Manic Street Preachers - Song for Departure

[cyclonearmageddon]

What a song - love everything about it. What a song.

[lalo6437]

this is a song....

[SeriouslyRandom20]

love this song, but wtf is Nicky wearing He jsut looks weird trying to be normal looking

[vuurvos11]

indeed lifeblood is an excellent album, reminds me of the eighties. And empty souls is my favorite.

[Andpec]

Wonderful song for the best band in the world

[Tantsivnyk]

I've always loved Lifeblood! It's a pity that the album is considered to be a fail:(. Coincidentally my two the most favourite Manics' albums are Holy Bible and Lifebood. Yes, they're too different, but both are great IMHO. Although I like all their records, including Postcards of a Young Man. Greetings from Ukraine! Cymru am byth!:)

[threepot]

Just discovered 'lifeblood' what a great album!

[kringles4]

outstanding, hoping the Manics come back to the US....the greatest group out there today, no question about it...prolific and creative, what else is there to ask for?

[RoofLight00]

Who mentioned bloody U2?, good grief no!!!!! no no no......

[KosmicFlux]

The Manics wouldn't be the Manics without the whole 'underrated' thing they seem to carry around. They certainly weren't the most commercially successful act to populate the '90's, but IMO they were definitely the best.

[Messiah2k9]

@KosmicFlux You could be right m8 , BUT don't forget Ocean Colour Scene !

[msgr33nday]

wow, awesome version of this awesome song!

[ahagestedt]

ooo this is a nice version....a bit more like the regular manics. Though i LOVE this album to death...it was such a stark side venture for them, i see why it alienated some manics fans. So it's kind'a cool to hear this more "manicsy" version.

[Staff777]

this and 'i live to fall asleep' the only songs of any real merit on this album. Frgging forgot how ace that solo was..im off to practice.

[StaggieMackie]

Lifeblood is one of these albums which will come to light later on (10+ years down the line maybe) when it will be viewed as been an important album for the Manics. Also because of the contrast between this and any other albums shows exactly why we love the MSP so much, they can diversify so much and still stay on a core ideal. In time Lifeblood will be regarded as good as it should, not by the critics but by the fans.

[ahagestedt]

this is insanely, unfairly underrated....and i think even the band themselves shun the album - correct?

[sensient1]

Great band and great song.

[ste75n]

Loved all the white equipment on this tour.... very fitting

Much underated album but in true Manics form brilliant

[nasalscarecrow]

Lifeblood's great. Very melancholy, lots of keyboards and great production. Glad I saw them on that tour, songs were dropped from the live set pretty quickly.

[nukem11]

I found lifeblood a very relaxing and laid back album but still really good just different.

[VivNick08]

Please, don't compare them to U2. You will make a lot of people cry.

[loser1802]

@VivNick08 I think they are much better than U2

[jrmarrero96]

it's a good album, but it sounds a lot like U2 to me.

[keimzeit88]

genial!

[telempson]

love this song and lifeblood!!! Very underrated album

[iamatwat]

nothing short of classic; only "A Design...." competes for their best song title. really interesting to see nicky in 'normal' gear and quite sedate. thanks for posting

[atripleyavenue]

i bet you are a jealous talentless twat.

[tegid699]

no I am a jealous talented twat!

[adolfhardoff]

Ohhh, we bow down to your graceful beauty Sir!!

[perpitbla5]

Ah, the white equipment, brings back memories of the Lifeblood tour.

[BlastastiC]

Cool song. Can't remember if they played it when I saw them at the Waterfront on that tour or not... bah, damn you aging brain cells!

[spark82]

They need to add this to their set list when they tour again

[KUKEN222A]

best band ever!!

[braddersthemod]

this is easily the best song on lifeblood. wich is a hugly under rated album.

[3rdseal]

agreed. although "to repel ghosts" is nearly as good as this one.

[TheParanoidAndroid1]

hardcore manics fans tend to not like it. it hink it's one of their finest albums! and im pretty hardcore.

[turkish765]

@braddersthemod It boggles my mind why some people hate it so much. It has it's own sound.

[dljc1979]

@turkish765 | could be it's lack of pre-millenium-gig original manicness..

[boeingbloke777]

has anyone noticed how similar the guitar in the verses is to 'Solitude Sometimes Is'

Anyway, love this song, thx for the upload

[Clemen79]

i like it when Jools Holland play air-guitar ala JDB at the end bit.

