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

[@alexegoavil7590]

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]

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

[@benspicer7470]

Marr was the man!!

[@mrkipling2201]

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

[@ltfringr]

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

[@mrkipling2201]

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

[@DrMetaNoia]

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

[@zephead843]

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

[@Mr.Kerr-cade]

Amen

[@foto21]

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]

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

[@VaduzVaduz]

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

[@willr8764]

That bass line is the stuff of dreams.

[@jumhed994]

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

[@lgd1974]

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

[@kaydgaming]

Marr really knew how to write them

[@novadhd]

@@kaydgaming Im sure Andy Rourke wrote it

[@andrewmaguire4476]

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

[@kevinhall2829]

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

[@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub]

The Smiths are biblical, Morrissey was heaven sent

[@yaknowme2546]

I see girls dressed like this now in 2022 crazy

[@JasonSmith-dn1bq]

correct

[@Inorganic-Inc]

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

[@aandnfishing496]

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 😊

[@kevinomreb]

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

[@oldskoolcool1887]

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

[@kurtboyer299]

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

[@tristan_840]

Relatable for me

[@texasBMXer]

"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]

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

[@HighlandMike325]

@@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]

And it's very funny.

[@JillASim]

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

[@Fxirie_harper08]

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

[@Rabmcm32]

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

[@Rabmcm32]

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]

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]

It’s a masterpiece!

[@HenryWaltonJones]

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

[@stacyblue1980]

He is a gem. 💓

[@prime_memeister3324]

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

[@johnh7774]

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]

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

[@ggeemmiinnii]

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

[@craiglewis6145]

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]

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

[@craiglewis6145]

@@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.

[@teresebloom4381]

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

[@akforge]

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

[@ener8035]

I agree 100%.

[@kellydixon7338]

Me too! I was 9 when this song was released and had not discovered The Smiths then 😢

[@Sadowsky1965]

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

[@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo]

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

[@coryklein84]

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

[@Nola_Egypt]

Say It Again... You Weren’t Heard.

[@كراتمثليالجنسكبيرة]

The most underrated band too

[@brimzs]

I wouldn't say he was underrated

[@SidneyDeLira]

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]

pretty sweeeeeet that like

[@Twistedhippy]

That's actually a good name.

[@Whatshisdan]

now that's just straight out awesome

[@LolaFudge]

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

[@mariohds86]

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

[@mikedavies1217]

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

[@ezrhino100]

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]

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

[@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub]

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]

@@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]

Where is CA?

[@ezrhino100]

@@jfluffydog2110 CA is where Justin Bieber resides.

[@abdullahmalik8833]

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]

XD

[@monhern2]

სგ ძმა

[@Lifeinsam]

Swagg man :-) 💮🆘📻📺

[@SkullyFH]

Rap sucks

[@eb2464]

haha not funny

[@Dat-yi4iz]

Yet another smiths song that hasn’t aged at all total genius this band

[@stussy7629]

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.

[@Dravenscrypt]

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

[@BridgeandTunnelScooterClub]

words to live by !

[@foto21]

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]

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

[@Dravenscrypt]

It just sounds like he is talking and it actually works 🤯

[@MindsinUnison]

My favourite part is 0:00 to 3:32

[@SofaKingShit]

I liked the sensitive young lad who bicycled.

[@Beastgrows]

Mine is just 03:32 !

[@danielward7008]

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

[@davidallen346]

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]

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?

[@benedettobruno1669]

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]

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

[@mishatomskovich7103]

You are welcome....

[@carlospucarinho]

True. Greatings from Portugal

[@Ma77F]

What a lovely comment

[@zapvox7189]

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

[@weseygirl]

I love this slightly more than I used to!

[@NormAppleton]

Now, THAT is the comment

[@Joyce-fk4jq]

😅

[@NormAppleton]

Bravo, girl!

[@Queen_62]

Nooooo! Ok, 🙌

[@NicoleScott-fl5ic]

Made me laugh and cry at the same time 🤣😭

[@jamesgretsch4894]

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

[@barbara-jeansbtch]

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]

120Minutes was the best!

