An epileptic colony is a residential facility designed to accommodate the treatment needs of epileptics. Such sites were historically used to isolate epileptics and the mentally ill from the rest of society, reflecting a widespread fear of epilepsy and mental illness. Modern facilities usually do not use the term “epileptic colony,” and they may focus on inpatient and outpatient treatment for a variety of neurological conditions, not just epilepsy
The first time I heard this song I was under whelmed, after some time i've slowly fallen in love with it. It has a pre-GT sound to it, a naive, unabashed youthful quality about it. This song is exactlt WHY they should have made this album.
HB 1573, the Castle Doctrine Bill, and HB 1438, the Firearms Freedom Act PASS THESE BILLS PLEASE. we would like to vote for pro gun people in our senate this november. We are in the commonwealth and we are law abiding citizens! Long live the commonwealth of Virginia!
shes is hot man. hey someone pass the castle doctrine for gun rights in virginia! only vote for people who will pass the castle doctrine in virginia and make sure you ask katey perry if she'll marry me okay? :d
Possibly my favourite track off this storming return to form. Check out my top 15 albums of the decade list to see where it appears. Watch out for Trevor McDonald.
It's not to say our Governments (EU or Anywhere else) are saintly by any means though, The US are the easiest to bash of course and the most obvious, but despite its myriad flaws, it's not quite Nazi Germany, lets not get silly. It's as much about people, our nature etc as it is about culture when you get to the bones of it, global history is littered with atrocities before anyone gets preachy about particular nations fucking it all up, Check out Another Invented Disease off GT
Vintage Manics,even more apt in light of revelations of what the US Gov. were doing in Gautemala, and instead of Bill Clinton it's Obama apologising this time, same story, different decade, even though this song is written about what went on decades ago these themes keep cropping up and history keeps repeating, never seen a band with their finger so on the pulse and because the songs are such an honest analysis of what's around us they reverberate
Maybe all the lyrics were about him being locked up in that home, Listening to this song reminds me of prison because you were aloud to do cleaning, cooking and flower arranging and it did make you feel something.. Remember he was in the hospital? This is what the album could be about! About the pain of wanting to be out.. This is the way I see it anyways.. What an amazing and emotional album! <3 x.
Brilliant. I love this song and I love this album; in fact I don't think there's a single song I dislike on it at all... ummm, except for 'Williams Last Words' right at the end. There you go; a fantastic job and nearly perfect.
@lalo6437 I'm Russian and the words in this song I can translate like : "reformatory deadly disease, silence of silent witnesses , envy, church, expulsion, boa in official suit .." and the last 3 words i can't recognize ..Don't know why they use that in song!? But anyway it's a great song and great band
Is that was this song was about. I was trying to figure them out and came up with nothing soI had to look at the comments by you guys. Richey's lyrics can be extremely cryptic at times
This highlights a part of US history Im sure America can be proud of. Enforced sterilisation. The Nazis did the too! At least the Third Reich didnt dress their brutality up in lies and prevarocation. OH...and just coz Bill Clinton appologised for MK Ultra makes all the torture and inhumanity acceptable! The United States is a fascist Republic. They dont use slave labor like the Nazis you say? Thanks to their neo imperialism the slaves live in Indonesia and China, and you dont have to see them!
@unusualsuspect71 Ahh yes- a fascist republic where there is freedom of speech, freedom of association, and the biggest critics of the government (eg Chomsky) hold top academic posts- you're right! It's just like pre-war Germany and Italy!
@unusualsuspect71 The reason why Shenzhen (a city in China full of Western clothes/electronics factories) now has a population of 7 million, as opposed to just 20,000 in 1982- is that people from all over China were willing to risk their lives and travel thousands of miles just for the *chance* to work in one of those factories.
The thing I love most about the Manics, as this song shows, is that you learn so much from their lyrics. I for one, did not no much about the whole concept of enforced sterilsation to humans. I had a look on this topic and learnt something new.
Think of lyrics in Revol, 4st 7lb, Archives of Pain etc. These are well constructed and mean something.
Thank you Manics for making me a more informed person. And, oh yes, your music sounds awesome too :)
@Tikka79 I have audio from American radio news broadcasts from the 1970s. It was still an option should, say, a developmentally impaired person (retarded) be convicted of sexual assault.
For those wondering, this song is about a 1927 U.S. law ruling that endorsed the compulsory sterilisation of the mentally retarded. Look on wikipedia for "Buck v. Bell".
Yeah, i can kind of see what you're saying there in the chorus. also the verse sound's like very early r.e.m. i find. have you heard she bathed herself yet? so nirvana sound to it! the chorus similar to smells' like teen spirit i think.
