Quote Originally Posted by WTF11 View Post
Surprising I know, but can't really see how can anyone seriously consider the Smiths anything other than a slightly quirky, self-indulgent piece of nonsense (apart from the aforementioned Johnny Marr) who took themselves way too seriously? Incoming!!!!!!!!

Disagree - think equal merit goes to Morrisey & Marr.
Morrisey - words are up there for me with the great alternative views of the Greeks Aristotle and Zeno's thought school of Stoicism,England's Francis Bacon,Bertrand Russell,Frenchman Jean Paul Sartre,Ireland's George Bernard Shaw,American John Locke,and even modern Manchester pair John Cooper Clarke (Poet) & Ian Curtis (JoyDivision) to name a sprinkled few,but each to their own I guess.
Marr - riffs are simplistic,easy for kids to copy and then able to create a confident quick understanding of an instrument with many permutations.His balanced use of catchy arpeggios with simple two string melodies often layered on top with other guitar solo parts (all on top of one another) produces some incredible sound effects,particularly effective when playing live.Plenty of old style gizmo to his unique sound/style.
MOT