Manic Street Preachers - 1985

[millomcfc]

Great song!.Why was this never released as a single?.

[emmgeeo]

Love the bit when Wales scores a try.

[tomd2103]

@emmgeeo I love that bit too, but Gareth Edwards scored that try in 1972 so I have never understood why it is used in this video!!

[emmgeeo]

2011 and it is happening again - now for different reasons.

[wickywhite]

Great song from a really underated album.

Not sure about the politics... all politicians seem the same to me, where ever in the world. Promise the World and deliver very little.

[tomd2103]

@wickywhite I agree that the album is underrated. I have always felt it may have got more recognition had this been the lead off single.

[richardabbott1966]

Well there's my adolescence on video if anyone cares to watch! There's a hideous nihilistic quality to this but also a strong vein of truth and (maybe) redemption. The Manics have captured this better than anyone else (even the Smiths or Joy Division) and I thank them for it.

[manician2323]

all party's the same , "i follow no-one, i lead myself, it's less complicated"

[GringoTensai]

solidarity for all the human on the earth not only for christians or muslims. we can create better world. for black white muslim christian.

[nikkinowack]

Brilliant band. Never that huge in the U.S.

[threepot]

'Lifeblood' what a great album;-)

[lemonjelly1978]

In 1985!.......;)

[patospeed1]

SON LOS MANICS ...GENIOS !!!!!  WELCOME IN ARGENTINA !!!!

[abailey7477]

Coming from a mining village- 1985 is a terrible year. A generation got left behind here. Read your history people, 'cause it's happening all over again.

[Varsher]

@abailey7477 And the irony to all of this was that it was Labour that screwed everything up and the Tories having to sort it out all over again... when will Labour learn to manage money!

[warriorprince1010]

The far left tried to destroy the country back then like they have done now. 5 million unemployed in 2010, all down to Brown trying to keep power by any brutal means possible. Hiding millions on benefits so they would vote labor, pure and utter evil.

[warriorprince1010]

Labour started the destruction in the 70's, then conservatives went too far in the 80's. Brown finished the UK off.

[brotherfrank62]

Christians should not be divided into divisions or denominations. The bible says that we should all speak the same thing.

[theoryofsurplusvalue]

the manics........well, they would vote 'socialist' and not this decrepid bunch we have had in for the last 13 years.see 'golden platitudes'..........the only band that really matters...........!!

[damobrfc1875]

Morrissey and Marr gave me choice!

[tobymanero2]

@damobrfc1875 marr?

[1ofdiamonds]

@tobymanero2 johnny marr - guitarist w the Smiths

[rhys3344]

so in other words the manics would vote labour.

[xibitim]

i was born in 1985............yeah!!!!!

[Fattyprice]

quallity try at the begining tho n i'm not even that big of a rugby fan!

[brotherfrank62]

Clearing up the misunderstanding about tithing in today's New Testament Church.

[littledaly]

Its a fucking great song.The Brits(excluding the scots and the welsh,aka English) caused so much trouble and strife over the last 2 to 8 hundred years,from their takeover of Ireland to their takeover of New Zealand,Oz,Hong Kong,Canada etc,so forgive me for basking in the enjoyment of their internal implodment of the 1980's.What goes around comes around.Great song all the same.

[warriorprince1010]

@littledaly The Brits gave the world everything we take for granted. Parliament, capitalism, technology, science, education, patenting, freedom from government, vaccines. The bad they did was a ripple in the sea of mankind. Socialists have killed over 200 million people.

[hyllaf]

a bit daft putting an 1970s try in there...

[TorysApollo]

(continue) will repeat itself and the nations will be screwed over again, then again so did labour.

Or maybe things could improve, so maybe it was a MAN's job after all, Maggie! (I'm joking about the misogynist part.) x

[TorysApollo]

Before anyone starts preaching to me about what rock I've been living under, I'm going to outright say I was not even an egg in my mum's ovary at the time of Thatcher so therefore I have no place to comment, but didn't she actually do somethings right ? I mean for like every one good thing she did she did two fuck ups? She was still a beast either way.

