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I think this was one of Marr's masterpieces...loved this song when I first heard it and it's still one of my all-time faves. Love the panning of the guitars and that bass is just delicious. Moz's lyrics are superb as well.

Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-
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Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
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Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
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One of the three guitar-less Smiths songs, and one of my favorites off of my favorite album.

I do like that album, but it just made all of us hope for a reunion because of the posthumous release and as 1987 went on it became clearer and clearer that it would never happen. Marr could take something so simple and make it sound so beautiful like this...

Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-
Skippyandtheskipjacks.net
https://www.facebook.com/skippyandtheskipjacks
Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
The Coconauts surf band: 2009-2014
www.theamazingcoconauts.com
Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
http://www.gcmband.com/
The Surfside IV: 2002-2005, 2008-2009
the Del-Vamps: 1992-1999, 2006-2007
http://www.dblcrown.com/delvamps.html

Another powerful Smiths composition...and exercise in melancholy and jangle.

https://kingpelican.bandcamp.com/

Last edited: Jan 21, 2012 01:29:51

Great choice. That one really resonates with me, too. Unlovable is another of that album that has some inventive work by Marr that runs the gamut from chimey to power chords in the outro. Really builds drama.

I could keep saying "oh, that's my favorite" ...but it's pretty futile. The fact is, their catalog is full of such outstanding work. Even though it's a comp, if I could only have one Smiths album, it would be Louder Than Bombs.

Calacas wrote:

Another powerful Smiths composition...and exercise in
melancholy and jangle.

Just to add, Rourke's bass on that song you posted is especially great, even by his standards.

Last edited: Jan 21, 2012 02:24:27

I'm partial to this one:

http://www.reverbnation.com/thedeadranchhands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEW74mHjQk

This one is great too:

http://www.reverbnation.com/thedeadranchhands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEW74mHjQk

DeadRanchHands wrote:

I'm partial to this one:

Hey DeadRanch, did you ever see Radiohead's version of this great song? They do an awesome job, except Johnny's guitar sounds out of tune. Other than that, they do it justice.

Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-
Skippyandtheskipjacks.net
https://www.facebook.com/skippyandtheskipjacks
Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
The Coconauts surf band: 2009-2014
www.theamazingcoconauts.com
Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
http://www.gcmband.com/
The Surfside IV: 2002-2005, 2008-2009
the Del-Vamps: 1992-1999, 2006-2007
http://www.dblcrown.com/delvamps.html

Last edited: Jan 21, 2012 08:10:45

Got to agree it's impossible to name a favorite Smith's tune, but one I consider the most "Smithy" is What Difference Does It Make.

Mike
http://www.youtube.com/morphballio

Last edited: Jan 21, 2012 15:45:08

Love the vibe of this one too.

Mike
http://www.youtube.com/morphballio

Paint a Vulgar picture, 1 of the 1.5 solos Johnny Marr ever played.

Dig the Johnny Marr Jag and slider switch.
My Favorite song and version "What Difference Does it Make (Peel Sessions Version)" now on the remastered "The Sound of The Smiths"

-Kyle

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I agree with diceophonic. This was my first fave song by them and still holds a high spot with me. Peel Sessions version really kicked ass over the one that came out on the debut American LP.

Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-
Skippyandtheskipjacks.net
https://www.facebook.com/skippyandtheskipjacks
Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
The Coconauts surf band: 2009-2014
www.theamazingcoconauts.com
Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
http://www.gcmband.com/
The Surfside IV: 2002-2005, 2008-2009
the Del-Vamps: 1992-1999, 2006-2007
http://www.dblcrown.com/delvamps.html

JakeDobner wrote:

Paint a Vulgar picture, 1 of the 1.5 solos Johnny Marr
ever played.

It's one of the reasons a have always been so enamored with Marr's playing, it's so unpretentious... never overdone. I guess the other .5 solo would be this one?

Mike
http://www.youtube.com/morphballio

I'll throw one in - I've always thought that this was about as perfect of a pop song that has ever been written.

Bill S._______
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Matt22 wrote:

I agree with diceophonic. This was my first fave song
by them and still holds a high spot with me. Peel
Sessions version really kicked ass over the one that
came out on the debut American LP.

Totally! the live version has that special something that was captured in those sessions.

Cheers
Kyle

-Kyle

Beyond The Surf YouTube channel
Beyond The Surf Instagram
The Verbtones @ Instagram
The Verbtones @ Facebook
The Verbtones @ bandcamp

I have a great bootleg with this on it.

I mentioned my jam session with Andy Rourke in another thread. Here it is. We were playing some of my Coconauts' originals and he busted out with this and since I'm not anywhere near as good as Marr, I stopped, got my camera and recorded. It was AWESOME! Enjoy...it's short, but I missed about half of it because I was just watching him play it to try to see if I could remember it later...lol That's Kurt Nederbrock of the Coconauts on drums. The band mentioned by another guy who was present is Los Esmiths, a Smiths cover band from Calexico, California. If you ever get a chance to see them, it's a treat. They'll be in Phoenix again in March.

Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-
Skippyandtheskipjacks.net
https://www.facebook.com/skippyandtheskipjacks
Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
The Coconauts surf band: 2009-2014
www.theamazingcoconauts.com
Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
http://www.gcmband.com/
The Surfside IV: 2002-2005, 2008-2009
the Del-Vamps: 1992-1999, 2006-2007
http://www.dblcrown.com/delvamps.html

Last edited: Jan 21, 2012 23:03:51

Cool, it sounds like "Barbarism Starts at Home"... what a funky bass line!

Mike
http://www.youtube.com/morphballio

Last edited: Jan 22, 2012 10:03:07

I have always associated Marr's sound with semi-hollowbodies, although to be honest I'm not really familiar with his post-Smiths career... But seeing/hearing him play Smiths riffs on his new sig Jag made me consider my modest CIJ with a whole different eye (or rather, ear). Still, as desirable as I find the sig model, I guess I would miss the strangle switch, which is something I use a lot for my surf tone -- I guess I must be the only Jag owner to love this switch Big Grin

As for my fav Smiths song, it's Meat is Murder. The simple, haunting riff and Morrissey's melancholic and uncharacteristically sober vocals give it a compelling quality. First time I heard it I must have listened to it 20 times in a row (yes, that's 2 hours Uh-Oh )

Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers.

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