It took me way too long to realize that. He even had a tremendous influence on a song I wrote and I didn't realize it until like ten years later. The guy's totally original, nobody else sounds like him.
Lucky buggers, Johnny Marr is such an amazing guy to sit and listen to. He speaks music to people who don't read music, like musical stories in a foreign language that you can understand.
Mind blown similar to the video of Dave Grohl telling Pharrell Williams how the drum flam at the beginning of Smells Like Teen Spirit and the entire Nevermind album is originally from The Gap Band and Cameo.
My favourite kind of guitar player. Playing a million notes a minute has its place, and I like and respect those players, but i much prefer those players who focus on the rhythmic side. Adam Jones from Tool is another example.
Listening to Johnny Marr speak and hearing him speak of his process, it just gives me goosebumps! It's funny how I can become emotional over something like this! Maybe it's the fact that I am 58-years old and I have been of fan of Johnny Marr and The Smiths since 1984. This man is not only an amazing guitarist, but also an incredible lyricist. I have tried to pattern my own guitar playing around Johnny's style. Man, I am in awe of this amazing, amazing artist!
This song haunts my twenties and still does … got to be the best or one of the best tracks of all time .. genius !! Marr is incomparable in his field and one of the top six guitarists of all time …
I saw Johnny Marr playing guitar for Sinead O'Conner in Toronto for her "The Lion and the Cobra" tour in the eighties, what a fantastic concert, in a small venue called "The Diamond Club"...a fabulous show.
Legend of a man. Amazing watching Hans Zimmerman orchestra doing the dark knight trilogy and Johnny Marr pops up playing guitar as part of the orchestra. Worth a watch
how is Johnny Marr underrated lol. You do know that the guitar on this video is his own signature model that goes for like 2500 USD. Getting an american Fender made after you is like the peak of success in term of guitar players.
Fascinating. How Soon is Now is the single greatest song of the 1980s in my opinion. There are a lot of videos of McCartney doing this too, where he downplays his genius to make it sound like they just put a couple of chords and beats together and wa-la, we have a masterpiece.
*Fascinating evolution story of a wonderful piece of my formative years. Saw Marr in the Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand circa 1989, when he toured with The The. Brilliant, brilliant musician.*
Picture this….Driving out of the shale mountains into the rolling sand dunes headed for Dubai in my ole NSX with this CRANKED on auto-replay! What a life!!
I once heard that there is so much layering of guitars and reverbs on the final album cut that it was a complete nightmare for the band to try to recreate the sound live.
Would have been lovely if Johnny had talked about how the lyric evolved with this masterpiece. ‘The Smiths’ was a combination of genius that inspired a generation ❤ bless best pauliepaul x
I grew up loving Hendrix, Deep Purple (Blackmore) and all those guys and the heavy blues rock style. But when I heard Hatful of Hollow, I said I've GOT to learn those guitar lines. Simple, but so effective. Such a lush contrast to Morrissey's mournful voice. Johnny has a better voice than Morrissey, but he wasn't gonna be a star on his own.
Cool video! I wish he would have gone into depth about his joke! Don’t get me wrong, it’s awesome that he explains the origins of the main riff, but I was more curious about the layers and all that.
It really makes sense, I LOVE JHONNY MARR. However, I always had a lessened reaction to How soon is Now. The more you know. I AM M=HUMAN AND I NEED TO BE LOVED....................
Got to give him credit, he picked a haircut at age 17 and stuck to it all his life.
To be fair he stuck to the same length but messed about with partings
Same colour too
Just like Ronnie Wood.
Toupees in a pod
He had a cracking quiff at one stage in the 80s during The Smiths years.
@@themScreamS lol.....i see what you did there. touche
I think when he was with electronic he had a short hair like a grown out buzz cut
Johnny Marr guitar genius.
Couldn’t agree more
Johnny Marr, Pete Buck and Paul Weller
student of his art
No doubt, 1 of the last true British guitar heroes
It took me way too long to realize that. He even had a tremendous influence on a song I wrote and I didn't realize it until like ten years later. The guy's totally original, nobody else sounds like him.
this guy is so cool and such a musician....
He is..seems so relaxed and down to earth about it all
He stoled the riff and tremo effect from bo DIDDLEY's Crackin' Up
he seems like a bit of a prat to me
Lucky buggers, Johnny Marr is such an amazing guy to sit and listen to. He speaks music to people who don't read music, like musical stories in a foreign language that you can understand.
