you have not spent any time on the comments of the smiths songs im guessing, 99% of the comments about the bass always involve how no one else is apparently talking about it lmao, self fulfilling prophecy vibes
This is one of Rourke's easier lines (in fact, I can sing and play this one despite the weird rhythmic phrasing). However, it is what he does with that simplicity in this that truly blows my mind. Sometimes he ends the call and answer affect with thirds instead of the octaves and it sounds fucking amazeballs.
@@biancateixeira4005 a lot oif stuff i listened to as a child i either forgot about or when i listened to it as an adult it sounds really different because im actually listening to it properly, all instruments and vocals. listening to these guys while i was a child would have not been a good move, dont think i would have liked them back then but of course thats just me being honest with myself like 99% of people on youtube do not do
Always loved how this songs instrumentation starts off in an cheerful manner and when the drop arrives it descends beautifully into a dramatic interlude. The Smiths Instrumentation remains undefeated to this day, maybe with The Strokes coming close.
Upon the sand, upon the bay "There is a quick and easy way" you say Before you illustrate I'd rather state I'm not the man you think I am I'm not the man you think I am And sorrow's native son He will not smile for anyone And pretty girls make graves End of the pier, end of the bay You tug my arm, and say "give in to lust Give up to lust, oh heaven knows we'll Soon be dust" Oh, I'm not the man you think I am I'm not the man you think I am And sorrow's native son He will not rise for anyone And pretty girls make graves (Oh, really?) I could have been wild and I could have been free But nature played this trick on me She wants it now And she will not wait But she's too rough And I'm too delicate Then, on the sand Another man, he takes her hand A smile lights up her stupid face (And well, it would) I lost my faith in womanhood I lost my faith in womanhood I lost my faith Hand in glove The sun shines out of our behinds
@@jessicahanley5080 - morrissey once said he isn't gay, straight or bisexual-he's just super picky. But in the song the girl wanted to fuck and he didn’t so she went to go fuck some other dude and that leads him to lose faith in womanhood .
..You tug my arm and say : give in to lust give up to lust heaven knows we’ll soon be dust .... Christ... best lyrics ever written Fact period end of...
I am now 50 yrs young. I listened to these gentleman since I can remember. Never has there been anything to take its place in my heart and soul.♥️♥️🙏👍💪🤟
I too am a kindred spirit; their music was a kind of miracle; not flawless, but, for me, both timeless and a rare moment in our storied cultural narrative. Long live the Smiths for their haunting , melancholic strains and intelligent lyricism
"Sorrow's native son: he will not rise for anyone." Absolutely adore this line. It's just like a line in "As You Like It": "And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, and then from hour to hour we rot and rot, and thereby hangs a tale.” It's a sexual metaphor, but it's so beautifully written, you'd have no idea. Morrissey's the best!
The French have the concept of jolie laide, which means "pretty ugly." A jolie laide woman has features that aren't considered conventionally attractive, but she's still alluring. A good example is the actress Charlotte Gainsbourg.
"And on the sand, another man, he takes her hand A smile, lights up her stupid face, oh well it would, I've lost my faith in womanhood" It describes the pain so beautifully.
The bass is literally the lead instrument in this song . The guitar is amazing, but it has a supporting role and its clear. The smiths really changing the rock formula with this one
“Sorrows native son, he will not smile for anyone,” could be written by any number of bloke poets from Edward Thomas to Thomas Hardy or Phil Larkin, even.
i think what few people give the smiths credit for is their mixing. i mean Andy was audible like he was another guitar. prolly louder than marr in this album honestly.
I have a vhs tape of The Smiths at Old Grey Whistle Test I recorded from VH1 Classic back in early 2000 and let me tell you.. Johnny Marr's guitar coda at 3:03 is definitely my favorite part of the entire performance
@@productofthe80s if you had expressed yourself with limpid clarity to begin with, then I would not have irritated you in the way it would appear I have. No need to do a John Cleese on me because those episodes aired many years ago too.....
