Johnny Marr responds to Morrissey's open letter via Twitter (January 26, 2022)

Dear @officialmoz. An ‘open letter’ hasn’t really been a thing since 1953, It’s all ‘social media’ now. Even Donald J Trump had that one down. Also, this fake news business…a bit 2021 yeah ? #makingindiegreatagain

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Related item:

• "OPEN LETTER TO JOHNNY MARR." (January 25, 2022)

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• Radio X: Johnny Marr hits back after Morrissey asks him to stop mentioning him in interviews - January 26, 2022

 

[MoneyChangesEverything]

dont talk mince,the question was can johnboy sing,the answer is no,do you honestly think he can,he was inspired by the soul singers from the 60s and yet there is not one bit of soul in his voice,monotone changes everything.

Johnny can sing better than Jesse can punch his guitar.

 

[Barking]

Marr couldn't handle his wife

I think you were expecting some kind of reaction to that, and you must have been disappointed when nobody bothered. I hate to see a post go to waste. So what I did was, I took it to the Marrs'.
Johnny opened the door, he read the post, he said "Johnny who? Who?", I replied "Johnny woof! Woof!". Angie heard and upon seeing me exclaimed "Oh what a clever little dog!". Anyway, long story short, I'm spending Easter with them in Belize.

So feel free to post more stupid stuff, I have my eyes on the family's vegan Sunday roast leftovers...

 

[Lujissey]

Now anyone knows how all this continues? What will happen ?? Between them everything is finished?

 

[Anonymous]

Now anyone knows how all this continues? What will happen ?? Between them everything is finished?

It's interesting to note that Morrissey seems to have followed Johnny's interviews and articles, so there's that!

 

[gordyboy9]

Johnny can sing better than Jesse can punch his guitar.

now you are just being a bit of a roaster,how can you tell if johnboy is a better singer than jesse is a guitarist,its impossible to measure.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

It's interesting to note that Morrissey seems to have followed Johnny's interviews and articles, so there's that!

Or just the ones with the headline that he found troubling.

 

[Anonymous]

Now anyone knows how all this continues? What will happen ?? Between them everything is finished?

Everything's been 'finished' for years. The last time they appear to have had any kind of vague working relationship together on a project was the 'Singles' boxset released in 2008. So in practical terms, nothing changes.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Johnny can sing better than Jesse can punch his guitar.

Folks can vote with their wallets. And yet, they continue to buy the albums and go to the shows that
Jesse is a part of.

Anyway, I get the feeling, by now, it’s not up to any of us to decide Jesse’s fate. Boss Moz likes the way he punches that guitar, ‘enchanting’ is how he once described it.

 

[tjkomi]

"I was at my parents house one Sunday evening, and my little brother had a guitar knocking about. I started to play some chords and quickly came up with this riff. I got very excited about it as I knew it was good. But I didn't have anything to record it on, so my girlfriend Angie, who's now my wife, ran around to her house and snuck her dad's car out. I got in the car with my guitar, playing the riff over and over again so I wouldn't forget it! We drove to Morrissey's. I got there, and I'm holding this guitar outside his door in the rain, unannounced. "Oh, hello," he says, "what have you got there?" I said: "A new song." "Well, you'd better come in then." So in I went, and Morrissey pulled out this tape recorder, and we recorded the music. Then I went home. He called me the next day and said, "That new song's called Hand In Glove." We would rehearse five nights a week in our manager's clothing warehouse. The minute we started to play the new song, I knew we'd gone to a new place, because of the melody and the riff, and also because the words and music were an exuberant celebration of both our lives. Friendship [...] was what had changed in his and my life. We had met each other, were working together, and we were in love with each other, in the best possible way. And Hand In Glove came out of that. The words sound like the music, and the music sounds like the words “ it's a beautiful thing. [...] Hand In Glove was our anthem."

- Johnny, dailymail.co.uk,
on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the release of debut single "Hand In Glove"

 

[Famous when dead]

They did manage an amicable agreement on TQID, 2017 deluxe re: audio and both probably had to sign off on things overall. Warners obviously don't have carte blanche to churn out anything they feel like and still need them both to be agreeable to a small degree.
Marr (despite much effort on his part and him considering things as good as they could probably be regarding mixes), agreeing to Bill Inglot going over things yet again was quite a surprise.
Regards,
FWD.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

"I was at my parents house one Sunday evening, and my little brother had a guitar knocking about. I started to play some chords and quickly came up with this riff. I got very excited about it as I knew it was good. But I didn't have anything to record it on, so my girlfriend Angie, who's now my wife, ran around to her house and snuck her dad's car out. I got in the car with my guitar, playing the riff over and over again so I wouldn't forget it! We drove to Morrissey's. I got there,

and I'm holding this guitar outside his door in the rain, unannounced. "Oh, hello," he says, "what have you got there?" I said: "A new song." "Well, you'd better come in then."

