An exhausting loyalty to the band is etched in Marr's face. It's admirable to see that he wasn't going to let on how tense and difficult things were with the other Smiths at this time.
Johnny Marr is my hero - he's easily the most intelligent person ive seen in pop music and one of the most intelligent people in the arts generally. I've got so much respect for how he and morrissey stuck by pop music and showed people how powerful it can be as an art form. Pop musicians today could learn a lot from them.
I love this comment but there’s one thing wrong with it, it says Johnny marr is a popstar, which is grammatically wrong. He’s a feckin kick ass rock and roll man
The longer the interview goes on, the more he covers his mouth, which is a classic tell of dishonesty. Now I love him very much, but he knew in his heart the end was very near. I can't believe it still makes me teary. Such sweet talented boys.
Unlike what TV shows and Hollywood movies claim, one can in fact not tell somebody's lying for sure just by looking for certain signs / behavior. There's a lot more to it, and frankly I find it quite rude to accuse someone of lying with such little evidence.
His body language has to do with chronic sleep deprivation and tensions (probably largely unacknowledged, at the time of this interview) within the band.
He reminds me of Alex Turner a little bit. Anyways, it's such a shame they split following Strangeways. For me, that's the first album that marks a shift towards a different style. It would've been so incredible to see where they'd have gone following Strangeways.
Late_Bloc_Party in his biography Marr says he really liked “Unhappy Birthday” and “Last Night I Dreamt” and he thought they might’ve gone more in that direction had they continued. They probably would’ve made something like REM’s Automatic for the People.
Just to clarify with all you Smiths fans.The band actually recorded the Strangeways here we come album at the Wool studios at a village called Beckington a few miles south of the city of Bath.It no longer exists - as it's now a private house.
@@lynchmaleideal cos most ppl making those lists don't know fuck all about music or guitarmanship. they all pick the easy ones that are overrately famous
It’s sad to hear him talk of the new direction in music the smiths were heading and creating in this interview knowing this would be there last ever album
@@squashua_ They’d signed for EMI by this point and were playing out their Rough Trade commitments. I think Marr probably knew it was time to go before he got stuck.
“If its prolific by other people’s standards then that’s tough luck really” lmao, thats actually hilarious and a brilliant quote - totally saying that about anything I make now haha
Huge Smith fan back in the day and it was always because of Johnny's style never Morrissey. Morissey may wrote the poetry but Johnny added the beauty with his musical melodies,
Johnny always comes across are a really genuine nice guy!What a pitty watching this interview to think that this would be their last album!A great album it is though.
Listen to the debut album, then go straight to The Queen is Dead and hear how huge they became. I think their sound reflected their following. It was like a reciprocated love, tentative at first, and then like a runaway (draize) train :)
In my opinion strangeways is the best album they did every song is a masterpiece on that album thier isn't a bad song on the whole album .when the smiths split this album suffered as a result and it shouldn't have done as it was the best one. this album is amazing
Yes. I read some books on the smiths' story and if it wasn't for johnny at the very beginning I don't think they would have made that impact so soon. He was the one who did the kick-off! Mozz was very lucky.
This interview to me is a showcase of the differences at times subtle and at times blatant that exists between lyrical standards of the States and the UK. Not that the talent to write is lacking in the States, but rather the emphasis on song production is more toward the stylistic aspects of the song. How the singer delivers the lyrics, how they harmonize with the instruments, how the track volumes blend the lyrics... but the lyrics... the actual words simply don't have the level of creative tweaking that exists in the UK. "Born in the USA" is a great song... its lyrics deliver a message of metaphoric satire of the failures of the US and of individuals who despite it all, are where they are because of their choice to be... but the lyrics themselves could have been arranged by a junior high students at lunch. Then listen to say... "Life of Riley" ... and the juxtaposition of lyrical arrangement, word choice, and phrasing is like a Rolls Royce compared to a nicely equipped Ford. I'm btw, from Atlanta Georgia, USA. and those here who know, know Hollywood for movies... and the UK for music.
Compare them to songs written by good US bands though. "Not born in the USA". More like " Venus in Furs" or "Flash Light" or if you wanna go shoegaze "don't fall in love" by Still Corners even though that's post smiths and isn't truly shoegaze. But whatever lol. DIIV is great and Men I Trust Mac Demarco Beach House etc But ya dont get me wrong when it comes to guitar and melodies no one compares to johnny marr. Him and the Beatles are my top guys.
