"Gasping..... but somehow still alive......This is the fierce last stand, of all I am". That is one of the most beautiful lyrics ever written. If you've ever loved and lost, no matter how big of a man you are, it cripples you.
I'm in so much pain.. but I'm so thankful that while I'm hurt I'm listening to such a masterpiece... I can't describe the feeling I have listening to the sound of these guitars and this voice.. I'm crying so much...
My 14 year old cat is living her last hours... I can't help relating to this song and crying. I just hope she leaves peacefully and that she keeps me in mind.
I lost my childhood dog recently, this was the first song I listened to after we put her down. I just sat in my car and cried for hours. Her ashes came in the mail today and i just broke down...i miss her so much
I used to annoy my older brother by constantly playing the smiths in the 80s he later loved them as well as being a big morrisey fan. He died recently aged 56,playing there is a light that never go’s out at his funeral!
@@someonesomewhere6123I know this is a late reply, I thought this song was about a child too. One of the moors murderers victims possibly, Pauline Reade ❤
for sure and I'm going through midlife crisis and loving these videos.I know the words to every song. I was a teenager when these songs were released.I turned 50 this year.
I remember rushing home from the record shop one foggy morning in 1985 with the meat is murder album under my arm I played it none stop for hours,this is the best track on it .every time I hear this I am back in that foggy morning......Fantastic song so haunting morrissey and marr at there best.
I hadn’t played this for years. Lockdown. What a brilliant song, Morrissey’s voice and Johnny’s music, a perfect combination. I truly believe people will be listening to The Smiths hundreds and hundreds of years from now.
This is the perfect Smith's song to me. A gem. Not necessarily the most known. Its not one that gets the recognition or plaudits it deserves, but to me it is at the very top of their catalogue. Another one where despair and longing are crafted into a beautiful pop song; a perfect Smiths song. Plus the outro of this song (last minute) is one of THE very best - wish it would go on and not stop. Marr really knows how to get a chord progression that tugs at the heart and his guitar work on this song is outstanding. Morrissey's vocals are never better. I saw the Smith's live a few times and Morrissey and Marr separately ever since and I have never heard this one live. I so wish one of them would play it.
Robbie Detour i agree, theres something about this song out all the great smiths tunes that makes me revisit this one, it has it all, its typical smiths, uplifting, sollem, haunting, lyrical ...........
Morrisey and Marr wouldn't play it live because they really thought it was a too beautiful of a song for the futility of show. They didn't want to ruin the song, they didn't want to take away the magic of this song
She introduced you to the Smiths then you need to take back. She loves you. Take her back Take her back and take her back NOW! or you will lose her and that is something you don't want 'cuz finding love very difficult these days.. Don't let her go.
I was with her back when I wrote this, we broke up months ago, I don't have regrets though she helped me through a tough time and even though I don't know anything about her I just hope she's doing okay, I moved on and I am really happy, just came back to this song because I love listening to it while studying lol
My first (and only) love got me into the Smiths. I listened to them nonstop. For our first Christmas together I got her Louder Than Bombs vinyl. We loved the Smiths. Their music brought us together. After 3 years we sadly broke up and I stopped listening to them because it hurt too much. I would hear the Smiths and want to bawl thinking about her. Hearing them in public was the aboslute worst. 4 years later I've finally made my peace with our relationship and can enjoy them again. It's a great feeling. Like I can breathe again.
Sir, my first n only love also got me to The Smiths. I was the same way after we broke up. After a while, i started listening to them again n do so all the time. What a time to have grown up in the 80s. Awesome
I'm 42. I honestly discovered the Smiths like, 10 days ago. It's been an everyday gift so far, I find a new favorite song every single day...got deeply shook by "please, please, please" but this is my favorite from them. For today 🙂
This lyric is a diary of the pains and groans that words cannot express. That haunting feeling that never leaves you. That hope; that perhaps you meant something. The hope that your love that was given has not been forgotten; but, that knowledge that you hate that you must ‘move on’…. The human nature of not wanting to let go because it hurts so much; and all you wanna do is see that person one more time now, because of what you have to say, but because you still love them and you miss them so much; because you are left wondering, ‘what did I do wrong?’ I wonder; does this person still ‘keeps me in mind’; as worthless as it really is; my heart still hopes so.
Whenever I don't know what to play... I play this! It works every time to tear my heart out and put it all in perspective. You cannot tell me this track by THE SMITHS is not sensational both Lyrically and Musically. (Johnny Marr on Guitar and Singer Morrissey on the Emotional vocals.) He sings "I Hoarsley Cry" Who writes like that? BRILLIANT! (Video made Smiths fans!) This track is truly EPIC!
One of the most haunting and beautiful songs ever submitted to the world of music! Almost beyond belief, lyrically and musically ♥️🌹👏I always cry when I hear it, but in a nice way 😭😭♥️
Esta es una de esas canciones que sabes que va a formar parte de toda tu vida, sientes una sensación de vació y nostalgia indescriptible, Es increíble la música que hacían estos tipos sin duda de lo mejor que he escuchado.
Ojo, que son capaces de crear un ambiente único, un sonido dulce para un mensaje agrio de una forma maestra, única. Eran y siguen siendo muy, muy buenos.
Manchester in the 80s. I'm not from there, but I have been in that wonderful city countless times, for football, for live music, and for the amazing people of the city.. What a place. What a band, amongst many great Manchester bands.
To hear something as genius as this and then remember that Ed Sheeran is now the spokesman for a generation makes my soul howl like a banshee across the space time continuum
It's all trash, it really is. It is music grown in a lab with no soul, barely any actual musicianship or depth in it. It's the music equivalent of a Twinkie vs real food.
So true, I hope young people are still discovering the beautifully crafted lyrics of a young Morrissey linked to the amazing melodies of Marr. Not forgetting the talents and contributions of Rourke and Joyce which I always think are vastly underrated.
Played this while driving by myself at night on an empty highway, thinking of someone special that’s no longer in my life. What a powerful emotion that is.
Well I wonder Do you hear me when you sleep ? I hoarsely cry Oh... Well I wonder Do you see me when we pass ? I half die... Oh... Please keep me in mind Please keep me in mind Gasping - but somehow still alive This is the fierce last stand of all I am Gasping - dying - but somehow still alive This is the final stand of all I am Please keep me in mind Well I wonder Well I wonder Please keep me in mind Keep me in mind Keep me in mind
So sad. For me the same with a break up 30 years ago but for you much more poignant. Can't think of a better song for you. But you're "still alive". God bless you
I relate to this song more than ever. My nan passed away yesterday and I was with her till the very end holding her hand. I miss you so much Nan, you’re at peace now. I will always keep you in mind… ❤️
I was in Scotland 1985 going through British Jump School when I first heard this song...........Takes me back to Europe 1980's and the Love I search for
Para mi humilde opinión y gusto, esta es la mejor canción que haya escuchado, desde la base del bajo que soporta junto con la batería de Joyce durante toda la melodía, la melancolía de la guitarra junto a la voz de Mozz te transportan del sopor al sentirte soñando en los cielos para finalmente rematar con la lluvia llena de un momento apacible. Los amo Smiths...
the closing riff by marr is why this is one of my favorites and this version esp, its also a minute straight of no morrissey as rare as it is in their songs a treat
Weird how songs can take you back......I'm 51 now and I just got a vivid memory of me as a teenager lying on my bedroom floor next to my stereo with my headphones on with my eyes closed ......just got a chill down my spine.....literal goosebumps.