[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

Absolutely!

[@tomthumb4719]

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]

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

[@TheRealThomasPaine1776]

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!!

[@charlie891]

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]

I think I’d pass out

[@NormAppleton]

I can think of worse things

[@leeturton9254]

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

[@curtisnogle8907]

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

[@alisondrury7333]

In laugh ing so hard

[@danmang923]

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.

[@NormAppleton]

Top three

[@Joelster-og4pf]

I can proudly say this is the most Manchester-esque music I’ve ever watched. Love it. Riding a bike with Morrissey sounds quite fun.

[@patriciamays8244]

LMAO ofcourse it does😂

[@pabloemiliopinorivas5923]

RIP Andy Rourke!!! 😢 He will be missed

[@VaduzVaduz]

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

[@LybertyZ]

RIP you, us, our youth. Our hopes. Our dreams. You will be missed.

[@thomyoung17]

There will never be a band like the smiths

[@badoocee1967]

TRUE!!

[@Pinkpanther100x]

💯

[@shirlimalish1233]

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..

[@stevealexander2405]

The Smiths jean jacket. Classic 80s awesome style

[@conniebell7987]

I’ve got the same jacket. Saved all my money at 18. Still have it and wear it. My now grown kids want it all the time but It’s a NO. That jacket carries memories that I don’t want destroyed. 😊😢❤ I’m 58. That’s how long I’ve had it.

[@whwh7339]

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]

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]

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.

[@Artaud1957]

To me, Morrissey has the ability with his lyrics to seem like he is rhyming even when he isn't. Something in the rhythm of his singing.

[@themayan7689]

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]

Pompadours were fashionable in the 2010s

[@Kalliopa0122]

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

[@anthonyrios3312]

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

[@nektarios5291]

​@@anthonyrios3312 Ye but theyre not cool though, theyre kind of doinks

[@raulgonzalezart6006]

Best video ever made. Who is with me ? Morrissey ❤

[@zakarydenton5655]

I long for these lovely, simpler times.

[@CruceEntertainment]

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]

"King of Mope" = love that!

[@jizanthapus3099]

@@pigknickers2975 pope of mope :)

[@pigknickers2975]

@@jizanthapus3099 Like that too!

[@ericsilberstein667]

Rourke and Joyce a great rhythm section.

[@NormAppleton]

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

[@crispingoolsby6303]

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]

They broke up before that could happen

[@Jrue61]

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

[@alukuhito]

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]

Apart from the bikes and awful dress sense!

[@czgibson3086]

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

[@pwdvc]

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

[@rdrake316]

Thank you!

[@seoulstyle01]

I never knew that, thank you for adding context.

[@PKSkyler]

This comment needs more thumbs, informative!

[@NickWeirGUITARIST]

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]

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

[@zacharysmith4334]

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

[@postal8269]

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

[@Artaud1957]

This video always makes me think of the way London looked the first time I was there in 1985. Washed out, a bit gray and seedy...wonderful.

[@NormAppleton]

A bit Bleak

[@Artaud1957]

​@NormAppleton A good place to think and write.

[@fredmartin3068]

You should have been there back in '79.

[@richardkemp5550]

It's Manchester, not London

[@BR0_B0T]

@@richardkemp5550 it's Salford, not Manchester ;-)

[@zakiwahyumustajab4558]

I can't stop playing this song

[@longshotkdb]

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]

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

[@steveforest8385]

Even if you've heard this one before?

[@Revirao666]

Same here. What a song mfg

[@amandadiaz7991]

Neither do I 🤩🤩

[@tristanb2853]

[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]

Bravo

[@Henderson182]

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

[@psychoslayer1325]

​@@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

[@The_Dan_of_Kent]

No one likes a know it all

[@curtis5979]

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

[@crispingoolsby6303]

+Curtis That IS a good feeling

[@geeblanco]

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

[@francespince-nez]

Duckie!