OMG 😮 How Soon is Now is a Bo Diddley riff. Mind = blown 🧨
😮 ❤❤
Mind blown similar to the video of Dave Grohl telling Pharrell Williams how the drum flam at the beginning of Smells Like Teen Spirit and the entire Nevermind album is originally from The Gap Band and Cameo.
I come here every few months when I need to get the chills
The man who wrote the soundtrack to my life. 3:10 touches my soul.
Thanks for the support, recognition and love towards me 🎶& I am captivated❤️. where are you watching from?
Such a masterful guitar player, his phrasing
and rhythmic understanding goes without saying.
My favourite kind of guitar player. Playing a million notes a minute has its place, and I like and respect those players, but i much prefer those players who focus on the rhythmic side. Adam Jones from Tool is another example.
Says a lot that he was in a band with an iconic singer frontman and yet his guitar is talked about equally to if not more than Morrissey.
Listening to Johnny Marr speak and hearing him speak of his process, it just gives me goosebumps! It's funny how I can become emotional over something like this! Maybe it's the fact that I am 58-years old and I have been of fan of Johnny Marr and The Smiths since 1984. This man is not only an amazing guitarist, but also an incredible lyricist. I have tried to pattern my own guitar playing around Johnny's style. Man, I am in awe of this amazing, amazing artist!
as if I wasn't a huge Bo Diddley fan already - awesome legacy
I knew all these years that the isspiration of the opening riff with the tremolo for "How Soon Is Now", must have come from the legendary Bo Diddley.
Uh would I been the only one giving a standing ovation after everytime he played?
Yes. It’s an interview not a concert
@@Liam.2000 then stay seated.
@@amandacorrin cold response haha
This song haunts my twenties and still does … got to be the best or one of the best tracks of all time .. genius !! Marr is incomparable in his field and one of the top six guitarists of all time …
One of the greatest songs ever created.... Haunting. 👍
Even Johnny Marr can’t play Johnny Marr.
Noel Gallagher quote ;)
i hate this quote im sorry
@@mijadreams3486 seen it enough times now ain’t we
Hahaha
Brilliant line.
One of my favorite guitarists and my favorite story on this song. When you hear how he breaks it down, you appreciate it so much more
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, love& recognition , I am extremely captivated❤️. Where are you watching from ?
Thank Bo Diddley
I saw Johnny Marr playing guitar for Sinead O'Conner in Toronto for her "The Lion and the Cobra" tour in the eighties, what a fantastic concert, in a small venue called "The Diamond Club"...a fabulous show.
Wow. Never knew he played with her - especially not at that time!
saw him in a medium sized place with The The, that was pretty great.
No, Andy and Mike only. Not Johnny. Never played with her or on her records. Sorry.
2:35 When you take away everything from the song except for the main guitar, it becomes so obvious how much of the song was inspired by the blues.
All rock does
Watch him just get into a groove and pass into another world about 50 seconds in. Brilliant.
Dude, this guy is so humble and play homage forward to his mentors....love this guy!
oh, btw!! his vocals are sick...love you Johnny!
Legend of a man. Amazing watching Hans Zimmerman orchestra doing the dark knight trilogy and Johnny Marr pops up playing guitar as part of the orchestra. Worth a watch
Love love love this guy, How Soon is Now is one of many classics I can’t get enough of. Thanks J, with love from Alabama ✊🏾
a legend
Geniuses make hard things look so easy until you try to do it yourself
Ronnie O, c'est comme ça.
Love how he describes his processes as simple...humble legend!
Just strumming that first chord created so much power for that song. Crazy.
That evolution of the main theme is amazing.
Him and Graham Coxon of Blur are deeply underrated guitarists
True
They're massively and commercially successful. Because you like them doesn't mean they're underrated.
how is Johnny Marr underrated lol. You do know that the guitar on this video is his own signature model that goes for like 2500 USD. Getting an american Fender made after you is like the peak of success in term of guitar players.
They are probably up there with the most respected, loved and highly rated British guitarists of all time.
Hey Bo Diddley! Bo is in the dna of most classic rock songs.
Wow! After all these years, I did not see that one coming!
In the words of Noel Gallagher, "Johnny Marr is a fookin' wizard"
would love to hear the original How Soon Is Now demo
Great interviewer.
Sat back and let the story unroll.
Add “Amazing fking story teller” to the amazing fkin guitar player skill set
💛 I love Bo Diddley, Marr and this song. Full circle of why it’s love at first hear. Love stories of evolution and that anyting can be inspirational
Fascinating. How Soon is Now is the single greatest song of the 1980s in my opinion. There are a lot of videos of McCartney doing this too, where he downplays his genius to make it sound like they just put a couple of chords and beats together and wa-la, we have a masterpiece.
