We all knew Johnny was the genius behind The Smiths sound, to see him smash it so many years later, and bang in the vocals.... Amazing

@MD-ru5vs

Жыл бұрын

you are absolutely right. Without Marr there never would be the Smiths.

@AlabamaTree

Жыл бұрын

@@MD-ru5vsyup, no Johnny, no Smiths

@williampowell15

Жыл бұрын

Morrissey was the Smiths.

@moosesnWoop

Жыл бұрын

nah bro - all the members made the sound the sound. Morrissey's vocals, the drums - the guitars. Let's be real here - Smiths are because they ARE all talented.

@GK-gc9cv

Жыл бұрын

Yes but without Morrissey the sound is just wrong

The guitar tone is ridiculously good

@damianmux6072

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely - incredible

@grigoryzimanovsky6187

3 жыл бұрын

Boss GT-100

@grigoryzimanovsky6187

3 жыл бұрын

@@recreationalelmersglue6053 on this video he is playing through boss gt-100, using it as fx

@Scott_Silver

3 жыл бұрын

Fender Amp Tremolo I think at the end of the rig I believe - Incredible

@k.t.5405

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say a smidge more of that reverb/tremolo Johnny...just a smidge. Guitar needs a little more of that Link Wray menace.

I am so impressed with his vocals!

@seekah1

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but it still yearns for the Moz mourn, it is what it is.

@blackmore4

5 жыл бұрын

Me too but I'm more impressed with his wig.

@Wilantonjakov

5 жыл бұрын

@@71hammyman fuck off blasphemist

@craigcoughlin1834

4 жыл бұрын

While playing intricate guitar parts!

@71hammyman

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wilantonjakov how?

Imagine how many times Johnny has played this song and see how he still gets the groove and the feel and the emotion. This is a guy who loves what he does, and knows what playing guitar and creating music is all about.

Marr still nails classic Smiths tunes to perfection. He is without a doubt one of the best guitarists of all time.

@tycho_m

10 жыл бұрын

Totally. Also shows that he was the one who made the Smiths good, not Morrissey.

@thefelrider

9 жыл бұрын

Melle Beemster You're forgetting that Morrissey wrote all the lyrics... don't be a fool. The Smiths were bigger than any one man.

@tycho_m

9 жыл бұрын

thefelrider Yeah, you're right. That was a pretty stupid comment, since a band is obviously a sum of the parts. I guess I should've said that I personally liked Morrissey more as a part of the Smiths than solo, because I think Johnny Marr's guitar playing is more gripping than Morrissey's singing. Anyway thanks for bringing me back to this video!

@rael1999

9 жыл бұрын

Melle Beemster....sorry can't agree there at all Melle....dispite being a pain in the arse and a major creme bun...Morrissey was one of the finest lyricists of all time...his words spoke to a generation and will continue doing so as younger generations discover The Smiths....I say 'was' because America and no longer living in the North of England stole his lyrical soul a long time ago !

@jackhammer0078

5 жыл бұрын

But Morrissey plays a mean tambourine.....Lmao!

One of the coolest men on the planet performing one of the coolest songs ever written

@betinabeinder2462

3 жыл бұрын

You have just said it all!🎵✔

@PsyDavCosmicTrip

3 жыл бұрын

accurate

@jt4508

3 ай бұрын

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This is a superb version of this classic, that guitar tone just howls. . .

You know man, when things aren't quite going your way or life takes a turn for the worse, all I have to do is watch a Johnny Marr video and all of a sudden it's good to be alive. Thank you Johnny! You're a life saver...

The guitar work here was even better than on the Smiths version.

@sexobscura

5 жыл бұрын

that's because Chris Spedding played guitar on the official recording

@coveredinspiders

4 жыл бұрын

@@sexobscura That's completely inaccurate, where the hell did you get that? Marr wrote the song, and has many stories about how they put together that song and recorded it.

@RyanWSi

4 жыл бұрын

No.. To both

@williamquinn9381

4 жыл бұрын

The bass is completely on point also

@mbertao

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

I didn't know he was such a good singer.Thanks for sharing this.

@SunRapMc

5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Serrano my friend showed me this on a night out and it literally changed my life, my perspective on the smiths and morrisey

@telephantasm4070

4 жыл бұрын

@@SunRapMc how so? Care to share? Personally all I can think of is how unnecessary Morrisey was.

