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I suppose it is a live show, and on this form we all know that certain rhythm guitar decisions can *aherm* even make a fantastic performance sound questionable. Oh lord, please someone get into the BBC vault and fix that fucking song! I'm sure the Sunday version of the Manic Street Six Piece will be properly mixed anyhwoo. On a personal note I though the actual performances was tight. Really tight. The bit where James jumped and spun around after the middle section of Design was fucking joyous. I'd like to hear a new song too, but then I'll take a fiery Design for Life over Distant Coolwhip any day of the week. Quote:
With other songs it's gone in a similar direction. It's not random by any stretch. James essentially plays the solos, the twiddly bits (except that one Wire wrote) and the loud bits. I'm not 50, so I don't want to judge because y'know there might be a psychical limitation there that we don't know about. I think James Dean Hetfield doesn't do much these days because he's got finger trouble hasn't he? Oooh. I said finger trouble. Oops! Quote:
I made another comment somewhere about the 8 date tour and I think it applies to the performances directly as much as the touring schedules. A 90's manics gig was the musical equivalent of a gegenpress. Full power for 85 minutes with a quick breather for some acoustic tunes night after night. But to be absolutely fair, they were in their 20's and early 30's then. These days, they're more of a super sub who pops on for the last 10 to show everyone they've still got it. At that age, needs must and their energy has to be used in bursts. Personally, yes I would still love to see James shredding 24/7 - but if he doesn't fancy it and needs to take a step backwards, fair play to him. Quote:
But seriously it's like when you have kids. You realise you're not the star of the show anymore and you're happy to share the fruit of your loins with others. That, it seems, is where MSP are today. They're happy to share their stage to allow them to continue to perform and to enjoy their graft over the years with others.
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Onto the next topic ....
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My cheeks are turning yellow... [...] There must be someone to blame
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Honestly I don't know where to start, they got to where they are for doing exactly what they want and long may it continue
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On fucking Sunday
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Imagine if they did play Repeat on Jools this week...
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Top of the pops got cancelled when they moved it to a Sunday .............
Also.. I don't mind the royal family..... Meghan had a nice frock on .. Edit 2: After the delight of Nicky singing no feelings... God save the queen could be an option. In a skirt again of course
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It definitely seems more intense, perhaps it's the new album and James might not like the show much. I always think he's charming in interviews and really modest about how good he is and their performance always looks good on tv. I also think Wayne isn't being disrespectful to Richey. I think he's quite different and he and Gavin seem to work well with the band.
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Typical, a new album out and they finish by covering a bit from a 44-year old song...!
Enjoyed Later... a lot. Nice outdoors interview too.
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Really enjoyed Distant Colours on the tour date I went to, but thought it seemed a bit flat on Jools.
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What was played?
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DC and LR. Nothing terribly exciting. But I noticed they fixed the levels of Tuesday's live International Blue. All worth a listen.
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