The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (Live) *Remastered Audio*

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The Smiths perform "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" for the only time live at the Brixton Academy, London 12th December 1986. This live version appeared as a b-side to the 1987 single "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" and was wonderfully remastered from the best/earliest possible source to avoid modern mastering techniques which crush the dynamics.
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[@TheRightEarOfNash]

Yes the track did appear on the 1992 version of the single "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" but it first appeared as a B-side in 1987. Both on the 12" and Cassette versions of the single "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish". The audio used for this vid was originally sourced from the Japanese 1987 CD release "Stop Me/The Smiths" before it was remastered, wonderfully, by '50 Pound Note'.

[@lucalone]

do you mean they have the whole gig professionelly recorded??!

[@joes2525]

@@lucalone if you search up for their last smiths gig you can find the full gig. audio is very good but video is the same like here

[@arricammarques1955]

@@lucalone Rejected soundboard?

[@MrCelibate]

it was a b side, with 3 other live songs...can't remember the Single [know meat is murder also]...56 clumsy and shy, from 1983 and I...

[@lautamn9096]

@@joes2525 the full concert is remastered?

[@cbar0x]

Johnny Marr should have asked the government to build him a 60ft statue for writing this riff. Fucking astounding.

[@cbar0x]

* And they should have called it: "Some statues are bigger than others".

[@sidneysheldonvicious7900]

Or we should do that instead of him...He deserves that.

[@69Phuket]

i doubt statues are his style

[@mrtibbs8335]

69Phuket morrissey would probably like a statue of himself

[@paulgrahamedwardspencer5161]

Why it’s basic chords ffs not difficult playing at all

[@MrScatMat]

Some riffs are better than others...

[@EsromFF]

haha right on :)

[@BartSimpson-jd2vs]

Igor Ryzhikov , riffs and quiffs.....The Smiffs...

[@qinzou3250]

Some comments are better than others

[@donjuant]

Yeah!

[@mattvdh]

uhhh this riff is amazing, what are you talking about?

[@DemiGodVN]

Rest in peace. Andy Rourke, your bassline is just pure genius

[@anest2]

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@amancu1963]

it's at the same level than the guitar riff, both together make this song fantastic

[@bopshi]

RIP to the absolute best bass player of all time ❤❤❤

[@johnheath970]

AR BMF

[@keithharris3734]

This is my favorite guitar work of anyone, anywhere, anytime.

[@oronnh]

Amen... Just unreal!!

[@brianb840]

jam 3 the Layla sessions

[@mopsvonmiez]

Or I'll be a liar

[@FabioBruna]

Hear, hear

[@Colin-kh6kp]

You have incredibly good taste.

[@mehariw4789]

Johnny Marr fucking wizard.

[@ballsman42069]

Yes!

[@rodrigoalejandro93]

+Boko Kotar uff

[@ReservoirDog129]

Boko Kotar i was just about to comment this

[@mijnheerw7253]

+Jamie Stupid comparison. Different genres.

[@kolos2006]

Fucking GENIOUS!

[@PHANTASMSEXSHOP]

It’s hard to believe this was the only time they played it live. It sounds incredible

[@tomgat6314]

The last gig :(

[@Liam.2000]

Just uploaded a guitar cover of this on my channel check it out!

[@obsi_diana]

No way!!

[@adonaiyah2196]

I can't believe the only performance of this song was recorded so well

[@aomais5138]

@@adonaiyah2196 thank god it was, national treasure

[@theriver7196]

Can we just talk about Andy's bass? Absolutely wonderful.

[@yeaahright3895]

yes

[@MonkyMonk729]

Hell yeah. Its too bad he so often gets overlooked both in the band and in terms of bass prowess in general. The bass on Bigmouth Strikes Again is another absolutely killer example.

[@Chrisamusic1]

? It sounds nothing like a John Taylor riff.

