Johnny Marr describes how he wrote How Soon is Now | In Conversation with John Kennedy | Radio X

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @redplague
    @redplague 3 года назад +1187

    Got to give him credit, he picked a haircut at age 17 and stuck to it all his life.

    • @robdean704
      @robdean704 3 года назад +32

      To be fair he stuck to the same length but messed about with partings

    • @themScreamS
      @themScreamS 3 года назад +67

      Same colour too
      Just like Ronnie Wood.
      Toupees in a pod

    • @gart9680
      @gart9680 3 года назад +21

      He had a cracking quiff at one stage in the 80s during The Smiths years.

    • @avedic
      @avedic 3 года назад +7

      @@themScreamS lol.....i see what you did there. touche

    • @jack0609
      @jack0609 3 года назад +1

      I think when he was with electronic he had a short hair like a grown out buzz cut

  • @jennyfromtherox
    @jennyfromtherox 4 года назад +478

    Johnny Marr guitar genius.

    • @TwitchLV
      @TwitchLV 3 года назад +6

      Couldn’t agree more

    • @billybeetroot8595
      @billybeetroot8595 3 года назад +6

      Johnny Marr, Pete Buck and Paul Weller

    • @iwww13
      @iwww13 3 года назад +3

      student of his art

    • @underdawg2743
      @underdawg2743 3 года назад +2

      No doubt, 1 of the last true British guitar heroes

    • @slickrockcreek1
      @slickrockcreek1 3 года назад +1

      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.

  • @manuxuser
    @manuxuser 4 года назад +294

    this guy is so cool and such a musician....

    • @jongibirdi1394
      @jongibirdi1394 4 года назад +16

      He is..seems so relaxed and down to earth about it all

    • @kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631
      @kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 3 года назад +1

      He stoled the riff and tremo effect from bo DIDDLEY's Crackin' Up

    • @bellinghammond
      @bellinghammond 2 месяца назад

      he seems like a bit of a prat to me

  • @68Warpigs
    @68Warpigs 3 года назад +73

    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.

  • @harrisonwintergreen1147
    @harrisonwintergreen1147 4 года назад +133

    OMG 😮 How Soon is Now is a Bo Diddley riff. Mind = blown 🧨

    • @DenisGreenhalgh
      @DenisGreenhalgh 8 месяцев назад +1

      😮 ❤❤

    • @TheMr007247
      @TheMr007247 4 месяца назад +3

      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.

  • @white.lodge.dale.cooper
    @white.lodge.dale.cooper 10 дней назад +1

    I come here every few months when I need to get the chills

  • @jbrat1967
    @jbrat1967 4 года назад +103

    The man who wrote the soundtrack to my life. 3:10 touches my soul.

    • @JohnnyMarr_Official
      @JohnnyMarr_Official Год назад

      Thanks for the support, recognition and love towards me 🎶& I am captivated❤️. where are you watching from?

  • @matthewmccalvin2062
    @matthewmccalvin2062 3 года назад +83

    Such a masterful guitar player, his phrasing
    and rhythmic understanding goes without saying.

    • @pejpm
      @pejpm 3 года назад +8

      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.

    • @Daniel-ox1sb
      @Daniel-ox1sb 2 года назад +2

      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.

  • @RumbleFish69
    @RumbleFish69 2 года назад +38

    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!

  • @fotoviano
    @fotoviano 4 года назад +72

    as if I wasn't a huge Bo Diddley fan already - awesome legacy

  • @DonVideoGuy007
    @DonVideoGuy007 3 месяца назад +2

    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.

  • @amandacorrin
    @amandacorrin 3 года назад +29

    Uh would I been the only one giving a standing ovation after everytime he played?

    • @Liam.2000
      @Liam.2000 3 года назад +7

      Yes. It’s an interview not a concert

    • @amandacorrin
      @amandacorrin 3 года назад +3

      @@Liam.2000 then stay seated.

