Quicksand: “How Soon Is Now?” (The Smiths)

Posted by aubin on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 6:00 PM (EDT)

An (official) live clip of Quicksand performing their famous cover of The Smiths' classic, "How Soon Is Now?" has been posted online. The song comes from the band's recent Revelation Records 25th Anniversary performance. The band put the original studio version of the cover as a bonus track for some versions of their 1993 classic, Slip .

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AndyPonch (June 21, 2012)

I forgot that they did this, this explains where a lot of that Morrissey/The Smiths worship comes from.

AndyPonch (June 21, 2012)

The stagedive cam is a pretty good effect.

mattramone (June 21, 2012)

They better pick up that D tuning they just dropped.

bastard_squad (June 22, 2012)

MN_DrNick (June 22, 2012)

Does not sound like drop D tuning at all.

Take a music lesson.

mattramone (June 22, 2012)

This sounds like nu metal.

r3vengetherapy (June 22, 2012)

I never know if you're trolling, or just a moron. I suspect both.

preston (June 21, 2012)

Last time I saw Rival Schools, they played it too.

AndyPonch (June 21, 2012)

The Meatmen and Love Spit Love/Psychedelic Furs have also covered it.

Cos (June 21, 2012)

I don't think they did this the last time I saw them last year, but I think they played it 2009?

ramblinboyofpleasure (June 21, 2012)

25/08/2008 at 22.17 pm.

gugl0003 (June 21, 2012)

Watching all those 35 year olds stagedive like they're at a Title Fight concert is pretty jokes, I must say.

preston (June 21, 2012)

A what concert?

ozmanx (June 21, 2012)

This reminded me of that one scene on the Simpsons. Here is the script:

Homer: Now, here are some of your no-name bands. Sonic Youth? Nine Inch
Nails? Hullabalooza?
Clerk: Hullabalooza is a music festival; the greatest music festival of
all time.
Homer: There can only be one truly great festival a lifetime and it's
the "Us Festival".
Clerk: The what festival?
Homer: The "Us Festival"! Geez! It was sponsored by the guy from Apple
Computers.
Clerk: What computers?

ramblinboyofpleasure (June 21, 2012)

If you were a creative individual and deep thinker like myself you would have thought of yourself in this situation, will be the same for everyone, le them and us and everyone have their moment, life's too shrort

IDontHaveAnAccountYet (June 21, 2012)

Jokes on you. I would never go to a Title Fight concert.

bastard_squad (June 21, 2012)

What's funny?

sketchyjoe (June 21, 2012)

You can't help but feel that post-hardcore bands are a subspecies.

bastard_squad (June 21, 2012)

Is that a dig or a compliment?
Not sure.

VinceMcMahon (June 22, 2012)

It's a re-working of a recently famous Morrissey quote where he called the Chinese a "subspecies."

bastard_squad (June 22, 2012)

Thanks. I missed that.

AB (June 22, 2012)

Dreadful.
- Morrissey.

aubin (June 22, 2012)

I miss the days when this was what they meant by "post-hardcore."

bastard_squad (June 22, 2012)

Me too sister, me too.

leeunited (June 22, 2012)

Never really got into this cover.

r3vengetherapy (June 22, 2012)

This remains the only Smiths cover that's better than the original, or even good in general because I think most bands can't even come close to the originals. And I am probably the only person who will have that opinion because this happens to be my least favorite Smiths song (also, probably the only person who has that opinion to boot).

bastard_squad (June 22, 2012)

I'm with you.