#johnny-marr — Public Fediverse posts

“Meat is Murder” is a great song about the reality of modern food. BUT b/c Morrisey is a major POS here’s Johnny Marr performing it with his longtime friends Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders (https://youtu.be/cbO7rNAedXY?si=YlfqMohCsukxh1So)

#RetroView #TheSmiths #JohnnyMarr #ChrissieHynde #ThePretenders

Johnny Marr picks his collaborators very well....
https://music.mxdwn.com/2026/04/09/news/johnny-marr-joins-pet-shop-boys-for-performances-of-the-truck-driver-his-mate-i-didnt-get-where-i-am-today-up-against-it/
#JohnnyMarr #PetShopBoys

A book I’m looking forward to, a burst of new music and Bob Mould on all things Sugar reunion and Hüsker Dü - here’s this week’s digest of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/weekly-digest-64?r=j8fyi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#music #punk #indie #IndieMusic #AltRock #AlternativeRock #SteveAlbini #BobMould #JohnnyMarr #HighVis #Health

"Easy Money" is a song by musician #JohnnyMarr. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album #Playland on 10 June 2014 as a #7Vinyl and on 16 August as a #digitalDownload. The official music video for the song was uploaded to Marr's official #YouTube channel on 15 August. The song peaked at number 94 on the Belgian #FlandersTipSinglesChart and #130 in UK Singles Chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6xp54Y39uM

THE SMITHS
Louder Than Bombs
2011 Europe 2xLP reissue

When you’re in the mood for a sad, mopey bastard with his shirt open…
there can only be one choice.

Louder Than Bombs was the second Smiths album I ever heard, and the first of theirs that I bought with my own money.

After stealing my older sister’s boyfriend’s cassette copy of The Queen Is Dead (and having my mind blown), I then set out to find as many Smiths albums I could find.
My local Good Vibrations had the CD version of this, and Strangeways, Meat Is Murder, and the self-titled soon found their way into my collection.

Johnny Marr remains one of my all-time guitar heroes. And even though Morrissey grew up to be one of the douchiest twats of all time, my love for this band will never waiver.

One of the best compilations of a band’s work, PERIOD.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #TheSmiths #indie #alternative #1980s #80s #80sMusic #louderthanbombs #morrissey #johnnymarr

:ablobjam:

https://youtu.be/mY8eKQFyRJk

#JohnnyMarr #alt #rock #livemusic #np

Hans Zimmer's guitarist is Manchester rock royalty - and I had no idea until after the show

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/hans-zimmers-guitarist-manchester-rock-32991357

The Smiths, The World Won’t Listen, 1987 on Rough Trade

This is a compilation album—the second of three—including singles and b-sides from 1985-1987. Most of these tracks also appear on Louder Than Bombs (a 2xLP), but two are different versions and two are edits.

Fantastic collection of songs, including “Panic,” “Ask,” “Bigmouth Strikes Again,” “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out,” “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore,” and “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby.”

What teenager hasn’t felt “And I’ve got no right to take my place in the human race . . . “?

My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a UK issue from 1987, pressed by MPO. (Louder than Bombs was released in the US in lieu of this record, which was not released on vinyl in the US until the 2011 reissue series).

#1980s #1987 #AndyRourke #JohnnyMarr #LowellMA #MikeJoyce #MillNo5 #morrissey #RoughTrade #TheSmiths #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Johnny Marr - Tickets zu gewinnen. 26.10.2025 Köln – Live Music Hall (Ausverkauft!)
28.10.2025 Hamburg – Grosse Freiheit 36
31.10.202......
#JohnnyMarr #TheSmiths#Gewinnspiel
https://www.musikblog.de/2025/10/johnny-marr-tickets-zu-gewinnen-2/

Johnny Marr recently put out the live album “Look Out Live!” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n9Ufn8gEihfhG3m2LE7bCItpfJmQy74co&si=EOdULFg3VaiUvytP)
#RetroView #TheSmiths #JohnnyMarr

Next we have my favorite song from The Smiths “Big Mouth Strikes Again” from “The Queen is Dead” (https://youtu.be/UL6dq4jm34E?si=qkOKq6WHqNY9vIo-) BUT b/c Morrissey is a POS, I found a live version of Johnny Marr performing the song with Alex Kapranos of the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand (https://youtu.be/oA_cnueElDU?si=-AO9JNGBWJWMMvyo)
#RetroView #TheSmiths #FranzFerdinand #JohnnyMarr

Watch Morrissey and Johnny Marr Play the Same Smiths Classics 11 Days and Five Miles Apart

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/morrissey-johnny-marr-play-smiths-classics-1235437564/

sometimes I like those vids where somebody tries an interesting guitar part from a song I like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GisTTiQCDk

#smiths
#johnnymarr

The Smiths, Strangeways Here We Come, 1987 on Rough Trade.

Fourth (and final) studio album from The Smiths, produced by Stephen Street, Morrissey, and Johnny Marr and recorded at The Wool Hall in Beckington, Somerset. On constant repeat in my late 80s experience.

Strangeways was a prison in Manchester (now Manchester Prison) – The Smiths had previously used the Salford Lad’s Club for the cover of The Queen is Dead.

My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is the 2009 Rhino reissue which sounds great (though I don’t have an 80s pressing to compare it to).

#1980s #1987 #2009 #A1Records #JohnnyMarr #morrissey #NYC #Reissue #Rhino #RoughTrade #Salford #StephenStreet #TheSmiths #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds