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Leaving The 20th Century
''Leaving the 20th Century'' is a recording of the Manic Millennium concert by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, released 2000. The concert, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the band, was performed on New Year's Eve 1999–2000 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, in front of more than 57,000 fans. The event became international as the final song of the event was broadcast live all over the world through satellites. The concert was released on VHS and DVD. It includes interview clips in which the band discuss their history and the songs, and an extra feature performance of "Ready for Drowning" and "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next", recorded at Château de la Motte, France, in 1998. Track listing #Introduction #"You Stole the Sun from My Heart" #" Faster" #" Everything Must Go" #"Tsunami" #"The Masses Against the Classes" #" The Everlasting" #"Kevin Carter" #"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" #"Rock and Roll Music" #"Ready for Drowning" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)
"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" is a song by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in July 1993 by record label Columbia as the second single from their second studio album ''Gold Against the Soul''. It reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. Content and composition The song's title is taken from the reported last words of Vincent van Gogh, "La tristesse durera toujours", quoted in a letter from his younger brother Theo to their sister Elisabeth, using her nickname ''Lies''. The letter was translated by Robert Harrison, who states that the phrase means "The sadness will last forever". The song lyrics are written from the perspective of a war veteran, containing the line "wheeled out once a year, a cenotaph souvenir" and tracking the bathetic progress of the former soldier's war medal: "It sells at market stalls/Parades Milan catwalks". Richey Edwards told ''Melody Maker'' newspaper, "It's a beautiful image when the war veterans turn out at the Ceno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Design For Life
"A Design for Life" is a single by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers from their fourth studio album, '' Everything Must Go'' (1996). Released on 15 April 1996, the song peaked and debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Origins The title was inspired by the debut Joy Division EP, ''An Ideal for Living''. The opening line of the song 'Libraries gave us power' was inspired by a legend engraved over the entrance to the former library in Pillgwenlly, Newport, 15 miles from the band's home town of Blackwood in Wales: 'Knowledge is Power'. The next line, 'then work came and made us free', refers to the German slogan that featured above the gates of Nazi concentration camps and which had been used previously by the band in their song "The Intense Humming of Evil" on the album ''The Holy Bible''. The song explores themes of class conflict and working class identity and solidarity, inspired by the band's strong socialist convictions. Speaking in 2017, Nicky Wire explained that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 24 August 1998, through Epic Records as the first single from their fifth studio album, ''This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours'' (1998). The track sold 156,000 copies in its first week and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in August 1998. Outside the United Kingdom, the song reached number one in Iceland and the top 20 in Norway and Sweden. It became the band's only song to chart in North America, peaking at number 19 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Alternative 30 chart. Background The song's theme is inspired by the Spanish Civil War, and the idealism of Welsh volunteers who joined the left-wing International Brigades fighting for the Spanish Republic against Francisco Franco's military rebels. The song takes its name from a Republican propaganda poster of the time written in English and displaying a photograph of a child killed by the Nationalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay Beautiful (Manic Street Preachers Song)
"Stay Beautiful" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 29 July 1991 by record label Columbia as the first single from the band's debut album, ''Generation Terrorists''. Content The track started out under the working title of "Generation Terrorists" and originally featured the lyrics "Why don't you just fuck off" in the chorus, which was later cut to "Why don't you just... ap in the released version with a guitar fill in the aforementioned gap. It has since become customary for fans to shout the original lyric when the band occasionally perform the song live. Marc Burrows of ''Drowned in Sound'' proclaimed "Stay Beautiful" a "straightforward punker", and "the most pure punk record in their arsenal" alongside "Repeat", and that it had "more in common with their earlier indie-label records ..than it does with its parent album". Music video The music video for the song features the band performing inside a garishly coloured house b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Love Us
"You Love Us" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was initially released as a single on 7 May 1991 by record label Heavenly. The song was re-recorded and released on 20 January 1992 by record label Columbia as the third single from their debut studio album ''Generation Terrorists''. Release "You Love Us" was originally released as a single on 7 May 1991 by record label Heavenly. This version of the song begins with a sample of Krzysztof Penderecki's "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" and ends with a coda which includes a drum sample from Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life". B-side "Spectators of Suicide" includes a vocal sample of a speech by Black Panther Bobby Seale, a shorter clip of which had previously appeared on the last track of McCarthy's 1989 album ''The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth''. The track was re-recorded for MSP's debut studio album ''Generation Terrorists'' You Love Us was also re-recorded and released again on 20 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia (Manic Street Preachers Song)
