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Old 28-04-2014, 21:28
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I really love Rewind the Film but it doesn't feel like a Manics song to me.Not a bad thing but it just sounds quite strange in a Manics album.
I felt like that at first, but it grew on me and now I'm more used to hearing it live than on record and Richard Hawley hasn't been present at any of their recent gigs, so James does all the vocals anyway.
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Old 29-04-2014, 07:23
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Am I the only one who thinks Let's Go To War is by far the weakest track so far?
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Old 29-04-2014, 07:32
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Am I the only one who thinks Let's Go To War is by far the weakest track so far?
Going to wait and see what the studio version is like - the bit with live backing vocals is going to sound much better on record, surely
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Old 29-04-2014, 07:50
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Am I the only one who thinks Let's Go To War is by far the weakest track so far?
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Going to wait and see what the studio version is like - the bit with live backing vocals is going to sound much better on record, surely
It's Simon Price's favorite track on the album... Make of that what you will!
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Old 29-04-2014, 08:25
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Am I the only one who thinks Let's Go To War is by far the weakest track so far?
It's the one I like the least... though I've only heard live bootlegs. I suspect I'll like the album version a lot more.
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Old 29-04-2014, 08:59
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Oh yeah I don't dislike it or anything, just the one that doesn't get stuck in my head.
I still think the title track is the best, and will sound huge on record... But then I love when Nicky takes the vocals.
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Let's Go To War is memorable for the riff (I must visit Alton Towers again...), the rest of the song is quite forgettable though.
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Old 29-04-2014, 12:18
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Let's Go To War makes me think of I'm Just a Pasty. It's cack.
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Old 29-04-2014, 13:36
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Is it a proper english disease or is it just you bunch of guys charged to write hollow vanities à go-go? Some users are very tiresome these days, ranting into the void. Catch yourself up, mates, for sake of intelligence... FD used to be such a nice place, but now it mostly seems to be a twining, dying plant in the foolish hands of mediocrity.

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Old 29-04-2014, 13:53
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Let's Go To War is memorable for the riff (I must visit Alton Towers again...), the rest of the song is quite forgettable though.
On record, it is sublime. It's much beefier and heavier with some fantastic backing vocals.
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Old 29-04-2014, 14:52
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Let's Go To War makes me think of I'm Just a Pasty. It's cack.
Hopfully not a pasty full of cack.
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Old 29-04-2014, 19:43
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Perhaps cack full of pasty?
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Old 29-04-2014, 20:53
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I felt like that at first, but it grew on me and now I'm more used to hearing it live than on record and Richard Hawley hasn't been present at any of their recent gigs, so James does all the vocals anyway.
I really don't have any problem with R. Hawley vocal.It's just that it doesn't sound like a proper Manics song. Well, tbh I didn't enjoy listening to it live last tour,not due to James's vocal but because it's too long and slow. Not the kind of song I enjoy hearing live. I'd rather them to play other two songs instead of it. Something from JFPL or Lifeblood for example. My two fav albums,after THB,but sadly they never play anything from them.
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Old 29-04-2014, 23:06
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I have heard much better songs akin to 4LR which have been better.
Lol sorry but you failed to articulate why you don't like the song.

I guess I can chalk it that one down to you don't like it and you don't know why.

Figures.
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Old 29-04-2014, 23:13
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Lol sorry but you failed to articulate why you don't like the song.

I guess I can chalk it that one down to you don't like it and you don't know why.

Figures.
1: it's whimsical, plodding along and ultimately adds little to the album.

2: The vocals are too low in the mix which makes it hard to hear the lyrics

3: musically, it's bside material at best. It's too simple.
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