That’s nearly half a century, yet somehow tracks like ‘Cemetery Gates’ and ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’ feel strikingly contemporary. In fact, across the entirety of The Smiths’ discography, it’s almost as if the songs were constructed yesterday, with Johnny Marr’s guitar parts sounding familiar yet jarringly futuristic. In doing so, they have created a legacy of music that, similar to Marr’s, is impervious to the changing tides of time. ‘Waterloo Sunset’ and ‘All Day and All of the Night’ remain as chillingly fresh today as they did upon release in the mid-1960s, which, to Marr’s eye, makes Davies the greatest songwriter to ever live. Because maybe it’s Alex Turner, who released his debut 20 years after Marr released The Queen Is Dead, 20 years after Davies released ‘All Day and All of the Night’.