Johnny Marr announced he's releasing a 7" single on April 18th. The A side is Marr's cover of "I Feel You" (Depeche Mode) which will be backed with a live recording of the Smiths' classic "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want." Marr began covering "I Feel You" at his live shows last December and told XFM that he's pleased with how the studio recording turned out:
"When you cover a song you have to bring something of yourself to it. I've surprised myself that it sounded so like me and my band. The song turned out surprisingly well. We managed to put our own twist on it and I think, make it modern."
Stream "I Feel You" by Johnny Marr below:
Meanwhile, on Monday night Johnny Marr joined Noel Gallagher on stage last night at Gallagher's show in Manchester. The two performed their collaborative track "Ballad Of The Mighty I," which appears on Gallagher's new album Chasing Yesterday.
You might recall that last fall Gallagher joined Marr onstage at Marr's gig in Brixton. Gallagher later revealed to NME "I don't think I've ever been so fucking hungover onstage as I was that night." In the same interview he also commented "I'd never played 'Lust For Life' before. You forget that you know all the words to it. 'How Soon Is Now' drags on a bit though, doesn't it?" If you happened to miss it last year, watch Marr & Gallagher's performance below:
Published March 11th, 2015 @ 4:41 PM