thefelrider Yeah, you're right. That was a pretty stupid comment, since a band is obviously a sum of the parts. I guess I should've said that I personally liked Morrissey more as a part of the Smiths than solo, because I think Johnny Marr's guitar playing is more gripping than Morrissey's singing. Anyway thanks for bringing me back to this video!
Melle Beemster....sorry can't agree there at all Melle....dispite being a pain in the arse and a major creme bun...Morrissey was one of the finest lyricists of all time...his words spoke to a generation and will continue doing so as younger generations discover The Smiths....I say 'was' because America and no longer living in the North of England stole his lyrical soul a long time ago !
nah bro - all the members made the sound the sound. Morrissey's vocals, the drums - the guitars. Let's be real here - Smiths are because they ARE all talented.
@@sexobscura That's completely inaccurate, where the hell did you get that? Marr wrote the song, and has many stories about how they put together that song and recorded it.
Imagine how many times Johnny has played this song and see how he still gets the groove and the feel and the emotion. This is a guy who loves what he does, and knows what playing guitar and creating music is all about.
i was never a huge smiths fan but even i can see that i without this man there would be no stone roses, no oasis and quite simply , no britpop or madchester
+Jennifer Tittle Its perfection. That's what it is. Even the part where he tunes and detunes the E(G) string around 4:17 onwards just blew me away. What an imagination!
When he goes behind the capo, he is actually going behind the nut, near the tuning pegs, there the strings are really tight, but you can still make a harmonic if you push down hard enough, that is what he’s doing there.
" There's a club if you'd like to go, you could meet somebody who really loves you, so you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home and you cry and you want to die" Possibly the best Smiths lyric. Describes to a tee my adolescent years! Greatest band there will ever be by a billion light years!
Telephantasm morrisey helped write the melodies and almost all the words. He’s a bit of a twat but the smiths would’ve never been the smiths without him
I absolutely love this, but whenever i hear johnny play it i always long for morrissey's voice and whenever morrissey sings it i long for johnny's brilliant guitar! Oh how i wish they would just get back together for at least one show
This is the best version of this song! I like Johnny Marr's version (and singing) far better than original release and more than the live versions Morrissey does nowadays with his 'solo' band. The *slight raspy edge on Johnny's voice is perfect*; much better than the weird 'deep throat lisp' than Morrissey has (he has a weird way of pronouncing certain words and syllables.) And from 4:00 on, Johnny's guitar playing is so darn amazing. I could listen to him and his band play this song for hours. Just get Johnny and his band in a room and say "Play 'How Soon is Now' and just jam for an hour."
You know man, when things aren't quite going your way or life takes a turn for the worse, all I have to do is watch a Johnny Marr video and all of a sudden it's good to be alive. Thank you Johnny! You're a life saver...
As a half assed guitar player myself, I am in awe. No idea where Johnny Marr comes up with his ideas. He hears the guitar parts from a unique perspective.
Seriously? Wow. Your generation is hurting for good guitarist then. I really like Johnny Marr but I can name a dozen guitarists that run circles around this song. There is nothing he plays in this song that any basement axe learner couldn't pick up.
For my money, one thing that Johnny Marr does in this video that makes me think he deserves all the love he gets and more is that at 4:05 he plays what I would call "stunt guitar" (capo, trem **and** tuning peg), then (naturally) nails the melodic solo - but then at 4:50 he's perfectly happy and willing to let the guitarist in his band play those descending octave runs while playing relatively basic rhythm chords himself. Not only does this serve the song in terms of the different guitar sounds used in a practical sense, but I'd bet any money that he's also being a mensch and giving his guitarist a chance to shine intentionally - after all, playing guitar in Marr's band has to be somewhat nervewracking!
Not saying that you're wrong but I think that it's more likely that allowing the other guitarist take the "lead" provides time for Marr to tune his guitar quick and pick back up.
A legend in our lifetime. The guys brain thinks in so many levels. He played a song inside a song as if it was like breathing, such a gifted man. A true guitar legend.
That fucking tremolo and when the slide kicks inn boom Marr always adds his little jig just seen him and Noel Gallagher at Warwick castle what a fucking night
I think Johnny's vocals on this are up there with Morrissey's. And his guitar solo about 4 minutes in is amazing. De-tuning the guitar and snapping it right back into tune. Flipping legend.
