Manics on Twitter

[MSPKYE]

Rather spookily Charlie Brooker has just tweeted this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y2EF...ature=youtu.be

Maybe he's a closet Manics fan and wanted to get in on the debate

[deadmartyr]

Originally Posted by Takk

Well, some of them aren't lyrics, I think all of them could be random wire musing, it strikes me as the perfect format for him.

Yes, I'd like to think that he often thinks of lines and is just dotting them down, or talks in lines like this Godfather one.

This is probably is going to be a line from the album though, unless James sneaked it out without Wire knowing or remembering - how did it bypass James' Piffle Restriction?

[manicbill]

Originally Posted by franny

Nicky Wire should basically never be allowed to use similes

i second that. I've like all the lines he's quoted up until now but that one should have been scraped...horrendous simile.

[Scarecrow]

Originally Posted by BrianPowell

Really? Come on we haven't even heard a second of the record yet.
People are building this up too much.
We've heard nothing recorded, nothing live.

Exactly. I, for one, am gagging for this album.

Originally Posted by tzb

Yes, I really think it's a shit lyric. Why would I need to hear it sung by JDB to decide that?

Sometimes good songs have crap lyrics.

[tzb]

True, but I'm not criticising the song.

[Napoleon Bonaparte]

Sounds like another of those slightly ironic lyrics, in the same style that went over many peoples heads on SATT. I am intrigued to hear it, if indeed it is a lyric.

[River Boy]

Originally Posted by Napoleon Bonaparte

Sounds like another of those slightly ironic lyrics, in the same style that went over many peoples heads on SATT. I am intrigued to hear it, if indeed it is a lyric.

Over our heads!?! Quirkiness and in-jokes don't age well as far as writing is concerned. Neither do they touch many people as Nicky often claims is his goal - 'touch as many people as you can' he said, when someone suggested they'd sold out. I'd agree with him but the material on SATT is incredibly wide of the mark.

[cherrybomb]

Originally Posted by MSPKYE

Rather spookily Charlie Brooker has just tweeted this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y2EF...ature=youtu.be

Maybe he's a closet Manics fan and wanted to get in on the debate

Does the real Charlie Brooker have a twitter account? If so which is it?

[Abstract Unknown Girl]

Originally Posted by cherrybomb

Does the real Charlie Brooker have a twitter account? If so which is it?

http://twitter.com/charltonbrooker

[Slideling]

This discussion about lyrics tells me how much I don't pay attention to *every single line* in Manics lyrics. I didn't notice the Carlito's Way line.

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by Richian

I didn't notice the Carlito's Way line.

And guess who hasn't even seen the film despite having the album since '98?

[Abstract Unknown Girl]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

And guess who hasn't even seen the film despite having the album since '98?

Neither have I. Clearly I'm not a true Manics fan

[Mark]

What Carlito's Way line?

[Flint]

Like Carlito's Way, there are no exit signs. From Black Dog on My Shoulder.

[River Boy]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

And guess who hasn't even seen the film despite having the album since '98?

Don't worry it's just Pacino doing his 'Look at me everybody I act better than these guys; look I even walk in an interesting way and if anyone else has an interesting line I SHOUT MUTHERFUCKER!'

Except for the scene with Viggo Mortensen; stolen thunder.