Johnny Marr comments on receiving Q music magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 presented by Ed O'Brien at the Grovesnor House in London, UK on 8 October 2007.
@cristi28bcn By all means - It's a good thing that you love the Smiths/Johnny Marr - the idea that music hits a raw nerve within you is one of the great things about music and one which as you point out is hard to put into words.I also have noticed that people tend to be moved either music or film - very rarely do people really love both.Try to check out the South bank show documentary here about the smiths from 1987 - that really got me into the band (sadly I never saw them live though!)
@cristi28bcn I would agree 100% with you on the notion that popularity does not necessarily equate with talent: a brief glance at the one man horror-show which is Simon Cowell is evidence enough.I am not sure of the idea that the smiths were massive when they were still together - a look at the tour dates shows that they never played big venues - massive popularity and serious critical aclaim only came later.
@cristi28bcn was he really only 19 when he wrote those tunes - I had a feeling he was a little older.In any case my point stands that although he should indeed have moved on (personally and commercially) life after the Smiths has not been too kind to him.Oh and I nearly forgot what do you make of Johnny marr and the healers?On a different issue altogether: it is rather heartening to watch smiths videos here and look at the amount of positive comments underneath - very few people slag them off.
@cristi28bcn For sure I do like both BUT given a choice music is far more important.There was a superb article in a newspaper here in the UK last year where a former music journalist felt that rock'n'roll has come to the end of it's natural life hence the lack of any real great music scene - very worrying and sadly true.Yeah check out the documentary - the version is poor quality but it gives a good insight to the band.
@cristi28bcn The Cribbs, Modest mouse, The the, Electronic - oh for sure he certainly has moved on from the time of the Smiths.Sadly we must conclude his talent for great tunes has also moved on - not in the same direction as him though!
so come on Johnny - what have you ACTUALLY done since leaving the Smiths back in 1987? and No - I am not accepting the nonsense of the awful Modest mouse!
