Futurology

[Donkey]

Originally Posted by hummingbird

the b-sides for SATT and PFAYM are better than the majority of those albums

Sure

Originally Posted by FacelessSenseOfVoid

Some of the Manics' best songs are b-sides!!!!!

Yes indeed: Donkeys, Comfort Comes...

Originally Posted by hummingbird

They have admitted that Welcome to the deadzone should've been on SATT but wasn't ready. It's all opinion ..at the time they put the songs they thought were best on the album. They've probably changed their minds 20 times since then. I prefer a lot of the b-sides to autumnsong. In fact i prefer complete silence to autumnsong

I could have a slight (but only a slight) kick into my balls instead of Autumnsong and I'd be happier!


Actually they have some vision when they make an album, they follow it and it could happen that a song is good but end as a b-side because it's not fitting the concept. Moreover please don't forget they recorded new songs for b-sides in between two albums (this is a case of Donkeys and Comfort Comes which are better than whole GATS but they didn't exist at the time of GATS recording)

And there's another thing - good example is Comping Up by Suede - commercional songs on album, great moody songs on b-sides (Europe is Our Playground, This Time...)