[@dillingerplan5663]

Pazazu The Girl Afraid riff though. That one hits hard too hehe

[@user-po5bi6jb9g]

Nobody cares about Joyce hehe

[@mitchellguthrie]

The Marr intro, unreal, what an artist. Could listen to the first minute 100 times. Audio quality is top notch too.

[@HRHMANSOUR]

I could listen to it 104 times

[@miqueiasalvaro6109]

What does he sings at 3:00 - 3:15

[@50shadesofgandalfthegrey57]

MIQUEIAS ALVARO “On the shop floor, there’s a calendar, as obvious as snow / As if we didn’t know...”

[@rossallan1733]

Probably listened to it 200

[@Liam.2000]

Just uploaded a guitar cover of this on my channel check it out!

[@danpro4519]

How do you even write a song like this??? It twists and turns and jangles just right. Johhny Marr. Yes.

[@GuillaumeDeleurence]

This song is beyond what is understandable

[@matteoj226]

I read somewhere that he doesn't even know himself. He just picks up a guitar and out it comes.

[@FerminCoronel]

Matteoj he did, he doesn't make riffs like this anymore

[@howiseeit5326]

No one else really played guitar like mate. Always making melodic riffs and packing lots of notes in. It’s sounds great.

[@dennisaguilar835]

How I See It listen to Heroes del Silencio, Juan Valdivia composes beautiful arpeggios.

[@oreofudgeman]

Fun fact, this is the one and only time they ever played this song live

[@ErickJeronimo]

it`s a pitty, one of their best songs

[@obsi_diana]

This is sad. They shouldn't break up so soon 💔

[@b.sweeney4102]

One of marrs best riffs wasted on morrisseys perhaps deliberately lazy and annoying song, towards the end of the band. Some egos are bigger than others

[@dorotea9]

​@@b.sweeney4102 so true lmao, wtf are these lyrics the instrumental sounds so much cooler

[@dr9465]

@@b.sweeney4102 stop spouting nonsense.

[@dudette0911]

What I love about Morrissey is that it always feels like he's singing to himself like no one is watching. And Johnny Marr is a god.

[@tomimpala]

Zero performance anxiety, it's amazing to anyone shy like Morrissey. He got me out of my shyness.

[@mayorofsimpleton5674]

I know. I love it. He's like a child with headphones who can't hear a word of what he's singing but it doesn't matter because he's enjoying himself. And Marr. I simply cannot express how fucking ingenious he is and Andy's bass playing... And Joyce of course. It's all just... Somehow... perfect...

[@lazeegamer5171]

Mayor Of Simpleton I personally feel Joyce gets too much stick when actually he serves the music perfectly, as I drummer I can tell you it's simplistic, and boring to play, but it serves the song first

[@69Phuket]

He did a lot of walking. The 1st step out of the door is freedom.

[@johnandkate1000]

& the other two ?

[@SLG493]

You can spend 100 years crafting a song about life, love and death then the smiths will write a song about how some girls mothers are bigger than other girls mothers and their song will be better than yours. Greatest band of all time.

[@ShaferHart]

sad? but true lmao

[@tortimandi666]

seriously tho the lyrics literally mean nothing deep. how can he make it sound like they supposed to? crazy.

[@alistairproductions]

@@tortimandi666 what's it saying? If her mom's fat she'll probably be in the future?!

[@ATXviIIIe]

Well put

[@michaelburk9171]

Very well put.

[@williamvargas123]

"On the shopfloor There's a calendar As obvious as snow... (As if we didn't know)"

[@juanjoseviaderorivas5998]

RIP Andy Rourke

[@TheZooropaBaby]

"you are having incredibly good taste" - thanks, Morrissey.

[@LightFromADeadStar]

lol he said that at the start

[@te7423]

LightFromADeadStar Yes, yes he did.

[@yeaahright3895]

A highly intelligent man Morrissey

[@user-po5bi6jb9g]

Apparently he failed all his exams but I'd think he's very intelligent.

