Johnny Marr describes how he wrote How Soon is Now | In Conversation with John Kennedy | Radio X
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2018
- Johnny Marr popped by for an intimate chat with John Kennedy, armed with a guitar, in front of some lucky members of the public. Recorded on the Radio X roof on the 14th June, 2018.
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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
OMG 😮 How Soon is Now is a Bo Diddley riff. Mind = blown 🧨
😮 ❤❤
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.
as if I wasn't a huge Bo Diddley fan already - awesome legacy
Watch him just get into a groove and pass into another world about 50 seconds in. Brilliant.
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?
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!
Add “Amazing fking story teller” to the amazing fkin guitar player skill set
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
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.
Wow! After all these years, I did not see that one coming!
In the words of Noel Gallagher, "Johnny Marr is a fookin' wizard"
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 …
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
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.
Hey Bo Diddley! Bo is in the dna of most classic rock songs.
One of the greatest songs ever created.... Haunting. 👍
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
Geniuses make hard things look so easy until you try to do it yourself
Ronnie O, c'est comme ça.
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.
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
That evolution of the main theme is amazing.
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 ✊🏾
Great interviewer.
Sat back and let the story unroll.
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”..?
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 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
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!
Just strumming that first chord created so much power for that song. Crazy.
You’ve never seen Al Pacino and Johnny Marr in the same room have you?
😂💖
Say hello to my little charming friend !
Love how he describes his processes as simple...humble legend!
Nice that tremolo echo wobbly thing is such a deep everpresent base of the song omg... can’t believe it’s from another mood
Love this man.
One of the best songs!
*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.*
Que grande johny. Y ese efecto del trémolo le da el toque
*I love him*
Fabulous artist
Absolute Legend 😎🎸
I love How Soon Now becomes when listening to information of its Awesome Birth.
Legend!!!!
Awesome 👏
He is such an underated guitar player.
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!!
Hes insane i luv him
I love watching Marr talk Guitar
That's how he did it! Brilliant!
Dude’s awesome
a legend
would love to hear the original How Soon Is Now demo
It's weird seeing this audience and realising we've all got old.
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
Pure genius. ..
Marr is soooo cute🥰🥰🥰
Brilliant…
Johnny Marr is to cool to be Johnny Marr!
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
Man his phrasing... omfg
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
Manc and a blue.💙👏
Proper genius.
all the 80s kids look like teachers now except for Johnny
GENUIS
Love the american roots of what is such a British song!
When that tremolo comes in wow.
so true about the bo diddley thing
The man
check out the first bit of guitar and Hawkwinds Spirit of the age, it really sounds like Johhnys guitar on How soon is now
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
The intro is almost identical to the riff from What We All Want by Gang of Four.
I have to say as soon as he started playing I was like “that’s Bo Didlely.”
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
Bo Diddley already had the rifle and tremo effects on Crackin' Up I'm back 1957
3:05 goosebumps
💥💥💥
never heard this song before, thats some cool stuff
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.
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.
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.
I love his guitar man i love the blue
British men always have the best head of hair
There is nothing new under the sun.
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....................
Those are the people that get All Access laminate passes at concerts while we have to pay $100 a ticket.
He said somewhere that it also was inspired by The Gun Club..
Interesting....so when Johnny strips away all layers of this song - you’re only left with a simple 50’s riff....
Please upload all of this
Full interview will be available Monday !
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who knew that Mississippian Bo Diddley inspired one of the greatest songs of 80’s !!
10 points to the geezer in the Sisters MR shirt
Standing there with ya camera phone when it was getting filmed anyway
"No one can play guitar like Johnny Marr,...Not even Johnny Marr can play like Johnny Marr",.....
And that’s how it happens!
Spotted Ellis 😂
Bo Diddley was amazing.
a guitar hero
In a room full of people, half of them are watching the interview through their phone. Unbelievable.
Johnny wrote the song