Video: Johnny Marr, ‘Upstarts’
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Hello, Mr. Marr. May we call you Mr. Marr? We suspect you’re not the kind of fellow who goes in for honorifics, but in our mind you’ve more than earned one. We hear that you have a new album called “The Messenger” coming out Feb. 26, and early reviews say it “hearkens back” (the correct verb is “harks,” but those are the interwebs, y’know?) to your early days. That news makes us want to bust out our horizontal stripes and air-guitar with glee. Not necessarily out of nostalgia, but because we feel this uptick in good ol’ guitar rock might need a dose of what you’ve got. This new song “Upstarts” makes us almost certain. See you at Coachella? (Just askin’.)
It sounds like a lot of things, and not much better, really. Actually, it’s realy bland. I’m sorry but if this weren’t a Johnny Marr song, no one would give a $%^. But he’s a great guitarist, a legend and probably a good guy so … he’s at least earned a listen I guess. Thanks for sharing this!