The Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (Official Audio)
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"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. It appears on the album Meat Is Murder, and was the sole track from the album to be released as a UK promotional single.
Lyrics
Park the car at the side of the road
You should know
Time's tide will smother you
And I will too
When you laugh about people who feel so
Very lonely
Their only desire is to die
Well, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
But that joke isn't funny anymore
It's too close to home
And it's too near the bone
It's too close to home
And it's too near the bone
More than you'll ever know ...
Kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
You kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
You kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
You kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
It was dark as I drove the point home
And on cold leather seats
Well, it suddenly struck me
I just might die with a smile on my
Face after all
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
And now it's happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
And now it's happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
And now it's happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
And now it's happening in mine
Oh ...
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
Oh ...
And now it's happening in mine
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
Oh...
And now, now, now it's happening in mine
(I've seen this happen)
Happening in mine
Oh...now, now
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
Oh...
And now it's happening in mine
(Happen)
Happening in mine
Oh...
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
Oh...
And now, now, now it's happening in mine
Happening in mine
Mine, mine
Happening in mine
#TheSmiths #ThatJokeIsntFunnyAnymore #MeatIsMurder
One of the most Underrated Tracks from The Smiths’s Discography...
Its one of Johnny Marr’s favourite tracks from The Smiths..
Agree...Much love and Respect from New Orleans Louisiana..StephopalOpal of music and Peace
Yo VB MUTT, fuck Radiohead !
I like your radiohead bear profile pic 😊
@@MeanManu First of all, show respect to radiohead. Secondly, fuck you.
one of the hidden gems for sure. guitar outro is sublime
Johnny Marr faded in an extra 30 seconds at the end cause he knew you wouldn't have gotten enough of it.
that extra is geniously done and it is so good!
Yes, it is!
I think the fade out and fade back in sucks, actually. Would have been superior if they'd made the singing end and the music just keep going in the best way possible
The crowd repeated the line over and over until the encore .
Bad ass .
Just like in 'Pretty Girls Make Graves'
This is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard.
A truly devastating track yes ❤️🎶
It's too close to home and it's too near the bone 😪
The Smiths wrote the soundtrack to so many people's lives.
My favourite Smiths song. Couldn't believe it when I heard it first, that refrain at the end. The whole song builds to this climax and when it comes.....oh my God.
mine too. i was in awe the first time i heard it
Same
Yep. It can also evoke actual climax.😆
@@elizabethburroughs4655 tell me more 😂
It’s like a waltz to the afterlife
RIP Andy, thank you for all the wonderful music and those unforgettable bass lines 🤍
😔🙏🏾❤️🕊️
This song has cured my depression with more depression
Well everyone who felt depressed and lonely would relate but this track makes me very emotional, especially when it says "I've seen this happening in other people's lives... and now it's happening in mine"
me too... irelate with being cheated on, never thought it'd happen to me but alas it's happening in my life lol
@@midapita sad
@@midapita YES! Me, too. : (
Morrissey was genius with the smiths.
Agree I felt like that though those years 1998_2012
When they played this at The Hollywood Palladium in 1985 , most of the audience was in tears. A beautiful song. One of their best.
i would’ve been too
I was there!
@@patrickhogue8790 Man, I envy you, Patrick.
Honestly, such a performance should be up there with MJ's 'Heartbreak Hotel' live in Yokohama. It sounds like a mindblowing experience.
Absolutely one of their best. Love it so much. 🥰
"time's tide will smother you"... I've been feeling that in my bones the last two years
the understanding of loneliness, the slicing phantom guitar, morrissey's vocal all over this...what a song!
You again? Tu otra ves.
Slicing phantom guitar is the most perfect description.
@@axelCast-bs8gz hey!
@@hihowareyouthen thanks!
@@Koshirozation In every other Smiths video 😂
It annoys me when people say Morrissey's lyrics are depressing and miserable, bullshit! Morrissey sings about real life. Real life is not all love , sunshine and rainbows, there's also loneliness, heartache and other strong emotions, thats why so many people can relate to his songs.
