I can honestly say this song was a defining point in my childhood. It was ‘84 and I was 12. I was at my best friend Sandy’s house when all of a sudden I hear this guitar riff and Morrissey’s distinct voice coming out of her older sister Marie’s room. I immediately ask Sandy what Marie was playing and she shrugged so I went to Marie’s room and stood by her door as she was applying her eyeliner in the mirror and singing along. I saw the Hatful of Hollow album cover on her bed and asked her what she was listening to. She casually replied “The Smiths” and I made a mental note. That moment in Marie’s room changed me. The sound was unlike anything I had ever heard before. l literally felt hypnotized and I had a weird sense that I would never be the same again. Like all of a sudden I felt older and wiser. I eventually got the record a few weeks later and have been listening to it ever since. I’m 50 now and I’ll never forget the feeling of hearing The Smiths for the first time.
This sounds like a start to a movie about a fan who heard his favorite band for thr first time and sets out to see a show with his friends, simply beautiful!
The guitar playing on this track is magical. The amount of detail Johnny Marr put into rhythm guitar parts with no intention of ever soloing is staggering.
And from someone so young at the time. Marr has a knack of making it sound like its 2 guitarists playing. They recorded this song for a peel session and it was complete wizardry
It seems like he uses a looper. At 3:10 you can clearly hear the rhythm riff while he plays other chords. I'm not sure though what exactly he uses though or how.
My dad has just surprised me with his old signed copy of this record upon me buying a record player. We brushed off 30+ years of dust and let it roll - fantastic moment!
1984, 16 yrs old, recently moved to a new town, few friends, on the fringes, then this album came out and I knew I was home. I had my place. Brilliant.
I love how the song lyrics are almost entirely clichéd phrases put together for a fantastic whole: "All men have secrets and here is mine" "through hell and high tide" "Heavy words are so lightly thrown" "leap in front of a flying bullet" "the Devil will find work for idle hands to do" "I've only got two hands"
There is nothing like, listening, to The Smiths, especially, after, just ending a bad, personal, relationship... Love the band !!! Love their music !!!
Seriously this girl did the worst thing to me worse than cheating basically ruined my self love and confidence for life lol and the smiths have been hitting more than ever before for me haha
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.
The lyrics All men have secrets and here is mine So let it be known For we have been through hell and high tide I think I can rely on you And yet you start to recoil Heavy words are so lightly thrown But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you So, what difference does it make? So, what difference does it make? It makes none But now you have gone And you must be looking very old tonight The devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole and I lied, and why? Because you asked me to! But now you make me feel so ashamed Because I've only got two hands Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh So, what difference does it make? Oh, what difference does it make? Oh, it makes none But now you have gone And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole, and then I lied Just because you asked me to But now you know the truth about me You won't see me anymore Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh But no more apologies No more, no more apologies Oh, I'm too tired I'm so sick and tired And I'm feeling very sick and ill today But I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh Oh, my sacred one Oh
The brilliance of Morrissey's lyrics and Johnny's music will last the test of time because they will remain relevant to all the young generations to come !
Blue eyes, that voice, weird dance moves, style, love for poetry, damn i wish i was alive on those times and talk with him at 3 am about life in a rooftop under the stars
the 80s were fantastic , we had poll tax riots, miners strikes, falklands war, aids, the cold war, but we didnt sit indoors scared of everything. then the wall came down and we all got cell phones and the internet and that seems to have been our downfall
That's so strange as that lyric popped into my head randomly (or not) just a few days ago and I remembered that it was from The Smiths as I played that album till the vinyl went white as a teen. I then started contemplating it's meaning and concluded that Morrissey is an old soul for sure!
@@tomwalsh6655 It's not from the bible actually but it is a saying that has been in the christian tradition for a long time (already appearing in the 4th century apparently).
I still remember the moment I instantaneously fell in love with The Smiths when I was 16, 22 years ago now. I think The Smiths has an eternal quality, you never fall out of love with their music and the way it makes you feel - all the more, as a teenager.
...and who receives less credit from Smiths fans than one might imagine. To describe him as "the lead guitarist for The Smiths", as many do, denies him his rightful place as coauthor of almost EVERY Smiths hit. See him in Modest Mouse, and solo.
I'm in the mid 40s, was too young to listen to The Smiths when they were on the height of their career, but I fell in love with them a later in life and now the more I listen to The Smiths, the more I love them! Especially Morrissey, he's such a gem!
Johnny Marr was for me,really the most talented member of the Smiths . Morrisey's vocals here are good, but it is Johnnie Marr;s guitar riffs that for me make this track one of my all time favourites.
