I sometimes wonder if Marr took a leaf from Altered Images. Happy Birthday (1981) was the first time i'd noticed how good chime guitar sounded in mainsteam pop.
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Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England 
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Posted on Jan 08 2013 08:49 AM
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Joined: Sep 16, 2007 Posts: 548 Utah |
Posted on Jan 08 2013 08:56 AM
Marr is a great guitar player. I forgot about Altered Images. I'm a huge Smith's fan as well as The The. —Either you surf, or you fight. |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2682 Ventura, CA 
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Posted on Jan 08 2013 01:24 PM
Someone mentioned XTC, I found this entire concert from Rockpalast in Germany. They had stopped performing fairly early on and I never got to see them. I would like to have heard Marr in a band like this, although I can't imagine he could top Dave Gregory. |
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Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England
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Posted on Jan 08 2013 02:22 PM
Stormtiger wrote:
XTC were a great band, they going up until 2005 but intermittent as i remember. I had Statue of Liberty on 45 the week it came out. |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Jan 08 2013 07:33 PM
crumble wrote:
I concur about Altered Images. XTC was also excellent in this respect. Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Mar 05, 2010 Posts: 362 Mauna Lani, HI
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Posted on Jan 08 2013 09:15 PM
Xtc...now there's a band worthy of a thread... |
Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Jan 11 2013 07:51 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed this article published today on The Guardian: Johnny Marr on the Smiths, Morrissey and putting politics back in pop — |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Jan 11 2013 08:07 AM
Thanks for posting this, Morphball! Good stuff! —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Apr 03, 2010 Posts: 3201 Jacksonville, AL
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Posted on Jan 11 2013 08:42 AM
I didn't even know that he had a new solo record out. Man, it is great to finally hear that signature guitar tone again. —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 11 2013 08:43 AM
The February issue of Mojo magazine has a lengthy and very interesting cover story on Johnny Marr. It also has an included CD of his music (which I haven't checked out yet). His first fully solo CD is now coming out, and it' s supposed to be highly influenced by late '70s/early '80s post-punk. He sings on it, and is supposed to have worked a LOT on his singing lately. My wife has the Healers album, and it's pretty good, I like it. Ivan |
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Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Jan 11 2013 09:07 AM
I heard his single "The Messenger" a couple of months back, and was not immediately grabbed, but I think it was mainly me getting over the initial surprise of hearing him sing (I admit I have not followed his career much after The Smiths, and didn't even know he sang in The Healers). I suspect this is the type of sound that will grow on me after a few more listens, especially seeing how he doesn't really care anymore if he happens to sound like he used to at 18; not a bad thing at all. — |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 11 2013 12:21 PM
IvanP wrote:
A comment in the article about the title track from his new solo CD "The Messenger": "The Dick-Dale-meets-The-Edge solo from 2:21 is worth the price of admission alone." —Ivan |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jan 12 2013 03:46 AM
Speaking of his singing, he doesn't have one of "those voices", but he sings quite well. There are recent videos of him doing Smiths songs and he delivers them very very well. He understands what they mean, and isn't just singing them to make the bucks. You guys know what I'm talking about? Too often you see people who didn't write the lyrics/melody for their old band singing the songs and they just don't understand them. |
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Posted on Jan 12 2013 07:16 AM
Like the actress that smiles as she "begs for mercy"? —IMO. |
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Posted on Jan 12 2013 09:38 AM
It's a pretty damn good song, if you ask me. And his singing is MUCH improved. —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jan 12 2013 11:14 AM
IvanP wrote:
Which is funny because three of the guitarist that are amongst the most deserving to never get a "this guy sounds like 'x guitarist' meet 'n guitarist" are Johnny Marr, The Edge, and Dick Dale. All true originals. |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jan 28 2013 03:54 PM
Interesting interview with Johnny Marr. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Posted on Jan 28 2013 04:04 PM
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Posted on Jan 28 2013 04:19 PM
IvanP wrote:
Sounds like it's a backwards recorded solo to me? —Paul |
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Posted on Jan 28 2013 04:22 PM
This talk of XTC and Echo & the Bunnymen remind me of "Urgh! A Music War". —"Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck |
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