Classic Rock attacks Lifeblood !!!!!

[MSPlover]

Originally Posted by y2kyle16

I love Lifeblood, At least the Manics HAD THE BOLLOCKS TO RELEASE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, unlike the following bands who's albums ALL sound the same, yet they are critically acclaimed.....

u2
Arctic Monkeys
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Elbow
Athlete
Embrace
The Killers

etc.

I agree about U2 and Arctic Monkeys.

[MoMoney MoJunk]

Great album, and probably my favourite era for b-sides.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by y2kyle16

unlike the following bands who's albums ALL sound the same, yet they are critically acclaimed.....

u2
Arctic Monkeys
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Elbow
The Killers
etc.

I'm not even a fan of most of those bands and only "follow" them from the side as a passerby, yet it is a bit silly to claim that all the albums by each of those bands sounds the exact same...

(also yeah Lifeblood is their best work, has their best b-sides, etc etc my usual opinion)

[starstruck]

Originally Posted by proevpete

As ol' Bono says above there

hey! i can live with the slightly chubby Bono bit, but old?? can't we wait until i am just a little bit closer to 40, mate?

Originally Posted by proevpete

Can I just wade into the debate here are LB is prob my 3rd fav album and 2nd most listened to (if that makes sense!)

perfect sense - i dare say the majority of us here hold, say, THB, in very high regard, but it's not an album you want to play all the time. sometimes you just want something "a touch more accessible".


going off-topic a bit....

Originally Posted by allisvanity

They’ve already back-tracked on NLOTH though, due to its poor commercial showing – a recent live review slagged of the recorded versions but bigged up how good the songs have become live since. Particularly Get On Your Boots apparently! Haha! Presumably they’ve changed the lyrics to that too then, because that is The Worst U2 single in fucking decades!

they have a point in as much as the live is better. i was subjected to a number of live recordings of (i think) I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight as they throw in some Frankie covers. i suspect people were hoping i would take out Bono when i heard them, or at least lamp Larry or Adam. anyway, their take on Frankie is as woeful as i feared (Bono seems to run out of breath during all of two verses of Two Tribes), but the actual U2 song, which is complete shit on the album, actually does sound impressive on stage.

now back to Classic Rock hating and LB lovin', please.....

[Tiortranew]

I wish I could get into Lifeblood as much as the average FD member

Needless to say anyone who respects the opinion of a magazine called Classic Rock can't be taken seriously.

[Matt_o_Mac]

This whole list is all wrong, taking Lifeblood out of the equation the rest of the list is disjointed.

Journal only good?

[Frozendiva]

I've never really gotten in to 'Lifeblood' either. Maybe someday it'll speak to me.

[meganslastwords]

i love Lifeblood. Cardiff Afterlife is underrated.

[sculptureofabloke]

What absolute twaddle.

[nocultureicons]

Tip for falling in love with Lifeblood. Find an empty room early in the morning and play it very loud.

[Littlesue]

Originally Posted by nocultureicons

Tip for falling in love with Lifeblood. Find an empty room early in the morning and play it very loud.

I find listening to it on the bus through earphones is the best way to apprecate it

[MoMoney MoJunk]

I'd go with Sue on this one. Although 1985 is fantastic loud.

[The Gutless Wonder]

Average Manics album? What's one of those?

[Nature's Discontent]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

Average Manics album? What's one of those?

I can give you a couple but I'm not in the mood to argue

[Rookesy]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

Average Manics album? What's one of those?

*agrees vociferously*