Search YOUTUBE!! " South Korea and Japan in WPTC 2010 (World cup of Sweets) "
............Is that fair?
kaisermuto 4 weeks ago
An epileptic colony is a residential facility designed to accommodate the treatment needs of epileptics. Such sites were historically used to isolate epileptics and the mentally ill from the rest of society, reflecting a widespread fear of epilepsy and mental illness. Modern facilities usually do not use the term “epileptic colony,” and they may focus on inpatient and outpatient treatment for a variety of neurological conditions, not just epilepsy
theepilepsyguy 3 months ago
The first time I heard this song I was under whelmed, after some time i've slowly fallen in love with it. It has a pre-GT sound to it, a naive, unabashed youthful quality about it. This song is exactlt WHY they should have made this album.
eojoeoj 8 months ago
Hitler, Rockerfeller, Kelloggs..... all picked at the carrion of society for their own ends.
corky100 9 months ago
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HB 1573, the Castle Doctrine Bill, and HB 1438, the Firearms Freedom Act PASS THESE BILLS PLEASE. we would like to vote for pro gun people in our senate this november. We are in the commonwealth and we are law abiding citizens! Long live the commonwealth of Virginia!
hicama10 1 year ago
Love the piano!!
Duenderelojero 1 year ago
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shes is hot man. hey someone pass the castle doctrine for gun rights in virginia! only vote for people who will pass the castle doctrine in virginia and make sure you ask katey perry if she'll marry me okay? :d
hicama10 1 year ago
Possibly my favourite track off this storming return to form. Check out my top 15 albums of the decade list to see where it appears. Watch out for Trevor McDonald.
malkane316 1 year ago
It's not to say our Governments (EU or Anywhere else) are saintly by any means though, The US are the easiest to bash of course and the most obvious, but despite its myriad flaws, it's not quite Nazi Germany, lets not get silly. It's as much about people, our nature etc as it is about culture when you get to the bones of it, global history is littered with atrocities before anyone gets preachy about particular nations fucking it all up, Check out Another Invented Disease off GT
SavoPaddy 1 year ago
Vintage Manics,even more apt in light of revelations of what the US Gov. were doing in Gautemala, and instead of Bill Clinton it's Obama apologising this time, same story, different decade, even though this song is written about what went on decades ago these themes keep cropping up and history keeps repeating, never seen a band with their finger so on the pulse and because the songs are such an honest analysis of what's around us they reverberate
SavoPaddy 1 year ago
stranglers , no more heroes rip off, very unoriginal!
whitesoldier1962 1 year ago
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birdy47 1 year ago
@whitesoldier1962 better than the new album thats fucking shite
joydivision808 1 year ago
Maybe all the lyrics were about him being locked up in that home, Listening to this song reminds me of prison because you were aloud to do cleaning, cooking and flower arranging and it did make you feel something.. Remember he was in the hospital? This is what the album could be about! About the pain of wanting to be out.. This is the way I see it anyways.. What an amazing and emotional album! <3 x.
heyaevery1x 1 year ago
What i love about the manics is their songs have a lot of meaning and always sound great too
TheTomdabomb82 1 year ago
Brilliant. I love this song and I love this album; in fact I don't think there's a single song I dislike on it at all... ummm, except for 'Williams Last Words' right at the end. There you go; a fantastic job and nearly perfect.
vinylsurrender 2 years ago
THE best album of 2009
hofsteveO 2 years ago 4
one of the best albums of 2009
danob86 2 years ago 4
I hope the Manics do an unplugged album!
This would be perfect totally acoustic
BejnXander 2 years ago 2
They confirmed in an NME interview that the soundbite at the end of the song is Russian. So if anyone knows that language translate it plz
lalo6437 2 years ago
@lalo6437 I'm Russian and the words in this song I can translate like : "reformatory deadly disease, silence of silent witnesses , envy, church, expulsion, boa in official suit .." and the last 3 words i can't recognize ..Don't know why they use that in song!? But anyway it's a great song and great band
JamirockValya 1 year ago
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breno316316 2 years ago
Is that was this song was about. I was trying to figure them out and came up with nothing soI had to look at the comments by you guys. Richey's lyrics can be extremely cryptic at times
madmethod21 2 years ago
@madmethod21 Yeah, take for example "Faster". Nicky wrote part of the song, and even he doesn't understand what Richey was talking about in it.
blooregardo 1 year ago
This highlights a part of US history Im sure America can be proud of. Enforced sterilisation. The Nazis did the too! At least the Third Reich didnt dress their brutality up in lies and prevarocation. OH...and just coz Bill Clinton appologised for MK Ultra makes all the torture and inhumanity acceptable! The United States is a fascist Republic. They dont use slave labor like the Nazis you say? Thanks to their neo imperialism the slaves live in Indonesia and China, and you dont have to see them!
unusualsuspect71 2 years ago 19
@unusualsuspect71: The US was built on slave labour...
inphanta 1 year ago
@unusualsuspect71 Ahh yes- a fascist republic where there is freedom of speech, freedom of association, and the biggest critics of the government (eg Chomsky) hold top academic posts- you're right! It's just like pre-war Germany and Italy!
elryan1982 1 year ago
@unusualsuspect71 The reason why Shenzhen (a city in China full of Western clothes/electronics factories) now has a population of 7 million, as opposed to just 20,000 in 1982- is that people from all over China were willing to risk their lives and travel thousands of miles just for the *chance* to work in one of those factories.
elryan1982 1 year ago
@unusualsuspect71 You must be a hoot at parties.
