Poor old Johnny Marr

[Justiceforcedave]

Recent winner of the NME Godlike genius award....only warrents 5th down on the NME stage. Poor fella.

[mrtourette]

Why would he get any higher? That's a slot below Coxon, seems reasonable as he's only got one record compared to Coxon's 119.

Edited March 12, 2013 by mrtourette

[Buko]

As good as he is, playing as a solo artist with only one album he wont get any higher.

[Shootenanny!]

He's playing Smiths song in his set too so he has a much bigger back catalogue than the bands above him.

Would have made more sense to have him headlining FR so he could play a longer set.

I actually thought he'd make a better NME headliner than any of the 4 bands above him so his placement looks pretty bizarre to me.

[Justiceforcedave]

I'm not saying he should get any higher (although he probably should ) just that it's funny that NME have declared him their 2013 Godlike genius and he's playing 5th down on the NME sponsored stage.

[thetime]

He's playing Smiths song in his set too so he has a much bigger back catalogue than the bands above him.

[Justiceforcedave]

what is it with these dated musicians singing classics they didnt sing in the first place, bit like hooky.

[Mouseboy11]

what is it with these dated musicians singing classics they didnt sing in the first place, bit like hooky.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

To be fair I like it when Noel does it!

[Shootenanny!]

Johnny is singing on the songs live and from what I've heard it just didn't sound right to me. He was a vital part of creating the songs but he should really leave it to Morrissey to sing them.

I think with Noel it works because he wrote all the Oasis songs with the idea he could sing them himself, and if you listen to the demos of them he clearly can. Johnny's trying to sing songs that are completely out of his vocal range whereas Noel hits the Oasis songs perfectly.

[DL50]

Surely he should be higher than Imagine Dragons

[Dead throne]

Who?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Who?

[Dead throne]

I think we've got Stephen Fry here. What a delightful little hipster.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I'm serious as well. When people say "who?" I just can't handle the incisive wit of it.

[LondonTom]

Who?

[Bisque]

I'm sure he doesn't care where he plays these days?

[luckysalt]

What Smiths songs is Marr doing live?

[SamSheppard]

What Smiths songs is Marr doing live?

[luckysalt]

How soon is now, There is a light that never goes out, Stop me if you think you've heard this one before, London and Big mouth strikes again are the songs he played in Preston

[evilduck]

I saw him do How Soon Is Now and There Is A Light and they sounded ok to me. I'm really enjoying his solo album though so I'd go see him regardless of whether he played any Smiths songs or not.

[DL50]

Is his album good?

If he does those Smiths Covers i'll definitely have to go see him!

[Calzum]

are NME smart enough to warrant a genius award?

[dentalplan]

Is his album good?

If he does those Smiths Covers i'll definitely have to go see him!

[eFestivals]

every time I see this thread title, the band in my head (who are most excellent, btw ) start up playing Dexy's 'Come On Eileen'.