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Marr is thrilled to be a Crib. But a Smith? Well... (© John Davisson/Corbis)

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Well, Johnny, now comes the part of the interview where get to that good ol' Smiths question that I know you've been waiting for with baited breath. But we have a little twist on it…

[Marr shifts his weight on the couch and chuckles self-consciously]

You, of course, have been offered upwards of $10 million, The Smiths, for a reunion tour.

Marr: "Aw, yeah."

But we at MusicRadar have passed our hats around, and we've come up with… are you ready?

[smiles] Marr: "Yeah."

"I'll tell you what: if the other guys wanna go for that, who would I be to turn that thousand pounds down?" Johnny Marr 'accepts' (kind of) MusicRadar's offer for a Smiths reunion

One thousand dollars.

[a befuddled look] Marr: "Well, I'm in the…you know, I'm in the…"

A thousand dollars.

Marr: "Well, that would take me away from The Cribs, so I can't do that."

But it's a thousand bucks, man!

[Ryan nudges him and whispers something] Marr: "Hang on a minute…[looks to Ryan]…Ryan's nudging me to say, 'Take it, take it' and give him a cut."

Oh, you don't have take it. You could donate it to charity, you could give it to Ryan -

Marr: "Give him a cut of it."

Absolutely. He could be the manager.

Marr: "Yeah, well, at least it's funny and it's not obscene, you know. I'll tell you what: if the other guys wanna go for that, who would I be to I turn that thousand pounds down? [thinks quickly] Oh, it's dollars?"

Well, we might be able to rack it up to pounds.

Marr: "Oh, you've gotta work on that exchange rate, man."

OK, we'll see what we can do.

Marr: "When the exchange rate goes up to like, you know, at least twice that…

There you go. And again, you don't have to keep it. You could give it to Ryan, you could donate it to charity.

Marr: "Yeah, well, I would probably do that."

Editor's note: Morrissey, if you're reading this, the next move is yours...

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