“Wa-la”..?
You mean “voila”..?
Nice that tremolo echo wobbly thing is such a deep everpresent base of the song omg... can’t believe it’s from another mood
*Fascinating evolution story of a wonderful piece of my formative years. Saw Marr in the Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand circa 1989, when he toured with The The. Brilliant, brilliant musician.*
*I love him*
Brilliant…
Fabulous artist
Those guitarist interviews usually bore me but his unique take on the guitar and his storytelling is entertaining.
"No one can play guitar like Johnny Marr,...Not even Johnny Marr can play like Johnny Marr",.....
Johnny Marr is to cool to be Johnny Marr!
He is such an underated guitar player.
One of the best songs!
Picture this….Driving out of the shale mountains into the rolling sand dunes headed for Dubai in my ole NSX with this CRANKED on auto-replay! What a life!!
Love this man.
The first attempt he did progress he used to go on vacation , holiday maybe Butlins robably
You’ve never seen Al Pacino and Johnny Marr in the same room have you?
😂💖
Say hello to my little charming friend !
Well...I have now
That's how he did it! Brilliant!
Que grande johny. Y ese efecto del trémolo le da el toque
Love the american roots of what is such a British song!
Note to all Camera persons. 2, Avoid head obstruction. 1, When filming a guitarist always but always make sure you film the guitar always.
Underrated comment
Dude’s awesome
Love it. Pulls something out of his head that's been there stewing for 10 years, that has its origins in Bo Didley. That's made my week that has.
Powerful and cool
I love watching Marr talk Guitar
3:05 goosebumps
Hes insane i luv him
Amazing storyteller too. Hi Elis!
It's weird seeing this audience and realising we've all got old.
Proper genius.
When that tremolo comes in wow.
so true about the bo diddley thing
Legend!!!!
Absolute Legend 😎🎸
The intro is almost identical to the riff from What We All Want by Gang of Four.
Marr is soooo cute🥰🥰🥰
Man his phrasing... omfg
check out the first bit of guitar and Hawkwinds Spirit of the age, it really sounds like Johhnys guitar on How soon is now
Pure genius. ..
Awesome 👏
Seen The Smiths twice.....I feel very blessed.
*Saw
The Smiths best track ever ! Just my opinion.
Yup. I love how it goes on and on. Barbarism begins at home #2
all the 80s kids look like teachers now except for Johnny
I have to say as soon as he started playing I was like “that’s Bo Didlely.”
Bo Diddley already had the rifle and tremo effects on Crackin' Up I'm back 1957
Please upload all of this
Full interview will be available Monday !
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Manc and a blue.💙👏
I once heard that there is so much layering of guitars and reverbs on the final album cut that it was a complete nightmare for the band to try to recreate the sound live.
Johnny Marr is the reason why I listened to the smiths for a long time since I was in school and now I'm 43 years old this year lol
He said somewhere that it also was inspired by The Gun Club..
Would have been lovely if Johnny had talked about how the lyric evolved with this masterpiece. ‘The Smiths’ was a combination of genius that inspired a generation ❤ bless best pauliepaul x
GENUIS
I grew up loving Hendrix, Deep Purple (Blackmore) and all those guys and the heavy blues rock style. But when I heard Hatful of Hollow, I said I've GOT to learn those guitar lines. Simple, but so effective. Such a lush contrast to Morrissey's mournful voice. Johnny has a better voice than Morrissey, but he wasn't gonna be a star on his own.
Those are the people that get All Access laminate passes at concerts while we have to pay $100 a ticket.
💥💥💥
The man
Interesting....so when Johnny strips away all layers of this song - you’re only left with a simple 50’s riff....
I love his guitar man i love the blue
Cool video! I wish he would have gone into depth about his joke! Don’t get me wrong, it’s awesome that he explains the origins of the main riff, but I was more curious about the layers and all that.
Only Johnny Marr could play a Chic/ Nile Rogers style song and make it sound almost exactly like a Smiths song 😂
British men always have the best head of hair
Who knew that Mississippian Bo Diddley inspired one of the greatest songs of 80’s !!
It really makes sense, I LOVE JHONNY MARR. However, I always had a lessened reaction to How soon is Now. The more you know. I AM M=HUMAN AND I NEED TO BE LOVED....................
There is nothing new under the sun.
Standing there with ya camera phone when it was getting filmed anyway
In a room full of people, half of them are watching the interview through their phone. Unbelievable.
never heard this song before, thats some cool stuff
Johnny wrote the song