Johnny Marr performs Bigmouth Strikes Again at Glastonbury 2019. Guidance: Contains flashing images. Visit bbc.co.uk/glastonbury for more videos and photos
I'll always argue that Morrissey as much as Johnny gave the Smiths their signature sound. Both their music is shit these days, that doesn't change the signature brilliance to morrissey's lyrics and johnny's guitar playing.
I met this guy in 2019, after one of his concerts in Italy. Nicest dude ever! He was so humble and polite; he even took some time to chat and ask questions to every single person who had been waiting for him. I remember him asking me what genres I listened to and if I played any instruments. I was shaking so much, I almost passed out haha! He really did his best to calm me down, lol! I'm 18 and Johnny is literally one of my biggest idols. I'm so happy my expectations were not disappointed, I swear I'll remember that day until I die.
He's so down to earth I told him my lil bro was starting his journey with the guitar and that i randomly try to play it too and he went into the venue to get a pick for me and my bro I was so shocked and shaking he kept hugging me to get our picture taken 😭 He was so generous and kind I wish I asked him for an autograph but that experience he gave me was all I need for my life to be honest 🥺
Hey, I saw him with the Pretenders on U2's Joshua Tree tour, and swore to God that Jim Honeyman Scott had got up out of the grave to play the Pretenders' best hits!!!!!
Omg Guys pls this man has released 3 solo records and a live record if u would have showed any interests at all in Johnny then u probably would have known this.... gosh OFC HE CAN SING!!!
His set for the hi hello tour is straight fire. Just enough of the old stuff if that's what you came for, but all the new stuff on the set list is great
I was privileged to see The Smiths 26/10/86 London Palladium at the age of 12. They closed with Bigmouth, this song is beyond perfection. When God made Johnny he was just showing off !!
Do you really think that Morrissey or anyone else really gives a flying one about how Joan of Arc felt as the flames rose up her Roman nose and her hearing aid started to melt?
@@dannywestwood4113 Why are you asking me if I think that anyone would care about the way Joan of Arc felt? It's not relevant to my comment. But I'll try for the sake of conversation. I'm not sure what you mean by anyone, that's a big number of people, so I don't know if anyone out of the whole of the population cares for Joan of Arc. I definitely think she was an amazing individual. Regarding Morrrissey, I have no idea either. He wrote a song about her, I would think he at least got to think about her story. And something to keep in mind would be to understand that the most important thing about Joan of Arc is not that she got burned. It is what she accomplished with the little tools she had.
Johnny marr one of the best ever of telling the whole story with the riff alone. What a player. Now that Jeff has passed I think this has to be the living hero of the instrument. My muse
I prefer Listening to Marr over Morrissey these days. Great music without all of the stuff that comes with Morrissey. Great to hear Marr play the Smiths classics as only he can.
Just how young he was when he wrote the music for this one and so many other great Smiths songs and already back then delivered so much amazing guitar work blows my mind!
Morrissey and Marr need to do at least a few concerts together again. Marr's not bad at singing but he is a God at guitar and Morrissey has terrific vocals still. Please for the good of humanity get back together.
Agreed the Morrissey I saw with the Smiths in 1984 and 1986 would see what he has become in 2019 as an embarrassment, a curmudgeonly Right Wing old turd...
I could hear the thoughts of the drummer and he was cursing mike joyce's way of playing the cymbals. "it's almost over" he thought when he wanted to faint.
marr is way better than morrissey these days imo. morrisseys voice is unique ofc, but his band is so average and destroys the magic of the songs. and the fact he has turned into the kind of old fart he once rebelled against isnt helping ofc. in marrs band at least there is life and joy, and his guitar reminds me of why i loved the smiths.
I dunno, I've seen Morrisey do this song live and the band was pretty good to be honest. Although they do it with an acoustic and an electric for the solos. ua-cam.com/video/2gr9mTfKtww/v-deo.html
Johnny Marr recognizes that his work in The Smiths opened up opportunities for all the success he has today (and let's face it, the man is very professionally successful). But without Johnny Marr, there would be no The Smiths. And without The Smiths, there would likely be no successful version of Morrissey. Morrissey's success as a solo artist all came from work that had the same musical aesthetic as The Smiths. His first solo album, Viva Hate, in particular sounded extremely like "the next" Smiths album - and not just because of his voice, but the entire production of the music & the band behind him. It solidified him as a solo artist - legendary. And that sound & style maintained really well, until about the mid-90's, where it became less & less consistent from there (whether by choice or by inability to creatively sustain it). His legacy as an artist, though, never faded. I say this because I realize there are fans / followers that mistakenly think this: The Smiths was never all Morrissey. But the *good* solo works of Morrissey, have always been in-no-small-part The Smiths.
