wasted Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Anthem for a Lost a Cause and Holy as the Soil are the stand out tracks so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 "won't you please come home" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted September 28, 2013 Author Share Posted September 28, 2013 Anthem for a Lost Cause is my favorite so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Anthem is the centre piece with Show and Rewind the singles so far.There's lots of nooks and cranies. Builder of Routines and 3 Ways to See Despair is like something off Know Your Enemy. 4 Lonely Roads reminds me of a Paolo Nutini song.Tokyo Skyline is like a Gold against the Soul B-side.Holy as the Soil is very Richey.30 year War is like a Everything Must Go track. Political clunky catchy lyrics.Manorbier is an instrumental, pretty ghostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinaski Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I like how the start of Tokyo Skyline sounds like Tokyo. Somehow. Not that I've ever been. I've never been that fussed with Manics instrumentals but Manorbier is pretty great.I didn't expect them to write as blatant and heartfelt a song like As Holy As The Soil but with them both sharing vocals I think it really works. Still strange to think there is a Manics song with the line 'I love you so won't you please come home' in it.I think 'I ask you again what is to be done' on 30 year war is the coolest bit of the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Im taking Holy as the Soil to be a plea to Richey to come back. Seems weird for Wire to like Tokyo. I guess it is alienating cos they dont break out the english. Theres no english signs. Are there any interviews about the songs? i want to know what Builder of Routines is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinaski Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Wire did this just before the album came out.http://thequietus.com/articles/13264-manic-street-preachers-rewind-the-film-track-by-track-review"It’s about crawling through the ship wreckage and still trying, I guess like a junkie will try and get some semblance of justification and routine, I’m always obsessed with how, in whatever situation I’m in, trying to invent that one bit of stability to keep it all together. Sean plays this amazing flugelhorn solo which I love, it’s very ‘God Only Knows’, something about it lifts the song out of the pit. Something about how you’ve been through all of that and now you’re out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Thanks for that. 'I cant fucking star jump without my arthritic knee packing up and my back packing in.'I thought buolder of routines would have been about a 1940s factory owner or something.Akes sense it was made in Berlin. Futurology is the title of next album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 Good title.Lucy Rose and Cate Le Bon sound exactly the same. That hipster/indie rock vocal style. The anti-Xtina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I was thinking they could make 2 more of these rewind albums. Like manic mixtapes. Could they do Pink Floyd type albums seeing as Nicky cant tour more than 7 dates. Actually really like the album, I can listen to this kind of stuff over Radiohead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Emergency. Is nicky now sporting a moustache or was that just for the video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Better than the album versionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38gZ6BCzVV0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 What is it. ? I cant get youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I got the book version of the album so I got all the demos of each song. Haven't listened to it yet but Tokio Skyline might be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I've really lost alot of interest in the band, but I just booked a ticket to see them in London in April. I've seen them live a bunch of times (10+ gigs), so I'm sure I'll enjoy myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Yeah, they arent exciting but at the same time the albums realky connect to me. I totally understand what they mean. And that can make up for being a good band. He heh. They arent Led Zepp or The pistols but GT makes me cry everytime I listen to it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real McCoy Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I still need to pick this album up. I'm out of the loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 I got the book version of the album so I got all the demos of each song. Haven't listened to it yet but Tokio Skyline might be good.That is the video I posted. Some of the demos are better than the songs, especially ones with the female guest vocalists. Nicky sings Four Lonely Roads and Rewind The Film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Got the Journal for Plague Lovers deluxe. Contains the original lyrics by Richey Edwards. I don't see how the next album will be similar to The Holy Bible and Journal for Plague Lovers since it won't contain any of lyrics left by Richey Edwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I think it's more about the punky guitars and maybe the angle of the lyrics. Rewind is very Wire. Not getting out of bed, working class struggle, being an hypochondriac.Futuroly has more polemics, Manics style. Wire wrote some lyrics on Holy Bible.It has some electro vibe too I think. It sounds to me like it could be like Placebo with Cold War nostalgia lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real McCoy Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm so far out of the MSP loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Not really. Rewind the Film was like a more pop This is my Truth. Futurology is meant to be more punk guitar driven. Just another spin of the MSP wheel of fortune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 It seems they are going back to what they've attempted with Lifeblood a very underrated album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Lifeblood was the Holy Bible for 30 something's. so futurology could be Holy bible for 40 something's. I think there's a distinction to be made between HB and PL. plague seems more from inside the nut house. Whereas bible is prior. So I think there could be a Holy Bible 3 political truth, self loathing and the Eurovision Song Contest. Edited February 15, 2014 by wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 If I ever feel down I can listen to The Holy Bible, Lifeblood, Journal for Plague Lovers, Rewind The Film and Futurology.They are long overdue for yet another B-sides and cover album. Some of their B sides are better than the songs on actual albums. And they are one of the best cover bands around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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