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'.

[@Knyfefyte]

The kids will never understand… no phones, no influencers, only talent.

[@susanneweiss9059]

Yes

[@32ModB]

Like Napoleon said,, are you lucky? 😊😊😊😊😊 lucky? 😊?

[@myamadeus1]

Yesterday I heard a guy born with no vocal chords begin speaking

[@ChadGeidel]

No influencers. LOL - there have been "influencers" as long as there have been people grouping together. What do you think MTV was created for? The Movies? The Radio? The Newspaper?

[@travisgardner4091]

Fashion and Music magazines crammed stuff down our throats as well as MTV. We were always being manipulated.

[@nadiagill1255]

I'm 56 & This is My Era ❤ The BEST Music EVER 🎶 😊

[@jcost0099]

indeed. What a great time back then!

[@kamuelalee]

Class of '86!

[@user-ki7os5ve8c]

hi

[@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.

[@mdte5421]

I was an international student from Ethiopia in a very exclusive boarding school in Indiana ! I was introduced by my American roommate at 16 - she literally welcomed me with this song when I first walked in our room ! The rest history ! I’m 48 and I still listen to the smiths !

[@disciplenovusordo122]

I can remember driving and this song would play on the radio. Always made the trip better. wherever I was headed...

[@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."*

[@kaitai5900]

58 years young. This song is utterly timeless. 80s and early 90s were a magical time. This song still nearly brings me to tears thinking about the loneliness and general alienation I felt at the time. Johnny Marr has no peer.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@jimurrata6785]

Hard to imagine this is 40 years old. I'm 60's too and a punk, but remember when this (and a few others like Depeche Mode) hit the clubs. It REALLY WAS a New Age!

[@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!

[@SwjatoslawHD]

@jmitch623 I'm going to listen to your playlist :) thank you for putting it together.

[@ellaboobella8770]

omg I love this song. The best era ever! So many memories of me and my best friend going to the “New Wave” clubs in Denver, just there with our peeps, most everybody wearing black. If there’s a heaven, it has a backdrop of 80s music.

[@blandrooker6541]

Dead Beat Club, Rock Island.......Spent many, MANY nights there.... Rode my motorcycle down Sper, looking around, was in town to visit my son, was suddenly struck with the urge to look for Rock Island.... 4 decades makes for nostalgia

[@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.

[@jamesreid1847]

Yep

[@eumesmo6209]

I'm 54 but my head is there on 80s.

[@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

[@silkeriekeit9675]

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

[@paolobenmore3504]

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

[@susanneweiss9059]

Y E S !!!

[@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.

[@Elsie-ek8rb]

Taylor Swift can only dream of having a song of this caliber.

[@ericligotke3542]

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

[@raconteurtroubadour]

They had a style and sound all of their own. Unique and brilliant! 🤘😎🎸🤘

[@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

[@davidfinnegan9162]

Thank you

[@jackmiller1209]

As a teen I never felt that loneliness that Morrissey alludes. As a 47 year old man in this culture obsessed with cellular phones and filming everything, even going to a night club and not dancing but on their phones.. hell, I feel so alienated now..

[@kevinotto5879]

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

[@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

[@barbaradoyle6093]

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

[@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

[@RobertArnett-kp9ep]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@spirwes64]

I'm really interested in how you come to the conclusion that The Smiths are underrated.

[@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! 😂😂😂

[@andyj639]

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

[@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.

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

@@patring620 well, tbh once I passed 50, i actually have to think out how old I am when someone asks. 😂😂😂 It just isnt registering in my brain since I've worked hard to remain as immature as possible! 🤣 Keep us informed PLEASE!! This dirtbike adventure could be priceless!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Azabaxe80]

_"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"_ No, I lived this and wouldn't ever want to go back. Even if the romance was beautiful.

[@joannaprevost426]

I remember cruising Fremont Street , smashed out of our minds growing up in Vegas 80's. This song is timeless.

[@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.

[@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.

[@stephenmonaghan6030]

Despite my distaste for Steven Morrissey, I am convinced this is the best version of this excellent song. I shall not be taking any further questions. Thank you.

[@unkle_Enkil]

If one may be so bold as to enquire, how does your distaste for Steven Morrissey manifest ?.

[@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.

[@TheRealThomasPaine1776]

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

[@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 😆

[@hansOrf]

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

[@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❤

[@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.

[@gileshalliwell3591]

Pure talent! Also as fresh as if was released yesterday!!

[@surfomzt]

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

[@SallyBowles5050]

Same!!

[@_JimS]

This is on my stranded on a desert island playlist….40years on and still never tire of it. Always loved haunting melodies.

