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I agree about Kevin Carter. If you took out the brass and gave it shit production it would sound right on the Holy Bible. I think i might have seen this programme on the biography channel. Was the narrator Irish?

If it's on ITV that means it will be shit. They'll say something like vocalist Sean Jones also writes the lyrics but they lost lead guitarist Richey James Dean Bradfield.

We just watched 'Smells' the other day at a mate's flat.

Gloriously funny.

"I am a love albatross!"

That's an ace episode. The bit where they're at the sex shop and Ritchie stays at the door and the guy asks him if he wants anything and Ritchie berates him for suggesting there is something wrong with his sex life.

"Will get out my shop then sir?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"...it's a secret!"

Jeez, doesn't sound too extreme or anything to me.

How do you look?

Yes, how DO you look?

Is it any good though?

Having just listened to it i now have a newly rediscovered appreciation of Generation Terrorists. I don't like the texture or sonic quality of the sound but it is mostly quite melodic. And I don't think all the lyrics are moronic. Some are just gung-ho.

Well you're the one who made the stupid comment that anyone with a left and a right ear will rightly deny. If you find Gold embarrassing then Ill gladly take it as i dont have it on cd.

It has a big fucking likeness to Bon Jovi in parts. Especially Life Becoming a Landslide. Nothing stupid about that comment at all and you are in no position to comment with your pitiful knowledge of music. And I like the artwork so there's no way I'm giving it to you. And Hummer i think it's ridiculous that you could consider the lyrical content of a song bad purely because it's in the verse/chorus format.

With some help from Rough Trade' date=' I'd have Dedalus as a good chance at getting somewhere. I think you'll find that any "next band to make it" from aberdeen will be a band that;s trying to make "their own music", and not sound like a covers band of the current "faves". If you understand how the music business works, if you "try to sound" like your favourite band, in the hope that you'll get signed, I think you are kidding yourself, music men have moved on from that sound, and are then "trying to find the next big sound"...anything in the chart will have been developed 3-4 years ago!

Maple certainly are going to rty and get heard by the right people (this time!) I'd imagine if no one picks up on this LP...we could see the end of maple. We'll see.

who'd a thunk we had a meeting in London with Indipendiente about 6 years ago now...and showcased for One Little Indian...(when we were still a 3 piece)[/quote']

Well, I think getting review of the week on Planet Sound on teletext is a very promising thing for Dedalus, i mean a lot of buzz developed around Hope of the States after they got review of the week on Planet Sound. It's a good start anyway.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? GT worse than TIMT???? That's blasphemy!!!! That album contains everything that was great about them in the early days. As for EMG' date=' it's over-rated in my opinion. I was playing through the songs on my guitar the other day, trying to think of ways to make them a bit more exciting because they sound too Britpoppy for my liking. And i just got bored and ended up playing GT songs instead. Much more fun. Also, as far as I'm concerned, it marks the start of the Wire's lyrics turning into meaningless rubbish. I mean, take La Tristesse Durera and No Surface, All Feeling. Both Wire penned lyrics. La Tristesse is a great lyric which encaptulates the sadness and struggles of an old war veteran. No Surface is about.... god knows.

As for Symphony Of Tourette, at least it's better than Nirvana's pityful attempt at the subject.

(I should probably point out I was a Bon Jovi fan in 1993. As a matter of fact, I got into both bands at the same time...)[/quote']

You see I never really liked the Manics for being fun. I'd listen to Goldie Lookin Chain if that's what i looked for in music. Lyrically most of Generation Terrorists is just idiotic ("Madonna drinks coke and so you can too") and musically i find that GnR sound to be repetitive and brutish. Although GT does capture a moment for them, showing them at their most ambitious and naieve, i don't think it shows them at anything near their best (THB obviously does that). And it's convienient of you to take a bad lyric from EMG and a good one from GATS. I can do it the other way around, take Design For Life and Drug Drug Druggy for example. Nicky Wire has never been a consistent lyricist, he usually displays his very best side and his worst side on the same album (If Tolerate This../SYMM, Design For Life/No Surface All Feeling, Solitude Sometimes Is/ Always/Never).

Youve obviously never heard bon jovi then.

....cringe.

and you will know us by the trail of dead ticket

Bastard. All i've got is half a packet of Dextrose tablets...in fact it's not even half.

Fopp great for books. The likes of 1984, The Outsider, the Plague for only 3 each!

Or was it 5 each?? Still cheap.

Gold Against the Soul sounds like Bon fucking Jovi in parts and has their most embarassingly cringeworthy song (Nostalgic Pushead) and two of the most pointless manics songs ever written (Drug Drug Druggy and Symphony of Tourettes).

The proper official aceness of Manics albums: THB>EMG>LB>TIMTTMY>GT>KYE>GATS

Iggy sings on Rolodex Propaganda. He kinda ruins it if you ask me.

And a whole host of other idiots.

I think it's superb. Way better than Generation Terrorists and Gold Against the Soul which are pretty much just embarassing.

Saw it and it looks awesome. Emperor with a lightsaber.

where did you d/l from then?

It will have Catacombs as well which was on most UK copies of the album but not mine cos i bought it right after release. Still, this is a shameless cash in.

I listened to the Beatles 1 compilation the other day and it occurred to me that as far as singles are concerned the Kinks, the Doors and the Beach Boys all blow them out of the water. The Beatles singles really lack catchy melodies, Help seemingly being the only single with a strong melody.

The Hollies, haha, I remember a while back my dad was listening to them and made me listen to part of a song to ask whether that "bwoom bwoom" sound is what we call a "guitar bass".

Well you weren't expecting the Holy Bible were you?! Albums don't need killer tracks and I think Life Blood has one anway in Solitude Sometimes Is.

Anyone bought it yet?

I reackon it's their third best album and definitely an improvement on Know Your Enemy (although that ain't hard). It's only let down by a few duff tracks which are too middle of the road, especially I Live To Fall Asleep. Best tracks are 1985, A Song For Departure, To Repel Ghosts and Solitude Sometimes Is.

Zwan- Mary star of the sea

I'll second that actually.