    • @yawn.94
      @yawn.94 Год назад +1

      @@amandacorrin cold response haha

  • @mikerooke1828
    @mikerooke1828 Год назад +7

    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 …

  • @tonyhill1264
    @tonyhill1264 Год назад +7

    One of the greatest songs ever created.... Haunting. 👍

  • @BenLapke
    @BenLapke 4 года назад +351

    Even Johnny Marr can’t play Johnny Marr.

  • @girlsknowbest8666
    @girlsknowbest8666 3 года назад +19

    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

    • @JohnnyMarr_Official
      @JohnnyMarr_Official Год назад

      Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, love& recognition , I am extremely captivated❤️. Where are you watching from ?

    • @fellspoint9364
      @fellspoint9364 Год назад

      Thank Bo Diddley

  • @davidhoogendyke2774
    @davidhoogendyke2774 3 года назад +53

    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.

    • @hjones4922
      @hjones4922 3 года назад +3

      Wow. Never knew he played with her - especially not at that time!

    • @matteframe
      @matteframe 3 года назад +1

      saw him in a medium sized place with The The, that was pretty great.

    • @wavelengthrecords-1
      @wavelengthrecords-1 4 месяца назад

      No, Andy and Mike only. Not Johnny. Never played with her or on her records. Sorry.

  • @googleislame
    @googleislame 4 года назад +108

    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.

  • @jrussell4711
    @jrussell4711 4 года назад +48

    Watch him just get into a groove and pass into another world about 50 seconds in. Brilliant.

  • @scottflores2502
    @scottflores2502 Год назад +4

    Dude, this guy is so humble and play homage forward to his mentors....love this guy!

    • @scottflores2502
      @scottflores2502 Год назад

      oh, btw!! his vocals are sick...love you Johnny!

  • @whitebread171
    @whitebread171 Год назад +3

    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

  • @patlee1348
    @patlee1348 3 года назад +12

    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 ✊🏾

  • @kidcatchy2091
    @kidcatchy2091 3 года назад +3

    a legend

  • @hammersfan1886
    @hammersfan1886 3 года назад +30

    Geniuses make hard things look so easy until you try to do it yourself

    • @finnkdy
      @finnkdy 3 года назад +1

      Ronnie O, c'est comme ça.

  • @johnmcdonald1237
    @johnmcdonald1237 3 года назад +6

    Love how he describes his processes as simple...humble legend!

  • @stupoc6715
    @stupoc6715 Год назад +1

    Just strumming that first chord created so much power for that song. Crazy.

  • @canaletto333
    @canaletto333 3 года назад +11

    That evolution of the main theme is amazing.

  • @TheBEATLEnumber5
    @TheBEATLEnumber5 2 года назад +38

    Him and Graham Coxon of Blur are deeply underrated guitarists

    • @ginaramusic
      @ginaramusic 2 года назад

      True

    • @DaveTaste
      @DaveTaste Год назад +2

      They're massively and commercially successful. Because you like them doesn't mean they're underrated.

    • @rat9199
      @rat9199 Год назад +5

      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.

    • @markpalmer9844
      @markpalmer9844 2 месяца назад

      They are probably up there with the most respected, loved and highly rated British guitarists of all time.

  • @sanfernando2stories998
    @sanfernando2stories998 4 года назад +15

    Hey Bo Diddley! Bo is in the dna of most classic rock songs.

  • @MrSoapFactory
    @MrSoapFactory 3 года назад +11

    Wow! After all these years, I did not see that one coming!
    In the words of Noel Gallagher, "Johnny Marr is a fookin' wizard"

  • @ronniemacdonald2768
    @ronniemacdonald2768 3 года назад +12

    would love to hear the original How Soon Is Now demo

  • @68404
    @68404 3 года назад +9

    Great interviewer.
    Sat back and let the story unroll.

  • @Sometimes_Always
    @Sometimes_Always 3 года назад +37

    Add “Amazing fking story teller” to the amazing fkin guitar player skill set

  • @Aleakwe
    @Aleakwe 3 года назад +7

    💛 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

  • @rockturtleneck
    @rockturtleneck Год назад +28

    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.