"Morrissey's music"
Amen brother 👍
@@Meshtar morrissey lyrics, marrs melody's = the smiths music (I think) 😊
That is because life is miderable and depressing
and short
Death isn’t as tragic, once you’ve become a true fan of the Smiths.
Pull an Oscar Wilde and become Catholic while you’re at it (lol)
@@saucyvinnie3812 😂 I’m not sure there is a hat tip emoji?
Death of your comrades is still tragic tk be fair, you just learn to deal with it in a different way
@@TRPilot06YT yea, I was definitely being over dramatic, it’s Morrissey we’re talking about. 😉
@@over-educated-sp ah fair enough
I was a 90's punk kid until i heard The Smiths and Morrisey and then my mind was opened up to so many amazing and poetic songs from the Moz.
Hahahaha
Very good. I liked punk from the 80s but The Smiths is one of my top bands of all time. And Morrissey as a solo artist is amazing. Bigmouth Strikes Again!
A lot of those bands were big Smiths fans, Face to Face for example covered the smiths
All 4 members of the Smiths are simply superb musicians in their chosen craft
Their saddest song and probably their most beautiful one too. The lyrics and the crying guitar ❤💔
"I've seen this happen in other people's lives..now it's happening in mine." Moving me tears right now. There's songs that hit you so deep and this is one of mine.
That wailing guitar goes amazing with the lamenting vocals and mood of the whole composition. Simply a one of a kind song.
Nothing else anywhere sounds remotely like this at all. Captured the human soul most uncannily.
The fadeout/upswell/fadeout in the outro is freaking brilliant.
I always knew The Smiths but it's only in the last month or so that i really got into them. I was such an idiot. One of the best bands on the planet, without a doubt.
Mr Marr shines on this powerful ballad. And Morrissey just superb with his voice and lyrics.
What an alliance they were.
This song reminds me of someone that I care for dearly that has been bullied relentlessly online and is now in a treatment center for a personal problem exacerbated by the bullying. I feel so bad for her, but I know she has the strength to move forward and will. Remember folks, humans need to be loved just like everybody else does. ❤️
As a teenager growing up in the 80s this song spoke to me like no other.....I love the Smiths and this my favorite song.
Word of warning… their music and lyrics won’t hit you till. Someone you shared The Smiths music with.. is gone.. I lost my wife in December we spent every date listening to them everywhere we went in 86 and beyond.. sometimes it’s hard to listen to them now.. but it be worst if I didn’t have the memories of our lives together without their soundtrack… reminiscing gets emotional somedays.. but the music makes more sense to me now more then it ever did .. they gave us a gift to share forever.. and I’ll always cherish those drives and concerts we shared.. miss you CK
Bless you, truly.
With love from Manchester
Bless you
This song in particular resonates strongly in me, and there's a message for me within describing how no matter what people like to say, the joke only isn't funny when they've suffered the punchline. You simply will laugh at others struggles and sufferings until you yourself have experienced a similar tragedy, then all of a sudden it's all your own personal indignation. And don't we detest people having similar if not identical struggles to our own?
I concur brother. That statement about “suffering the punchline” is too true. It’s important to be careful with your words and how you joke. Everything isn’t fair game and you can really hurt the people around you. Even with close friends you only know a fraction of who they fully are. This song is a rare gem.
@@nate2748 You said it all, Nate.
hey, that's profound and a next-level interpretation of the lyrics. Thanks for sharing.
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
people having the same, or similar, struggles as you are people you identify with, and often feel a kinship with, not detest. and the joke only isn't funny for people who lack the ability to laugh at themselves, and who enjoy laughing at the suffering of others.
This track really showcases Johnny Marr's brilliance......
That bassline 🤯
RIP Andy 😔
The bass is so good tho 👌
❤❤❤
So long as you listen to their music you keep them alive, people will be listening to the smiths music long after we’re all dead making them more alive and real than they were breathing.
