Random Manics thoughts...

[Strawberry]

Originally Posted by hummingbird

they need something to spice up the merch... it's all got really dull

Perhaps they should do a Manic Street Preachers spice rack then.

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by Strawberry

Perhaps they should do a Manic Street Preachers spice rack then.

practical merch.... i like it

[Geranium Terrorists]

Apparently Nick Abbott slagged off the Manics last night on LBC, saying that he hated them and he was glad they were on tour because they were all in one place, preferably far from him!

[Porco]

Originally Posted by Strawberry

Perhaps they should do a Manic Street Preachers spice rack then.

A small(er, ish...) selection of the possibilities of a Manics herbs and spices rack:

Everything Mustard Go
Everything Must Organo
The Maces Against The Classes
Rosemary In The Hospital
Safflower
Majoram Junk
Mint Going Down
Comfort Cumins
It's All Tarragon

Horseradish Under Starlight
Vanilla Balconies Facing The Sun
IfWhitePepperToldTheTruthForOneDayItsWorldWouldFal lApart
Out Of Thyme
This Is Caraway
Royal Corriander
Between The Clock And Nutmeg
The Girl From Tiger Bay Leaf
Borage Out Of My Mind

Evolc
Clove's Sweet Exile
The Clove Of Richard Nixon
You Clove Us
Symphony Of Tumeric
Another Invented Anise
Black Pepper for the Young
The View From Stow Dill
Found That Sorrel
Empty Sorrels

Basil Blues
Everything Chilli
Freedom Of Speech Won't Feed My Chilli
If You Tolerate This Your Chilli Will Be Next
Your Lemon Balm Is Not Enough
Starlavender
3 Wasabi Despair
30-Year Watercress
Miss Europarsley Disco Dancer
Europarsley Geht Durch Mich
Let Robeson Cinnamon

[gracie]

I reeeeeeally want some of the KYE magnets. Or some new edgier merch.

I really like this I saw on google images - is it official?

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by Geranium Terrorists

Apparently Nick Abbott slagged off the Manics last night on LBC, saying that he hated them and he was glad they were on tour because they were all in one place, preferably far from him!

inferiority complex

[hillgrove]

Who is Nick Abbot.?

[Finn]

Originally Posted by hillgrove

Who is Nick Abbot.?

That was my response - so I looked up his (obviously self-penned) wiki page. Wow, he really takes himself seriously

As for new merchandise, I remember a thread of suggestions way back in 2001. I still think the inflatable MSP beach ball would be a winner - purple leopard print with one black panel that has purple text proclaiming, "Enjoy your beach ball, but remember we are all moving inexorably toward the black void of death."

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by Finn

That was my response - so I looked up his (obviously self-penned) wiki page. Wow, he really takes himself seriously

As for new merchandise, I remember a thread of suggestions way back in 2001. I still think the inflatable MSP beach ball would be a winner - purple leopard print with one black panel that has purple text proclaiming, "Enjoy your beach ball, but remember we are all moving inexorably toward the black void of death."

That sounds amazing .... I want one

[gracie]

We should get unofficial ones made, that sounds cool as fuck.

[Automatik]

Even after all these years, whenever I check back through the band's discography I'm still amazed at some of the songs they put out as singles (and which b-sides never make it to albums, and which album tracks do), especially since TIMTTMY.

Exhibit A: The Everlasting. (Surely Ready For Drowning or Nobody Loved You - which actually was a single in Japan - would have been better?)

Exhibit B: Found That Soul.

Exhibit C: So Why So Sad.

Exhibit D: The Love Of Richard Nixon.

Exhibit E: Autumnsong...

...etc etc.

Europa Geht Durch Mich wasn't even released as a single! Unfathomable.

Sorry - just needed to get that out of my system, given how important the band consider singles to be.

[Finn]

Some of the lead single choices just boggle the mind.

[UEF]

I was thinking about this today up to This is My Truth they seemed to pick the right singles

[Geranium Terrorists]

Originally Posted by Automatik

Exhibit B: Found That Soul.

???

[Automatik]

Originally Posted by Finn

Some of the lead single choices just boggle the mind.

Originally Posted by UEF

I was thinking about this today up to This is My Truth they seemed to pick the right singles

Something seemed to shift after TIMTTMY. (Incidentally, I always found it odd that Masses Against The Classes was a great single but - bizarrely - wasn't included on KYE.)

Since TIMTTMY the only singles that I feel were truly stand-out worthy of being selected as singles from their respective albums were Ocean Spray, Indian Summer, (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love and Walk Me To The Bridge - four out of twenty (or out of eighteen if we exclude Underdogs and Ghost of Christmas).