Johnny Marr - The Headmaster Ritual (Live on KEXP)

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  • Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2018
  • KEXP.ORG presents Johnny Marr performing "The Headmaster Ritual" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded September 21, 2018.
    Host: Cheryl Waters
    Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
    Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore
    Editor: Jim Beckmann
    kexp.org
    johnnymarr.com
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  • @crvstalfiction
    @crvstalfiction 3 года назад +616

    this is literally the best chord progression ever created

  • @qroo1986
    @qroo1986 5 лет назад +1012

    "I still cant believe I'm playing this awesome song with Johnny Marr!" - The other 3 musicians

    • @bobfrost4134
      @bobfrost4134 5 лет назад +74

      I love the story where the guys from Modest Mouse keep talking about getting a guitarist like John. Finally, someone suggested that they just contact John. They did, never thinking he would ever consider it, and he joined the band.

    • @jphedley
      @jphedley 5 лет назад +23

      Listen carefully. They are all playing so unbelievably well and I fuking love you Johnny Marr, but that's amazing band work. Just amazing.

    • @markkendrick7547
      @markkendrick7547 5 лет назад +8

      @@bobfrost4134 His current band is phenomenal.....I saw him in 2013 and on May 19th of this year at HOB in Anaheim..... There's everyone else and then there's Johnny phucing Marr......I've seen all the greats from Clapton , Page , Gallagher , John McLaughlin to every single genre of music including Heavy Metal......

    • @TonyPhillipsSD
      @TonyPhillipsSD 2 года назад

      Totally

    • @isaacdominguez205
      @isaacdominguez205 2 года назад +1

      …and get paid

  • @rochfordsnrubbs6855
    @rochfordsnrubbs6855 5 лет назад +634

    Imagine the feeling of putting these chords together in '84/'85. Still sounds so vibrant

    • @RedClayRamble
      @RedClayRamble 5 лет назад +23

      Perfect comment ... So hard to imagine putting this jewel out back then.

    • @jphedley
      @jphedley 5 лет назад +7

      Imagine putting that together at any time in history. You nailed it with its vibrancy.

    • @MegaSbenson
      @MegaSbenson 4 года назад +20

      Amazing chord progressions. Take the intro, for example. Your ear becomes so accustomed to the atypical E-Cadd9-Dsus2 progression that, when the vocals start with a completely standard E to A progression, it sounds almost bizarre...genius!

    • @Fishpower187
      @Fishpower187 4 года назад +5

      Right at 1:15, I swear, for that second, it sounded like The Smiths at the height of their powers, c. '85 or '86. What I wouldn't do to see Morrissey and Johnny Marr reconvene The Smiths. I don't even care if it's just the two of them, to hear Johnny's guitar genius and Morrissey's unique voice complementing each other. . . yeah that's my dream concert.

    • @stevebradley704
      @stevebradley704 4 года назад +4

      Guitar tuned to open E.

  • @georgewallace7853
    @georgewallace7853 5 лет назад +365

    How can that man play so well and sing on top of it

    • @diaspo
      @diaspo 5 лет назад +40

      Plenty of practice - 40+ years of playing lead, and another 20 propping up Morrisey on vocals.

    • @ockhamsrazr1856
      @ockhamsrazr1856 5 лет назад +11

      I'm always amazed at what an effortlessly brilliant guitarist Mr. Marr is. Especially when he's singing while playing.

    • @paulomauriciodarochapinto3765
      @paulomauriciodarochapinto3765 5 лет назад +1

      The bestestestest guitar play

    • @bernlin2000
      @bernlin2000 5 лет назад +6

      Wow...Morrisey has never seemed more overrated :-P Marr has a better voice AND of course is a better guitarist. Just amazing.

    • @stevenhartlaub4557
      @stevenhartlaub4557 5 лет назад +15

      Chris Ducat Morrissey’s voice is far better.

  • @GriimX
    @GriimX 5 лет назад +258

    The singing was a nice surprise. I had my doubts, but it's a very pleasant performance. A musician through-and-through.

    • @_baalshamin
      @_baalshamin 5 лет назад +23

      Man, search his versions of "Please please please" and "How Soon is Now?", he does more justice to the Smiths legacy than Morrissey.

