Futurology

[manicbill]

Originally Posted by Porco

The View From Stow Hill
Hmm. 'Not feeling it' as they say. Maybe it'll grow on me. I don't mind it until the misguided tweets and sad face booking bit, then the music just goes on in a bit of a dreary fashion too after a moody and interesting start. My least favourite track on the album as of now. 5.5/10

I think I appreciate the lyrics more now that I know he's referring to the Chartists (read about it here) and the line about the bullet holes really hits hard re: Hobsbawm's warning of a post-Cold War "permanent present"

[LadyWoodbee]

Originally Posted by Radiomanic

I want a MSP first for them to perform an instrumental live. Ill stake everything on the fact that they wont, but how awesome would that be? Probably too scared people will go to the bar.

Which, to be honest, I might. ;-) I absolutely adore Jeff Tweedy, but that time I went to see Wilco shortly after they'd released "Ghost...", it was just jamming/instrumentals for what felt like hours on end... I always need vocals.

Originally Posted by foundthatsoul

I also listened to it a the gym while going for a run. Europa and Walk Me to the Bridge were brilliant for running to do wee sprints as was Misguided Missile. Moscow was good for bringing down the tempo slightly. Divine Youth and The View From Stow Hill got skipped

Yes, same here!

[Phil C]

Originally Posted by starstruck

i paid £1 more for it the special edition than that twat Franny did on that internet thing, and i also only got it today on the day that the band said i should have it, not on Friday due to a statistical quirk of Royal Mail.



i think that makes me £1 and some 72 hours more of a Manics fan than that twat Franny is.

what do i think of the album? no idea, no means to play it right now, will have a listen on the walkman on the bus tomorrow.

Startruck - does the deluxe edition booklet tell you who sings the vocal on 'The Last Time I Saw Paris'?

[Porco]

Originally Posted by Phil C

Startruck - does the deluxe edition booklet tell you who sings the vocal on 'The Last Time I Saw Paris'?

I'm not Starstuck, but no, it doesn't as far as I can tell.

[starstruck]

Originally Posted by Phil C

Startruck - does the deluxe edition booklet tell you who sings the vocal on 'The Last Time I Saw Paris'?

Originally Posted by Porco

I'm not Starstuck, but no, it doesn't as far as I can tell.

anyone can be Starstruck, really. you just need to be overweight and abusive towards that twat Franny.

otherwise, what Porco said. been through the book, no mention sorry.

[Porco]

Not sure if this has been posted already - With the Japanese version of Futurology due out tomorrow, previews for the bonus tracks are live:

http://www.amazon.co.jp/フューチャロロジー-未来.../dp/B00JWX8BOS

Scroll down to click the 'listen' link for 45 second previews (a player will open in a new window):
(track 14) Anti-Social Manifesto
(track 15) Kodawari
(track 16) Ocean Spray (Live at the O2)
(track 17) You Love Us (Live at the O2)

[Frozendiva]

Not hugely impressed, but they were only 45 second clips.

My deluxe version is now downloading (9:10 pm).

[LadyWoodbee]

For some reason, the words "indie disco" sound really, really weird coming out of JDB's mouth...

[Useless]

For some reason Misguided Missile and some of the later tracks sounds to me like the Manics version of Thom Yorkes "The Eraser" (the album, not the song)

I fully accept that no one else will share this opinion

[Europa Gluten Free]

And is it true that Jimbo wrote the lyrics to Jet to Moscow?

[Europa Gluten Free]

Originally Posted by Europa Gluten Free

And is it true that Jimbo wrote the lyrics to Jet to Moscow?

I'll just answer my own question and say that Wire says in the Q track by track that Jimbo did write the lyric to this.

[Manicben]

Just coming towards the end of my first listen. Not as impressed as I thought I was going to be. It's more Send Away the Tigers than I had hoped for. Even though there are some nice new sounds on there, the band still tend to fall into the anthemic chorus trap, that as a fan I've become a little tired of. Not bad, but not quite what I'd built myself up for. I'm sure I'll grow into a lot of it.

It's nice to hear Sean so much on one album.

[UEF]

It's interesting to see Moscow as a JDB solo track. It's very Great Western.

[someone, somewhere, soon]

the title track is a poor choice of opener - puny verses, meandering chorus, trite lyrics, basic, forgettable melody. shouldn't even have made it as a b-side, let alone album track... let alone title track...... let alone opening track. consigned to the iTunes 'unticked' list, alongside Underdogs et al.

[allisvanity]

Originally Posted by Europa Gluten Free

I'll just answer my own question and say that Wire says in the Q track by track that Jimbo did write the lyric to this.

I wasn't aware one existed, where would one be able to see the Q track by track old bean?