I'm not mad at anyone. The fella just sounds like a typical deejay tool to me, 'This is gonna tear your face off?'. Get a grip my old china. His taste and the fact that I can lkisten to this for FREE after having bought the album is irrelevent and I reserve the right to think he sounds like a right knob. I've been listening to the Manics since he was in short trousers, the difference being that he can get a gig on radio with his abysmal deejay patter. Bravo.
@pigriser What, Zane? what's wrong with Zane? you mad at him because he's interrupting your FREE SONG because he was the one who first broadcast songs from the album out of a desire to promote the manics, him having a good taste in music?
The " against you and me" line in the second chorus is truly amazing, is that the right word to define that line? not the actual lyric but James singing and with the bass and rhythm guitar accompanying him is something else. Notice when he sing's that line in the first chorus he doesn't put as much into it ( not being a critic , but when you listen to him sing it in the second chorus that's what grab's you and never leaves.. that's why i love the Manic's sooo much they alway's surprise you..
Like Smells Like Teen Spirit is the same as More Than A Feeling. This album contains many, i assume, deliberate moments of borrowing, mostly from the band's own back catalogue. Great first track, excellent album- it makes my top 15 of the decade.
Check this out.. when you plug in your earphone's put it in karaoke version, the chorus bit has virtually copied the four chord's used in the verse part in Drain You by Nirvana. Sound's nothing like Temptation either when the vocal's are cut out! Go check it out!
Don't know about that ! they are equally as good as the other. I think on Journal they are trying to recreate the glorious melodic punk feel that was written all over Nirvana's Nevermind like urban graffiti. More so then In Utero, track's like Peeled Apple's especially the chorus could have been borrowed from Nevermind ( the chorus part sound's like the four chord's used in the verse in Drain You! listen carefully)
PLEASE DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. xSEND THIS OVER TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
If all the song's were identical to this on Journal then it would be the next Nevermind no doubt about that. James even sound's or sing's like Kurt in the chorus when he sing's Riderless horse's on chomsky's camelot, Bruise's on my hand's from digging my nail's out.
Do you think maybe "The figure eight inside out is infinity" means that no matter how you look at a situation it's not going to change? Like whether you look at the number eight upside down or inside out it never loses shape?
The best single if it was a single! this year and easily in the last ten year's, amazing track with element's of The Masses Against The Classes, Therapy? and obviously Nirvana. 10/10
Listen to the four chord's played in the chorus they sound identical to Drain You by Nirvana .. well almost. Stunning grunge track. Well Grungey influence . 10/10
To be fair, I'm glad it's only us REAL Manics fans that listen to this album. The mainstream would completely miss the intellect and emotion behind the lyrics.
This album is simply one of THE best they have produced in a long long time. And i mean they have brought out some great album's along the way. This track is up there with the best, a stunning ferocious beast of a track.
nirvana is for teenagers? are the manics teenagers? didnt think so, and if your a big enough fan you'll know that nirvana in utero is one of their fav albums ever, the reason they got steve albini to produce the new album, nirvana are fuckin amazin, end of!
Great album great song its a breath of fresh air compared to send away the tigers and lifeblood good albums in there own way but nothing compared to this..
my mum came up with the best and quite probable idea. being that he could not quit but, he and the record company quit the band and he is now living in the outer hebs somewhere living in peace chilling out.
you misunderstand i think he may of planned all this to happen, the same way kurt kobain planned his legacy i think he knew the band would carry on after his disappearence all them years ago which makes me wonder........
Yes it does and also the verse 's from Drain You , the heavy guitar's are so nevermind i think anyhow and the chorus would fit nicely on nevermind , it would!
Better than Nevermind?! erm not sure about that, Nevermind is an astonishing album. Saying that Journal is a great album too, i just think the chorus wouldn't be out of place on Nevermind that's all. The rest of the track's have so much of a different sound though..
fucking awesome they so live up to the godlike genius award they well deserved
saw them at leeds last year and there was no rowdy crowd pushing at all just people standing there in awe cause they were just so awesome it was unlike anything id ever seen
Yeah, it's all Richey Edwards' stuff. Usually the credit is split with Nicky Wire, but not on this one.
Some of the lyrics I've found a bit impenetrable, but there's some amazing stuff on there (Jackie Collins Existential Question Time 'Tonight we beg the question, if a married man fucks a Catholic does it mean you have gone to seed or does it mean you owe him nothing? Oh, mommy, what's a sex pistol'?
