The Smiths - Suffer Little Children (Troy Tate, 1983)

[@vladturcan48]

the piano at the end just does it for me...

[@chubascov.]

I really wish this version was included in the album or one of the compilations.

[@heyitshuttz3705]

we can pray

[@chubascov.]

That piano part at the end is so simple yet so beautiful

[@berbatovfletcher4018]

it seems that is the beggining of Asleep

[@matiasrios7977]

PERFECT

[@guilhermevideira1]

Reminds me of the end of Morrissey's 'Tomorrow'

[@r007-s7n]

Sounds beautiful

[@LucyOLastic]

For me it's the last low bass note and open chord that does it for me. A whole world evoked in one chord at the end. This version should have had an official release.

[@Lucid_Lasagna]

This is without a doubt the best version of this song, the piano at the end is so beautiful, I wish they had kept the piano in the official recording

[@loveonawire]

i find this version a lot more haunting than the one that ended up on the smiths, especially given the context.

[@billythekid94musicmore36]

Whats the context? Id like to learn

[@romeo89281]

@@billythekid94musicmore36 The song is about the gruesome Moors murders which saw killers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady murder five children between 1963 and 1965. The murders occurred on the Saddleworth Moor near Manchester, England which is The Smiths’ singer Morrissey’s hometown.

[@hustler-music]

I actually disagree. The original's guitar is far cleaner and colder which, to me, is way more chilling. It's a much more harsh production style.

[@Niiiko895]

@@hustler-musicjust wish it kept the piano, but at least we got Asleep later on in the band’s life

[@__boddah__1468]

words cant describe how this makes me feel...

[@darlinjacq1552]

I LOVE how much Morr this song is worded😊!!!

[@liamdulude9567]

Every time I listen to a smiths song it just makes me mad that Johnny marr can come up with music and guitar riffs like this effortlessly and I can’t

[@PatternSeeker...]

Truly a haunting song when you know it was written about the Moors Murders, and know the details of the crimes.

[@johnnys-left-earring]

i really regret reading the details of each victim on wikipedia. that scarred me

[@m.h.8664]

Indeed that is why it was harshly criticized.

[@mmeakin2172]

Morrissey assured the families that the song was to bring new attention to the heinous crimes. To honor the innocent victims. Only after their blessing did they record.

[@sucklle9640]

i mean the lyrics are beautiful too its crazy how people would criticize it

[@Smallvillecs]

This version is amazing! I still preffer the original version to this one. However, this version has something that the original doesn't have.. is that piano in the end, it is so beautiful! and also love how the original sounds ends too even if it doesn't have the piano. The fadeout tracks on Smiths's music are awesome!

[@johnnys-left-earring]

is the piano an original composition from them? if not i really want to know what it is, it’s really beautiful

[@Smallvillecs]

@@johnnys-left-earring Probably yes, but who played the piano, I don't know.. I have three versions of the troy tate sessions of this music, just one of them it ends with the piano, the other two doesn't end like that.

[@johnnys-left-earring]

@@Smallvillecs i imagine it would be johnny since he also plays piano

[@alunepps4272]

​@@johnnys-left-earring- HRH told Mozza of his singing shortcomings and he himself suggested his lack of ivories prowess.

[@kaspr02]

Beautiful

[@TheGogofo69]

This version is so good. Thank you for archiving these rare The Smiths recordings. ❤

[@laddiewink9895]

This is so incredibly morbid. Perfectly captures the essence of what the song is about I feel

[@johnholland2656]

"Ann Coates", only a true Smiths fan will understand the reference.

[@anncoates4104]

;)

[@vicolandtributes8607]

Bigmouth...

[@heyitshuttz3705]

@@vicolandtributes8607 Strikes

[@arturogrimaldo3938]

Backing vocalist?

[@johnnys-left-earring]

@@arturogrimaldo3938 except it was actually morrissey, there is no ann coates. i assume the name is a play on words, since there is a place called ancoats in manchester

[@kaioluiz5446]

Linda canção.

[@Lexthebarbarian]

This was so gold! Thanks Ann!

[@MR.B00_]

🥀

[@moochss]

Thanks for your work♡

[@Missraskolnikov]

the best version ever

[@HaysBoyf]

should have been released on an album 😔 could've been on hatful of hollow

[@cosmicactivity299]

🖤

[@ivanhaoleboy]

I am partial to Tate and Street and the BBC sessions. But this one is murkier and Porters is superior in sparkle and clarity. But I do like the outro closing with the ‘Asleep’ piano gently playing.

[@printedpaper]

❤

[@obody-sl9np]

I personally think this is much more aesthetic than the John Peel version they ended up releasing 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Virolaxion]

It was John Porter wasn't it? Not Peel

[@6502-Coder]

@@Virolaxion 100% never a Peel session track

[@haztec.]

I just realised that this was uploaded by someone called Ann Coates

[@patrickbateman1434]

2:30

[@Tomversal]

Octave pedal on this one?

[@ivyheld3762]

this song was only preformed once during the duration of the band becuase the parents of the children this song is about were hurt and didn’t like the song. this song is all about the first 3 moor murders.

[@m.h.8664]

Everybody knows.

[@veena6399]

You clearly don't know what you are talking about. Edward was the last to be murdered and he is one of the three names mentioned in the song. Also, Morrissey had a conversation with the mother of Leslie Ann and it was reported that she liked the song very much.

[@viragshah9065]

I think perhaps what they meant was that the song only alludes to the 3 children whom they were convicted of murdering (at the time of the song’s release, the other 2 children were not officially attributed to Hindley/Brady). In fact the first victim’s body was the latest to be discovered. Agreed with those who state this version is best. Incredibly haunting.

[@garfbonk]

@@veena6399this song was written before Brady and Hindley confessed to the other two murders of Pauline Reede and Keith Bennett, so really it is written about the first three

[@patrickbateman1434]

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[@patrickbateman1434]

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