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| Page last updated; 17th April 2003 |
| Generation Terrorists |
| Track listing; 1. Slash n� burn 2. NatWest � Barclays � Midlands � Lloyds 3. Born to end 4. Motorcycle Emptiness 5. You love us 6. Love�s sweet exile 7. Little baby nothing 8. Repeat (stars and stripes) 9. Tennessee 10. Another invented disease 11. Stay beautiful 12. So dead 13. Repeat (UK) 14. Spectators of suicide 15. Damn dog 16. Crucifix kiss 17. Methadone pretty 18. Condemned to rock �n� roll Kicking off with the anthemic slash n� burn, there is no doubt from the offing this album is going to be good. Born to end, love�s sweet exile and motorcycle emptiness emerge, in the first listen, as the possibly most lasting of all the tracks on here. NatWest � Barclays � Midlands � Lloyds, tennesse, spectators of suicide, crucifix kiss and methadone pretty are all mediocre to good. True, they are not the high points of the Manics musical career, but they are in no way an indication of the Manics full ability or the standard of the album on the whole. You love us and stay beautiful are similar, in some respects. They both have a pleasing effect on the crowd (who can help but enjoy a crowd yelling; �why don�t you just fuck off� in a smug tone induced by the fact the words �fuck off� don�t actually feature in the track at all). They also acted, for some years, and even now for some, as the Manics theme tune, they are definitive moments. Little baby nothing is one of those songs that seemed to take on a whole new meaning when it was released as a single. As an album track, it seems to stand out slightly from the heavier rock �n roll tracks whilst acting as a nice contrasting sound. The lines �used used used by men� can grate after several plays and people have also questioned the choice of duet partner given the less than perfect lyrical talents of Traci Lords. However, this track is good; it fits well and has proven to be more timeless than others on the album. The inclusion of repeat has, for me, always been questionable, it has little lyrical value and isn�t exactly incredible from a music point of view. It is a statement, and although that�s what a big part of the Manics is/was, I don�t really feel it�s a statement that needs to be made, or included on an album. Another invented disease is surely another of the triumphs on this album. Lyrically and musically, it feels perfect, punchy. It�s the Manics at their best; �we need a, we were taught to need, another invented disease.� As occasionally happens with Manics songs, so dead seems to struggle through the first verse. By the time the �chugga-chugga� rift kicks in around the chorus the song becomes much harder to dislike. It is an enjoyable rock romp, but the marriage between lyrics and music isn�t as harmonious as it is in other tracks. Damn dog is not universally appreciated, I personally don�t hit the skip button when it comes on. In places the lyrics are out of place for the music but this doesn�t sour the track as a whole for me, it�s an agreeable 4 minutes. Condemned to rock �n� roll concludes the album in much the manner it opened, this track is BIG. In fact, it feels huge. It screams to be heard and has, in the past, been sited as Nicky�s favourite, it�s easy to see why. At over 70 minutes generation terrorists can drag in places, best listened to interspersed with other albums to pick up the pace. On the whole, it is a good piece of music. The best bands sprawl their way to the top. |
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