[@matthewdeakin9939]

TheZooropaBaby he says "you have incredibly good taste"

[@gioelepagotto1751]

I just found out they played this song (one of my favourite) on the 12th of December 1986, that is the day I was born.

[@deltaflyer9078]

That is Amazing!!!

[@zizoumonk10]

That riff belongs in a museum!

[@joseCJK]

Some bands are bigger than others...

[@lelxrv]

Some band's labels are bigger than other band's labels.

[@hollyinhell]

Exactly

[@gizemlikisi-se9eu]

iyi dedin

[@ozgxd]

iyi dedin kral

[@garthrallysport]

Marrs' riff is one of the most beautiful I've ever heard, always complimented by Rourkes solid bass lines. Another underrated bassist

[@Liam.2000]

Just uploaded a guitar cover of this on my channel check it out!

[@wheremakeysat]

Marr's guitar compositions are out of this world

[@altarseni4553]

And a bass too. What a great bass player. Andy Rourke 🖤🖤🌹🌹 RIP 😢

[@federicomachado811]

​@@altarseni4553Nobody asked

[@monstergod888]

I could listen to this guitar forever!

[@clivewillis2733]

+thiago lima PURE POET

[@mrdanbernal]

Andy Rouke is clearly the most under-rated bassist! His playing has funk, Motown, Jamaican cues with his creative driving force fill-ins makes him an impeccable bassist! He is as awesome as Johny Mar.

[@greigcooper8669]

Easily my favourite smiths song the guitar rift is unreal n my faveourite lyric "send me the pillow the one that you dream on and il send you mine"

[@peterread6967]

Love girl afraid too.

[@johnbetjeman]

A song title by Dean Martin.

[@crose7412]

@GreigCooper You do know that Morrissey didn't write that line you like so much?

[@liljax3103]

@@crose7412they never stated that

[@crose7412]

@@liljax3103 I didn't say they did, I asked a question.

[@stonezone9689]

This is Marr's song IMO, I'm truly a Morrissey guy I love his lyrics and this song is no exception but my god the guitar in this... its masterful.

[@jock-of-ages73]

True

[@Liam.2000]

Just uploaded a guitar cover of this on my channel check it out!

[@bigfella957]

All the songs by the smiths are orchestrated around the guitar specifically Marr’s playing. Morrissey is just a talking head in this song

[@achaoticbee]

I love this song to death, but hearing a live version... my life has been changed for good.

[@69Phuket]

Hope you're well ;)

[@69Phuket]

@Jakojaj Yep. Thanks. X

[@69Phuket]

@Jakojaj Yep. Jakojaj. Hanging on. Hope you too. ;)

[@simonandrewx]

The extra verse was brought out for this show do that Johnny could riff longer. According to a smiths biographer

[@satjinder]

Simon Moult that's true I read the same thing. Think it was Simon Goddard's book 'songs that saved my life'

[@bradleysmith7170]

What are the lyrics to that extra verse?

[@austinslater530]

Bradley Smith On the shop floor, there's a calendar, as obvious as snow, as if we didn't know

[@oscillatewildly6553]

How brilliant is that extra line? So funny, thanks for sharing that. I like learning new things about The Smiths! Embarrassing that I just realized I own that book, I've just unpacked it from storage! I must add that citing your sources is great because there are many "fans" who make shit up so to speak, now Wikipedia is full of errors! Thanks again!

[@Apjooz]

@oscillatewildly6553 I think all the lines are wicked clever.

[@wipeout1803]

Imagine the Smiths reunite and Johnny comes out just like this.

[@franzh-dw3no]

I am literally obsessed with this guitar track and sound. It's always in my head.

[@Chocoo14]

Same!