So YOU could produce more effective melodic genius could you? WHAT do you class as decent music then? personally I think YOU are talking CRAP! this album is something you could only dream of making. I will give Journal For Plague Lover's 10/10 now it has finally grasped me completely.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
There early stuff was miles better and your just a fucking trendy whos talking crap. Theres no way id want to produce something as bland as this you fucking arrogant cunt. So im my opinion take this so called classic album and stick it up your arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No it wasn't , it is not bland . Ohh get you! resort to swear word's! Go back to school and learn to speak proper grammar. and check up on your spelling too! I bet the manic's love you! haha! DON'T REPLY.
I think you're the idiot here, this album is a classic in my OPINION. Could YOU write an album lyrically and musically of sheer brilliance? didn't think so! so shut up!
perhaps you should listen to the holy bible or know your enemy. it really isn't that different to that style. which - holy bible was likely influenced a little by nirvana, sure. but that was 14 years ago.
i think maybe penroyal tea from in utero - possibly a vague resemblence. but i agree - not really nevermind.
and nirvana just sound like some of the pixies, and many pacific northwest bands of the late 80s. nirvana merely made it commercially appealing as kurt was a good song writer.
the chorus seems almost identical to the beginning of heaven 17s temptation. give it a listen and you'll see. ive no problem with it tho, if i was to ever write a song i would have ripped the beginning of temptation cos its better than the rest of the song. anyone agree?
Ok so a bunch of you have read the NME interview!!! If you're a real fan BUY the fucking album and make your own opinion. In my humble opinion the Manics are better than Nirvana! much better.
the new album really isn't that good.. it's incredible!. very very reminiscent of the holy bible in both atmosphere and style. definitely their best since everything must go, i guess it says a lot about just what an effect richeys lyrics have on the band, as this the first one since then to feature his lyrics
Thumbs up for this album. For me it doesn't quite match up to The Holy Bible but it's still a very very nice effort. I'm glad to see Manics have found their confidence again... shake the ground guys!
i'll second that, i read on the Manics website that the signed copies were done by James,Nick and Sean individually over a period of 4 days, absolutely over the moon with my signed copy!
Cant believe the supermarkets have banned the album cover and placed a white sleeve over the artwork. Hopefully this will make people want to pick it up look at it then buy it.
well, from what I've heard so far, their new material is certainly surpassing their previous albums. This could quite possibly be the Manic's greatest ever album.
What are ye going on about. Not a fucking thing like Nirvana. I hate the way people try to knock something even before it's released. Not clever. I hear nothing else remotely brilliant at the moment. We live in a world where people pay 136 quid to see Britney Spears and Girls Aloud selling any product thrown at them. Okay sorry, maybe an overreaction. Then again maybe not. Rock on Richey James Edwards. You aint dead yet.
Totally agree..comparing to Nirvana is insulting Richie and the Manics.Niirvana were monotone and bland and lyrically nowhere near the intelligence of the Manics..
Having slight comparisons to another band doesn't make it a bad thing. Besides, the raw Nirvana sound is there and is like to be there - Albini is producing.
I am really looking forward to this album though, the first Manics album since This Is My Truth.. that I've really been curious about.
You seriously gotta listen to Something in the Way, then Tourettes, and your still not anywhere close on the scale of the influences and sounds nirvana covered, saying they're bland is an incredibally ignorant statement.
back on topic: I was unsure what to think of the news that the manics were recorded Richeys last lyrics, but I actually really like this song, and I'm definetely getting the album.
I like to think that richey is proud, wherever he is.
Thank you and i totally agree with you there, jameyinegypt keeps harping on about how every song on Journal For Plague Lovers sounds like Nirvana or Hole or whatever, i'm sorry but it does do your head in after a while.
Richie and the Manics loved Nirvana. To quote Nicky Wire in NME "The frit time we heard Nirvana we were completely floored-and completely gutted becausethey were so good...We were all obsessed with In Utero". There was even a picture of Kurt Cobain on the wall of Richie's flat aroun the time of his disappearence.
Oh come on she bathed herself in a bath of bleach is clearly influenced by nirvana, the chorus is so nevermind i think anyhow, and peeled apple's chorus sound's similar to the verse used in drain you it clearly show's so there!
Sorry but please stop going on about how every Journal For Plague Lovers song apparently sounds like Nirvana or Hole or whatever, i don't see it myself.
I just like to listen to the album and enjoy it without thinking 'this song sounds like such and such'.
Hey! woah! i didn't say EVERY song , peeled apple's chorus has a nevermind sound to it ok? and pretension/repulsion clearly sound's like a hole track off live through this . And she bathed herself verse in utero chorus nevermind a bit anyhow! there are load's of influences on this gem of an album. sorry i will shut up now. ok but they possess the same kind of power nirvana had , i think anyhow.
Sorry that i said EVERY song 'ALL APOLOGIES' see what i did there? er...NEVERMIND, oh there's another one look! sorry i could'nt resist, yeah i kinda see what your saying. No hard feelings?
No i didn't get the vinyl version of the album 'cause i haven't got my turntable anymore, i did order the Signed 2 CD Deluxe Special Edition of the album though and unknown to me at the time my sister had also ordered it for me for my birthday so now i've got two copies of the Signed Edition which is pretty cool!
I haven't got the original 1 CD version of the album yet but i will be ordering it sometime next week, and of course Bag Lady is on there too isn't it.
about time the manics got back on form etmg was a great album everything after that was so shite i really went off them but this sounds really back to the old manics i love
"Manic street preacher's = the new Nirvana. and this album combine's bit's of Nevermind and In utero on it. 10/10" Have you actually ever listened to The Holy Bible?
Yes i have and it rock's hard. she is suffering , faster, mausoleum, ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart phew! and yes are genius. I meant there are track's on here that sound a LOT like Nirvana , like she bathed herself.. and peeled apple's but also it sound's a LOT like manic's too. Point made?
For a start even though I know Albini produced In Utero, I'd say this album sounds absolutely nothing like either Nirvana album. I'd give The Holy Bible the award of being a perfect sister album to In Utero (which of course does neither party any favour).
It's more like the band has taken all their early post-punk influences (PiL, Joy Division, Birthday Party, Wire, Magazine, etc.) and put it into a blender with their more popular sound.
Whoa! hold on! Manic Street Preachers = the new Nirvana?
Sorry but i don't think so, i'm a huge fan of both bands but i wouldn't say the Manics = the new Nirvana, hell no!, and i'm pretty sure Nicky Wire would say the same.
this song get's better and better each time you listen to it!! nearest you will get to having nirvana back with us. classic album too! so 10/10 for song and 10/10 for album as well.
XD It's the first date on the tour isn't it? The First Time Nick will sing William's last words live. He's not looking forward to it...it's going to be emotional :( x
I'm not mad at anyone. The fella just sounds like a typical deejay tool to me, 'This is gonna tear your face off?'. Get a grip my old china. His taste and the fact that I can lkisten to this for FREE after having bought the album is irrelevent and I reserve the right to think he sounds like a right knob. I've been listening to the Manics since he was in short trousers, the difference being that he can get a gig on radio with his abysmal deejay patter. Bravo.
pigriser 2 months ago
That twat at the start needs a kick in the fucking stones.
pigriser 4 months ago
@pigriser That would be Radio 1's Zane Lowe.
frantastickid 4 months ago
@pigriser What, Zane? what's wrong with Zane? you mad at him because he's interrupting your FREE SONG because he was the one who first broadcast songs from the album out of a desire to promote the manics, him having a good taste in music?
451harri 2 months ago
My god Zane Lowe, you really are a cunt. Excellent song, finally going to get this album
lostmyshoes80 7 months ago
Probably the best album of the decade. Outstanding.
lowenism 11 months ago
cant get enough of this song, it teared off my face and more!
1984harps 1 year ago
Fucking amazing. They are literally one of the best bands in the world atm and they don't have nearly enough popularity.
StephenFryphile 1 year ago 7
can somebody tell me the name of the song on the chocolate spread add by manic street preechers it was out 2005
dawntelle 1 year ago
Peeled Apple's, NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC!
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
Music is the monumental force, we are just the puppet's that play it.
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
Oh sorry for missing one ) in my last sentence after "not being a critic" part! and putting a ' in always! whoops! :D
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
The " against you and me" line in the second chorus is truly amazing, is that the right word to define that line? not the actual lyric but James singing and with the bass and rhythm guitar accompanying him is something else. Notice when he sing's that line in the first chorus he doesn't put as much into it ( not being a critic , but when you listen to him sing it in the second chorus that's what grab's you and never leaves.. that's why i love the Manic's sooo much they alway's surprise you..
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
this album is great. a looooot better than the new one.
mumrak 1 year ago
This album is so beautiful and all of Richie Edward's lyrics. proud manics fan since 1990 and still going strong!
smallienotsotallie 1 year ago
Like Smells Like Teen Spirit is the same as More Than A Feeling. This album contains many, i assume, deliberate moments of borrowing, mostly from the band's own back catalogue. Great first track, excellent album- it makes my top 15 of the decade.
malkane316 1 year ago
@malkane316 Yes i agree with you. A classic track off a classic album.