And I know this actually no relevance but I just thought I'd vent.

We're conservatives again now so maybe history will repeat itself and Camero

[tommynoneck]

everton won the ecwc so not all bad eh

[spoonchimp]

I think it's still a terrible album to be honest

[tonyttt31]

This was going to be the third single from Lifeblood. An album I hated at the time it was released. I love it now.

[PSKROCKS]

amazing song, one of their best, I think its a great album personally...

[Garssia]

why is that connected to Senser?

[yaze6972]

Hello, good song with a historic video, but it was the past, the world changes everyday and I know that the Manic Street Preachers live in futur world and I would like to visit the WALES, thanks,bye.

[astmapiippu]

Labour has destoyed UK with immigration from muslim countries.

[MRjesseNL]

@astmapiippu now we have Geert Wilders lol

[jimmypage88889]

warrior prince, have you been brain washed. Thatcher was the worst thing to happen to this country, destoryed many peoples lively hoods for her own partys gains. Wilson was a great man, who tired to live by his beliefs and tryed to steer this country to greatest once again. He tryed to inprove life 4 all people, where as thatcher only cared in business.

[warriorprince1010]

Thatcher saved the UK, Wilson as trying to bankrupt the place.

[daryl4classic]

@warriorprince1010 Thatcher was scum, only caring for the rich. Then again Wilson and people like him only really care for the working class. What the U.K really needs is someone who cares for ALL people. That's not going to happen though

[warriorprince1010]

@daryl4classic Wilson cared for the poor, hardly he created massive unemployment that went on for years. Socialists care for government and Conservatives for the top half of the country.

[wichywoo]

@jimmypage88889 thatcher raped the u.k . she destroyed industry to take power away from the working man ( unions ) so she could dictate to her own subjects & still it remains . people are not aloud power in a fascist state & the e.u is a fascist state . watch the true face of the european union . Hitlers idea . thatcher killed this country . we still haven't had our referendum on Europe , that's how fascist we are . government no longer serves the people it serves corporations , institutions .

[daryl4classic]

@wichywoo I agree with most of that, but the eu is not fascist, it is communist (taking money from the rich I.E UK, Germany and giving it to the poor I.E Poland, Bulgaria). The EU has fascist roots (supported by Oswald Mosely and first thought up by Hitlers henchmen) but in the early 1950's the movement changed to a socialist one. There's a reason why I call it the EUSSR.

[warriorprince1010]

@daryl4classic Communist do not give money to the poor. They take the money from ordinary people and give it to the wealthy politicians in Brussels.

[daryl4classic]

@warriorprince1010 lol yeh, creating equally... by making us all as poor as the bulgarians :D

[warriorprince1010]

@daryl4classic Equality of opportunity is good, but some will always earn millions. Crushing entrepreneurs has been a disaster as we now have 20% on benefits.

[daryl4classic]

@jimmypage88889 True. Wilson was a great politician, thatcher was scum, though wilson wasn't perfect, nowhere near.

[porcelinaoceana]

This is such a powerful film, and one of my favourite ever MSP songs. I saw this projected behind them when they played this at Birmingham NIA in 2008 - even more powerful then.

[theoryofsurplusvalue]

daryl............takin over the fuckin capatalist state............and killing that fuckin bitch!!

[1234legend1234]

You can see why they had Socialist views in there early years, it really shows in Generation Terrorists.

[ahagestedt]

anyone know if jones has put out a compilation of his manics' videos? would LOVE to get my hands on that

[corky100]

by 85 the UK had been destroyed from within: its own government destroying all the working classes had left, the miners, dockers, unions. This & references musically point to angry reasons why the manics became.

If you lived as a teenager in the 80s, you'd understand this by the images alone. Thatcher, Scargill, police brutality & despair.

Neitschze reference relates to the good v evil of the class wars, & the evil of Thatcher destroyed the good that working class folk had left. Jobs, security.

