Johnny Marr - Rickenbacker - The Smiths

[@CBDM777]

"turning your daydreams into sound"... Fookin Legend.

[@Pollandland]

"People who don't even like the band like the riff" So true, even people who hate the smiths have to appreciate Johnny Marr

[@ouroboros98]

"Turning your daydreams into sound" modern day fucking Buddha, what a man

[@bobbydylanio]

I would say Johnny Marr is the best guitarist of all time, or one of the best at least, his riffs are so so complex, there are so many chord changes and so much intricate picking but The Smiths music always flowed beautifully, he doesnt do any flash solo's although im sure he could, he doesnt need to, he is a genius. mint rickenbacker too

[@zoogie980]

idk about best guitarist but he is one of the best guitar songwriters. He pretty much created the indie genre out of the post-punk era and is a huge influence to many many other guitar players. He just created his own style and wrote countless classic riffs. He is more of a pioneer than a prodigy imo.

[@johnny5805]

Technically he's far from being the best, and just about scrapes in as "good".

[@iwillnevergetone5]

here, the master both threw so much shade AND educated us all. Legend.

[@Snarlygraph]

'Turning your daydreams into sound.' Wow.

[@YusufKhan-bd7dk]

The tone is incredible

[@nitedrive2956]

I think it's fair to say this guy is the most original guitarist of the last 25 years. Brilliant.

[@fletch4180]

Only Johnny Marr can turn power chords into something beautiful!

[@sharonduffey]

He would make a fantastic teacher. In all the interviews I've seen, he explains the music in a way that is easy to understand. I totally get that thing about words not being necessary.

[@thatseverin]

this is beautiful footage. johnny is such a wonderful guy. super cool style. upon being pulled on stage by morrissey at a smiths gig i waked over to him and said hello. and he screamed hello grinning ear to ear all while he was ripping through big mouth. the best interview of marr i have ever seen ,thanks for posting

[@blueshirt06]

And this is why the Smiths don't sound like your average dated 80's rock band, playing Smiths songs today sounds like something written a few months ago new and fresh to think that all of those songs are 30 plus years old is just amazing

[@craigcoughlin1834]

Right. And all written before he was 23 years old.

[@blueshirt06]

That's right

[@Indieguitarist2007]

The smiths could’ve came out 10 years or 20 years later and still be as successful as they were in the 80s. Timeless.

[@Natamity]

Well I've only just discovered them a few weeks ago. How could we have missed one of the greatest bands?!? They shot to the top of my music loves pretty much overnight. They're brilliance.

[@Renhjarta]

Just a fantastic guitarplayer and person.

[@user-po5bi6jb9g]

He and Morrissey each took 40% of the royalties while Rourke and Joyce got 10% between them. He was a bit greedy tbh.

[@spaceunicorn]

He wrote all the music, including drums and bass. They were being nice to give them 10% each

[@paralentor]

And that is why we'll never get a reunion until Johnny and Morrissey make right with the other two.

[@wavelengthrecords-1]

spaceunicorn You are absolutely wrong about this. It is well documented that Andy and Mike created ALL of their parts on every song the Smiths did. Johnny himself has made this clear in interviews, so stop spreading bullshit that has been debunked long ago. Johnny also admitted that they deserved more than they got and in the end paid up. The sound of the band was a creation of four talented individuals coming together as one. The Smiths were four and shall be nevermore.

[@yodamaster444]

Just those first 40 seconds...... He is just something else...

[@loombaron]

In my opinion the best pop guitarist

[@Broomehall]

Nothing i can say that hasn't already been said, thank god for Johnny Marr, The Smiths, soundtrack to the best years of my life, doubt i will ever feel that way again, but by god it was great while it lasted..................

[@chriscole6545]

I could watch this over and over and never tire of it.

[@seanevans1992]

What I love about Marr is his complete lack of an ego; almost to the point where he doesn't seem to understand his own abilities to their true extent.. He's playing What Difference Does It Make, and How Soon Is Now and talking about them in such a chilled manner.. It's almost like he's say 'yeah, well they came out of this that and other which is awesome, and my stuff's kinda cool too..' Umm, Johnny..? You're AMAZING dude!!

[@DamonAlbarnFan]

He is such a subtle guitarist which makes him amazing.

[@jbdean55]

love his playing. the rickenbacker sound always reminds me of hard days night era beatles and ,of course, the byrds.

[@proviewlovely]

marr is one of the greatest guitarists ever when he's says its like turning ur day dreams into sound thats exactly what it sounds like to me the man is such an icon, and people should look upto this man i think he is very underated.

[@freedahlove]

What a beautiful musician and man.Could listen to him play all the time.

[@MembrainJ]

One of the best guitarists ever. Thanks for posting.

[@throeyset]

Agreed, he makes the 6-string sound like a 12-string!

[@Gabrizeta]

Even if he wasn't the most skilled guitar player in the world, I think no one can claim to have created such beautiful and complex melodies. What he has done is a really important and difficult thing to achieve for a guitar player

[@PCDisciple]

Really useful to get a quick look behind his thought process.

