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04-11-2024, 10:25
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Welsh Manics
Inspired by James' amazing performance at the Welsh Open Voices the past weekend, I have made a Wales inspired Manics Apple playlist. Really it's any Manics song in which the lyric mentions a place in Wales or Wales itself or something to do with Wales.
FINAL EDIT: After the replies here is the running order using Manics' sequencing logic. My own logic when making any Apple playlist for any band is that it has to be 12 songs and they have to be sequenced so there are some dynamics in the "album". And you can't have two songs from the same album or era one after the other. I have left some obvious Manics Wales songs out and some of the suggestions below but that just my subjective decision and probably wrong! Please feel free to make your own playlists and share them! SIDE A This Sullen Welsh Heart (Demo) Emigre Ready for Drowning The View from Stow Hill (Demo) Dylan & Caitlin Which Way to Kyffin SIDE B Prologue to History The Secret He Had Missed 1404 Wattsville Blues Manorbier Cardiff Afterlife (Great playlist if I do say so myself. Wish The Girl from Tiger Bay could have been on there but it ain't on Apple Music). Last edited by Europa Gluten Free; Today at 10:33. 
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04-11-2024, 10:57
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You could add The Sound of Detachment.
I feel as old as the Welsh hills that I love
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04-11-2024, 10:57
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William's Last Words includes "nos da", which is Welsh for good night. I Killed the Zeitgeist includes "Ich bin ein Newporter". My Drowning World mention's St. David's Day.
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04-11-2024, 11:13
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Nice idea.
Unless we’re being super-strict I’d add The Girl From Tiger Bay (JDB demo that appeared on the band’s website).
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04-11-2024, 11:38
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BTW where did the James version of the song come from? Was it a demo or a radio performance? Remember it used to be on YouTube.
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04-11-2024, 11:44
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Would Tolerate count as it's about the Welch fighting in the Spanish civil war?
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04-11-2024, 11:53
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“AUG 19, 2010 ORIGINAL GIRL FROM TIGER BAY DEMO ADDED TO AUDIO PLAYER The Manics’ original demo of The Girl From Tiger Bay, the track written last year by the band for Shirley Bassey has been added to front page.” https://www.manicstreetpreachers.com...-audio-player/ So there you go, they even describe it as a Manics track. While I’m making a post about it might as well link these (to keep UEF happy  ) (edit: you beat me to it!)The Girl From Tiger Bay (JDB acoustic live) The Girl From Tiger Bay (Demo) - MSP
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04-11-2024, 12:02
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And here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNOVTPCj9a0
Notice original slightly different lyrics as well.
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04-11-2024, 15:27
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04-11-2024, 16:05
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Why has it taken me so long to remember Suicide Alley!
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Today, 10:03
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Victory and Defeat on the Kendon Hill (an amazing JDB B-side)
A song about James trying to get fit by running up and down a hill in Wales and being overtaken by Joe Calzaghe with weights on his back, or something  Great idea for a thread, by the way. Those songs represent the Welshness I know, as opposed to the more popular "Tom Jones and Leeks" image you get in in the media.
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Today, 10:09
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Honourable mention for many of their latter day videos that have strong welsh themes:
Show Me the Wonder (welsh social club) Anthem for a Lost Cause (welsh mining strikes) Manorbier (song and video) Together Stronger (welsh rugby team) Distant Colours (scenes across Wales) The Secret He Had Missed (song and video, references Tenby)
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