This band have ment so much to me since 91, not onlky do i love thier music, when you read the lyrics and quotes on the album covers you then get interested in where they came from. The Manic Street Preachers taught me more thasn i ever learned in school,m if only school could have been dare i say sexy so learning was a buzz rather than a bore, sittin daydreaming, staring into space out the window, watching the time buy on the clock, the teacher droning on, the teacher from peanuts. MSP 4EVER
The intro is very much like archives of pain... First time I've heard this song, since I bought the deluxe edition on the day of release, and obviously it isn't on there :(
I think the Manics have felt pressure to create the next THB since EMG and have tried to recreate a new THB for some time. Along the way they have managed to make some brilliant stuff sporadically whatever people say and personally I think its all part of their journey. For me this track is the best they have done since THB since it encompasses the old and new in a way I did not think they could anymore. Great effects and lyrics. All the best for the ever changing Manics - Always facinating.
The Manic have got a vast array of hidden tracks and b-sides that are vastly superior to a lot of their album material, they need to sort out their song selection policy
its a really shit feeling knowing that a band like these fuckin gods will never come around again,and from that im privillaged that the manics graced my ear drums and eye balls with songs,albums,lyrics,quotes,hairspray,and fuckin epic gigs that will never be replecated,only for lady gaga or some other cunt that couldnt play a tin whistle to gain all the attention singn about losing her keys..
Bradfield said one of the reasons they left this song out of the album was because he felt it would be too gruelling to sing it every night on tour.
I totally understand what he means, Bag Lady is the one definite throw-back to The Holy Bible on this album; it's charged with things the band have left behind. Still, it's probably one of my favourites.
I love the lyric "Laws are written on paper and paper burns". We all seem to be held to this high standard of justice by our governments only to have it manipulated to suit their own ideologies. We all must create our own morality. Richey was a genuis.
It's chilling, this song. I know Richie's lyrics throughout their career often detail the various troubles he had with many things, but this seems to me, to be the only set he wrote that sums up his entire dilemma into one final admission of bitter resignation. The darkest thing they ever wrote in my view
why isn't this on the £20 version?!?!?!?! what a fucking rip off! how come we miss out on this! sooooo unfair! im in a right strop lol! since i paid the extra... i want that track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@PeeledApples I think the manics have certainly had all the respect they deserve, loyal fans forever and loads of them. What else can a band ask for. If anything they get too much respect because they are so hit and miss these days. Just my opinion.
I think a lot of the lyric's on this album do sum up richey's planned dissapearence. I may be wrong but there seem's to be plenty of clue's. Too clever to just commit suicide, look at lyric's in William's Last Word's and here on Bag Lady. Are they about him? or someone else? it's hard to get past that question mark...
I know I commented about Richey's writing on the Plague Lovers track but I have to say again how fucking brilliant they are. As a writer of poetry myself I find Richey to be quite inspirational in my own work. Not that I want to copy him, because everyone should develop there own style, and Richey sure as hell did that. The music is the perfect complement to the lyrics as well.
Now available to download for free from the official Manic Street Preachers website, along with the free download of the (in my opinion, ever so slightly odd) remix.
ok, now we've established that its not on the special edition version, and that it sounds a bit like archives of pain, does anyone know what its about? cos I anit got a clue!
not a clue its a very cryptic song. It sounds as if Richey is tormented "it ruined me" and how everything seems fake "love's written on paper and paper burns"
yeah, I see what you mean. That would also tie in with the bit about a devil pretending to be a god. Maybe its about how disellusioned he is with life in general?
Probably about Richey, the first line is "I am not dead", is he talking about himself in reality ? could be. Maybe he will never be found.. but i think he is still alive living abroad somewhere..
Yes i know that, but he was such an intelligent human being he could of planned everything out before he vanished. So the line "I am not dead" could refer to him . And when william's last word's was written it gave the impression it was a suicide note, so on another lyric " I am not dead" it could be about him. Maybe i am looking to much into this.
Yeah i know. the i am not dead bit freaked me out a bit when I first listened to the album, cos i didnt know the hidden track was there and I fell asleep to williams last words only to shaken awake by "I am not dead!"