Even when I listened to the smiths as a kid still in high school, I still knew the end was special. Such a great song and maybe my favourite Smiths song
I've always pictured the scenario in this song in my head over the years!....Morrissey though, always stays in his 20s, looking perfect - which is a bit unfair! 😏
I can only imagine telling my friend "look I wrote this poem about how all women want to do is fuck" and he writes a melody this beautiful for me to recite my poem. Morrissey has no idea how awesome his life is
@@corzich No dispute here, I fucking love both of them. It just IS funny as far as a subject for a rock song, especially considering how good of a song it actually is.
"But nature played this trick on me" = I always took this as well as the rough/delicate line to mean Morrissey is gay. So that wouldn't have been particularly awesome for him
@@MatttheDad Yeah that's how I took it too, I just mean.. think of how many people write meaningful poetry that DON'T have Johnny Marr to soundtrack it
I still have this album on vinyl. Without the later addition of this charming man. I can no longer play it and I can never part with it. The album changed me as a person. I no longer saw the point of fitting into the 80s scene. Thanks you to the Smiths I met my wife through our love of independent music and bands
That guitar coda at the end always gets me, marr is a genius
You should hear on the 1983 Old Grey Whistle Test performance... It changed my life!
rhcp minor thing outro
Totally agree a work of genius
I couldnt agree more with ur statement
he went to yale and everything
Why is hardly anyone talking about how incredible the bass is on this song?
The bass here is incredible, too many people ignore bass
you have not spent any time on the comments of the smiths songs im guessing, 99% of the comments about the bass always involve how no one else is apparently talking about it lmao, self fulfilling prophecy vibes
Andy’s basslines rule
Omg. Bass fav. I love vocal too. Best
This is one of Rourke's easier lines (in fact, I can sing and play this one despite the weird rhythmic phrasing). However, it is what he does with that simplicity in this that truly blows my mind. Sometimes he ends the call and answer affect with thirds instead of the octaves and it sounds fucking amazeballs.
The Smiths will allways sound good,anytime,any century.They are timeless.😇😇
I’m 16, it’s 2021. I’m so in love with this band I wish I was introduced to it as a child 🤍
@@biancateixeira4005 same! I love them and all of theirs lyrics are priceless
Actually are
@@biancateixeira4005 a lot oif stuff i listened to as a child i either forgot about or when i listened to it as an adult it sounds really different because im actually listening to it properly, all instruments and vocals. listening to these guys while i was a child would have not been a good move, dont think i would have liked them back then
but of course thats just me being honest with myself like 99% of people on youtube do not do
@@biancateixeira4005Smiths are the best... 2nd best (though musically better than the Smiths) Alan Parsons Project... loves of my life them two
One of Rourke's most underrated bass lines. Gotta love it.
It’s so simple but has so much grove
its brilliant love it on this track.. drives it all the way through to Marr's outro
God bless The Smiths
God bless Morrissey.
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god save the smiths*
@@ilikethesmithstoo3570 GOD SAVES The Queen and The Smiths and The Maiden...
Always loved how this songs instrumentation starts off in an cheerful manner and when the drop arrives it descends beautifully into a dramatic interlude. The Smiths Instrumentation remains undefeated to this day, maybe with The Strokes coming close.
great comment
Wow. Agree with you
I get similar vibe with theres a light that never goes out.
Rush were far better. YYZ for example
Or a farewell to Kings
The timeless thing about the Smiths' music is it's so out of the box it's impossible to date. It hangs in the ether, never going away.
Perfect Bass...
I love that it references hand in glove
End of the pier, end of the bay
You tug my arm, and say "give in to lust
Give up to lust, oh heaven knows we'll
Soon be dust"
Upon the sand, upon the bay
"There is a quick and easy way" you say
Before you illustrate
I'd rather state
I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I am
And sorrow's native son
He will not smile for anyone
And pretty girls make graves
End of the pier, end of the bay
You tug my arm, and say "give in to lust
Give up to lust, oh heaven knows we'll
Soon be dust"
Oh, I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I am
And sorrow's native son
He will not rise for anyone
And pretty girls make graves
(Oh, really?)
I could have been wild and I could have been free
But nature played this trick on me
She wants it now
And she will not wait
But she's too rough
And I'm too delicate
Then, on the sand
Another man, he takes her hand
A smile lights up her stupid face
(And well, it would)
I lost my faith in womanhood
I lost my faith in womanhood
I lost my faith
Hand in glove
The sun shines out of our behinds
I've heard that somewhere before 😂. Amazing
So he's gay, right? The guy's gay?
@@jessicahanley5080 - morrissey once said he isn't gay, straight or bisexual-he's just super picky.
But in the song the girl wanted to fuck and he didn’t so she went to go fuck some other dude and that leads him to lose faith in womanhood .
@@jessicahanley5080 no, he's just incel kkkkkk
@@Mattwarszawa how can Morrissey a very good looking guy with millions in his bank be an Incel?
This song's lyrics could easily stand as a poem (just like almost every single Smiths' song).
The crazy thing is that most Smiths songs are inspired by poems and plays and they represent their stories well
3:03 still getting haunted by this guitars.
Marr magic.
"How Soon is Now" is out of this world.
It's funny cause these guitars make me think of Wasting Love by Iron Maiden
Me too, says it all.
This song is pure art.
..You tug my arm and say : give in to lust give up to lust heaven knows we’ll soon be dust ....
Christ... best lyrics ever written
Fact period end of...
Nah.
She wants it now
She will not wait
But shes to rough
And im to delicate
Haha. Honestly. Best lyrics in this song.
Can't argue with that.
I am now 50 yrs young. I listened to these gentleman since I can remember. Never has there been anything to take its place in my heart and soul.♥️♥️🙏👍💪🤟
I too am a kindred spirit; their music was a kind of miracle; not flawless, but, for me, both timeless and a rare moment in our storied cultural narrative. Long live the Smiths for their haunting , melancholic strains and intelligent lyricism
cool except i wouldn’t exactly call Mr. Morrisey here a “gentleman”…
It Invokes our youth...❣️💔❤️🔥🖤...But in such a Bitter Sweet way that no one else can.
sorry'
Summer of '86 Queen is Dead...that did it for me
The outro is so haunting yet beautiful.
Long Live The Smiths
I love how it starts with a reference to one of his other songs🤣
I love this song so much.
Especially the guitar bit at the ending, so perfect.
marr guitar kills me everytime
It's all in the Bass sweety!!!
@@johnbarry1965 no doubt that bass is amazing as always
They mixed this album to perfection
jaki piękny nick :D
Wish he could play like Johnny Marr
40 years ago today, this was unleashed on the world. Wonderful.
Thanks
3:02 onward has such a dismal, longing, restless, sighing feeling of discontent to it... wish there was more throughout
OK, anime avatar. Please, grow up.
@@clvrswine Aren't you too old to be on the internet hating on strangers? Soon you'll be dust heaven says.
A song with a similar vibe is "Murder Your Memory" by Title Fight
@@clvrswine Let people enjoy shit dude.
I like it when the girl is like “oh really?”
Is that the one thing you like in this whole song?
@@thereligion4169 he never said that, dummy
@@thereligion4169 yes badman, good vocabulary
Her voice is sexy
Everything is great
There's a Belorussian band called Nürnberg that took the outro riff and make a complete song based on it... Its called Zorstka
i was about to say that, great song and great band!
i heard of the band, i will listen the song thanksss
The outro riff is one of the greatest of all time.
What a genius composition both lyrically and musically. Such an under-rated song
"Sorrow's native son: he will not rise for anyone."
Absolutely adore this line. It's just like a line in "As You Like It": "And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, and then from hour to hour we rot and rot, and thereby hangs a tale.” It's a sexual metaphor, but it's so beautifully written, you'd have no idea.
