I haven't heard this version ,and with the grace of God,I never will.

yuckers

This was kind of inevitable, you know. A cover of a Smiths song. But did it have to from two Russian so-called singers who do a lesbian act to distract from their chronic lack of talent? This sounds almost as frightning as the night I saw a trly awful dance-version of "There is a light..." by some band who's name I've thankfully forgotten. I hope I shall never here this bile, for bile it shall be. Mark my words. But I probably will.
Morrissey, save us please. Make an album and show these apalling pop-pretenders that they are, and always will be the truly crashing bores of this world. Scum of the earth and very much cursed. Sincerely disgusted.

Oh my God, I can't believe this, I just read the article. These girls didn't even know the Smiths before a bunch of PRODUCERS showed the song to them !!! This can't be happening. I'm sorry, I always get worked up these things, I'm so sick of people destroying music. This makes me so angry!

What else can I say, I'm just looking forward to S(eal)-Club Seven Juniors cover of headmaster ritual

Although in a way it could be (in a Morrissey sense of humour) amusing to see two Russian lesbians performing HSIN? on Top of the Pops, I cant say i'm overjoyed with the cover.
Having not heard it til half an hour ago, I was open-minded about it, (as are the Russin public by the looks of things) but having heard it... Oh well, enough said.

        Isn`t tatu that midget off fantasy island?

first let me say that i HATE Smiths covers. there have been only two that i've heard that i've liked ("What Difference Does It Make?" by The Mr.T Experience and "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" by The Potatomen). so w/ that said, i LOVE this cover! yes, i know t.A.T.u. are a "novelty act". yes, i know that they have no idea who Morrissey or The Smiths are. this time i don't care. the album is good. their cover of "How Soon Is Now?" is great. if you haven't heard it give it a listen. keep an open mind. it will never be as good as the original but it's the best cover of "How Soon Is Now?" that you're gonna hear. sorry if this makes me less of a fan...

This is the most disgusting cover I've heard of HSIN. Barforama...goodnight and thank you.

Anyone remember 'Hippychick" by Soho? That song sampled the main riff from HIN. I wonder if she had to pay any royalties for that, as it was the basis for the whole song.

One of the girls was born in the same month HSIN was released as a single......feb.1985

I hope they get burned on the stake! And anybody who likes them must die with them.
But to be fair to them, this cover does have it's upsides. Because suddenly the prospect of global biological, chemical and nuclear war doesn't seem half as daunting anymore as it did before. Thank you, T.a.t.u., for ridding me of my fear of death by small-pox before my time. It all seems bearable now. Bin Laden's crimes against humanity pale in comparison to yours. In the words of Betjeman: Swarm over, Death!.

Was in HMV earlier and I was looking at the t.A.T.u sleeve notes, in the credits for How Soon is Now, Morrissey is only spelt with one 'r'. Only a small thing, but surely they could have checked before printing thousands of them.

i like it..
to be honest i always thought this song had the most fantastic lyrics, but failed to have a good music behind it. i dont think i am alone there.
these girls version of the song is faster and isnt boring like the original tends to be when ur like past the 3rd minute.
and dont tell me im less fan of moz for that, i got all his albums solo or not

This version is simply crap. I just downloaded it and it makes my stomach ache. There are not words for how poor this version is.

“Everyone here is sick to the TATU of you”

Possibly unused (no guarantee)

50 pence ono.

Not quite as bad as some people here are trying to suggest. Teenage angst still exist!

There isnt a smiths cover I like, but I think this one is the worse. I enjoyed Tatu's song All The Things She Said, but its like finger nail down a chalk board. YUCK!!!

I like it !

Well, as I happen to be from Russia I can say that it is GOOD if a few more people here would know who The Smiths (or Morrissey for that matter) are. To my knowledge, the only band here that did play Moz covers was St. Petersburg indie combo Wine, and they're long gone.
One of my mates who is into the Smiths the first time around (from mid-eighties) had also fallen for Tatu when they'd just first appeared, they "sang" in Russian then. So perhaps there is some similar chemistry working.
And no, I don't give a toss, and I didn't even hear their version.

how soon is now already got butchered for the soundtrack of Charmed, at least they didn't rape There is a light that never goes out or something. Covering smiths songs... surely we're used to this by now? It's old hat.

Hmm it was interesting... sort of like Moz on helium. Cutting it to three minutes is a bit harsh- it definitely loses something by cutting off so much of the build up at the start. Apart from that, the only thing that confuses me, is why bother doing a cover version if you are just going to sing it in exactly the same way/ have similar music? Do something interesting with it. Or better still, leave it alone lesbians! ;-)

I really do think that Morrissey would not care one bit about this version being out in the public. Now whether it makes for good listening or not is a bit beside the point as I think we all know the original is the best.
But it raises the profile of the Smiths & earns them more $$$$...which I think they would be happy with. They could donate profits to PETA.
p.s - I also think they're good looking girls!!

Believe me, I personally know!

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The only truly great cover of the last couple of years of any chart success was the Sugarbabes' rendition of Adina Howard's "Freak like Me". This is bile! Ok, I'll stop up now...

What in the world have Smiths fans around the world done to deserve this? First, How soon is now? is destroyed only to be used in that bloody tv-series (Warren Manor something) with that bloody BH90210 "actress". A terrible tv-series that only Justin Timberlake fans will ever want to watch. And now THIS?! TATU?! Oh my F****** God?! Who gave them the rights to let their fat russian fingers touch that song?? It's distasteful! It's blasphemous!