30 Days of Manics - Day 22-27
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askygoneonfireDay 22: Your favourite song from Everything Must Go.
The obvious choice here is A Design for Life but I feel like that song doesn't really define that album, and that's what I'm going for with my answers I think (yeah, even with my answer regarding Generation Terrorists, because Motorcycle Emptiness represents what they wanted to achieve with the entire album, but inevitably only managed with one song)
So...it seems wrong to pick Small Black Flowers for the same reason - it's a classic Richey lyric (and a truly beautiful song) and as a result merely harkens back to previous tracks rather than embodies what they were trying to do on that album so I am going to go for the outside bet and pick No Surface All Feeling.
The long intro is representative of much of the musical moment this album represents. I think James' restrained vocals building up to the chorus are perfectly timed. Love the drums, bit reminiscent of The Holy Bible and there is a beautiful melancholy to the lyrics.
Day 23: Your favourite song from This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours.
First things first, I think that, as a leaning-towards-hardcore fan, this album starts on track 6 and ends on track 12 - and let me take this opportunity to restate how much I hate S.Y.M.M. and raise you Tsunami. With that in mind....
...it's really bloody hard to pick a favourite! I've already stated that my favourite Manics song is You're Tender and You're Tired so it feels unnecessary to pick that again. Nobody Loved You is a contender but somehow the awkward first verse means it doesn't quite get there - although the chorus and final verses are unrelentingly glorious.
In the end, it comes down to My Little Empire. It's beautiful, just beautiful, and that's really all I'm going to say. Have they ever done an acoustic version, does anyone know? Would love to hear it.
Day 24: Your favourite song from Know Your Enemy.
Ugh, do I have to? (Incidentally, Amazon offer a preview of all the songs on the other albums, except this one. They know they'd be on to a losing thing)
Err....Ocean Spray. Because James in that video makes me cry. And, as I understand it, he cried to.
Day 25: Your favourite song from Lipstick Traces.
Bright Eyes.
James was made to sing that song.
Day 26: Your favourite song from Lifeblood.
Top tip for passing time while listening to this album - pretend James' vocals are indecipherable and replace key words/imagine what he could be singing. I think To Repel Goats would have been far superior.
I Live to Fall Asleep. It's a great Nicky lyric, and I enjoy both the melody and the fact James doesn't over sing it in the way he does with with other tracks on that album.
Day 27: Your favourite song from Send Away The Tigers.
Hello return of difficult choices!
I'm going to plump for the titular track - Send Away the Tigers. The opening bars made me excited for that entire album in a way I hadn't been about the Manics in years, and every time I listen to it that emotion is reignited and I'm back in 2007, on the British Airways flight home from Rio, in the middle of the night with everyone around me sleeping listening to it for the first time holding my breath to keep from missing a single bar.
The obvious choice here is A Design for Life but I feel like that song doesn't really define that album, and that's what I'm going for with my answers I think (yeah, even with my answer regarding Generation Terrorists, because Motorcycle Emptiness represents what they wanted to achieve with the entire album, but inevitably only managed with one song)
So...it seems wrong to pick Small Black Flowers for the same reason - it's a classic Richey lyric (and a truly beautiful song) and as a result merely harkens back to previous tracks rather than embodies what they were trying to do on that album so I am going to go for the outside bet and pick No Surface All Feeling.
The long intro is representative of much of the musical moment this album represents. I think James' restrained vocals building up to the chorus are perfectly timed. Love the drums, bit reminiscent of The Holy Bible and there is a beautiful melancholy to the lyrics.
Day 23: Your favourite song from This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours.
First things first, I think that, as a leaning-towards-hardcore fan, this album starts on track 6 and ends on track 12 - and let me take this opportunity to restate how much I hate S.Y.M.M. and raise you Tsunami. With that in mind....
...it's really bloody hard to pick a favourite! I've already stated that my favourite Manics song is You're Tender and You're Tired so it feels unnecessary to pick that again. Nobody Loved You is a contender but somehow the awkward first verse means it doesn't quite get there - although the chorus and final verses are unrelentingly glorious.
In the end, it comes down to My Little Empire. It's beautiful, just beautiful, and that's really all I'm going to say. Have they ever done an acoustic version, does anyone know? Would love to hear it.
Day 24: Your favourite song from Know Your Enemy.
Ugh, do I have to? (Incidentally, Amazon offer a preview of all the songs on the other albums, except this one. They know they'd be on to a losing thing)
Err....Ocean Spray. Because James in that video makes me cry. And, as I understand it, he cried to.
Day 25: Your favourite song from Lipstick Traces.
Bright Eyes.
James was made to sing that song.
Day 26: Your favourite song from Lifeblood.
Top tip for passing time while listening to this album - pretend James' vocals are indecipherable and replace key words/imagine what he could be singing. I think To Repel Goats would have been far superior.
I Live to Fall Asleep. It's a great Nicky lyric, and I enjoy both the melody and the fact James doesn't over sing it in the way he does with with other tracks on that album.
Day 27: Your favourite song from Send Away The Tigers.
Hello return of difficult choices!
I'm going to plump for the titular track - Send Away the Tigers. The opening bars made me excited for that entire album in a way I hadn't been about the Manics in years, and every time I listen to it that emotion is reignited and I'm back in 2007, on the British Airways flight home from Rio, in the middle of the night with everyone around me sleeping listening to it for the first time holding my breath to keep from missing a single bar.
