I'm happy that they decided to speed it up and not do one of those painfully slow acoustic covers that bore the pants off of you.

I really dig this and am happy that Radiohead paid their dues to one of their top influences.

Kudos for the spontaneous webcast.

The consensus is that Radiohead gets it.

i hope they do a covers album and let me set my own price.

I liked it. Visit my page and watch my new video for The New Year at:

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Damn good cover.

Sometimes it pays to be wide to receive.

Never been a radiohead fan but i think this cover is top draw!!!

i liked it.

Really like this cover, true to the original, the music is near perfect too

In his blog:

http://www.michaelkevinfarrell.com/archives/2007/1 1/thank_you.php

Best Smiths cover ever. Well done!

...you've just won over the most recalcitrant, the most musically entrenched, the most loyal bunch of fans in the world with that fantastic cover. That is no mean feat. Wonderful.

Peter

that you have the sound of a million bad memories, like what those Smiths guys had - the asthma attack is a cool touch. good work.

Good job RH!!!!!

I truly believe it is. Thank you Thom and Crew for a beautiful cover of not only our main band, but also another classic in "Ceremony".

You guys are well above and beyond worthy of all the praise *earned*.

That was the best Smiths cover ever.

I thought that was pretty good!
Thumbs up!

Was that really thom who submitted the article? If so, I just shat my pants and began to respect this site a lot more.

Also, nice cover.

Awesome cover RH!! Best Smiths cover I've ever heard. Play it on your next tour please! And come to Spain, but not 3 nights in Salamanca :D

I'd really love to hear this, but I can't get any sound. I can get sound from all other pages except youtube today. Is anyone else having this issue?
This is a new one to me!!

The best performance of a Smiths song I've heard in a long time.

Thank you.

Wow! Excellent.

It turned out amazing! Gotta love Radiohead!

nice jam session. i like the Radioheadesque flavor added. if you haven't heard this user on YouTube: "danielearwicker", you should really check him out. he does the best Smiths covers... playing every instrument, mind you! no vocals, but a real mastery of the sound. (sorry, Thom & Co.!)

They nailed it. Great live/in-studio rendition. It sounds like just like they took the Meat Is Murder version, took off Morrissey's voice and replaced it with Thom's. That is meant to be a compliment. Top Notch.

Got to be better than their usual dully proggy middle class chinstrokers music.

God! We need another punk to blow these bores away!

They nailed it! I thought it was really good. Boz once said that this song was a "bit of a head scratch" - I think he meant hard to figure out how to play. Thom's yelps were almost as good as Morrissey's! When was the last time Morrissey played this live?

I'm not a Radiohead fan, but this is great.

One of my favorite bands ever covering one of my favorite bands ever!!

Another reason why Radiohead is #1 band in the world these days!!..

Simply..Amazing!

I had a look at this post expecting the cover to be "slated" and hated....but everyone seems to love it.

I have not had a look yet but I will....*sigh*...if only some of you could be this enthusiastic about the bloke this web site is dedicated too!!

Headmaster Sheridan

Great band, great cover.

Instrumentally gorgeous, but Thom Yorke's beautiful voice sort of glides over the lyrics, where Morrissey drives the point forcefully home.

Still, I've already emailed this to enough people who really like it too. I'm tired of hearing that Radiohead should be Morrissey's new backing band!

Radiohead did mighty fine with their cover...Thom Yorke, though a different type of singer, can effectively emote the pain of Headmaster, like our man Moz. What would Johnny think of (Jonny Greenwood's) guitar work? He would probably smile, because the guys looked like they enjoyed playing such a great, intricate song...one of the Smith's best!

seriously, they were great back in the day, but now they are so dreary, i normally just want to top myself after a couple of tracks...

no wonder they are giving their latest kool-aid away for free....

boys pick up the pace a bit and write some pop rock the dribble you have been peddling is swill!

I love that my favorite band still in existence covers one of my favorite songs from the best band of all time! Listening to Radiohead play the song makes it even more apparent how much RH (and most indie rock bands) are indebted to The Smiths. It seems like The Smiths truly created modern alterntaive rock, right!

This is the site where you could find the Radiohead Cover

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/je...he-smiths.h tml

but after hearing that superb cover i think of them in a better light!

We love it! (well, almost all of us).

You've spoken in the past about your influence from Vauxhall and I -- it would be great to hear a cover version of a track from that album, too.

 

awful.

Great cover of the greatest 80's band from the best band at the moment. I hope you never change, Thom. ;)

I'm shocked to see the enthusiastic response this truly terrible cover version has got on this site. I find the reverence bestowed upon Radiohead unfathomable. Radiohead normally conceal their shortcomings in a myriad of studio effects, but in this webcast they stand stripped naked before us. They sound like a pub band, mindlessly butchering a pristine classic. Even Boz & the lads are miles better than this.

Why is everyone going gaga over this. It's a very sloppy rendition.

call these guys and work with them on the new album.

I've never been a huge fan of Radiohead... And now I remember why. What a complete feckin' row. Sounds like someone is torturing with an alsation. Complete rubbish. They should know better.

It was only a matter of time before the tide turned and all the anon haters started saying their piece!

I think it's a very good cover! I enjoyed it.

this version is awsome!! i cant wait to see RH on tour for the first time. maybe moz can cover RH's song "bones" will be nice,anybody? KC in the LBC

Miles better than their own 'porpoises farting' songs. Well done!

yeah this was a good "live" cover. people are saying it is the best smiths cover, which makes me think who all has done smiths/moz covers that are one youtube. I think we should come up with a list of artist who have done this and lets all have a vote.

except for tribute bands, they are supoosed to sound like the smiths and moz

What a truly great version. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done!

Never like the Smiths covers either... but that was very good. The music sounds so perfect. It was great.

Anyone have an MP3 rip of this? I think it's pretty good!