  • @stefanobargagli2888
    @stefanobargagli2888 4 месяца назад +6

    Fabulous and unforgettable. I was 17 y.o.,now i am 55 and i love this music more.

  • @thelantern9075
    @thelantern9075 5 лет назад +102

    The band is tight, that bass player is seriously groovin. Andy Rourke has always been my favorite bass player of all time, Morrissey and Marr should both write him a FAT thank you check for making The Smiths music untouchable. This bass player is really great though.

    • @NickHarman
      @NickHarman 4 года назад +5

      I think Marr and Rourke remain friends, after all they met each other before Morrissey

    • @juhos30000
      @juhos30000 Год назад +1

      The bassist is good but his tone is too mellow, it needs to be more trebbly

  • @plasteredbastard
    @plasteredbastard 4 года назад +43

    I'm left in a mental funk thinking how Johnny conceived these guitar parts, they are utterly otherworldly

    • @ptrckshn339
      @ptrckshn339 3 года назад +8

      Get stoned, lock yourself in a studio, get a capo, explore alt tunings, tinker. Anything can happen. That's how Johnny did it.

    • @capgage1
      @capgage1 3 года назад +6

      Major seventh Sus2 chords, in the right voiceings, my friend. Only done with alternate tunings. There's a couple ways to do it, of not more. Open E like this with the C shapes, how he figured that out, don't know. Also, drop D on the high E string and can afford these types of chords if you play a Dmaj7 type shape. Little different. Capo at the second fret helps. :)

    • @tjancijr
      @tjancijr 3 года назад +4

      One of the most underappreciated guitar performances of all time, IMO.

  • @jackburton3540
    @jackburton3540 5 лет назад +532

    Johnny marrs tone is incredible. That said Morrisseys voice is irreplaceable

    • @carper2248
      @carper2248 5 лет назад +67

      Bezz80 no, just no

    • @mistuhmiketherapper
      @mistuhmiketherapper 5 лет назад +97

      Bezz80 yeah no, Morrisey was just as important as Johnny.

    • @lucianorrocha
      @lucianorrocha 5 лет назад +47

      Listen to the Radiohead version. Thom Yorke sings it very well

    • @carper2248
      @carper2248 5 лет назад +5

      Luciano Rocha heard it ages ago no where near as good as the original

    • @ebbtide4233
      @ebbtide4233 4 года назад +18

      He cant sing like morrissey but ill take this sound over morrisseys voice and a mediocre sound anyday

  • @craigwilson9797
    @craigwilson9797 4 года назад +468

    Johnny Marr only looks at the guitar neck to make other guitarists think he's human

  • @caolanoh1
    @caolanoh1 3 года назад +10

    Marrs picking dexterity is something to behold. Makes it look so easy

  • @threedoutdoors7930
    @threedoutdoors7930 5 лет назад +521

    Bass player studied Andy Rourke's skills. Andy was the driving force on a lot of Smith's songs, he never got the credit.

    • @jimlovesgina
      @jimlovesgina 5 лет назад +23

      Wikipedia says this about him: "Marr described Rourke's contribution to that album (The Queen is Dead) as "something no other bass player could match"." It seems you are mistaken. Wikipedia is where anyone would go to learn about the Smiths and therein Marr celebrates Rourke's contribution to one of the albums. Most comments like yours turn out to be complete bullshit. Glad I checked.

    • @threedoutdoors7930
      @threedoutdoors7930 5 лет назад +74

      @@jimlovesgina you mad about it? Lol. Here's where you are missing the big picture, Marr and Morrisey had sole rights of the songs, point being is that they were the face of the band and made ALL the money. Of course in hindsight Marr gave them recognition, but at the height of their fame the bassist and drummer were nothing more than studio musicians. Stop relying on wikipedia and actually learn the history.

    • @huntelaarproductions6347
      @huntelaarproductions6347 5 лет назад +24

      He was a really good bass player but johnny wrote most of the bass lines of the smiths' songs, andy just played them very well.

    • @bobfrost4134
      @bobfrost4134 5 лет назад +15

      Andy was amazing. He held the pocket like no white boy should be able to do.