[@JaredMuskego4490]

Same here

[@hospagalief]

This guitar track.has been in my head for 15 years and I barely have listened to it in 15 if ever, it's insane how it just keeps coming back and staying

[@leahkerkermeier9352]

the isolated guitar is my alarm tone to wake up in the morning xD

[@danielarmstrong8503]

The outro on this track is hands down my favourite piece of music of all time. Its like some perfect marriage of 80's Jingle Jangle/Folksy Guitar and some exotic rhythm section from Latin America. It makes me want to cruise in some kind of relic from the 50's down a highway in Florida. In a Floral Shirt. Wearing shades. On repeat forever.

[@iitsad6597]

edgy

[@user-po5bi6jb9g]

Sounds like Bert Jansch to me

[@user-po5bi6jb9g]

Yeah, all my mates take the piss out of me when I play this. They like the instrumental but lyrics make them laugh.

[@21acog]

your daft

[@21acog]

absolutely, it's been stuck in my head since the past two months non stop and it's 3am and all i do is listen to this, fuck yeah

[@stoberto06]

I come here to fanboy over that riff

[@OswaldoLafee]

Some decades are better than others...

[@tmantonytv1166]

Oswaldo Lafee what, the smiths were rebelling against shit 80’s music

[@chivoloks28]

Unless you were a minority, maybe yes

[@parasdim6001]

HOW TRUE....I'VE STARTED TO SOUND LIKE MY FATHER....

[@kolos2006]

@@tmantonytv1166 And that was one of the things that made that decade so great. You could actually rebel and be heard! You didn't need to conform and become an existential zombie obsessed with looking happy and perfect all the time! Now,if you don't comform,or fit in,your voice will just be ignored.

[@yuckyool]

@@chivoloks28 Fair point. But consider the role of music & art at hastening change and acceptance of differences . . . 1950's, Del-Vikings, Muscle Shoals Records, etc.

[@josemanuelrodriguezpuro3508]

"You have incredibly good taste"

[@spoombung]

My favourite Smiths guitar riff

[@kawavulcan8411]

spoombung riff or picking ??

[@user-vs8lu5wy5q]

shut up

[@billygough3636]

@@kawavulcan8411 who cares? it's magical!

[@jund39]

That fucking guitar riff ...

[@joaocritico]

If you're here, know that you have an incredibly good taste.

[@alexanaya6820]

that bass though. ..man o man...

[@boilermankamajii]

The fact that some people got to see this live… I’m envious

[@connord94]

If I could go back in time to any place at any moment in history this would be it

[@taurangasurf]

I was at this gig Brixton Academy,London December 1986 their final show.....my older brother lived in a squat down the road at the time. Happy days :)

[@daivietjohn]

I was there. Bought the cassette tape two days later at Camden Market, which turns out is the audio to this video.

[@elaada8116]

yes definitely

[@done1675]

Thank god someone had the foresight to record this.

[@myialovee]

How does he even play that? Gosh, it's so Johnny fucking Marr thing, being absolutely unpredictable and wonderful.

[@gabrieldenobrega]

"On the shop floor There’s a calendar As obvious as snow As if we didn’t know!" This is my favorite part of this song!

[@fan-done1856]

I didn’t even know that was in the song!

[@slowedvintagemusic]

​@@fan-done1856 He only says it in this version. Not the actual released version. But i wish he did cos then that means the song would have been longer which it needed to be longer. It wasn't enough. Its beautiful 😭

[@fan-done1856]

@@slowedvintagemusic right?????

[@naiyelramirez]

"You have incredibly good taste" I felt that, Moz :')

[@arricammarques1955]

So did Jake!, LOL

[@marcuspage-jones7875]

This is by far the best version of this song I have heard. It's so magical how Johnny Marr milks the beginning. He is a genius.

[@emim.9626]

johnny marr is one of those artists that appears one in 100 years

[@PaulMcCartney4Ever12]

The way Morrissey sings the line @2:26 cracks me up. Amazing performance by an unreal band.

[@RandJohnson]

This song is magical. I can't get enough of this version. I can honestly say that this is my favourite Smiths song, without pause.