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
Everytime I hear this song, I am totally blown away by it. Brilliant!
Lizzie9176 1 year ago 5
Love this track, one of the best off the album. It'll tear your face off!!!
shitcasecinema 1 year ago 3
Check this out.. when you plug in your earphone's put it in karaoke version, the chorus bit has virtually copied the four chord's used in the verse part in Drain You by Nirvana. Sound's nothing like Temptation either when the vocal's are cut out! Go check it out!
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
@jameyinegypt No its not? Drain You's Chords are Bb, D, G, C and Peeled Apple's are C, Am, G and Em. Get out
SuperMegabar 1 year ago
@SuperMegabar Okay! similar sounding then! who are your favourite band's then dude?
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
@Jolynekujo Fair point.
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
Don't know about that ! they are equally as good as the other. I think on Journal they are trying to recreate the glorious melodic punk feel that was written all over Nirvana's Nevermind like urban graffiti. More so then In Utero, track's like Peeled Apple's especially the chorus could have been borrowed from Nevermind ( the chorus part sound's like the four chord's used in the verse in Drain You! listen carefully)
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
PLEASE DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. xSEND THIS OVER TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
08reidn 1 year ago
@08reidn Fuck off you spammer
birdy47 1 year ago
not even chomsky is spared the wrath of richey
cuddlesducks 1 year ago
im so glad they did this with richeys lyrics, the album is magnificent
TheIkaraCult 1 year ago
If all the song's were identical to this on Journal then it would be the next Nevermind no doubt about that. James even sound's or sing's like Kurt in the chorus when he sing's Riderless horse's on chomsky's camelot, Bruise's on my hand's from digging my nail's out.
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
fuck off zane lowe
TheFailingOptimist 2 years ago 5
Do you think maybe "The figure eight inside out is infinity" means that no matter how you look at a situation it's not going to change? Like whether you look at the number eight upside down or inside out it never loses shape?
crzyontheinside 2 years ago 3
Also Van Goghs perfect circle... apparently Richey was obsessed with it... it drove a lot of artists insane.
BejnXander 1 year ago
Peeled Apples is a fantastic song from the album journal for Plague Lovers completley Awesome!
KAZPROMOS 2 years ago
MirrorSymmetry: You are right about the similarity to "Temptation" but it was Heaven 17 not Human League! 4REAL..
yamielo 2 years ago
the hook in the chorus is the human league's temptation
MirrorSymmetry 2 years ago
Slighty, a mixture of Temptation, only a little mind. And also the verse to Drain You by Nirvana, the guitar's are so Nevermind in the chorus .
jameyinegypt 1 year ago
Aahhh, Steve Albini produces only the best music =]
Sylantio 2 years ago 8
GENIUS
jameyinegypt 2 years ago 4
4REAL ♥ xox
Diimplexx 2 years ago 4
The best single if it was a single! this year and easily in the last ten year's, amazing track with element's of The Masses Against The Classes, Therapy? and obviously Nirvana. 10/10
jameyinegypt 2 years ago 4
Listen to the four chord's played in the chorus they sound identical to Drain You by Nirvana .. well almost. Stunning grunge track. Well Grungey influence . 10/10
jameyinegypt 2 years ago 2
This album deserves a lot more attention, i think it's great
mizofan 2 years ago 36
@mizofan
To be fair, I'm glad it's only us REAL Manics fans that listen to this album. The mainstream would completely miss the intellect and emotion behind the lyrics.
BejnXander 2 years ago 3
@mizofan Nirvana 10/10
MrLepa91 1 year ago
4 REAL....
Screechingwhorekats9 2 years ago 13
♥♥♥
MoonchildMindaugas2 2 years ago 9
Manics beats Nirvana easely. The new album sounds great...
onathanj 2 years ago 32
@onathanj Please do not compare. No point, they're both great
birdy47 1 year ago
Comment removed
MCILROK11 1 year ago
this is the best - no doubts about it
karelianbear 2 years ago 4
It Did Rip My Face Off!
