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Nobody 04-12-2018 21:53

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Originally Posted by Borderliner (Post 2676489)
Rip it Up … never heard of it lol

https://i.imgur.com/sgF9mx9.jpg

It's from a New Zealand (I think) music magazine. I think I have a copy of the disc.

sculptureofabloke 05-12-2018 08:42

Seen that online before but never actually looked at the track list, interesting that it ends with Be Natural. It's my favourite song on the album and surely it must've been highly thought of by someone to even be part of a promo like that yet not highly thought of enough to be played live at all until these anniversary gigs. Mind you, this is the same band that sold merch with I Think I've Found It and Don't Be Evil written on it but didn't play either of those songs at all..

Porco 05-12-2018 17:53

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Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke (Post 2676519)
Seen that online before but never actually looked at the track list, interesting that it ends with Be Natural. It's my favourite song on the album and surely it must've been highly thought of by someone to even be part of a promo like that yet not highly thought of enough to be played live at all until these anniversary gigs.

From this great article with Dave Eringa:

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"Going into it, nobody thought that 'Tolerate' was going to be a single - people thought it was going to be a B-side, to be honest! One of the other tracks that they were doing on that session, 'Be Natural', was the one that everyone was excited about, and 'Tolerate' was just this thing that was knocking around."
Wouldn't be the first or last time they all changed their minds on how much they liked a song!

Mr Richey 05-12-2018 19:36

Over the years, I’ve seen that “Born A Girl” is often maligned by fans, but it has always struck a very deep chord with me. I don’t know what that may or may not say about me but...yeah, a lot of raw emotions tied up in that song.

sculptureofabloke 06-12-2018 09:57

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Originally Posted by Porco (Post 2676521)
From this great article with Dave Eringa:



Wouldn't be the first or last time they all changed their minds on how much they liked a song!

I did read somewhere about Be Natural being a single contender but couldn't remember where. To be fair, SYMM could've probably got to number one at the time too. Gutting that in the space of 7 or 8 months, a song they'd been so excited about slipped so far down the pecking order to never be played. Can't wait to see it next year..

Dac X Lee 07-12-2018 10:24

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Originally Posted by Mr Richey (Post 2676523)
Over the years, I’ve seen that “Born A Girl” is often maligned by fans, but it has always struck a very deep chord with me. I don’t know what that may or may not say about me but...yeah, a lot of raw emotions tied up in that song.

What? Born A Gril was trashed by fans? How? Who? Probably the guys with a fragile masculinity, or something. My (female) friends and my sister all agree it's a good song. ♥
It takes courage to write and sing a song like that, really.

raven 07-12-2018 23:49

To be fair the lyrics

The censorship of my skin
Is screaming inside and from within
There's no room in this world for a girl like me
No place around there where I fit in

could be written both by and for a girl as much as by and for a man

It's not easy being born a girl

Dac X Lee 08-12-2018 03:33

I still see no problem in these lyrics, sorry.
All I see here is a person struggling with the pressure to conform to social norms and stereotypes.

Doesn't suggest girls have it easier either.

Porco 08-12-2018 13:07

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Originally Posted by Dac X Lee (Post 2676555)
What? Born A Gril was trashed by fans? How? Who? Probably the guys with a fragile masculinity, or something. My (female) friends and my sister all agree it's a good song. ♥
It takes courage to write and sing a song like that, really.

I agree with you and Richey, I think it’s a lovely, emotionally intelligent and very heartfelt song, even though I wouldn’t rank it all that highly on TIMTTMY, but I love most songs on that album so it’s no major criticism. I often think it’s a grown-up cousin to Life Becoming A Landslide in a few ways, they are interesting songs to contrast and compare, even beyond the obvious “I don’t want to be a man” lyric of the GATS track... they both have themes of identity, masculinity, wrapped up in a longing or desire for something to be that which it is not, and yet from different perspectives (i.e. looking forward in trepidation vs looking back wistfully).

But enough sensible analysis, because I really replied because I love your typo (“Born A Gril”)! Sounds like a song for George Foreman or something...

#... I wish I had been born a grill / And not this messy old pan... :D

https://s2.gifyu.com/images/BORNAGRIL600px.jpg

Dac X Lee 08-12-2018 22:25

Ahahahahah
Born a Grill ♥
Didn't notice, thanks for pointing out. Thought I wanted to edit my original forum reply, but I guess, at this point, it's better to leave it as it is. :)

raven 08-12-2018 23:26

I was expressing an opinion not a problem


and I always read Life Becoming a Landslide ... 'I don't want to be a man' as a desire to remain a child and never grow up with so much corrupted

My invite to the barbecue in the post then?

Porco 08-12-2018 23:42

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Originally Posted by raven (Post 2676604)
I was expressing an opinion not a problem


and I always read Life Becoming a Landslide ... 'I don't want to be a man' as a desire to remain a child and never grow up with so much corrupted

My invite to the barbecue in the post then?

Heheh, yes, I always read it that way too, but that’s why I think they’re interesting songs to compare - in LBAL it’s a desire not to grow into an adult male, in BAG it’s a desire to have been born female in the first place, but you could read it as (in both instances) essentially not wanting to be a man (adult male) specifically, whether it’s as a rejection of masculinity or adulthood - just from two quite different perspectives at different points in the band’s career.

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Originally Posted by Dac X Lee (Post 2676601)
Thought I wanted to edit my original forum reply, but I guess, at this point, it's better to leave it as it is. :)

:) Yay!

Dancing Kirby 01-01-2019 16:59

In this season of goodwill, let’s hope ‘throw some acid into your face’ goes the same way as ‘I laughed when Lennon got shot’ pretty soon.

taxexile 06-01-2019 10:27

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - Jeremy Deller, artist

Dac X Lee 06-01-2019 15:03

Random "what if..." thought.
What if you had a time machine and went back to 1992, when Generation Terrorists was released and toured, and had the Manics listen to Resistance is Futile?
What would be the reactions? Would they recognise James' and Nicky's voices? Would they relate to the lyrics? Would they like the music style? Would that change the sound and concept of their whole discography?

Okay, guess I need to sleep now.
Good night. ♥


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