Hands down the best song on the album, don't know why it wasn't a normal track instead of hidden...I guess they wanted to have you look for the best without just giving it to you
it wasnt a normal track because the manics wanted it to have yet another similarity with the holy bible (number of tracks), so to resolve this, they put it as a hidden track instead of a normal one.
Yeah I read that in an interview how they wanted symmetry and that's why they didn't include the song, but in my mind there are a couple of songs this could replace as I feel its much better than "Doors Closing Slowly". Definitely one of their best songs in years along with Pretension/Repulsion, All Is Vanity, Jackie Collins.., Peeled Apples, Journal For Plague Lovers, and She Bathed Herself In A Bath of Bleach. This album rocks
For the book it is housed in? Photocopies of the original lyric sheets and some photos/drawings/paintings/etchings/collages of Richey's, all nicely presented? I know that's why I did, worth every penny too! Great tune by the way but doesn't come close to touching Archives Of Pain. That was then though and this is now, still a bloody good album.
i do not understand the comparison people make to the holy bible. The holy bible is history and as you said this is now. i just do not believe its fair to compare this album to the holy bible. Except for Richey, the manics still have everything from 20 years ago. when i saw them the other day, James sang "love's sweet exile" better than he did back at the generation terrorist era.
Why did I pay £18.99 for the special edition instead of the £9.99 for the normal version only to find it has a track missing? Love the new album though.
otra pieza grande , recuerda archives of pain y al holy bible por completo, sin llegar a plagio apesar de su similitud es una belleza mas de los manics, que continuan haciendo musica que se queda para siempre*
Lyrics are off Walk in half view of all mirrors It makes sense to me It makes sense to me Never let yourself out I did it ruined me It ruined me To be morally good Only rather to love A devil pretending to be a god Laws written on paper and paper burns Eternity is not sunrise
Oooh, nice. I definately like it. Had my heart set on the special edition, but I don't think I'll bother now. Why leave it off? It makes no sense... stupid Manics.
Yeah it's supposed to be a hidden track, but I downloaded the album and it wasn't there, which was a shame I was. Pretty dissapointed they haven't put it on the download version of the album
In what way is it hidden, can anyone say? I want to make sure I hear it when I buy the album. And is it not on some of the versions - the comments have confused me somewhat!
The bastards didn't put this track on the special edition or the vinyl. That means loyal fans (read 'suckers') like me will have to buy the album for a third time. That's a total of £45 down the drain. I thought the manics were above crap like that.
Why is this a hidden track? It is awesome. BTW I'm an Aussie who waited for the 1 copy delivered to my local store. Feeling very disappointed because the Manics should be much bigger down here. This album exceeded my expectations :)
viva la holy bible , despite every new manics album i cant help but go back to the holy bible to compare it , i suppose im looking for a comparison or to better it , but im still waiting , if richey is alive if he came back i think he would give the manics that long lost spark . but i still love the manics none the less they are much better than the pish thats new today , all these new bands over the past 3 years called "the ..............." the killers = class ,the rest pish
this song wouldnt be out of place on the holy bible, musically it is reminiscent of archives of pain, the lyrics on the other hand do not seem as sombre and dark as the holy bible.
Thanks for posting some of the harder to find songs from the album, I have now listened to all the tracks and can't wait until Monday when my pre-order comes through!
Posting songs on YouTube hasn't ruined the "1st listen experience" at all - without any singles released, no one has heard many of these songs anyway before now.
Those that have looked them up that may be new to the manics will surely find that they are a great band due to the quality of the songs on this album.
yep, i mean if people have a problem with listening to albums pre-release then there is absolutely no point in them deciding to look up the very thing they don't want to see, and then find it necessary to lecture me about it. =) they are an awesome band i just wanted to share it with the world.
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...The 1st time you hear it, it needs to be in full quality, and listened to from start to finish. After all isnt this album (among other things) a celebration of the album itself? What with no singles and such.I havnt listened to what you've put up, cause i dont want to in anyway ruin that 1st listen when it finally comes. This is like opening your christmas presants all at once 2 weeks before christmas day. Think man, think!
