Random Manics thoughts...

[MoMoney MoJunk]

Was listening to Fear of Music by Talking Heads earlier and just realised "Heaven" has the chorus "Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens."

Never knew Nicky was a Talking Heads fan!

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by Bambi

James comes second in public vote for Wales' Greatest Living Voice... behind Shakin' Stevens!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-33116823

i thought katherine jenkins would win that.. Who the hell voted for shakin' stevens ?

Lets just pretend James won

[Littlesue]

Shaky must have one big family to vote for him, lol

[Geranium Terrorists]

Radio Wales editor Steve Austins said: "While I'm a little surprised at the outcome

Yes, I think most people are!

[Finn]

Originally Posted by Geranium Terrorists

Yes, I think most people are!

Truth! It was bizarre.

[Dac X Lee]

Spring is the only seasons which doesn't get an explicit mention in the album Send Away the Tigers.

[Scarecrow]

Originally Posted by Dac X Lee

Spring is the only seasons which doesn't get an explicit mention in the album Send Away the Tigers.

Strangely I find it to be a very Spring album.

[MSPKYE]

Originally Posted by Dac X Lee

Spring is the only seasons which doesn't get an explicit mention in the album Send Away the Tigers.

I'm sure I read they did write one 'Ruins Of Spring' but it was dumped

[Dac X Lee]

Too bad, it could have been a 4-seaons album.
Oh, wait! It reminds me of Keroro this way! The names of each member of the Hinata family in Keroro Gunsou are Natsumi (summer), Fuyuki (winter) and Aki (autumn). And no spring.

[Nobody]

Originally Posted by MSPKYE

I'm sure I read they did write one 'Ruins Of Spring' but it was dumped

They did. the work in progress edit of No Manifesto featured a clip of James playing it. Shame it wasn't in the final edit.

[Son of Stopped]

How fucking mental would it be if the manics went more showbiz and ended everyone of their gigs from next year with the last chorus of every song they've played in the set?
Just played the once. And one after each other, with no regards to specialised tunings etc?

[Nobody]

Was just going through some of my old stuff that's been in my parents attic for many many years. Found a roll of posters two full size ads for the SWSS/FTS singles that I used to have on my bedroom wall. On the other side of one of them was this gem:

[Littlesue]

Hahaha love it!

[gracie]

Watching a Vice documentary called 'Teenage Heroin Epidemic'. A wonderful racist in Swansea quoted ifwhiteamerica (no black in the union jack etc). Don't think it was meant in the context, son.

[Son of Stopped]

PFAYM would have been better if the choir from SKON somehow got trapped in the record and in-between the songs on "Side 2" you can hear them moving about and opening doors that turn out to be locked etc.