[scrumpyjackflash]

why support unsuccessfu lindustries though? i believe we should always concentrate on what were good at, the uk being the service industries and financial sectors!

[daryl4classic]

Thatcher was a bitch, but Scargill was Soviet worshipping scum.

[daryl4classic]

thatcher did destroy the industry, but the miners refused to compromise. Im not slaging the miners off but what was the best they could have hoped for?

[BejnXander]

Yeah. The mines are still there to be mined ain't they?

[Bretwantsfun]

@BejnXander no. no in my town, they destroyed the mines and built a tesco on top of it.....every shop in the town is now closed down because of it. the closing of the mines was the start of a chain of events that caused half of of the people in my town to be out of work

[BejnXander]

Oh damn. Least it was just the mines...

New Labour have fucked up every job and I am one of the millions of college kids who can't get a job.

[Bretwantsfun]

me too, im seeking another way out. im writing lyrics for a band at the minute. with any luck they'll let me be a member. boredom, despair, ambition....thats why i connect with them.

[daryl4classic]

good luck

[warriorprince1010]

@Bretwantsfun Browns incapacity benefit put more onto benefits than any mines closing.

 We have 3 million people hidden on incapacity benefit by Brown, pure evil.

[AllanB1983]

Good post mate

[BejnXander]

Irony is, she did fuck all compared to the damage that Tony Blair and New Labour caused on this country.

[warriorprince1010]

@BejnXander Wilson caused the problems in the 70.s, Thatcher, Major and Blair fixed them, but old labour under Brown flooded the country with immigrants we could not afford then taxed all the entrepreneurs out. Socialism has destroyed the UK, there is nothing left.

[BejnXander]

Blair and Brown have caused England to fall into a debt of £776.6 billion.

Least when Thatcher ruled the country, we didn't owe anybody any money.

[daryl4classic]

@BejnXander what? Of course we did.

[warriorprince1010]

@corky100 The damage was done int he 70's when Wilson tried to bankrupt the country under orders from the KGB. Thatchers was trying to save the country. Browns scorched earth policy 13% deficit and 20% unemployed is the end for the UK. It is over.

[warriorprince1010]

@corky100 Thatcher was merely trying to fix the deliberate destruction of Wilson and Foot in the 70's, which bankrupted the UK.

[warriorprince1010]

@corky100 The destruction of these industry began in the 70,s under Wilson. Thatcher inherited and destroyed country and callously made it worse in order to make it better. Bron has destroyed whatever she built up, the man is an animal. The UK has 6.5 million people unemployed.

[warriorprince1010]

@corky100 There were no jobs the labour government ha bankrupted the UK and unemployment was on the way up when Thatcher got power.

[su79nioj]

@corky100

And if you believe that claptrap, you'll remain 'working class' all your life.

[warriorprince1010]

@corky100 Thatcher inherited a country that had been destroyed by the far left. Quit pretending she inherited a perfect country and tried to do bad things, grow up.

[desalambrando]

@warriorprince1010

Tatcher was only a puppet controlled by banks. A decade later the same banks would become the puppet of Wall Street and the Pentagon. In any case, who lost was the British people, whether left or conservative

[warriorprince1010]

@desalambrando The unions and Wilson were puppets of communists KGB, worse than banks.

[thrak576]

@corky100 sad thing is the US saw all that happening from the outside and is now facing the same thing essentially, we're just too full of ourselves to admit it

[Sheldon66]

@thrak576 .....Oh yes!! Finally, an American who will admit that their country isn't perfect! Good on you!

[warriorprince1010]

@corky100  The far left on the pay roll of the KGB were doing most of the damage.

[2kowalski]

@warriorprince1010 I suggest if you want to comment on matters such as this you do some reading first.

[brettka]

I entered elementary school in 1985.

[thebigthreekilledmyb]

sorry for the question, but who is the speaker at 1:03 ?