Just saw him open for the Killers over the weekend. I never thought that I would get to heat these songs live and I loved every minute of his performance :)
@@robgo635 Did he say Johnny's voice was better? No, he said he preferred it to Moz. I also prefer it to Morrissey, while also realizing that he's a technically better singer than Johnny
Just saw this band a few months ago. FANTASTIC and Johnnys solo music is great. I mean it....if there was ever an artist to support its Johnny Marr. What a band...
Johnny Marr IS the signature sound of the Smiths. His guitar efforts gave the Smiths their soul.
I'll always argue that Morrissey as much as Johnny gave the Smiths their signature sound. Both their music is shit these days, that doesn't change the signature brilliance to morrissey's lyrics and johnny's guitar playing.
Andy Rourke is super underrated in my opinion and really adds in Headmaster ritual to name a few.
PK Fawful I agree
@@Wilantonjakov The vocals are just as important as the lyrics. Smiths guitar without Morrissey vocals is like pizza with non-dairy cheese.
@@Wilantonjakov sound man, sound. lyrics is not sound.
Johnny Marr is a great guitarist, but his ability to play these intricate riffs while singing is just amazing.
You must be deaf because that was a sloppy mess.
@@hamwamson7580 you must have been listening to something else mate
Had enough practice
"Intricate"
It's literally beginner level strumming.
@@guitaristssuck8979 u don't play?
1:45 "And now I know how Johnny Marr felt,
Now I know how Johnny Marr felt ..."
Lol good catch!
I swear it also sounds like he says “Morrissey strikes again” just the line before
@@blurryblur3291 nah its big mouth
He did that out here in Los Angeles last month and it was hilarious.
Nice!!!!
I met this guy in 2019, after one of his concerts in Italy. Nicest dude ever! He was so humble and polite; he even took some time to chat and ask questions to every single person who had been waiting for him. I remember him asking me what genres I listened to and if I played any instruments. I was shaking so much, I almost passed out haha! He really did his best to calm me down, lol! I'm 18 and Johnny is literally one of my biggest idols. I'm so happy my expectations were not disappointed, I swear I'll remember that day until I die.
Grande Vale. Beate te che hai incontrato Jonny Marr. Che icona musicale.
Grande Johnny e grande Valentina!
That’s awesome
He's so down to earth I told him my lil bro was starting his journey with the guitar and that i randomly try to play it too and he went into the venue to get a pick for me and my bro I was so shocked and shaking he kept hugging me to get our picture taken 😭 He was so generous and kind I wish I asked him for an autograph but that experience he gave me was all I need for my life to be honest 🥺
Certo lui e falco!
I had never heard Johnny Marr sing before. Wow!
O duh he's guitarist only
Dude - I’ve seen Marr live x2 in the last 12months (in Canada!). Was brilliant! Last yr he dropped his 3rd solo album.
he is multi-talented since the early days ....
@James Richards sounds much better than when he first started solo. his vocals then were truly cringeworthy.
Try this: ua-cam.com/video/_JU3bogr4oc/v-deo.html
Of course he's no Moz but Johnny's singing is actually alright
I honestly prefer it.
Lukas R. Thank god. If he was Mozz we’d be watching an ageing facist strut his right wing nonsense around the stage.
@@kurainaru no... Morrissy is a born again racist! If you can defend what he's said then you don't know what national pride is ya melt
Isaac He openly supports a blatantly racist far right political movement, so I would call him a fascist in that regard.
@@kurainaru Thank you, everyone else on here seems the think he is devil incarnate. I disagree with alot of his views but that doesn't make him a nazi
I'm a 50 year old man and the second I heard those opening chords I started to tear up.
Get a grip
I am not 50 yet but I second you, David!
Me too.It's fucking dire.
I'm a 68 model.
@@crypto_bull hahahah
Johnny's voice has more of a punk like feel, an edge to it than Morrissey's. different ways to listen to the same song..
A punk feel meaning the just do it ethos, even if you're not very good?
Dude he sings fine ! This is live music and performed with passion !drummer, bass guitars all kikkkin a$$
@@ExternalInputs except he certainly is very good, he nailed it.
Agreed. Johnny has more right to play and sing this song than anyone else on the planet.
The drummer deserves mad props! Awesome 👍👍👍
@Ngubu Scotchbonnet yeah whatever
@Ngubu Scotchbonnet 😂😂
@Ngubu Scotchbonnet Basic stuff? Did you not hear him going ham on the hihat 16th notes?
