I don’t get the complaints about his vocals at all.
Although I'm not crazy about Johnny's singing, one thing is certain....His band is light-years better than Morrissey's.
There's no comparison.
All this "Johnny Marr is 50% responsible for the songs of the Smiths" is bollocks. Those sings are Morrrissey's. Marr created rudimentary instrumentals - that's not songwriting - which Morrissey then breathed into life by creating the lyrics and vocal melodies - up to that point, the tracks weren't songs; after that point, they were songs, and I daresay it was after that point, generally speaking, that Marr was then able to overdub the layer upon layer of guitar harmonies, working around the vocal melody (and in the most famous instances e.g. 'How Soon Is Now?', 'This Charming Man', 'William, It Was Really Nothing', with the extensive assistance of John Porter) - again this is musical embellishment, not songwriting. But even if the harmonies went on first, it's still just musical composition and arranging, it's not songwriting. Marr can't write songs, as his solo work makes clear, and he sure as hell can't sing them either. Only a matter of time till the media backlash kicks in against his weedy, reedy vocals and dull stage demeanour, once the novelty of hearing him 'sing' Smiths songs has worn off.
Morrissey did This Charming Man on Kimmel and Jonathan Ross back in 2009..it happens
and Johnny played How Soon is now last time he was on Fallon.
Johnny Marr DID NOT write all the music. Rourke came up with bass lines, Johnny took the credit. Joyce came up with drum parts, Johnny took the credit. Goddard documented this in a few examples in "Songs That Saved Your Life." If you actually believe that Johnny spoon-fed all musical arrangements to Rourke and Joyce than what you are saying is that they were lawnmower parts and that is insulting.
Working title for Marr's autobiography "Getting Away With It"
Johnny Marr DID NOT write all the music. Rourke came up with bass lines, Johnny took the credit. Joyce came up with drum parts, Johnny took the credit. Goddard documented this in a few examples in "Songs That Saved Your Life." If you actually believe that Johnny spoon-fed all musical arrangements to Rourke and Joyce than what you are saying is that they were lawnmower parts and that is insulting.
Working title for Marr's autobiography "Getting Away With It"
I don't know if I'd agree with this. Vocals do not a band make. Johnny Marr is as important as Morrissey. They created the prefect compliment. They could've probably made it on their own but would not have been the success they were without each other. Discounting the music I think is a mistake. Johnny is without doubt a weak singer. Although having seen him live this video isn't really representative. Go to one of his shows and listen to him play smiths songs. It's easy to see the magic there.