The Queen is Dead is polished, accessible, and immediate, and it feels like the culmination of everything that has gone before. Strangeways feels new: it has more complex arrangements, better lyrics and Morrissey‘s voice is at its peak, but it’s more sombre and less likeable than TQID. The band were, apparently, very happy while they were making it, but it doesn’t sound that way. I think they broke up at exactly the right time, with a damn-near perfect catalogue.
Interesting interview. You can already tell that he's done with the whole thing. This interview is from about August or maybe early September when they were at each other's throats and now in retrospect it's pretty obvious when you listen to Johnny and observe his body language.
This interview is from the spring of 1987 so I don’t think you can tell all those things. There was a good atmosphere making it acc to the books and band members. It was later that it incredibly fell apart
If you want to see a Smiths reunion we must all not go to see Morrissey or Marr live. As long as they are succeeding apart they will never reunite. To get them back together we must hit them where it hurts, in their wallets.
I wish I could go back in time and kidnap Marr and take him to Spain for a year. One year of son and booze would have gotten his head on straight and Morrissey off his nerves.
_Strangeways_ has some great songs, but it never really sounded like The Smiths to me. I wonder if it were more "discordant" like Johnny's talking about it might have been more interesting.
he's not wearing sunglasses call the cops
Dear God. He's so humble & down to earth, sweet and mischievous at the same time. Just adorable Marr. Bless
that's why he's making James Dean faces while pretty liking his stuff? 1:07
There is a spark of brilliance in his eye.
Effortlessly cool
An exhausting loyalty to the band is etched in Marr's face. It's admirable to see that he wasn't going to let on how tense and difficult things were with the other Smiths at this time.
so young and already a legend
Johnny Marr is my hero - he's easily the most intelligent person ive seen in pop music and one of the most intelligent people in the arts generally. I've got so much respect for how he and morrissey stuck by pop music and showed people how powerful it can be as an art form. Pop musicians today could learn a lot from them.
I love this comment but there’s one thing wrong with it, it says Johnny marr is a popstar, which is grammatically wrong. He’s a feckin kick ass rock and roll man
To call it pop music is so very wrong
How can one band be alternative and pop the same time, that’s seriously impressive, oh wait, grunge happened
@@seankilburn7200 Why?
@@adolflenin4973 Well for starters it couldn’t be further from what we know today as pop music.
I'm his earring
Poor chap is knackered in this, wish they would've got a manager they could agree on and he could've had a bloody sleep!
This charming man...
I fucking love this man. no superstar bullshit.
Im not gay but all these lads are good looking as hell!
g-hay
@Abs its spelled poof, you moron
Methinks thou protest too much 🤣🤣🤣
Iron
@@modmutha8608 Top Lads
Ohhh you handsome devil...
The longer the interview goes on, the more he covers his mouth, which is a classic tell of dishonesty. Now I love him very much, but he knew in his heart the end was very near. I can't believe it still makes me teary. Such sweet talented boys.
Unlike what TV shows and Hollywood movies claim, one can in fact not tell somebody's lying for sure just by looking for certain signs / behavior. There's a lot more to it, and frankly I find it quite rude to accuse someone of lying with such little evidence.
His body language has to do with chronic sleep deprivation and tensions (probably largely unacknowledged, at the time of this interview) within the band.
He reminds me of Alex Turner a little bit. Anyways, it's such a shame they split following Strangeways. For me, that's the first album that marks a shift towards a different style. It would've been so incredible to see where they'd have gone following Strangeways.
Late_Bloc_Party in his biography Marr says he really liked “Unhappy Birthday” and “Last Night I Dreamt” and he thought they might’ve gone more in that direction had they continued. They probably would’ve made something like REM’s Automatic for the People.
Alex Turner couldn't hold a candle to Johnny marr
I misread that as, "He reminds me of Alex Harvey", at first!
@@benjaminwoodrowmusic6070 Alex is a genius in his own right. No comparison needed. I love both of them
You're right!!!!
i think he is a genius
One of the big reasons I first picked up a guitar.
His smile is so cuteee
Just to clarify with all you Smiths fans.The band actually recorded the Strangeways here we come album at the Wool studios at a village called Beckington a few miles south of the city of Bath.It no longer exists - as it's now a private house.
He looks sleep deprived or drunk. Still love him though. I always wanted his earring. So cool.
This will have been Spring 1987..Optimism still there. Strangeways came out September.