Hey Jack love your sparkly shirt!
@Ngubu Scotchbonnet cool cool
He's aged better than Morrissey in many ways
Yeah, not having cancer helps a lot for a start, cheers x
Like a nice aged steak.....
He quit drinking , smoking ... He has run more miles than Forrest Gump maybe ...
Just For Men
he certainly has, he's not a racist cunt for starters
The real genius behind The Smiths.
Yeaaaaahhhhh
Him and rourke
The genius was indivisible.
@Imix Muan but they'd just be unheard and unread poetry.
Naaaah
I see Johnny's shirt game is still strong.
next level shirts
Could do with trading in his 1964 Beatle wig for something a little more realistic though.
@@blackmore4 I don't know. I think that little patch of white lends a touch of authenticity to Johnny's wig. If in fact it is a wig.
@@nolagospeltracts8264 not a wig thats his hair.
@@blackmore4 not a wig
Oh...sing it, Johnny! My teenage heart is melting, along with my Walkman™.
Now you know how Joan of Arc felt
The 257 dislikes are all morrissey
Hahahahaha 😂
Morrisey is a god compared to sell out Marr
@@436799 how so ?
@@dannysweeney3754 Marr is BBC establishment figure. He's abandoned and criticised moz badly for having a different political view.
@@436799 thanks for your response.
Al Pacino looking gooood!
😂😂
02:04 Say Hello To My Little Friend
Hoo Wah!
HAHAHA😂
He totally resembles him..I've always thought the same...Yes looking good!!
Can we just appreciate the backing musicians for a second, the sheer ability to keep up with johnny in this performance is astounding.
I'm sure they know it's a privilege it reflects in their performances
Saw The Smiths at Glastonbury in 1984.
Jeez, I’m old.
Delete 💖
come on, 84 thats just like yesterday...
no one is old, just wiser.
More than that, I'd say you're incredibly fortunate! A Smith's concert world be my first stop if I had a time machine
Fuck it tho.
How could someone doesn't like Marr? He is a genius and a great human being.
The director of this video who cut away during the solo. And possibly Mike Joyce and Craig Gannon. Sorry.
This guy can really do it all huh. The Smiths, Talking Heads, Modest Mouse. What a legend
Don't forget The The.
@@pamcm1098 and Electronic!
Hey, I saw him with the Pretenders on U2's Joshua Tree tour, and swore to God that Jim Honeyman Scott had got up out of the grave to play the Pretenders' best hits!!!!!
I saw him perform with R.E.M. That was amazing!
Hanz Zimmer!
Omg Guys pls this man has released 3 solo records and a live record if u would have showed any interests at all in Johnny then u probably would have known this.... gosh OFC HE CAN SING!!!
He sounds better every time he sings this. Love ALL of his LPS
I love playland, great album
Alright mate, don't cry
His set for the hi hello tour is straight fire. Just enough of the old stuff if that's what you came for, but all the new stuff on the set list is great
Didn't know that Johnny has such a wonderful voice. It gives the song something interesting. Great.
Anyone watching March 2020 and feeling depressed seeing groups of people together enjoying themselves?
Bruh, watching in april 2021
Oh goosebumps... Wish I was there, they sounds like The Smiths without Morrissey. Johnny is my guitar hero! Forever
The Smiths is just not The Smiths without Craig Gannon.
They sound like The Smiths without Morrissey ...
No shit Sherlock 😂🤣
@@thejoin4687 😂
There is no such thing as "The Smiths without Morrissey"
and let's not forget John Deacon
The Queen is Dead is one of the greatest albums ever made and this is one of the best songs on it
Agreed but I'd say their first three together are equally brilliant
I was privileged to see The Smiths 26/10/86 London Palladium at the age of 12. They closed with Bigmouth, this song is beyond perfection. When God made Johnny he was just showing off !!
I want mozzer and johnny to be together again so bad it hurts
they have absolutely nothing to fight about
What a great vocal Marr has and such impressive guitar playing, what a legend!
It's a great classic indie rock song, fits into his recent live set just perfectly, proves his solo stuff's marvelous as well.
It’s also interesting that Joan of Arc is still somehow present in this modern society. Her story, devotion, mission and individuality are monumental.
"Now i know how joan of arc felt" what being burnt alive or being forced to eat meat?
Do you really think that Morrissey or anyone else really gives a flying one about how Joan of Arc felt as the flames rose up her Roman nose and her hearing aid started to melt?