Morrissey's the best!
the ending has always done something to me
Me as well. The Gothic feel to it's quite haunting.
@@applescruff1969 literally, gave me goosebumps
Andy Rourke is simply amazing!
He is an Excellent Bass player!!
“Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination.”
― Marcel Proust
The French have the concept of jolie laide, which means "pretty ugly." A jolie laide woman has features that aren't considered conventionally attractive, but she's still alluring. A good example is the actress Charlotte Gainsbourg.
@jwh8999 He's saying that men with no imagination can't see beyond the surface.
Proust was also gay, so there's that subtext too.
on leur laisse !!!!
@@qmartine Türkler her yerde
Today is my brithday. in one random conversation with my mom i said i wanted a The Smiths shirt, she gave me one today, love u mom
Happy late bday
@@j1nnienchrist TYVM!!
Happy late bday!! And that's so sweet of your mom😭💗💗
"And on the sand, another man, he takes her hand
A smile, lights up her stupid face, oh well it would,
I've lost my faith in womanhood" It describes the pain so beautifully.
the lyrics the music everything makes me wanna cry, love the smiths!
i love how the riff from reel around the fountain is at the end! and then the throwback lyric from hand in glove
I was reading "two can keep a secret" when the smiths and this song were mentioned and I was like woah, the Smith's are good, I better listen to this.
Same!
SAME HERE RN
Love that book!
A song sung by someone who absorbs the whole meaning and emotion
The last 50 seconds of this song are genius
your damn right they are. so haunting yet gorgeous and warm at the same time i love it.
the last 3:44 minutes of this song are genius
Your avatar sucks though.
the guitar at the end sounds so heavenly
Ikr
The bass is literally the lead instrument in this song . The guitar is amazing, but it has a supporting role and its clear. The smiths really changing the rock formula with this one
that ending really makes me think of the past. it truly makes me wonder if i did anything good at all.
The most underrated comment in TH-cam history.
I just came here to see this was a happy encounter... I was looking for a "new" sound, something different... this delivered it, thank you TH-cam
realmente la guitarra del final te da una sensación de cierre, te deja pensando
I have never related more to a song in my life.
The outro is so ethereal
Vocals ✨ everything else wow ✨😭
Morrissey is to the broken heart, the masseuse to the sore back.
It still hurts but he manages to make it hurt so good.
*This song is absolutely made for me👍*
@dani cali calm down mate, it's an expression
The outro is so beautiful
The lyrics are very powerful here and painful.
Greatest outro ever?
Definitely up there. I think Pixies The Happening has one of the best outros also.
This bass line is simply spotless
Wdym spotless
“Sorrows native son, he will not smile for anyone,” could be written by any number of bloke poets from Edward Thomas to
Thomas Hardy or Phil Larkin, even.
The guitar part in the end is beautiful
Like you 😉😉
Happy Valentines day, to us lonely fucks listening to the smiths.
i think what few people give the smiths credit for is their mixing. i mean Andy was audible like he was another guitar. prolly louder than marr in this album honestly.
marr never fails to impress me as a fellow guitarist, the thing he does make it sound like im playing a different instrument
3:01 the guitars
Some gems should be hidden
Like This one 🤍
Few people would resonate with the lyrics, in this world of quick and shallow "love"
The bass line in this song is incredible
my favorite song by you guys. so amazing.
I have a vhs tape of The Smiths at Old Grey Whistle Test I recorded from VH1 Classic back in early 2000 and let me tell you.. Johnny Marr's guitar coda at 3:03 is definitely my favorite part of the entire performance
early 2000 ? I thought the band imploded in the late 1980s and were then mired in High Court litigation over royalties etc
@@supergrahamg It's called a *Recording* the performance was originally recorded in the 1980s and VH1 Classic reaired it in the early 2000s 🙄
@@productofthe80s if you had expressed yourself with limpid clarity to begin with, then I would not have irritated you in the way it would appear I have. No need to do a John Cleese on me because those episodes aired many years ago too.....