[ahagestedt]

i was in my 20's then....had quite the raucous time (hey...my first threeway that year!)

Going to see these guys in seattle in a week.....am about to pee my pants with joy

[Petramirez]

I was born in this year :)) Great year XD

[BalloonAway]

can people please stop attacking other just because they dislike an album...

it's their opinion they should be allowed to have it without being ruthlessly attacked, but then again this is youtube, what I've just said may not get through to some people

[gordonw01]

Love this song... "so God is dead,like Nietchez said" great lyric that,vintage Manics.

Incidentally is 1985 the year The Manics formed?

[rinsemanmc]

wtf u still replying? after i sent that like 6 month ago? u need to move on u bitch. and i 19 u idiot jus talkin out ur ass now arent u.

[street00preacher]

do stop writing in your idiot language.

[rinsemanmc]

you cant understand .." u"?

this is youtube, not an english exam nerd.

be asking for apostrophes next ;s

[brendanholohan]

I can't get why this is generally considered a bad album. I think it's it's pure quality. Not the Manic's best but still class.

[mellowNdark]

Don't think it is. Idiot 'fans' cry like little girls unless the manics are talking about dying and starving themselves! Manics are amazing no matter what voice they speak... some fans are just idiots!

[street00preacher]

my point excactly.

[astrik2007]

perfect song

[bodge123456789]

i like the chorus :)

[elperrodelpota]

Manic Street Preachers  PERU

[BlastastiC]

A vastly underrated album. This and Solitude Sometimes Is are worth the price of admission by themselves.

Should have released this as the first single, but then the lads are known for their (i.e. The Wires) barmy single selection policies.

[Xythantiops]

Agreed-I think its a fantastic album- `Cardiff Afterlife` is another `lost` classic

[oduesp13]

very powerful

[rinsemanmc]

mellow n dark ur a fuckin time wasting bitch kid yer if u cant understand tat let me put in ur "correct and perfect grammar" for u, Mellow and Dark you're a fucking time-wasting bitch of a kid. if u wanna fucking argue wth pople why reply with a spell-correction? how boring is that? an actual real onine word checker! i feel sorri for u :( u wana goonline just to fight and argue but u cant even do that right! NEWAYS this song is wicked :)

[mellowNdark]

Get an education then get back to me yeah? Love being called 'a kid' by some five year old who writes in text slang. Moron!

[braddersthemod]

morrissey and marr gave me a choice...

[heyaevery1x]

The manics r awesome!! (:

[ciezaryup]

Great...

[ANFRY1972]

great!

[SHAUNE1969]

Friends were made for life. Morrissey & Marr gave me choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ulsterboy1973]

for god sake don't slag britpop (!) that was a very useful platform for the plastic manics to exploit

[heyaevery1x]

this really should have been a single instead 0of love of richard nixon or empty souls o.0

[harry180702]

Such a beautiful song.

[alcopopsocialist]

This breaks my heart.

[beedlebum1]

shutup about bloody ginger scotland!

[VirtualTerror]

emm no

[beedlebum1]

stupid cunt

[VirtualTerror]

lol ok...your point

[heyaevery1x]

ha! well the ironic thing beedlebum1 is that you cannot get away with having red hair in scotland, i have my hair like nickys colour and i get called ginger, and ginger people get all the stick. o.0 any scott should know this, especially if you live in a bad area of dundee o.0

[tommica]

very nice video!

[VirtualTerror]

You mean capitalist england state

[GONG1971]

The year the uk went pete tong,WHAT A FUCKING YEAR,

[AspiePride]

2007 the year scotland took a big step towards independence :) come on wales

[Annetjie]

I dont bElive in politcs.

ISLAMIC THEOCRACY WHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[VirtualTerror]

im SNP

[cublop]

MASONRY

HEGEL_ANTITHESIS CAPITALISM - COMMUNISM

TOTALITARIAN ATHEISTIC SOCIETYS

this is why this world is like this

Crowley: DO WHAT YOU WILL leaves us in hell

[mellowNdark]

Ah yes if it wasn't for the wonderful Tory Government we wouldn't have had the amazing example capatalism that was BLACK WEDNESDAY! Twat!

