Worst Manics b side

[WILKA]

Well looks like we have a new winner with the embarrassingly bad "Engage With Your Shadow"

Thoughts?

[MoMoney MoJunk]

All the b-sides I have I actually really enjoy! If I had to pick one... maybe Dead Yanke Drawl. Never really got into it.

[everlasting]

Failure Bound.

[cherrybomb]

Originally Posted by WILKA

Well looks like we have a new winner with the embarrassingly bad "Engage With Your Shadow"

Thoughts?

Yep that's gonna take some beating alright.

[Scarecrow]

That live version of Motown Junk, but only because of the inclusion of Sweet Home Alabama. Fucking hate that song.

[Takk]

Askew Road + the other lifeblood ones.

[SeveredJoke]

Originally Posted by WILKA

Well looks like we have a new winner with the embarrassingly bad "Engage With Your Shadow"

Thoughts?

I loathe 'Groundhog Days' so that gets my vote.

I like 'Engage with Your Shadow'. It's a cheerfully loopy track with some interesting ideas. They may not always work but they're still interesting. Nice to see dissonant guitar noises back in the mix.

[StarBright]

Depends on what you would classify as truly bad. Sure, EWYS and FB are pure experiments so I can't really class them as terrible "songs". If you're looking for b-sides that truly grate then I would choose the following:

Pedastal (crap chorus, too long, over use of chorus)
Askew Road ( great lyrics - dull as wishwater music)
Slow Reflections/Strange Delays (a song that goes absolutely nowhere melodically)
Socialist Serenade (truly awful chorus)
Little Girl Lost (starts well and then it's like..."oh, it's finished".

[Jools Joyce]

Valley Boy. The most boring song they have ever done.

[MoMoney MoJunk]

Originally Posted by Takk

Askew Road + the other lifeblood ones.

I really enjoy the Lifeblood b-sides!
Antarctic, Askew Road, All Alone Here, Everything Will Be and, No Jubilees are great.
Though Failure Bound is a bit shit.


Oh, and StarBright, I agree with you Pedestal and Little Girl Lost.

[StarBright]

Originally Posted by Jools Joyce

Valley Boy. The most boring song they have ever done.

Beautiful solo though

[tzb]

Failure Bound overall, Been a Son for a cover, but All Alone Here if it has to be a real one.

Not heard any PFAYM b-sides but pretty much every song on the record is worse than any of the above, so I don't hold out much hope.

[Nature's Discontent]

I like pretty much everything mentioned in this thread so far except Socialist Serenade, so that gets my vote for now, until I think of something else

[someone, somewhere, soon]

Little Trolls.

[Son of Stopped]

Worst cover on a b-side or worst original b-side?

"Moning Comrades" is a bit of a chore to sit through.
"1404" is the b-side that should have been turned into a full band recording. Even if Dave Eringa ordered James to put a bass line down over it?
I'm not sure when I'll get the new single? There's nothing in my account, my nephew's birthday is the bigger priority and I can't even rely on You Tube loading up to hear when the b-sides go online.
Apart from that though, I'm still enjoying the album.