Geir Hongro is the resident controversial opinionist. Anyway, I think people are misinterpreting what irony means.
― burt_stanton, Monday, 1 September 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes Geir bringing the challops. Incorrect in this case though.
― Neil S, Monday, 1 September 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
TIMTTMY is the worst Mondeo Pop album of all time
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 1 September 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
It's not that bad but it does have one of the worst songs ever made The Everlasting
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
That's not even the worst song on that album (hi dere SYMM)! I'd go for the Holy Bible as the closest they've made to a really good album, but I don't think they've ever made a wholly consistent one.
― ailsa, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Everlasting" is the best song on the entire album, and possibly the best Manics song ever. A fantastic singalong anthem representing 90s Britpop at its very best!
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
"She Is Suffering" is, on the other hand, the only track on "The Holy Bible" with sufficient singalong qualities.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep, singalongability is exactly what I look for in my nihilistic songs about the holocaust, anorexia, etc too.
― ailsa, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't look for nihilistic songs. Period.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:34 (fifteen years ago) link
LIFEBLOOD is 50 % amazing. there's a cult of people who think it's in their top 3 albums. i'm in that cult!
― piscesx, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 00:56 (fifteen years ago) link
holy bible is great but the debut it is
― electricsound, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
gt is kind of a masterpiece -- a lot of it is awful, but its sheer ridiculousness stood out at the time (and really would prob stand out at any time). gats has a couple of good songs but aged pretty poorly. holy bible is still surprisingly gritty and exciting as music (james bradfield surely gave his best ever vocals here), and a lot of the lyrics ("yes," "die in the summertime") even stand up as poetry, or something closer to it than most pop lyrics. i never listen to EMG but most of it probably still holds up. liked know your enemy a lot at the time, haven't heard it in years.
― J.D., Tuesday, 2 September 2008 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Trust Geir to have as his fave manics song the one i hate most.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
LIFEBLOOD is 50 % amazing.
can you list the songs you think this of?
whoa, whoa, whoa.... that song's great! the first few times I thought it was forced, but now I find it to be among their best songs, and one of their most affecting.
― res, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 02:28 (fifteen years ago) link
IF YOU STAND UP LIKE A NAIL
fUCK YOU
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link
God, I remember thinking "I've been too honest with myself, I should have lied like everybody else" was the greatest thing I'd ever heard. I was WAY old enough to know better at that point as well.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 09:06 (fifteen years ago) link
There are no bad tracks on the 1st three ablums, I'm gonna vote GT to balance out the contrarianism a bit.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 09:48 (fifteen years ago) link
WHY THE HOLY FUCK ARE YOU LISTENING TO THE MANICS THEN?
― ailsa, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 10:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Ailsa otm
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 11:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm a bit amazed at how popular this band seem to be here
― Tom D., Tuesday, 2 September 2008 11:56 (fifteen years ago) link
but you're delighted about it?
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Couldn't be less delighted
― Tom D., Tuesday, 2 September 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
These guys sell out arenas in Europe, right? Cause in America they're completely obscure.
I don't pay attention to their lyrics very much, and could care less about their politics. But Know Your Enemy is a great rock album, particularly Epicentre.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't pay attention to their lyrics very much, and could care less about their politics.
Yeah I feel this way about the Democrats.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Are they big in mainland Europe or just here in the UK? (stan m to thread?)
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the way Sean looks in that photo. He looks like he's about 12 years old.
― res, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
V big in Thailand apparently.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Funny you should say that, as I was in Thailand several years back and heard one of their songs playing out of someone's car. at the time, I thought it very odd.
― res, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I remember reading an article about them about 14 years ago with them visiting Thailand and mass hysteria and arm cutting occurring amongst their fans. Pretty fucked up.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
And Richey visiting a prostitute
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
yes that's right ham shandies all round!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Even better is how Nicky looks like Shirley off EastEnders in that photo.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
dunno who that is
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Carter
― res, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
It is pretty uncanny:
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:JfT_AndWpk4K7M:http://static.whatsontv.co.uk/images/0836_103919_116883.jpg
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
x-post!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i see the resemblance
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
nicky's way cuter though. i saw them in concert once and nicky made both me and my female friend swoon!
― res, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
one of the last times I saw them he wore angel wings
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
one of the nights at the barrowlands on the know your enemy tour.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
he was wearing a feathered boa when I saw him.
― res, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
oh he probably had that too. He definitely had one on his mic. That gig was 1999 it seems.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Are they big in mainland Europe or just here in the UK?
The "Everything Must Go" album sold well here, as did also "This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours". Before that they didn't mean much.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 23:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Before that they didn't mean much.
you mean when they were great.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm glad I did make this poll last longer now.
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 3 September 2008 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
So Manics.........
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 10 September 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Manics at Hull Adelphi 1991 - incendiary. Ruffled Ritchie's hair and haven't washed my right boot since.Can't reach it as strapped in zimmer.
― Fer Ark, Wednesday, 10 September 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Would've loved to have seen them then.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 11 September 2008 00:46 (fifteen years ago) link
My mate saw them at King Tuts in 91
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:07 (fifteen years ago) link
he told me he saw them quite a few times back then.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 13 September 2008 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link