[coswehate]

Ps I'm a Scotsman, and trust me the so called sacrifices she made has done fuck all for economic prosperity In Scotland. You make her sound like a a prophet ffs. Ps I'll be voting Labour if your intersted.

[VirtualTerror]

why not snp

[coswehate]

SNP? My family and I had to leave Scotland in order to secure employment. Living in England and voting SNP would be pretty pointless.

[VirtualTerror]

Would you come back if we gain independence?

[coswehate]

Can you get me a job like? LOL anyway the weathers fucking shite eh

[VirtualTerror]

The weather is the only thing the SNP can't change in scotland.

But at least we will be a bunch of rich miserable bastards lol Ireland and wales have more rain than us scots so i don't think it's that bad.

[coswehate]

We left in 1989 and I was gutted. But now settled here with my English wife and son. My mother moved back to Fife and my father fucked off to Spain. I know the weathers not that bad but its still better here lol. Only problem I have here is putting up with the Sassanachs and thier derogatory comments about our football. I know I'm not in my homeland but I'll always be proud to be a Scotsman.

[VirtualTerror]

Yeah must have been shit :( But i hope alot of ppl learn from the 80's and the 90's why scots must go it alone so to speak.

[heyaevery1x]

scotland has been very sunny the past couple of days! :D the snp are doing a great job i like alec salmond, and i help the snp by canvising tbh i thought they'd never get elcted because they are scottish but they have! and its great! SNP :D

[heyaevery1x]

ha! well at least we dont get flash floods, just rain.. just sun.. and wind :D.. never really snow either

[heyaevery1x]

why do people vote labour anyway? they are a bunch of over politically correct lieing english scumbags! you can get arrested for calling someone gay!.. even though gay used to mean you werent married, im surprised that matt lucas and david are not hanged by now, its also labours fault we have brit pop, they are £17 m in debt, they stole the scots ferrdom, if you are a scott you should vote for SNP.

i hate who they are and what they stand for what part of scotland u from?

[mellowNdark]

Labour obviously failed YOU on education! Your spelling is a disgrace!

[heyaevery1x]

1. i was speed typing.. and how would labour even effect my spelling..

2. i am very politacally aware

3. im a true scot

4. im homne schooled btw.. (mainly in music and politics mind..)

i have a way with words! but not in the matter of spelling! ofcourse its not spelled 'ferrdom' but freedom!

i'd say that altogether labour is a rip, scots diserve their rights!

[riw1989]

lol you make it sound like us Scots are being persecuted against.

[starsxrockets]

Firstly, it's "politically" and you clearly aren't politically aware if you think Scots have no freedom. We've as much freedom as anyone else in the UK does.

[heyaevery1x]

Oh shut the fuck up lauren smart arse! as far as i'm concerned this is an old argument that some other smart arse started! and all i did was make a small statement like.. a year ago and its still going on.. all i said is that i don't support the labour party cuz there corrupt.. just let it drop!.. anything else to say? or do you care to say anything else.. wanna be smart arse?

[starsxrockets]

No, I've said everything I had to. And I didn't realise it was such an old argument, sorry.

[heyaevery1x]

Aww thats ok, and i'm sorry for being snappy! :S

This is an awesome song! x

[starsxrockets]

I can see why you were snappy tbh, sorry. And it's a brilliant song, the best one off Lifeblood.

[heyaevery1x]

Its not ur falt hun! just make one statement and all the smart arses ar on your back! :P

Yeah, I love lifeblood, i don't see what people have against it! its one of my fave albums ever!

Hey ur from scotland what part? I'm From Scumdee.. Oh, i mean dundee :P

[starsxrockets]

I haven't heard the whole album but of the songs I've heard it sounds like a great album. I know it sounds a bit different but that's a good thing.

