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Soft As Leprosy 29-09-2011 20:58

This post might be better suited to the "controversial opinions" thread i dunno but here goes anyway...I reckon there's often a link between the quality of the lyrics and quality of the music in the Manics' work. When (Nicky's) lyrics are a bit naff it seems that musically the writing suffers too and when the words are decent James/Sean seem inspired to write better music. This is a bit of a generalisation and arguably totally subjective but I think it applies a lot of the time and can be seen on both an album and individual song basis. Any thoughts on this folks?

Margo 29-09-2011 22:58

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Originally Posted by Soft As Leprosy (Post 2355549)
This post might be better suited to the "controversial opinions" thread i dunno but here goes anyway...I reckon there's often a link between the quality of the lyrics and quality of the music in the Manics' work. When (Nicky's) lyrics are a bit naff it seems that musically the writing suffers too and when the words are decent James/Sean seem inspired to write better music. This is a bit of a generalisation and arguably totally subjective but I think it applies a lot of the time and can be seen on both an album and individual song basis. Any thoughts on this folks?

I think there is definitely a difference. If James gets a really stellar lyric from Nicky, he probably feels more duty bound to come up with some kick ass music.

sculptureofabloke 01-10-2011 09:36

What the hell is this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Atlantis-I...item4aaf3cd8ef

blossom 01-10-2011 09:52

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_oxW...e_gdata_player

Dunno whether to :lol: or :cry:

sculptureofabloke 01-10-2011 10:05

*facepalm* I thought it might've been too shit for youtube, didn't think to check.

It's a bit bangin'

blossom 01-10-2011 10:17

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Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke (Post 2356364)
*facepalm* I thought it might've been too shit for youtube, didn't think to check.

It's a bit bangin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW4Pe...e_gdata_player

:eek:

Soft As Leprosy 01-10-2011 10:50

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Originally Posted by blossom (Post 2356368)

If you like your dancey stuff that's actually not half bad. Although not a fan of dancey stuff myself. That is the correct term for the genre isn't it...dancey stuff?

btw atlantis is funny. Eurofools!

blossom 01-10-2011 10:59

I'd say dancey stuff too :lol:

It's definitely better than the Atlantis one

cricri 01-10-2011 12:32

I'm studying Daniel Defoe and his ''A Journal of the Plague Year'', and I've been gigglin for the past 5 minutes :p

riot_star 03-10-2011 02:16

I can't get into 'We Were Never Told', I mean it's a nice song and everything but that's about it.

The Gutless Wonder 03-10-2011 12:34

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Originally Posted by riot_star (Post 2357397)
I can't get into 'We Were Never Told', I mean it's a nice song and everything but that's about it.

It's no Red Sleeping Beauty but I loves it! :D

amay 03-10-2011 12:58

I've been at uni for a week now and I've met three other people who know and like the Manics! So they definitely still appeal to young people :)

Little Troll 03-10-2011 17:11

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Originally Posted by amay (Post 2357480)
I've been at uni for a week now and I've met three other people who know and like the Manics! So they definitely still appeal to young people :)

Lucky! I met one person who knew of them but wasn't a fan and thought they'd split up and one person who 'likes one or two songs'.
Having said that, one of my 24 year old flat mates went to see them on the JFPL tour. He's obviously not a massive fan because he thought it was their newest album and he didn't realise I was a massive fan because he was explaining to me how they'd split it into two different sets and everything.

riot_star 03-10-2011 17:22

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Originally Posted by magicalbertie (Post 2357641)
Lucky! I met one person who knew of them but wasn't a fan and thought they'd split up and one person who 'likes one or two songs'.
Having said that, one of my 24 year old flat mates went to see them on the JFPL tour. He's obviously not a massive fan because he thought it was their newest album and he didn't realise I was a massive fan because he was explaining to me how they'd split it into two different sets and everything.

You're lucky! I was talking to somebody at College and they said they knew and really liked the Manics, I was really pleased but then she said 'Have you seen their appearance on the Young Ones?' :lol:

Little Troll 03-10-2011 17:25

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Originally Posted by riot_star (Post 2357651)
You're lucky! I was talking to somebody at College and they said they knew and really liked the Manics, I was really pleased but then she said 'Have you seen their appearance on the Young Ones?' :lol:

:lol: who was she thinking of?


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