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Old 16-04-2011, 00:57
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A Design For Life - 15 years ago today

Today (15 April) is the 15th anniversary of the release of the ADFL single. It's my favourite Manic single, considering the b-sides. I was so excited when it came out because it was the first new release since I had discovered the band at the end of 1994. I actually didn't buy it, though, until a trip to the UK in March 1997, and it reminds of that trip. It was the first time I ever went to Wales.
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Old 16-04-2011, 02:43
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Bought it the day it came out, with Generation Terrorists. Bought the other two albums in the lead up the EMG's release.
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Old 16-04-2011, 07:01
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Super fact. Shame I'm a day late XD
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Old 16-04-2011, 10:40
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Old 16-04-2011, 10:49
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ok........ who bought "Return of the Mac" single?.... someone here did.
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Old 16-04-2011, 10:49
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Old 16-04-2011, 10:50
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Wow, 15 years. Either this on Top Of The Pops, or Suicide Is Painless on a compilation, was the first Manics song I heard during my final year of primary school. And so it began...
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Old 16-04-2011, 13:03
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Well fuck me. I remember listening to it on Chris Evans's breakfast show on Radio 1 and thinking it was American, and pretty heavy at that.
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Old 16-04-2011, 13:17
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I remember hearing it on the radio and thinking, 'this girl's pretty good'.
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Old 16-04-2011, 13:26
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I bought it from Woolies on the day it came out. It was my first Manics new release and I remember being very excited.
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Old 16-04-2011, 13:28
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I have vague recollections of being sat in the back seat of the car while it was being played on the radio, so it was definitely the first Manics song that I heard. I wouldn't become a fan until 14 and a bit years later though!
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Old 16-04-2011, 16:21
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Happy birthday ADFL, you aren't my favourite, but I still love you.
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Old 16-04-2011, 16:23
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Aye, I remember hearing and enjoying it in the back of my folks' car when I was small. But I couldn't decipher the words, just liked the sound of the syllabuls James was shouting.
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ok........ who bought "Return of the Mac" single?.... someone here did.
I probably taped it off the radio at the time
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Old 16-04-2011, 16:31
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Aye, I remember hearing and enjoying it in the back of my folks' car when I was small. But I couldn't decipher the words, just liked the sound of the syllabuls James was shouting.
Oh, me neither, it was 'art design for her life' or something like that for me.
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