You searched for the new manic songs, why did you do that, im guessing (and its a bloody accurate guess) that you like to complain a lot and act like a unfit for human companionship craphound.
If you were in nazi germany i would send you to the death camps...
Why? ld you not wait another week or so? This album is so important and i feel leaking it on here is maybe a bit inapropriate. If you had done so a week or two after its been released i might not have a problem with it, cause by that time all the people that have been wanting to hear it will have already done so...
I am not dead I demand I know my rights You cover illness with flowers and flowers die Walk in half view of all mirrors It makes sense to me Never let yourself out I did it ruined me To be morally good Only rather to love A devil pretending to be a god Laws written on paper and paper burns Eternity is not sunrise
not sure. its he last song from what i know so if it isnt then its a hidden track, similar to send away the tigers and know your enemy with "Working Class Hero" and "We Are All Bourgeois Now" respectively.
Thanks for uploading this (: .. I said to myself that i could wait.. but i couldn't :L So i'm trying to download them.. then am going to buy the album next week.. but i cant wait hahaaa xo
haha yeah i think i am going to do the same, you should be able to find the whole album on youtube now, i purposefully uploaded the songs from the album that were not on youtube. It is an amazing album!
Very well said. i completely agree with youm im uploading more songs from this album right now so watch this space. If anyone has requests please message me :)
If this was a track on the Holy Bible it would not have been out of place. Lyrically astute and musically compelling. This is the Manic Street Preachers that I have craved for 15 years. Immense.
The sequencing of this following 'William's Last Words' is brilliant. "I am not dead, I know my rights" after what we take to be a suicide note.
icecreamscuseme 1 week ago
The more I listen to this band, the more I regret not seeing them at the O2 in December.
mac1990nose 1 week ago
This band have ment so much to me since 91, not onlky do i love thier music, when you read the lyrics and quotes on the album covers you then get interested in where they came from. The Manic Street Preachers taught me more thasn i ever learned in school,m if only school could have been dare i say sexy so learning was a buzz rather than a bore, sittin daydreaming, staring into space out the window, watching the time buy on the clock, the teacher droning on, the teacher from peanuts. MSP 4EVER
DG4REAL1971 2 months ago
The intro is very much like archives of pain... First time I've heard this song, since I bought the deluxe edition on the day of release, and obviously it isn't on there :(
kierangrunge 3 months ago
Very close to being their best song.
pigriser 7 months ago
I think the Manics have felt pressure to create the next THB since EMG and have tried to recreate a new THB for some time. Along the way they have managed to make some brilliant stuff sporadically whatever people say and personally I think its all part of their journey. For me this track is the best they have done since THB since it encompasses the old and new in a way I did not think they could anymore. Great effects and lyrics. All the best for the ever changing Manics - Always facinating.
Omnislash99999 7 months ago
@Omnislash99999 There will never be another holy bible. I'm glad the mighty manics havnt tried to re-create it, it's perfect as is.
DarylJCheetham 7 months ago
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Omnislash99999 7 months ago
from italy:bellissima!
MissCinziettina 10 months ago
Amazing
SeriouslyRandom20 10 months ago
I envy Richey everyday for not being able to express myself as brilliantly and easily as he seemed too.
BladeV8 1 year ago
i wish people would stop listening to radiohead and listen to manics; OK computer vs Bible? no competition
happyman64issocool 1 year ago
@happyman64issocool but its not a competition, its not a football match its just music
flashmcnashos 10 months ago
@flashmcnashos i know but sometimes u want the manics 2 get the respect they deserve ykno??
happyman64issocool 8 months ago
of course people are going to compare journal to bible its only natural; point being journal is almost as gud and is an gr8 album in its own right
happyman64issocool 1 year ago
Only a song like this could miss out on being on JFPL. Probably because it would have been a really really blatant single...
nogeninnit 1 year ago
The last intelligent band left today. The Manics are just as important now as they were 20 years ago. This is what drives them on.
1234legend1234 1 year ago
possibly my favourite song in journal for plague lovers!
maximumpower4700 1 year ago
could someone clear it up for me, is it "loves" written on paper and paper burns, or "laws" ?
alexthemod1 1 year ago
I definitely hear echoes of The Holy Bible in this song, which is great. Wherever Mr. Edwards is I think he's hearing this with a smile.