30+ year obsession for me.
smokes that cigeratte just as good as he plays his axe
"but the songs are still... miserable rock songs, thank god"
MARR is a genius
It's mad to think he's only 22 here!!
Think he's about 24...working on strangeways so it must have been around 87
@@benjaminwoodrowmusic6070 ???? 60
@@thest3374 what?
24
He was actually around 60 years old in this interview. Little known fact!
Although reguarded as a fantastic guitar player. I feel he is HIGHLY UNDERRATED
What planet do you live on?
@@rosschops9509 OP probably means in the grand scheme of things, most people’s top 10 guitarist lists don’t feature him at all lol
@@lynchmaleideal because they have no taste at all !
@@lynchmaleideal cos most ppl making those lists don't know fuck all about music or guitarmanship. they all pick the easy ones that are overrately famous
It’s sad to hear him talk of the new direction in music the smiths were heading and creating in this interview knowing this would be there last ever album
Marr would've been looking for the door by this point too.
@@squashua_ They’d signed for EMI by this point and were playing out their Rough Trade commitments. I think Marr probably knew it was time to go before he got stuck.
This interview screams genius
Love it: "There's no sense churning out songs just to appear on the charts" 💃💕
Johnny seems like he didn't glamorize the creative process. No special mood for writing and such. Glad he's still at it.
Unpretentious, strong work ethic.
And alas Noel Gallagher’s mould was created
The Smiths 5 years and gone. Great songs, soundtrack of my 1980's teenage life. All five(Gannon) members are classy fellows.
I reckon it was the keyboards that sets this LP apart from the others in my head. Johnny Marr is just cool as fck.
Marrs best arrangements, Morrissey’s best lyrics on Strangeways.
Thoughtful, honest and unpretentious: hooray, Johnny Marr.
Such a humble genius.
“If its prolific by other people’s standards then that’s tough luck really” lmao, thats actually hilarious and a brilliant quote - totally saying that about anything I make now haha
OMG! Tan joven, tan genial, tan talentoso ¿Quién no se podría enamorar de Johnny? Es tan perfecto😍
hes got that im sick to death of morrissey look on his face
Huge Smith fan back in the day and it was always because of Johnny's style never Morrissey. Morissey may wrote the poetry but Johnny added the beauty with his musical melodies,
they dont make men like that annymore
Riff genius
Johnny always comes across are a really genuine nice guy!What a pitty watching this interview to think that this would be their last album!A great album it is though.
Johnny Marr has changed so much over the years
The way he is now totally different to the way he was then
35+ years tends to do that to people ..... I dare say any of us are the same person today as we were at 21 ....unless you're 21 today
He's still a tight lad
i wonder if jony and morrissey ever told each anther ' i love u '
if only just as friends.........
They told each other that when they wrote Hand in Glove.
"I loved and still love Johnny Marr" -Morrissey, years after the Smiths broke up
"Strangeways", what a great album!
Listen to the debut album, then go straight to The Queen is Dead and hear how huge they became. I think their sound reflected their following. It was like a reciprocated love, tentative at first, and then like a runaway (draize) train :)
In my opinion strangeways is the best album they did every song is a masterpiece on that album thier isn't a bad song on the whole album .when the smiths split this album suffered as a result and it shouldn't have done as it was the best one. this album is amazing
Death at one elbows and unhappy birthday is pish the rest is great
well structured and solid album but their best is and will be the self titled album and hatful of hollow
@@Pazuzu82 Death at one's elbow is fucking great, the progression of the bass, the pauses, it's simply amazing.
Strangeways is an amazing album but for me the peak will always be the queen is dead
don't be daft
Love Johnny Marr. :-)
You're a pompous twit.
I can't believe that Morrissey never felt in love with Johnny.
Demien Bartók how do you know?
@@camusafterworld306 ye, people kinda sussed it out
he was
Just a musical genius
Im shaking like his earring
Is playing live a chore? Playing live is a joy. Fucking legend.
When playing live becomes a chore, that's the beginning of the end of any band.
Yes. I read some books on the smiths' story and if it wasn't for johnny at the very beginning I don't think they would have made that impact so soon. He was the one who did the kick-off! Mozz was very lucky.
Yes, even Morrissey said that Johnny saved him. Though in fairness Morrissey brought so much greatness to the band too.
The most ORIGINAL SOUND the GREATEST Marr!
My guitar idol
LEGEND!!!!!!!!!.