    • @keithastbury1525
      @keithastbury1525 5 лет назад +27

      @DereckDeegan. Studio musicians don't gig with a band for 4 and a half years! Andy and Mike were full members of the Smiths and should receive an equal cut of the everything apart from the song writing royalties. It's like saying that Ringo and George weren't full members of the Beatles and were just studio musicians. Absolutely ridiculous!

  • @feartheglosshh
    @feartheglosshh 4 года назад +10

    It's actually astounding he can play the "i want to go home" part while singing. He makes it look easy haha!

    • @arnamthedarkthoughts7224
      @arnamthedarkthoughts7224 4 года назад +1

      The rhythm of the vocal kinda fits well with the rhythm of that guitar part, so difficult, but becomes easy once practiced

  • @rictualfury965
    @rictualfury965 5 лет назад +813

    Johnny marr is basically the soul of the smiths

    • @bobfrost4134
      @bobfrost4134 5 лет назад +75

      The guitar sound, along with that incredible bass line make this song.
      John influenced so many guitarists with that jangley sound. So easy to listen to, so hard to replicate.

    • @paulcolbourne5555
      @paulcolbourne5555 5 лет назад +15

      rictualfury maybe the heart, not the soul

    • @thelantern9075
      @thelantern9075 5 лет назад +13

      bassmanjoe For sure, to me Andy and Joyce were un-replaceable. Andy’s baselines made the music for me.

    • @franco.r91
      @franco.r91 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, the soul

    • @jasonclark8425
      @jasonclark8425 5 лет назад +24

      Morrissey presumably then being the arsehole of The Smiths?

  • @kitwarren2493
    @kitwarren2493 5 лет назад +40

    A fantastic rendition of one the very best Smiths songs, a true musical legend

  • @darlinjacq1552
    @darlinjacq1552 4 года назад +9

    In my opinion, Mr Marr is one of the four best band members of ANY musical group I'm the history of man kind!!!

  • @plasteredbastard
    @plasteredbastard 3 года назад +35

    Johnny renders a flawless guitar performance as you'd expect and that backing band though commendable is missing that intrinsic singular element called Joyce, Rourke and what's his face.

  • @splitsseconds9965
    @splitsseconds9965 5 лет назад +436

    This really proves that only Johnny can play Smith's songs live.

    • @GriimX
      @GriimX 5 лет назад +31

      Radiohead did a fantastic rendition, even though it doesn't sound quite like this one.
      ruclips.net/video/LtmS2ePSSdU/видео.html

    • @kmi187
      @kmi187 5 лет назад +48

      @@GriimX Johnny is very underestimated as a guitar player. He's key for the smiths sound, i'd even go as far as saying he is/was the smiths sound. You take that away, no matter how much talent the band has, you'll notice it's a cover version. Johnny's style is not easily copied.

    • @typalmer6850
      @typalmer6850 5 лет назад +2

      @@GriimX Indeed.

    • @pathofthegamer8590
      @pathofthegamer8590 5 лет назад +1

      @@GriimX it was nowhere near the melody of this...honestly

    • @lcddrownd874
      @lcddrownd874 5 лет назад +14

      Radiohead did a fantastic cover. Jonny Greenwood and Jonny Marr are both amazing guitar players!

  • @Alex-uy8zx
    @Alex-uy8zx 4 года назад +21

    So good! Johnny’s voice is perfect for these old classics.

  • @davidb2095
    @davidb2095 5 лет назад +41

    Perfection. Could listen to that guitar all day long. How was this not a Smiths single? But what a lead-off track from Meat is Murder. Grabs you instantly.

  • @kellyegan7348
    @kellyegan7348 5 лет назад +5

    It had to be 85/86 when I heard the Smiths. I was hooked immediately. This is definitely one of my favorite Smiths song. Johnny Marr rocks that guitar. Great version. My favorite is the original. Johnny rocking the guitar and Steven Patrick Morrisseys gifted voice

  • @stevesemenuk4497
    @stevesemenuk4497 5 лет назад +14

    Listen to all those layers and textures. Fantastic song and performance

  • @ramosmary26
    @ramosmary26 5 лет назад +16

    i’ll say it again and i’ll continue to say it- fucking legend.

