The Smiths - Still Ill (Derby Assembly Rooms, Dec 7th 1983)

Derby Assembly Rooms, Dec 7th 1983

[@joliecide]

Such a powerful statement: "England is mine, and it owes me a living."

[@beingexemplary06]

don’t ask me why

[@matthewfbridges]

@@beingexemplary06 he might spit in your eye

[@ReesZzz]

@@matthewfbridges or die

[@matthewfbridges]

@@ReesZzz i can see why, we can’t just cling to the old dreams anymore.

[@johnnys-left-earring]

@@matthewfbridges we really can’t cling to the old dreams anymore, it leads me to ask myself if i’m still ill?

[@oliviercalmel2]

Perhaps most important band of 80´s

[@markeeledge7047]

I would say so, also the most enduring.

[@joliecide]

@@markeeledge7047 enduring? They broke up in the 80s man.

[@Paches92-]

joliecide i think he means influence

[@flinchey6962]

Very important band what they managed to accomplish in such little time is beyond me Andy is a fantastic bass player, Johnny probably the coolest and most memorable for me

[@derek5827]

Perhaps the most important band ever

[@clp91009]

I read many years ago that Marr would tune his guitar up to F# to better match Morrissey's voice. Can definitely hear that at work in this rendition.

[@desmondteague2441]

Yup. Most people (including post-Smiths Marr himself) just play in E standard and capo up 2 frets to play Smiths songs. But yes, while he was in The Smiths Johnny Marr played in F# standard.

[@blakemcnamara9105]

But this is in standard.

[@TheInfamousLegend27]

@@blakemcnamara9105 no it isn't, you can tell by the frets he's playing it on the neck. if he were in standard, he'd have to have had a capo on the second fret and be playing each chord shape 2 frets above what he's playing here. hence why most covers and Johnny himserlf post-smiths use a capo on the second fret to play these songs

[@CassiusFA]

@@TheInfamousLegend27 You can play still ill without a capo but you're right Mar is tuned up to f# in this video.

[@TheInfamousLegend27]

@@CassiusFA yeah :)

[@whwh7339]

God tier bass lines

[@alvarosoares2025]

I was 18, and just could not pass thru this one and the others of his poetry without absorving it...

[@juanescobargonzalez4730]

Mike Joyce is such an underrated drummer.

[@themumblingmoron4527]

Juan Camilo Escobar Gonzalez naaah He is Not

[@paulbradley8185]

His hi hat speed is immense. Not seen any drummer play upbeat Smiths songs properly the same as Joyce.

[@theclash3015]

@@themumblingmoron4527 Mike Joyce is OK.drummer. Toper Headon(ex The Clash) No1.drummer

[@davidcowan4942]

Mike slags of Andrews heroin abuse when playing with Julian Cope according to Julian' autobiography repossessed. Something about kit kitkats having no silver foil in Japan.

[@johnnys-left-earring]

REAL. he brings punk style and energy to a melancholy rock band.

[@michaelscott9026]

Oh to time travel… I’d travel to 1979. Start the 80’s.

[@martinparker6536]

And if you must, go to work, tomorrow Well, if I were you I wouldn't bother For there are brighter sides to life And I should know, because I've seen them, but not very often

[@martinpaolo4473]

The most beautiful song of them for me

[@martinparker9249]

HEADMASTERS RITUAL AND THIS MY FAVE 🤘🤘

[@someblokecalleddave1]

@@martinparker9249 Well I wonder.

[@NoName-tn1ut]

My Favorite with Some Girls are bigger than others

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

@@NoName-tn1utsame, but still ill is a close second for me

[@keatonmiramon]

I love Morrissey so damn much

[@FranFerdinanda]

How can a person be so beautiful? He looks like an angel, completely perfect.

[@cityslacker6221]

FranFerdinanda Agreed. Johnny is the coolest most handsomest guitar god ever.

[@mojopin70]

Yes you've already said the comment on another video. Deja vu! Well in England there are many men who look similar to Morrissey he has Irish roots like many of us. But very very few with his mind.

[@user-mv3zo2ip9n]

His beauty is too much to handle. I've never seen someone so beautiful in my life.

[@indonesianbassbooster5167]

Well, This Charming Man can definitely sing

[@MiC-T]

As a 100% undeniably heterosexual man I can say this with confidence. I agree.

[@nik77]

Rip.Andy ❤

[@dermot51]

Saw them two days later in Trinity college Dublin Dec 9th 1983 wasnt i a hip guy? ...course i fuckin was

[@beingexemplary06]

are you still ill?

[@brazillionairemma1373]

The best four piece of the 80s

[@vithovenstyle]

man, you got the best quality videos from The Smiths, definitely good stuff, keep it up, already subbed...

[@jsgwam]

Hey man

[@terrychristian2903]

This was actually a free concert being recorded for thecOld Grey Whistle Test show on BBC 2 . The Assembly Rooms Derby was a 2000 capacity and there were maybe 300/400 in the audience maybe less and 90% of them had travelled from Manchester . Assembly Rooms were given tickets to distribute for free and lazily gave them outvat their Under 18s disco night the previous Friday - completelyvwrong audience. I actually had both Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke live on my BBC Radio Derby show that evening just before this. The Smiths second single - This Charming Man had just been released . Early days indeed .

