Manic Street Preachers - Umbrella

[milos1238]

super

[simalachi]

this is how the song meant to be sing

[dieguitose1]

rihana!!!! te amo!!!!

[carlson197]

Anyone know where I can download?

[carlson197]

That's absolutely fantastic. Best cover I have heard yet!

[MajestatickPL]

Fuck the Rihanna, Fuck the system.

Listen To Manic Street Preachers.

[mac1990nose]

Nicky Wire reminds me of the actor Cillan Murphy who played the villain Scarecrow in 2005's Batman Begins as well as being in Inception.

[CagleRUKUS]

Thumbs up for Chinese GP 2010!

[Tomo5300]

gives me shivers, this version should have been no 1 instead of rhianna EASY

[leisali0203]

This is soooo amazing !!!

[Saldfnuik]

the best rihanna cover ever

[mingacorre]

operation broken lens, static, splite wire, debug, the traveling umbrella, the traveling kingdome, cannon strike fire the light.

[shnorval]

about time someone made a cover that was better than the original

[ruslan1none]

One of the best cover versions ever!

[SMThomasson]

This is one of the most perfect examples of a cover version done right! Faithful to the original, yet surprising and unexpected, and offering something new to a tune that was popular to begin with. Class.

[666thesnowman]

sound like they might as well have wrote it :)

[galis38]

la mejor version que he escuchado. FELICIDADES DESDE MEXICO se diria the best version?

[mychemicalkid5566]

Love this shit

[teajer]

lol this is what the world needed. 2 years late

[XxpauldadudexX]

Rhianna is wank...Manics are fakin brilliant..theres NO comparison.

[MsBethanyyh]

wow his voice is annoying O.o

[johnwinfield367676]

@MsBethanyyh don't listen to it then

[PopCulture20]

@johnwinfield367676 WHO ARE YOU?

[SlasherLink119]

@PopCulture20 Clearly, he's johnwinfield367676...

[Gloomgal]

Pic at 2:13 is the guys at Red Eye Records Sydney on Nicky's 30th birthday.

I never got a pic from that day, so it was nice to see it in there. Cheers!

[A9107]

@Gloomgal Maybe you should start collecting train numbers.

[klesky]

if you tolerate this shit, then these are the songs u will be gettin from them next...

[sixxdog]

The first and last good tune by Rihanna, after she just faded into nothingness with all the other generic "artists". Hail The Manics!

[11ojkarito11]

I love this song

[rybatychyasg]

F1 China GP

[strange430]

You can gett this mp3 at ezmp3grab..com

[BlondeRocknRoll]

love this ...

[datondojo]

mejor ésta versión que la de rihanna, donde va a parar

[g00n3rGaL]

wow this is wicked

[80vas]

wow i hear this the first time lol is GREEAAATTTT lol

:D

[omitox]

cool

[TyrannosaurusStalker]

i'm in love with this song! =D

[pablogeebee1]

Dont think theres a song by this band i dont like.This is soooo good!!

[FRFM00]

These guys got picked for a Formula 1 highlight video. very impressive to me! Great cover. great how it starts too!

[patrick0591]

@FRFM00 lol i watched that too, which led me to this band... awesome version!!!

[TheLtFumao]

mu god this version is 100000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­0x better than the riahana version

Awesome

Peace!

[virkkuh]

this is soo much better! gotta love this!

[xkeriannex]

oooooooooooooooo :D :D

[TheJohndoe63]

a great band can do any song better than an org

[nukem11]

Great cover. James sings it with such style.

[germanialover]

I Love it....

[MrMilesian]

tbh the manics needed some fresh blood, and here it is...

[phsalmon]

manics fucking rule. and they always have done

[cultcross]

Yo, MSP, I'm real happy for you, imma let you finish, but Rihanna did the best Umbrella ever! The best ever!

[funghettinamagica]

fatti furbo!

[0con2]

Esto si que es mejorar una cancion!!

[Umfeld]

They have nothing to add to the song whatsoever, most superfluous cover I've heard in a very long time. As covers go, the version by those Vanilla Sky dudes is far superior, for example. It's a good song, played by a good band, that's all.