[somakysom]

cool, fajnova songa

[DANNY200000000000000]

ugh, wire in a baseball cap, it's not right

[Lonelywreckage6]

I know! He looks like a soccer mom!

[Dext37Fielding]

i would love to see them perform this, found that soul, and archives of pain live again on tours...

[spartanskid]

easily one of their best album songs and amazingly tight live. These guys are pros.

[kessl]

lifeblood was the next step for them. Its a great album, probably one of there best. All the band members shine on it. And all the songs reflect on what the band was going through at that time. Rock on manics

[shitcasecinema]

Top song, loved it ever since I first saw this performance!!!

[heyaevery1x]

not everybody likes lifeblood but i really do love it! :D ok, mabye sean doesnt get much drumming action but i'd say that its great that nicky played slap bass on always/never :D they are wrighting the holy bible part 2 So i cannot wait for that :D

[foucault12]

incredible song, incredible album.

reflecs mature writing, thinking, playing. it's a classic.

people mature - this album reflects that.

but they haven't gone soft...the lyrics in this album are some of their most bitter, hard-hitting and politically conscious yey.

it's a classic.

[sannael]

Agreed, well put. You managed to write down what I've been thinking all along when reading people dissing Lifeblood.

[Tiortranew]

I don't specially like "Lifeblood". Of course I don't expect them to write the Bible again, but "A Song for Departure" is the only song on that album that seems honest, most others look like faked. Example "Love of Richard Nixon": it's a song many others could write! The only really outstanding song on their 2004-work, "Send Away the Tigers" is a bit better.

[kokoshmusun]

Empty Souls? Gotta be crazy not to like that. By the way, looks like Wire plagiarized some of the lyrics in this song, revealed by folks at foreverdelayed dot org. Sad but true. Fookin wire (I love them forever regardless).

[L3183]

I'm sort of sick of people slagging them off for this album. The worst thing any long-standing band can do is pretend they're 20 years old again. They develop and so does their sound. Although far from the Joy Division type sound they had with THB, Lifeblood is still a brilliant album and is a fantastic showcase of James' voice (someone below said that). You can't fault them for not sounding like they're angry, rebellious youths.

[3MACE3]

the manics r the best band live

[Staff777]

someone else try and find one flaw with this LIVE performance, its perfect to album version, frightening

[bahwanna]

love this song..

[dannymarx123]

i dont think sean moore gets a lot of credit in the manics,,personally i think hes a fantastic drummer....

[heyaevery1x]

sean is an amazing drummer! i love the drums on TIMTTMY that and the holy bible have great drums! i especially love his drumming on la trisdesse! :D have you seen the vid of him drumming in a rehersal? the camera is only focused on him, and i LOVE it! sean rocks he is one of the best drummers, but so underrated, but since when were rummers the main object of the band? :( i hope people will start to apreciate his talent more! he really disserves it! plus, hes cute :D

[manicloz]

One of my fave tracks from lifeblood...top video!

[batchen12]

mine to

[nicolabryant]

extremely underrated album!!!! why???

[jobey1980]

'new album shite'??? send away the tigers is the best album of the last ten years!!! the manics are back, musical history has been re-written

manic forever

[nicolabryant]

sorry i meant Lifeblood was underrated

[depersersucks]

Because its a beautiful album, full of catchy piano hooks, which is, for some reason an insult to the early punk rock sound of Holy Bible. For me, it showcases the beauty of James' voice and is there most listenable album. Absolutely love this album.

[reo1coker]

the more i listen to this album the more i think its one of their best the new one is a load of shite

[xstazio]

Thanks for sharing this video. Strange that there were no clips for this song on youtube before.

[joekres]

a truely beautiful song out of a painfully UNDERATED album

[Boxyno1]

I agree, I personally prefer it to Send Away The Tigers, as its more emotional and creative

[Ycklieft]

My fave from lifeblood, wish they would come back to the states (i know they never will though)

[Gehaktbrood]

Really good song yeah.. Lifeblood isn't that bad, it just different from the Manics other work. I love the rougher albums, but I really like Lifeblood too....

[spark82]

One of my favorites from Lifeblood

[BlastastiC]

Loveth this song do I truely