+Roger Jones Marr is in the running for my fave guitarist ever. Those lovely jangly notes. Of course there's some other bands who have sort of a similar lovely sound. Cure. Stone Roses. Too many more too name. But Marr did that amazing one of a kind sound on How Soon is Now. That alone trumps almost anything I have ever heard. And hell, there's probably ten songs by the Smiths I give 10 out of 10 and sound like nothing else except other Smiths songs. I think about Marr a lot actually, because I love that sound so much
"Potentially"...?....using what form of "potentiometer" pray tell ? SP Morrisey wrote many great lyrics, drawing often upon his love of Oscar Wilde and his lyricism, and it must be said, Morrisey's ability to reference the sensibilities within certain movies of the 1960's in England.
Undoubtedly the greatest band ever in the history of great bands. Lyrics mean so much to some people backed up by an incredible band who were so talented in their own right
This was a great time to be growing up in England. So many great bands; Smiths, Depeche Mode, New Order, Duran Duran, Siouxsie & the Banshees, etc. 🎸🏴
I started listening to the Smiths again in lockdown , hadn't really listened to them since the 80s , though I did see a couple of tribute acts and I'm back in love with them and playng some Smith's tunes with my band . The Smiths were the first band I ever saw live and was lucky enough to see them again , both times at the Aberdeen capital , the 2nd time I saw is still the best gig I've ever been to
This The Smiths song What Difference does it make is truly a Masterpiece of music Amazing Brilliant Wonderful song from the Amazing Brilliant The Smiths from a 61 years young Irishman fan from Dublin 😊 rip Andy Rourke
All men have secrets and here is mine so let it be known For we have been through hell and high tide I think I can rely on you And yet you start to recoil Heavy words are so lightly thrown But I'd still leap in front of a flying bullet for you So what difference does it make? So what difference does it make? It makes none, but now you have gone And you must be looking very old tonight The devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole and I lied, and why? because you asked me to But now you make me feel so ashamed Because I've only got two hands Well, I'm still fond of you So what difference does it make? What difference does it make? It makes none, but now you have gone And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight Oh the devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole and then I lied just because you asked me to But now you know the truth about me You won't see me anymore Well, I'm still fond of you But no more apologies No more apologies I'm too tired, I'm so very tired And I'm feeling very sick and ill today But I'm still fond of you
@@reddevil9554 marr is a guitar genius but the only god and guitar virtuoso is paco de lucia, it takes a bit of musical culture and knowledge to know that, cause paco is simply the best human to ever play guitar.
I can't believe Morrissey and Marr don't like this song. I've always loved it, especially the falsetto at the end, the lyrics, and how hard hitting it is. This version is already great, but then the Peel/Hatful of Hollow version blows it away (in my opinion) and that was a live performance!
"Morrissey has stated on more than one occasion that "What Difference Does It Make?" is among his least favourite Smiths songs. He picked on the "rockist" influences and the "cliche" lyrics in particular, saying he "regretted the track the day after the record was pressed". Marr has similarly voiced his cynicism, stating "I didn't think it was a particularly strong one....There was one stage where I was playing [What Difference Does It Make?] seven or eight gigs on the trot and I didn't like the feeling. I knew that this was not why I had got involved in a band in the first place." I don't see it at all
This song makes everything seem so simple. As soon as I hear the “so what difference does it make” it feels like everything doesn’t matter, my problems, my ideas, my thoughts, and it’s weirdly calming that way. Helps me through tough times.
One of the Classic's from the 1980's club scene. I hate getting old. Please, someone invent a time machine so I can go the hell back to where I belong.
1:42 to 2:17 is absolutely FUCKING EPIC. You can hear the crowd going mental as it sinks in what they are witnessing. This is at the very apex of perfection.
Every now and again, if I'm feeling a bit angsty (as happens to us all from time to time) I give this a blast. It disperses the pent up frustrations and sounds fantastic and makes feel 17 again all at once. An ear kissing, anger venting, nostalgia inducing tonic. Long live The Mozzer and Marr!
Looking back, I remember how the Smiths sound, look, and sensibility stood out from the rest of the popular music of the early 80s, even by Brit Pop/Rock standards they were just more unique in their own way. What a marriage of sound and lyric that could only have been realized by Marr, Morrissey, Rourke, and Joyce.
Dreighen It's mine too...well this and Rubber Ring vie for first place in my affections...sometimes What Difference Does It Make? wins...sometimes Rubber Ring wins...tonight What Difference Does It Make? wins...tomorrow, however, this may be different.
