Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness (Official Video)
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- Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness (Official Video)
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Lyrics:
Culture sucks down words
Itemise loathing and feed yourself smiles
Organise your safe tribal war
Hurt maim kill and enslave the ghetto
Each day living out a lie
Life sold cheaply forever, ever, ever
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Played this at my 22 year old sons funeral in June, I can still hear him singing his heart out to it from his room (badly I might add 😂) miss him so much but listening to music he loved fills me with joy
Sorry for your loss...your son had good taste in music X
May his memory be a blessing
Sorry for your loss. I was just thinking a few moments ago how I used to play this in my room and my mum would come in, but she did not like James' voice. Nice memory.
Sorry to hear about your loss Nicola-may this song bring you peace,strength and light in your darkness x
hope your pain heals
This was mine and my mate's favourite manic Street Preachers song. He sadly passed away last weekend of cancer. Rip johno love you mate hope you're listening.
He is sure listening man. ! He will always be!
Yay- what a great way to remember someone by. 4 ever. Mind you - tissues will defo be needed
Respect
🙏
@Seb Web10 thanks mate 👍
Ahhh , the summer of 92 , and not a care in the world , it was absolutely fantastic. But now I'm 59 , with aches and pains and pressures of life getting me down , God I wish it was 92 again 😂
amen
Everyday is summer 92😉
I'll say
I hear you brother
Yep me too
Why are Welsh people such good singers????
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What a track
Yes, magnificent and their debut album stands up too. One of the very greatest British rock bands of the 1990s!
No matter where Richie is let’s just hope he’s happy
Timeless classic... lets hope Richey is happier wherever he is.
4 real
The River Severn?
Or Thailand, depending who you ask...
Definitely!!
He's not dead , living in Spain/french border country, but let him be.
Time to come home Richey ❤
Fighting cancer right now, so not so easy travelling, but if I do make it out the other side, walking around Tokyo with this playing on a loop is high on my list of things to tick off.
Wish you the best!
Keep fighting.....don't give up.
All the best keep going.
Keep fighting and you will achieve that goal😊. Hope to see a video of you walking around Tokyo soon
It is a classic, reminds me of good times in my early 20's . Good luck dude , How's it going?
Probably one of the best songs ever created
So unique too, an iconic riff without power chords, also Welsh 🏴
yes..maybe..it is sure in the top ten
True
🤣
Fantastic song ,
Richey Edwards pure fucking genius songwriter and artist.
Nobody makes songs like this anymore ….. we have heard and seen the best music and movies …. It’s all over now….
Finally, listening to Motorcycle emptyness with my earphones while walking around Tokyo's neon lights and with tears in my eyes.
One of my all time favorites.
Infinite Skai Now I can have some new checklists for my next trip in Tokyo, follow The Manics!
I just did that two week ago
Yes very emotional song
Sounds beautiful 💙
How bazaar I’m in Tokyo and felt like listening to this also
Manics kept me alive so many times, when I felt I couldnt possibly live anymore. They let me know, I was not alone and someone did understand the hopeless buried between both light and dark. Still... So many years later, they comfort me on my darkest days.
Stay beautiful.
This I recognize...
Please just reach and and talk, im here always, anything to help!!
@@tony6834-h6h people don't reach out cos they don't want to be judged for the stigma that surrounds mental health issues....imo
Absolutely buddy. Music has the power to let us be "Better of than dead!" to quote Lou Reed. Somedays I'll literally feel like I can't live another Day, then I'll put some music on, or pick my bass up. An hour later I wonder how I coulda bin so fuckin down and so, so alone in this hateful world. Pick myself up and move on.
Hey. I know it's 3 months ago, but I totally get where your coming from in your comment. There IS love and kindness our there. It WILL find you and you will find happiness, not emptiness.
ARMITAGE.
Ira, never give in x
One of the greatest rock riffs of all time. Amazing to think they were already evolved enough to produce this masterpiece on their very first album!!