ILostMyBonnie 9 months ago
@ILostMyBonnie sorry but if you dont care about serious issues addressed by the Manics, then why bother listening to them?
DarylJCheetham 7 months ago
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@unusualsuspect71 Suck my dick you communist.
bristolchronic4eva 6 months ago
The thing I love most about the Manics, as this song shows, is that you learn so much from their lyrics. I for one, did not no much about the whole concept of enforced sterilsation to humans. I had a look on this topic and learnt something new.
Think of lyrics in Revol, 4st 7lb, Archives of Pain etc. These are well constructed and mean something.
Thank you Manics for making me a more informed person. And, oh yes, your music sounds awesome too :)
Tikka79 2 years ago 16
@Tikka79 I agree with you. I learn more from Manic lyrics then i do at school!!
birdy47 1 year ago
@Tikka79 I have audio from American radio news broadcasts from the 1970s. It was still an option should, say, a developmentally impaired person (retarded) be convicted of sexual assault.
AtticusStount 10 months ago
good song is good
Ankeshed 2 years ago
does anyone knows from where it is the narration at the end of the song? The one beggining at 2:23
it sounds russian
lalo6437 2 years ago
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I'd really like to know that, too...
MaryAuksi 2 years ago
Uh Manics gave an interview to NME n they described all the songs in detail
should still be on the website n it will tell ya where the soundbyte is from :)
BejnXander 2 years ago
Hi everyone!! how are all the guy's and girl's on here? been away on holiday and back yesterday. Anyone miss me?!
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
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bekcs 2 years ago
Sound's like to ME a very well put together pop/rock song! James vocal on here does sound slightly different though.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago 4
yh same for me aswell, but of course that isnt a bad thing as his vocals suit this song
MANICSGNR 2 years ago 4
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sounds like pineapples growing out of my anus from uh that ONE BAND
^ satirical
grandangodang 2 years ago
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jameyinegypt 2 years ago
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can i use "pineapples growing out of my anus" as a song title for my own shit m8??
Campfire1978 2 years ago
lmao yeah go for it
grandangodang 2 years ago
kl, i'll let u know how i get on with that
Campfire1978 2 years ago
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sounds like that 1 hives song
tednedbed 2 years ago
Anyone got the soundbite transcript?
Partoftheratpack 2 years ago
sounds a little bit like somthing off know your enemy.
braddersthemod 2 years ago 2
That's what I was thinking.
Eggfriedmice 2 years ago
Early REM influence.... guitar wise. Good to see JDB has come to his own; he is really in his element on this album.
BejnXander 2 years ago 3
Yeah, r.e.m. strangler's and wire that's about it. Great pop/rock track . 9/10
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
For those wondering, this song is about a 1927 U.S. law ruling that endorsed the compulsory sterilisation of the mentally retarded. Look on wikipedia for "Buck v. Bell".
perpitbla5 2 years ago 5
Yeah, wasn't it 1700 people who were sterilised? Its about that anyway well done. I read it in NME lol :P
ModMarkP 2 years ago
Whats this track about?
Partoftheratpack 2 years ago
what does "Piggy V-S-E-C" relate to?
didz83 2 years ago
sorry, just the "piggy" part!
didz83 2 years ago
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penfoldsfive 2 years ago
Got the album...love it, my fave song keeps changing .A sign of a great album when you like everytune more than the next.... on loop.
drake128 2 years ago 4
Sounds a bit like 'Sick Day' off FOW's debut.
toyoboeIII 2 years ago
Combined with other things of course.
toyoboeIII 2 years ago
Yes, the Pixies... absolutely. I love how this album has such a broad range of styles and influences.
nr900 2 years ago
Great riff, great lyrics.
mattanthony81 2 years ago 2
f in brill
TriggerHappyHog 2 years ago
I definately hear a Stateside influence with the song, and also a kind of homage to the late 80's/ early 90's sound.
strider6056 2 years ago
idd i hear pixies
Staff777 2 years ago
Yeah, i can kind of see what you're saying there in the chorus. also the verse sound's like very early r.e.m. i find. have you heard she bathed herself yet? so nirvana sound to it! the chorus similar to smells' like teen spirit i think.
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
It's more of an 'In Utero' sound really... but enough with the Nirvana comparisons already!!! lol ;)
sarahlis1 2 years ago 3
Reminds me of We Are All Bourgeois Now.
mf103 2 years ago 3
R.e.m. and strangler's influence all over this but still a great pop/rock track from the welsh trio. 9/10
jameyinegypt 2 years ago
Verse is a bit like Weezer too
sarahlis1 2 years ago
aeamazing!!! (: love their sound <3
ilovethekillerskatt 2 years ago