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Day 8: Your least favourite cover/B-side.

Another difficult one. I think the fact the Manics greatest hits gift to the fans was a choice of the most popular b-sides and covers speaks volumes, not about the quality of those tracks, but about the fans' sense of irony.

In the vein I'd probably nominate Patrick Bateman. It's one of those tracks which the fans talk about in hushed terms. "Have you heard it? Isn't it....isn't it though?!" I always assume people are being ironic when they express love for that track, I certainly hope they are because they would all drop immeasurably in my estimation.

As far as the actual components of the track go; musically it's boring as hell and ill thought out. Sounds like James and Sean threw it together in 5 mins after recording something really good just because they had their instruments to hand. The musical equivalent of scrawling it on the back of a beer mat. Oh, and 7 minutes? ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?

Lyrically? Well it's nothing out of the ordinary for Nicky/Richey but christ, "I fucked God up the ass"? Embarassing. Flat out embarassing.

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Day 9: Your favourite lyric.

Lyric, singular? Yeesh.

Lyrically (well, obviously in all respects) I think Journal for Plague Lovers is a triumph. It's probably because it combines their two best assets; Richey's impossibly dense writing style and Nicky's capacity for spotting a rhythmically pleasing couplet* (not that there are many standard rhyme/rhythm schemes on that album but you see what I'm driving at I hope) and trimming around it to produce a strong lyric (see: A Design for Life) For these reasons, my favourite lyric(s) will all come from one album - largely because otherwise this entry will never end.


In terms of (1) THE BEST LYRIC TO SING LOUDLY AT A GIG. I would have to give that to (*drumroll*).....

Herman the bull and Tracey the sheep/Transgenic milk containing human protein

I love it. It's ridiculous and encapsulates so much of Richey's voice and brings a crowd together to chant cynicism and it's ridiculous a few more times. And fitting those words into that half a note (ok, so it might be *two* notes, but it's a seriously short musical period of time, I swear) is both insanely satisfying ("I did it without running out of air!) and oddly relaxing - you just try screaming that out across the barrier and see how you feel.

The close second place in that category is just one word; shouting 'versus' in Born.a.graphic versus porn.a.graphic


How you feel, is obviously also incredibly important so (2) THE BEST LYRIC FOR MAKING YOU FEEL THE BAND'S ARE TALKING ABOUT *YOUR* LIFE is....

empty arms and an aching heart/the love she sought through faltering thought

(3) THE MOST UNCOMPROMISINGLY LIKELY-TO-BE-UNPOPULAR BASED ON EXTREME PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT LYRIC

I would prefer no choice/one bread one milk one food that's all/I am confused I only want one truth


(4) THE MOST HILARIOUSLY RICHEY-ISM LYRIC; except there are *two* perfect ones, so I'm going to give a short-shortlist;

Crucifixion is the easy life

and

Skin cancer calories

(5)THE MOST IMMEDIATELY QUOTABLE LYRIC. Come on, say it with me....

Oh Mummy what's a sex pistol?


(6) THE MOST HEARTBREAKING LYRIC. There's really only one song this could come from, and that's William's Last Words;

I love you yeah I love you/just let me go/I even love the devil/but yes he did me harm/don't keep me any longer/cos I am really tired/I'd love to go to sleep/and wake up happy

And now you can breathe a sigh of relief, because that's your lot. I just clicked through on [livejournal.com profile] openatticnight's entry to copy and paste her disclaimer and was reminded of all the amazing lyrics on other albums so I *really* have to post this now before it explodes into the tens of thousands words territory.

And in her words; "we are a thorough fandom, if nothing else"

ETA: OH CRAP! I forgot.  (7) THE BEST OVERALL SONG LYRIC (NOT FROM JFPL);

Too Cold Here.  Completely. Amazing.

* I was just check lyrics/sciryl and not only has it moved to a crappy free host, it also doesn't have JFPL on it. WHAT?!

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