@@jonasrmb01you have no taste. Everyone knows Jeff beck was better than Clapton so was a lot of other guitarists in that era. An amazing player don’t get me wrong but unfortunately it was a time where there was a lot of great players
It's a true pleasure to watch an interview where the interviewer is at pains to engage with the subject intelligently, and defy cliche in their questions. Of course, Marr is inherently interesting and (highly) intelligent, but the interviewer who fully allows him to demonstrate that is rare.
@@geraldfrieberg7921 It's more than money. Literally Johnny is a legend, for the composition of every single song while being in The Smiths. From critic point of view, those melodic and harmony songs are why lot of fans have such respect for him.
You can watch this again and again and wonder at how Johnny is still one of the coolest, down to earth musicians. I like the fact that he makes no bones about being so proud about his work. And John is the perfect interviewer as ever.
Marr inspired me to stop using so many fuzz, overdrive and distortion pedals and focus on clean sounds. It will undoubtedly make me a better guitar player in the long run. His playing is so melodic, and unique, reminiscent of Spanish guitar via electric.
I dread to think what John Doran will look like in the next episode. He's gone from being clean cut in chapter 1. He'll look like big foot at this rate.
16:27 To people who think Morrissey's lyrics are a little silly & a crime to put over a guitar rift like this are really missing the point. It's the "high brow-ness" & utter elegance of the guitar rift lifting up & elevating a throw away, fleeting, "low brow-ness" observation that "some girls are bigger than others" & taking that observation from the small into the infinite. That rift allows meaning, space & time to come out of the mundane lyrics, to magnify them & ponder them as a universe itself. It's truly a beautiful thing.
Interesting that Johnny chooses Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me as his favourite Smiths song, it's not one where the guitar element is particularly to the fore, or the most memorable aspect, although presumably he is also responsible for the string writing and arrangement too. Great song anyway. Also interesting that he agrees that Strangeways is his favourite album musically. It's probably more ambitious in its musical spectrum, but probably the least loved by Smiths fans. That may have to do with the fact that the songs were never played live, with it being released just after the split, so the songs were never taken directly to the fans or developed live. But I personally feel that while Strangeways is musically ambitious, bigger in sound and instantly accessible, apart from a few songs, it lacks a bit of that stripped down focus and urgency of the previous albums. Queen is Dead has the perfect balance between those two elements for me. Strangeways is perhaps just a bit less moving overall, to me anyway. Still an excellent album by any standards, and like all great bands, shows development not just repeating themselves. Damn they were just so bloody brilliant.
It’s my favorite album full stop. Morrissey’s as well. Better than the Queen is Dead by a smidge because it will never age; it wasn’t played live or on the radio to death and it is, pardon the pun, strange af when you really listen. Nothing before or since and all that guff.
Good lord. Someone oughtta give John Doran a medal for some of the most well-considered questions in an interview I've seen in ages. I popped this video on as background to cleaning and, right off with the first question I sat down like "oh really?" I absolutely lost it when he built up toward the reunion question and twisted it to Matt Johnson. As for the "Some Girls" bit, I've always adored that song and the way the lyrics refrain from sentimentalizing something that may be too beautiful.
These John Doran interviews are great, He reeks of love for music, he's disarming and intelligent. I'm glad to be only four interviews in, plenty left to enjoy.
Great interview. Johnny was great as always, but this is the most opened up I’ve seen him by an interviewer and in no small part down to the fantastic interviewer who was the most knowledgeable interviewer I’ve seen. Good stuff.
What a great interview and the interviewer, John Doran, needs to rise to the very top of his profession. Johnny Mar is a master of his craft, but so is John Doran! Maybe someday, someone will interview John Doran about his interviewing mastery!
best interview ive seen in my life. strangely enuf, ive just been writing a book on Johnnys writing style and figured funk was a big influence so good to see i was right. interestingly, I discovered in my research that Heaven Knows has a funk rhythm to the chords of the Beatles "This Boy"
Wow this was a great interview. You know it's good when Johnny Marr mentions that nobody has ever asked him about the topic you're discussing with him (when they were talking about funk music)
Brilliant interviewer. Well researched, intelligent, well articulated, brilliant questions not the same old tripe. Finally an interviewer who knows what he's doing. He read my mind with that question about 'some girls...'. I've been curious about that myself for some time.