Nat12349 2 years ago 6
God I love this song
PrincessVali 2 years ago 7
This album is simply one of THE best they have produced in a long long time. And i mean they have brought out some great album's along the way. This track is up there with the best, a stunning ferocious beast of a track.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
How dare you guys compare Nirvana to Manics? Nirvana is for teenagers.
brettka 2 years ago
yea, im 15, i love nirvana, my dad is 39, he loves manics
Diablowmusic 2 years ago
nirvana is for teenagers? are the manics teenagers? didnt think so, and if your a big enough fan you'll know that nirvana in utero is one of their fav albums ever, the reason they got steve albini to produce the new album, nirvana are fuckin amazin, end of!
slimjimmyg 2 years ago 4
that is very true
MANICSGNR 2 years ago
@brettka I guess the Manics would agree - oh wait, that's why they covered Pennyroyal Tea. I like both bands, and I'm not a teenager.
BORROVAN26 1 year ago
Oh yes, I forgot, they also covered 'Been A Son', so I guess that pisses on your bonfire a bit. UNLUCKY SON.
BORROVAN26 1 year ago
THE MORE I SEE!!!!
What a Band!? I mean Kudos lads,still goin strong XD
shortyzsly 2 years ago
Great album great song its a breath of fresh air compared to send away the tigers and lifeblood good albums in there own way but nothing compared to this..
dieinthesummertime07 2 years ago 3
my mum came up with the best and quite probable idea. being that he could not quit but, he and the record company quit the band and he is now living in the outer hebs somewhere living in peace chilling out.
edjasion 2 years ago
you misunderstand i think he may of planned all this to happen, the same way kurt kobain planned his legacy i think he knew the band would carry on after his disappearence all them years ago which makes me wonder........
Bretwantsfun 2 years ago 3
Richey Edwards wat a genius. This album might all a part of his plan, i wonder if he has any more surprises
Bretwantsfun 2 years ago 4
Yes it does and also the verse 's from Drain You , the heavy guitar's are so nevermind i think anyhow and the chorus would fit nicely on nevermind , it would!
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
its better than nevermind plus its more in utero
street00preacher 2 years ago
Better than Nevermind?! erm not sure about that, Nevermind is an astonishing album. Saying that Journal is a great album too, i just think the chorus wouldn't be out of place on Nevermind that's all. The rest of the track's have so much of a different sound though..
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
i always found nevermind boring really to be honest i think everything about in utero is much better.
street00preacher 2 years ago
The manics are fucking great...
Marcus1050 2 years ago 2
I thought this Band sold out a bit after Richey's disappearance... But this ROCKS!! Will def check out new album.
goldsaj 2 years ago
Don't think they sold out, they just got to breathe a little after the bible, hope you enjoy the new record.
Partoftheratpack 2 years ago
Get your head fixed, this is an amazing album. You are talking garbage.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Sean Moore is the best drummer in the world right now.
CornelisDonovan 2 years ago 7
smirk
jonnyrocketballs69 2 years ago
fucking awesome they so live up to the godlike genius award they well deserved
saw them at leeds last year and there was no rowdy crowd pushing at all just people standing there in awe cause they were just so awesome it was unlike anything id ever seen
ljjj777 2 years ago 3
fucking tune
safe0sam 2 years ago 2
Melodic, riffy, lyrical and hooky as fuck.
The lads right back to their best.
ShoeiBoy 2 years ago 4
amazing!!
like the manics should sound!
jkwhitey 2 years ago 4
apperently this album is basically the stuff written by the band member who dissapered
PunkRapRockBoy 2 years ago
Yeah, it's all Richey Edwards' stuff. Usually the credit is split with Nicky Wire, but not on this one.
Some of the lyrics I've found a bit impenetrable, but there's some amazing stuff on there (Jackie Collins Existential Question Time 'Tonight we beg the question, if a married man fucks a Catholic does it mean you have gone to seed or does it mean you owe him nothing? Oh, mommy, what's a sex pistol'?
Chameleon102 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Your a fucking cunt. Richey fans don't feel compelled to buy this album because of his lyrics. It truly is crap
Noirie93 2 years ago
i don't know which album you've been listening to, because Journal For Plague Lovers is the best thing they've done since 1994
opensourcethong 2 years ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Everything Must Go was better.
depechemode1992 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Yeah man the manics are crap now!
Idol2Idol 2 years ago
So YOU could produce more effective melodic genius could you? WHAT do you class as decent music then? personally I think YOU are talking CRAP! this album is something you could only dream of making. I will give Journal For Plague Lover's 10/10 now it has finally grasped me completely.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
There early stuff was miles better and your just a fucking trendy whos talking crap. Theres no way id want to produce something as bland as this you fucking arrogant cunt. So im my opinion take this so called classic album and stick it up your arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Idol2Idol 2 years ago
No it wasn't , it is not bland . Ohh get you! resort to swear word's! Go back to school and learn to speak proper grammar. and check up on your spelling too! I bet the manic's love you! haha! DON'T REPLY.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
fuck you
PrincessVali 2 years ago
Why are you saying that for? what have i said to offend you?
