Where did it all go wrong?
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Where did it all go wrong?
Over rated band
Some good tunes , Kevin Carter , Motorcycle Emptiness being prime examples but not consistent
The millennium gig they did was one of the most boring concerts I have ever been to not helped by thousands of thicko taffs in Welsh rugby tops pissed out of their minds
The Super Furries were OK though
They started off good, but I went off them fairly quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
This. Vastly overrated. And mostly boring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
For me, it was. Design For Life and that’s it.
They were never going to make another Holy Bible without Richie. I’d argue Holy Bible is one of the best albums of the 90s.
A superb band and excellent live even now.
I find that people who slag them off often haven’t scratched the surface
I tried hard but they’re not for me.
No surface all feeling.Quote:
Originally Posted by superfeathers
I find people who like the manics really like the manics. A cult band perhaps.
I'd never debate who is better or what's good as it's completely personal but to me the manics are the greatest band of all time and pretty much the only band I listen to.
(Ps can not believe Sludge hasn't commented yet that the band support forest, spurs and Liverpool but he can use that as another stick to beat them with)
Thought the Holy Bible was a great album. Didn't mind the comeback initially but they should have packed it in years ago. Credit to them for getting to number one with a song about the Spanish Civil War.
Well for that they are complete fakesQuote:
Originally Posted by Father Dougal
I mean hanging Welsh flags over your speakers playing gigs but supporting English football teams ?
It's embarrassing
:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
It is ff sakeQuote:
Originally Posted by Father Dougal
Bloody English......we are so proud to be Welsh.......have you seen my spurs top ?
It was the secret he had missed.:getscoat:Quote:
Originally Posted by Father Dougal
I was thinking that about Richey, could it be his influence was greater than it seemed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Parry
Props to James, he's a tidy guitarist..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gslKjS155Q
He wrote 75% of the lyrics on Holy Bible. Without his edge and the grief of his disappearance, they were always going to change direction. There’s tracks post-Richey but Holy Bible is an absolute masterpiece.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Same here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whisperer
he said wearing a chester Fc shirt :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
That's a whoosh from me sorryQuote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Some decent tunes along the way, and not bad live, but not a band I choose to listen to that often.
Best band to ever grace this planet.
The love of Richard Nixon is there best offering in my humble opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Lung
I always think of the Manics as a 90’s band. They suited that era but went a bit stale thereafter
I always thought sean was a bluebird. I know Patrick, nickys brother, is a bluebird. Nicky supports Leeds i think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pearcey3
Great band live and still knocking out some good tunes.
Motorcycle emptiness is a masterpiece.
Non manics realated.. Currently listening to 'Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs' .
Brilliant
Nicky Wire is a soppy spurs fanQuote:
Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird
The drummer , Liverpool
I was told that Nicky Wire 'looks out for our results' seem to recall that James supports Forest
He says he supports forest because he went to university thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Apparently he's a big cardiff blues fan
Which as far as I am concerns means if he can support the city's rugby team he can fecking well support ccfc
Always worth seeing live for the hits - their albums are a little hit and miss these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Holy Bible/Everything Must Go are classic British rock albums - the background to both are equally tragic and fascinating.
I've seen James at the City once or twice
They're big Wales fans too which ought to appease Sludge - weren't they at the battering by Holland with SFA?
Excellent band, still making some good stuff, though obviously different to their heyday. I'd certainly have them down as the best Welsh band
My view is if you support Wales you support a Welsh football team .....Cardiff, Newport, Swansea , Wrexham , Bangor , Locomotive LlanberisQuote:
Originally Posted by City123
And that's it
SFA are clear..Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpXNSQ2NXPg
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
What if you're Welsh but have no affiliation with any club team as you were brought up outside of the country?
That's totally differentQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
If you were born to Welsh parents but grew up in Liverpool and support Liverpool that's cool
But how many people in South Wales who support Liverpool were born up there or have scouse parents ?
A hundred or so
I remember seeing them before a wales game (was it Italy?) and thought they were amazing, I was quite young so didn’t know a lot about them. Went to see them in concert following that and was bored.
See! what i like to do is make sure that the band i like is into the club i like...so basically i'm listening to thin air or my own farts.
but i'll post this because it's .....van halen
https://youtu.be/L31yd2JMLSc
I love Van HalenQuote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
Great background vocals by Micheal Antony
Chickenfoot ?
Their early stuff was a bit retro, influenced by The Clash and Guns N' Roses. The track Little Baby Nothing wouldn't be too out of place on a Meat Loaf album, but very good nevertheless.
In a way they were sort of a reaction against all those Shoegazing bands from the Home Counties that were prevalent in indie rock during the early 90s.
I always thought The Girl Who Wanted to Be God was such a superb song.