[@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

[@lagartijoazul75]

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

[@A_Green_Plastic_Watering_Can]

Stunning

[@jaykulina6064]

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

[@TestUser-cf4wj]

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

[@Samuel-hd3cp]

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

[@informedchoice2249]

Great creators use simple things to make brilliant sounds.

[@sakinahdavis5840]

I remember seeing this video for the first time on Friday night videos, still a great song

[@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.

[@ChrMmn]

"You see II've already waited too long and all my hope is gone." In rare & sparse moments I don't feel the truth of these words.

[@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

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

It's such a beautiful and haunting song. The video carries a manic and dream like quality that speaks to resignated loneliness often experienced by introverts. There is also something both ethereal and familiar about the dancing girl. Crazy to think she's around 60 now. Forgive the comparison, but this is "emo" done right. This song emotes genuine feeling rather than whiney petulance. Even more, it wouldn't seem out of place coming out today. If I did not know of it and heard it on the radio, I wouldn't question its age. I might be ecstatic at great music being made again.

[@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

[@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.

[@sisyphuscranerigging7792]

Yes indeed. In any ranking of say, "top 10 all-time greatest alt songs" this will be on the list, if not the win. A monster that holds up cracking well to this day.

[@PrimaryIgnition]

The melancholy is strong in this one

[@SybilKibble]

Thanks, man! I love this tune.

[@activeshooter628]

Timeless Classic

[@stevejones9290]

Top of the Pops appearance and some clips from Derek Jarman’s films

[@Yungrexy]

I do mention that I used Derek Jarman clips & the TOTP appearance is blatantly obvious, no?

[@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 .

[@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 🙏 ❤

[@user-ki7os5ve8c]

Now....I want to cry.....

[@jonathasfigaro4992]

This song is magical.

[@greggusan]

This song came out when I was 15 and blew my mind. Still an anthem, maybe THE ANTHEM of the 80s. Such a good song. But I'll admit, I wasn't actually a diehard Smiths fan in terms of their entire library, was just into this song. Friends who were say this is the song real Smiths fans don't like. Can this be true? I can't imagine how.

[@Yungrexy]

I wasn't bang into The Smiths at the time. One or two songs caught my ear (like this one) but I thought Mozz was fanny so I didn't delve into them further... Still think Mozz is a fanny but my daughter opened my eyes to their full catalogue and they have some great songs, mostly made better by Morrissey's mad lyrics funnily enough.

[@wellingtonvarela7626]

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

[@jenhasken]

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

[@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. ❤

[@mickpilsworth1]

Genius

[@838vuks]

The power of three will set us free.

[@DuelingForce]

The young lady w the cool hat = still cool looking, 40-some years later Equally timeless, intense, and mass-impacting music, will stay everywhere, in our minds and ears.

[@jassab8012]

It's been 40 yrs. I'm still got it bad for that girl

[@kirkmooneyham]

While I understand the convenience of carrying untold numbers of songs in your pocket these days, listening to your own mix on a cassette tape was a way more personal experience. Each track seemed to matter more, I guess because it took time to curate and record them. This song was a great track for a mix tape during those days.

[@Yungrexy]

I was king of the mixtape back in the 80s, lol... My dad had a top stereo/hi-fi system thankfully and I would scour the radio for good chart shows, record em & then spend hours trimming them down tape to tape till there was no gaps or DJ chatter :D

[@mudbutton2]

Imagine being back in these great times again.

[@BirdTalk13]

At least I have my memories.

[@P.Galore]

The 80's were remarkable. Invitation only pop=up dance clubs, tacky jewelry, creative hair and the best music led by the second British Invasion! This was a club favorite.

[@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.

[@user-wf3lp4gr6n]

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

[@bluecloudrevs6383]

💚💚💚🌹🌹🌹

[@screenPhiles]

What a brilliant song.

[@Rufus..Calhoun]

EERIE, FUN, MYSTERIOSO........

[@donpiano.684]

Just timeless and perfect 👌

[@dinasaidso]

One of the best songs ever

[@JustMe-ob3nw]

I love this song

[@Hengo07]

My youth...

[@TheLolli84]

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

[@RasX144]

🔥🔥🔥

[@steven-napoleonwilliams1422]

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

[@algaleassi3133]

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

[@luigiventriglianews]

I love this Song❤

[@johnkennedy4023]

Other than Big Brother, 1984 was great. This is exactly what it was like

[@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.

[@hakimsaadi612]

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

[@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 :)

[@chicotarantino7907]

Clássico atemporal

[@EVatsonovski]

Spectacular!!!

[@ShawnsterVideos]

thank you.

[@gilliebrand]

Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@nelsonfragoso5713]

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

[@sreed16]

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

[@kyleferguson9311]

I agree.A pleasant surprise when I watched the film