Last night Johnny Marr visited Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in support of his solo debut – The Messenger. Marr played the title track of his album for the broadcast, but we’re more interested in the web exclusive The Smiths’ guitarist taped for Fallon’s web site.
Johnny performed The Smiths’ classic How Soon Is Now as the web exclusive. The guitarist handles the vocals, which were originally sung by Morrissey, and bathes the song in a wash of reverb-laden guitar.
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I love Johnny’s new album and the work he did with Modest Mouse was really great. This is a pretty good performance, still close to the original. I saw Morrissey a few months ago and his rendition was fearsome, such a great band. Seemed more appropriate as well. Either way, neither one can do no wrong.