Frank The Bunny wrote:Johnny Marr is more into the collaborative process. Musicians sitting around, playing and singing, until the song is fleshed out. Then they press "record". If there's nobody there to collaborate with, nothing is recorded.
Wrong........
When Marr was in The Smiths he simply wrote the music give the tune to Morrisey who then wrote the lyrics to the tune...... Very little collaboration there !!
When they came to record the tracks according to the infamous Court Case Marr claimed he more or less told Joyce and Rourke what to play, they denied that hence court case. I do concede that Joyce won his case but that was purely on Royalties, Marr still denies the actual level of collaboration.
Jimbo