The Great Popcorn Debacle of 2014 (formerly Walk Me To The Bridge Official Reactions) - Page 31 - Forever Delayed

SHR · #**451** 22-04-2014, 22:17

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Originally Posted by Radiomanic

Grease isn't all happy go lucky itself, there's a good theory going round that the entire finale is actually a fantasy played out in a dying Sandy's mind during the final moments of her life. Hence the flying car scene.

Despair everywhere

Yeah, only thing is Sandy wasn't a real person.

Abstract Unknown Girl · #**452** 22-04-2014, 22:35

There are loads of songs that cover darker subject matter but are musically upbeat. One that stands out to me is The Clock Was Tickin' by Brandon Flowers. He wrote it about his mother who died of brain cancer, but musically speaking it's a jaunty pop-country little number.

SHR · #**453** 22-04-2014, 22:38

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Originally Posted by Abstract Unknown Girl

There are loads of songs that cover darker subject matter but are musically upbeat. One that stands out to me is The Clock Was Tickin' by Brandon Flowers. He wrote it about his mother who died of brain cancer, but musically speaking it's a jaunty pop-country little number.

That was his Mother. Who the hell is Richard Edwards to the band these days?

Abstract Unknown Girl · #**454** 22-04-2014, 22:45

Obviously someone significant enough to write a song about (assuming this is actually about Richey...whilst it seems on the face of it quite obvious it is about him, we don't have any official word on it from the band as of yet). It's not like you can put a time limit on grief.

SHR · #**455** 22-04-2014, 22:47

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Originally Posted by Abstract Unknown Girl

Obviously someone significant enough to write a song about (assuming this is actually about Richey...whilst it seems on the face of it quite obvious it is about him, we don't have any official word on it from the band as of yet). It's not like you can put a time limit on grief.

No, you can't put time on grief, but you can package it up as a myth and put a price on it.

Abstract Unknown Girl · #**456** 22-04-2014, 22:51

Or it's just another in a long line of nods to him to show he's not forgotten...depends how cynically you want to view it I suppose.

SHR · #**457** 22-04-2014, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Abstract Unknown Girl

Or it's just another in a long line of nods to him to show he's not forgotten...depends how cynically you want to view it I suppose.

Or depends if anyone ever wants to question the Manics streamlined version of events and their 'touching' tributes.

Futurologist · #**458** 22-04-2014, 22:57

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Originally Posted by SHR

No, you can't put time on grief, but you can package it up as a myth and put a price on it.

Wow. Much cynic.

The band write about what it important to them, or that they find interesting, or means something special. Richey is all that to them and more. Both James and Nick have written lyrics about Richey (The Wrong Beginning & As Holy As The Soil respectively) and he'll always be a big part of the history of the band. Why shouldn't they write about him or their relationship with him / his memory?

The band aren't the ones that mythologise Richey, they knew him, warts and all, as a friend, a brother and a son.

Nature's Discontent · #**459** 22-04-2014, 23:10

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Originally Posted by Radiomanic

Is this the shortest single theyve ever released (excluding Suicide Alley perhaps) Just over the 3 min mark.

Found That Soul and Revol are both shorter.

/sad.

Furbag · #**460** 23-04-2014, 01:08

Gotta say, it didn't do much for me when i listened to it this morning.

revcheese · #**461** 23-04-2014, 02:07

Well, I certainly didn't expect all of this from yesterday morning onwards, fair to say I'm still in quite a world of confusion!

Anyway, I like the song a fair degree although from what I've seen this one has had the most mixed reaction out of the 4 so far.