Tbh I like his voice a lot especially when he sings his solo work. Because he made the guitar parts shaped around his voice versus with the smiths him shaping it around morissey
How can he be the smiths he didn’t play the the bass or the drums or was the singer the smiths are 4 people not one person without morrissey. Marr is just another indie musician who’s songs are weak and forgotten after one listen
Paul Ackerman just saw morrissey two nights ago, absolutely smashed "how soon is now" my insides are still vibrating from the sheer power of the guitar, bass and drums, as much as I like johnny, morrisseys new version makes this sound insipid and weak
Damn. He was doing a good job at getting it like the record then WHAM! He started taking it to a whole new level de-tuning his guitar. Absolutely brilliant guitar playing.
I like how he takes an old #TheSmiths song and put a little #JohnnyMarr twist on it. It shows the young generation who he is and who he was. He is simply a genius.
wayupn I think AlternateJunkie was talking about the guitar parts mostly and how Johnny added different thinks to the arrangements (like bending the string behind the nut of the guitar, the mini solo and messing around with the low E tuner to get that cool sound). Genius!
Do you have any idea how hard it is to do justice to such a classic, and make it satisfying, and toss in some new motifs that don't get in the way of the iconic record. Incredible.
Not only a fantastic version but profound lyrics which many of us can relate to . Thank goodness for artists such as Marr. I grew up in the 90s and was never a Smiths fan, now however at 41 years old, I totally fucking get it.
Believe me ....I saw Johnny in 2013 at HOB in Anaheim and again a few months ago at the new HOB in Anaheim.......The man is a Legendary Wizard at the axe and writes very fine music......BECAUSE HE'S JOHNNY PHUCING....... MARR ........
Paul Kirk saw morrissey two nights ago, absolutely smashed "how soon is now" his new version is exactly what you'd want, raw edgy, and powerful, my insides are still vibrating from the sheer power of the guitar, bass and drums
This song brings about something special in musicians they all melt together in one glorious alchemy. So much groove and poignancy. I will never get tired of hearing it.
Seriously good. People are crazy to compare his voice to Morrissey. Morrissey's voice is distinctive and can't be replicated but Marr's is good too. Keeping good music alive. :)
I saw The Smiths play this live a few times. In all honesty, if we avoid discussing the vocals, (and he does a great job here with them), but seriously, this is a better musical performance than when he was performing it with The Smiths. Fantastic really!
Could be Rob. They used a backing track for the slide guitar, so it must have been before Craig Gannon was with them. The use of a live guitar here has to make a difference.
No. I mean in the 80's I saw them play this live with The Smiths. At that time, because was on his own as a guitarist, (it was before Gannon) Marr used, what I imagine must have been, a backing track for the lead sound. I have no idea how he did it.
+Arthur Goodlad You're probably correct. I've read some crazy stories about how they recorded this song so I'm assuming he used a backing track then. Or a loop of some sort at the very least.
The Smiths have been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. In 1989 Spin rated “The Queen is Dead as number one of “The Greatest Albums Ever Made.” NME dubbed the Smiths “The most important band of all time.” They had international success on music charts. He’s number 56 on Rolling Stone’s 2023 Top 250 Guitarists of All Time. Many well-regarded guitarists from bands such as Blur, Church, Stone Roses, Radiohead; & Noel Gallagher cite him as an influence. He was snapped up by numerous bands, solo acts, & composers, including the Talking Heads, Paul McCartney, the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, Kirsty MacColl, Pet Shop Boys, Beck, Oasis, Bryan Ferry, super group 7 Worlds Collide, John Fruciante, Crowded House, Hans Zimmer (most notably collaborating on music for James Bond films)… He was a visiting professor and received an honorary doctorate from Salford University. He was asked by Fender to work with them on designing the well-reviewed Johnny Marr Jaguar. I think his genius continues to be recognized.