  • @janbonne
    @janbonne 4 года назад +7

    Nice that tremolo echo wobbly thing is such a deep everpresent base of the song omg... can’t believe it’s from another mood

  • @Sulu-sw3zo
    @Sulu-sw3zo 2 года назад +1

    *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.*

  • @arashmaharr
    @arashmaharr 3 года назад +2

    *I love him*

  • @johnnypk1963
    @johnnypk1963 Год назад +1

    Brilliant…

  • @andymanser1
    @andymanser1 2 года назад +2

    Fabulous artist

  • @iamhereblossom1588
    @iamhereblossom1588 3 месяца назад +1

    Those guitarist interviews usually bore me but his unique take on the guitar and his storytelling is entertaining.

  • @westboundbadger
    @westboundbadger 6 месяцев назад +2

    "No one can play guitar like Johnny Marr,...Not even Johnny Marr can play like Johnny Marr",.....

  • @connormurphy7684
    @connormurphy7684 2 года назад +2

    Johnny Marr is to cool to be Johnny Marr!

  • @necromaya
    @necromaya Год назад +1

    He is such an underated guitar player.

  • @PerfectoKiss
    @PerfectoKiss 2 года назад +1

    One of the best songs!

  • @BentleyGT10
    @BentleyGT10 3 года назад +1

    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!!

  • @michaelgreene4816
    @michaelgreene4816 3 года назад +2

    Love this man.

  • @hector23ism
    @hector23ism 2 месяца назад +1

    The first attempt he did progress he used to go on vacation , holiday maybe Butlins robably

  • @lewis7951
    @lewis7951 3 года назад +49

    You’ve never seen Al Pacino and Johnny Marr in the same room have you?

  • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
    @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 3 года назад +3

    That's how he did it! Brilliant!

  • @luciano350hp
    @luciano350hp 4 года назад +7

    Que grande johny. Y ese efecto del trémolo le da el toque

  • @AL13NM
    @AL13NM 2 года назад +2

    Love the american roots of what is such a British song!

  • @julast6658
    @julast6658 3 года назад +15

    Note to all Camera persons. 2, Avoid head obstruction. 1, When filming a guitarist always but always make sure you film the guitar always.

    • @Bosch_Bosch
      @Bosch_Bosch 7 месяцев назад

      Underrated comment

  • @cosmicactivity299
    @cosmicactivity299 3 года назад +3

    Dude’s awesome

  • @davemcdave2169
    @davemcdave2169 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @bingandrew3266
    @bingandrew3266 2 года назад +1

    Powerful and cool

  • @okee9
    @okee9 8 месяцев назад

    I love watching Marr talk Guitar

  • @gart9680
    @gart9680 3 года назад +4

    3:05 goosebumps

  • @drmgrl5785
    @drmgrl5785 3 года назад +1

    Hes insane i luv him

  • @emmajean8631
    @emmajean8631 Месяц назад

    Amazing storyteller too. Hi Elis!

  • @someblokecalleddave1
    @someblokecalleddave1 Год назад +2

    It's weird seeing this audience and realising we've all got old.

  • @Stampistuta
    @Stampistuta 3 года назад +4

    Proper genius.

  • @mackabeats
    @mackabeats Год назад +1

    When that tremolo comes in wow.

  • @GrabbinPeelz
    @GrabbinPeelz 3 года назад +3

    so true about the bo diddley thing

  • @lawrenceleong8747
    @lawrenceleong8747 3 года назад +3

    Legend!!!!

  • @craigsandry6737
    @craigsandry6737 Год назад +1

    Absolute Legend 😎🎸

  • @shiftertron6143
    @shiftertron6143 3 года назад +5

    The intro is almost identical to the riff from What We All Want by Gang of Four.

  • @volartree
    @volartree 5 лет назад +5

    Marr is soooo cute🥰🥰🥰

  • @aeon_6172
    @aeon_6172 3 года назад +4

    Man his phrasing... omfg

  • @URBANPERMACULTURE
    @URBANPERMACULTURE 3 года назад +2

    check out the first bit of guitar and Hawkwinds Spirit of the age, it really sounds like Johhnys guitar on How soon is now

  • @richluvsellie1
    @richluvsellie1 4 года назад +3

    Pure genius. ..

