]

I love this Song❤

[@ShawnsterVideos]

thank you.

[@user-wf3lp4gr6n]

This is what you watched MTV for. Well, this and Billy Idol.

[@cynthiaslusher5212]

Irvine Meadows Amphitheater 🖤 1986

[@lebabillarddelaverite7988]

Excellent, Bruce !! 🤜🤛 J' A-DOO-RE...

[@soalivepop]

Sensational 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Z-J-]

A little past my time but reminds me of running errands with my mom as a kid🤟🏼😎

[@lobsangdorje9644]

You had a cool mum

[@Z-J-]

@@lobsangdorje9644 thanks! Haha she’ll be flattered to hear that later :)

[@VaduzVaduz]

Señores de pie se esta escuchando el himno de The Smiths.

[@ricardmonmanycodina8927]

Grandísimo tema

[@hakimsaadi612]

J'adore ce groupe, j'adore ce son, quel putain de groupe ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@peteykwia2752]

❤❤❤👍👍✨🥂!!!! Excellent! 👍

[@bennymartinez5532]

Shits good man

[@mikehealey2180]

This song is on my Mt. Rushmore…

[@thegentlelivingchannel]

Medusa's...dancing on a box until they kicked us out. Then we meandered over to the Punkin Donuts, anything to keep it going. Some of the best times of my life.

[@sreed16]

Netflix "The Killer" Great sound track.. recommend.

[@kyleferguson9311]

I agree.A pleasant surprise when I watched the film

[@moon-rm4js]

❤❤

[@stevegordon824]

Mint 👌

[@simonefersing7386]

Cool Music and Singer 😎🤗👍👍👍👌👌👌

[@Ladylibidex]

My youth! When you didn’t need Botox or filler to be beautiful. When fashion was being created not mimicked. When MTV was music television and when things made sense. ❤

[@TheHannibalTV]

👍

[@tomcox2565]

Johnny Marr was the glue that bound the Smiths

[@beataspiewakjonsson1749]

❤

[@RobertoLobina-fn1or]

❤❤❤😢😢❤

[@Shaun-vy9vi]

wow, this is the first comment section that didnt talk about the mystery of who the girl is in the video. ok, now it does i guess. I ruined it.

[@Yungrexy]

lol. There has been a couple of comments... She's in her 60s by now and she still has young fellas fawning over her, the poor lass 😄

[@smartalek180]

@@Yungrexy Credit Where Credit Is Due: She was a stunner. That nobody seems to know her name, or what else she's done in the field (if anything) -- the mystery just amplifies the fascination. A gift from the gods just for this one perfect work of art, and then returned to the ethereal realms, never to be seen or heard of again.

[@clarencemilton2191]

I'm here because of charmed

[@djcobratoppsom4714]

trilha sonora do Festival de Balonismo de Torres Rs

[@polreamonn]

I've always fancied the blondie in this video.

[@lmb888]

🎉

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

I remember being confused when there was a remake of this song in The Craft. I just felt like if you cant get the real song, whats the point? 😂

[@DarlinJacq]

How Soon Is Now seemed a lot further when this song was released in 1984, conidering I did not meet God, o'er The Cat Down The Road until the summer of 1986...

[@xisca2256]

El performance de Morrisey es tan extraño o diferente que resulta muy atractivo

[@user-no6ze5yv8y]

Melhor

[@Danielboondevis]

Ух ты!

[@sandraspruill4831]

[@BoggWeasel]

I would have been into the Smiths a lot more if the rest of their music lived up to this.......unfortunately, for me it doesn't....hey ho

[@DadgeCity]

The Queen is Dead is pretty epic

[@ronengel4586]

Theres lots of great smiths songs you’re missing out but this is pretty epic, the guitar is great but so is the bass!!!