Johnny Marr - "The Headmaster Ritual" - Fender Amps - 2009.flv

[flagascaro]

@MrKGriff65. Yes, actually, he is the best. "I prefer that which touches me over that which surprises me." -- P. Bensusan. There is no other living guitarist who can make me tear up at what this man evokes: a lonely childhood, a lost love, a bygone youth. Watch what Sean Penn portrays for Django in Sweet & Low Down. My feelings for Johnny.

[Davidmh1971]

@flagascaro .........My sentiments exactly...His music, his persona on stage...as he says, you just can;t put it into words

[flagascaro]

Chet. George. Johnny. Period.

[wisconsindeathtrip]

People of Britain - what is his accent?

[itsabomberscope]

@wisconsindeathtrip I would call it a mild northern accent.

[mrjoeington]

@wisconsindeathtrip its a manchester accent

[LiamGardner]

@wisconsindeathtrip He's from Ardwick in Manchester, though he sounds more like he's from Salford (still a part of Manchester). Listen to John Cooper Clarke and then Liam Gallagher. John's from Salford.

[mufc99ok]

@LiamGardner hes from wyndenshaw our jonny is

[ajritson]

Johnny has the best lego man hair!

[kshoren05]

his "What Difference Does it Make?" riff is pretty bad ass too!

[THALIDO]

1 muppet needs a hearing aid.

[MidnightAnimations]

0 dislikes... the world DOES make sense after all!

[upyourtits]

if only he spoke as eloquently as he played...

[IrishBog]

@upyourtits Actually I like the non-muso way he speaks.... there's enough knob heads out there trying to dissect and analyse everything to pieces

[Kerrow17]

the mans a fockin wizard

[lakai958]

he looks like my uncle mixed with Richard Hammond

[vonalxao1]

let that be a lesson for young guitarists. Technique is only a very small part of it. You need to be melodic, or you suck balls.

[joshualucas]

johnny, stop playing this shit for crappy video interviews for youtube. if you didnt still like the smiths, you wouldn't sit down and show us how you play the songs, note-perfect i might add. if morrissey didn't like the songs, he wouldnt fill up 40% of his set with them. rub bums with the silly old queen, take the millions of pounds and fucken reform. just for a couple of shows. then we can all stop pretending we like the cribs, modest mouse or anything after viva hate. this is bullshit.

[VioletPayne]

@joshualucas No, THIS is bullshit. Why don't you get a clue? Sit down and do some thinking, develop some real taste, and STFU. Move forward. DAMN! I am so sick of this.

[VioletPayne]

@joshualucas Also? You're the only one who is pretending.

[joshualucas]

@VioletPayne make sense next time plz

[maggsayy]

@joshualucas what are you babbling on about ? i don't see anything wrong with johnny playing some riffs for an interview. and why would morrissey and johnny dislike the smiths ?

[chbath1]

"Never to far from the mods...never gets too Harley Davidson". That's the best explanation I've ever heard of what the best rock music is. A bit of Oasis distortion and Smiths jangle is the best combination. :)

[1guitarkid]

whats the The the song?

[ap286188]

@1guitarkid

The The - Dogs of Lust (from album: Dusk (1992))

Solo part actually played on harmonica, but grt nevertheless!

[WillClarkMusic]

Is the small amp a fender blues jr?

[tomthefunky]

@WillClarkMusic: Fender Champ.

[lapetunia]

3.50 what difference does it make

[youtrojaxtube]

God

[lordfarty]

wow. the greatest.

[Araby7771]

unmistakeable

[Araby7771]

unmistakeable

[TreyRoque]

Man, he just strums a few chords and my teenage years shiver up and down my spine. Genius.

[247Gichtkralle]

Uhhh - I bought my HiFi Clean Jazz Chorus in 1986, because of you....

I`m stil using it ....(as a cabinet) ;)

[karziflora]

Legendary guitar tunes, Johnny is the Maestro of melodic guitar players...LOVE U JM!!

[dereckvon]

Sublime guitarist. First rate.

[spillandambience]

is open D dadgad?

[shortsboy99]

still the cooolest guitarist ever.

Hearing those Smiths riffs bring a tear to the eye

[sparker7600]

which fender amp is it to his left, on the bottom? the one he's playing near the end of the clip? thanks!

[spillandambience]

is headmaster guitar tuned to E major chord, how is he doing it??

[dust0fnations]

@spillandambience On the record Johnny plays it in open D tuning with a capo on the second fret bringing it up to open E.

Here he's playing it in Open D without the capo.

[dannyhayden22]

Reminds me of me....... Not really though

[ShaggyMess]

Best guitarist ever. Full stop.

[bgierat]

@ShaggyMess

Totally agree....I wish Morrissey would get over all the crap....get the band back together and start writing new material. If he and Johnny could sit down in a room again....who knows what would happen. Johnny is just so cool....great guy.

[MrKgriff65]

@ShaggyMess A great guitarist, yes. No disagreement there, but the best??. I'm sure Mr Marr himself would disqgree with your statement. Always reminds me of James Honeyman Scott of The Pretenders, and I wouldn't mind betting thqt Mr Marr would say that J.H-S was an influence on him.

[guinnessontap86]

that riff around 6:33 is god-like

[thegreatfatsby1]

what is the song that johnny is playing at the start?

[heduka009]

@thegreatfatsby1 

"That joke isn't funny anymore" by The Smiths

[damienmetalwind]

Headmaster Ritual is the shit.

[TomSoulGuitar]

@damienmetalwind YOU are the shit here. Headmaster Ritual is an anthem.

[damienmetalwind]

@TomSoulGuitar Uh...thanks? You do realize that a song being "the shit" is a positive, right?

[TomSoulGuitar]

@damienmetalwind I am from Argentina and I dont understand that kind of things. Sorry, I Thougth it was a negative.

[damienmetalwind]

@TomSoulGuitar It's okay. Your English is much better than my Spanish. Now you know why so many people gave the comment a thumbs-up.

[TomSoulGuitar]

@damienmetalwind Thank you man!

[aricalifornia]

As with any artist, it is so novel to hear how he uses each tool for a specific range and quality, to blend an overall project. This is actually fusion. He does so much on his own to build the body of his music, that arrangement and post production seems easier than many other artists.

Also, in the comment 'Don't want to play distorted cause you can't come back from it.' Usually this is true. But Hendrix played with this a LOT; distortion and back to rhythm.

[willhay555]

Reforming my cock end, have a day off and up the dosage dude.

[imjohnpeelslovechild]

ha ha ha the smiths to reform?? as I said ha ha ha

[Hermdo]

Whats that song at 1:16 ?

[forshigity5000]

@Hermdo

kinks

[osammaapplehead]

@Hermdo the kinks "all day and all of the night"

[leevtharrison]

No he does...he was about to say 'when' and dropped the 'when i was' and just said 'in'. You might be right, but that isn't what he was saying.

[nick6660]

@Coppertunes no he aint you prick he was in a band called the the

[kaguth]

@Coppertunes Did Matt Johnson really tell you the smiths are going to reform? I'd love to believe that but I've been hearing people say the smiths are going to reform for the last 20 years. Forgive me if I'm a bit skeptical.

[TheVicious]

@Coppertunes Are you joking? He said: "i used to use one of these quite a lot in The The" Where did he stutter or was about to say The Smiths? He played for The The after The Smiths, dumbo!