  • @anythingfortrance
    @anythingfortrance 5 лет назад +83

    One of the best Jag players in the world.

    • @robertsagan9722
      @robertsagan9722 5 лет назад +14

      One of the, if not the, best players in the world

    • @filippomazzini1676
      @filippomazzini1676 5 лет назад +9

      I miss his old Rickenbacker days from the Smiths, that was his perfect guitar...even if the Jag might look cooler

    • @knispelwedges427
      @knispelwedges427 4 года назад +2

      Johnny Marr playing the Rickenbacker is mostly exaggerated though. He played it on a handful of songs and especially those considered to be "jingle jangle like only a Rickenbacker can do" are done on a simple Telecaster, as Johnny stated on several occasions :-)

    • @leomellor177
      @leomellor177 3 года назад +2

      His red Gibson 355 is my favourite Johnny guitar - he was the coolest person on the planet with that in his hands

    • @benspicer7470
      @benspicer7470 3 года назад +1

      That tone is just incredible! I personally prefer his jag tone over his ric, tele or 335 tone. Great guitarist and overall musician

  • @VVIPWORLDUSA
    @VVIPWORLDUSA 3 года назад +7

    Johnny Marr is a Legend

    • @benspicer7470
      @benspicer7470 3 года назад

      Absolutely! One of my favorites ever

  • @s_patzz8212
    @s_patzz8212 5 лет назад +152

    "Same old joke since 1982" ... legend.

    • @mrbachittarsingh9243
      @mrbachittarsingh9243 5 лет назад +1

      Jack D'Ripa listen again

    • @s_patzz8212
      @s_patzz8212 5 лет назад +10

      @Jack D'Ripa 1st time around:1962, 2nd time around: 1982 i think?

    • @stevenhartlaub4557
      @stevenhartlaub4557 5 лет назад +37

      stuart paterson That’s the year The Smith’s formed.

    • @lucianorrocha
      @lucianorrocha 5 лет назад +2

      @Jack D'Ripa Johnny sings 1982

    • @viewfromtheeast
      @viewfromtheeast 4 года назад +12

      Yeah, a little dig at Morrissey 😂

  • @GRUNGETIME1
    @GRUNGETIME1 5 лет назад +20

    I really started loving you more and more Kexp.

  • @kmi187
    @kmi187 5 лет назад +10

    It's great to see, at an older age, your hero's are still playing. Nice to see Johnny again.

  • @polystonehorse
    @polystonehorse 4 года назад +6

    I discovered Johnny Marr in a Rory Gallagher documentary and i say this guys its great! Love his music.Im an old bluesman.

  • @clintt5266
    @clintt5266 4 года назад +5

    Mr. Marr is totally class. Amazing.

  • @thomasweir2834
    @thomasweir2834 3 года назад +4

    Gets said on every video. But Marr really is one of the greatest musicians of all time.

  • @__Patrick
    @__Patrick 3 месяца назад +2

    I love that Johnny is singing these songs!

  • @MobiusBandwidth
    @MobiusBandwidth 3 года назад +6

    what a brilliant song.

  • @fredsmith901
    @fredsmith901 4 года назад +5

    Easily the greatest guitarist ever! You inspired me to learn guitar! Love you Johnny, Thanks for coming to Buffalo, New York. You were Amazing! What a night, I saw a legend! Unforgettable! Thank you Sir!

  • @buriedbits6027
    @buriedbits6027 9 месяцев назад +2

    This is some of the slickest guitar playing I’ve ever heard.

  • @julianpratt9616
    @julianpratt9616 3 года назад +6

    What a fantastic performance - and I say again, its presenters like Cheryl Waters that make things like this work. You cannot put a price on a well informed, well researched and clearly interested presenter. I live in the UK but thanks to KEXP for putting together a great piece of work. Thats how you do it

  • @TheReAndell
    @TheReAndell 4 года назад +4

    I can’t believe I’m just seeing this. Amazing.

    • @tjancijr
      @tjancijr 3 года назад

      The algorithm sent me here just a couple weeks ago. Thank you, algorithm, thank you.