KosmicFlux 1 year ago
If they were at their prime in the Holy Bible era this song just shows they can just turn it on when they want. (Musically)
TheeReturn 1 year ago
The Manic have got a vast array of hidden tracks and b-sides that are vastly superior to a lot of their album material, they need to sort out their song selection policy
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DelbyC 1 year ago
its a really shit feeling knowing that a band like these fuckin gods will never come around again,and from that im privillaged that the manics graced my ear drums and eye balls with songs,albums,lyrics,quotes,hairspray,and fuckin epic gigs that will never be replecated,only for lady gaga or some other cunt that couldnt play a tin whistle to gain all the attention singn about losing her keys..
lipbalmed2212 1 year ago 8
Lads,take a bow,ya's are without a doubt the last important band standin,and still holding a middle finger to the world,and for that i thank you!
lipbalmed2212 1 year ago 6
its not a suicide note blooregardo .. hes trying to exemplify figuratively,how much he wanted to be left alone.
MCILROK11 1 year ago 3
"never let yourself out, i did it ruined me"....best verse on the song
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'I am not dead.'
Richey reference there?
SaintJimmy2000 2 years ago
@SaintJimmy2000
He may have wrote it about his leave from the Priory.
BejnXander 2 years ago
That's exactly what I think when I hear this song and think Richey Edwards.
crzyontheinside 2 years ago
@SaintJimmy2000 Well it was true the day he wrote it at least
crispypanda 2 years ago
Listen to 'William's Last Words'.
If that's not a suicide note, I don't know what is.
blooregardo 1 year ago
Bradfield said one of the reasons they left this song out of the album was because he felt it would be too gruelling to sing it every night on tour.
I totally understand what he means, Bag Lady is the one definite throw-back to The Holy Bible on this album; it's charged with things the band have left behind. Still, it's probably one of my favourites.
Snezhinka 2 years ago
reminiscent of archives of pain at the beginning (a good thing)
minihats 2 years ago 4
Nicky has mentioned these lyrics by Richey that haven't been published yet:
Diet Slaves
Infancy Speed
Hollywood Quality Is The Original Asshole
BejnXander 2 years ago
The track begins at 7.00 or something after williams last words
gerbenrebel 2 years ago
what does it mean, "walk in half view of all mirrors?"
LeppardPrintAnimal 2 years ago
Could mean that you only see half of yourself; something in life has stolen your meaning and you are ashamed to see yr'self "It ruined me".
Not you personally!
BejnXander 2 years ago
Only show the parts of yourself you want exposed? and i guess the "all" part means never fully show yourself to ANYONE.
just my take on it, because its Richey James, so i could be far off.
god, what a lyricist . . .
deadboys1010 2 years ago
Yh like the issues raised in Facing Page:Top Left, the whole idea of beauty and that some people wear less clothes to feel beautiful. To be observed.
BejnXander 2 years ago
@LeppardPrintAnimal like only letting people see half of yourself, the outside not the inside.
beevisiontv 2 years ago
@beevisiontv
IMO, since a mirror is used to look at yourself, only accepting a part of yourself.
frauleinschwein 2 years ago
Thanks for uploading this :)
petertrickaz 2 years ago
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haha bout time Nicky learned to play the bass
Muzikhead993 2 years ago
"A devil pretending to be a God"
Could show Richeys disdain to organised religion.
BejnXander 2 years ago 3
Or how he may have felt cheated by an idol of his.
BejnXander 2 years ago 4
The last important band. How to make intelligence sexy.
rm009z0858 2 years ago 19
Wonder what is meant by the songs title?
Mite b looking too deep but.....
