The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!

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101Walterton wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:56pm
Heston wrote:
08 Jan 2018, 7:01pm
When Bad Manners went all Hip Hop on us...

I was never big on Bad Manners and apart from compilation albums I don’t have any of their records however Spotify for some reason loved to play them for me and I have to say they were a good band. I just never warmed to Buster and the above just adds fuel to my fire.
Ironic we are discussing Buster on PH birthday as he posted a picture of them together on here.
I like a lot of their album tracks but some of the singles seemed to be a bit too cheesy.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 3:01pm
101Walterton wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:56pm
Heston wrote:
08 Jan 2018, 7:01pm
When Bad Manners went all Hip Hop on us...

I was never big on Bad Manners and apart from compilation albums I don’t have any of their records however Spotify for some reason loved to play them for me and I have to say they were a good band. I just never warmed to Buster and the above just adds fuel to my fire.
Ironic we are discussing Buster on PH birthday as he posted a picture of them together on here.
I like a lot of their album tracks but some of the singles seemed to be a bit too cheesy.
Yes I think that was the problem they came across as a novelty act. I know Madness were the Nutty Boys but there was a lot more to them.

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muppet hi fi wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 5:01am
Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 3:39am
muppet hi fi wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:44am
Heston wrote:
09 Jan 2018, 7:46pm
laxman wrote:
09 Jan 2018, 7:21pm


It was just with the lyrics before, not with the video, which looks pretty good to me.
When you think how redundant bands like The Rolling Stones sounded as they reached 50, it is quite an achievement for the Manics to still sound so good.
Uhm, can you name one other band that is "like" the Stones?

And that Manic Street Preachers song is as forgettable, cliched, forced, and overplayed/produced as all those other identi-kit Brit-pop bands from the '90s. So there.
I thought you would like that song considering how much it sounds like Big Country.

I just think albums like Bridges To Babylon were corporate awfulness. Another commodity tacked on to their humongous world tours, the musical equivalent of a hot dog.
Other than a nice chordal lead guitar tone, it sounds absolutely nothing like Big Country. More like a mix of Oasis and Pearl Jam.

And face it - you will never mistake the Stones for anyone else and vice versa. And every single album they've ever released has at least a couple classics, and the rest good/very good. Never has a band/artist (since Otis Redding) had a such a consistent catalog whereby you don't feel the need to skip a song - even a ballad/slow song - in a festive/ party/ love-making atmosphere. Prove me wrong, mate.
I've mistaken loads of bands for the Stones. There was a time when Primal Scream were basically a very good tribute act.
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Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 6:45am
muppet hi fi wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 5:01am
Heston wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 3:39am
muppet hi fi wrote:
10 Jan 2018, 2:44am
Heston wrote:
09 Jan 2018, 7:46pm


When you think how redundant bands like The Rolling Stones sounded as they reached 50, it is quite an achievement for the Manics to still sound so good.
Uhm, can you name one other band that is "like" the Stones?

And that Manic Street Preachers song is as forgettable, cliched, forced, and overplayed/produced as all those other identi-kit Brit-pop bands from the '90s. So there.
I thought you would like that song considering how much it sounds like Big Country.

I just think albums like Bridges To Babylon were corporate awfulness. Another commodity tacked on to their humongous world tours, the musical equivalent of a hot dog.
Other than a nice chordal lead guitar tone, it sounds absolutely nothing like Big Country. More like a mix of Oasis and Pearl Jam.

And face it - you will never mistake the Stones for anyone else and vice versa. And every single album they've ever released has at least a couple classics, and the rest good/very good. Never has a band/artist (since Otis Redding) had a such a consistent catalog whereby you don't feel the need to skip a song - even a ballad/slow song - in a festive/ party/ love-making atmosphere. Prove me wrong, mate.
Sounds nothing like Oasis and especially Pearl Jam to me. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one, I thought the Stones were awful after about 1983.
The Manics single is excellent. I always hear elements of the Skids in their sound.
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Heston wrote:
08 Jan 2018, 7:01pm
When Bad Manners went all Hip Hop on us...

Yeah who would call a song that. :shifty:
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Not music, but very cool!

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laxman wrote:
13 Jan 2018, 4:45pm


Not music, but very cool!
Hahaha

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I've had this stuck in my head for days. I don't know why.


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Inder wrote:
14 Jan 2018, 6:23pm
I've had this stuck in my head for days. I don't know why.

Hello,

I think it's in a Burger King ad just out.

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Apparently this was the final-ever show. . .


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Rat Patrol wrote:
25 Jan 2018, 5:40pm
Apparently this was the final-ever show. . .

It's kinda sad but inspiring.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
25 Jan 2018, 6:18pm
Rat Patrol wrote:
25 Jan 2018, 5:40pm
Apparently this was the final-ever show. . .

It's kinda sad but inspiring.
I guarantee no one in the room that night saw it as anything other than a business-as-usual Fall show. I guess that's the inspiring part.

Pretty good, energetic performance all things considered.

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Heston wrote:
25 Jan 2018, 6:18pm
Rat Patrol wrote:
25 Jan 2018, 5:40pm
Apparently this was the final-ever show. . .

It's kinda sad but inspiring.
Concur. I hated seeing him in that kind of shape—MES was a snarling, prowling predator—but the fucker was still committed to the work. I'm really amazed at how much his death is affecting me. The Fall were never my favourite group and I had no illusions that he was a nasty piece of work to the people around him, but he was committed to the labour of his profession. There was a sincerity there that I deeply admire.
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The UK remains a mystery to the sane.
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First Aid KIt's version of Bird On A Wire (1.01.30) beats even Johnny Cash's for me.

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