@@dannywestwood4113 Why are you asking me if I think that anyone would care about the way Joan of Arc felt? It's not relevant to my comment. But I'll try for the sake of conversation. I'm not sure what you mean by anyone, that's a big number of people, so I don't know if anyone out of the whole of the population cares for Joan of Arc. I definitely think she was an amazing individual. Regarding Morrrissey, I have no idea either. He wrote a song about her, I would think he at least got to think about her story. And something to keep in mind would be to understand that the most important thing about Joan of Arc is not that she got burned. It is what she accomplished with the little tools she had.
@sum body you're literally on the internet
Johnny marr one of the best ever of telling the whole story with the riff alone. What a player. Now that Jeff has passed I think this has to be the living hero of the instrument. My muse
Hes old but still rocking... hes a legendary.. salute you sireee❤
I have now watched several Johnny Marr live performances on UA-cam and must say his drummer is pretty awesome.
no puede tocar tan bien la guitarra este monstruo es increíble Johnny Marr es INCREIIIBLEEE!!!!
Saw him at the barras in Glasgow in November, honestly one of the best live performances I’ve been to
Many a happy night at the barras. That bouncy dancefloor too.
Johnny has energy and spunk!
Great cover! Full of energy. Johnny Marr innovative. Basslines excellent.
I mean Johnny wrote the guitar parts originally so not really a cover
i really like the signature sound of johnny. His choice of chords is always on point
Johnny Marr with his voice and chords will always win me over
Love you Johnny. You never fail to hit the performance nail right on the head. I swear,never fail.
Johnny is so good live
I was really impressed with Johnny's vocals when I first heard him sing. He doesn't take away from the original sound 👍
Amazing, I was there !
Was surreal to see this live. How soon is now was even better.
This is pure genius! To play while singing like that!
I prefer Listening to Marr over Morrissey these days. Great music without all of the stuff that comes with Morrissey. Great to hear Marr play the Smiths classics as only he can.
Still sounds great.
He's a ROCKET loaded with fuel & a fabulous band! Love to Glastonbury & BBC for Indie support
I love Johnny Marr, guitar, his song writing, I loved him in Electronic aswell, and this song here is epic...
Thanks for the support, recognition and love towards me 🎻& I am captivated❤️. where are you watching from
Wow, this guitar sound is so great! It’s great to see that Johnny can make it live that good!
PS: thanks Johnny, it helped me a lot to learn this!
Never listened to Johnny Marr before. Wow. Superb.
What a performance, thanks Johnny ! x
guitar rock will never die
Amen
Just how young he was when he wrote the music for this one and so many other great Smiths songs and already back then delivered so much amazing guitar work blows my mind!
お前が歌うんかい！ってなったけど全く違和感なく楽しめました、参りました。
the fact that he sounds so good at his age and also he wasn’t the main singer.. being able to play this good and sing good as well is crazy talent!
0:23 0:36 when you’re overwhelmed by the amazingness of your own song
Singing this song and playing the guitar at the same time bloody hard.
Wow go Johnny boy !
Fantastic xxxxxx
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@@JohnnyMarr_Official
Burnley 💞
@@megamegan8607 great!! Have you been to any concert of mine before ?
@@JohnnyMarr_Official
Why you offering 😀
@@megamegan8607 there are few concert coming up
Bloody hell. The smoke, the flags, the sound. Epic.
Johnny Marr is in my Top Ten List of All-Time Swoon-Worthy Men.
Who are the other nine? That's a mystery only to be shared in my private fantasies....
I LOVED that sound! Such memories!!!! The guitar work was just so awesome!
Morrissey and Marr need to do at least a few concerts together again. Marr's not bad at singing but he is a God at guitar and Morrissey has terrific vocals still. Please for the good of humanity get back together.
This is a fantastic rendition of a classic, crowd should be going off!
Should be a bigger star than what he is. 😢
Mesmerizing performance!!! 🙆
Sings it like his old mate !! Fantastic
This is absolutely my favourite version of Bigmouth. Hell yeah, I love Marr so much!
How can this man never miss a note since the 80's???
Magic fingers.
Smiths and Marr...big fan from Brazil, since 80´s! 🙌👏
Such a good musician. Saving the smiths reputation as a certain bigmouth continues to destroy it
@James Richards predictable as ever Morrissey releases an album so has to come out with some shite. What a wanker
Agreed the Morrissey I saw with the Smiths in 1984 and 1986 would see what he has become in 2019 as an embarrassment, a curmudgeonly Right Wing old turd...
@@indymae 'far right', anyone who doesn't share left wing opinions.
BIG-NABZ not at all. he literally wore a far-right badge on TV. i’m centre anyways.