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
I think you're the idiot here, this album is a classic in my OPINION. Could YOU write an album lyrically and musically of sheer brilliance? didn't think so! so shut up!
jameyinegypt 2 years ago 2
just to let anyone who lives in uk that jdb is being interviewed on bbc1 breakfast at 8:50am!!! or 9am!!!but he is definatly on there.peace!!!
racefaceec90 2 years ago
A STUNNING ROCK CLASSIC, chris p. 10/10.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago 3
Verse guitar riff sounds a bit like 'Bad Seed' by Metallica (and a few other songs. probably)
lemur1984 2 years ago
Went off the manics for a bit after the last album, but this is a great song.
AlbionSounds 2 years ago 3
The chorus reminds me of Heaven 17s "Temptation".
CrazyQuokka 2 years ago
I see where you're coming from: the chorus sounds like the verses from 'Temptation'!
piljim2003 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
They got the official ringtone for this song at DownloadEveryTone. com check it out yall!
durhamlkads 2 years ago
WOWEE
uktah 2 years ago
perhaps you should listen to the holy bible or know your enemy. it really isn't that different to that style. which - holy bible was likely influenced a little by nirvana, sure. but that was 14 years ago.
i think maybe penroyal tea from in utero - possibly a vague resemblence. but i agree - not really nevermind.
and nirvana just sound like some of the pixies, and many pacific northwest bands of the late 80s. nirvana merely made it commercially appealing as kurt was a good song writer.
blaablaayipyip 2 years ago
Hmm funny I thought we would be having discussions about The Manic Street Preachers, not Nirvana. Funny that.
foook111 2 years ago
BIG album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xzamina2087 2 years ago 6
the chorus seems almost identical to the beginning of heaven 17s temptation. give it a listen and you'll see. ive no problem with it tho, if i was to ever write a song i would have ripped the beginning of temptation cos its better than the rest of the song. anyone agree?
program63 2 years ago
Yes it does a bit, also sound's like drain you by nirvana in the chorus too.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Not many better songs than this, seriously I can't think of many....Hey if you guys want this ringtone I got it @ DownloadEveryTone. com ******
barreralthdj 2 years ago
this always sends a shiver down my spine. awesome song.
street00preacher 2 years ago 4
Ok so a bunch of you have read the NME interview!!! If you're a real fan BUY the fucking album and make your own opinion. In my humble opinion the Manics are better than Nirvana! much better.
unusualsuspect71 2 years ago
the new album really isn't that good.. it's incredible!. very very reminiscent of the holy bible in both atmosphere and style. definitely their best since everything must go, i guess it says a lot about just what an effect richeys lyrics have on the band, as this the first one since then to feature his lyrics
opensourcethong 2 years ago 2
I recon its as good if not better than holy bible :D cant wait to get it afta listening to it all on the tinternet.
dwtheprof 2 years ago
Thumbs up for this album. For me it doesn't quite match up to The Holy Bible but it's still a very very nice effort. I'm glad to see Manics have found their confidence again... shake the ground guys!
Eggfriedmice 2 years ago
Nice and heavy. If the album is as good as Send Away the Tigers it will be superb.
DUMBARTON1RANGERS0 2 years ago
I got my copy of the album in the post today, two days early, ITS AMAZING!
Shoes4eva 2 years ago
i'll second that, i read on the Manics website that the signed copies were done by James,Nick and Sean individually over a period of 4 days, absolutely over the moon with my signed copy!
kamilloquai 2 years ago
Stunning album, cant wait to hear it live
kasabianite 2 years ago
This is going to be album of the year for sure.
AidyDamage 2 years ago 3
I hard once that Richey's lyrics were hard to writer melodies for, as they were free-form poems, essentially.
Comedian80 2 years ago
You try singing "images of perfection, suntan and napalm" in about 2 and a quarter seconds.
Barwee 2 years ago 2
packs the same sort of punch as generation terrorist, just a huge step up in lyrics. a natural progression
dunczoid 2 years ago
Anyone hear 'temptation' by Heaven 17 in the verses or is just me?
njomahony 2 years ago
This song is great cant wait for the new album, awesome stuff.
EcoMan1212 2 years ago
Cant believe the supermarkets have banned the album cover and placed a white sleeve over the artwork. Hopefully this will make people want to pick it up look at it then buy it.