[@lemurianchick]

+Cindy Basement LOL!

[@blondeandchatty7842]

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

[@JoshuaDillonn]

I dont believe you

[@matthewscaletta5952]

Your dam right

[@ChicanoPhD]

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

[@paulparsons480]

Quite simply the greatest band in the history of music!

[@RollingOrmond]

If you've heard no other bands, sure.

[@andrewkelly2546]

Spot on totally agree absolute bliss

[@juancitoperez2856]

Addicted to the bassline, smooth and clean.

[@mMansonsgreyDaisy]

I found the Smiths when I was eighteen, I'm thirty-three now and they're still so unbelievably good! When that guitar kicks in....😌💗

[@padistedor]

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

[@soundgardener4940]

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

[@BARLEYSWORLDMANCHESTER]

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]

Only us blues get it ..c.mon citeh

[@fasthracing]

good taste

[@NealDamiano]

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

[@paulgross1]

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]

meanwhile, in Burma

[@mr_makmak5296]

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

[@kostajovanovic3711]

+Henning Diesel more like both

[@theobuniel9643]

Isn't it the other way around, though?

[@heavyhandedheart777]

Henning Diesel you dont get it do you

[@alci720]

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.

[@jamesgibson3242]

This song and the album, "Strangeways ..." meant so much to me. Bought it when it was released and listened to it daily for years. Brings back found memories of a 20 year old college kid. I still listen but not daily.

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

My second favorite Smiths’ song of all time. Tied with 5 others.

[@Iggystar71]

Now don’t leave me hanging. What’s number one and the four others that are tied for second?

[@timsanchez2584]

Def in my top 5

[@vanessavasquez947]

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

[@lssaya]

and still is

[@noneya7910]

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

[@winniewinkles]

True story.

[@eldesconocido5734]

@@noneya7910 i am young and ugly haha

[@alexisbuchanan2028]

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

[@racheldell732]

One of their best, very melodic.

[@juskahusk2247]

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

[@cc92103]

This song just plain kicks ass!

[@KarlDavy-s6s]

One of my favs timeless tune😊

[@nicolecolson6886]

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.

[@youwatt499]

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]

O mesmo aconteceu comigo!

[@generalkenobi8591]

Hah that's funny and original

[@thanosgaming7153]

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

[@fumingriley]

This song begs to be played loud

[@rjrj4750]

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

[@nickthurlow4456]

Amazing lyrics from an amazing front man. Will never get fed up listening to this Nick 70 from England

[@4444colin]

I had moved from London to the North as a 12 Year old. 1970s era. The local yobbos used to yell out "who said I lied coz I never" . I heard this song in a record shop in LA when it came out and got goosebumps as the lyric was a memory jogger for times long past.

[@richardvanderlip4195]

67 years old and still my favorite

[@marz_mitzi]

where were you when the music video was made :0

[@richardvanderlip4195]

@@marz_mitzi ?

[@aki98jon]

Love the bass tone in this song. The smiths are simply talented!

[@dudeCar88]

Do you play the bass?

[@DJR-NZ]

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.

[@luiscesarplataserranoplata7181]

Aquí en México admiramos su música y sus influencias en la música inglesa en nuestro rock . Gracias Smiths

[@alancantu2557]

After hearing the instrumental break at 1:32-1:47, I can die happily. So simple, yet so heavenly. Marr, Joyce, and Rourke just know how to make you feel things without uttering a single word.

[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

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]

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

[@chadarracks]

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

[@GirlNoName86]

Instant nostalgia. I remember being a small child hearing this play while driving with my dad. ❤❤❤

[@kenwhitener985]

"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 !!

[@daverawcliffe3212]

Possibly the greatest music video ever, I remember watching this video on much music when I was 16 and thought to myself WOW, finally a music video than no other. The Smiths were the greatest band ever hands down. It was inevitable that such a fantastic band couldn’t possibly last, and I was so angered when they broke up.