All men have secrets and here is mine So let it be known For we have been through hell and high tide I can surely rely on you And yet you start to recoil Heavy words are so lightly thrown But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you 誰にでも秘密はある、もちろん僕にだって それじゃあ教えてやろうか 僕らは地獄も荒波も越えてきたわけだし、 だから君のことは信じてもいいと思ったんだ だけど君は尻込みしだして キツい言葉をそんなにも簡単に投げつけてくる でも僕は君のためなら今だって、襲いかかる銃弾の前に飛び出せるよ So, what difference does it make ? So, what difference does it make ? It makes none But now you have gone And you must be looking very old tonight だから何だって言うんだ？ だからどうなるって言うんだ？ どうもなりはしない でも君は去って行った 君は今夜ずいぶん老けて見えるだろうよ The devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole and I lied, and why ? Because you asked me to ! But now you make me feel so ashamed Because I've only got two hands Well, I'm still fond of you 怠け者の手は悪魔のために働く 僕は盗み、嘘をついた、なぜか？ 君がやれって言ったからさ！ でも今僕はすごく残念に思ってるよ、 ２つしか手がないのをさ まあね、僕はまだ君を好きなんだよ So, what difference does it make ? Oh, what difference does it make ? It makes none But now you have gone And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight だから何だって言うんだ？ だからどうなるって言うんだ？ どうもなりはしない でも君は去って行った その偏見のために、君は今夜どんなに凍えるだろう Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole, and then I lied Just because you asked me to But now you know the truth about me You won't see me anymore Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh 怠け者の手は悪魔のために働く 僕は盗み、嘘をついた 君がやれって言ったからさ でも君は本当の僕を知ってしまった で、僕なんかに二度と会うものかと思う でもね、僕はまだ君を好きなんだよ But no more apologies No more, no more apologies Oh, I'm too tired I'm so sick and tired And I'm feeling very sick and ill today But I'm still fond of you だけど、もう謝るのはやめてくれよ もうこれ以上、悪かっただなんて言わないでくれよ とにかく疲れたんだ、 疲れたし最悪の気分だ 本当に今日ばかりは最低最悪だよ でも君のことはまだ好きだよ Oh, my sacred one! 君は僕の手には届かないんだな！
I think that you are so right here , wow it must have felt sensational , what a riff but for it to work in this song you needed a rare talent to project it,step forward one Johnnie Marr. The rest is history.
I never get sick and tired of this song.
I'm still in love with you
I can honestly say this song was a defining point in my childhood. It was ‘84 and I was 12. I was at my best friend Sandy’s house when all of a sudden I hear this guitar riff and Morrissey’s distinct voice coming out of her older sister Marie’s room. I immediately ask Sandy what Marie was playing and she shrugged so I went to Marie’s room and stood by her door as she was applying her eyeliner in the mirror and singing along. I saw the Hatful of Hollow album cover on her bed and asked her what she was listening to. She casually replied “The Smiths” and I made a mental note. That moment in Marie’s room changed me. The sound was unlike anything I had ever heard before. l literally felt hypnotized and I had a weird sense that I would never be the same again. Like all of a sudden I felt older and wiser. I eventually got the record a few weeks later and have been listening to it ever since. I’m 50 now and I’ll never forget the feeling of hearing The Smiths for the first time.
" In Marie's Bedroom ( Lay a Smiths Album)" the greatest Pulp song never written
The smiths...Best band from manchester....nuff said 👊🏻
What a good memory to cherish
This sounds like a start to a movie about a fan who heard his favorite band for thr first time and sets out to see a show with his friends, simply beautiful!
51-years old and still listen to them literally every other day 🤩
The guitar playing on this track is magical. The amount of detail Johnny Marr put into rhythm guitar parts with no intention of ever soloing is staggering.
Sean, I 100% agree with your comment well said my friend.
And from someone so young at the time. Marr has a knack of making it sound like its 2 guitarists playing. They recorded this song for a peel session and it was complete wizardry
U no were ur fuckin breads buttered kidda good on bro !!!!!!
It seems like he uses a looper. At 3:10 you can clearly hear the rhythm riff while he plays other chords. I'm not sure though what exactly he uses though or how.
@@andresjrz99 i pretty sure this is lip synced. on the studio version he uses and acousti cto strum the chords over the riff played on an electric
Rest in peace, Andy Rourke ...amazing talent. Always remembered 🙏🏻😢❤️
Absolutely
except by Morrissey when it came to paying him proper royalties lol
Am I still ill?
