In a special limited edition of Mojo magazine on Morrissey and The Smiths, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr gave this answer when asked he thought The Smiths’ musical legacy was. Marr: “I Know we made a huge impression on the next generation of musicians. Ed O’Brien from Radiohead sat me down a couple of years ago in a barn, on top of a mountain in New Zealand and played me the then unreleased Knives Out. It was an unbelievable experience; I was beyond flattered and quite speechless- which takes some doing. He explained to me that with that song they’d tried to take a snapshot of the way I’d done things in The Smiths- and I guess you can hear that in it.” [thanks Doug]
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead release The King Of Limbs From The Basement on YouTube – 2011
- Thom Yorke single out on limited 7″ vinyl – 2009
- The Tourist: A Radiohead Tour Blog from Spin – 2008
- Thom on Steve Lamacq this Monday – 2006
- Radiohead management dismiss Warner move rumours – 2005
- Synthetic Apparatus t-shirt contest winners announced – 2005
- OK Computer: 6Music’s ‘Great Lost Album – 2004