The Smiths have been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. In 1989 Spin rated “The Queen is Dead as number one of “The Greatest Albums Ever Made.” NME dubbed the Smiths “The most important band of all time.” They had international success on music charts. He’s number 56 on Rolling Stone’s 2023 Top 250 Guitarists of All Time. Many well-regarded guitarists from bands such as Blur, Church, Stone Roses, Radiohead; & Noel Gallagher cite him as an influence. He was snapped up by numerous bands, solo acts, & composers, including the Talking Heads, Paul McCartney, the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, Kirsty MacColl, Pet Shop Boys, Beck, Oasis, Bryan Ferry, super group 7 Worlds Collide, John Fruciante, Crowded House, Hans Zimmer (most notably collaborating on music for James Bond films)… He was a visiting professor and received an honorary doctorate from Salford University. He was asked by Fender to work with them on designing the well-reviewed Johnny Marr Jaguar. I think his genius continues to be recognized.
No you're not! Marr's legend was further cemented when he went on to play with Talking Heads for "Nothing but Flowers" and then joined up with best bud Matt Johnson and rocked out with The The on Mind Bomb and Dusk for two world tours!
I never really "Got Into" The Smiths and Johnny Marr, but after seeing this I must really study this man's playing more. He is fucking phenomenal to say the least. the de tuning was frigging awesome for lack of a better word.
I hadn't heard Johnny's solo work until a few years ago. The tonality of his band is truly inspired. He sounds great, I'm inspired by what I am hearing, I hope to hear a great deal more from Jonny Marr, he is truly, in the class among the greatest musicians.
Marr still nails classic Smiths tunes to perfection. He is without a doubt one of the best guitarists of all time.
Totally. Also shows that he was the one who made the Smiths good, not Morrissey.
Melle Beemster
You're forgetting that Morrissey wrote all the lyrics... don't be a fool. The Smiths were bigger than any one man.
thefelrider Yeah, you're right. That was a pretty stupid comment, since a band is obviously a sum of the parts.
I guess I should've said that I personally liked Morrissey more as a part of the Smiths than solo, because I think Johnny Marr's guitar playing is more gripping than Morrissey's singing. Anyway thanks for bringing me back to this video!
Melle Beemster....sorry can't agree there at all Melle....dispite being a pain in the arse and a major creme bun...Morrissey was one of the finest lyricists of all time...his words spoke to a generation and will continue doing so as younger generations discover The Smiths....I say 'was' because America and no longer living in the North of England stole his lyrical soul a long time ago !
But Morrissey plays a mean tambourine.....Lmao!
The guitar tone is ridiculously good
absolutely - incredible
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@@recreationalelmersglue6053 on this video he is playing through boss gt-100, using it as fx
Fender Amp Tremolo I think at the end of the rig I believe - Incredible
I'd say a smidge more of that reverb/tremolo Johnny...just a smidge. Guitar needs a little more of that Link Wray menace.
I am so impressed with his vocals!
Yeah but it still yearns for the Moz mourn, it is what it is.
Me too but I'm more impressed with his wig.
@@71hammyman fuck off blasphemist
While playing intricate guitar parts!
@@Wilantonjakov how?
We all knew Johnny was the genius behind The Smiths sound, to see him smash it so many years later, and bang in the vocals.... Amazing
you are absolutely right. Without Marr there never would be the Smiths.
@@MD-ru5vsyup, no Johnny, no Smiths
Morrissey was the Smiths.
nah bro - all the members made the sound the sound. Morrissey's vocals, the drums - the guitars. Let's be real here - Smiths are because they ARE all talented.
Yes but without Morrissey the sound is just wrong
The drummer's in quarantine before it was mainstream
😂
You win the internet
LMFAO
you don't get out much do ya?
Drummers should always be in quarantine, you never know where they've been or who they've been with.
As an undiagnosed autistic/adhd teen in the 90s, this song saved my life. It told me "you're not the only one".
funny, that you like labels, the exact opposite to Moz and Marr
The guitar work here was even better than on the Smiths version.
that's because Chris Spedding played guitar on the official recording
@@sexobscura That's completely inaccurate, where the hell did you get that? Marr wrote the song, and has many stories about how they put together that song and recorded it.
No.. To both
The bass is completely on point also
Hell yeah
Imagine how many times Johnny has played this song and see how he still gets the groove and the feel and the emotion. This is a guy who loves what he does, and knows what playing guitar and creating music is all about.
One of the coolest men on the planet performing one of the coolest songs ever written
You have just said it all!🎵✔
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Oh man this is amazing. Far better than the original. Marr is the genius. The other guy was just a moaner.