BejnXander 2 years ago
I love the lyric "Laws are written on paper and paper burns". We all seem to be held to this high standard of justice by our governments only to have it manipulated to suit their own ideologies. We all must create our own morality. Richey was a genuis.
madmethod21 2 years ago 3
Spot on I think - the pressures of being moral/ideological. The most corruptible people are the most ideological
eojoeoj 2 years ago
It's chilling, this song. I know Richie's lyrics throughout their career often detail the various troubles he had with many things, but this seems to me, to be the only set he wrote that sums up his entire dilemma into one final admission of bitter resignation. The darkest thing they ever wrote in my view
breadrollboy 2 years ago 3
its sad really; love them or hate them, you should just appreciate them because you'll never see another band like them .
spacemonkeygif 2 years ago 27
This song is class...
dieinthesummertime07 2 years ago 9
why isn't this on the £20 version?!?!?!?! what a fucking rip off! how come we miss out on this! sooooo unfair! im in a right strop lol! since i paid the extra... i want that track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bekcs 2 years ago 11
as far as im aware the track is free to download from the manics website. however i know it does suck that you don't have it on CD ='(
PeeledApples 2 years ago
@PeeledApples I think the manics have certainly had all the respect they deserve, loyal fans forever and loads of them. What else can a band ask for. If anything they get too much respect because they are so hit and miss these days. Just my opinion.
flashmcnashos 8 months ago
...it's a secret track starts playing after williams last words if you leave it long enough
drake128 2 years ago 3
@bekcs I bought the signed version and the 2 disc version. and this was on neither so now I have 3 copeis of this album D=
Shoes4eva 1 year ago
@bekcs Bag Lady appears on both the expanded and standard version of the album, but only as a hidden track (Track 14 to be exact).
ZOMGX3 8 months ago
Great track. Why was this not on the Duluxe edition? I am going to have to buy the normal cd aswell.
qster777 2 years ago
fucking brilliant
dickdixon 2 years ago 5
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daryl4classic 2 years ago
this should have made the album
spacemonkeygif 2 years ago
.....it did...
Hidden track...at the end.
hofsteveO 2 years ago
I think a lot of the lyric's on this album do sum up richey's planned dissapearence. I may be wrong but there seem's to be plenty of clue's. Too clever to just commit suicide, look at lyric's in William's Last Word's and here on Bag Lady. Are they about him? or someone else? it's hard to get past that question mark...
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Sorry about my spelling on here too! disappearence i think that's how it's spelt.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
true
MANICSGNR 2 years ago
"I am not dead....."
Manicsla 2 years ago
it makes sense to me............
dickdixon 2 years ago
awesome
3MACE3 2 years ago
I know I commented about Richey's writing on the Plague Lovers track but I have to say again how fucking brilliant they are. As a writer of poetry myself I find Richey to be quite inspirational in my own work. Not that I want to copy him, because everyone should develop there own style, and Richey sure as hell did that. The music is the perfect complement to the lyrics as well.
madmethod21 2 years ago 3
the start reminds me of the intense humming of evil
redo121190 2 years ago 2
Very melodic band. Although the sound is intentionally rough their melodic brilliance shines through.
CornelisDonovan 2 years ago
Yes very melodic CornelisDonovan, are you a big fan of their's dude? oh someone think's i am richey manic on here!!
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Jameyinegypt -I think you are Richey in disguise and you thought you could fool me!
toyoboeIII 2 years ago
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jameyinegypt 2 years ago
If you go to the official Manics website you can download the mp3 of bag lady for free, as well as a remix. dont know if its limited time tho!
dickdixon 2 years ago
at brighton dome 3 days ago they didn't play this song which peeved me off quite a bit coz i would have loved to have heard it live.
PeeledApples 2 years ago
Now available to download for free from the official Manic Street Preachers website, along with the free download of the (in my opinion, ever so slightly odd) remix.
cpntrafibulation 2 years ago
ok, now we've established that its not on the special edition version, and that it sounds a bit like archives of pain, does anyone know what its about? cos I anit got a clue!
braddersthemod 2 years ago
not a clue its a very cryptic song. It sounds as if Richey is tormented "it ruined me" and how everything seems fake "love's written on paper and paper burns"
PeeledApples 2 years ago
yeah, I see what you mean. That would also tie in with the bit about a devil pretending to be a god. Maybe its about how disellusioned he is with life in general?
braddersthemod 2 years ago
Probably about Richey, the first line is "I am not dead", is he talking about himself in reality ? could be. Maybe he will never be found.. but i think he is still alive living abroad somewhere..
