SKON Predictionometer

[The Gutless Wonder]

So gutted there won't be more singles.

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by everlasting

Wat's up with Balconies? It is the most rocking songon the album easily. I like it anyway, plus Duff playing on it makes it even cooler.
Hazkleton is a good song, but wouldn't work as a single. Let's face it, despite rumours of Postcards being a 3rd single, there won't be anymore as whatever is released would do worse than SKON just has and would be more of a blow for the band.

now we're playing the* what if/ if only* game and it'll run and run. We're still lamenting the fact that 1985 was never a single

[The Gutless Wonder]

I still lament the fact that Glasnost was never a single.

[Dean V]

I still want Condemned to Rock and Roll as a single.

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by Dean V

I still want Condemned to Rock and Roll as a single.

Ask James on Tuesday Dean. Maybe he can make it happen for you!

[Dean V]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

Ask James on Tuesday Dean. Maybe he can make it happen for you!

"James, can you release Yourself as well? After all you have a good guitar, pity to waste it on shite."

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by Dean V

"James, can you release Yourself as well? After all you have a good guitar, pity to waste it on shite."

If an argument breaks out and security step in, it's me arguing with James about Glasnost!

[Dean V]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

If an argument breaks out and security step in, it's me arguing with James about Glasnost!

I'll just be pretending to be a member of Blaggers ITA to confuse James as he says 'we kicked you off a tour didn't we?'

[Midlands_Junk]

Ah well. Fuck it. They're bound to do a spring tour. Just have an EP of leftovers out to coincide with that, put together a tolerable setlist and we're away. Then a handful of festivals, and a loooong rest. Bosh.

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by Midlands_Junk

Ah well. Fuck it. They're bound to do a spring tour. Just have an EP of leftovers out to coincide with that, put together a tolerable setlist and we're away. Then a handful of festivals, and a loooong rest. Bosh.

James doesn't do long rests!

[wireintheblood]

Originally Posted by Dean V

"James, can you release Yourself as well? After all you have a good guitar, pity to waste it on shite."

I shouted for Yourself at Bournemouth... James heckled me down!!!!!!

[Blue Cat]

Originally Posted by Midlands_Junk

Ah well. Fuck it. They're bound to do a spring tour. Just have an EP of leftovers out to coincide with that, put together a tolerable setlist and we're away. Then a handful of festivals, and a loooong rest. Bosh.

That should happen, but it never will.

[Blue Cat]

Originally Posted by wireintheblood

I shouted for Yourself at Bournemouth... James heckled me down!!!!!!

At my first Manics gig, James had to tell me and my friend to stop shouting for songs and be patient

[Red]

lol'ing hard @ the manics. very happy to see this campaign end in this sort of failure. it's exactly what they deserve, and i hope they take this lesson onboard for the future. we, the record buying public, don't want a band that reaches out with "one last shot at mass communication". we don't want piss-weak pop songs with nothing lyrics and the same lines repeated over and over. we don't want unoriginality to the point of plagiarism.

the manics have shown us nothing but contempt at every point during this campaign. "pointless jobs just lead to pointless lives", the blatant exploitation of the ocd hardcore fans with the editions and the shoebox, the fifty quid music videos, the 8 line lyrics, the ripped-off riffs, the utterly predictable setlists, the vinyl-only bsides, etc. they've given us shit, and expected us to suck it up. we didn't. they brought this failure entirely on themselves. the manics are a band more than capable of producing amazing music and lyrics, but for this campaign, it seems they just couldn't be bothered putting the graft in. you know, Faster had some fifty rewrites before it was deemed complete. i doubt there was even that much effot put into all of Postcards combined. it's just bad. it's embarassing to be a fan right now.

[Nikolai]

Originally Posted by Blue Cat

At my first Manics gig, James had to tell me and my friend to stop shouting for songs and be patient

haha! That sounds about right. I knew you were trouble