I remember hearing Panic thinking The Smiths were an 80s punk band and bought their Best Of album in 2007. Been listening to them ever since. What a band.
I think morresey is probably the most honest singer song writers . Lyrics so simple and vulnerable it's almost funny without a drop of pretense with instruments playing that sound like an emotion creating one . Utterly brilliant yet simple .. incredible
Morrissey seems so helplessly sincere that, even if he tried to lie, we'd all just file those words away as part of his multitides, part of the addictively peculiar and vast Morrissey canon. That's the power of crypticism without abstraction.
Morrisey is a fascist.
Perfect depiction of grief. The intense drums, the desperate lyrics, the wailing guitar… I’ve felt it before..
Morrissey can wrap his voice around any lyric. Genius!
Most gifted voice in indie rock music. No doubt about it!
This is a masterpiece and probably my favorite song ever.
Facts
The lyrics "It was dark as I drove the point home, and on cold leather seats well it suddenly struck me, I just might die with a smile on my face after all"
Could be straight out of a novel. The writing is astonishing. To think Ed Sheeran has sold a billion records.
I know
Sigh.
Going to be played during my time to be put to rest.
It does make you wonder what point he was driving home on cold leather seats that put a smile on his face.
Damn. My mans Ed always catching strays
Arguably my favorite Smith's song, just genius!
This and reel around the fountain
The production on this track is astounding
Nobody does emotion like the Smiths
Never gets old
"I just might die with a smile on my face after all" wow x
The fade out no one knew they wanted but everyone got it…
Think i cried the first time i heard this song was so beautiful and intense. Then the fade out is just so perfect
This song totally chokes me up, tears running down my face ......it really is such a masterpiece of music
Outstanding song writing, Johnny Marr goes against all musical rules and plays chords that don’t belong in this song but they bloody do, what a group of excellent musicians, one less now, RIP Andy Rourke, live forever through the music
That fade-out fade-in...
chills....
Morrissey, damn, that man knew how to write & was courageous, attacked those songs in the studio with the conviction & heart of a lion...
inb4 a soyboy Morrissey hater replies to me, really, I don't care & no one else does.
Morrissey's the man
@@lorem_ipsum_xvi he's not dead, don't scare me like that...
@@lorem_ipsum_xvi I remember an article in Vanity Fair, tears ago, where he chewed Joni Mitchell out for for smoking.
Really dude? You’re going to go there with a poet? Oh well.
I love his lyrics
Como abrir portas da sua mente.
Seriously where would we be without the Brits for music?
Not very far. It's America and the British Isles, and America wouldn't have gotten anywhere without the influence of the British Isles
@@NameNotAlreadyTaken2 and also British is way better than American. XD I mean, Only Dylan, Elvis, Nirvana and the Doors are incredibly good. Apart from Them, British is better
nowhere ...fast
@@jesusmejia3417 Jimi Hendrix too
and solid television series. Broadchurch, Safe, Happy Valley, The Five and on and on
Morrissey is my Sinatra. And he certainly is Frank about things most songwriters never acknowledge.
lmao good pun bro
Well said
that joke isnt funny
@@user-wc4lb5ij6iyou were so close..
Currently on a Smiths craze atm.. got a new favourite song every week these days.. was Bigmouth last week, Boy with the Thorn in his Side the week before, Headmasters Ritual the week before that, and now this masterpiece… what a fucking band, they still had so much in the tank when they split 😭
Likewise 😊 There are very many to choose from
Seen them live twice . Last time was for The Queen is Dead tour . The Greek Theater in Berkeley .
Freaking magic !!!!
I remember that show I wanted to go SO BAD. I was at Cal Poly SLO at the time ... I DID see The Cure there right around that time, Standing on a Beach tour ...
I fucking hate you. The only bragging rights I have is seeing Metallica in nightclubs a few times before they got huge...I'd trade that for numerous other gigs around the same time. My musical taste turned on a dime at around 19 years old.
Thats bloody brilliant.. very lucky! 😃
You are so lucky. Wow
This song is my favourite Smiths song by far
Gotta be last night for me followed by this and light goes out .
