Facewon wrote:Good stuff reg. I file know your enemy right with the roots phrenology. Same vibe, same "this is the album everyone hates." But it's highs are really high, IMO.
poprock wrote:I have a soft spot for You Love Us as a proper manifesto of a song. Sneering at the world was a good look on the Manics.
It’s not my number one though.
I’ve always loved the double whammy of Faster and P.C.P., as the best balance they ever managed between serious lyricism and adrenalin fuelled anger.
Those aren’t contenders either.
Motorcycle Emptiness is a thing of beauty. The excess of a rock ballad turned inside out and blasted clean. It’s close, but no cigar.
My top Manics track is La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh). Hits me square in the gut every time.
regmcfly wrote:poprock wrote:I have a soft spot for You Love Us as a proper manifesto of a song. Sneering at the world was a good look on the Manics.
It’s not my number one though.
I’ve always loved the double whammy of Faster and P.C.P., as the best balance they ever managed between serious lyricism and adrenalin fuelled anger.
Those aren’t contenders either.
Motorcycle Emptiness is a thing of beauty. The excess of a rock ballad turned inside out and blasted clean. It’s close, but no cigar.
My top Manics track is La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh). Hits me square in the gut every time.
When I was young, PC meant police constable.
Paul the sparky wrote:Mix it up a bit. Gremill will have to wait for the RHCP.
Gremill wrote:Paul the sparky wrote:Mix it up a bit. Gremill will have to wait for the RHCP.
In their absence can we do Status Quo instead?
Paul the sparky wrote:Gremill wrote:Paul the sparky wrote:Mix it up a bit. Gremill will have to wait for the RHCP.
In their absence can we do Status Quo instead?
Put it to a vote, see what everyone wants.
Moot_Geeza wrote:Facewon wrote:Good stuff reg. I file know your enemy right with the roots phrenology. Same vibe, same "this is the album everyone hates." But it's highs are really high, IMO.
Everyone hates Phrenology? I always assumed that would be their most popular overall.
Gremill wrote:Paul the sparky wrote:Gremill wrote:Paul the sparky wrote:Mix it up a bit. Gremill will have to wait for the RHCP.
In their absence can we do Status Quo instead?
Put it to a vote, see what everyone wants.
Everyone will just down down vote it.
Facewon wrote:I dunno where it sits now, but it's press, and certainly the vibe from folks in the scene here (God, I was young enough to be in a scene, bless) was very mixed. Obviously the seed is a monster track, but the emphasised guitar and playful metal excursions and quest getting a little looser where seen as departures.Everyone hates Phrenology? I always assumed that would be their most popular overall.Good stuff reg. I file know your enemy right with the roots phrenology. Same vibe, same "this is the album everyone hates." But it's highs are really high, IMO.
Bob wrote:Travis? The worst bunch of indie bed wetters? Fuck off
LivDiv wrote:A bit like R.E.M I only really appreciate Manics at a surface level. However Motorcycle Emptiness is one of my fave songs. Not top 10 but probably would be in a top 40.
Bob wrote:You’ll
Be banging the Top Loader drum
Next
LivDiv wrote:Bob wrote:You’ll
Be banging the Top Loader drum
Next
That will be a quick round.
They had one song and it was shit.
Week 27
Top Loader
Throw your stereo in the bath.
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