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Old 16-02-2018, 21:13
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Originally Posted by Phil C View Post
Building a lyric around the repeated use of massive cliches which have been over-used by every mediocre songwriter ever is never a good idea, for me.

I was listening to it earlier and I was starting to get into the final section where the guitars give it a bit more 'oomph' and the strings hit and just as I was preparing to go with it...James sang 'Won't you tell me that you love me / Tell me what I wanna hear' and it crashed and burned. I like the Manics because they *don't* write generic crap like that.
Agree with this. Lyrics by numbers, I'm sorry to say. And believe me, I am very willing to let any of the band's songs grow on me.

The big guitar solo, as in every Manics track, was a bit good though.
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