When I look at the hundredth corona meme of the day
I feel you
Its Monika oWo. But in all seriousness, this is a good song.
Love ASMR stuff!
@@Dragonflylane77 That joke isn't funny anymore ;)
this comment gets funnier as more time passes
It baffles me that you can listen to this song with your soul.
The guitar sounds amazing!!
That’s Johnny!
His guitar playing is also very good good for The The.
Marr is beyond incredible
As well the mandolin...!
🙏
@@ianmckenzie2680 Or should that be: here's Johnny!
Best the smith song by far.
The Smiths songs are so great , i'm so happy finding them 25 years later !
"Time's tide will smother you"
Truer words....
I was 11 when this came out , now 50, and the older I have gotten, I understand it better now !
This song touches me every time I hear it. Was just driving and it came on my Spotify playlist and I had to play it over again. My girlfriend (one that I loved turned me onto this song and though it makes me sad because of the breakup it makes me happy because it’s a part of my life that was real and means something. This song is a bittersweet memory.
Listen to ANDY ROURKE!!! Listen to that bass line, it's rythmic, it's melancholic, it's base for Johnny's ethereal sounds. He's not flashy, he's not flat, he plays bass as a bass player should, but adds so much depth and melody to a lot of Smiths songs. Really good bass player.
I JUST MIGHT DIE WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE AFTER ALL.
Probably one of the best songs ever written!!!!!
No one gets near the smiths.
If you say so!
Since the ‘80 yes you’ re right but fior pop music in general no one comes close to The Beatles. Period
Patrick Tetteroo the Beatles are not as good as we hyped them up to be
Okey!but.......do jou know radiohead with thom york😉👌
That’s a Big call......but ...........oh fuck it, they really were just brilliant
That wailing guitar at the end captures perfectly the emotions of sadness and grief.
the band that was a best friend through my teens
I was 18...my first soundtrack in love.
If this song doesn't make the back of your neck go shivery at 2:04......
Johnny Marr is my favorite guitar player. Respect.
This trip is always magic!
❤
"And on cold leather seats well it suddenly struck me...I just might die with a smile on my face after all."
Our own little trip around the sun
@@jcrass2361 ❤
Morrissey was genius with the Smiths. The sound of the band is just epic. We probably won't ever see a finer group sound.
Soooooooo glad I experienced The Smiths in 1986 at the very intimate Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh. We actually stormed the stage and danced with the band at the final song, "The Queen Is Dead." One lucky girl sat on the drummer's lap! 😎😎 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Johnny Marr is a genius too, the heart of the band.
@@ashketchum340 Johnny Marr is a very job guitarist, not a genius for me. That expression is banded around too much.
Both of them created magic together. Neither a genius without each other. Like Lennon McCartney.
@@joesnow739 job.. how do you mean, you think his playing lacks innovation, is that of a random sessions guitarist?
why do i relate to this song spiritually
Still simply marvelous. How did they make music sound THIS incredible back then?
One of my all-time favorite songs - haunting, beautiful, sad, happy. Wow - never ever tire of listening to this.
Absolutely love The Smiths. Cold January night. Warming my cold jersey blood ❤
I really needed the lyrics to this front and center:
Park the car at the side of the road
You should know
Time's tide will smother you
And I will too
When you laugh about people who feel so
Very lonely
Their only desire is to die
Well, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
But that joke isn't funny anymore
It's too close to home
And it's too near the bone
It's too close to home
And it's too near the bone
More than you'll ever know ...
Kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
You kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
You kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
You kick them when they fall down
Kick them when they fall down
It was dark as I drove the point home
And on cold leather seats
Well, it suddenly struck me
I just might die with a smile on my
Face after all
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
And now it's happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
And now it's happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
And now it's happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
And now it's happening in mine
Oh ...
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
Oh ...
And now it's happening in mine
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
Oh...
And now, now, now it's happening in mine
(I've seen this happen)
Happening in mine
Oh...now, now
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
Oh...
