How Soon is Now on Elite Spotify Selection

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Some media bigshot, David Allen Green, has included 'How Soon Is Now' in his Spotify best-track selection for The Spectator Art Blog, and he goes on to say something a bit contentious about it:
"...How Soon is Now? – The Smiths
Morrissey always tries so hard to be poignant and meaningful, with his free association approach to deep-sounding slogans, but it is Marr’s guitar playing that makes this such an incredible track. Morrissey could be singing a shopping list and this would still be one of the greatest records of all time..."
http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and.../6621133/spotify-sunday-legal-downloads.thtml

 

[Karl Pilkington]

Some media bigshot, David Allen Green, has included 'How Soon Is Now' in his Spotify best-track selection for The Spectator Art Blog, and he goes on to say something a bit contentious about it:
"...How Soon is Now? – The Smiths
Morrissey always tries so hard to be poignant and meaningful, with his free association approach to deep-sounding slogans, but it is Marr’s guitar playing that makes this such an incredible track. Morrissey could be singing a shopping list and this would still be one of the greatest records of all time..."
http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and.../6621133/spotify-sunday-legal-downloads.thtml

Strange interpretation. Brilliant as Marr's guitar playing sounds on How Soon is Now, it is a bit repetitive (not a bad thing, as the riff is so good). Marr's guitar on the various live versions out there are superb, but I think the lyrics are the star of the show on the album version.

 

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