@OK-hw9fl

4 жыл бұрын

Telephantasm morrisey helped write the melodies and almost all the words. He’s a bit of a twat but the smiths would’ve never been the smiths without him

How is Johnny Marr so good at playing???? It’s insane

He’s probably played that song a thousand time but he looks like he’s having a blast! Love IT

The drummer's in quarantine before it was mainstream

@omarabouhassan6673

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@jeffpilley3188

4 жыл бұрын

You win the internet

@stucpeed

4 жыл бұрын

LMFAO

@moss8448

4 жыл бұрын

you don't get out much do ya?

@wewd

4 жыл бұрын

Drummers should always be in quarantine, you never know where they've been or who they've been with.

Hats off to the sound engineer. I believe he is called Larry.

@trjb1767

3 жыл бұрын

Sound is phenomenal

The smiths were truly in a league of their own. Some of the most diverse and beautifully tragic lyrics paired with ground breaking fantastic guitar.

I have never seen more brilliant work. The way Marr, de-tunes and tunes back at 4mins in…BRILLIANT!

@JohnnyMarr_Official

Жыл бұрын

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

I'm obsessed with this song, it's perfect on so many levels for me. Johnny Marr and Steve Morrissey are geniuses imo

" There's a club if you'd like to go, you could meet somebody who really loves you, so you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home and you cry and you want to die" Possibly the best Smiths lyric. Describes to a tee my adolescent years! Greatest band there will ever be by a billion light years!

@chrisjames6327

6 ай бұрын

did you get laid since then

As an undiagnosed autistic/adhd teen in the 90s, this song saved my life. It told me "you're not the only one".

@malcomgladstone

Ай бұрын

funny, that you like labels, the exact opposite to Moz and Marr

An absolute guitar hero!

The most brilliant guitar player of my generation, sorry every generation. Johnny Marr

@williambremner9022

2 ай бұрын

Seriously? Wow. Your generation is hurting for good guitarist then. I really like Johnny Marr but I can name a dozen guitarists that run circles around this song. There is nothing he plays in this song that any basement axe learner couldn't pick up.

i've watched this like 50 times today.. best guitar player ever

@greenblade29

8 жыл бұрын

+Jennifer Tittle Its perfection. That's what it is. Even the part where he tunes and detunes the E(G) string around 4:17 onwards just blew me away. What an imagination!

@jentittle9450

8 жыл бұрын

+Ammar Waqar i love that part too!

@Musicsification

8 жыл бұрын

+Jennifer Tittle And the 'past-the-capo' string bending just after that too.Sounds amazing

@ballyman12

7 жыл бұрын

No,That honour goes to Jimi Hendrix

@thelovelypartinggifts

6 жыл бұрын

When he goes behind the capo, he is actually going behind the nut, near the tuning pegs, there the strings are really tight, but you can still make a harmonic if you push down hard enough, that is what he’s doing there.

For a while you forget that he wasn't the lead singer of The Smiths

This had me blubbering sobbing at my desk by the end. Well done, Johnny.

@Wildrover82

3 жыл бұрын

awesome. love it.

@iadorenewyork1

8 ай бұрын

I know what you mean. I heard this four years ago and commented on it that it was amazing. I sang along, and was choked up the whole time.

Johnny Marr has a never ending youthful soul

A legend in our lifetime. The guys brain thinks in so many levels. He played a song inside a song as if it was like breathing, such a gifted man. A true guitar legend.

GOAT nobody finer on the riffs !!

Love that Les Paul slide part. This song is mint.

my inspiration for picking up a guitar 30 years ago. changed my life - thankyou Johnny

@TheSeancassady

7 жыл бұрын

wish I had been smart enough to do the same...

@Irishmule169

3 жыл бұрын

This band is good reason to do that !!

As a half assed guitar player myself, I am in awe. No idea where Johnny Marr comes up with his ideas. He hears the guitar parts from a unique perspective.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to do justice to such a classic, and make it satisfying, and toss in some new motifs that don't get in the way of the iconic record. Incredible.

Johnny Marr is timeless.

😍😍😍 Ohhh yeah! That guitar work at about the 4 minute mark is legendary!! 💖💙💚💛💜💖

Breathing new life into a Smiths classic. I can't stop listening to this version of "How Soon is Now".

@silvanocergnul5531

3 жыл бұрын

The samen happened to me this week, can’t stop listening....

Johnny is a genius at his craft!!

Johnny Marr one of the best guitarists ever

WOW - Johnny is a genius

Incredible, don't think I'll ever get bored listening to and watching this version

This was good the first time I watched it. By the 20th time I think it's one of the best live performances I've ever seen.