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
"living abroad somewhere" god let him rest in peace for god's sake.
The song was written before he disappeared ffs!
pcoll04 2 years ago
Yes i know that, but he was such an intelligent human being he could of planned everything out before he vanished. So the line "I am not dead" could refer to him . And when william's last word's was written it gave the impression it was a suicide note, so on another lyric " I am not dead" it could be about him. Maybe i am looking to much into this.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Yes I think you are looking too deeply into it.
pcoll04 2 years ago
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jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Yeah i know. the i am not dead bit freaked me out a bit when I first listened to the album, cos i didnt know the hidden track was there and I fell asleep to williams last words only to shaken awake by "I am not dead!"
braddersthemod 2 years ago
Hands down the best song on the album, don't know why it wasn't a normal track instead of hidden...I guess they wanted to have you look for the best without just giving it to you
PixiesFanatic 2 years ago
it wasnt a normal track because the manics wanted it to have yet another similarity with the holy bible (number of tracks), so to resolve this, they put it as a hidden track instead of a normal one.
MANICSGNR 2 years ago 2
Yeah I read that in an interview how they wanted symmetry and that's why they didn't include the song, but in my mind there are a couple of songs this could replace as I feel its much better than "Doors Closing Slowly". Definitely one of their best songs in years along with Pretension/Repulsion, All Is Vanity, Jackie Collins.., Peeled Apples, Journal For Plague Lovers, and She Bathed Herself In A Bath of Bleach. This album rocks
PixiesFanatic 2 years ago
yeah, its immense and a shame it didnt get to number 1
MANICSGNR 2 years ago 2
For the book it is housed in? Photocopies of the original lyric sheets and some photos/drawings/paintings/etchings/collages of Richey's, all nicely presented? I know that's why I did, worth every penny too! Great tune by the way but doesn't come close to touching Archives Of Pain. That was then though and this is now, still a bloody good album.
4our5ive6ix 2 years ago
Yeah, you're right I guess. The book is amazing, even better than I expected. They still could have slipped this track in though =(
RowanBat 2 years ago
i do not understand the comparison people make to the holy bible. The holy bible is history and as you said this is now. i just do not believe its fair to compare this album to the holy bible. Except for Richey, the manics still have everything from 20 years ago. when i saw them the other day, James sang "love's sweet exile" better than he did back at the generation terrorist era.
PeeledApples 2 years ago
Why did I pay £18.99 for the special edition instead of the £9.99 for the normal version only to find it has a track missing? Love the new album though.
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4our5ive6ix 2 years ago
Too good to be just a hidden track.
wavpunch 2 years ago 4
anyone know why this isn't on the limited edition album?
didz83 2 years ago
For me I think this is actually the best song on the album, why didn't it make it onto the official tracklisting..?
ThinkSarcasmic 2 years ago 2
I completely agree, am baffled as to why it was only made a hidden track
charalastra606 2 years ago
Apparently it was too close to the Holy Bible era n they didn't want to advertise it as such.
It was in one the interviews they gave for promotion of JFPL
BejnXander 2 years ago 2
Think it could have been the end track instead of Virginia state, but saying that I like the album as it is. Works.
Partoftheratpack 2 years ago
Oh okay, thanks! Which interview was this? Do you have a link please?
ThinkSarcasmic 2 years ago
Uh check the NME website. It was on there; I bought the issue it was on.
BejnXander 2 years ago
Lol, I've noticed no one wants the here the demo version of "Bag Lady"....
I agree with ya though, I blame those who pressed the disc; they prob left it off by accident or summat
BejnXander 2 years ago
otra pieza grande , recuerda archives of pain y al holy bible por completo, sin llegar a plagio apesar de su similitud es una belleza mas de los manics, que continuan haciendo musica que se queda para siempre*
coheteplateado 2 years ago
pisses me off this aye on the deluxe edish
BejnXander 2 years ago
spark82 2 years ago
similar to archieves of pain
alex1drummer 2 years ago
without the archives and the pain i suppose?
toyoboeIII 2 years ago 2
buy both like me
msp456 2 years ago
Oooh, nice. I definately like it. Had my heart set on the special edition, but I don't think I'll bother now. Why leave it off? It makes no sense... stupid Manics.
friendofidiocy 2 years ago
The start of this is so much like Archives of Pain from Holy Bible. Search for it here and tell me I'm right!
drummerdickens 2 years ago 3
Was hoping this would be on special edition. Bit of a kick in the balls.