[@Liam.2000]

Just uploaded a guitar cover of this on my channel check it out!

[@satjinder]

3:02 for The Smiths officiandos. This line wasn't on the version on the great Queen is dead album but Morrissey added it here allowing Johnny to weave his magic

[@obsi_diana]

I couldn't understand what he said. Can someone help me please?

[@satjinder]

@@obsi_diana on the shop floor there’s a calendar as obvious as snow as if we didn’t know. That’s the line Morrissey added to enable Johnny to riff. It’s in the book ‘songs that saved your life’ by Simon Goddard

[@obsi_diana]

@@satjinder thank you! 💕

[@timcomley3241]

can't think of a riff as good as this one in music history

[@BurtonRdForever]

The bassline is quality also...

[@bopshi]

These men literally write melodies from my soul

[@jaketammaro1087]

man that guitar sound is heavenly

[@bukowski20]

Yes. This is the greatest guitar riff in human history. Thanks Johnny.

[@harrymunson4945]

Best rhythm section ever

[@theodeelsma9689]

Agree. Joyce and Rourke are completely underrated

[@mattsm4292]

Love the way that Morriss*y sings the title of the song differently each time, he does it normally at first then more heartfelt and then like a sneer, like he has a different persona each time, great stuff

[@vurande440]

This asterisk is so silly

[@leehippo1]

Worlds best guitarist, nobody comes close.

[@Vampire_Nightshade]

@@MrJonpac I may be wrong... but isn't it Knopffler?

[@orpheusundertheinfluence3521]

@@Vampire_Nightshade well, in his style he is ths best, same Marr and many others

[@Mrgokart1]

Woah woah woah brotha

[@johannesjuanes]

Well paco de lucia ? Andres segovia? You re way too ignorant about guitar players my friend

[@LeGrandeOrange]

How great is Johnny Marr? Wow, so great to hear him play this beautiful tune with such clarity and precision. Entrancing playing!

[@elliototty6761]

I just bought the 12" of I Started Something, and I had no idea the B Side was this (the actual live version), I nearly fell over in sheer excitement!

[@spartancass]

I bought that record solely for the B side :)

[@larryp.450]

Some riffs are greater than others.

[@moimel8439]

Beautiful melody (that guitar!) + fantastically absurd & funny lyrics = perfection!

[@Bro-Star3000]

fabulous work by Andy Rourke and Johnny Marr :)

[@skid902]

The intro and the outro by Johnny…..magnificent!

[@GiovanniPerez-Pena]

The Best Riff of the Smiths. Such an incredible nostalgic sense

[@trapezoidspangle934]

The joy this music gives me. Johnny Marr. I could hear this tune on a loop all day.

[@tobtobkentob]

R.I.P Andy Rourke🥀

[@Moogilator]

To be able to write a riff that brings tears to people's eyes - amazing!

[@robertwoodward3085]

Started listening to Smiths all over again..cant get that amazing almost hypnotic guitar riff out of my head..

[@75harg]

RIP Andy,,, my oldest dream about a band get together just disappeared with your death!! you may Rest In Peace!!! what amazing music you played!!! it just been over 35 years of dreaming your music!!

[@iFnSc]

This is not possible to play live with one guitar , but he did it.

[@AlexKnappa90]

very3223 So it is possible?

[@averageperson4373]

@Rafael Thomé there isnt another guitar Craig Gannon had left by this point so it's just Marr and his fancy picking doing this

[@mopsvonmiez]

Of course it is. One Strat, and some chorus I'd say. And a LOT of arpeggio.

[@gurrrn1102]

I was never a good guitarist but I learned to play this song like Marr did here.

[@WilliamEaver]

Possibly the best smiths song played Live.

[@jamiewm]

I could literally listen to that riff on loop for the rest of my life and never get bored with it. Majestic 👌

[@kevinbudd8149]

try playing this.........even Marr says its tricky!!

