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Old 15-09-2010, 18:38
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Once again, the Wire proves his gratitude towards his fans. Can't wait to hear YOUR solo album, sir.
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Old 15-09-2010, 20:02
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On Manics Fans: "The bored underclass from shitty little towns, with no sense of worth, attachments or responsibilities."

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Well he got the one part right, my town I grew up in was a bit shitty.
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Old 15-09-2010, 20:28
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Old 16-09-2010, 16:53
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How could the NME flag up SKON as one of the weak points?! If that's the case then this is literally the best album ever made (which it isn't).

Aw, Nicky made it all the way to his eighth point before the politics degree came up!

Still think it's a shame about the eyeshadow in the pix, but he's the best advert for giving up booze I've seen in a long time.
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Old 16-09-2010, 17:22
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Well I agree with his comment about The Drums
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Old 16-09-2010, 17:26
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Well I agree with his comment about The Drums
Ed Macfarlane and Nicky Wire have both slagged off The Drums and they're both people I respect, it makes me feel justified in my hate.
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Old 16-09-2010, 20:09
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there's a new video on NME's site, Nicky's talking on Nick Clegg again

http://www.nme.com/video/bcid/604546738001/search/NME
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Old 16-09-2010, 20:26
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Oh, thanks for that Deets!
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Old 21-09-2010, 15:03
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On staying relevant: "These are tough times for guitar bands. We're on our tenth album, a lot of bands get to their tenth album and they don't really mean anything, I think luckily enough, we're still pretty relevant." (MusicRooms, 2010).

What exactly is relevant about retreading old ground, making music that panders to your perceived ideas of what the public wants, rather than making music that pushes boundaries and forces people to catch up with the artist?
You're right. Nicky Wire is a deluded old fool if he thinks the Manics are relevant. Relevant is Lady Gaga (whatever you may think of her). The Manics are about as relevant as Motley f*cking Crue.
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Old 21-09-2010, 15:19
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Old 21-09-2010, 17:59
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Mini-Madonna is about as relevant to me as birth control to a rapist.
Yeah but we're not talking about what's relevant to a forum like this, and nor was Nicky Wire. Every band is relevant to their fans. But are the Manics relevant on a broader cultural level after their 10th album? Absolutely not. Mini-Madonna as you call her wears a meat dress to some stupid awards ceremony and all the papers in the world cover it. Millions and millions of teenage girls model themselves on her, people start a debate about whether it's ethical blah blah blah. That's relevance in a pop sense, it's what Nicky Wire dreams of, and what he is patently not.
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Old 21-09-2010, 18:56
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I think he would have been some kind of delusional to believe that. I don't think that is what he meant at all. Rather, relevant as in providing something that no-one else does. What that is, is entirely open to interpretation.
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Old 22-09-2010, 14:15
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Nicky's penchant for the suit-jacket-and-jeans look made me think more like this:

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