Manic Street Preachers

[Protium]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1323520967' post='1464147']
But a song is the sum of the music and the lyrics (which are written by Wire). Otherwise it's just a rather dull instrumental
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Not quite, Richey wrote the majority of the lyrics for The Holy Bible

[rOB]

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1323503070' post='1463938']
Good song, excellent album. The various members of MSP grew up together and are bonded in a way that goes beyond musicianship so picking on particular members for what they can or can't do pretty much misses the point to me, and I'm not that big a fan of the band. Maybe Wire has developed the slightly larger than life stage persona to act as a foil for the fact that Bradfield's doing a lot of work vocally/musically can't really move around that much?
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I like a lot of what they do and agree with this.

If I was putting together a band to support a lead vocalist who also plays lead guitar then I would want a bass player who has stage presence and can move around.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

The basslines from Everything Must Go onwarda have for the most part been pretty dull, but The Holy Bible is one of my top bass albums ever* - stark, angular lines that often dominate the song and tend to define the whole tone of the album.

This in particular has always been a favourite.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiG7lxhJ0-0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiG7lxhJ0-0[/url]

The previous album, Gold Against The Soul, is very shiny and influenced by US rock of the time. It's disliked by a lot of fans but contains some fantastic songs and some wonderful Rickenbacker clank throughout.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGYnEtqU8u8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGYnEtqU8u8&feature=related[/url]

*Actually it's one of my favourite albums ever, bass-related or otherwise.

[Lozz196]

Must admit, have only really got the MSP stuff since Everything Must Go, but that track Sllepflower, well I can see the rock influence - James Dean Bradfield is a big fan of Slash apparently. Think I`ll have to get Gold Against The Soul, really liked that.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1323550590' post='1464561']
Must admit, have only really got the MSP stuff since Everything Must Go, but that track Sllepflower, well I can see the rock influence - James Dean Bradfield is a big fan of Slash apparently. Think I`ll have to get Gold Against The Soul, really liked that.
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You would probably like their first album, Generation Terrorists, as well then.