Johnny Marr is one of the best guitarists alive and was underrated for a hell of a long timeBernard Butler is underrated too and no one ever seems to mention John Squire
M Dc He still doesn't get the credit he deserves, but you're right his influence on (particularly british) music is so obvious you'd have to be deaf not to hear it
Blur never exceeded the Smiths, and Coxon never exceeded Marr as a guitarist. Not sure what crack Street was smoking at that second. Johnny Marr was unique. Johnny Greenwood; definitely a great British guitarist.
Very well made. Great seeing Bernard Butler pop up on here, pretty much sums it all up. TBH the rest of his career seemed very weak in comparison, I just love him for his Smiths output i guess when all said and done.
i love how you could tell they definitely could have just had marr explaining the how soon is now sound and they had the narrator just blurt it out in two sentences oversimplifying it to hell
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Didn't like the Smiths coz of the singing. Lyrics, very sixth form angst. But got to hand it to Mr Marr, he created a unique style and sound and that is a very rare thing. He took all his influences and made something new. That is what makes him a guitar hero!
Definitely the most interesting guitarists as his guitar style of rhythm & lead and the melodic parts are like no other guitarist, to me being fast shredding guitarist, blues, rock or metal guitarist isn’t anything special, anyone can train their hands to go at ultra fast speeds doing scales and shit if you practice for long enough!! It’s his melodic ear and such different progressions that shine out to me as a guitar player.
This is where Americans will never understand why Johnny Marr is considered so great by Brits ... in America it's, Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen - in the U.K it's people like Marr, John McGeoch, Keith Levine and Geordie Walker ... that says volumes about the difference in cultures.
over the past few years I've been a bit obsessed with how How Soon is Now was recorded. I've heard that '4 amps with tremolo' story but I don't think it's true. I saw a guy do it with one guitar, one amp and a sidechain compressor with a drum machine fed into it and that was more like the album than anything I've ever heard. ua-cam.com/video/SeE4mjS1BKM/v-deo.html
it was recorded with bit by bit punch ins cuz the tremolos would go out of time. it's 4 amps, because its stereo, one tremelo signal on each channel is slightly behind the other, which is what gives it that pulsing rhythm. after a few beats, the rhythm would change so it was recorded via editing in one tiny section at a time. they may have made a tape loop of that as well, and used that to get the repeats of the riff.
@@sharinglungs3226 There were several computer sampling options available in the studios the Smiths were recording in in 1985 including the Fairlight and the Synclavier. Not to mention tape loop editing.
The albums he played on with The The, were just brilliant
Johnny Marr is one of the best guitarists alive and was underrated for a hell of a long timeBernard Butler is underrated too and no one ever seems to mention John Squire
One of the most underrated guitarists ever.
nowadays noone would underrate him. He left his fingerprints on Indie guitar playing already!
M Dc He still doesn't get the credit he deserves, but you're right his influence on (particularly british) music is so obvious you'd have to be deaf not to hear it
Johnny Marr probably is the most melodic guitar and the best
Underrated? Lol. He gets all the praise in the world
Not with guitarists
Cool that they have Bernard Butler there because I always saw him as the Marr of the 90's and Suede as the Smiths of the 90's
RastaSaiyaman
very true mate very true
JOHNNY FUCKING MARR
He paints pictures with sound.modern day fucking Mozart.
Adam Gosiewski Barbarism, Now, Queen is Dead, Difference are as Marr said it "turning my daydreams into sound".
im so in love with johnny s red gibson 355 what a beauty
Just saw him....Fantastic! Top notch pro act. Go see the band!!!!
Unusual music requires unusual vocal melodies hence The Smiths. Conventional pop songwriting mostly took a back seat in the band. My Beatles:)
JM was the last of the great British guitarists. Not much since.
ben dover there have been many since
Graham Coxon is a hell of a player, even if you like Blur or not. Stephen Street produced both bands and said Coxon even exceeded Marr.
Johnny Greenwood is pretty stellar, and has a very strong identity. Not saying either is better than the other, but JG is still important.
