Manics - Take the skinheads bowling

[Generation1Terrorist]

excellent, far better than the original, simply because its by the manics

[marokokisetter]

the over rockified the cover, losing the endearing qualities of the original

[meganeguard]

@marokokisetter dur dur dur dur dur dur dur.

[marokokisetter]

@meganeguard i know. i love you too

[itnice2]

wrong it a brilliant cover

[rugshort]

a bit shit

[swampdodger33]

thanks tip top cover 

[MrFerminger]

missing the chorus (all the saaaame, all the saaaame) but still a great cover, lvu james

[akastuntfish]

fucjin hell manigs youve just gone skywardes in my mind

[XECuteAble]

munsoned

[akastuntfish]

fantastic song whoever covers it ...also check out cracker...the band who campers evolved into...

[MissLisamanic]

I may disagree. I think it sounds good.

I love this song and I love the manics by the way.

[EstebanCambiassoARG]

Is there a single cover in the world that fans of the original band won't automatically say sucks?

[scuidward]

I like this song! :-D

[marilyn3662]

this is not the best version the manics have done of this song, the one on Lipstick Traces is better.

[swanseacrew67]

What else have the maincs covered ? How about themselves in shit .....

[Sesquipedaliantique]

Haha, never noticed how Welsh he sounds when he's not singing.

This isn't such a good cover though...what else have the Manics covered?

[perpitbla5]

Check out the second disc of 'Lipstick Traces', their collection of rarities and b-sides. Disc 2 is all covers.

[importedmusic]

not all covers

[f0rce0fnature]

@importedmusic cd2 is all covers, yes. cd1 is b-sides

this is a great cover and i love the original

[zbelm]

And the crowd went wild.

[squirehorse]

this is a poor version! nice try though, it just doesnt suit them.

[djmelsa]

i agree with wonuss... wow, this cover sucks

[welshywelsh]

Hooray! You're a cock!

[lethalpayne1]

apart from its so easy this is probably my favourite song that the manics covered..

[MyThrillKillKult]

it sucks

[slobnarcissus]

i think there's no backing vocals because it's james that sings them on the recording.

and down is the best way for nick's mike to be turned, if they don't want the audience sprayed with bile or ensuing lawsuits lol

[TomosANTIGUATomos]

Nicky has the mic turned down so no-one can hear him. If you've listened to his album, you'll agree that this is a good thing.

[wonuss]

Oh dear , what a sad, missing the whole vibe of the cracking campers fab anthem this is.

far too manic.....Dullards.

[didz83]

shoegazer!

[mailechrist]

This was a valiant attempt to cover this song, but it just doesn't quite cut it. These guys are taking it way to seriously. Camper Van Beethoven were slackers who were in it for fun.This cover sucks.

[rpupkin77]

While I agree with you on the CVB part, I like the cover.

[hannan73]

nobody can sing the back ups?

why does the bass player have a microphone then? just to look cool?

[olires]

Nicky (bass) will sing a random line or two. It's good that way -- you wouldn't want to hear him sing any more than that.

[plissken2013]

It's a cover of a great Camper van Beethoven. The original is much better IMHO...

[addey83]

To "heyaevery1x". Its not by the Manics, they just covered it. It is great tho aint it?

[heyaevery1x]

wtf! take the skinheads bowling!? this has gotta be their wierdest song ever! ha! luv it! this is the first time ive heard it!

[batchen12]

Amazing :)

[batchen12]

Wow! very rare song.

[yauckt]

great version, first time i heard/watch it live.

[NrBristol]

Oops, didn't realise I already posted!

[NrBristol]

Wicked!

[NrBristol]

Classic track.