And now it's happening in mine
(Happen)
Happening in mine
Oh...
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
Happening in mine
I've seen this happen in other people's
Lives
Oh...
And now, now, now it's happening in mine
Happening in mine
Mine, mine
Happening in mine
💗
amazing words.. i can relate
Lol
Front and Centre ! 🇬🇧
❤️
The world wont listen. Still have it on vinyl. Treasure
Me too, bought when it came out. It's better than Hatful of Hollow or Louder than Bombs just as a start-to-finish masterpiece of a compilation (though total songs-wise it's not as it's 1 album vs 2 for the others).
One of the GREATEST short lived bands ever! ❤
This song makes me cry and smile. How can someone trick a mind?
That transitional pivot point at the 2 minute mark is just so luscious.
The Smiths tem o poder de saber o que o ouvinte está sentindo e as descreve perfeitamente em suas letras .
The bass and guitar in this song together is mesmerising
SIMPLESMENTE A MELHOR BANDA ATÉ HJ!!!!
The sequence is amazing, 'even when they fall down', my favourite
The Smiths have been in my life all my life. 🙄. Still with them and always will be. They put me to sleep at night. Bless em 🙏🍷❤️🏴
Greatest opening to a song ever
and brilliant reprise at the end.
i wish i could laugh
but that joke isn't funny anymore
I wish I could laugh at that joke you just made about this song called "That joke isn't funny anymore" but that joke isn't funny anymore
Escutar the smiths pra mim , é como uma terapia ...me sinto ótima!!! Melhor que ir ao psicólogo amo !!!💖💖
Eu também!!
What she said
@@johnoverton879 Listen to the Smiths for me is like therapy... I feel great!!!
the Smiths esta maravilhosa
Muito relaxante!!
That reversed guitar coming in ….does me every time…. love it !!!
👍🏽
There s no other band like this. The BEST melancholicb band Ever and t'he BEST pop band
I remember when I was younger I couldn't understand why someone would take their own life. In fact, I thought it was something stupid and from people who were too weak to live. Now that last part of the song echoes in my head every day.
I was in 9th grade in the '80s when I heard this for the first time. I put this on one side of a cassette tape and recorded it approximately 20 times. The other side had 'Asleep' recorded about 20 times.
“i’ve seen this happen in other people’s lives and now it’s happening in mine” hurts soooo bad for some reason it feels surreal
every track and vocal piece is a gem !
Fav Smiths track.
Unreal lyrics that hit home to me.
Too close to home and too near the bone....
I just felt like listening to this for some reason and it doesn't dissapoint
The song that made me love The Smtihs
The guitar lead at the end gives me goosebumps
I've seen this happen to other peoples lives and now its happening in mine.
One of the great evocations of inner horror and dread in music
Their will never be a band better than the smiths! Fact❤❤
THE song that led me to conclude that The Smiths really were the greatest band of all-time. Then I got depressed played this on loop 🔁 for a while.
One of their very best, from a creme catalogue of songs. Up there in the
top 10 for me of their songs. Many of Morrissey lyrics can be open
to interpretation. Not this one. A bitter song, imploring the
listener not to make a mockery of the suffering, loneliness and loss of others, because you
never know it may be you next time. Very true in the excess eighties when this cam out and the polarised society. In this one the protagonist mocked others but then it happens to them. They result to killing themselves by slashing their wrist in a car but at least dying with a smile on their face - as to show those that find them they were happy in death whether this was the truth. Another magnificent song with intense lyrical content, supported by Marr's guitar which is epic. This song is so good.
Great comment. You nailed it. It's rare for anyone to even bother anymore. Very nicely put. It's happening in my life & this song is painful to listen to because it's really close to the bone.
very powerful and moving track . just brilliant.
Quite simply genius!! Lyrically, musically and emotively! Shame music will never see such greatness ever again..
10 seconds after I sent this song and this text to a friend I read your comment :
That song is beyond incredible. I cannot explain it. That phantom guitar. You'll never hear another band like them ever again