the smiths on HBOplus

[sheila bow]

i recently got new cable channels. i was watching HBOplus, and during the station identification segment, they played a wierd version of 'how soon is now?'[no vocals]. does anyone know how this came about? did marr sell the song to HBO? i also heard the album version on a NISSAN car comercial.

 

[Colin]

> i recently got new cable channels. i was watching HBOplus, and
> during the station identification segment, they played a wierd
> version of 'how soon is now?'[no vocals]. does anyone know how
> this came about? did marr sell the song to HBO? i also heard the
> album version on a NISSAN car comercial.
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Moz and Marr sold the Smiths catalog back in '92 or '93. Not coincidently, we've seen a huge increse in the profile of Smiths songs, particularly HSIN.

 

[Lifeguard Sleeping]

> i recently got new cable channels. i was watching HBOplus, and
> during the station identification segment, they played a wierd
> version of 'how soon is now?'[no vocals]. does anyone know how
> this came about? did marr sell the song to HBO? i also heard the
> album version on a NISSAN car comercial.

Well, there IS a section of the song (towards the end of the unedited version) that's without vocals; perhaps that's what they used for the station ID.

 

[drifter]

sold their catalog?

> Moz and Marr sold the Smiths catalog back in '92 or
'93.

this is news to me. do you also know the who's, and
how muches

 

[Colin]

Re: sold their catalog?

> this is news to me. do you also know the who's, and
> how muches
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They sold it to Warner Brothers or one of its subsidiaries. The amount I'm not sure of. Maybe 10-15 million.

 

[Cili Barnes]

Johnny Marr's money

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> They sold it to Warner Brothers or one of its subsidiaries. The
> amount I'm not sure of. Maybe 10-15 million.

I believe Johnny received 2 million dollars from Warner Brothers. I know - TWO million.