@officeaddict33

5 жыл бұрын

Seriously good. People are crazy to compare his voice to Morrissey. Morrissey's voice is distinctive and can't be replicated but Marr's is good too. Keeping good music alive. :)

I absolutely love this, but whenever i hear johnny play it i always long for morrissey's voice and whenever morrissey sings it i long for johnny's brilliant guitar! Oh how i wish they would just get back together for at least one show

@bernlin2000

6 жыл бұрын

Areej Rodrigo meh...Johnny sings it well enough. Morrissey's band butchers the guitar parts, not worth it.

@daviddaniel7750

5 жыл бұрын

No. marr does it just fine. No need for Morrissey.

@irenegriffiths242

5 жыл бұрын

Areej Rodrigo no need for Morrissey,,,Johnny is doing just fine,,,,sounds better than original,,

@stephenbrown6639

5 жыл бұрын

I think that's like the 80s themselves only looked at in the past ,,I dream also

@pjrosello

5 жыл бұрын

@@daviddaniel7750 Marr lacks of Morrissey s suffering...

What a guitarist so under rated

@SusanHopkins-ji3pe

22 күн бұрын

The Smiths have been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. In 1989 Spin rated “The Queen is Dead as number one of “The Greatest Albums Ever Made.” NME dubbed the Smiths “The most important band of all time.” They had international success on music charts. He’s number 56 on Rolling Stone’s 2023 Top 250 Guitarists of All Time. Many well-regarded guitarists from bands such as Blur, Church, Stone Roses, Radiohead; & Noel Gallagher cite him as an influence. He was snapped up by numerous bands, solo acts, & composers, including the Talking Heads, Paul McCartney, the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, Kirsty MacColl, Pet Shop Boys, Beck, Oasis, Bryan Ferry, super group 7 Worlds Collide, John Fruciante, Crowded House, Hans Zimmer (most notably collaborating on music for James Bond films)… He was a visiting professor and received an honorary doctorate from Salford University. He was asked by Fender to work with them on designing the well-reviewed Johnny Marr Jaguar. I think his genius continues to be recognized.

Wow! He has some mad skills. Very melodic playing

Johnny Marr is a big reason I'm getting a new guitar... thanks Johnny!!!😎

Now THAT ladies and gentlemen is GREAT guitar TONE!

There’s a club if youd like to go... pure goosebumps😍

@Mary92669

3 жыл бұрын

unforgettable lyric cuz we've all had exact same clubbing experience

@TM-fg8ze

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mary92669 exactly

God like GENIUS Johnny Marr

He is SOOOOOOO GOOD live! It was unreal....like a life changing experience. Especially after being a fan for about 35 years!!!

What a really talented musician he really is !!!! That was rock n roll ...

Believe me ....I saw Johnny in 2013 at HOB in Anaheim and again a few months ago at the new HOB in Anaheim.......The man is a Legendary Wizard at the axe and writes very fine music......BECAUSE HE'S JOHNNY PHUCING....... MARR ........

I hadn't heard Johnny's solo work until a few years ago. The tonality of his band is truly inspired. He sounds great, I'm inspired by what I am hearing, I hope to hear a great deal more from Jonny Marr, he is truly, in the class among the greatest musicians.

The drummer is on another level of happy

Best version I have ever seen.

I totally adore Morrissey however Marr's effort is so much more edgy and raw! Awesome work!!!

@shugd3

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Kirk saw morrissey two nights ago, absolutely smashed "how soon is now" his new version is exactly what you'd want, raw edgy, and powerful, my insides are still vibrating from the sheer power of the guitar, bass and drums

@irenegriffiths242

5 жыл бұрын

But no Johnny Marr,,,sorry to disagree with you,but Johnny singing this live is bloody awesome,🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🌹🌹🎶🎸🇬🇧🎤☘️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Damn. He was doing a good job at getting it like the record then WHAM! He started taking it to a whole new level de-tuning his guitar. Absolutely brilliant guitar playing.

man i'm so thankful for living in a time that i can watch this whatever time i feel like

For my money, one thing that Johnny Marr does in this video that makes me think he deserves all the love he gets and more is that at 4:05 he plays what I would call "stunt guitar" (capo, trem **and** tuning peg), then (naturally) nails the melodic solo - but then at 4:50 he's perfectly happy and willing to let the guitarist in his band play those descending octave runs while playing relatively basic rhythm chords himself. Not only does this serve the song in terms of the different guitar sounds used in a practical sense, but I'd bet any money that he's also being a mensch and giving his guitarist a chance to shine intentionally - after all, playing guitar in Marr's band has to be somewhat nervewracking!

@seeksolitude9048

3 жыл бұрын

I agree completely.

@dhopfner17able

3 жыл бұрын

Not saying that you're wrong but I think that it's more likely that allowing the other guitarist take the "lead" provides time for Marr to tune his guitar quick and pick back up.