This is a superb version of this classic, that guitar tone just howls. . .
i was never a huge smiths fan but even i can see that i
without this man there would be no stone roses, no oasis and quite simply , no britpop or madchester
i've watched this like 50 times today.. best guitar player ever
+Jennifer Tittle Its perfection. That's what it is. Even the part where he tunes and detunes the E(G) string around 4:17 onwards just blew me away. What an imagination!
+Ammar Waqar i love that part too!
+Jennifer Tittle And the 'past-the-capo' string bending just after that too.Sounds amazing
No,That honour goes to Jimi Hendrix
When he goes behind the capo, he is actually going behind the nut, near the tuning pegs, there the strings are really tight, but you can still make a harmonic if you push down hard enough, that is what he’s doing there.
" There's a club if you'd like to go, you could meet somebody who really loves you, so you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home and you cry and you want to die" Possibly the best Smiths lyric. Describes to a tee my adolescent years! Greatest band there will ever be by a billion light years!
did you get laid since then
adolescence. yours, mine, ours
I didn't know he was such a good singer.Thanks for sharing this.
Anthony Serrano my friend showed me this on a night out and it literally changed my life, my perspective on the smiths and morrisey
@@SunRapMc how so? Care to share? Personally all I can think of is how unnecessary Morrisey was.
Telephantasm morrisey helped write the melodies and almost all the words. He’s a bit of a twat but the smiths would’ve never been the smiths without him
The best guitarist ever....really....
I absolutely love this, but whenever i hear johnny play it i always long for morrissey's voice and whenever morrissey sings it i long for johnny's brilliant guitar! Oh how i wish they would just get back together for at least one show
Areej Rodrigo meh...Johnny sings it well enough. Morrissey's band butchers the guitar parts, not worth it.
No. marr does it just fine. No need for Morrissey.
Areej Rodrigo no need for Morrissey,,,Johnny is doing just fine,,,,sounds better than original,,
I think that's like the 80s themselves only looked at in the past ,,I dream also
@@daviddaniel7750 Marr lacks of Morrissey s suffering...
Hats off to the sound engineer. I believe he is called Larry.
Sound is phenomenal
my inspiration for picking up a guitar 30 years ago. changed my life - thankyou Johnny
wish I had been smart enough to do the same...
This band is good reason to do that !!
Haters are gonna hate. I loved the smiths, but I'd rather hear Marr sing it now. He sounds fantastic
This is the best version of this song! I like Johnny Marr's version (and singing) far better than original release and more than the live versions Morrissey does nowadays with his 'solo' band. The *slight raspy edge on Johnny's voice is perfect*; much better than the weird 'deep throat lisp' than Morrissey has (he has a weird way of pronouncing certain words and syllables.) And from 4:00 on, Johnny's guitar playing is so darn amazing. I could listen to him and his band play this song for hours. Just get Johnny and his band in a room and say "Play 'How Soon is Now' and just jam for an hour."
It's cos anyone who tries to sing this song inherently does a Morrissey impression
totally
Yeah. All the hits, none of the questionable views on Chinese people.
@@michaelfarrow5817 THIS!! 👆👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
How is Johnny Marr so good at playing???? It’s insane
The best and most innovative guitarist the country has ever seen. A living legend
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Johnny Marr has a never ending youthful soul
He’s probably played that song a thousand time but he looks like he’s having a blast!
Love IT
You know man, when things aren't quite going your way or life takes a turn for the worse, all I have to do is watch a Johnny Marr video and all of a sudden it's good to be alive. Thank you Johnny! You're a life saver...
As a half assed guitar player myself, I am in awe.
No idea where Johnny Marr comes up with his ideas. He hears the guitar parts from a unique perspective.
The most brilliant guitar player of my generation, sorry every generation. Johnny Marr
Seriously? Wow. Your generation is hurting for good guitarist then. I really like Johnny Marr but I can name a dozen guitarists that run circles around this song. There is nothing he plays in this song that any basement axe learner couldn't pick up.