[@vincentbellet9149]

I’ve been revisiting a lot of your videos while I sit in hospital recovering from a bi lateral hip fracture. Thanks for your music over the years. Awesome musician.

[@vaniaandrade8293]

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

[@sugarbear1965]

He saved my daughter w his beautiful music

[@alyssa-qn8zg]

thats so sweet what :(((

[@bigbadbillb]

I think it's safe to say The Smiths got A LOT of us through the perils of adolesce. These guys are my Beatles. I'm now 57 years old and STILL love 'em.

[@BillLowenburg]

"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.

[@juanaltredo2974]

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

[@alancantu2557]

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

[@kevinomreb]

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

[@neofromplanethell]

I heard this song at the store few times, and I was enchanted! This is my kind of music.

[@rain73ful]

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

[@elveggoloco]

I think I've heard maybe 4 or 5 Smiths songs in my entire life and I feel 'meh' about most of them but *I* *LOVE* *THIS* *ONE!* No deep reason, I just dig the sound of it and the groove of how it moves. It can get stuck in my head for days!

[@mikeporten8174]

Strangeways truly was their best album. It’s got the most complex (in a good way) melodies and is just as good as music gets.

[@mikeporten8174]

@@coolnamebro I think Strangeways is superior to the Queen is dead. The songwriting was elevated to another level. I love the Queen is dead (it’s my second favorite), but yeah I’m glad that they went out on top and didn’t go all U2 on everyone’s ass.

[@theartfuldodger935]

Apparently, they have very bad eyesight in Manchester.

[@alexanderflourry8426]

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

[@t3l3phasicworksh0p]

It’s Salford

[@hashteraksgage3281]

@@t3l3phasicworksh0p Manchester

[@anthony28303]

@@t3l3phasicworksh0p not all of it was filmed in Salford

[@Jj1ll0987]

Reminds me of Fletch from Depeche Mode 🤣🤣

[@JStrike42]

This tugs at my heart. Very nostalgic. A wonderful song.

[@farmfarmdorrie]

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. :-)

[@LucaOldani]

I'm deeply in love with this song.

[@slappedhappy9549]

I was the first to buy this album in my town (55,Dortmund/Germany) then! Morrissey is one of my youth heros!💎

[@toniputin1096]

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

[@lucalone]

"And the pain was enough to make A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect And plan a mass murder" bloody great lyrics!

[@decaffeinatedafrican5997]

its alright

[@80ssynthfan48]

This caused the song to be scrapped as a single 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".

[@alancantu2557]

Just phenomenal

[@saulalta75]

Timeless, proud North East L.A., native grew up in 80's. In my mid 40's and takes me back to real music.

[@minimasicurezza676]

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

[@DenkyManner]

the production is beyond sublime

[@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.]

I managed a bar in Waikiki beach called Blue Water Seafood in 1987. I came to work at 6am and opened it at 7am....we had a stereo system in the bar with tv s and we would play VH1 all day, but the hour prior to opening I used to jam MTV and this used to come in the morning for a short while on some days. I had never heard of the Smiths before. I used to stop and watch this and thought it rocked and eventually bought some of their records. I was 22/23 at the time. Man I wish I could go back and get a do over. I still have been and still am very blessed,

[@Wheelfall]

Ok, I listened to this song so many times now that KZbin suggests it to me even after a food video or a brutal death metal music video. It's perfect

[@getaction]

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]

makes sense. great song.

[@garonvega9625]

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

[@amysifuentes55]

Those boys are so lucky to be hanging with moz shooting a film, wearing his merch, cruising with him etc.. wowzer jealous

[@fasthracing]

and girls!

[@burrenmagic]

wow. i am on a music-fest tonight rediscovering over and over again how magnificent these 4 guys were. WOW! I will never ever tire of their music. It's musical gold-dust from heaven.

[@conversiamo]

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

[@arnk7060]

This didn’t age well

[@criminally_vulgar]

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

[@yakirtepper8965]

That's Entertainment by The Jam slightly more British

[@boardsofwood]

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