@turricanedtc3764

3 жыл бұрын

@@dhopfner17able It's possible, but I can't see him using a tuner during that part of the song...

@tritontr21

3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen anything like it. Inspiring.

@339Jackscarify

3 жыл бұрын

@@turricanedtc3764 You don't need to use the tuner all the time to tune your guitar, a decent ear is more than enough

i was never a huge smiths fan but even i can see that i without this man there would be no stone roses, no oasis and quite simply , no britpop or madchester

This was the first Smith's song that grabbed me and made me buy everything else.... The slide guitar is haunting

i believe that this song is thr best song of the 80s. it epitomizes the attitude of the decade and describes the emptiness of the time.

@abelmontalvo4052

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best songs period

Just great! The guitars on this song are amazing. Marr's vocals are very good.

Marr is not only a great guitar player but a great songwriter of many smiths hits including this one. 4:00 to 5:15 just wow!.

Finally I know how he made those great guitar sounds. Heavy tremolo E chord, just solid, and the top part is done using a slide. Thankyou KCRW and thankyou Johnny Marr for so much guitar greatness.

Wooooow! What a great performance! Watching and droooooling!

Legend! Big fan from Brazil, since 80´s.

That was perfection.

Haters are gonna hate. I loved the smiths, but I'd rather hear Marr sing it now. He sounds fantastic

@endokrin7897

3 жыл бұрын

This is the best version of this song! I like Johnny Marr's version (and singing) far better than original release and more than the live versions Morrissey does nowadays with his 'solo' band. The *slight raspy edge on Johnny's voice is perfect*; much better than the weird 'deep throat lisp' than Morrissey has (he has a weird way of pronouncing certain words and syllables.) And from 4:00 on, Johnny's guitar playing is so darn amazing. I could listen to him and his band play this song for hours. Just get Johnny and his band in a room and say "Play 'How Soon is Now' and just jam for an hour."

@stevenangel8235

3 жыл бұрын

It's cos anyone who tries to sing this song inherently does a Morrissey impression

@aldobenincasa1761

3 жыл бұрын

totally

@michaelfarrow5817

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. All the hits, none of the questionable views on Chinese people.

@Lunacyk

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelfarrow5817 THIS!! 👆👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Incredible sound-engineering!!!👌 Props to the whole staff! 👍😊🌞😘

@SighOp

2 жыл бұрын

I finally noticed at the intro Johnny thanked Bob Clearmountain. I thought holy shit, they got Bob to engineer this? The guy's a fucking legend in the recording industry

Skill level off the charts.

Wow, this is how to deliver performance from the deepness of the soul

The best and most innovative guitarist the country has ever seen. A living legend

@JohnnyMarr_Official

Жыл бұрын

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

Congratulations must go to the sound engineer for getting all instruments to shine on this performance.

My friend had a record store all through the '80s. I was so finished with this song from all the clueless dummies wanting to hear it and nothing else from the LP. This is better than the original.

In think I’ve watched this a thousand times and I am still blown away.

I can't stop listening to this!!!!

I luv how he's passionate about playing, his little dance says it all. Most underrated musician, maybe ever. Much luv to the great, the greatest Johnny Marr

@SusanHopkins-ji3pe

22 күн бұрын

The Smiths have been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. In 1989 Spin rated “The Queen is Dead as number one of “The Greatest Albums Ever Made.” NME dubbed the Smiths “The most important band of all time.” They had international success on music charts. He’s number 56 on Rolling Stone’s 2023 Top 250 Guitarists of All Time. Many well-regarded guitarists from bands such as Blur, Church, Stone Roses, Radiohead; & Noel Gallagher cite him as an influence. He was snapped up by numerous bands, solo acts, & composers, including the Talking Heads, Paul McCartney, the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, Kirsty MacColl, Pet Shop Boys, Beck, Oasis, Bryan Ferry, super group 7 Worlds Collide, John Fruciante, Crowded House, Hans Zimmer (most notably collaborating on music for James Bond films)… He was a visiting professor and received an honorary doctorate from Salford University. He was asked by Fender to work with them on designing the well-reviewed Johnny Marr Jaguar. I think his genius continues to be recognized.

I never really "Got Into" The Smiths and Johnny Marr, but after seeing this I must really study this man's playing more. He is fucking phenomenal to say the least. the de tuning was frigging awesome for lack of a better word.

It's so much fun to watch Johnny play, he truly is a genius.

Okay Im officially way more interested in Johnny Marr's solo career than Morrissey's... I love that the way he plays and sings it reminds me more of grunge than the new wave psychedelic feel of the original. The man is truly talented.

