This is the greatest Manics cover ever.

[MSPlover]

There really good. Is there somehing that the Jappense can't do?!

[Lydia]

I don't see the point of doing covers that sounds exactly like the original. If I wanted to hear that, I'd listen to the original. What's wrong with doing your own version of the song?

[Mr Richey]

That is a pretty epic cover but, yes, the lyrics have always been the let-down on 'Intravenous Agnostic'. Which is a crying shame because musically it's one of the best tunes they've ever done.

[Porco]

'chuh, why bother doing Manics covers at all? What a waste of time

No, very good stuff.

Originally Posted by Richey83

the lyrics have always been the let-down on 'Intravenous Agnostic'. Which is a crying shame because musically it's one of the best tunes they've ever done.

I totally disagree about the lyrics, I think they're great, and very well tied to the whole idea of the song as I see (hear) it, if not the whole album... "what a mess"... - and the minimal, spiky language used... I just think it's spot-on, and much more interesting than some of the more standard kind of lyrics on some of the other tracks.

I agree on the music though, I wouldn't ever say KYE is as successful an album as some of their others, but I think the choice of the song's middle 8/solo as a clip on the band's website before it released was a superb choice, although maybe it raised expectations too high, because the album in my head after hearing that was always going to be difficult to match

[The Gutless Wonder]

I wonder what the Manics themselves would think if they watched those Youtube vids!

[Tiortranew]

A band, whose first choice for a Muse cover is Yes Please, must be good in some kind of way.

[The Gutless Wonder]

Did they do covers of ALL the bands whose names are written on the blackboard thing behind them? They've obviously spent every waking hour practicing!

[wireobsessed]

not bad at all.