TheKarmaPoliceman 2 years ago
Yeah, pissed me off aswell.
BejnXander 2 years ago
Kind of glad I didn't buy the special edition now...
Kagemusha22 2 years ago
This is easily one of the best tracks off Journal For Plague Lovers... a hidden gem.
StepmothersTeeth 2 years ago 3
Don't stand so...don't stand so... don't stand so close to me?
Stygosi 2 years ago
Bag lady is on after williams last words.
if you look williams last words is like.. 10 minutes long.
Its on like around 7 minutes i think.
I wish it was a song on its own though! one of my favourites on the album.. i dont like it being on the end of williams last words haha!.
Roonilwazlibpotter 2 years ago
Yeah it's supposed to be a hidden track, but I downloaded the album and it wasn't there, which was a shame I was. Pretty dissapointed they haven't put it on the download version of the album
torchwood1970 2 years ago
Where can i get the download for this?
Partoftheratpack 2 years ago
In what way is it hidden, can anyone say? I want to make sure I hear it when I buy the album. And is it not on some of the versions - the comments have confused me somewhat!
toyoboeIII 2 years ago
ARRRRRRRRGH at this not being on the special edition. Paid extra just to hear Nicky mutilating 'Marlon JD'
lopazthespastic 2 years ago
The bastards didn't put this track on the special edition or the vinyl. That means loyal fans (read 'suckers') like me will have to buy the album for a third time. That's a total of £45 down the drain. I thought the manics were above crap like that.
RandyPrincePhilip 2 years ago
Why is this a hidden track? It is awesome. BTW I'm an Aussie who waited for the 1 copy delivered to my local store. Feeling very disappointed because the Manics should be much bigger down here. This album exceeded my expectations :)
Tikka79 2 years ago
they should be much bigger up here as well. They never get enough airplay.
PeeledApples 2 years ago 3
kinda reminds me of die in the summertime actually...that and archives of pain...fucking amazing tune this
ShortestFuse 2 years ago
thank god tunes like this can still be recorded fuck oasis
unklemac 2 years ago 2
Got my special signed edition 2day its amazing
joeche89 2 years ago
Got mine as well, is bag lady a special track on yours? not on mine. gutted.
Partoftheratpack 2 years ago
Its not on special edition unfortunately.
TheeReturn 2 years ago
viva la holy bible , despite every new manics album i cant help but go back to the holy bible to compare it , i suppose im looking for a comparison or to better it , but im still waiting , if richey is alive if he came back i think he would give the manics that long lost spark . but i still love the manics none the less they are much better than the pish thats new today , all these new bands over the past 3 years called "the ..............." the killers = class ,the rest pish
fierymrjingles 2 years ago 2
this song wouldnt be out of place on the holy bible, musically it is reminiscent of archives of pain, the lyrics on the other hand do not seem as sombre and dark as the holy bible.
PeeledApples 2 years ago
Thanks for posting some of the harder to find songs from the album, I have now listened to all the tracks and can't wait until Monday when my pre-order comes through!
Posting songs on YouTube hasn't ruined the "1st listen experience" at all - without any singles released, no one has heard many of these songs anyway before now.
Those that have looked them up that may be new to the manics will surely find that they are a great band due to the quality of the songs on this album.
mattanthony81 2 years ago 2
yep, i mean if people have a problem with listening to albums pre-release then there is absolutely no point in them deciding to look up the very thing they don't want to see, and then find it necessary to lecture me about it. =) they are an awesome band i just wanted to share it with the world.
PeeledApples 2 years ago
Anyone else feeling shades of Archives Of Pain here?
