https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/johnny-marr-manchester-derby-spotify-playlist-63781921?fbclid=IwAR2jKkgIjlOHGq3m9qJlC-0Q93tt2lyDT-zDwd11yUXlbssZ3sQXhaQi30A
Give me your top 5 Smiths songs?
-How Soon Is Now?
-The Headmaster Ritual
-Bigmouth Strikes Again
-There Is A Light That Never Goes...
It was a strange little interview on Steve Wright on Radio 2 this afternoon, with Johnny. Aside from Steve mentioning The Smiths once at the very start, in his intro about Johnny, they were not mentioned at all, even when Johnny was talking about his early years as a musician, etc. And then...
Johnny Marr interview - The Times
Johnny Marr tells his side.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk//article/johnny-marr-interview-i-had-to-defend-myself-against-morrissey-dplgx6dcs
Excerpt:
A month on the guitarist explains his decision to come out fighting. “When you’re attacked out of the blue...
Not seen this on here, so apologies if posted before...
https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/johnny-marr-and-jon-savage-on-music-work-ethic-and-politics-10387/
This post is especially for the sheer amount of people on this website who’ve moaned about new or Morrissey endorsed music having style but no substance (the likes of Kristeen Young, Doll and The Kicks, Starcrawler) or even that The Strokes were “better than Moz”. As always, if you like an...
J'en ai marre?
Johnny Marr: ‘When I play Smiths songs I experience this huge wave of elation’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/06/johnny-marr-fan-questions-fever-dreams-interview?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Particularly liked Bernard Butler's question...
Excerpt:
Did the Smiths ever...
https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/johnny-marr-on-best-of-the-smiths-solo-career-fever-dreams.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=vulture
Excerpt:
Something about making The Queen Is Dead you’ve never shared publicly
The Smiths have been pretty much done to death really by everyone who...
Listen closely for Moz mentions.
Description:
This week's guest is Johnny Marr. Since co-founding The Smiths, Johnny has gone on to perform, write & play guitar with a long list of luminary bands & projects that include Modest Mouse, The The, The Pretenders, Blondie, The Cribs & Talking...
Dear @officialmoz. An ‘open letter’ hasn’t really been a thing since 1953, It’s all ‘social media’ now. Even Donald J Trump had that one down. Also, this fake news business…a bit 2021 yeah ? #makingindiegreatagain
Related item:
"OPEN LETTER TO JOHNNY MARR." (January 25, 2022)
Media item...
This is not a rant or an hysterical bombast. It is a polite and calmly measured request: Would you please stop mentioning my name in your interviews?
Would you please, instead, discuss your own career, your own unstoppable solo achievements and your own music?
If you can, would you please just...
By George Simpson.
"JOHNNY MARR has been brutally honest about his painful memories from The Smiths break-up and shared how he talks to everyone from his incredible career except for Morrissey."
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1549398/Johnny-Marr-Morrissey-The-Smiths
Excerpt...
Description:
Rather than picking a tune where his legendary guitar chops are at the forefront, or taking a dig at the ex-bandmate with whom he fell out, Johnny Marr gives a more nuanced take.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/johnny-nile-marr/id1588753456?i=1000542333961
https://shows.acast.com/its-all-relative/episodes
I believe it's available on Spotify too.
Here's the whole thing to listen to as and when:
https://we.tl/t-9y2s9F7wOc
Not had time to check if there's Morrissey...
https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/hear-johnny-marrs-two-new-singles-tenement-time-and-sensory-street-135087/
(Video’s a bit ridiculous if you ask me - still striking that same pose...😂)
Usual Smiths references - Johnny is on the News At Ten (UK National News bulletin) shortly:
The above post was initially promoting the appearance on ITV and the text was subsequently changed.
News At Ten averages approx. 2.5 million viewers nightly.
FWD.
Edit:
Brief video clips, Morrissey...
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