manic st preachers are really pissing me off atm

[southeastastra]

and that lame thethe cover...

i love you for this thread!

James D Bradfield has always grated me up the wrong way, and yes, that cover makes me weep too

OHHHH!
I've always had a thing for Nicky Wire.

they were always naff

remember mash.....

Another weeper at the cover.

Is this the cover you mean

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B005ES40Z4/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music

I'm not sure what is up with it.

I@m sure the penny will drop when it is explained

upahill

it's the downright ear-bleedingly shit cover of the most magnificent 'This is the Day' by The The

Upahill: Hands off!

He is lovely, though...

Timeshare?

AhHHHHH ! {slaps forehead}

I'm with you !!!!

I have spent the afternoon laughing at my dimness!!!!!

Agreed, and it seems to be on the radio all the time at the moment.

Oh god yes, OP. His phrasing is all wrong; the poignancy and wistfulness is all lost.

We went to see the Manics last November.
It was about the 5th time we have seen them and they were brill (as usual)
Nciky looked fab (as usual)
I've not heard the song yet (off to youtube to have a listen.
Which station is playing it a lot.
Mind you I am a planet rock girl and they only play the Manics very occasionly.

I LOVE the Manic's ! Leave my James alone, he is mine!

At the gig last year Iwoulddo James did a bit of a solo set. Just him on stage.

Very good it was!

He is amazing! DH and I went to see te at the Corn Exchange last year and it was their best gig yet. I bought their greatest hits album today even though I already have all the songs.

It's me clinging on to my mis-spent youth I will love them until my dying day!

I absolutely love the Manics, but this song is, well, not great, to say the least. I've not heard the original, but it can't be any worse.

Still, it'll give me a chance for a bar/toilet break at the O2 gig in December.

Yes, I've just posted on two Manics threads in a row. Yes, I know this makes me seem like a bit of a saddo.

I like the cover version - it is played on 6music at least 4 times a day.

Also played on xfm 104.9 Londonat least once per DJ show.

I still hadn't heard it on the radio so just got it up on youtube and then listened to the the.

hmmm! If you can't say anything good don't say anything at all I think!!

That cover version made me weep, there was no need for it. That song for me was my teenage years, I loved The The and it that song could never be covered properly. I wonder what they were thinking?