@wirelessone2986

2 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if they could pull it together the both of them

Amazing live.

one of the greatest guitarists the world has ever known. Loved the way he detuned and retuned the guitar in the middle of the song. Nice work Johnny

How have I not heard this before.... OMFG.... Mind blown.

I saw The Smiths play this live a few times. In all honesty, if we avoid discussing the vocals, (and he does a great job here with them), but seriously, this is a better musical performance than when he was performing it with The Smiths. Fantastic really!

@robyourtime

9 жыл бұрын

+Arthur Goodlad I agree, but it might be due to mixing and the quality of recording. He's certainly lost no skill

@ArthurGoodlad

9 жыл бұрын

Could be Rob. They used a backing track for the slide guitar, so it must have been before Craig Gannon was with them. The use of a live guitar here has to make a difference.

@JA1000s

8 жыл бұрын

+Arthur Goodlad A backing track? As you can see on 2:18 he has another guitar player. Or do you even mean another guitar track?

@ArthurGoodlad

8 жыл бұрын

No. I mean in the 80's I saw them play this live with The Smiths. At that time, because was on his own as a guitarist, (it was before Gannon) Marr used, what I imagine must have been, a backing track for the lead sound. I have no idea how he did it.

@Alexdrod

8 жыл бұрын

+Arthur Goodlad You're probably correct. I've read some crazy stories about how they recorded this song so I'm assuming he used a backing track then. Or a loop of some sort at the very least.

Bo Diddley lives on! How good is this!!

One of my all-time favorite songs, it’s timeless and it never gets old!!!

Johnny Marr most underrated guitarist/rockstar ever. Legend!

@SusanHopkins-ji3pe

22 күн бұрын

The Smiths have been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. In 1989 Spin rated “The Queen is Dead as number one of “The Greatest Albums Ever Made.” NME dubbed the Smiths “The most important band of all time.” They had international success on music charts. He’s number 56 on Rolling Stone’s 2023 Top 250 Guitarists of All Time. Many well-regarded guitarists from bands such as Blur, Church, Stone Roses, Radiohead; & Noel Gallagher cite him as an influence. He was snapped up by numerous bands, solo acts, & composers, including the Talking Heads, Paul McCartney, the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, the Cribs, Kirsty MacColl, Pet Shop Boys, Beck, Oasis, Bryan Ferry, super group 7 Worlds Collide, John Fruciante, Crowded House, Hans Zimmer (most notably collaborating on music for James Bond films)… He was a visiting professor and received an honorary doctorate from Salford University. He was asked by Fender to work with them on designing the well-reviewed Johnny Marr Jaguar. I think his genius continues to be recognized.

It sounds fantastic! The band is grooving. Nice singing. Marr seems to be really enjoying himself!

One of my favourite tunes of all time, thanks Johnny xxx

Drummer guy is such a great guy after the gig. And so it was the bass bro.

The best version, no doubt about that!!! Johnny is awesome!!! Great song!!!

This. is. Just. Perfect.

Johnny Marr is my idol! Ridiculously talented!

Best live version I've heard yet since the studio version. His additions to the solo really bring to the next level.

That Jaguar sounds divine

@jdf360pwn

8 жыл бұрын

+dennis Bergkamp was not expecting an Arsenal Legend to respond lol.

@WorldGoods

6 жыл бұрын

jdf360pwn wat

@cjnoir5562

5 жыл бұрын

Fender Jaguars!!!

@johnmatthews1095

5 жыл бұрын

I could never get a decent sound out of a jag. no problem for mr marr :)

@sexobscura

5 жыл бұрын

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Not only a fantastic version but profound lyrics which many of us can relate to . Thank goodness for artists such as Marr. I grew up in the 90s and was never a Smiths fan, now however at 41 years old, I totally fucking get it.

@floyd72cfc

6 жыл бұрын

same buddy,i`m 46 next month

@MJ.71

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, I'm 49 now, and it was only when I hit 40 that I started to appreciate The Smiths. But I've always highly rated Johnny Marr

I think I'm on my 15th time listening to this since yesterday....can't get enough.

Wow, what a great find !!!!! Such a fantastic performance.

Ladies and gentlemen.....on slide guitar.....please put you hands together for Mr Vic Reeves!!!!

You can see at 5.08 he is totally where he is meant to be you can just see the way he performs . Amazing genius🎸

Best version ever of this masterpiece.

UnFuckingCredible!! Wow! Johnny’s band really understands him!! Awesome Band. I saw them here in Denver a couple months back, and was very impressed with the synchronicity of all of them. I Left The venue with a warm and fuzzy soul!