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Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:32 pm
by pushpinpussy
Class. End of thread.
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:38 pm
by Dougall
For a horrible moment there............!
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:46 pm
by Steve1956
Agreed 100%
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:56 pm
by conyoviejo
Morrissey's best friend .
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:37 pm
by dermotdermot
Captivating thread this.
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:42 pm
by Devils_Advocate
I can endlessly watch videos of him talking about and playing his riffs and the songs that influenced them but this is my fav clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbS_043bVE
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:57 pm
by Steve1956
His stories are facinating,the one about lending a very expensive guitar to Noel Gallagher is a good un.
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:02 pm
by Devils_Advocate
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:57 pm
His stories are facinating,the one about lending a very expensive guitar to Noel Gallagher is a good un.
Theres a good one of how the boss of Sire records took him out to buy a guitar for him as part of a sweetener to get the Smiths to sign to them in the US.
Marr got it back to the hotel, started playing about with it and basically wrote Panic on the spot
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:33 pm
by HunterST_BFC
His fave' band he played in is The The.
True fact. He always pops round Matts but could not join in last year with the dates clashing with his. He recommended Little Barry to take his place.
Check out The The's "Mind Bomb" & "Dusk" albums.
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:40 pm
by Dyched
Regret not seeing him in 2018 at some small place in Houston TX. Was in town watching Arctic Monkeys the night after so had a search for gigs on the night before. He was playing, and well I should have gone. A few days later he was sat just behind me watching the same band at the Hollywood Bowl. Absolute genius of a guitar player.
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:44 pm
by Foulthrow
Plays guitar.
And John Kettley........
Is a weatherman
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:46 pm
by CaptainKirk
Who?
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:48 pm
by TheFamilyCat
Right back from Notts County. We've bid £5m.
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:50 pm
by CaptainKirk
I thought we were after Trippier?
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:54 pm
by TheFamilyCat
CaptainKirk wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:50 pm
I thought we were after Trippier?
Yes, but we need a plan B
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:37 pm
by bobinho
Foulthrow wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:44 pm
Plays guitar.
And John Kettley........
Is a weatherman
And so is Michael fish...
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:24 pm
by Belial
100 times more talented than Noel Gallagher too
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:23 am
by Billy Balfour
Still in his teens when he wrote the riffs for their first album. Such brilliant talent even at a young age.
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:50 pm
by jamesisaburyfan
HunterST_BFC wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:33 pm
His fave' band he played in is The The.
True fact. He always pops round Matts but could not join in last year with the dates clashing with his. He recommended Little Barry to take his place.
Check out The The's "Mind Bomb" & "Dusk" albums.
When I was 8 (1989) I got a NOW rip-off called The Hits Tape 10. It had The Beat(en) Generation on it which really stood out thanks to Marr's guitar in amongst all the dance and hip-hop elsewhere on the album.
That very song helped me get into The The years later and such was its prescience it could have been written tomorrow.
Re: Johnny Marr
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:28 pm
by JohnDearyMe
He did some great songs with Talking Heads and Lisa Germano that are worth checking out