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Old 27-11-2011, 13:56
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the masses against the classes
is this their best song?
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Old 27-11-2011, 14:01
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Nope. Damn good though.
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Old 27-11-2011, 14:14
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fuck no, not even in top ten.
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Old 27-11-2011, 14:16
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No but it's their last good single that made me jump with excitement.
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Old 27-11-2011, 14:29
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Old 27-11-2011, 14:30
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No, but it is a very good song of theirs tho!
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Old 27-11-2011, 14:32
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I remember sitting listening to the Lamacq show on Radio 1 on a Monday night in 1999 waiting for the first play. Sounded so wrong and yet so right.
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Far from their best song, but I'd put in their top 10 best singles.
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No, but it's still awesome.
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It's up there, definitely. But probably not quite the best.
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Old 27-11-2011, 16:03
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S'alright I suppose.
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It's almost as bad as Underdogs, lyrically. I suppose it worked at the time, now it's just another song by the Manics about the Manics. I still don't really know what the title has to do with the rest of the lyric.

'Can you hurt us anymore?' 2004 says, 'yes'.
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Old 27-11-2011, 16:19
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It's almost as bad as Underdogs, lyrically. I suppose it worked at the time, now it's just another song by the Manics about the Manics. I still don't really know what the title has to do with the rest of the lyric.

'Can you hurt us anymore?' 2004 says, 'yes'.
Try listening to it properly? The "us" in the song is the masses, not the band...
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Old 27-11-2011, 16:22
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Try listening to it properly? The "us" in the song is the masses, not the band...
The masses are still so in love with me?
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Old 27-11-2011, 16:28
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The masses are still so in love with me?
No, the masses are still so in love with the classes.
It's about the working classes and their insistence on sticking to and holding in reverence institutions and authorities which do them no good. Or, at least that's how I always interpret it.
I don't think it's a song about the band at all.
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