Your name reminds me of the time where I went to a Morrissey concert and I found a tarot on the floor
Andy ??? Really man you didn't 't know that . 3:26
Nothing sounds like The Smiths. A sign of quality.
My dad has just surprised me with his old signed copy of this record upon me buying a record player. We brushed off 30+ years of dust and let it roll - fantastic moment!
B worth a fortune in the future.
That gave me chill bumps
@Hunter Vonnegut shit
Your dad is Rad
@@staywellandstrong4199 Amen!!!
"Heavy words are so lightly thrown"
I love that line. And in this day and age so apt (2019)
Indeed
He does have a point, heavy words can be abused to the point where they become meaningless buzz words.
Brilliance
@@jozinek876i always thought it meant ha ey wordsa luike i hatw you can be said ao ligjtlt
40 years on and still one of the greatest riffs ever! Johnny Marr is the man! 🎸
I’m too tired, I’m so sick and tired and I’m feeling very sick and ill today.
Great line.
has anyone heard of floathouse? th-cam.com/video/lJB-5h85EVg/w-d-xo.html
Might text my boss that on Monday
But I'm still fond of you.
Nearly every line is great.
Yeah. But I'm still fond of you, so its not all bad x
1984, 16 yrs old, recently moved to a new town, few friends, on the fringes, then this album came out and I knew I was home. I had my place. Brilliant.
What town
You still had no friends no matter how many times you listened to the album
@@Chief_Brody ok? 😐
@@Chief_Brody Ouch...but true!
I love how the song lyrics are almost entirely clichéd phrases put together for a fantastic whole:
"All men have secrets and here is mine"
"through hell and high tide"
"Heavy words are so lightly thrown"
"leap in front of a flying bullet"
"the Devil will find work for idle hands to do"
"I've only got two hands"
Well what difference does it make?
👍💪👍💪👍👍
There is nothing like, listening, to The Smiths, especially, after, just ending a bad, personal, relationship...
Love the band !!!
Love their music !!!
Seriously this girl did the worst thing to me worse than cheating basically ruined my self love and confidence for life lol and the smiths have been hitting more than ever before for me haha
@Danrkwave666 91
Blame a woman
😅
The Smiths is like bourbon
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.
Exactly my thoughts... love from Budapest, Hungary
✌️
Hear hear No other country comes close to what the British have given the world of contemporary music Saying that years From an Irishman
Manchester Irish all of them yet quintessentially English
Same from Barcelona❤️Don’t forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life…
The lyrics
All men have secrets and here is mine
So let it be known
For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on you
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you
So, what difference does it make?
So, what difference does it make?
It makes none
But now you have gone
And you must be looking very old tonight
The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why?
Because you asked me to!
But now you make me feel so ashamed
Because I've only got two hands
Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh
So, what difference does it make?
Oh, what difference does it make?
Oh, it makes none
But now you have gone
And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight
Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole, and then I lied
Just because you asked me to
But now you know the truth about me
You won't see me anymore
Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh
But no more apologies
No more, no more apologies
Oh, I'm too tired
I'm so sick and tired
And I'm feeling very sick and ill today
But I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh
Oh, my sacred one
Oh
Cheers la
The brilliance of Morrissey's lyrics and Johnny's music will last the test of time because they will remain relevant to all the young generations to come !
Modern music is mainly sheite
It is 40 years later and this music sounds so nowadays music. What a great band they were.
Just like Shakespeare
You mean fucking shit.
@@grandsoleil56 you mean fucking shit.
I remember when this came out 40 years ago, we had never heard anything or anyone like this. Earth shattering. Still perfection. RIP Andy Rourke.
Blue eyes, that voice, weird dance moves, style, love for poetry, damn i wish i was alive on those times and talk with him at 3 am about life in a rooftop under the stars
🌌
Pa. D For Idle hands to do
Same here
the 80s were fantastic , we had poll tax riots, miners strikes, falklands war, aids, the cold war, but we didnt sit indoors scared of everything. then the wall came down and we all got cell phones and the internet and that seems to have been our downfall
I turned 15 in 1983 and now regret that I did not do more talks on rooftops under stars, or even heavy grey clouds.
Does anyone else get as happy as I do when I watch him dance and shimmy across the dance floor? LOVE!!!
Yeah
Jessica H. 😂😂 so awkward
+No Tomato RICK
That's exactly what hoes does which is Shimmers across the floor , well put !! lolo
I always listen The Smiths on Spotify but once in a while I need to get in here only for watch him dance! Love his moves and he was so damn hot
"The devil will find work for idle hands to do" - that line really has stuck with me for a long time
That's so strange as that lyric popped into my head randomly (or not) just a few days ago and I remembered that it was from The Smiths as I played that album till the vinyl went white as a teen. I then started contemplating it's meaning and concluded that Morrissey is an old soul for sure!