  • @rahmanbikmukhametov1253
    @rahmanbikmukhametov1253 4 года назад +3

    Awesome 👏

  • @chelseaacidcasual2825
    @chelseaacidcasual2825 4 года назад +15

    Seen The Smiths twice.....I feel very blessed.

  • @orsonkart4794
    @orsonkart4794 3 года назад +18

    The Smiths best track ever ! Just my opinion.

    • @chrisjerome4183
      @chrisjerome4183 3 года назад

      Yup. I love how it goes on and on. Barbarism begins at home #2

  • @mrmac3971
    @mrmac3971 2 года назад +3

    all the 80s kids look like teachers now except for Johnny

  • @jackhaugh
    @jackhaugh 2 года назад +1

    I have to say as soon as he started playing I was like “that’s Bo Didlely.”

  • @kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631
    @kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 3 года назад +1

    Bo Diddley already had the rifle and tremo effects on Crackin' Up I'm back 1957

  • @CROWDEDFUTURE
    @CROWDEDFUTURE 6 лет назад +4

    Please upload all of this

    • @RadioX
      @RadioX  6 лет назад +12

      Full interview will be available Monday !

    • @CROWDEDFUTURE
      @CROWDEDFUTURE 6 лет назад +1

      Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @rayvinloony2322
    @rayvinloony2322 Год назад +1

    Manc and a blue.💙👏

  • @jjfloyd618
    @jjfloyd618 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @chesterlane3032
    @chesterlane3032 3 года назад +4

    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

  • @jrkchannel37
    @jrkchannel37 3 года назад +3

    He said somewhere that it also was inspired by The Gun Club..

  • @phacemagphaceview7394
    @phacemagphaceview7394 7 месяцев назад

    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

  • @joshuatree9845
    @joshuatree9845 3 года назад +1

    GENUIS

  • @aquamarine99911
    @aquamarine99911 Год назад +8

    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.

  • @edwardbliss8931
    @edwardbliss8931 4 года назад +14

    Those are the people that get All Access laminate passes at concerts while we have to pay $100 a ticket.

  • @lpark8
    @lpark8 2 года назад +1

    💥💥💥

  • @mpaddyuk70
    @mpaddyuk70 3 года назад

    The man

  • @intrepidvirgo938
    @intrepidvirgo938 3 года назад +12

    Interesting....so when Johnny strips away all layers of this song - you’re only left with a simple 50’s riff....

  • @Michael-xg5bq
    @Michael-xg5bq Год назад

    I love his guitar man i love the blue

  • @ToysintheStatic
    @ToysintheStatic 3 года назад +5

    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.

  • @jacobmassey3897
    @jacobmassey3897 3 месяца назад +1

    Only Johnny Marr could play a Chic/ Nile Rogers style song and make it sound almost exactly like a Smiths song 😂

  • @MrKarmapolice97
    @MrKarmapolice97 4 года назад +7

    British men always have the best head of hair

  • @sbfletcher5096
    @sbfletcher5096 Год назад

    Who knew that Mississippian Bo Diddley inspired one of the greatest songs of 80’s !!

  • @larimerbixby4853
    @larimerbixby4853 Год назад

    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....................

  • @maratonlegendelenemirei3352
    @maratonlegendelenemirei3352 3 года назад +2

    There is nothing new under the sun.

  • @craigg4219
    @craigg4219 3 года назад +1

    Standing there with ya camera phone when it was getting filmed anyway

  • @waynebelton5445
    @waynebelton5445 Год назад

    In a room full of people, half of them are watching the interview through their phone. Unbelievable.

  • @akiray1999
    @akiray1999 3 года назад +2

    never heard this song before, thats some cool stuff

  • @phillynott2459
    @phillynott2459 3 года назад +2

    Johnny wrote the song