Partoftheratpack 2 years ago 4
Bloody joke aint it.
Lets all go and take the covers off!
exkirkby 2 years ago
was that Riderless Horses on Chomskys Camelot?
wow
Staff777 2 years ago
this album is getting rave reviews from all the critics. I'm definitely purchasing this.
LennonMorrissey 2 years ago
Why don't U judge it for yourself....
ElvisLivesUpstairs 2 years ago
well, from what I've heard so far, their new material is certainly surpassing their previous albums. This could quite possibly be the Manic's greatest ever album.
LennonMorrissey 2 years ago 3
pun of the week
dunczoid 2 years ago
it does sound a bit like nirvana, so what its still a cracking song
rikstewart1979 2 years ago 4
What are ye going on about. Not a fucking thing like Nirvana. I hate the way people try to knock something even before it's released. Not clever. I hear nothing else remotely brilliant at the moment. We live in a world where people pay 136 quid to see Britney Spears and Girls Aloud selling any product thrown at them. Okay sorry, maybe an overreaction. Then again maybe not. Rock on Richey James Edwards. You aint dead yet.
witchpiss 2 years ago
Totally agree..comparing to Nirvana is insulting Richie and the Manics.Niirvana were monotone and bland and lyrically nowhere near the intelligence of the Manics..
sadamski72 2 years ago
Having slight comparisons to another band doesn't make it a bad thing. Besides, the raw Nirvana sound is there and is like to be there - Albini is producing.
I am really looking forward to this album though, the first Manics album since This Is My Truth.. that I've really been curious about.
What a mistake I made last time though.. hah.
mrandy 2 years ago
Listen to Heart Shaped Box, then say Nirvana are bland
guywholikesfood 2 years ago
You seriously gotta listen to Something in the Way, then Tourettes, and your still not anywhere close on the scale of the influences and sounds nirvana covered, saying they're bland is an incredibally ignorant statement.
back on topic: I was unsure what to think of the news that the manics were recorded Richeys last lyrics, but I actually really like this song, and I'm definetely getting the album.
I like to think that richey is proud, wherever he is.
Sporegasmed 2 years ago
That's my point, In Utero is in my top 5 albums
guywholikesfood 2 years ago
I know, I was elaborating on it., in utero is certainley an amazing album
Sporegasmed 2 years ago
"That's my point, In Utero is in my top 5 albums "
...You keep a list?
Kagemusha22 2 years ago
1. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
2. OK Computer - Radiohead
3. Origin of Symmetry - Muse
4. In Utero - Nirvana
5. The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused
Honourable mentions to Animals by Pink Floyd, Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem and The Holy Bible
guywholikesfood 2 years ago
i definately agree with your number 1 choice.the downward spiral is also my all time fav album.trent is a legend!!!!peace!!!
racefaceec90 2 years ago
Ok computer isnt even in my top 20 ....anyone can write songs about love and flowers not honesty
importedmusic 2 years ago
They didn't write songs about love and flowers. They wrote about a dystopian world where technology has gone too far
guywholikesfood 2 years ago
Could you shutup about Nirvana please. This is about The Manics.
foook111 2 years ago
Of course, it is the manic street preacher's page isn't it?! just it has some great nevermind moment's on here ! ok ok!
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Thank you and i totally agree with you there, jameyinegypt keeps harping on about how every song on Journal For Plague Lovers sounds like Nirvana or Hole or whatever, i'm sorry but it does do your head in after a while.
kamilloquai 2 years ago
Richie and the Manics loved Nirvana. To quote Nicky Wire in NME "The frit time we heard Nirvana we were completely floored-and completely gutted becausethey were so good...We were all obsessed with In Utero". There was even a picture of Kurt Cobain on the wall of Richie's flat aroun the time of his disappearence.
Gasurn 2 years ago
Oh come on she bathed herself in a bath of bleach is clearly influenced by nirvana, the chorus is so nevermind i think anyhow, and peeled apple's chorus sound's similar to the verse used in drain you it clearly show's so there!
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Sorry but please stop going on about how every Journal For Plague Lovers song apparently sounds like Nirvana or Hole or whatever, i don't see it myself.
