For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we turn to this Kevin Seal-intro’d segment on Johnny Marr — “1987’s most controversial and most sought-after guitarist,” Seal proclaims — that aired in the months following the dissolution of The Smiths.
Here, Marr talks about his time in that band, his guitar style, his playing in The Pretenders and his appreciation of The Edge’s signature guitar style. He then wraps it up with an amazing turn of phrase, listing off his favorite pastimes, then adding, “aside from that, I just like to cool out, big style.”
Watch it below via uploader MrPhilrand.
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- ‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Watch a Downtown Julie Brown-hosted episode from 1987
- ‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Checking in with Nine Inch Nails at Lollapalooza 1991
- ‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kurt Loder puts Social Distortion under the ‘120 X-Ray’ in 1990
- ‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Dave Kendall eulogizes The Smiths following band’s 1987 break-up
Marr was far and away the most compelling component of the Smiths.
I love, when he was asked, were he got the idea of how to play “How Soon Is Now”, he said even I don’t know how to play like Johhny Marr plays. That’s so Zen.