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

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

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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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@redplague 3 жыл бұрын

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

@robdean704 3 жыл бұрын

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

@themScreamS 3 жыл бұрын

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

@gart9680 3 жыл бұрын

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

@avedic 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jack0609 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jennyfromtherox 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr guitar genius.

@TwitchLV 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more

@billybeetroot8595 3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr, Pete Buck and Paul Weller

@isaacwarrington13 3 жыл бұрын

student of his art

@underdawg2743 2 жыл бұрын

No doubt, 1 of the last true British guitar heroes

@slickrockcreek1 2 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jongibirdi1394 3 жыл бұрын

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

@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 2 жыл бұрын

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

@harrisonwintergreen1147 3 жыл бұрын

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

@user-xl9ew6hn3u 2 ай бұрын

😮 ❤❤

@68Warpigs 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@fotoviano 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jbrat1967 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnnyMarr_Official Жыл бұрын

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

@jrussell4711 3 жыл бұрын

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

@RumbleFish69 Жыл бұрын

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!

@BenLapke 3 жыл бұрын

Even Johnny Marr can’t play Johnny Marr.

@rhianc7347 3 жыл бұрын

Noel Gallagher quote ;)

@mijadreams3486 3 жыл бұрын

i hate this quote im sorry

@irishhungrydwarf9015 3 жыл бұрын

@@mijadreams3486 seen it enough times now ain’t we

@globalpeasant 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha

@matthewmccalvin2062 3 жыл бұрын

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

@pejpm 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@davidhoogendyke2774 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@matteframe 2 жыл бұрын

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

@tonyhill1264 Жыл бұрын

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

@mikerooke1828 Жыл бұрын

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 …

@googleislame 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@phillynott2459 3 жыл бұрын

All rock does

@Sometimes_Always 3 жыл бұрын

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

@hammersfan1886 3 жыл бұрын

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

@finnkdy 2 жыл бұрын

Ronnie O, c'est comme ça.

@patlee1348 2 жыл бұрын

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 ✊🏾

@amandacorrin 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Liam.2000 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. It’s an interview not a concert

@amandacorrin 3 жыл бұрын

@@Liam.2000 then stay seated.

@mac.shwibbie Жыл бұрын

@@amandacorrin cold response haha

@sanfernando2stories998 3 жыл бұрын

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

@whitebread171 10 ай бұрын

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

@TheBEATLEnumber5 Жыл бұрын

Him and Graham Coxon of Blur are deeply underrated guitarists

@ginaramusic Жыл бұрын

True

@DaveTaste Жыл бұрын

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

@rat9199 Жыл бұрын

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.

@MrSoapFactory 3 жыл бұрын

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

@canaletto333 3 жыл бұрын

That evolution of the main theme is amazing.

@Aleakwe 3 жыл бұрын

💛 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 Жыл бұрын

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.

@CertifiedSlamboy 7 ай бұрын

“Wa-la”..? You mean “voila”..?

@girlsknowbest8666 3 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@fellspoint9364 9 ай бұрын

Thank Bo Diddley

@johnmcdonald1237 3 жыл бұрын

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

@scottflores2502 Жыл бұрын

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

@scottflores2502 Жыл бұрын

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

@lewis7951 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rodicasufletu4701 Ай бұрын

😂💖

@hattster1818 Күн бұрын

Say hello to my little charming friend !

@janbonne 3 жыл бұрын

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

@stupoc6715 10 ай бұрын

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

@68404 2 жыл бұрын

Great interviewer. Sat back and let the story unroll.

@Sulu-sw3zo Жыл бұрын

*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.*

@ronniemacdonald2768 3 жыл бұрын

would love to hear the original How Soon Is Now demo

@DarlinJacq 10 ай бұрын

I love How Soon Now becomes when listening to information of its Awesome Birth.

@BentleyGT10 2 жыл бұрын

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!!

@andymanser1 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous artist

@necromaya 11 ай бұрын

He is such an underated guitar player.

@rahmanbikmukhametov1253 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome 👏

@michaelgreene4816 2 жыл бұрын

Love this man.

@qwahaxahn 2 жыл бұрын

*I love him*

@luciano350hp 4 жыл бұрын

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

@julast6658 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 3 жыл бұрын

That's how he did it! Brilliant!

@lawrenceleong8747 3 жыл бұрын

Legend!!!!

@kidcatchy2091 3 жыл бұрын

a legend

@PerfectoKiss Жыл бұрын

One of the best songs!

@johnnypk1963 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant…

@Stampistuta 3 жыл бұрын

Proper genius.

@cosmicactivity299 3 жыл бұрын

Dude’s awesome

@aeon_6172 3 жыл бұрын

Man his phrasing... omfg

@connormurphy7684 2 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marr is to cool to be Johnny Marr!

@craigsandry6737 Жыл бұрын

Absolute Legend 😎🎸

@volartree 4 жыл бұрын

Marr is soooo cute🥰🥰🥰

@chesterlane3032 2 жыл бұрын

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

@richluvsellie1 3 жыл бұрын

Pure genius. ..

@shiftertron6143 3 жыл бұрын

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

@bingandrew3266 2 жыл бұрын

Powerful and cool

@davemcdave2169 Ай бұрын

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.

@GrabbinPeelz 3 жыл бұрын

so true about the bo diddley thing

@okee9 2 ай бұрын

I love watching Marr talk Guitar

@drmgrl5785 3 жыл бұрын

Hes insane i luv him

@orsonkart4794 3 жыл бұрын

The Smiths best track ever ! Just my opinion.

@chrisjerome4183 2 жыл бұрын

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

@chelseaacidcasual2825 3 жыл бұрын

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

@QS-si3cq 2 жыл бұрын

*Saw

@someblokecalleddave1 Жыл бұрын

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

@crowmack Жыл бұрын

When that tremolo comes in wow.

@joshuatree9845 3 жыл бұрын

GENUIS

@URBANPERMACULTURE 3 жыл бұрын

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

@aquamarine99911 Жыл бұрын

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.

@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 2 жыл бұрын

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

@AL13NM 2 жыл бұрын

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

@gart9680 3 жыл бұрын

3:05 goosebumps

@mpaddyuk70 3 жыл бұрын

The man

@mrmac3971 Жыл бұрын

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

@jackhaugh Жыл бұрын

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

@phacemagphaceview7394 Ай бұрын

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

@lpark8 2 жыл бұрын

💥💥💥

@intrepidvirgo938 3 жыл бұрын

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

@akiray1999 3 жыл бұрын

never heard this song before, thats some cool stuff

@edwardbliss8931 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rayvinloony2322 Жыл бұрын

Manc and a blue.💙👏

@MrKarmapolice97 3 жыл бұрын

British men always have the best head of hair

@jrkchannel37 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jjfloyd618 10 ай бұрын

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.

@ToysintheStatic 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing new under the sun.

@harrisonmayhew-kemp6461 6 жыл бұрын

Please upload all of this

@RadioX 6 жыл бұрын

Full interview will be available Monday !

@harrisonmayhew-kemp6461 6 жыл бұрын

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

@larimerbixby4853 11 ай бұрын

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