The legendary Johnny Marr is playing the House of Blues in San Diego on Monday, May 20th!
His solo career never matched the success he had with the Smiths, where they had four of their albums listed on Rolling Stone’s Greatest 500 Albums of All-Time.
Will the Smiths ever get back together?
In 2006, Morrissey declared, “I would rather eat my own testicles than reform the Smiths, and that’s saying something for a vegetarian.”
Johnny talking about the origins of this song:
https://youtu.be/DX0fX47rQMc
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I’m miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die?
Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die?
What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
“Oh, you’ve been in the house too long” she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I’d much rather kick in the eye?
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I’m miserable now
“Oh, you’ve been in the house too long” she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die?
The Johnny Marr sound is unmistakable. After the Smiths it was all downhill…electronic and other projects…musically never measured up. The music from that time was so much better than the crap from today.
Agree.
A friend of mine just saw Johnny Marr in Denver, and says he played a lot of Smiths tunes – and even sang the lead vocals pretty well. Sounds like it’s worth checking out!