Hes fine
ONG
@@prudenceneverpaysget yo g@y ass on
oh my god, it's the long version! Never seen it before, thank you!
i want him
This interview to me is a showcase of the differences at times subtle and at times blatant that exists between lyrical standards of the States and the UK. Not that the talent to write is lacking in the States, but rather the emphasis on song production is more toward the stylistic aspects of the song. How the singer delivers the lyrics, how they harmonize with the instruments, how the track volumes blend the lyrics... but the lyrics... the actual words simply don't have the level of creative tweaking that exists in the UK. "Born in the USA" is a great song... its lyrics deliver a message of metaphoric satire of the failures of the US and of individuals who despite it all, are where they are because of their choice to be... but the lyrics themselves could have been arranged by a junior high students at lunch. Then listen to say... "Life of Riley" ... and the juxtaposition of lyrical arrangement, word choice, and phrasing is like a Rolls Royce compared to a nicely equipped Ford. I'm btw, from Atlanta Georgia, USA. and those here who know, know Hollywood for movies... and the UK for music.
Compare them to songs written by good US bands though. "Not born in the USA". More like " Venus in Furs" or "Flash Light" or if you wanna go shoegaze "don't fall in love" by Still Corners even though that's post smiths and isn't truly shoegaze. But whatever lol. DIIV is great and Men I Trust Mac Demarco Beach House etc
But ya dont get me wrong when it comes to guitar and melodies no one compares to johnny marr. Him and the Beatles are my top guys.
The Shins were good at it.Death Cab had their moments.
he’s brilliant, i love him
I love his Electronic debut album
Marvelous sings of my youth
Johnny looks absolutely shattered, like the making of the album was undoing him
Johnny Marr used to look like Aĺex Turner lmao
Or a young Peter Gabriel
Johnny Fuckin Marr
TEAM JOHNNY!
My word, I love this man
Such a good album. Can't pick between Strangeways and The Queen is Dead as to which my favourite one is.
The Queen is Dead is polished, accessible, and immediate, and it feels like the culmination of everything that has gone before. Strangeways feels new: it has more complex arrangements, better lyrics and Morrissey‘s voice is at its peak, but it’s more sombre and less likeable than TQID. The band were, apparently, very happy while they were making it, but it doesn’t sound that way. I think they broke up at exactly the right time, with a damn-near perfect catalogue.
Hateful Of Hollow was pretty good too but as fans its pretty safe to say we'll co sign to everything the smiths made mutually
Money Jar is my favourite guitarist.
me too lol
3:15 I think this highlights just how much of a great guy Marr is and why the Smiths worked well together.
Interesting interview. You can already tell that he's done with the whole thing. This interview is from about August or maybe early September when they were at each other's throats and now in retrospect it's pretty obvious when you listen to Johnny and observe his body language.
This interview is from the spring of 1987 so I don’t think you can tell all those things. There was a good atmosphere making it acc to the books and band members. It was later that it incredibly fell apart
Junny Mah.
Why is he so.. 😻
All-around solid guy.
Timeless gentleman.
Not long after that was the end.
fucking legend , he was the smiths , simple
He's a real charming man
Dude’s just badass!!
If you want to see a Smiths reunion we must all not go to see Morrissey or Marr live. As long as they are succeeding apart they will never reunite. To get them back together we must hit them where it hurts, in their wallets.
+Jim Walker hahahaha
I've been saying the same for years.
Murray Hewitt with the questions.
That's really sweet. :)
Morrissey, Marr, Rourke, and Joyce were great. The Smiths were a great alt band.
haha sasha sounds exactly like sasha love it two absolute legends of music
Very nice.
Classic.
my hero
Daddy i love u
I defo would have.
Wool Hall to be exact
musical genius...
Hero. Mozz would write; he was composing them.
At this time The Smiths were already over.
i formed the group and the reason you see what you see but no, not a front man.
I wish I could go back in time and kidnap Marr and take him to Spain for a year. One year of son and booze would have gotten his head on straight and Morrissey off his nerves.
Sun not son. Haha
No, it was always the Ray-Bans for me.
He left the band not so long age this interview. Why why why?
_Strangeways_ has some great songs, but it never really sounded like The Smiths to me. I wonder if it were more "discordant" like Johnny's talking about it might have been more interesting.
Johnny The Posser Marr 🤘
shut uppppppppp
Gripper Stebson!
Ok interview.