[@jackmcgregor1983]

Marr is my favourite guitarist of the last 36 years and Morrissey is a genius. The Smiths probably the best band of my generation.

[@valentievalentie6171]

.and new order.

[@markeeledge7047]

0:44 Look, we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore.....

[@angelariley4296]

Never noticed him saying 'look"before.

[@Defrap22]

@@angelariley4296 he maybe forgot the words for a second

[@z00ts00t77]

The quality of this is great, thank you.

[@BillLowenburg]

Great version. Johnny’s arpeggios are so terrific. Moz was cool back then.

[@buffalobillsbasket122]

Still is

[@CASIUS242000]

amazing performance!!!!!

[@emrekaplan5737]

Look how happy the audience is

[@f.s3773]

Os silvas ao vivo é excelente.

[@ColdSmokes]

Ahh yes....the Ric 12 🎵🎵🎵🎵

[@dereckrafael9997]

extraordinario roberts smiths

[@marcelini1987]

Dereck Rafael robert smith tiene otro estilo de cabello (cabello alborotado) pero estoy de acuerdo contigo

[@lincbond442]

Robert Smith is with The Cure. Morrissey is with The Smiths.

[@dimitrisvassis2692]

still ill with all The Smiths songs

[@Thoniuser]

I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving England is mine and it owes me a living ask me why and I'll spit in your eye ask me why and I'll spit in your eye But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore no we cannot cling to those dreams Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I dunno... Under the iron bridge we kissed and although I ended up with sore lips it just wasn't like the old days anymore no it wasn't like those days am I still ill? am I still ill? Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I dunno... Ask me why and I'll die oh ask me why and I'll die and if you must go to work tomorrow well if I were you I wouldn't bother for there are brighter sides to life and I should know because I've seen them but not very often Under the iron bridge we kissed and although I ended up with sore lips it just wasn't like the old days anymore no it wasn't like those days am I still ill? am I still ill?

[@brandon2912t]

Sublime!

[@martinparker9249]

THE BEST !!

[@lionelbeaulaton7610]

sublime!

[@60345]

That ending always makes me feel better.

[@fereshtehnoori6048]

Believe me I love old Morrissey, I have nothing against him but someone please tell how this beautiful angle turned into THAT 😭

[@johnmcflippityflopp1860]

People age. Especially given Morrissey's vegetarian diet, it will affect the quality of how one ages

[@newyorkdollsfan5259]

Angle 📐

[@ThePogue95]

@@johnmcflippityflopp1860 Are you being ridiculous?

[@lauriegiemza4570]

Think what 's being talked about here is Morrissey's mind becoming unsightly lately, not his body

[@adastra7773]

Morrissey has always been authentic and consistent; just look at his interviews. The same cannot be said for the soporific globalists.

[@sinner48]

nice one a great band

[@douglassmith3016]

*Cheers, from America!*

[@ejmoonraker1]

Johnny Marr, damn!

[@jr1638]

Morrissey..... NO HAY MAS❤

[@fermay13]

Meu deus do céu eu amo tanto essa musica

[@kennethalfaro369]

RIP ANDY ROURKE

[@hughagnew1883]

I can only beg this ever comes on in a club these days. All the music sucks now

[@prakharpant1711]

3:13 Morrissey dabbing before it was mainstream

[@user-xt5zw6np5i]

he was also saying KRAAAH before it was mainstream

[@marcelini1987]

this charming man aproves morrissey make a time travel

[@beingexemplary06]

@@marcelini1987 really?

[@ethan-in3dp]

i don't know!

[@user-tr8en6dx4x]

スミスの歌詞のイギリスやロンドンを日本に変えても違和感無し。日本も病んできている

[@johnnys-left-earring]

dec 7th is my birthday

[@kingscourtchess]

Primary source!

[@jisyck4735]

I dunno

[@difficultar]

old greams

[@anthonybajada2285]

Dose the body rule the mind or. Dose the mind rule the body

[@Mclovin1779]

incredibly jealous... :(

[@ChiquitoKan]

The Rank version is way much better

[@philiphull2913]

This earlier than Rank and Craig Gannon played live as a second guitarist later in their career - and Rank was recorded late when they probably had better equipment for the recording etc also

[@MiC-T]

Moz's rug-cutting on full display. Utter filth.

[@DarlinJacq]

This was recorded 3 years aNd a day before I became The Masters Girlfriend In A Coma...3 year aNd a day before I became the Specific GIAC He intended Me to beeeeeeee

[@DarlinJacq]

Oh My Gawd, Jesus, I AM meaning, My Sweety Pie, just look at You Jesus, if ANYONE is The Last Of The Famous International Playboys SteVen, it is Yah, by God ~You You You!!! Because, as it looks, it is Me Who, Jacqui Carol Who, who wants The One I can't have...

[@philroger4979]

Perhaps the most overrated band of the 80's..

[@cc92103]

Crack Haid

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

🤡🫵

[@Melodeath00]

Good music, worst vocals I have ever heard.

[@satellitesgone130]

Melodeath00 uahhhahahahahahaha you fucking loser

[@RossWasTaken]

calm down pal

[@franciscopineda9433]

that nothing, you should hear him play piano..

[@martinparker6536]

Can you do better ? let alone write sublime lyrics too.........Man's a Manc genius you moron

[@benjamincatling5827]

Your obviously stupid then

[@smegspreader]

Mikes killing it!