I'm about fifteen, twenty minutes from Glasgow. :)

[heyaevery1x]

The album is awesome! u should try and get ahold of it!.. I have all the albums :P!

Awesome! i'm like 100 odd miles frm glasgow so its hell going to gigs :P

[starsxrockets]

I've put it and KYE on the Xmas list so we'll see. :)

I don't go to gigs much anyway, my friends have very different taste to me so it's hard finding someone to go with.

[heyaevery1x]

WEll good luck! it took me ages to find the Holy bible! must've been a year :S

Thats ashame! i just go to gigs with my mum or force my mates along! :P .. me and my mum are into the same music.. :S AHH.. :S

[starsxrockets]

Really? There are copies of the Holy Bible everywhere around here. I got the anniversary one for £6.

[heyaevery1x]

There is now but there wasn't like two years ago :S But we don't have many music shops in dundee! used to though:(

I love the holy bible! its amazing! Its one of the best music albums ever! And can't wait till the new album comes out! and hope richey would like it! (:

[mellowNdark]

"im homne schooled btw.. (mainly in music and politics mind..)" i.e. your parents have brain washed you into voting SNP! Glad we all get the bigger picture now!

[heyaevery1x]

hmph.. ou were probibly found in a cabbage patch by your so called parents.. you have no hope and a fear of the future...

[mellowNdark]

No, it was carrots actually!

[heyaevery1x]

ah, carrot hill?? i see :P just goes 2 show you :Z

[heyaevery1x]

Hmm.. well mellowndark.. not my falt i have a crappy keyboard! If you'd really care to pick on me then fine but to be honest.. your just an idiot!

[mellowNdark]

*you're* ! Who's an idiot, sorry?

[heyaevery1x]

I'm sorry that you still want to argue with me MellowNdark.. but i just think its sad! and that you think that your a smart arse!

Its not fair on the maker of the video who has to put up with these comments over the most stupid things! Oh, i'm sooooooo very very sorry that i have bad grammar, its not about the grammar! i don't need good spelling and grammar for what i do! and i don't care!

[heyaevery1x]

hmm.. she didn't and i'm not arguing anymore, get a fucking life, you were obviously raised by aliens from jupiter.. your so shallow!

[mellowNdark]

Now Now Aliens from Jupiter have feelings too you know?

[wellmellgell]

no they dont

[691sanders691]

Please learn how to express your views in a common medium...I.E English so that other people have a slight idea of what the hell your on about.Who do you know that has been arrested for calling someone 'gay'? your full of shit.Very Politically aware?????????

Home Schooled meaning you learned from the daily record.get a grip. What music do you like(or were schooled in)

What rights would you like Scots to have(from a scot)

Show us how politically astute you are bawbag

[heyaevery1x]

One of my friends got arrested for apparently calling someone a black bastard.. thats how lovley our government is!! You can't just asume that you know about me because you don't! we both have different beliefs.. and come from differend backgrounds! the daily record huh? I don't read that.. never will! cunt!

[chingonhernandez]

Excellent video! It shows the social oriented thoughts of MSP with political images of strikes and police repression against the working class. Yes, it also appears that fascist lady who ruled the UK i nthe 80's.

LONG LIVE THE MANICS!

[coswehate]

"middle class" not where I was dragged up pal!! Her biggest crime as you put it was being fucking born at all. She fucked the working class right up the jacksie left right and centre.....long live Scargil...If that makes me "Nothing" then I'm as happy as fuck.... Peace....xxx

[solitaryblossom]

Lovely video

[spacemonkeygif]

luv it baby!

[army148]

I´m not communist, but i love this band.Interesting sound!

[coswehate]

die thatcher die........ fucking tory bastard scum dont know how you sleep at night.

ahhhh feel so much better now. Richey, Nicky, Sean and James you give us a choice. x

[Annetjie]

1985; History moves on indifferent. All memories including yours will die.

[spacemonkeygif]

the best song off lifeblood