"Australia" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 2 December 1996 through Epic Records as the fourth and final single from the fourth studio album, '' Everything Must Go'' (1996). The song peaked on number seven in the UK Singles Chart and was the fourth consecutive top-10 hit for the band. Background The sentiment of the song is that Australia is just about the furthest one can go to get away from their home in Wales and is a metaphor for Nicky Wire's desire to escape from the emotional turmoil caused by the disappearance of his close friend and co-lyricist, Richey Edwards. The music helps the lyrics convey the sense of freedom, featuring heavy guitar sound coupled with a raw emotion, and a crescendo bolstered by Sean Moore's drumming. Release On 14 December 1996, "Australia" reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart, giving Manic Street Preachers their fourth consecutive top-10 hit, and charted for nine weeks. With this, all singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for a week. Gaudio was a bandmate of Valli's in the Four Seasons. It was Valli's biggest solo hit until he hit No. 1 in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored You". Gaudio, an original member of the Four Seasons, refers to "Eyes" as "the one that almost got away" until Windsor, Ontario, radio station CKLW (a station also serving the Detroit metro on the American side of the border) intervened. In 1967, the record's producers urged Paul Drew, program director at the legendary station, to consider the tune for rotation. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, CKLW was credited with launching hit records via its powerful signal, blanketing the Great Lakes region. Drew didn't warm to the song at first, but accepted an invitation to hear it live at the Roostertail, where V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Emptiness
"Motorcycle Emptiness" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 1 June 1992 through Columbia Records. It was the fifth single to be released from their debut album, ''Generation Terrorists''. Content The track is inspired by S.E. Hinton's book ''Rumble Fish'', about biker gang culture. According to the band, the lyrics are an attack on the hollowness of a lifestyle centered around the consumerism which is offered by capitalism, describing how society expects young people to conform. The line "From feudal serf to spender" draws a direct parallel between slavery of peasants to the lord of their manor under the Feudal system in medieval times and the brand loyalty of people in modern capitalist societies, which the companies use to their advantage in pursuit of profit. The song was derived from the early Manic Street Preachers songs "Go, Buzz Baby, Go" (with which it shares the chord structure and the phrase "Motorcycle Emptiness" lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motown Junk
"Motown Junk" is a non-album single and the second single by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 21 January 1991. Release "Motown Junk" was released on 21 January 1991 by record label Heavenly, the band's first release on this label. It peaked at number 94 on the UK Singles Chart. Despite its relatively poor charting, the single gained the band much attention from the press. In 2008, the band added a "Johnny Boy Anniversary Mix" free embedded version to their official website, which featured spoken dialogue by Richey Edwards. In 2011, Heavenly re-released "Motown Junk" to sell at the Manic Street Preachers gig on 21 May 2011 and at the Berwick Independent Marker. The track has long been a live favourite throughout their career. Content The title track shows the band during their pinnacle of iconoclastic attitude, such as in the lyric, "I laughed when Lennon got shot". The "Motown" in the title refers to famed 1960s and 1970s label Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock And Roll Music (song)
"Rock and Roll Music" is a song written and recorded (in May 1957) by Chuck Berry. It has been widely covered and is one of Berry's most popular and enduring compositions. "Rock and Roll Music" was a record chart hit for Berry, reaching the top 10 in the United States. The Beatles' 1964 recording topped singles charts in Europe and in Australia, and the Beach Boys had a U.S. top 10 hit with the song in 1976. Original song The sessions for "Rock and Roll Music" took place in May 1957 in Chicago. The session was produced by Leonard Chess and Phil Chess. Backing Berry were Lafayette Leake (piano), Willie Dixon (bass), and Fred Below (drums). Chess records issued the song as a single in September 1957 on both the 45 and 78 rpm formats. It reached number six on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B Singles chart and number eight on Hot 100 chart before the year's end. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked Berry's version number 128 on its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Carter (single)
"Kevin Carter" is a song by Manic Street Preachers, released as the third single from their album '' Everything Must Go'' in 1996. The song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart. Background and composition The subject of the lyric was the 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning professional photographer Kevin Carter who was awarded for his image '' The Vulture and the Little Girl'', taken in what is now South Sudan. Carter was troubled by the balance of his professional responsibilities with moral considerations, leading to his suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning at the age of 33. The song's unusual feel can be attributed in part to the track being composed in open G tuning (as opposed to standard guitar tuning), which is commonly used in the playing of slide and bottleneck guitars. On the record, however, it is played with a Fender Jazzmaster. The jagged, descending chords of the verses lead into a lush extended middle section, which further points to experimental songwriting wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