I just like to listen to the album and enjoy it without thinking 'this song sounds like such and such'.
kamilloquai 2 years ago
Hey! woah! i didn't say EVERY song , peeled apple's chorus has a nevermind sound to it ok? and pretension/repulsion clearly sound's like a hole track off live through this . And she bathed herself verse in utero chorus nevermind a bit anyhow! there are load's of influences on this gem of an album. sorry i will shut up now. ok but they possess the same kind of power nirvana had , i think anyhow.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Sorry that i said EVERY song 'ALL APOLOGIES' see what i did there? er...NEVERMIND, oh there's another one look! sorry i could'nt resist, yeah i kinda see what your saying. No hard feelings?
kamilloquai 2 years ago
Ha ha , ok no hard feeling's dude peace and all that! did you get the vinyl and normal album ? i got my deluxe signed cd's!
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
No i didn't get the vinyl version of the album 'cause i haven't got my turntable anymore, i did order the Signed 2 CD Deluxe Special Edition of the album though and unknown to me at the time my sister had also ordered it for me for my birthday so now i've got two copies of the Signed Edition which is pretty cool!
I haven't got the original 1 CD version of the album yet but i will be ordering it sometime next week, and of course Bag Lady is on there too isn't it.
kamilloquai 2 years ago
I think the chorus almost sounds a bit like the chorus from "Sleepflower" (which is another kickass Manics song and also an opening track).
vilbos 2 years ago
am with you all the way..just listen and enjoy..
Rhinoincas 2 years ago
That's right!
Cheers!
kamilloquai 2 years ago
Didn't quite "take my face off" Zane, but this is a fantastic opening track to what looks to be another great album from the Manics. BRAVO ! ! !
mattanthony81 2 years ago
about time the manics got back on form etmg was a great album everything after that was so shite i really went off them but this sounds really back to the old manics i love
joydivision808 2 years ago
Good to hear Manics going back to their roots. look forward to the album!
MFegan 2 years ago
This is fantastic!
strider6056 2 years ago 2
Comment removed
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
"Manic street preacher's = the new Nirvana. and this album combine's bit's of Nevermind and In utero on it. 10/10" Have you actually ever listened to The Holy Bible?
Kagemusha22 2 years ago
Yes i have and it rock's hard. she is suffering , faster, mausoleum, ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart phew! and yes are genius. I meant there are track's on here that sound a LOT like Nirvana , like she bathed herself.. and peeled apple's but also it sound's a LOT like manic's too. Point made?
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
For a start even though I know Albini produced In Utero, I'd say this album sounds absolutely nothing like either Nirvana album. I'd give The Holy Bible the award of being a perfect sister album to In Utero (which of course does neither party any favour).
It's more like the band has taken all their early post-punk influences (PiL, Joy Division, Birthday Party, Wire, Magazine, etc.) and put it into a blender with their more popular sound.
Kagemusha22 2 years ago
Whoa! hold on! Manic Street Preachers = the new Nirvana?
Sorry but i don't think so, i'm a huge fan of both bands but i wouldn't say the Manics = the new Nirvana, hell no!, and i'm pretty sure Nicky Wire would say the same.
And the other thing? IN UTERO yes, NEVERMIND no.
kamilloquai 2 years ago
In these plagued streets of pity, baby you can buy anything!!
garymiller10 2 years ago 2
Comment removed
sarahlis1 2 years ago
What? Ur only realising this now about Zane Lowe? Come on. Great raw shit from the Manics more to the point.
witchpiss 2 years ago
welcome home richey x
elracho33 2 years ago
I really wasn't expecting something like this! Hopefully the album is this good! Anyone going to their gig in Brighton??
redhouseworthing 2 years ago
James voice "to produced"...
No need for that.
jcevap 2 years ago
great song but it didn't tear my face off. Zane Lowe lied to me
smithsfan92 2 years ago 2
i think its one of their best
3MACE3 2 years ago
this song get's better and better each time you listen to it!! nearest you will get to having nirvana back with us. classic album too! so 10/10 for song and 10/10 for album as well.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
I would like to second the comment about Zane Lowe being a 'cunt'.
nspatchcock 2 years ago 2
I smell a Holy Bible sequel coming!
GorramT 2 years ago 2
Been to Zane Lowe's Crib...he only has 3 CD's ! He's a Fake..who talks a load of Insincere Bollocks
sadamski72 2 years ago
fuckin' good tune! :D love Manic so much! :D
parfati 2 years ago
Anyone going to the gig at the Barrowlands?
Can't. Wait.
ECMuse 2 years ago 3
yes ^^ x
Lovesrichey 2 years ago
See you there! :D
ECMuse 2 years ago
XD It's the first date on the tour isn't it? The First Time Nick will sing William's last words live. He's not looking forward to it...it's going to be emotional :( x
Lovesrichey 2 years ago