Johnny Marr in Top 100 people of 2007/USA Today
posted by davidt on Thursday December 20 2007, @02:00PM

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Top 100 people of 2007/USA Today
By Whitney Matheson

74. Johnny Marr. The former Smiths guitarist re-entered the spotlight as a member of Modest Mouse, and his unmistakable sound can be heard all over We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Now, if only we could get Marr's band to open for Morrissey, and then Andy Rourke could be waiting in the wings... see where I'm going with this?

 
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Weird (Score:0)
Because I thought Johnny Marr made not one iota of difference to the Modest Mouse sound. Very disappointing.
Anonymous -- Thursday December 20 2007, @02:40PM (#289370)
  • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday December 20 2007, @02:46PM
    • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday December 20 2007, @05:52PM
      • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @01:15AM
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          • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @09:38AM
            • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @09:44AM
              • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @12:14PM
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                • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @02:01PM
                  • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @03:35PM
                    • Re:Weird by Marisela (Score:1) Friday December 21 2007, @04:03PM
                      • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @04:18PM
              • Re:Weird by Marisela (Score:1) Friday December 21 2007, @11:09AM
                • Re:Weird by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @04:18PM
                  • Learn some English by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday December 23 2007, @08:32AM
                  nope... (Score:0)
                  in order to conquer the hearts and minds of america, marr will need to collaborate with britney, lohan, or paris...

                  a few candids with britney about town would catapult him to # 10...
                  Anonymous -- Thursday December 20 2007, @03:08PM (#289374)
                    lol (Score:1)
                    USA Today
                    9 x Fined -- Thursday December 20 2007, @03:19PM (#289378)
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                      what a joke - (Score:0)
                      Not a johnny mouse fan
                      markmustb1 -- Thursday December 20 2007, @07:56PM (#289402)
                      (User #13161 Info)
                      cos no one ever turns to me to say ...
                        Impressive! (Score:0)
                        At least this writer has a clue about who The Smiths are/were:)
                        Anonymous -- Thursday December 20 2007, @08:44PM (#289405)
                          Holla! (Score:0)
                          Johnny Marr is fuckin' awesome!
                          Anonymous -- Thursday December 20 2007, @09:00PM (#289406)
                          • Re:Holla! by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday December 21 2007, @08:10PM
                            • Re:Holla! by markmustb1 (Score:0) Saturday December 22 2007, @11:29AM
                              • Re:Holla! by Marisela (Score:1) Wednesday December 26 2007, @02:00AM
                                • Re:Holla! by markmustb1 (Score:0) Thursday January 03 2008, @12:11PM
                                  • Re:Holla! by Marisela (Score:1) Thursday January 03 2008, @11:34PM
                                    • Re:Holla! by markmustb1 (Score:0) Saturday January 05 2008, @12:38PM
                              Get the Led Out (Score:1)
                              I'm glad the writer acknowledged Marr for his success with Modest Mouse.

                              However, these writers who pine away for some sort of Smiths reunion really do Morrissey and Marr a disservice, not to mention demonstrates their lack of familiarity on the subject as to why the Smiths ended the way they did and why some some sort of jolly reunion could never happen, even if it was just M & M. These guys are not Led Zeppelin, nor do they wish to be!

                              M & M are proud of what they achieve in the last 20 years or so. They once did some great work together, but now they have moved on.
                              mozmic_dancer -- Friday December 21 2007, @06:18AM (#289430)
                              (User #11277 Info)
                              "I am the fun and the fair, on a Mozsite for the criminally insane..."
                                Marr: "subtle" studio hack for life. (Score:0)
                                "...his unmistakable sound can be heard all over We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank."

                                Change "unmistakable" to "anonymous," and I quite agree.
                                Anonymous -- Friday December 21 2007, @06:30AM (#289431)
                                americans eh? (Score:0)
                                like they know anything...
                                Anonymous -- Saturday December 22 2007, @09:35AM (#289512)
                                Jealous Morrissey solo fans (Score:0)
                                We hate it when our friends become successful ...

                                Ha ha ha ha!

                                Like Moz's band is going to win anything like this with dross like "That's How People Grow Up". ;)
                                Anonymous -- Tuesday December 25 2007, @05:01AM (#289686)


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