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16-04-2011, 21:02
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I never remember hearing it when it came out,my memory of adfl is hearing it continuously in the foyer of omniplex cinema. My favourite manics song
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16-04-2011, 21:03
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I must have seen the Welsh Tourist Board advert at some point cos I definitely remembered it when I first listened to EMG.
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16-04-2011, 22:03
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1996:the best year in my life!!!I remember the first time that i heard this song on the radio and i thought that it was amazing.Today i can say that this is the best song ever.
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16-04-2011, 22:05
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I remember it was my best friend that got into ADFL first and all she'd go on about was the manics. It used to annoy me cos I thought they were taking her away from me. LOL. Bear in mind we were still kids...
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16-04-2011, 22:44
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Vague memories... I'd been lent THB a few months before. I can't remember what I thought of the song but I seemed glad they'd come back.
Happy birthday then. 1996... No. I'd rather not go there. The here and now is all etc.
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17-04-2011, 07:44
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I was not aware of the Manics in 1996 which was a great shame really. Wish I'd got into them in my last few years of school!
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17-04-2011, 08:59
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It came out the day after my 17th birthday. I was too lazy to get on a bus and go to a 'proper' record shop so I bought it from Woolworths. The tape format has the Bright Eyes cover from the Astoria on it which was the number one song in the charts when I was born. How cool is that? ADFL is still the best leading single off any album they've made since.
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17-04-2011, 09:45
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I actually can't remember hearing it at all at the time. I was 4 almost 5. But I'm pretty sure I heard it on the radio or something.
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17-04-2011, 09:46
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But oh, of course congratulations. It's a fine song.
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17-04-2011, 10:34
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I thought it was called "I'm Designed for Life"
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17-04-2011, 10:44
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Interesting bit of trivia for you. In Glossop there is an estate agents called "Design For Life." I personally enjoy the fact that this shop shares its name with a song about the decline of socialism
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17-04-2011, 13:59
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I was fed up with ADFL long before i got into the manics. It's a great single, but at the time it was over played and it didn't make me go out and buy the album. I didn't buy EMG until i had got into the first three albums.
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17-04-2011, 16:02
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Design gets played to death now as well on the radio! I'm like 'what about their newer stuff?'.
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17-04-2011, 16:13
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