[@danmiley8904]

hello again!

[@PCDisciple]

Dan Miley :) hello hello

[@danmiley8904]

+PC Disciple haha

[@themodernday5699]

@pendot57 I don't know, but those cords do lead into "What Difference Does It Make?"

[@chrisrtrent]

@123PullOut321 I completely agree, the thing I like best about Johnny's playing is that he understands the value of "less is more."

[@joolsguitarman]

the sound he gets is just on another level,love it man......

[@thucster5]

What Marr explains at the beginning is very cool actually. IT's taking chords and constructing a melody within those chords.

[@BlinkyBM]

I could watch this all day

[@harminder_philora]

I love the way Johnny plays. He seems to leak every bit of emotion he can into the sound - I think that's why he goes so well with Morrissey; I think it's for this reason that Morrissey's solo stuff was never quite like The Smith's stuff. Absolutely legendary!

[@karziflora]

"Turning your day dream into sound..." How amazing is that....We Love u Johnny, and thank you for all these amazing guitar tunes...EPIC!!

[@judissima]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaan....there's the Bo Diddley reference I've been waiting for.

[@kevlancaster100]

Could watch this man all day. His music is mesmerising

[@kgillum]

@TheAcquiesce17 main riff is: Capo on 2nd fret (puts you in F#). Chords E/E7, G, A

[@sarahzentexas]

I'm jealous of you, awood. I'd happily RE-discover them all over again, because that was one of the most exciting discoveries of my life. 1985. :) And they're still my gods...

[@hongdekong]

one hell of a tone!

[@bedsitter1982]

"It´s like turning you daydreams into sound" simply great...

[@ronierlh]

@pendot57 the song he is playing is there's a light than never goes out

[@splaticon5]

@greendayinsomniac86 On the "There is a light part" he's using delay, and maybe some chorus, (but probably not). You hear the delay repeats when he mutes the strings at the end of the song. He obviously has some distortion pedal available too.

[@smithsonguitar]

Great edit, i'm glad to see this back up.

[@THEJESS1ROBERTS]

I could listen to him play all day!

[@KaiWatson]

@Eltroim It goes to show how amazingly simple a lot the stuff Johnny plays actually is though. I love it.

[@chrisb3830]

what a legend!!! saw the man in manchester fred perry shop yesterday and made my day!!!

[@LiLRafasauresDaFirst]

Turning your daydreams into sound is the most accurate analogy ever. Legend!

[@monica93304]

He's a wizard with that guitar

[@ahosek]

@rockpaco It's called "What Difference Does it Make" by the Smiths.

[@hackum1]

"that kind of thing"

[@Bigdaddy7901]

what difference does it make to call that kind of thing by his name?

[@azynkron]

It makes none.. but you could go to a club where someone really loves you. But you will go home alone and want to die.

[@sparkledusted]

"...then it leads you to like--" one of the coolest riffs around. and he never left the home fret to play it! sick! (at :40 What Difference...) so much emotion in his playing.

[@fenderosa]

Johnny is a great and tasteful guitar player. His sound survives and still influences the modern way of making music.

[@koriki69]

tremolo thank you I always wondered how they did the how soon is now riff

So talented , So humble , great underrated guitar .

[@derekswan144]

Is he using some sorta chorus or rotary effect at the beginning? Really makes it sound like a Ric 12 string!

[@timeweston]

'People who don't like the band like the riff' ahuh

[@awood9214]

Thank you! I honestly didn't discover The Smiths until a couple of days ago. I'm starting to think I might live under a rock.

[@boypoet7]

Love the part when he plays "There is a light.." and "How Soon Is Now". Then again, who doesn't? Johnny is just amazing!!

[@MrSkeff]

what a hero/inspiration with his own sound... thanks mr. marr

[@nicmafia]

went to see him last year in manchester with the cribs. absolutely pissed out my mind but still the best ive heard

[@michalzajac.official]

what a sound, i'd love to get a fender amp

[@mcguinnsrickenbacker]

I could listen to this guy talk about guitars all day.

[@armbar]

Johnny seemed so happy up on stage with The Smiths at 0:55, it makes it harder to take that they wont reform

[@Gonzax]

its incredible what this man can do with a guitar. Amazing.

[@mr.cifuentes1779]

"It's just like turning yr daydreams into sound" Damn. I'm buying a guitar next paycheck

[@mr.cifuentes1779]

@MusicalElitist1 Shut the fuck up clown 😂

[@DaveA7]

@@mr.cifuentes1779 Did you buy one?

[@vincentb4659]

Good luck

[@haroof]

bold statement & I don't know if I could go quite that far but he's definitely in my top 5.

[@transonicbuoy1]

I bought the last Smiths vinyl in 1987. I am not a guitar player, but I totally respected the work. At that time it was the big JM one in "Paint A Vulgar Picture".

[@themodernday5699]

'There Is A Light That Never goes Out'

[@KaiWatson]

@airbournechild92 330 Jet Glo. :) Probably the same one used in the, "This Charming Man" video.