👿 🙌 😂😂
Originally from the bible
Its a biblical quote
@@tomwalsh6655 It's not from the bible actually but it is a saying that has been in the christian tradition for a long time (already appearing in the 4th century apparently).
I still remember the moment I instantaneously fell in love with The Smiths when I was 16, 22 years ago now. I think The Smiths has an eternal quality, you never fall out of love with their music and the way it makes you feel - all the more, as a teenager.
I loved them the first time on top of the pops.
I think that Johnny Marr is one of the coolest person that ever existed
...and who receives less credit from Smiths fans than one might imagine. To describe him as "the lead guitarist for The Smiths", as many do, denies him his rightful place as coauthor of almost EVERY Smiths hit. See him in Modest Mouse, and solo.
lol
@@lowertones9713 Johnny Marr's guitar playing was what made me such a fan of the Smiths
Bob Duncan Hear, here! Totally agree.
Adrian More the coolest
I'm in the mid 40s, was too young to listen to The Smiths when they were on the height of their career, but I fell in love with them a later in life and now the more I listen to The Smiths, the more I love them! Especially Morrissey, he's such a gem!
Johnny Marr was for me,really the most talented member of the Smiths . Morrisey's vocals here are good, but it is Johnnie Marr;s guitar riffs that for me make this track one of my all time favourites.
agree marr. is a genius
+Roger Jones a wonderful song
+Roger Jones Marr is in the running for my fave guitarist ever. Those lovely jangly notes. Of course there's some other bands who have sort of a similar lovely sound. Cure. Stone Roses. Too many more too name. But Marr did that amazing one of a kind sound on How Soon is Now. That alone trumps almost anything I have ever heard. And hell, there's probably ten songs by the Smiths I give 10 out of 10 and sound like nothing else except other Smiths songs. I think about Marr a lot actually, because I love that sound so much
+Roger Jones Morrissey's instrument of choice was the biro
He does he gets a lot of recognition for his style of guitar playing.
RIP Andy, Thank you for the wonderful music and unforgettable bass lines 🤍
Marr on guitar and Morrissey on vocals, absolute perfection.
Drums are great, too!
@@Dzanarika1 and the bass! the whole band is excellent.
@@solidifiedmilk571 when the bass and drums kick on on this track....Briliant
The Smiths and Morrissey music will live on forever, classic!
You make me feel so ashamed because I've only got two hands? Potentially one of the greatest lyrics of all time....
"Potentially"...?....using what form of "potentiometer" pray tell ? SP Morrisey wrote many great lyrics, drawing often upon his love of Oscar Wilde and his lyricism, and it must be said, Morrisey's ability to reference the sensibilities within certain movies of the 1960's in England.
Arthur Burns
The potentiometer of my mind you pretentious fool. Anybody who puts a point in apostrophes gets a bitch slap from me..
jajajajajjajajajaj que perro
Undoubtedly the greatest band ever in the history of great bands. Lyrics mean so much to some people backed up by an incredible band who were so talented in their own right
Why haven't I listened to this band before? I am IN LOVE!
Are you still in love?
@@OscilateWildy yep! always :)
@@rose12787 Changing point in my life, so cool to see you still listen
@@LambClone absolutely!
These were my childhood songs😂
I can listen to this song over and over again.
I do just that.
@@MrDayjur, and I`m doing just that right now !!!
me too
I've always found his dance interesting to watch. It looks like he's trying to sing while standing on an ice rink.
he is definately drugged up on som ething xD
DiNexi - he just gets really into the music, that's all ;P
Yass, it looks like if music flows through his body.
he is then a professional on the ice rink
KaedeTheWyvern
Or a spider on ice skates doing a bunch of sick moves.
God bless the Smiths. They ripped up everything that had gone before and gave a voice to the lonely and dispossessed youth of eighties' Britain.
Todos hablan de Morrisey y Jhony Marr pero nadie dice nada de lo increíble que suena el bajo.
Gracias Andy Rourke por tanto
Si, pero el bajo y la batería suenan mejor en la versión de este tema en "Hatful of Hollow"
Exacto!
I love him so much it hurts. I never thought I'd let myself get to this point, but here I am with my heart aching.
same
Love does that. It kills you
Oh I've been there too * sigh * I fell in love with him when I was in high school. The heartache gets better, I hope it has for you :)
@dani cali go twerk somewhere else.