Hey Johnny, Can you adopt me? I won't take up much space, just a place on the couch is fine. I don't want much, no food or drink...being around would hype me cool factor by a fuckin hundred. sincerely, everyone
Never heard of John Doran before tonight but he is a fantastic interviewer.. have now watched all the British Masters series and he is the nuts!!!!! Well researched, informed and most importantly interested in the people he interviews..
Johnny Marr Brian Ferry Gary Numan The The I like this guys record collection. Similar to mine. Fortunate to have seen all of them in concert. Bring back the eighties.
Just learned that Johnny Marr plays on Talking Heads Nothing but Flowers. It's so obvious. Only took me like 35 years to discover this. One of the greatest. I just wish this was a two hour interview!
Interesting comparison. Peter buck is a less is more master, which you can't deny. Johnny is totally different at The Smiths years. However, his solo work is less is more style.
Tremendously good interview! Thanks a lot for posting. I've often wished Marr's guitar on 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' would just keep going and going and going ...
I always enjoy listening to Johhny Marr talk about his music/life, comes accross as a nice guy, down to earth and modest. Love his accounts of events in his life and of course totally in awe of his musical talent..
I have great respect and admiration for Johnny Marr. I love his playing. Frankly the juxtaposition between Johnny’s beautiful guitar parts and Stephen’s snarky cynical lyrics makes for a brilliant multidimensional listening experience
Who the poooornks is this interviewer? Never heard of him but it takes a good interviewer as well as a good interviewee to make a great interview like this. Great so see his passion for the music of The Smiths come through in this absorbing and funny (in parts) chat.
I checked off those boxes too. That's why i fuking love you, Johnny Marr. And your incredible unavailing support of Morrissey, who I might've of questioned, but there you are standing firm. You dunno WhoTF I am and WhereTF I've been, but promise I ain't no complete joke.
Fantastic interview! I appreciate how patient and gracious Johnny is when every question is related to music he made thirty years ago. His recognition of how important The Smiths are to so many people really shines through in every interview he does.
If I had to stick my neck out, I would say that Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others is the greatest piece of music EVER written. Floods of joyful tears when you hear it.
Great interview but it wouldn't have been Some girls are bigger than others if it weren't for those lyrics, still one of there best tunes the guitar is to die for and the lyrics are ace, what a tune
'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others' is among my FAVOURITE Smith's songs!!! (Well, some girls JUST ARE!!!!) You can't explain, understand or sometimes even ACCEPT that, and NEITHER does the song! xx SF
+Steve Sandford Are you high on methamphetamine, there, Steve? If i were to write a novel, and capture the essence of the way a speedfreak were talking, that's how I'd write it. But yes, that song is my absolute favorite too. God, that guitar riff.
Speaking as a guitarist I never appreciated the recorded version of Some Girls, the main riff is lost in the mix and you have to hear it live to truly appreciate it - it's on here somewhere. Lyrics wise I think it's a lot more complex than you might think, or maybe not.
This was a cool interview. Johnny Marr is such a great songwriter and guitarist. Morrissey gets most of the attention, but nobody would have known his name had it not been for Marr.
Jhonny Marr is one of the best musicians in the 20th century, so humble he is so smart.... a true genious. And listen to Stone Roses and Happu Mondays....the worl is lacking those amazing genious people, not those cheesy "tracks" around cheesy, pointless "artists"
I still get goosebumps when I hear "How soon is now" I've always been a rock, heavy metal guy, but the first few seconds of that intro.. damn, made me stop what I was doing and just listen with my jaw hanging. I remember where I was, what I was doing, who I was with, every damn time. Love that song, I try not to listen to it too much, I don't want to lose where it takes me. Thank you! I love music that takes me back...
Same here with that song. I remember every little detail of where I was, how I felt, and what I was thinking when I first heard it. Like a time machine.
I loved/love the Smiths, they were certainly PART of the soundtrack of my teenage years. I bought all their albums the second they were available, but about 10yrs ago a woman I was seeing for a couple of yrs (who I left when I caught her in bed with a 'friend'..) burnt them on a bonfire along with about another 100 albums that made up over 20yrs of my music collection...... I am still gutted over it. ps I don't get his beef with 'Some Girls', I think its a great song BUT then again I was never the cliched 'sleeve clinging angst ridden' Smiths fan, I really enjoy life if at all possible and have always tried to be positive!
This is fucking exceptional. Noisey should do intelligent interviews with talented people forever. At the very least it balances out Danny Brown and Mike Skinner talking about blowjobs (equally entertaining obviously).