[@basti_marr]

it took me like forever to get down the riff but since I finally did it I play it like almost everyday

[@octaviosilva6496]

Took me one day to learn how to play this. And it’s not even 100% accurate

[@zroosh]

The best guitar piece I've ever heard. And the bass....

[@ramabranch]

"You have incredibly good taste" Thank you Morri, I know!

[@aviadmei]

THE BAND OF MY LIFE. ALWAYS. FOREVER & EVER.

[@martinparker9249]

R.I.P ANDY ROURKE ..,,YOU LEGEND, SORELY UNDERATTED........

[@carltontaylor7749]

The Fade-In.....what a lost art......nobody has even so much as attempted it since this because (news flash) ur not gonna do it better.

[@kichelmoon6365]

The Smiths were my favorite band when I was around sixteen (you can have an educated guess how many friends I had at the time by that fact). Have not listened to them for a while. Today my statistics professor used this song as the opener for an exercise where we had to correlate the weight and height of women. Stupid exercise but now I cant stop listening to that song again. One of the greatest bands in the world.

[@matteor7132]

WE ALWAYS THANKS JOHNNY

[@joolsguitarman]

Johnny Mar is so underrated, so is Sir Morrissey, its like Shakespeare piared up with beethoven......... glad to be alive when this happened

[@Hexenhammer]

Who are you hanging out with that underrated Johnny Marr? What complete bot doesn't know he is God?

[@CBDM777]

Johnny FOOKIN Marr!!!

[@pullovermkd]

Johnny Marr is a fucking genius. The music wizard who was sent from heaven to create such iconic riffs for us!

[@gdbssa]

I dont think there has ever been a better riff

[@martinparker9249]

I could listen to it for eternity .....

[@karennqz]

The Smiths are the reason why the 80s were, are and will forever be the best decade of all time.

[@allanclark2538]

Yes bless you always Andy,an incredible musician

[@yodamaster444]

Andy Fucking Rourke.... What a man :')

[@satjinder]

Johnny Marr said some tunes just drop from the heavens when he was describing the composition of this track.

[@josephhertzberg2734]

This mix is so sublime, the guitar is coming through like an angels voice

[@KileyQ]

One of the greatest guitarists alive...Johnny Marr!!!!

[@collapsingspace]

I'd happily give my left ball to go back in time and watch this live...

[@danielday713]

Saw them live. Billy Bragg opened. I was twenty something and thinking this moment is as good as it will ever get. Thanks for posting this video and taking me back to less greyer days. I love that they added another verse in this live recording. -Dan

[@jackelineloaiza8827]

I'm twenty something and I have just discovered this band. I envy you for seeing them live!

[@ShaferHart]

man, you had it good 5 years ago. You have to see the globalist wet dream shit show we're living in nowadays 😢

[@declanoshaughnessy917]

Craziest thing about thiss riff is you notice the main melodic few notes that make the riff but when learning it the loads more little subtle notes which you don’t notice but if they weren’t there the riff wouldn’t mould together truly incredible riff

[@Viva-Hate.1]

Rest in peace Andy ❤

[@pollypickpocket2540]

Some artists are better than others ;)

[@pault6769]

Their greatest song ever....play in on repeat a few times in the morning and it will be in your head for the week....the bass and guitar tone are out of this world.

[@leonardozolecio7586]

Como puede ser una banda tan pero tan inmensa. Gracias sres. SMITHS. Saludos desde Argentina.

[@juliepeterson6639]

All of us Girls sing this together, it’s become an anthem, and it’s brilliant.?

[@Alaskanbrawl]

their best song.......and it has a vast amount of competition

[@DaniCorrP]

Love the bass!!

[@Laura-fc8nc]

Send me the pillow...the one that you sream on. most perfect lyric ever

[@dinatate]

unbelievable. i have loved this band since day 1, and i don't love them any less. this guitar playing honestly i just love it.