Forever Delayed - The Independent Manics Forum  

Go Back   Forever Delayed - The Independent Manics Forum > Manic Street Preachers > Manic Street Preachers Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #286  
Old 13-05-2021, 16:41
beautifuldistortion's Avatar
beautifuldistortion beautifuldistortion is offline
Knowlede Is Power
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dartford, Kent UK
Posts: 1,114
Orwellian would definitely fit well on RIF.

Not a bad song. Found myself singing along on the second listen.
Reply With Quote
  #287  
Old 13-05-2021, 17:20
ron the little seal's Avatar
ron the little seal ron the little seal is offline
Desire on its knees
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 847
Just for how i got it - downloaded hotbot on Android, subbed for the free trial and picked Australia. I went to this this link and it played https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkqBVB...Q_x9lk&index=1

Nice tune, will be better to listen on earphones a few times.
__________________
Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit. No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love. No truth so sublime but it may be trivial tomorrow in the light of new thoughts. People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
Reply With Quote
  #288  
Old 13-05-2021, 17:23
someone, somewhere, soon's Avatar
someone, somewhere, soon someone, somewhere, soon is offline
Desire on its knees
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cambridge
Age: 43
Posts: 982
Quick jump onto Amazon Japan, no bonus tracks listed as yet, but they have got the 30 second preview of Orwellian up: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B09...428&sr=8-4
__________________
http://www.last.fm/user/-jc-
Reply With Quote
  #289  
Old 13-05-2021, 17:28
someone, somewhere, soon's Avatar
someone, somewhere, soon someone, somewhere, soon is offline
Desire on its knees
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cambridge
Age: 43
Posts: 982
Quote:
Originally Posted by someone, somewhere, soon View Post
Quick jump onto Amazon Japan, no bonus tracks listed as yet, but they have got the 30 second preview of Orwellian up: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B09...428&sr=8-4
Amazon Japan listing of the deluxe edition confirms additional Nicky demos for those two tracks: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/MANIC-...=dmusic&sr=1-1
__________________
http://www.last.fm/user/-jc-
Reply With Quote
  #290  
Old 13-05-2021, 17:48
Glyn Glyn is offline
Freed from the century
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 710
Shame that there dont appear to be any bonus tracks on the special editions, first time in a while that the Japanese editions dont include extra tracks isn't it ?
Perhaps more will be announced tomorrow though.
Reply With Quote
  #291  
Old 13-05-2021, 18:35
Lee Lee is offline
Knowlede Is Power
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Surrey
Age: 39
Posts: 1,206
Quote:
Originally Posted by Glyn View Post
Shame that there dont appear to be any bonus tracks on the special editions, first time in a while that the Japanese editions dont include extra tracks isn't it ?
Perhaps more will be announced tomorrow though.
Hoping / guessing that there will be and that the bonus tracks either aren’t finished or the band hasn’t decided on which ones to include. Enjoyed the ones in recent years.
Reply With Quote
  #292  
Old 13-05-2021, 19:19
starfucker starfucker is offline
Knowlede Is Power
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 1,051
I'm particularly intrigued by the track titles "The Secret He Had Missed" and "Quest for Ancient Colour". I like it when the Manics set us homework in the vein of Paul Robeson, Yves Klein, Black Square etc. I'm guessing we're all pretty clued up already on George Orwell, but these two titles have me itching to know more.
Reply With Quote
  #293  
Old 13-05-2021, 19:58
IrelandCalling4 IrelandCalling4 is offline
I am purity, they call me perverted
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 151
Fantastic news, one of the music worlds greatest gifts is when the Manics gear up for a new campaign - single, album, tour, artwork. They have always had wonderful artwork; I loved the cover of RIF and band photos of that era, and Futurology had some striking imagery. I love the album cover for the upcoming album - the image itself, the font, presentation. Ditto the cover for Orwellian.

RIF and its 4 bonus tracks I still rate very highly, as compelling for me as Futurology was. Even in Exile was a triumph, truly wonderful. High expectations for the forthcoming opus.

Welcome back lads
Reply With Quote
  #294  
Old 13-05-2021, 20:13
cameron33 cameron33 is offline
I am purity, they call me perverted
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 152
Orwellian is very decent, well written and catchy ... but a little bit safe IMO. It reminds me of International Blue in terms of its fine songwriting, nice production - but just a tad bland? Damn catchy though. If they’re all up to this standard though, and if theres a great flow between songs, then it will be a fine album. But slightly cautious that this was the song they were most set on, as it’s an 8/10 sort of song. That said, I do like the clean production on this song, nice and modern sounding yet with some retro aspects too. It’s a decent track but a bit safe. Still, high hopes that this will at the very least be an improvement of RiF. Summary: nice production, easy listening, very catchy, but but a little bit restrained and bland. It’s a bit like they’re worried about being naff as a rock band in their 50s and so are almost over striving to be “respectable” and “tasteful”. Understandable I guess.
Reply With Quote
  #295  
Old 13-05-2021, 20:40
Mr Richey's Avatar
Mr Richey Mr Richey is offline
Stretched out in the sun
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Birmingham, UK
Age: 40
Posts: 10,834
I only liked about 5 tracks from RIF so hopefully this one will have a higher hit ratio for me, but the one track from that era I loved that I hoped was a sign of where they’d go next was “A Soundtrack To Complete Withdrawal”. Still got my fingers crossed that we’ll hear more of that style from the boys at some point.
__________________
This Is My Truth So Shut Your Face
Reply With Quote
  #296  
Old 13-05-2021, 20:52
UEF's Avatar
UEF UEF is offline
Doors slowly closing
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London
Posts: 9,102
Description from Amazon:

‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ is the 14th studio album from Manic Street Preachers. It is both reflection and reaction; a record that gazes in isolation across a cluttered room, fogged by often painful memories, to focus on an open window framing a gleaming vista of land melting into sea and endless sky.

Musically, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ is inspired by a formative years record box (ABBA, post-Eno Roxy, the Bunnymen, Fables-era REM, Lodger) though the end result could only be the unique union of James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore, collectively one of the UK’s most consistently brilliant rock’n’roll bands for over three decades.
__________________
V2002 • Move 2003 • V2006 • KoKo 2006 • Culture Show 2007 • Album Chart Show 2007 • XFM 2007 • V2007 • Glastonbury 2007 • Astoria 2007 • London Brixton 2007 • NME Awards 2008 • NME Big Gig 2008 • Forever Heavenly 2008 • Roundhouse 2009 • Forum 2009 • Concert for Care 2009 • XFM Winter Wonderland 2010 • Brixton Academy 2011 • Blackwood Miners Institute 2011 • Roundhouse 2011 • O2 2011 • Rough Trade East 2012 • Shepherds Bush 2013 • Brixton 2014 • Glastonbury 2014 • Rough Trade East 2014 • Acoustic Guitar Show 2014 • London Roundhouse 2014 • Cardiff Castle 2015 • London On Blackheath 2015 • London Royal Albert Hall 2016 • Swansea Liberty Stadium 2016 • Wembley Arena 2018 • Shepherds Bush 2019 • Kingston Pryzm 2021 x2 • Wembley Arena 2021 • Glastonbury 2023 • Alexandra Palace 2024 (40)
Reply With Quote
  #297  
Old 13-05-2021, 20:53
Hans's Avatar
Hans Hans is offline
Hold me she said, Love me to Death
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Age: 39
Posts: 2,867
We live in Orwellian times
It feels impossible to pick a side
In sentences that dance and hide
The truth becomes a broken lie

Everywhere you look, everywhere you turn
The future fights the past, the books begin to burn
I'll walk you through the apocalypse
Where me and you could co-exist

Everywhere you look, everywhere you turn
The future fights the past, the books begin to burn
Words wage war, meanings being missed
I'll walk you through the apocalypse

[bridge]

We live in Orwellian times
A deepening sense of fear and crime
On the playing fields, in exclusive clubs
Under papal machines still making fools of us

Everywhere you look, everywhere you turn
The future fights the past, the books begin to burn
I'll walk you through the apocalypse
Where me and you could co-exist

Everywhere you look, everywhere you turn
The future fights the past, the books begin to burn
Words wage war, meanings being missed
I'll walk you through the apocalypse

[solo / bridge x2]

Everywhere you look, everywhere you turn
The future fights the past, the books begin to burn
I'll walk you through the apocalypse
Where me and you could co-exist

Everywhere you look, everywhere you turn
The future fights the past, the books begin to burn
Words wage war, meanings being missed
I'll walk you throught the apocalypse

[end solo]


... Something like that?

Ah, intertextual Manics: anyone else recognising the bridge/solo guitar citing "30-Year War"? <3
The lyrics seem like a continuation of the theme.
__________________
these are my truths: lullabies for insomiacs (my electronic music) · elegies for transitory thoughts (my book of poetry)
Reply With Quote
  #298  
Old 13-05-2021, 21:03
cameron33 cameron33 is offline
I am purity, they call me perverted
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 152
Wonder if this song could actually be a hit for them? The lyrics really do a good job of capturing the zeitgeist and it’s certainly catchy enough. With the power of social media/stuff going viral anything’s possible!
Reply With Quote
  #299  
Old 13-05-2021, 21:03
Son of Stopped's Avatar
Son of Stopped Son of Stopped is offline
Builder of routine
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: The Wirral (Been saying it wrong, didn't realise there was a THE )
Age: 49
Posts: 16,640
Can we change the thread title to "The Ultra Vivid Lament" because I keep calling it
The Ultra Violet Lament. I've saw the title in front of me. The second I look at something else it comes back violet.
Reply With Quote
  #300  
Old 13-05-2021, 21:22
Hans's Avatar
Hans Hans is offline
Hold me she said, Love me to Death
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Age: 39
Posts: 2,867
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans View Post
A deepening sense of fear and crime
"A deep, burning sense" makes a Fahrenheit 451-ian sense though.
__________________
these are my truths: lullabies for insomiacs (my electronic music) · elegies for transitory thoughts (my book of poetry)
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 19:35.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.