Afro Droid Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 ...is really good. Who's the bird singing? It's nae The Holy Bible like, but what's ever gonna be as good as that? The Manics meant the the world to me as a youth, good to see some decent output from them again, and James Dean Bradfield looks great, must've dropped about a stone or two. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Yeah - definitely their best single since The Massess Against the Classes for me. Been listening to it for a few days. Nina's voice fits in brilliantly. It's got a bit of a glam stomp and the trademark guitar sound. Even Wire's backing vocals seem to fit and aren't as horrendous as "the solo album."And the new album track "Underdogs" is superb too.Jimmy Dean looks like he did ten years ago - a new man!I hope the Manics as we used to know them are back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 i heard them play it on the charlotte church show. of course charlotte church did the female vocal so I'll make my mind if I like when she isn't singing on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Aye it is Nina Persson. I think its alright, but really inoffensive. Underdogs on the other hand!!!!! "This one goes out to the freaks"!!! Worst lyrics ever!! I reckon the album is gonna be dire really, them trying to rock out like the old days again, it'll be like Know Your Enemy without the ecleticism and totally overproduced. I liked Lifeblood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 I liked Lifeblood.Mentalist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 I think it's great, definitely my favourite single since Masses. I've heard bits and pieces of the new stuff and I have very high hopes for the new album. I'm Just a Patsy in particular has a real GT-era aggression to it. The riff in Autumn Song is absolutely massive, there's some serious JDB guitar soloing on the new stuff.They're looking great aswell, they've managed to use the Holy Bible-era look without looking like a pastiche of their younger selves. Saw James at The Garage in October and Jonathan Ross was right when he said he was like a "docker from Marseille", his arms are like tree trunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medichi Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Its okaaay. Better than "Masses.." IMHO, but that was utter ding. Not gonna be rushing out to get the album, but then I'm one of the fickle bastards who's bought nowt since "The Holy Bible".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 I haven't heard the new single yet but I'm looking forward to the new album, I thought Lifeblood was great, for me it is easily their second best behind The Holy Bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Am I the only person that has never 'got' the manics? I just hate the way he mangles the schoolboy poetry words to fit the tune I think. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Am I the only person that has never 'got' the manics? I just hate the way he mangles the schoolboy poetry words to fit the tune I think. Sorry.I think that depends which era of Manics you are talking about and which lyricist, Nicky or Richey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Am I the only person that has never 'got' the manics?Nope, there's LOADS of people that never got the Manics, that's one of their many good points. Bands that most people 'get' like The Beatles, have always seemed a bit bland to me. Bands that have something not to get are always more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 just heard it for the first time on the radio - nae a bad song and some nice vocals from that bird from the cardigans but cant help thinking they're trying too hard to be the manic street preachers if you get me drift.they'll never even come close to bettering generation terrorists or the holy bible so i'm wondering why they still bother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I always thought Everything Must Go era Manics were better than The Holy Bible days. I realise that I am in the minority with that though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I always thought Everything Must Go era Manics were better than The Holy Bible days. I realise that I am in the minority with that though...I'm in the minority of thinking Gold Against the Soul is their best work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I'm in the minority of thinking Gold Against the Soul is their best work.I'm in that minority too. Although The Holy Bible is very close (and probably shades it when I'm in a certain mood). I really don't think that Generation Terrorists is that great as an album, although it does have some mighty fine songs on it. Everything Must Go has aged really badly, to the point where I can't actually listen to it all the way through any more. I haven't bought anything since (Manic's records that is - I didn't just give up buying products because the Manics had got a bit dull). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummerOfIntenseEvil Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 they'll never even come close to bettering generation terrorists or the holy bible so i'm wondering why they still bother!Probably because sub-standard Manics output shits on the vast majority of music released by anyone else.Lifeblood is brilliant. It's such a shame it did so badly in the charts, and that even Manics fans wrongly deride it. If you expect a band to repeat themselves over and over again, then a band like Manic Street Preachers is always going to disappoint. It's a shame there are still fans who expect them to "go back to being the Manics" as it were - whenever they try to do this, they fail. KYE was a mess (albeit an interesting one), then they stopped trying to force it and they came out with There By The Grace Of God, which is an utterly fantastic song (listen to it closely with earphones - they keyboards are fantastic). As soon as I heard Underdogs I thought "oh fuck, not again..." I've heard this album will contain JDB's equivalent of Sweet Child O' Mine - I thought his version was called Motorcycle Emptiness, and it had already surpassed SCOM?1985, To Repel Ghosts and A Song For Departure - all from Lifeblood - are the best things they've done without Richey. 1985 is definitely in their top 20 songs of all time, too (ie it's one of the best 7 songs they've done that isn't on The Holy Bible).I'd also agree that EMG has aged TERRIBLY. I even listen to Know Your Enemy more than that load of Britpopper-baiting nonsense. And yet, it's still better than anything Kasabian, Razorlight or Arctic Monkeys can come up with. Let's see the fucking Klaxons come out with something as brilliant as Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted April 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 I'd also agree that EMG has aged TERRIBLY.Agreed, but there are still some cracking tunes on there ('Interiors', 'Australia'). I think it was over-played when it was released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 The whole new album is a corker. I like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Agreed, this is my first Manics album and I really like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 The whole new album is a corker. I like!Agreed... I can't stop listening to the new album. It's been on non-stop for the past week.Very good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 I'm in the minority of thinking Gold Against the Soul is their best work.Me too. The only Manics albums i actually like are Gold Against The Soul and Generation Terrorists. Holy Bible and Everything Must Go have their moments but the new one, Lifeblood and This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours are on the whole decidedly average.I must've heard the new one nearly a hundred times at work now as my boss is a Manics fan so i'm fairly jaded by the whole thing and i'm sick of "Indian Summer" and it's "Design For Life Part II" stylings.It still doesn't irritate me as much as the Long Blondes album, which i calculated i had heard nearly 400 times in the space of a few months. Try that for overkill. I did actually like the album when it came out, but if anything was to send me into the sort of rage we all know Brian Wilson would be capable of, it's hearing that fucking CD. I fear the new Manics album will be my latest Achilles Heal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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