  • @mmtz3051
    @mmtz3051 3 года назад +6

    This performance is wonderful!!! What a guitarist!

  • @grgapitic2346
    @grgapitic2346 5 лет назад +8

    Oh that sound.. I love it for 30 years

  • @worrydoll1644
    @worrydoll1644 4 года назад +3

    i would literally give all of my limbs to see this man live

  • @zeeeOgre
    @zeeeOgre 4 года назад +1

    Sounds great! This is pure gold!

  • @MrStraccaletto
    @MrStraccaletto 4 года назад +3

    Great musician Johnny Marr he had always a melodic style and he sing very well I don't believe it.

  • @josh5846
    @josh5846 5 лет назад +3

    imagine the two of them together again. they’re both still excellent at their craft

  • @carlosalfredosepulvedaguzm3896
    @carlosalfredosepulvedaguzm3896 2 года назад +2

    Just a masterpiece. Love this song.

  • @ezrablake1234
    @ezrablake1234 Год назад +1

    Tone, play, all tight and flawless. Truly masterful stunt. Hollow body and offset will never go wrong in mr.marr’s hand

  • @jameshymerstherapy4112
    @jameshymerstherapy4112 5 лет назад +3

    The timeless perfection of Johnny Marr . I saw him at his London gig and he was epic.

  • @Dennis-uh2cu
    @Dennis-uh2cu 9 месяцев назад

    oh my god this is so good !! great this music is still here since my youth

  • @Kalshain
    @Kalshain 4 года назад +1

    what an awesome composition!!

  • @davidshields8401
    @davidshields8401 5 лет назад +2

    I was listening to the 13th floor elevators. You're gonna miss me. Then after a pause this came on auto play , I instantly felt a direct line connecting the two records . Nice one JohnJoe!

  • @sbingham1979
    @sbingham1979 4 года назад +2

    I love these guys. I love watching and listening to each and every one of them. It makes sense that a man of Johnny Marr's musical excellence would attract these 3 other musicians who are also excellent.

  • @xochitl9161
    @xochitl9161 3 года назад +2

    That was brilliant !

  • @cesargarduno7999
    @cesargarduno7999 4 года назад +1

    Nobody can play these harmonics like this, just Jonhy Marr.

  • @darrenjreynolds22
    @darrenjreynolds22 4 года назад +5

    Great band.....sounds really good

  • @reviewguy12
    @reviewguy12 3 года назад +5

    The new guitar outro was 👌🏾

  • @ezrhino100
    @ezrhino100 9 месяцев назад +1

    I am a guitar player. This song is on my bucket list. Johnny was and is a genius. He totally opened my ears to different sounds and not just classic rock. I still don't know where his stuff comes from...

  • @christianalander9487
    @christianalander9487 4 года назад +2

    Yes! One of my very favorite Smiths songs, and easily one of Johnny's best as a guitarist. It's so good to hear him doing this one live over 30 years later.

  • @ipredictacatastrophe4370
    @ipredictacatastrophe4370 4 года назад +1

    I can't imagine having to play and sing these songs at the same time.

  • @chilldude30
    @chilldude30 2 года назад

    I think as a guitar player I really appreciate this more than I would otherwise. Amazing!

  • @mjr4314
    @mjr4314 4 года назад +3

    Fantastic guitar and thought the singing was pretty solid, and then I watched Moz sining on another vid. That's what made that band incredible. What a duo.

  • @slayzou
    @slayzou 5 лет назад

    I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

  • @jamescalalo
    @jamescalalo 5 лет назад +2

    made my day!!!

  • @aliceportela3760
    @aliceportela3760 5 лет назад

    One of my favorites

  • @gusanocc51
    @gusanocc51 4 года назад +3

    El Gran Johnny Marr...uno de los mejores Guitarristas de grandes melodias!!

  • @caligaselcabron
    @caligaselcabron 5 лет назад +2

    What a legend! 👊🏻

  • @paulczech
    @paulczech 3 года назад +3

    Luscious guitar tone.

    • @benspicer7470
      @benspicer7470 3 года назад

      No shit. Dream guitar tone

    • @paulczech
      @paulczech 3 года назад

      @@benspicer7470 Spicy Spicer strikes again!