[@louisastevens]

Get the albums if you want LinkBB. Have a listen to the guitar. I read only one or two of the comment below but someone said that he'd played the guitar for 20 years and always found what Johnny does difficult to do. They all do. His technical ability is impressive - and it fkn sounds good too. He's a guitar great that maybe won't go down as one.

[@CameronMcGrath]

the last verse of oasis's shakermaker well the vocals anyway was recorded in there

[@Purojannu]

@KingTabor no, though the chorus pedal makes it sound kinda like one.

[@juttkeys]

he does mention usimg a tremelo that will give you a clue as to how to recreate that sound. however in the studio at the time they used 4 fender twin reverb amps and recorded 10 seconds at a time before they went out of sync then stopped the tape and recorded another few seconds, thats why it sounded so big at the time, it was the 80s and nowadays a single good quality tremelo pedal will produce similar results

[@themodernday5699]

He has a Rickenbacker 330 and a Rickenbacker 360 12-String.

[@Zamrise1]

@MrCaddilac there is a light that never goes out, and How soon is now

[@symmie666]

"turning your day dreams into sound" Pure genius Johnny.

[@souleman11]

Maestro. Full respect. Johnny Marr is a master.

[@dianelunn-parsons7340]

rough trade were a very smooth organisation thank you

[@rknprs]

Johnny Marr is as iconic to rock and roll guitar as Link Wray. Yes, I said it. His attitude is exactly the same. I would describe his playing as "emancipating".

[@andym28]

rknprs Good comparison.

[@SoulEternalPeaceWarrior77]

I want to learn how to play that style of guitar, like Johnny. Do you guys know of any lesson books/teachers/videos that teach that style?

[@alejandrocisneros7442]

vortex755 learn arppegios. and learn the major scale bro. I know it's been said before but it's true. all he's doing is playing arpeggios and a bit of mixture of soloing at the same time. the same style was used by Hendrix but in a blues way rather then a pop rock way like marr. check embellishments

[@WillieWagglestick]

My utter and absolute hero. 1:28 i sat and cried. Anyone else relate to this?

[@themodernday5699]

All the songs that were in the original version like "How Soon Is Now" have been edited out. It is now just pure Johnny Marr. :)

[@wibeseeker]

what a legend. i love this guy...

[@BertStatus]

His guitar tone in this is so good.

[@riderly]

@LinkBulletBill that dosent mean the guitar riffs not good, some of the easiest ideas can create incredible results and thats why ive always idolised marr, it just shows how diverse the guitar is and how a simple chord can be turned into somthing new and different

[@thereverendcarmichae]

When he starts playing 'What Difference Does It Make?'...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The greatest rythmn guitarist ever, no doubt.

[@Reint25]

@jbdean55 Hmm, it's more the outro of A Hard Day's NIght than, let's say, Mr. Tambourine Man or HBells of Rhymney.

[@cosmeticshrimp]

I hope I don't have to wait untill I die to meet Johnny Marr.. He is beautiful in every way. I love you in a nice way. You are the coolest person on the planet.. I am a mom w/ three kids. Hope to see you in heaven.

[@sprintbass]

you all need to understand something..marr got his sound in the early days with multitracking..he could play up to 7 guitar parts to a song recording them one by one in layers..rickenbacker's are magical guitars..especially with a bit of chorus or delay to them..sadly they have shot up in price in recent years..I had a 360 once..i wish i could have the inards of a 360 in a 330 body..if you want one of these used id suggest (all of criagslist) or guitar center's used site...beautiful instruments.

[@jonathanbowden5318]

Someone needs to commision a TV show called Johnny Marr Talks, where he just talks...

[@TheDavelogan]

@swarmmaster I think that's the reason that they're praised so much. One music writer once described them as every great moment in British rock rolled into one. Blur wrote some good songs but you can trace their roots back as well. The other big thing about Oasis and Blur is that Blur's lyrics were very literal. Unlike Oasis who made their songs more universal and had good riffs that blended into the words and the direction that Noel chose to take the song.

[@kentishtowncowboy]

'Turning your daydreams into sound' reminds me of Hendrix and Genius for vocalising through his own Guitar. Phenomenal.

[@woozilmusic]

brandon 06 no i got it in the end, just when ur really in the zone you forget about the strain it puts on ur shoulder dont think i had the guitar strap right either ha

[@kildunne]

Marr is the oneee! no one can greater that start of bigmouth riff!

[@WilliamSlaght]

well I saw chord playing progressions here... and an effect... I need to see more vids of him... This isn't really awing me a bit.

[@deweypug]

One of the greatest to ever grace his hands on the guitar... (even if you didn't like the Smiths)

[@sneha1965]

Turning your daydreams into sound and what a sound it is!

[@89fenderp]

Perfectly great.

[@loombaron]

i love this man

[@RiggySmalls]

@AviatorAndyK Totally agree. Marr is very very difficult to imitate if you're a player.