Very Holy Bible this one. Christ, cannot wait for Monday.
superfurry92 2 years ago
Wow, this actually made me feel really excited! Looking forward to getting this album through the door soon.
simoneburton 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
...The 1st time you hear it, it needs to be in full quality, and listened to from start to finish. After all isnt this album (among other things) a celebration of the album itself? What with no singles and such.I havnt listened to what you've put up, cause i dont want to in anyway ruin that 1st listen when it finally comes. This is like opening your christmas presants all at once 2 weeks before christmas day. Think man, think!
ephemera313 2 years ago
What the shit are you talking about fool?
PeeledApples has done Youtube a great service by uploading this and the other vids.
Last thing we need here is a whiney twat complaining like a toddler about how something YOU LOOKED FOR ON YOUTUBE is actually there.
I doubt you have the moral highground in this, having stolen music from torrent sites yourself.
Grow some balls or even better, shut the fuck up.
shrapnelc1ty 2 years ago 6
*thumbs up*
PeeledApples 2 years ago
and just to re-iterate what shrapnel said.
You searched for the new manic songs, why did you do that, im guessing (and its a bloody accurate guess) that you like to complain a lot and act like a unfit for human companionship craphound.
If you were in nazi germany i would send you to the death camps...
PeeledApples 2 years ago
LMFAOO thats awesome
sockamamio 2 years ago
"I havnt listened to what you've put up, cause i dont want to in anyway ruin that 1st listen when it finally comes"
Indeed, what are you actually talking about?
I don't know what point you are trying to prove.
Are you bitching about the fact that PeeledApples has uploaded a track that you have not heard yet outside of youtube?
Is that it?
In which case, don't search for things that you don't wanna hear yet, fucknut!
Let alone talk shit about the fact they're on here, shithead.
terminegger 2 years ago
To PeeledApples:
Why? ld you not wait another week or so? This album is so important and i feel leaking it on here is maybe a bit inapropriate. If you had done so a week or two after its been released i might not have a problem with it, cause by that time all the people that have been wanting to hear it will have already done so...
ephemera313 2 years ago
well thats odd after the thousands of views i've had your the first person to decide that, wow...
PeeledApples 2 years ago
Very Holy Bible.
Can't understand y this is a hidden track though...
BejnXander 2 years ago
I recall reading that the 13 tracks on the album, and the hidden track at the very end, are deliberate nods to In Utero.
superfurry92 2 years ago
I don't know why they made this a hidden track, it's awesome. Possibly my favourite on this album... and that's saying something! What an album!
Gypsum 2 years ago
spark82 2 years ago
Good track. Like the guitar.
Partoftheratpack 2 years ago
not on the track list, is this from the album?
BerdushTube 2 years ago
not sure. its he last song from what i know so if it isnt then its a hidden track, similar to send away the tigers and know your enemy with "Working Class Hero" and "We Are All Bourgeois Now" respectively.
PeeledApples 2 years ago
nice one! hope it's in.
BerdushTube 2 years ago
ye its after a while of silence in williams last words, phenomenal song tho.
tommyfreakout 2 years ago
yeah, you are rite. it is gonna be a hidden track
MANICSGNR 2 years ago
Liking this one best so far.
voskat 2 years ago 2
yeah this is my favourite as well, i love the bass in it
PeeledApples 2 years ago
FUCK
breadrollboy 2 years ago 4
holy moly!
garymiller10 2 years ago 4
yeah the bass in this song is very reminiscent of archives of pain.
PeeledApples 2 years ago
It reminds me of archives of pain ..
Thanks for uploading this (: .. I said to myself that i could wait.. but i couldn't :L So i'm trying to download them.. then am going to buy the album next week.. but i cant wait hahaaa xo
heyaevery1x 2 years ago 3
haha yeah i think i am going to do the same, you should be able to find the whole album on youtube now, i purposefully uploaded the songs from the album that were not on youtube. It is an amazing album!
PeeledApples 2 years ago
Tis awesome-o 9000
drake128 2 years ago
Very well said. i completely agree with youm im uploading more songs from this album right now so watch this space. If anyone has requests please message me :)
PeeledApples 2 years ago
If this was a track on the Holy Bible it would not have been out of place. Lyrically astute and musically compelling. This is the Manic Street Preachers that I have craved for 15 years. Immense.
DIEHEILIGELANZE 2 years ago 3