It’s a killer riff by god
Played this at my wife’s funeral as she was brought in to the chapel requested at full volume always our go to song absolutely love it what a song
Great songs do have that power to bring light at the darkest of times. Sorry for your loss.
I’m so sorry. Your wife has amazing taste in music. ❤️
The Manics sighned with Columbia Records in 1992 and they are still together in 2024. Show me another relationship in the music business like that, with both parties respectping the hell each other.
Thanks to that support the Manics were able to become the All Time Rock Legends that they are. The Brits had Blur and Oasis, but the Manics have all the bluster and power of Oasis combines with the intelligence, brilliant songwriting and subtedly of Blur. And they are Welsh!!!
British musicians always create the Musical Heaven.
I Agree with you..
Not anymore unfortanately....
@Himanshu Gupta Which makes them British. Wales is part of the United Kingdom therefore making them British aswell.
@Himanshu Gupta Welsh is British ya moron
Us brits have much talent
One of the iconic songs of the 90s and heavily underrated .
Hmm. Very much thought the band was popular bland corporate rock at the time, although this is one of their better efforts.
Check out Hideto Matsumoto's Misery if you like this song, I play them together usually
Yeah. & I don't like to use hyperbole but this has to be a career finest, yes?
@@dna9838 meh
Underrated by whom? Absolutely nobody at all.
A message to the future generations: "DON'T LET THIS SONG DIE" 💞👌😊👍
teen now and making all my friends fans 🖤
What a tune from a great band ❤❤❤ RIP Richie
My friend just told me she has a tumor in one of her ovaries... I can't describe how I am feeling exactly right now. This song is comforting me somehow.
@@zoki-kj3ox I am so sorry to hear this. 🥺 I am sending a virtual hug in case you need it. 🫂 I hope you stay strong.
Praying that your friend makes it, I'm so sorry that she's ill. 🙏💯💯❤️
@@zoki-kj3oxI can't imagine what you're going through, but I pray for your strength to continue. 💯💯🙏❤️
@@Camille_Anderson Oh, Thank You so much Camille!! I'm alone with my Kenny (dog), but life must go on! Isn't?? Thanks again!!! 💙🏴
@ thank you. She is doing better now. 💕
Listening in 2024
From 🇧🇷
🇨🇿
🇦🇷
England UK, greetings.
same
🇮🇹
This have been my song since I was 15 and now I'm 45.
But everytime I play this song,I'm 15 again and the world feels full off hope and the road is wide....,at least for a few minutes.♥️
初めて聞いた時から虜になった
そして、日本で撮影されたmvが日本人としてとても嬉しい😊
I look back at it now and think, weren't they beautiful and young and pretty. Like us all back then.
congratulations
Hear you ❤
Know exactly the feeling
The riff on this track is just stunning. The Manics must go down as one of the UK's greatest bands.
Beyond stunning!
They were welsh no?
@@cmb2934 Yes. That probably explains it. 👍 😉
There Welsh!
Dan Hunter the welsh ones are always the best.
Reminds of the 90s so much; the best and worst decade of my life.
Somebody from Quarentine 2020 ? Brilliant song !!!!
yes still here 🖤
Love the manics
I live next door to the one of them
Bxllamy __ do they have a big house
Song still kicks major ass
I'm almost 68, but this still resonates with me and makes me cry. It's so powerful, and I love it. Richey, we still miss you. No one can pen words like you.
My god, this is pure genius of the highest order.
0:16 Shibuya Center Gai
0:42 Tokyo Tower as seen from Shiba Park
1:30 Yokohama Cosmo World
1:55 Shinagawa Station as seen from Hotel Pacific Tokyo (now closed)
4:08 Shomyoji Temple in Yokohama
Bless you, now I know where to skulk around in Japan whilst listening to this track
Thank you! I thought I recognised the ferris wheel at Yokohama Cosmo World! :-)
0:19 Chinatown, London
1:40 Shinagawa Pacific Hotel now known as Shinagawa Goos Hotel
Thank you for the info!