@dani cali leave these people alone and take care of yourself..
What a unique vocalist. The musicians are top notch as well…great band.
Absolutely, they helped cradle my depression whilst the the rest of the world were mocking me! Forever grateful.
They saved our lives
yet here i am still ill
@@joeljuarez3789 just list to mvb
You should be mocked, i dont even know you but i already hate you
Same, now
Dancing like morrisey in my room during quarantine
Scamdemic overreaction??
But I'm feeling very sick and ill today
Dancing in a deserted warehouse on a 12 hr night shift
I thought I was the only one....
Me too 🙌❤
Not just one of the greatest Smiths songs, but one of the greatest songs EVER.
Garbitchass💩🐒💩💩💩😳🐒🔥🔥🔥💥
All Smiths songs are great😅❤
andy RIP, thanks for all that great music and tones, gift from angels..be in peace..ypu help to make the world much better with your music craft..
RIP Andy,i’m still schocked…best bass lines ever…😢
This was a great time to be growing up in England. So many great bands; Smiths, Depeche Mode, New Order, Duran Duran, Siouxsie & the Banshees, etc. 🎸🏴
No Duran Duran and their fake "new romantic" pop was really hideous. They shouldn't be on this list, c'mon...
@@lupodelupis3672yes, they should. They've earned it.
@@v-town1980 real rockers hated those posers..
What about Echo ,The furs,the Fixx
I started listening to the Smiths again in lockdown , hadn't really listened to them since the 80s , though I did see a couple of tribute acts and I'm back in love with them and playng some Smith's tunes with my band .
The Smiths were the first band I ever saw live and was lucky enough to see them again , both times at the Aberdeen capital , the 2nd time I saw is still the best gig I've ever been to
This The Smiths song What Difference does it make is truly a Masterpiece of music Amazing Brilliant Wonderful song from the Amazing Brilliant The Smiths from a 61 years young Irishman fan from Dublin 😊 rip Andy Rourke
Rest in peace Andy Rourke your music lives forever
I saw these guys in Glastonbury in 85.. I was 16 and had the time of my life!! Anything Box opened for them.. It was so awesome!!
Seminal stuff
This is simply amazing. This band is so underrated. One of the greatest bands ever.
The 80's were raw, frightening, exhilarating and full of potential! This performance always make me feel the excitement of the time!
One of the great songs by The Smiths. Love it!
All men have secrets and here is mine so let it be known
For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on you
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But I'd still leap in front of a flying bullet for you
So what difference does it make?
So what difference does it make?
It makes none, but now you have gone
And you must be looking very old tonight
The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why? because you asked me to
But now you make me feel so ashamed
Because I've only got two hands
Well, I'm still fond of you
So what difference does it make?
What difference does it make?
It makes none, but now you have gone
And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight
Oh the devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and then I lied just because you asked me to
But now you know the truth about me
You won't see me anymore
Well, I'm still fond of you
But no more apologies
No more apologies
I'm too tired, I'm so very tired
And I'm feeling very sick and ill today
But I'm still fond of you
말 thanks
말 ..
Up
Oh, it's apologies not apple and cheese
ooOohh MY SACREEEDDD OOOONNEE OOOOoooOoooOoOooOoOoh
Música eterna !!! Melhor época da minha vida!!!
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Always loved this song…the lyrics are so clever and how he makes them fit the tune is incredible.
as Noel Gallagher once said "even Johnny Marr can't play as well as Johnny Marr"
Yeah but paco de lucia can
That doesn't make sense.
@@pianoboi4842 basically Marr is a guitar genius
There are at least 3 different Johnny Marr guitar overdubs on it, that's why lol.
@@reddevil9554 marr is a guitar genius but the only god and guitar virtuoso is paco de lucia, it takes a bit of musical culture and knowledge to know that, cause paco is simply the best human to ever play guitar.
I can't believe Morrissey and Marr don't like this song. I've always loved it, especially the falsetto at the end, the lyrics, and how hard hitting it is.
This version is already great, but then the Peel/Hatful of Hollow version blows it away (in my opinion) and that was a live performance!
"Morrissey has stated on more than one occasion that "What Difference Does It Make?" is among his least favourite Smiths songs. He picked on the "rockist" influences and the "cliche" lyrics in particular, saying he "regretted the track the day after the record was pressed". Marr has similarly voiced his cynicism, stating "I didn't think it was a particularly strong one....There was one stage where I was playing [What Difference Does It Make?] seven or eight gigs on the trot and I didn't like the feeling. I knew that this was not why I had got involved in a band in the first place."
