[the ikara cult]

Originally Posted by Pookie

A Manic Street Preachers thread eh?

Who said this board was in decline?

A pillock like you

[Pookie]

Ouch.

[Pookie]

Reminds me of the Morrissey song, Pillock On The Hillock.

[the ikara cult]

How dare you mention Morrissey in this thread. Piss off.

[Pookie]

Pillock on the hillock
She told me not to say
What happened that day
She only wanted to play, hey hey

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by Derek

Here's the first track from the album, "Yes":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mtwZaRObP8

no joke, that sounds like the stereophonics

[jon boy]

this band would also be in my musical hell. people go on about them, or used to as if they were great, amazing, wonderfulness but the drummer knows two beats and looks like someone just pissed on his bed, the bass player thinks that wearing a dress somehow makes up for being a cunt and the other one is just a twat, hands down. i dont even like motor cycle emptiness which is what most people say is a good one of theirs.

[tw2113]

Love the band and heavily prefer the first 3 albums with Richey than the post-Richey material, but those have some good songs too.

[Derek]

wow, some people really hate this band it seems hahaha. whatever, i don't even like them that much, i just think The Holy Bible is a genius album.

[[Sandbag]]

it's my fav by them...

It's the only record of theirs which I like.

[[Sandbag]]

gold against the soul is a pretty solid album too.
their post-richey-disappeareance albums are quite shitty to be honest :P

[Derek]

Yeah, horrible pop rock trash really.

Originally Posted by [Sandbag]

gold against the soul is a pretty solid album too.
their post-richey-disappeareance albums are quite shitty to be honest :P

I prefer not to know much about the rest, to be honest.

[[Sandbag]]

haha... :P

Yrself from 'gold against the soul' is a pretty damn good song.
love the lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wort4Klz7vk

Your ritual everyday
A mild shower soak in aftershave
Best clothes do your best
Look in the mirror go on
Belittle yourself yourself yourself

You go on day after day
Dreaming on a lie
That you keep locked inside
Of yourself
Yourself

Can you sleep tonight
Cast aside for some pouting young pup
Sink into a slurred veneer
Alcoholic haze so now
Least you can like yourself

You go on day after day
Reservoirs of guilt
That your fixed grin always hides
And yourself

You look at ad's all day
Everyone is perfect and you're so lame
Free scent burns your skin
But no smell can really cover sin
Too many teenage holes to fill
Too many teenage holes to fill

You go on day after day
Speak to your despised
Blanking your loved ones
And yourself
Yourself
Yourself

-

good song. too bad i can't figure out how to play the solo :S

[Glice]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

i've never heard this album, and hopefully i never will. it's good to be closed minded in certain cases.

I really admire this position, and those of the people who hate the Manics. Because their music is some of the most cloyingly dire, sub-u2 shite imaginable.

Having said that, the Holy Bible is an amazing album. It's a masterpiece of ironic art. I can't think of any other song, let alone album, where the disparity between what the lyrics are saying and the mood of the music itself is so large. One of my favourite albums for its lyrics, buried deep underneath this largely abysmal music. It's a perverse enjoyment, but an enjoyment nonetheless.

The thing with this band is that they created too many people who chose the motto 'I hate myself, but instead of going for self-improving techinques, I'll go for continuous negative whinging that will only lead me to a life of unprolific worthlessness''. This happened because they had little of interest to say, but said it too loud, innit? Trust me on this, I used to go out with a Manic Street Preachers fan who was barred from playing them in my presence for reasons that involve the above motto.

[Glice]

Weird that Sonic Youth fans don't like them.

It's very strange how the musical landscape has changed in the last 10 years. I have no idea where those kids who were in the Manics cult went, and why there's no cult that's replaced it. For a period in the 90s, in Britain, there was a very real subculture built entirely around the Manics.

I tended to fuck Manics fans.

Originally Posted by Glice

I have no idea where those kids who were in the Manics cult went....

I tended to fuck Manics fans.

Essex Road, can't remember the name of the pub 'cause I went there last night, and I was mashed to the eyeballs. They were dancing to A-fuckingHA and what our friend Joe Pop calls 'spiky, new-wavey things'.

Nice and friendly atmosphere, mind.