@@supergrahamg Seems you're the only one that needed it explained more clearly, everyone else knew what I was saying so..........
Love all the OGWT broadcasts 🥲🥲 it’s like time travel
My favourite smiths song 😍
My favorite too!
Me too
3:02 til the end is soool beautiful and ominous
Aos 3:00 minutos meu coração sangra de emoção, que melodia bela e triste.
Even when I listened to the smiths as a kid still in high school, I still knew the end was special. Such a great song and maybe my favourite Smiths song
I've always pictured the scenario in this song in my head over the years!....Morrissey though, always stays in his 20s, looking perfect - which is a bit unfair! 😏
Jacqueline Morris hey I’m just commenting so u could come back and listen to this song again hope u enjoy
morrissey is a dickhead, although he did help make great music
I lost my faith in womanhood
@@earthwormjim420 hes like marmite. You love him or hate him.
We will all one day be dust.
Smiths greatest band in history morrissey is lyrical genius
I love this song so much :3
Real
I can only imagine telling my friend "look I wrote this poem about how all women want to do is fuck" and he writes a melody this beautiful for me to recite my poem. Morrissey has no idea how awesome his life is
OK, fair, but it's a beautiful poem and Morrisseys solo career has been nothing to sneeze at.
@@corzich No dispute here, I fucking love both of them. It just IS funny as far as a subject for a rock song, especially considering how good of a song it actually is.
"But nature played this trick on me" = I always took this as well as the rough/delicate line to mean Morrissey is gay. So that wouldn't have been particularly awesome for him
@@MatttheDad Yeah that's how I took it too, I just mean.. think of how many people write meaningful poetry that DON'T have Johnny Marr to soundtrack it
yet again he's depressed since the beggining.
I still have this album on vinyl. Without the later addition of this charming man. I can no longer play it and I can never part with it.
The album changed me as a person. I no longer saw the point of fitting into the 80s scene.
Thanks you to the Smiths I met my wife through our love of independent music and bands
Ok
good cake decorating song, thanks boys
This is my favorite song from The Smiths’ debut album!
That's high praise, because I've gone through the first three and so far I'd say this is their best one
My new favourite one
i love so much the 0:38 ~ 0:50 part
it makes me sooo relaxed aAAA
The bass reminds me of the song "Down under" a bit
"Im not the man you think i am"
“Heaven knows we’ll soon be dust..”
Smiths são fantásticos e Johnny Marr é um gênio. O dedilhado a partir de 3:03 é sublime.
Huh? Wha? Speak English.
@@clvrswine fuck off
@@clvrswine speak Portuguese
@@alguem9701 Muito bom. Kkkkkk
Muito bom mesmo cara, melhor ainda é xingar esses gringos que não entendem kkkkkkk
The Smiths and Morrissey forever 😍
yes after 36 years they are still one of my favorite bands.I will always love them.
this song makes me day dream
I miss you guys. Please come back 😢
Sem Andy Rourke, sem volta dos smiths.
@@bobomaster9234 I know 😢 Just wishful thinking is all.
I love this song so much
Oh im addicted to this one.
The last verse hits so hard actually
Like me
So miserable but up beat , the perfect combo
The whole song is amazing but the ending is so damn good
I listen to the songs on Spotify but come here to talk about it 🤗
Everything that this song talks about happened to me, damn.
Heaven knows we‘ll soon be dust..
La mejor banda de los ochenta , siempre geniales , Andy Rourke. R.I.P. ❤
Thee most Beautiful outro
Born and Raised in Los Angeles. DJ and Artist.
Marr you're a genius
Am I the only one who just loves when at the end, instead of "I lost my faith in womanhood" Morrissey sings it "I *losht* faith in womanhood"
The guitar "outro" for the last part of the song is my favorite!
3:04 Nurnberg - Zorstka
I don’t think the smiths have one bad song!
Oh I'm not the man you think I am.
What a song!
I’ve never heard a more purple song in my life.