I don't see it at all
I think they didn't like the studio version ,the peel sessions version was better IMO.
I still cant believe THAT was a LIVE version!!!
Its my favourite one and i strongly belived it was a studio version due to the amazing sound!
Its not live... where is his mic. lol
We're talking about the Hatful of Hollow version, not this video.
There is no other band like the SMITHS. They are many bands in the 80's from the U.K. that are extremely Talented.
those glasses have come back in fashion, why can't this genre of music?!
It is if you go to the right places and hang out with the right people.
It's sort of post-punk
If you love it like I do, who cares what others think! It's always in fashion!!!
Tonya Merritt Leather is always in fashion and glasses are not.
hipster glasses
My favourite band of all time, they broke the mould, lyrics of a genius and the music is just bliss.
Best Smiths Song ever.
This song makes everything seem so simple. As soon as I hear the “so what difference does it make” it feels like everything doesn’t matter, my problems, my ideas, my thoughts, and it’s weirdly calming that way. Helps me through tough times.
One of the Classic's from the 1980's club scene. I hate getting old. Please, someone invent a time machine so I can go the hell back to where I belong.
israel24961 episode 4, san junipero?
Self-care is dancing like Morrissey in your room while listening to The Smiths.
so true
just a couple minutes ago I had a rather therapeutic session in the kitchen!
r.r
Facts
I really feel like the NHS should prescribe this to depressed people.
this takes me back to my youth, what an incredible song, simply amazing how this music gets better over the years
Wish i could've experienced the 80's and 90's for myself. Such a great era for music, and style.
This song is way too short. So addictive.
Rest in peace Andy Rourke 💜🌹💜
One of my favorites songs of all time
Moz was superb his voice had paradise in it ❤🎉
My 2 year old Son dances with the care free abandon of Morrissey whenever I play The Smiths ... May He always dance this way .
One of the most genuine bands I have ever heard.
Wow! His voice is so powerful it can carry over the sound of the instruments and audience without a mic. That's talent.
It’s lip synced as were most performances on top of the pops
Listening The Smiths Songs while reading a book about them... it' s 2022 and I love this music
This song cured my depression for a full 3 minutes and 26 seconds ❤️🩹💙👌. The smiths are my new favourite band 🏴 🇬🇧
Johnny Marr is one of the best guitarists in the world! Greetings from Argentina.
desculpe pelo povo argentino infeliz você escolheu muito mal seu governador você será a próxima venezuela
That feeling you get when you listen to a song which brings memories and it feels as if it put you back in time...... Wow.
1:42 to 2:17 is absolutely FUCKING EPIC. You can hear the crowd going mental as it sinks in what they are witnessing. This is at the very apex of perfection.
Im from argentina! 51 year old! The Smits the best! 👋👋👋
Every now and again, if I'm feeling a bit angsty (as happens to us all from time to time) I give this a blast. It disperses the pent up frustrations and sounds fantastic and makes feel 17 again all at once. An ear kissing, anger venting, nostalgia inducing tonic. Long live The Mozzer and Marr!
- Oxford glasses
- Quiff
- My grandmother's Sunday shirt
- Bouquet in arse
No wonder Morrisey was an unlikely fashion icon.
Yea but morrisey is an asshole
@@marker794 how so
@@grimm4990 he just is by the way he looks in every single music video and interview
You dinna mind the hearing aid? ;)
My grandmother's Sunday shirt! Dead! lmao
Looking back, I remember how the Smiths sound, look, and sensibility stood out from the rest of the popular music of the early 80s, even by Brit Pop/Rock standards they were just more unique in their own way. What a marriage of sound and lyric that could only have been realized by Marr, Morrissey, Rourke, and Joyce.
2:03 nobody credits Morrisey with inventing the dab.
OMG
@MR Melton...Can you explain 'the dab'...? Whatchootalkin''bout Willis...?
The dab is a mentally challenged gesture made by the mentally challenged when they want to announce their mentally challenged-ness to others.
@Rowan Melton more like the only cultural sin he's ever made
@@deprimeplatypus490 well
One of my fav Smiths songs hands down. Morrisey's dancing is fuckin dank. Totally gonna steal his moves lol
Dreighen It's mine too...well this and Rubber Ring vie for first place in my affections...sometimes What Difference Does It Make? wins...sometimes Rubber Ring wins...tonight What Difference Does It Make? wins...tomorrow, however, this may be different.
