Johnny Marr interview: ‘I had to defend myself against Morrissey’ - thetimes.co.uk

Johnny Marr interview - The Times

Johnny Marr tells his side.

Johnny Marr interview: ‘I had to defend myself against Morrissey’

Fight or flight? Since Johnny Marr walked out on the Smiths in 1987 he has chosen the latter. He collaborated with countless artists, from the Pretenders to Mod

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Excerpt:

A month on the guitarist explains his decision to come out fighting. “When you’re attacked out of the blue, particularly in public, you have to defend yourself. The letter was designed to be insulting, wasn’t it? That has to have been the idea. If it’s something that’s not based in fact, you have to react in kind, which is just” — he curls his lip — “with ridicule.” Tellingly, he doesn’t use the M word.

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[BookishBoy]

Fair play to Johnny on these midweek sales, they're good! Although, as has been mentioned, the promotional campaign behind this album has been incredible: as close as you can get to blanket coverage for an album, these days.

(It would be an amusing time for Morrissey to put out just a 30-second snippet of one of Bonfire's catchiest tracks on YouTube or something...)

 

[Redacted]

Tiny Johnny probably demanded they make he and Morrissey look the same height

 

[dressrehearsal]

 

[Surface]

Yes, seems like the site has attracted a proper odd ball.

 

[Surface]

Tiny Johnny probably demanded they make he and Morrissey look the same height

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Wow, what a c*** you are.

 

[Vegan. Cro. Spirit 444]

Tiny Johnny probably demanded they make he and Morrissey look the same height

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correct

due to inferiority complex

im told that when he goes to Maccies he will continue to order McMuffins until
some old pensioner recognizes him
you could make a Carrie movie with LePepes neurosis

 

[Graham Chopman]

Check out the Moz picture they used. LOL.

Johnny Marr Responds to Morrissey's Open Letter: 'It's All About the Attention'

'The letter was designed to be insulting, wasn't it? That has to have been the idea.'

www.ultimate-guitar.com

 

[Seymour Glass]

Successful solo career? Huh? Morrissey without the Smiths- still famous. Marr without the Smiths- session guitarist.

 

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[Surface]

Already posted yesterday but you probably know that.

 

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Already posted yesterday but you probably know that.

In this thread?


Lol. What’s your point?


You’re just jealous because you didn’t get mentioned in the video like Vegan Cro did

 

[Vegan Cro Spirit .777]

a certain someone will have to make several fake usernames to spam youtube

 

[Surface]

In this thread?


Lol. What’s your point?


You’re just jealous because you didn’t get mentioned in the video like Vegan Cro did

Well trailer park trash is attracted to trailer park trash, so no surprise Vegan was mentioned.

 

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Well trailer park trash is attracted to trailer park trash, so no surprise Vegan was mentioned.

Are you calling the person in the video ‘trailer park trash’ ?

And how did you come to that conclusion?

weird

 

[Anonymous]

Are you calling the person in the video ‘trailer park trash’ ?

And how did you come to that conclusion?

weird

You're right, they only appear to be the type of person who lives in a trailer park. No proof that they actually do. How about 'vapid person of low brain power who is unaccustomed to thinking deeply but unashamed of displaying all that on a worldwide platform'?

 

[Dr. Stockmann]

Are you calling the person in the video ‘trailer park trash’ ?

And how did you come to that conclusion?

weird

Thanks Ketamine Sun I had forgotten to mention YOUR name and how much I have been loving your sane, humane and rational perspectives on this forum!

 

[Dr. Stockmann]

Oh...and I am a passionate person who doesn't shy away from cuss words...so there's that!

 

[Vegan Cro Spirit .777]

OF COURSE Moz has continued to make very high caliber exc poetry and singing

 

[No 27]

Who knew the Def Leppard guy had transitioned?

 

[Vegan Cro Spirit .777]

Who knew the Def Leppard guy had transitioned?

the sudden appearance of anon 27