For my money, one thing that Johnny Marr does in this video that makes me think he deserves all the love he gets and more is that at 4:05 he plays what I would call "stunt guitar" (capo, trem **and** tuning peg), then (naturally) nails the melodic solo - but then at 4:50 he's perfectly happy and willing to let the guitarist in his band play those descending octave runs while playing relatively basic rhythm chords himself. Not only does this serve the song in terms of the different guitar sounds used in a practical sense, but I'd bet any money that he's also being a mensch and giving his guitarist a chance to shine intentionally - after all, playing guitar in Marr's band has to be somewhat nervewracking!
I agree completely.
Not saying that you're wrong but I think that it's more likely that allowing the other guitarist take the "lead" provides time for Marr to tune his guitar quick and pick back up.
@@dhopfner17able It's possible, but I can't see him using a tuner during that part of the song...
I've never seen anything like it. Inspiring.
@@turricanedtc3764 You don't need to use the tuner all the time to tune your guitar, a decent ear is more than enough
I'm obsessed with this song, it's perfect on so many levels for me. Johnny Marr and Steve Morrissey are geniuses imo
Love that Les Paul slide part. This song is mint.
I have never seen more brilliant work. The way Marr, de-tunes and tunes back at 4mins in…BRILLIANT!
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Marr is a legend!!!! I'm in my 50's and this is one of the greatest guitar riffs EVER!!!!! End of story!!!! 😎👍
For a while you forget that he wasn't the lead singer of The Smiths
I keep watching this video and realizing I’d rather hear Johnny play this song than Morrissey
100%!
That Jaguar sounds divine
+dennis Bergkamp was not expecting an Arsenal Legend to respond lol.
jdf360pwn wat
Fender Jaguars!!!
I could never get a decent sound out of a jag. no problem for mr marr :)
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The smiths were truly in a league of their own. Some of the most diverse and beautifully tragic lyrics paired with ground breaking fantastic guitar.
Johnny Marr one of the best guitarists ever
Johnny Marr is a big reason I'm getting a new guitar... thanks Johnny!!!😎
A legend in our lifetime. The guys brain thinks in so many levels. He played a song inside a song as if it was like breathing, such a gifted man. A true guitar legend.
That fucking tremolo and when the slide kicks inn boom Marr always adds his little jig just seen him and Noel Gallagher at Warwick castle what a fucking night
I think Johnny's vocals on this are up there with Morrissey's. And his guitar solo about 4 minutes in is amazing. De-tuning the guitar and snapping it right back into tune. Flipping legend.
His singing is ok, but nowhere near Morrissey. Let's not get crazy. His guitar playing though is other worldly.
Tbh I like his voice a lot especially when he sings his solo work. Because he made the guitar parts shaped around his voice versus with the smiths him shaping it around morissey
It's a good effort but behave. He can barely sing the "there's a club if you want to go" bit. It's too high a key for him
This had me blubbering sobbing at my desk by the end. Well done, Johnny.
awesome. love it.
I know what you mean. I heard this four years ago and commented on it that it was amazing. I sang along, and was choked up the whole time.
He is The Smiths!
+Willy Golga
BEST TALK EVER
+Willy Golga Totally agree with you my friend. Moz and Marr wrote the bulk together but the Bass and Drum were the backbone to a lot of their songs.
Best joke ever
How can he be the smiths he didn’t play the the bass or the drums or was the singer the smiths are 4 people not one person without morrissey. Marr is just another indie musician who’s songs are weak and forgotten after one listen
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This is more than a song - it’s a religious experience
Wow.....I have a dream,marr starts playing and half way through Moz walks on to the stage and takes over the vocals.....yes we can dream.
Paul Ackerman 😢
Paul Ackerman 😢😭
Paul Ackerman just saw morrissey two nights ago, absolutely smashed "how soon is now" my insides are still vibrating from the sheer power of the guitar, bass and drums, as much as I like johnny, morrisseys new version makes this sound insipid and weak
Pleaseeee tell us where you've seen the new version!
🙌 Damn I I wish
Marr is not only a great guitar player but a great songwriter of many smiths hits including this one. 4:00 to 5:15 just wow!.
Damn. He was doing a good job at getting it like the record then WHAM! He started taking it to a whole new level de-tuning his guitar. Absolutely brilliant guitar playing.
I love his little dance.
