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Originally Posted by
marcgood
I saw Morrissey years ago at the Hollywood Bowl. Great show and I've been a fan since the Smiths. Just wish he wasn't such an ass off stage.
The Marr performance is okay but clearly the live act is lacking the studio magic. Not to take from Marr.
Also, I did not know there was such controversy on how the sound was made or that many claim Marr is lying...

as far as I know, I'm the only person claiming Marr's story is total fabrication. and I wasn't there so I'm just a twit on the internet with an opinion.
But - i've cited some evidence that I feel makes a strong case for my claim:
1. dude has NEVER been able to play it live properly until very recently
2. Youtube abounds with sloppy-assed covers. This song, is either 100% or missed by a mile. Nobody, even Marr himself, struck gold until that Daniel dude posted the side-chain trick
3. sure enough, 3 years later, Marr is on stage performing, at long last, a spot-on approximation of the recorded version. And is he using the mythical 4 fender twins? Nope, it's a single amp.. is it a MAGIC fender twin?
My speculation: the fender twin story was bogus. It's so perfectly in sync with those high-hats, I simply can't sustain my disbelief that he compelled 4 fender twins to not only sound totally unlike any fender twin ANY of us have ever played, but to synchronize them perfectly to the high-hats.. if it's a true story, i'd like to see someone on youtube replicate the sound IDENTICALLY using the exact same tools (which shouldn't be difficult to do).