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FWD.
The way he keeps repeating, ‘When I formed the Smiths’, and ‘when I wrote this’, is just so cringe.
I mean, really. We get it, Marr — you and Morrissey had a falling out. You hate the bloke. Whatever — you don’t have to work with him in the future.
…but to try and revise the past, by trying to minimize Morrissey’s role in the band and his impact, is just ludicrous. Morrissey is the face and voice of the Smiths, who also wrote a ton of the songs. You can’t discuss the origin of the band and the creation of the songs without including him. It just sounds stupid.
We all know who was in the Smiths (and, let’s be honest — the Smiths is the only thing the general public knows you from, Marr). There’s no need to try and tiptoe around it and rewrite the history.
Yeah, I remember that. It was in response to Marr constantly calling Morrissey out and critiquing him in practically every interview he gave. It wasn’t like Marr was just simply reminiscing on the past and Morrissey was angry his name was brought up.In a post on his Morrissey Central website, the controversial singer-songwriter wrote: “This is not a rant or an hysterical bombast. It is a polite and calmly measured request: Would you please stop mentioning my name in your interviews?”
The thing is, as soon as he mentions Morrissey's name, that's what the press will print and they'll inevitably link it to the feud and stoke things and it will get worse. Or Morrissey will post another missive saying "hey, don't try to speak for me" etc. I think he is just trying to play safe, talk guitars and writing processes and avoid more bullshit - but he can't win because even that will set some people off.The way he keeps repeating, ‘When I formed the Smiths’, and ‘when I wrote this’, is just so cringe.
I mean, really. We get it, Marr — you and Morrissey had a falling out. You hate the bloke. Whatever — you don’t have to work with him in the future.
…but to try and revise the past, by trying to minimize Morrissey’s role in the band and his impact, is just ludicrous. Morrissey is the face and voice of the Smiths, who also wrote a ton of the songs. You can’t discuss the origin of the band and the creation of the songs without including him. It just sounds stupid.
We all know who was in the Smiths (and, let’s be honest — the Smiths is the only thing the general public knows you from, Marr). There’s no need to try and tiptoe around it and rewrite the history.
In a post on his Morrissey Central website, the controversial singer-songwriter wrote: “This is not a rant or an hysterical bombast. It is a polite and calmly measured request: Would you please stop mentioning my name in your interviews?”
Err...he did form The Smiths though. Morrissey didn't put the band together and go and find Marr, it was the other way round.The way he keeps repeating, ‘When I formed the Smiths’, and ‘when I wrote this’, is just so cringe.
I don’t think he does. They haven’t worked together for nearly 40 years. They’re just not friends anymore. It happens. It doesn’t mean they hate each other. I’m not in contact with people I worked with three jobs ago; doesn’t mean I hate them.You hate the bloke.
Would anyone know who Johnny Marr is if he'd never met Morrissey? Doubtful I say.
Because they haven't just been re-released and he isn't promoting them. When they are, then he will. Call the Comet is a great album.Question for JM - why no deep dive and big pride for Call the Comet, Fever Dreams, etc etc..?
Simon Goddard reviewing Set the Boy Free and Autobiography: "Both men make defiant virtue of their post-Smiths successes, but it is Marr who reveals himself as infinitely needier of his old group’s oxygen to keep him in public view."