Johnny Marr plays The Headmaster Ritual

[MegaKDvideos]

For years I've wondered how he played this genius stuff and now I get to see! Thank you! Headmaster Ritual is my fav Smiths song!

[MrRyzzzza]

The man's a genius! Morrissey and Marr probably relied a lot more on each other than people realise, one had the riffs whilst the other had the lyrics and together they produced fantastic music that was so ahead of their time.

[UnderTheAffluence]

I love how Marr occasionally looks up in a "yeah, I wrote this. Great, aren't I?" way.

[skinterz]

Love the chords he picks out at 1:11 and at the same time looks up as if to say...cop a load of this....Best ever.

[jixxxxer17]

this guy is creative as hell omg , love his work in The The too , nice vids thanks for sharing.

[loombaron]

he is in my opinion the best pop guitarist.

[throbbingwartool]

@loombaron pop huh?

[loombaron]

he plays pop music he doesn´t play jazz, flamenco, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, tango, folk or country, he specifically plays pop.

[throbbingwartool]

@loombaron I guess you could call it pop it just really doesn't sound right to classify the smiths as that for some reason..

[loombaron]

It doesnt matter how deep the lyrics are or how cool are some guitar riffs, Smiths genre is still pop.

[CazUnlimited]

@loombaron Ya damn fucken straight

[FSMnoodle]

@loombaron I think he plays some folk guitar 'Back to the old house' is folk guitar sureIy! I think. Either way, legend.

[loombaron]

Sure dude, thats why I said, best pop guitarist, he is amazingly creative. Lets get real, we cannot label johnny as a folk guitarist XD. He is pop but he is deep and creative.

[TheRussWhitley]

Oh johnny marr he plays guitar........well

[TheMode121]

johnny marr is awesome

[basehead617]

get him on a jag or rickenbacker i hate the sound of les pauls =/

[Frobe1357]

@basehead617 the fender jag is currently his favoured guitar

[MsWildCard]

Eric Clapton i believe is awesome but he's not as creative as ppl like johnny marr, he usually covers other ppl's hits and makes them his own blues stuff. even with cream some of there hits were rip offs from Robert Johnson. Eric Clapton imo is more of a technical genius on guitar rather than a creative genius.

[QPRLAD86]

1.11 is orgasmic :)

[RichardJames12]

he is genuinely from another planet.

[osomy]

That is pure class, its a beautiful melody, quite sombre.

[boosh90]

I could listen to him play all day.

Legend.

[ryan49er1]

marr could make a power chord sound like an opera....just the way he strokes and picks a chord

[WillClarkMusic]

Can someone please tell me what pick ups he's using in the les paul? 2 10's?? and where can i get some!? thank you.

[tomthefunky]

@WillClarkMusic: Gibson Duel "open coil" Humbuckers. Each pickup has two single coil pickups wired differently to produce a variety of sounds. They can be found anywhere.

[WillClarkMusic]

@tomthefunky Thanks tom, Are they the type where the tone knobs pull and push to switch between double and single coil?

[tomthefunky]

@WillClarkMusic: I'm not sure if Gibson makes guitars that feature that or if you have to customize the guitar in order to do that. I know Fender makes guitars with that switching system but I don't know if Gibson does.

[Luistervink]

I tuned my guitar open E but every note I play the same as him it sounds different. Does he use another tuning here?

[Coppertunes]

@Luistervink No it is in open E

From standard tuning E,A,D,G,B,E you want to tune your guitar from the top string (your thickest one)

E Standard

A tune up to B (a whole tone, which is two frets)

D tune up to E (a whole tone, which is two frets)

G tune up to G# (a semitone, which is one fret)

B Standard

E Standard

Some players do shit their pants when they tighten strings up a tone or so, if this happens to you, then tune down to D tuning D,A,D,F#,A,D, & stick a capo on the 2nd fret. Sorted.

[HamishM150]

@Coppertunes, @Luistervink It's usually played in open E tuning, but in this video Marr's guitar is tuned to open D.

[mufc99ok]

marr is a total legend

[Conorrrr1977]

Is Johnny Marr Wearing skin tight jeans?

[darcythornton]

@Conorrrr1977 Yeah, skinny jeans and no socks!

[alexandermorison]

@Conorrrr1977 Mancy Trousers.

[ThinCrustPizza67]

@Conorrrr1977 Johnny Marr can wear whatever he likes.

[Conorrrr1977]

@ThinCrustPizza67 I didn't say he can't

[Eldaenek]

Pelican's new album "What We All Come to Need" almost uses the same exact tone as Marr's in this video.

[TheRecon88]

ive said it soo many times that i think he's the best british guitarist for 25-30 years, yes i agree eric clapton is highly regarded as THE best but marr's gives so much flavour and imagination in his riffs, pure class.

[aderueda]

@TheRecon88 agree!!!!

[Renegademaster15]

@TheRecon88 I'd say there were others who were more highly regarded than Clapton, definitely Jimmy Page

[nmssis]

@TheRecon88 They should do another movie titled "It Might Get Even Louder" Johnny Marr, Eric Clapton and Andy Summers.

[casestudyification]

@nmssis It's nice to hear somebody mention Andy Summers. Andy was a genius.

[nmssis]

@casestudyification INDEEEED!!!

[JwahAmore31]

@TheRecon88 I could not agree more, love!!! When Johnny plays, I get chills and sometimes tear up a wee bit (okay,,, loads!!!), yet I never have that reaction to Clapton,,, EVER!

Cheers!

- J

[Lunatic4Bizcas]

@TheRecon88 : Johnny Marr is an incredible guitarist and one of my undoubted favorites. Eric Clapton is also one of the few undisputed great guitarist of the modern age, but what about Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden. I also rank Adrian very highly and just like Johnny Marr, he has been overlooked by many critics.

[TheRealCritique]

@TheRecon88 Everyone says Clapton is so great, but I've always found him a damned bore. The only exception is Derek and the Dominoes. Marr is far more interesting. Totally melancholy spooky, but active and energetic. Amazing contradictions in his playing. Makes rhythm more important than lead. The guy is a picking genius.

[smithsonguitar]

Hey, thanks for cropping this out of the larger video. I have wanted to do that but didn't know how.  Also, congratulations on your new blog, it's really great!

[darcythornton]

@smithsonguitar Yeah, it was about time! Thanks for your compliment, it means alot.

[cerati88]

So effortless!

[ADoc1980]

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