[unusualsuspect71]

Umfeld, you have no taste at all. This song was shite till James Dean Bradfield reworked it. Whoever actually wrote this song owes the manics a debt of gratitude, coz they made this into something beautiful. Listen to the version with Jay Z in it, that is spectacularly awful............Rihanna, good girl gone bad uh uh uh.............fuckin monkey music, totall bollox!

[ritchie69]

don't be racist ..........but .i think the manics made this song briliant.................much better than rihanna .maniscs are awesome

[missyleewebb]

couldn't stand this song until I heard this version, absolutely awesome. rocks my socks off

[ritchie69]

well said Missy !! this is genius!!

[RockNinja33]

they never kill a cover do they? pure genius!

[tickedoffnow]

I luv Manic Street Preachers, I wonder who Nicky was thinking of when he remade this...maybe Richey? :( :)

[r8ltl]

i actually convinced my son that this is the original

[locobuick]

Manic Street Preachers actually got the idea for the name of their band by renowned Scottish Psychiatrist Dr. Charles Follen McKim Maloney of Edinburgh, who was also a psychiatric constultant at Duke Street Hospital in Glasgow.

[Guitar16Madd]

awesome ! i really hate rihanna but theres something catchy about this song and now the Manics have covered it its amazing!

[JamesMaysHair]

One turd: polished.

[firenza74]

Detest this song but the Manics make it sound brilliant.

[didip70]

oh my..i love James voice. He make all the songs sound so good.

[jackjak1994]

the vanilla sky cover is best

[Tatainty]

Gret songs covered by great bands usually are great, this is just another good example, for all the Rihanna Nay-sayers you should check out the live renditions of this track, you are gonna be surprised, as I was, Cheers!!!

[raider393]

what's the name of the guy in the middle

in 0:30?

[BejnXander]

Dude that's Nicky Wire!

[raider393]

tnx

[EmocoreDave]

i like it but i prefer the all time low cover (: sorry dudes (:

[davned]

Très bonne reprise, elle surpasse l'original! Vive les Manic Street Preachers!

[pigeonsgalore87]

i love this version!!! is there any song the manics cant do?? hehe!

[PapaPeterLazarou]

Anyone know if this is available on vinyl, I only have it on the NME Awards 08 cd, Thanks

[Schnuffelyugi]

I think this version is much better than the version from rihanna

[Samalamalamdam]

Duh!

[Bombus91]

@Schnuffelyugi

i absolutely agree

[Luc23cia]

This song always makes me happy.

[NatsukoChanX]

normally i hate the song , but thats so amazing *-*

It's like a different song <3

[9parkkaaja5]

good song

[1993weeman]

amazing from an amazing band

[StereoPreacher7]

Awesome. 1000000x better than the original.

[OwEn94OwEn]

of course its gonna be a good song their welsh which means there from the best damn country in the world!!!!

[bobbelibob]

Terrible. Makes me sad. The original isn't good and this one isn't good either. How could they do it? They have stated earlier that the mainstream succes of This Is my Truth... was too calculated. Then what is this!!?

[jay6366]

god this is the best version the orginal 1 is a gay pile of shit

[USAgirliegal]

Another great song from the Preachers!!!!

[xFutureSailorx]

I did a cover of umbrella

it was a bit like this actually but this is much better

[farspeakertube]

There was something about Rihanna's version that just grated on me. There was some nails-down-a-blackboard quality to it.

This version is much better. Whatever that quality was is gone. I'm glad they covered the song if only to prove that it wasn't such an awful song to begin with.

[jonoindahouse]

the nail-down-a-blackboard quality was one of it's charms!!!!!

this is alright but no way could it do well in any type of chart ...

[trusteez]

this one is a lot better than the one performed by Rihanna...

[booshaholic321]

love it xx

[3rdseal]

like both versions, though i use be more into rock stuff...the rihanna-tune is simply amazing - and so is this cover....

[Taskforceblack]

there are soooo many different covers of this song,and i just found this one,and i must say,these guys do it really good.Really different,a much lighter,etheral cover.Great work,and great band.The UK knows how to produce good singers,and bands,cuz these guys definitely are good

[Kipcha92]

wtf.

this rendition is shit.

[RodneyYzerman]

I like this version.

[blacksabbath128]

The people bashing the Rhianna version of the song are beyond retarded. This is a great cover, but some rockist (musically racist and sexist ass wipes) losers can't bring themselves to admit that this version of the song is almost identical to Rhianna's. God, some people are stupid.

