Re: Johnny Marr playing "Bigmouth strikes again". First date of his solo tour,York 20
I love the fact Johnny is playing Electronic tunes. I think he should play Disappointed and Getting Away With It as well. It would be so cool to hear rock versions of those tunes.
Slow Emotion Replay and Dashboard would be awesome too.
I think his album is amazing. Too many people (including the critics) are complaining about the lyrics and the vocals. This is Johnny, it isn't Moz and Jon. I like Johnny by himself just fine. If he wants to write great punky, upbeat rock songs, with a touch of jangle and easily digestible lyrics, good on him. I love Marc Bolan and Iggy Pop as well, and they somehow get a pass for their disposable lyrics.
This is gonna sound like a knock, but Lockdown really sounds like a lost Def Leppard track circa Pyromania. I love that album, that's when they got the heavy hooky glam sound perfect. After that, they became a overproduced band who made music only for their groupies.