I like how he takes an old #TheSmiths song and put a little #JohnnyMarr twist on it. It shows the young generation who he is and who he was. He is simply a genius.
for me its just him playing the song he wrote and singing the lyrics morrissey wrote for hs song:P
wayupn
I think AlternateJunkie was talking about the guitar parts mostly and how Johnny added different thinks to the arrangements (like bending the string behind the nut of the guitar, the mini solo and messing around with the low E tuner to get that cool sound). Genius!
Do you have any idea how hard it is to do justice to such a classic, and make it satisfying, and toss in some new motifs that don't get in the way of the iconic record. Incredible.
Not only a fantastic version but profound lyrics which many of us can relate to . Thank goodness for artists such as Marr. I grew up in the 90s and was never a Smiths fan, now however at 41 years old, I totally fucking get it.
same buddy,i`m 46 next month
Same here, I'm 49 now, and it was only when I hit 40 that I started to appreciate The Smiths. But I've always highly rated Johnny Marr
Breathing new life into a Smiths classic. I can't stop listening to this version of "How Soon is Now".
The samen happened to me this week, can’t stop listening....
Johnny is the one of the baddest sobs to ever pick up a guitar, I swear.
Jazz you mean he's bad at guitar?
prakhar pant he means he’s a badass son of a bitch!! 😂😂😂
He and jimmy page are my favorites
Believe me ....I saw Johnny in 2013 at HOB in Anaheim and again a few months ago at the new HOB in Anaheim.......The man is a Legendary Wizard at the axe and writes very fine music......BECAUSE HE'S JOHNNY PHUCING....... MARR ........
I totally adore Morrissey however Marr's effort is so much more edgy and raw!
Awesome work!!!
Paul Kirk saw morrissey two nights ago, absolutely smashed "how soon is now" his new version is exactly what you'd want, raw edgy, and powerful, my insides are still vibrating from the sheer power of the guitar, bass and drums
But no Johnny Marr,,,sorry to disagree with you,but Johnny singing this live is bloody awesome,🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🌹🌹🎶🎸🇬🇧🎤☘️🏴
An absolute guitar hero!
GOAT nobody finer on the riffs !!
There’s a club if youd like to go... pure goosebumps😍
unforgettable lyric cuz we've all had exact same clubbing experience
@@Mary92669 exactly
One of the very few times a version surpasses the original. Bravo Mr. Marr!
He is SOOOOOOO GOOD live! It was unreal....like a life changing experience. Especially after being a fan for about 35 years!!!
😍😍😍 Ohhh yeah! That guitar work at about the 4 minute mark is legendary!! 💖💙💚💛💜💖
God like GENIUS Johnny Marr
i believe that this song is thr best song of the 80s. it epitomizes the attitude of the decade and describes the emptiness of the time.
One of the best songs period
This song brings about something special in musicians they all melt together in one glorious alchemy. So much groove and poignancy. I will never get tired of hearing it.
This was good the first time I watched it. By the 20th time I think it's one of the best live performances I've ever seen.
Seriously good. People are crazy to compare his voice to Morrissey. Morrissey's voice is distinctive and can't be replicated but Marr's is good too. Keeping good music alive. :)
Johnny Marr is timeless.
Best version I have ever seen.
Lockdown Fever in Oz ATM ..thanks Mate. 💯❤️🙏🎯💋😍
And Again Today.. Lmfao.. 💯❤️👌😊
@@barbarakozak5405 fuck that shit right off.... take back your freedom
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I saw The Smiths play this live a few times. In all honesty, if we avoid discussing the vocals, (and he does a great job here with them), but seriously, this is a better musical performance than when he was performing it with The Smiths. Fantastic really!
+Arthur Goodlad I agree, but it might be due to mixing and the quality of recording. He's certainly lost no skill
Could be Rob. They used a backing track for the slide guitar, so it must have been before Craig Gannon was with them. The use of a live guitar here has to make a difference.
+Arthur Goodlad A backing track? As you can see on 2:18 he has another guitar player. Or do you even mean another guitar track?
No. I mean in the 80's I saw them play this live with The Smiths. At that time, because was on his own as a guitarist, (it was before Gannon) Marr used, what I imagine must have been, a backing track for the lead sound. I have no idea how he did it.
+Arthur Goodlad You're probably correct. I've read some crazy stories about how they recorded this song so I'm assuming he used a backing track then. Or a loop of some sort at the very least.
