The Friday Canon: MANIC STREET PREACHERS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The Manics (BA Hons, Swansea) are responsible for many things: a reasonably popular London club night, skyrocketing feather boa sales, the gratitude of the Goan tourist board and of course, thousands upon thousands of rabid fans desperate to bleed all over Steve Lamacq in 'tribute'. But what do you poptimists make of their back catalogue? 33 UK Top 40 singles means you get ELEVEN ticks to dish out. Eyeliner pencils at the ready!


[Poll #1105942]
Fleetwood Mac: (link)
1. Go Your Own Way
2. Dreams
3. Little Lies
4. Don't Stop
=5. Albatross
=5. Tusk
=7. Big Love
=7. Oh Well
=7. Sara
=10. Black Magic Woman
=10. Say You Love Me

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Early canon today as I'm off for my werk wobs lunch! Happy ticking :)

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why The Holy Bible has got this reputation as the only Manics alBUM it's OK to like when it's got t0ss like 'Revol' on it.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

OHHHHHH YESSSSSSS!!!

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

REVOL IS GRATE SHUT UP U KILLED RICHEY

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I like the Manics. I know they're a bunch of slogan-waving, vain, hypocritical and over-hyped, semi-talented Fall Out Boy precursors but in a similar manner to the way I like Hard-Fi, at least they're, y'know, trying.

Mind you, I never realised how much "before my time" a lot of their stuff was. I was between the ages of 5 and 7 when most of this was released.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Revol is good! I'm not sure why I'm defending it!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I understand from my, ahem, contacts that the new album is actually quite good. But then as Bill Wyman* once said of Elvis Costello, that's what loyal fans are for.

*not that one, as far as I know.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I only ticked ten. My missing tick is because of the existential absence caused by the Holocaust and Richey.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

RAUS RAUS FILA FILA - it is one of their funniest tracks! And therefore best.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I'm sure one of their more recent songs I heard on radio 2 and liked! But not enough to tear me away from generation terrorists NONSENSE. I liked JDB's solo offering, perhaps I mean that, Nicky Wire's was absolute PISH.

I think that might be the most unflattering picture of Sean Moore evar (though it's hotly contested I believe).

Still can't believe they ever released She Is Suffering - it should obviously been ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart. Or maybe Of Walking Abortion.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I *still* don't get the FILA FILA bit. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! Curse them!

(Actually I think I did find an explanation once but it was rub and I've forgotten it)

HOW PRECISELY

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

is "If You Tolerate This..." about the Spanish Civil War????

Poptimists keen to hear the annual airing of "The Masses Against The Classes" should be at the CLUB POPULAR ALL #1s ALL THE TIME club night on Saturday 6th January, by the way.

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

Nicky Wire solo canon going to be done separately then, good call.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's not like the rest of it is a shining beacon of sense.

REVOL LYRICS POLL.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

ALL SH1T, ALL THE TIME!

WHEN I WAS YOUNG "P.C." MEANT POLICE CONSTABLE

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

If you like Aneurin Bevan so much why don't you go and live there?

Re: HOW PRECISELY

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I'd take If You Tolerate This over SPANISH BOMBS any day.

Erm it is about the idealism of fighting for something you strongly believe in which in this case is the Spanish and their bombs and their guns and their guns and their bombs.

Re: HOW PRECISELY

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Why isn't Sean Moore in Darfur right now then EH EH EH

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Mr Lenin AWAKEN THE BOY!
Mr Stalin BISEXUAL EPOCH!
KRUSCHEV SELF-LOVE IN HIS MIRRORS!

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

They're those sh1t trainers Trotsky's Mum used to get him from the market.

*stands, applauds*

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Comment of the year!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Oh chr1st I just found an article about the Observer Music Mag's list of ten right-wing rockers, going on about "Strange that Elvis Costello is kept off these lists, isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?"

Er, as you were.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Have they had a wide-ranging effect on the Welsh music scene?

They're a rum case, the Manics.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

yeah. they fall into a giant fetid lacuna in my indie love.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

There are no flattering pictures of Sean Moore FTB he is short and fat.