Dreighen *Morrissey
Plus he dabbed
Strong contender for my favourite of theirs,too,though there's a number of contenders,particularly among their earlier ones from 1983-85.
Summer of 1984, I was 11, my 17yr old sister used to blast this album love you sis ❤️❤️xxx
Love love love his falsetto.
This sounds better now than it did when it came out.
Still lovin his voice after 29+ years :)
All men have secrets and here is mine
So let it be known
For we have been through hell and high tide
I can surely rely on you
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you
誰にでも秘密はある、もちろん僕にだって
それじゃあ教えてやろうか
僕らは地獄も荒波も越えてきたわけだし、
だから君のことは信じてもいいと思ったんだ
だけど君は尻込みしだして
キツい言葉をそんなにも簡単に投げつけてくる
でも僕は君のためなら今だって、襲いかかる銃弾の前に飛び出せるよ
So, what difference does it make ?
So, what difference does it make ?
It makes none
But now you have gone
And you must be looking very old tonight
だから何だって言うんだ？
だからどうなるって言うんだ？
どうもなりはしない
でも君は去って行った
君は今夜ずいぶん老けて見えるだろうよ
The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why ?
Because you asked me to !
But now you make me feel so ashamed
Because I've only got two hands
Well, I'm still fond of you
怠け者の手は悪魔のために働く
僕は盗み、嘘をついた、なぜか？
君がやれって言ったからさ！
でも今僕はすごく残念に思ってるよ、
２つしか手がないのをさ
まあね、僕はまだ君を好きなんだよ
So, what difference does it make ?
Oh, what difference does it make ?
It makes none
But now you have gone
And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight
だから何だって言うんだ？
だからどうなるって言うんだ？
どうもなりはしない
でも君は去って行った
その偏見のために、君は今夜どんなに凍えるだろう
Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole, and then I lied
Just because you asked me to
But now you know the truth about me
You won't see me anymore
Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh
怠け者の手は悪魔のために働く
僕は盗み、嘘をついた
君がやれって言ったからさ
でも君は本当の僕を知ってしまった
で、僕なんかに二度と会うものかと思う
でもね、僕はまだ君を好きなんだよ
But no more apologies
No more, no more apologies
Oh, I'm too tired
I'm so sick and tired
And I'm feeling very sick and ill today
But I'm still fond of you
だけど、もう謝るのはやめてくれよ
もうこれ以上、悪かっただなんて言わないでくれよ
とにかく疲れたんだ、
疲れたし最悪の気分だ
本当に今日ばかりは最低最悪だよ
でも君のことはまだ好きだよ
Oh, my sacred one!
君は僕の手には届かないんだな！
53 and still singing The Smiths
When listening to The Smiths or David Bowie, I get nostalgic and in my head, I walk down the streets of London. Great times:)
imagine being the band that jammed that out for the first time, fuck ing hell they must have known what they made
kk
yeah one of the greatest songs ever written
I think that you are so right here , wow it must have felt sensational , what a riff but for it to work in this song you needed a rare talent to project it,step forward one Johnnie Marr. The rest is history.
Roger Jones ihlgighlujhhhjjjhjjk
What a great song... Born in 1979
Went to see them in Reading in 1985. What memories.
Jake buggs kingpin sounds like what diff does it make liston to it
I have had the guitar riff, the bass riff, and the vocals all stuck in my head at different points.
Morrissey is such a charming man
See what u did there
Not really but I got the joke
Gigi Rauchut y do u disagree?
Berenice Jimenez he’s not a good man. I mean I love his music and his voice but everything else about him is just ugh
Trust me, he's a douche
I envy every person who was a teen/adult at this time!
I love the way he dances. The definition of cool. :)
I get goose bumps. Oh my, since I was a kid in love with Morrisey's Voice.
man he is so attractive i could cry
You and me both, menna. You and me both.
Except I did cry.
That riff is soooooooooooooooooo GOOD
You know that feeling when you get bored of The Smiths? Lol me neither :3
agreed
LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pure genius
AYY LMAO you have a strokes pic
Strokes profile, commenting on a Smiths video. Are you me?
The Smiths and the most absurd lyrics! Unbelievable stuff. Also amazing music if this matters to anyone! Amazing ❤️🙏
Lots of love!!❤️ Thank goodness!😅
Minha juventude foi ouvindo o som desses caras, inesquecível.
Let's be honest, it's THAT guitar riff.
Thomas Donnelly marrs just absolute class
Yes.. Its a magic and how it blends with vocals... Amazing
Absolutely ,the genius of Johnny Marr!
YES
Yes. That's it. It's great.