: Reviewers often highlight the contrast between Johnny Marr’s optimistic rising guitar chords and Morrissey’s themes of isolation and social failure.
Directed by Jarman, the video eschews high-budget 80s gloss for a grainy, artsy aesthetic. The Smiths - Ask (Official Music Video)
: The video features a "nerdy," bespectacled teen attempting to declare his love to a girl with a bouquet of flowers—a literal embodiment of the lyric, "Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life you’d like to" . : Reviewers often highlight the contrast between Johnny