Just thought I'd throw something out there. Who was more important to the Smiths, Morrisey or Johnny Marr?

I know a lot of times people want to pick the "musician" and steer clear of the singer, especially in light of the fact that p[iocking Morresey may tend to make you come across as a whiny wuss. However, I still have to say that Morresey was far more important to the success of the Smiths than Johnny Marr.

I'll give ya 2 resaons. Morrisey continued on much more strongly than Marr. Marr had a few decent colaborations, but became a sideman more than anything else.

Second, and something my wife, a life-long Smiths devotee, pointed out to me once as an obvious fact is how ever since the Smiths faded away, I've heard this band and that band are the new Smiths. Ya know what, many of them do indeed have a nice musical quality, but what they all lack is a great voice and lyrics that can be both obsessively depressing and quite funny all at the same time.

Anybody agree or disagree?