manic street preachers - the holy bible
 

simply one of the most darkest yet catchiest albums ever, the loss of Richey Edwards really fucked these guys over. this is weirdly their only GOOD album, and it's ultimately amazing. this is the album that made me think this band have SOMETHING good about them... so if you've not heard anything from this album then i assure you check it out asap.

Richey Edwards was a lyrical genius, a truly innovative person who was underrated just because he couldn't actually play an instrument...

so yeah, discuss this album and all it's glory!

"he's a boy, you want a girl so tear off his cock
tie his hair in bunches, fuck him, call him Rita if you want"

"I want to walk in the snow
And not leave a footprint
I want to walk in the snow
And not soil its purity
Stomach collapsed at five
Lift up my skirt my sex is gone
Naked and lovely and 5st. 2
May I bud and never flower"

i've never heard this album, and hopefully i never will. it's good to be closed minded in certain cases.

it's got some good songs.
The next LP "everything must go" has got some good songs also.
a mix CD of these two would be good. never been a fan.
i rememeber owning this and thinking to myself "this is too bleak for me"

why not? this is completely different to their glam rock or pop rock music. this isn't like anything they've ever done. i don't even like their other albums, this is the only one i'm interested in.

I voted this as my no1 album of the 90s
because its the no1 album of the 90s
and the no1 album ever.

The Richey mythology was never the point for me, but his lyrics are truly extraordinary and a million times more striking than most writers you would be likely to read. James Dean Bradfields performances are also extraordinary, ill never know how he fitted those words around his songs.
I dunno about anyone else, but this was THE album when i was 15, i dont think ive ever heard anything thats so extroverted in its hostility.
These Sunless Afternoons i cant find myself

ocean colour scene for goths

I thought Goths liked Ocean Colour Scene?

you worded it well my friend.

you'd know!

Never heard anything by manic street preachers, and can't be arsed to hear, but I like the paintings by the artist who made the piece in holy bible album cover.

ill take off my Ben Sherman shirt and get back to you

Here's the first track from the album, "Yes":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mtwZaRObP8

"For sale? dumb cunt's same dumb questions
virgin? listen, all virgins are liars honey
and I don't know what I'm scared of or what I even enjoy
dulling, get money, but nothing turns out like you want it to
and in these plagued streets of pity you can buy anything
for $200 anyone can conceive a God on video
he's a boy, you want a girl so tear off his cock
tie his hair in bunches, fuck him, call him Rita if you want
I eat and I dress and I wash and I still can say thank you
puking - shaking - sinking I still stand for old ladies
can't shout, can't scream, hurt myself to get pain out
I 'T' them, 24:7, all year long
purgatory's circle, drowning here, someone will always say yes
funny place for the social, for the insects to start caring
just an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff
in these plagued streets of pity you can buy anything
for $200 anyone can conceive a God on video
he's a boy, you want a girl so tear off his cock
tie his hair in bunches, fuck him, call him Rita if you want, if you want
I eat and I dress and I wash and I can still say thank you
puking - shaking - sinking I still stand for old ladies
can't shout, can't scream, hurt myself to get pain out
power produces desire, the weak have none
there's no lust in this coma even for a fifty
solitude, solitude, the 11th commandment
the only certain thing that is left about me
there's no part of my body that has not been used
pity or pain, to show displeasure's shame
everyone I've loved or hated always seems to leave
and in these plagued streets of pity you can buy anything
for $200 anyone can conceive a God on video
he's a boy, you want a girl so tear off his cock
tie his hair in bunches, fuck him, call him Rita if you want, if you want
power produces desire, the weak have none
there's no lust in this coma even for a fifty
solitude, solitude, the 11th commandment
don't hurt, just obey, lie down, do as they say
may as well be heaven this hell, smells the same
these sunless afternoons I can't find myself. "

my friend is a fan, so i've listened to it a couple times... and i felt nothing.

Fair enough, some people feel different things in music.

SMALL BLACK FLOWERS THAT GROW IN THE SKY
this song is really nice

here live

and also DESIGN FOR LIFE
nice....


me likey

these two songs are the only Manics song i like!

Design For Life is a good song... horrid album though.

yeah
meh

I prefer Generation Terrorists. Maybe a touch overlong but Motorcycle Emptiness, Spectator's Of Suicide, the Public Enemy-like remix of Stars And Stripes: a lot of good stuff on it.

The Holy Bible is good but I hardly ever want to listen to it apart from the song Faster. Judge Y'Self is my favourite Manics song, shame it wasn't on a proper album.

A Manic Street Preachers thread eh?

Who said this board was in decline?