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Post by Earl Purple on Nov 28, 2022 12:35:33 GMT 1
They had 2 chart battles in 1998.
In the first battle the Manics won by a small margin
In the second battle, when the albums came out, the Manics won by a landslide.
We had another such double-battle later with B*witched and the Beautiful South. B*witched won the singles battle. In the album battle the Beautiful South got revenge with such a massive lead that B*witched actually only entered at #3.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Nov 28, 2022 13:02:32 GMT 1
I think one is a legendary and poignant political statement and a wonderful piece of music that is still enjoyed by tens of thousands of people in 2022 when they play it live, the other is about as deep as a puddle, only one winner here
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Post by rubcale on Nov 28, 2022 13:17:47 GMT 1
A tragedy for Steps to sell 140k and only be #2.
As Daz says there can only be one winner and that is Steps - a slice of pure magical pop, therre's nothing wrong with that!
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Post by Roo. on Nov 28, 2022 13:27:23 GMT 1
A tragedy for Steps to sell 140k and only be #2. I see what you did there  I think the Manics had better songs on both this album and others that could have been #1 instead, as much as I like IYTT, whereas the Steps one is probably the best they ever did the first time round, and so I went for that. |
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Post by smokeyb on Nov 28, 2022 13:58:34 GMT 1
one I bought one I didn't, I will let you work out which.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Nov 28, 2022 14:38:50 GMT 1
I'm sorry but I prefer the Steps song. I think it's the best thing they've ever done - whereas that probably wouldn't be in my top ten Manic Street Preachers songs.
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Post by Earl Purple on Nov 28, 2022 16:26:39 GMT 1
one I bought one I didn't, I will let you work out which. maybe you bought the Steps single but the Manics album? |
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Post by Earl Purple on Nov 28, 2022 16:28:10 GMT 1
A tragedy for Steps to sell 140k and only be #2. I see what you did there I think the Manics had better songs on both this album and others that could have been #1 instead, as much as I like IYTT, whereas the Steps one is probably the best they ever did the first time round, and so I went for that. You mean "You Stole The Sun From My Heart"? |
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Post by Whitneyfan on Nov 28, 2022 17:38:33 GMT 1
They had 2 chart battles in 1998. In the first battle the Manics won by a small margin In the second battle, when the albums came out, the Manics won by a landslide. We had another such double-battle later with B*witched and the Beautiful South. B*witched won the singles battle. In the album battle the Beautiful South got revenge with such a massive lead that B*witched actually only entered at #3. I've never really considered the Beautiful South to be Britpop or Indie. More pop I'd say. |
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Post by smokeyb on Nov 28, 2022 17:43:08 GMT 1
one I bought one I didn't, I will let you work out which. maybe you bought the Steps single but the Manics album? aye right  |
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Post by o on Nov 28, 2022 18:15:01 GMT 1
This will split the board down the middle Indie Cartel vs Pop Princesses. |
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Post by Good Old Days on Nov 29, 2022 7:34:24 GMT 1
I'm sorry but I prefer the Steps song. I think it's the best thing they've ever done - whereas that probably wouldn't be in my top ten Manic Street Preachers songs.I can't name even five Manics songs.  |
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Post by Smurfie on Nov 29, 2022 7:46:59 GMT 1
Steps by a mile.
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Post by TheThorne on Nov 29, 2022 8:31:26 GMT 1
I'm sorry but I prefer the Steps song. I think it's the best thing they've ever done - whereas that probably wouldn't be in my top ten Manic Street Preachers songs.I can't name even five Manics songs. I could probably name every single up until 2010 off the top of my head after that it would be a struggle |
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Post by Earl Purple on Nov 29, 2022 10:28:09 GMT 1
It doesn't surprise me this is divided, and I do quite like "One For Sorrow". "If You Tolerate This.." was played on Radio X this morning.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Nov 29, 2022 12:58:12 GMT 1
Don't get me wrong "One For Sorrow" is a catchy pop song by Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Lance Ellington, Pete Waterman, Les Sharma, Chris McDonnell, Barry Upton, Sean Lyons and Chris Haigh who wrote, produced and played all the instruments on this song but it is to music what Findus Crispy Pancakes are to gourmet food and whilst I'm partial to mass produced junk food I couldn't in good faith ever name it as the "best food" no matter how many endorphin activating additives are added by mystery men behind the scenes to make it tasty  |
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Nov 29, 2022 13:01:20 GMT 1
What happens if it's a tie anyway?
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Post by Whitneyfan on Nov 29, 2022 13:59:43 GMT 1
But then the genius 'Fairytale of New York' was beaten by a cover version.
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Post by o on Nov 29, 2022 14:08:41 GMT 1
What happens if it's a tie anyway? The artists featured are given machine guns and grenades, and it's a battle to the death H has got a sick note though so he's exempt. |
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Post by Good Old Days on Nov 29, 2022 14:13:15 GMT 1
What happens if it's a tie anyway? I want to believe that we will avoid it. In three rounds we had 15, 15 and 17 votes. Now it's tie after 14 votes. Some members can decide the fate of this duel. |
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