Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This... (Acoustic)

Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (Acoustic version from Virgin Radio Session)

Thanks to MSPKYE

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Music

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• Manic
• Street
• Preachers
• If
• You
• Tolerate
• This
• Forever
• Delayed
• Acoustic

[devoidi88]

Gravity keeps my head down

Or is it maybe shame

At being so young and being so vain... <3

[eurostar35]

The title of this song does indeed relate to the Spanish Civil War, but more specifically to the Communist leader Dolores Ibarruri or "La Pasionaria", who appealed to the French and the British government to sell arms and supplies to the Spanish Republic against Franco and Fascism during the Civil War. This they failed to do and a short time later France was under the occupation of Nazi Germany and London suffering heavy bombings of Luftwaffe, thus the title of the song.

[dufortrph]

Love the Manics. Great version, thanks for posting.

[avalonadam]

@dmalice9 The communists from the USS didnt get a look in in Spain until the generals revolted against teh legally elected Spanish government. The Govt, appealed to USA France and Spain for arms but was ignored. The USSR was only to pleased to step in and provide weapons and ideology. if you look at the make up of the Rep Govt you will see they were all moderates later to be usurped by Commies. Franco drove Spain , particularly women back several centurys into ignorance and catholic imperialism

[Elibobbob]

@eurostar35 The title of the song are the words used on a propaganda poster at that time, which depicted a dead child killed by nationalist bombs with planes above and the words 'If you tolerate this your children will be next'..

Many Welsh joined the republican movement to fight against the fascist leader Franco during the civil war. The title are words from the poster.

[Stereotype23]

In my book one of the best pop songs of all time - so melodic, and a brilliant honest lyric

[dmalice9]

@eurostar35 How cynical can you be. Why don't you tell also that Franco rescued Spain and the Spaniards from the killing hands of the soviets and Spanish communists who were killing everyone, stealing their land, property, killing the priests, killing everyone against the communist dictatorship in Spain?? You guys stink. It was fascism against fascism and not the lies you tell of fascism against democracy. That is why Franco was supported and won the war.

[specialness16]

James Dean Bradfield's got it all - looks, talent, success; what a voice!

[barbarian981]

@eurostar35 I thought the song related to the Brits sending young people to help Spanish Republicans to fight in the Civil War. Hence the sentence " If you tolerate this,...

[hypnostate]

GREAT MANICCC!!!!

[flyerphil]

absolutely stunning acoustic version, fantastic

[puritanic666]

MANICS ROCKS