[iollo]

yourself included

[mahavishnu]

Good!

However, I just can't understand why these bands prefer playing covers from shit-pseudo-artists just like Rihanna. Do you remember when Snow Patrol performed "Crazy In Love" by Beyonce?

Why don't they play covers from bands like The Beatles, The Smiths, U2 or Oasis, at least?

[Samalamalamdam]

They redeem these terrible songs.

Songs from great bands like the ones you mentioned have no need of redemption.

[Kisscut89]

I prefer this version to Rihanna's. I love the Manics and in my opinion they covered this v. well!

[suspectdevice7]

Thanks for including pictures of Richey in your vid.

[bonskiiTV]

Just returned from their show in Moscow... That was THE GIG!!!

[seanin85]

TUNE!

[Darkchatdort]

Love this song !

The original is good, but this one is better =)

[allanironmaiden]

i think i prefer the acoustic version tbh, can appreciate james' voice more. still an awesome version though

[jnsnmrk]

Woow fucking awesome!

[chickenleg1989]

god bless richey james. May he still be alive and well. Please come back soon. Been far to long. :(

[cmoidonat]

Vraiment superbe!

[hirsebert]

wonderful better than the original

[Eeshy101]

Prefer this version much much more than Rihanna's Version.

I Dont Know If This Is Because I Like Rock More Than R n B

[bellerophon714]

i do feel the manics (cover) this better than rhianna - but the song is undoubtedly a modern classic.

M.

[44Knudsen]

Great version!

[Lorizh]

I have to admit I love this song and Rihanna's version is obviously a classic but this is definitely my 2nd best version I heard and probably will be the cover we do. Thanks never heard of this band before, going to look up more of their vids.

[EdNortonisMineLol]

This is a million times better than the origional

[Cryptiabydagmar]

Indeed! Wish they released it first!

[PinkFrostyDonut]

I love this!!! Great work!!!

[seperates]

just about the only band who excite and interest the mass'es when the term cover version arise's. from your fellow celtic cousin in Caledonia, up the Cymru!!!!

[551783]

Wicked song. Better then the orringnal.

[SalohcinFish]

i hated this song until I heard this version!

[XminithrasherX]

these guys were playing at the city of manchester stadium lanst nite supporting the foofighters they were brilliant

[Anja5111]

really great!!!!!!:)

<3

[Schnuffelyugi]

Oo I think this version is the best of the song....I find it 10000 more better than the rhianna cover

[papero71]

why don't you just admit..umbrella is a great song...whoever he sing it

[xerinx14]

I actually gotta agree with you :)

It must be a good song essentially no matter who covers it, if YOU like it

Personally I way prefer All Time Low's cover, cause I love them whatever!

I only uploaded this because I knew it would be in high demand and at the time felt it was a great cover from the manic's and i loved the NME cd it came on :)

[VikingsAreGay]

@papero71 Your right its a good song. Even when Rihanna did it I loved it. Just cos this is rockier doesn't make it automatically better

[coolstone07]

Come on the manics! how it should have been! by pros not little girls trying to make a quick buck

[kinney1990]

Mehh so many better versions. this doesnt really do it for me as much respect i have for the MSPs McFly for instance did a pretty sweet version check it out :)

[xxprincessfudgexx]

woo u rock make more videos =]

[PULSAY]

waaaa...is so good!!! :D Thanx for upload!

[Wrangler1972]

i like both versions

[BabyVampSpike]

To be perfectly honest i can't stand rihanna's version but these guys have turned a song that i thought was crap and could never in a million years be classed as a half decent song into a brilliant song!! yay got manic street preachers!!

[mikeathecreepos]

yes. her version sucks.

it's people like "Manic" and "Biffy" that have actually made the song worth listening to.

[BabyVampSpike]

here here

[Makemyday0126]

In Fairness I love rock and not much of a pop person, But Rhianna's song was good, very well polished etc, But the Manics have made this theyre own. Is it me or can anyone else hear a slight bit of the 'If you tolerate this' Riff?..or is it just me?

Well done to whoever uncovered this version.

[bananaspy]

Yes, yes, yes. In two months I'm going to a festival where Chris Cornell has cancelled and... the Manics are coming instead :-)

[newmesee]

thank god they covered this because reanna screwed it up bad ways

[tostig360]

truly epic, outshined rihanna's commercial b*llshite.