So in I went, and Morrissey pulled out this tape recorder, and we recorded the music. Then I went home. He called me the next day and said, "That new song's called Hand In Glove." We would rehearse five nights a week in our manager's clothing warehouse. The minute we started to play the new song, I knew we'd gone to a new place, because of the melody and the riff, and also because the words and music were an exuberant celebration of both our lives. Friendship [...] was what had changed in his and my life.

We had met each other, were working together, and we were in love with each other, in the best possible way.

Is Marr reassuring everyone, ‘in the best possible way’ no, no, not in a sexual (homosexual) way!, but in the best possible way’.

And Hand In Glove came out of that. The words sound like the music, and the music sounds like the words “ it's a beautiful thing. [...] Hand In Glove was our anthem."

- Johnny, dailymail.co.uk,
on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the release of debut single "Hand In Glove"

 

[MoneyChangesEverything]

Folks can vote with their wallets. And yet, they continue to buy the albums and go to the shows that
Jesse is a part of.

Anyway, I get the feeling, by now, it’s not up to any of us to decide Jesse’s fate. Boss Moz likes the way he punches that guitar, ‘enchanting’ is how he once described it.

People do vote with their wallets, hence the half-cordoned off empty venues.

 

[Vegan Cro Spirit .888]

People do vote with their wallets, hence the half-cordoned off empty venues.

Nonsense, no cordon in LePep 50 seaters.
the 5 twats who pay for the meet and greet simply wait outside
for an hour

 

[Anonymous]

"We drove to Morrissey's. I got there, and I'm holding this guitar outside his door in the rain, unannounced. "Oh, hello," he says, "what have you got there?" I said: "A new song." "

- Johnny, dailymail.co.uk,
on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the release of debut single "Hand In Glove"

Morrissey should've replied "Well, you won't be needing me then, will you?" and slammed the door in his face.

"A new song". Typical Marr self-hype. What he had was a guitar riff.

 

[Dingoatemybabby]

People do vote with their wallets, hence the half-cordoned off empty venues.

I don't know about empty, but none of the Las Vegas residency shows sold out. I found that surprising, even in the middle of a pandemic. Capacity of the venue was only 4,100.

 

[Lujissey]

"I was at my parents house one Sunday evening, and my little brother had a guitar knocking about. I started to play some chords and quickly came up with this riff. I got very excited about it as I knew it was good. But I didn't have anything to record it on, so my girlfriend Angie, who's now my wife, ran around to her house and snuck her dad's car out. I got in the car with my guitar, playing the riff over and over again so I wouldn't forget it! We drove to Morrissey's. I got there, and I'm holding this guitar outside his door in the rain, unannounced. "Oh, hello," he says, "what have you got there?" I said: "A new song." "Well, you'd better come in then." So in I went, and Morrissey pulled out this tape recorder, and we recorded the music. Then I went home. He called me the next day and said, "That new song's called Hand In Glove." We would rehearse five nights a week in our manager's clothing warehouse. The minute we started to play the new song, I knew we'd gone to a new place, because of the melody and the riff, and also because the words and music were an exuberant celebration of both our lives. Friendship [...] was what had changed in his and my life. We had met each other, were working together, and we were in love with each other, in the best possible way. And Hand In Glove came out of that. The words sound like the music, and the music sounds like the words “ it's a beautiful thing. [...] Hand In Glove was our anthem."

- Johnny, dailymail.co.uk,
on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the release of debut single "Hand In Glove"

Fuuuuuu uhhhhh hermosos!!!

 

[Lujissey]

From reading this.me.emociono!! A tear caressed my cheek and I was reflective, now accommodating my emotions after having read such a moving story of the 2 Smiths That magic had please!!!! pure connection of subtle energy,.Johnny's words "it was our anthem" mmmmmmm referring to Hand in ,ohhhh!!!!!

 

[Vegan. Cro. Spirit .777]

I don't know about empty, but none of the Las Vegas residency shows sold out. I found that surprising, even in the middle of a pandemic. Capacity of the venue was only 4,100.

All sold out breaking all time swag sales records

LePep would be lucky to sell 41 tix

 

[Johnny who?]

I think you were expecting some kind of reaction to that, and you must have been disappointed when nobody bothered. I hate to see a post go to waste. So what I did was, I took it to the Marrs'.
Johnny opened the door, he read the post, he said "Johnny who? Who?", I replied "Johnny woof! Woof!". Angie heard and upon seeing me exclaimed "Oh what a clever little dog!". Anyway, long story short, I'm spending Easter with them in Belize.

So feel free to post more stupid stuff, I have my eyes on the family's vegan Sunday roast leftovers...

Nile, is that you?
This is even less clever than Marr's tweet, with the added disappointment of a lack of a Trump reference.
It's no secret Angie was a problem Johnny couldn't handle, Johnny even admitted it was his marriage or the Smiths.

 

[Dingoatemybabby]

Nile, is that you?
This is even less clever than Marr's tweet, with the added disappointment of a lack of a Trump reference.
It's no secret Angie was a problem Johnny couldn't handle, Johnny even admitted it was his marriage or the Smiths.

Lucky for Johnny, he made the right choice.