Blur never exceeded the Smiths, and Coxon never exceeded Marr as a guitarist. Not sure what crack Street was smoking at that second. Johnny Marr was unique. Johnny Greenwood; definitely a great British guitarist.
Maybe Coxon
Been on the The Smiths Manchester Music Tour WOW.
Draize Train. It's a Smiths instrumental.
Oohh... Bill Bailey
Why do Johnny and Andy look like Spy vs Spy
Tough and tender
Very well made. Great seeing Bernard Butler pop up on here, pretty much sums it all up. TBH the rest of his career seemed very weak in comparison, I just love him for his Smiths output i guess when all said and done.
i love how you could tell they definitely could have just had marr explaining the how
soon is now sound and they had the narrator just blurt it out in two sentences oversimplifying it to hell
Fab
periphery riffery -like it
3 BANDS CHANGED THE WORLD- The beatles,pistols and the smiths
and what about the rubber ...eh ?
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Didn't like the Smiths coz of the singing. Lyrics, very sixth form angst. But got to hand it to Mr Marr, he created a unique style and sound and that is a very rare thing. He took all his influences and made something new. That is what makes him a guitar hero!
Definitely the most interesting guitarists as his guitar style of rhythm & lead and the melodic parts are like no other guitarist, to me being fast shredding guitarist, blues, rock or metal guitarist isn’t anything special, anyone can train their hands to go at ultra fast speeds doing scales and shit if you practice for long enough!! It’s his melodic ear and such different progressions that shine out to me as a guitar player.
yeah, i think in p much all cases it's the musical creativity which is almost infinitely more important than technical proficiency to me
Bill Nelson lurking and smiling
Holy shit, it's Little Finger 1:28
This is where Americans will never understand why Johnny Marr is considered so great by Brits ... in America it's, Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen - in the U.K it's people like Marr, John McGeoch, Keith Levine and Geordie Walker ... that says volumes about the difference in cultures.
Most Americans you mean. Not all.
You come off as a right wanker when say what Americans will never understand. You probably never left your hometown.
I’m an American and Johnny is my favorite guitarist of all time. ❤
Pretty surreal ending to that video there. Good stuff though.
What TV show is the bit from 1:29 from
Yusuf Khan it's called Devils Advocate from Granada TV in 1981...
over the past few years I've been a bit obsessed with how How Soon is Now was recorded. I've heard that '4 amps with tremolo' story but I don't think it's true. I saw a guy do it with one guitar, one amp and a sidechain compressor with a drum machine fed into it and that was more like the album than anything I've ever heard. ua-cam.com/video/SeE4mjS1BKM/v-deo.html
They made that song in 1985 before the use of computers to edit the sound.
Just because he did it doesn't mean Johnny did it like that
it was recorded with bit by bit punch ins cuz the tremolos would go out of time. it's 4 amps, because its stereo, one tremelo signal on each channel is slightly behind the other, which is what gives it that pulsing rhythm. after a few beats, the rhythm would change so it was recorded via editing in one tiny section at a time. they may have made a tape loop of that as well, and used that to get the repeats of the riff.
@@sharinglungs3226 There were several computer sampling options available in the studios the Smiths were recording in in 1985 including the Fairlight and the Synclavier. Not to mention tape loop editing.
johnny has now made me want to play a Gibson SG , best guitar player ever
*****
Why a Gibson SG? He plays a Gibson 335 and Rickenbacher models ..
Skip to 0:50
Bob Bobberton Obviously you haven't heard them live. They were far from fey.
whats the song in the background at 4:30?
A little late answer but it is ' The Draize Train'
Love the smiths but don't forget a certain band from Newcastle , Noel, called dire straits who peaked in 85,86
Eddy Rainford Mark is a greedy bastard lol, lead vocals and lead guitar. Honestly they should have found another vocalist.
Noel also forgot a little hard rock band from America called Van Halen
Couldn't stand his vocals
He's a hair hero, or is it a Syrup?
80s guitar hero, 90s guitar hero lmao
Whats the childs sing in the final video?
in 83 Jesus and Mary Chain were better. Cooler look and sound.
Were they fuck
One of the most underrated guitarists.