One of my all-time favorite songs, it’s timeless and it never gets old!!!
The drummer is on another level of happy
best.song.ever.written.
Incredible, don't think I'll ever get bored listening to and watching this version
Johnny Marr most underrated guitarist/rockstar ever. Legend!
The Smiths have been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. In 1989 Spin rated “The Queen is Dead as number one of “The Greatest Albums Ever Made.” NME dubbed the Smiths “The most important band of all time.” They had international success on music charts. He’s number 56 on Rolling Stone’s 2023 Top 250 Guitarists of All Time.
Many well-regarded guitarists from bands such as Blur, Church, Stone Roses, Radiohead; & Noel Gallagher cite him as an influence.
He was snapped up by numerous bands, solo acts, & composers, including the Talking Heads, Paul McCartney, the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, Kirsty MacColl, Pet Shop Boys, Beck, Oasis, Bryan Ferry, super group 7 Worlds Collide, John Fruciante, Crowded House, Hans Zimmer (most notably collaborating on music for James Bond films)…
He was a visiting professor and received an honorary doctorate from Salford University.
He was asked by Fender to work with them on designing the well-reviewed Johnny Marr Jaguar.
I think his genius continues to be recognized.
What a really talented musician he really is !!!! That was rock n roll ...
What a guitarist so under rated
The Smiths have been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. In 1989 Spin rated “The Queen is Dead as number one of “The Greatest Albums Ever Made.” NME dubbed the Smiths “The most important band of all time.” They had international success on music charts. He’s number 56 on Rolling Stone’s 2023 Top 250 Guitarists of All Time.
Many well-regarded guitarists from bands such as Blur, Church, Stone Roses, Radiohead; & Noel Gallagher cite him as an influence.
He was snapped up by numerous bands, solo acts, & composers, including the Talking Heads, Paul McCartney, the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, Kirsty MacColl, Pet Shop Boys, Beck, Oasis, Bryan Ferry, super group 7 Worlds Collide, John Fruciante, Crowded House, Hans Zimmer (most notably collaborating on music for James Bond films)…
He was a visiting professor and received an honorary doctorate from Salford University.
He was asked by Fender to work with them on designing the well-reviewed Johnny Marr Jaguar.
I think his genius continues to be recognized.
Am I the only one that thinks that Marr got the better end of the Smith's breakup? Forever hooked.
Yes you are. Morrissey solo career is much more successful
No you're not! Marr's legend was further cemented when he went on to play with Talking Heads for "Nothing but Flowers" and then joined up with best bud Matt Johnson and rocked out with The The on Mind Bomb and Dusk for two world tours!
man i'm so thankful for living in a time that i can watch this whatever time i feel like
Now THAT ladies and gentlemen is GREAT guitar TONE!
The son and the heir. Brilliant.
WOW - Johnny is a genius
My 2cents…….Jonny and crew nailed it ! TY !
In think I’ve watched this a thousand times and I am still blown away.
I wouldn't trust anyone who doesn't like this song!
Don't trust anybody Full stop.
It's so much fun to watch Johnny play, he truly is a genius.
I can't stop listening to this!!!!
Johnny is a genius at his craft!!
Wow! He has some mad skills. Very melodic playing
This was the first Smith's song that grabbed me and made me buy everything else....
The slide guitar is haunting
Wow, this is how to deliver performance from the deepness of the soul
It sounds fantastic! The band is grooving. Nice singing. Marr seems to be really enjoying himself!
OMFGawd... Another stunning version of the classic Smiths song...One of the TOP 10 guitar shredders ..EVER !!!
I never really "Got Into" The Smiths and Johnny Marr, but after seeing this I must really study this man's playing more. He is fucking phenomenal to say the least. the de tuning was frigging awesome for lack of a better word.
One of my favourite tunes of all time, thanks Johnny xxx
I hadn't heard Johnny's solo work until a few years ago. The tonality of his band is truly inspired. He sounds great, I'm inspired by what I am hearing, I hope to hear a great deal more from Jonny Marr, he is truly, in the class among the greatest musicians.
That song saved my life in high school.....
The best version, no doubt about that!!! Johnny is awesome!!!
Great song!!!
Drummer guy is such a great guy after the gig. And so it was the bass bro.
That was perfection.
Best version ever of this masterpiece.