[aenguslyons]

yea because the song is totally different! oh wait its not

[chris11689]

nice tune, prefer rihanna's version though

[quemming]

this is class and i dont even like the original version....

manics are a top class band...

[savvx]

Beats Rihanna any day

[Princeznicka007]

I want them in Czech republic!

[butterflywhirl]

Trying to sound like MCR with the manci twist.

Naa. Leave it to them.

[gingedaywalker101]

This is better than the original. It actually is a good song rather than a run of the mill pop song, and now its being sung by some one with talent.

[aenguslyons]

it was always a good song ,its not like they changed the melody just because its someone credible singing it you decide its good!

[Rooti1]

Good point even if I don't entirely agree with you - it's not so muuch that the Manics are credible, more that Rihanna is risible. And don't get me started on that dodgy bump & grind stuff of hers - ugh. Subtract that and you get an excellent rock song.

[tostig360]

No i said its commercial. Everything out there is good but it digs its own grave coz its so goddamn commercial, and i know where you live.

[tsmolic]

actually, this song sound really good now.

great work, to be honest

..but only this version, of course.

[grac3mous3]

This version sounds so much better than Rihanna's.

[gebus84]

I'm not a massive Rihanna or Manics fan.. but i like both versions. They havent really made it their own.. the live Rihanna version sounds very much like this, with the guitars..

[devoidi88]

A very unlikely cover. This is why I love the Manics! They made the song their own.

[Anihasissues]

omgg I'm addicted to this version!! hate Rihannas though ;)

[APassionCalledHate]

ok, revised top ten best covers of Umbrella: 1. Manics (duh) 2. All Time Low 3. Marie Digby (very good) 4. McFly 5. Gerard Way 6. Vanilla Sky (good vid) 7. Biffy Clyro 8. Plain White Ts 9. Mandy Moore 10. Lillasyster ...[lots of other people]... 20,000. Rhianna.

[maimersandnitc]

i agree!

[APassionCalledHate]

I've listened to every cover of this that I can find (I've been bored, and there's fucking loads!) and have decided that the best ones go in this order: 1. Manics 2. McFly 3. Gerard Way 4. Vanilla Sky (but their video is best) 5. Biffy Clyro 6. Plain White Ts 7. Mandi Moore 8. Lillasyster But Rhianna is so far from this list, she can't even see the bottom from where she is. She is behind all the people who haven't even sung this song. If there's any more versions, let me know :)

[APassionCalledHate]

ah shit I forgot All Time Low!! oops. They are definitely 2nd.

[bananaspy]

There is also the Marie Digby's acoustic version

[Ranzeth]

hate this song, love the manics. They make it bearable

MSP > win

[JellyMuffin1]

This is really good.

Riannas just been blown to peices.

Yey.

(:

[chebzicken]

the song is cack

[rjcm]

i bloody love this

[XxheadphonesonxX]

i like this version of this song.

but i would have to say my favorite version of this song is vanilla sky's

[pongo817]

FAV SONG!!!

[Dr3iKoS]

I <3 it :)

[berhoucha]

This is amazing, best song I've heard for ages, totally love it, it deserves to be massive

[hargreaves4united]

this version is better then rhianna's 1 i have 2 admit this is class

[DUDEE1989]

that sucks

they would sell loads of cd if it was

[alwaysnever20]

I agree. It deserves to do well in the charts. It has been climbing slowly, but more people need to buy it :(

[DUDEE1989]

is this on cd

cause i cant find it anywhere

:D

[alwaysnever20]

No, it is download only.

[nancybreed]

actually, they have done some amazing covers.... this, theme from mash, out of time, rock and roll music, to name but a few.... they should release a cd of covers , would be far better than most of the dross we are subjected to these days

[bellyeye]

C H A R L E S  W I N D S OR !!!!!!!

[ravenprincess1228]

I love this but I have to say the theme from mash is still my favourite manics cover!!!!

[pythag123]

They do, It's called "Lipstick Traces: A secret History of the Manic Street Preaches" or something like that, lots of covers and live joints.

[nancybreed]

this is fantastic :D

[9scratches2slashes]

i miss them with richey. =(

wonderful cover, one of my favorite versions of the song!

[SaintJust101]

They can make any song their own.