  • @Youcantleavethisempty01
    @Youcantleavethisempty01 5 лет назад +5

    Long live guitar music.

  • @ClaudioAlessandri
    @ClaudioAlessandri Год назад +2

    I love so much The Smiths and this performance is absolutely amazing!

  • @angelanicoletti3330
    @angelanicoletti3330 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you * Mr. Johnny Marr * Cheers

  • @aldarko9487
    @aldarko9487 5 лет назад

    down the nape of my neck................
    this is great, Thank you

  • @JJ-zg1hh
    @JJ-zg1hh 4 года назад

    That was solid gold...

  • @mikecito1717
    @mikecito1717 3 года назад +2

    Marr is is my Indy guitar Hendrix. Untouchable

  • @user-us1rx5lv8n
    @user-us1rx5lv8n 3 месяца назад

    Thank you friend!!!

  • @kevinreay1510
    @kevinreay1510 3 года назад

    Stunningly good.

  • @geetarbube
    @geetarbube 5 лет назад +3

    Oh, hell yes... Johnny Fuckin Marr!

  • @Fengrad
    @Fengrad 4 года назад +240

    28 dislikes, all from Morrissey.

  • @ThomasTheFapEngine
    @ThomasTheFapEngine 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome!

  • @irvingmontero6718
    @irvingmontero6718 5 лет назад +13

    2:26 HEAVEN

    • @benspicer7470
      @benspicer7470 3 года назад +1

      Just a great song. That intro is amazing too

  • @djmatthewcarreon
    @djmatthewcarreon 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great song

  • @stephengregory7026
    @stephengregory7026 6 месяцев назад

    Guitars plus lyrics = magic.

  • @asiertreku3092
    @asiertreku3092 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful guitars

  • @tamasszucs143
    @tamasszucs143 5 лет назад

    So Great !!!

  • @meadish
    @meadish 5 лет назад +2

    How good is that outro!

  • @joanmsmith5561
    @joanmsmith5561 5 лет назад

    Beautiful

  • @voltagevillain7342
    @voltagevillain7342 5 лет назад +1

    Playing and singing at the same time!

  • @yeclauhe
    @yeclauhe Год назад

    What amazing song 👏👏

  • @paulconnelly4050
    @paulconnelly4050 5 лет назад +1

    Johnny Marr at his best.

  • @andrebitoff3726
    @andrebitoff3726 5 лет назад +1

    Good players. Nice to see the same guys all these years.

  • @user-bn1yu6lr5z
    @user-bn1yu6lr5z 28 дней назад

    my favourite✨❤️

  • @VIC-20_Synthwave
    @VIC-20_Synthwave 4 года назад +1

    He's the best!

  • @LeGrandeOrange
    @LeGrandeOrange 4 года назад +2

    That guitar is nearly as beautiful as Johnny's playing!

  • @theuberman7170
    @theuberman7170 4 года назад +9

    Just make a reunion already! For fucks sake! Both of them can still play and sing.

  • @rorypreston7178
    @rorypreston7178 4 года назад

    Genius guitar work

  • @jonnywose2528
    @jonnywose2528 2 года назад

    That's was brilliant

  • @michaelgibson4863
    @michaelgibson4863 2 года назад

    Wow, what a GROOVE.

  • @philmorgan4316
    @philmorgan4316 4 года назад

    So good.

  • @blackiefitzpatrick6611
    @blackiefitzpatrick6611 Год назад

    Brilliant!!!

  • @Er77SS
    @Er77SS 5 лет назад +2

    Genius💙🎶🎶

  • @badtexasbill5261
    @badtexasbill5261 3 года назад +1

    Love you Johnny

  • @barrowcloughstandfast1225
    @barrowcloughstandfast1225 4 года назад

    Trawling through some of the old and outstanding during lockdown has reminded me of a few things and educated me of a few things. Paula Yates was so very hot, The Smiths are indeed legendary, Andy Rourke bass was truly epic. Time Machine from back from

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 5 лет назад +57

    Belligerent Ghouls Run Manchester schools. Amazing version.