ToniLCD ie - someone who speaks the truth about modern Britain and the modern dross that passes for music.
He slipped under my radar. I played from the mid 60s till now. Subscribed. I like his guitars and playing.
Johnny's voice is actually fine like haha belter
This legend jhonny mar made some iconic guitar works in the music industry
I seen Johnny Marr in Madrid at a festival, I’m Irish and he gave me a wave and put his fist in the air.
I had an Ireland football jersey on
So happy to see Johnny out there being "Johnny FU**IN' Marr"
I still love MOZ!!!!
Oh wow...god he’s an amazing guitarist. Seeing and hearing him live really reinforces just how skilled he is.
His albums are consistently great... and the same cannot be said of other ex smiths...
We know you're referring to Craig Gannon
Big mouth strikes again.. released 33 Fookin years ago and still as amazing today
I could hear the thoughts of the drummer and he was cursing mike joyce's way of playing the cymbals. "it's almost over" he thought when he wanted to faint.
Johnny Marr was also playing guitar on The The’s “Mind Bomb” album in 1989. If you have not listened to it, I highly recommend it.
Johnny is Johnny and everyone knows what he is. However, Iwan Gronow is one hell of a bass guitarist
His whole band is great. Props to Johnny who picked awesome players 👏👏
Brilliant. Johnny Marr ROCKS!
This band(Johnny Marr best guitarist ever) with Morrissey singing, I would pay a fortune to see.
I was at the front !! this was my highlight xx love Johnny so.much :) x
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Still got it!
Every band Johnny plays with helps remind me just how great Rourke and Joyce were.
marr is way better than morrissey these days imo. morrisseys voice is unique ofc, but his band is so average and destroys the magic of the songs. and the fact he has turned into the kind of old fart he once rebelled against isnt helping ofc. in marrs band at least there is life and joy, and his guitar reminds me of why i loved the smiths.
agreed - i loved the Smiths back in the late 80's ....
I dunno, I've seen Morrisey do this song live and the band was pretty good to be honest. Although they do it with an acoustic and an electric for the solos.
ua-cam.com/video/2gr9mTfKtww/v-deo.html
@James Richards still trying to find a band who sounds like Marr and Co.
Morrissey's new songs are pretty hard to listen to.
Stop speaking tit.
Johnny Marr recognizes that his work in The Smiths opened up opportunities for all the success he has today (and let's face it, the man is very professionally successful). But without Johnny Marr, there would be no The Smiths. And without The Smiths, there would likely be no successful version of Morrissey.
Morrissey's success as a solo artist all came from work that had the same musical aesthetic as The Smiths. His first solo album, Viva Hate, in particular sounded extremely like "the next" Smiths album - and not just because of his voice, but the entire production of the music & the band behind him. It solidified him as a solo artist - legendary. And that sound & style maintained really well, until about the mid-90's, where it became less & less consistent from there (whether by choice or by inability to creatively sustain it). His legacy as an artist, though, never faded.
I say this because I realize there are fans / followers that mistakenly think this: The Smiths was never all Morrissey. But the *good* solo works of Morrissey, have always been in-no-small-part The Smiths.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME.
Just saw him open for the Killers over the weekend. I never thought that I would get to heat these songs live and I loved every minute of his performance :)
I like his voice even better than Morrissey’s. Marr is a true rock star!!!
I'm sorry but Morrissey's voice Is way better than Marrs. No doubt marr is a fantastic guitar player but his voice is not his strong point
@@robgo635 Did he say Johnny's voice was better? No, he said he preferred it to Moz. I also prefer it to Morrissey, while also realizing that he's a technically better singer than Johnny
Goosebumps, baby - great drumming too!
ジョニーは未だ細いね！ちゃんと節制しててその現役感覚が音としてこっちに伝わってくる感じ。歌も上手いけど、スミスのナンバーを「本物」が演奏している感が良き
Hell yes!! Outstanding Johnny Marr!
Ladies and gentlemen, guitar hero... Johnny Fucking Marr
Just saw this band a few months ago. FANTASTIC and Johnnys solo music is great. I mean it....if there was ever an artist to support its Johnny Marr. What a band...
Johnny take Andy and Mike out on the road and forget about Morrissey
What a ludicrous comment
thetalentedmrman Apart from Morrison the racist.
Andy and Mike sued Moz and Marr in the 80's, after the breakup.
@thetalentedmrman I think that the majority of people would snap their hands off actually!
Marr's current band are miles better than Rourke or Joyce
He sounds great!
Holy shit I never knew he could sing !
@James Richards well he fucking can tho can't he
Awesome. So awesome. I love you, Johnny Marr.