Hey everybody . Just double double checking in 2024 .. that we still all agree this is the greatest record ever right ? Yep .. all good gang 👍🏽😊
Best record of 1992. The next best was You Love Us.
Listen to much music?
Not the best ever. 🫶🫶 But brilliant anyway!!
Manics the best band in the world!!
@webbk99 goes without saying. But needs to be repeatedly said.
Born in the 80s
Grew up in the 90s what a great time to be a free spirited teen!!! Very happy memories.
I’m Japanese and Tokyo in this video(early 90’s) makes me nostalgic…!
👍🏴
Im here in 2024.
Tuned In from somewhere over here in Liverpool 🏴 UK 😎🇬🇧🎵🎵🎶🎶
Do you know Louise King from Liverpool?? 👍🏴
I’m from Liverpool 🎉
This song though 🎉❤
One of the greatest guitar riffs ever ? Simply a superb song
No. And yes, possibly. 😊
Yes
Still a stand out brilliant song people what do you think ?
At the end , never heard a guitar rift like it !!
Between this and CKY - Quite Bitter Beings.
i remember doing security at one of their concerts, this song came on i closed my eyes i must have let 40 to 50 peole past me, lost my job but who am i to stop anyone to music like this
Dude, great job !
Lol
That guitar riff is phenomenal!
Will Jones Phenomenal is the only word
Yes!
fuzz and amp
the whole song is just perfect
@@holmeir Hi, I like it! All we need here is to stop the rain! Stay well my friend! Welcome To Florida! All we need now is a tropical depression 😑! No! Lot's more rain coming our way!
The 90s was a great time for music globally...music was true, honest and sincere ... music was created not manufactured... 💞👌😊👍
To true it hurts
So true
I remember before and after. I was a happy but confused child working in a sports shop in a bleak northern town. This came on the radio and reprogrammed my fledging mind. I'm now old and I did nothing with the epiphany but I i still love the song.
As if this incredible song wasn't already emotional enough, many of the comments here are tough for me to read. Love to everyone who are reminded of those they've lost or of their own struggles when hearing this.
What a tune, still sounds great after all these years....
This band... so great, so underrated.
Agreed. The verve (their early stuff) the la's, and the auteurs are equally underrated
A😂❤️❤️❤️❤️q❤️❤️❤️😁
Mr Peaches Latour have to disagree there. Oasis were a rock & roll band. The Verve were what we called "shoegazers" back in the day. A proper indie band. Oasis used to support the Verve in the early days.
brendonwife (Rena Sumeragi)
they really are under rated mate
not at all underrated...massive in the 90s and tbh legendary cult status due 2 ritchie..every1 in the uk has heard off the manics unless u been hermitin in a cave 4 the past 25yr..cymru am byth
James Dean Bradfield underrated lead guitarist for sure
Yeah, I remember at the time one of the tribalism music rags habitually slagging him off as having no talent. I was perplexed, as he's a great voice too, as well as a fine guitarist.
He's also pretty hot.
He's one of the greats. I think because he's the singer his guitar playing doesn't get the credit it deserves. His live playing is sensational! He'd easily play lead guitar in any other band.
He is underrated vocalist for sure!
Also one of the coolest guys on earth in this video. Spirit of "James Dean" indeed ...
This song made me fall in love with The Manics. I'm 58 soon and will be fulfilling my dream of seeing them live at The Eden Project in a few weeks time. I'm so excited! I feel like a kid again. See you soon lads (especially James 😍)
Have fun
Are you still listening in 2019?
Anyone else out there?
Yes, still listening.
Great song great time for music
No, of course not. Do you really need to ask? This music is part of our immortal souls, as you well know.
Yeees!
Yes still listening beautiful
Another anthem for Wales and cracker of sentiment and gentle sorrow.
🎶🎵🎶"Under Neon Loneliness, Motorcycle Emptiness!"🎶🎵🎶
🎶🎵🎶 Under Neon Loneliness, Everlasting Nothingness!"🎶🎵🎶
Despite this song, would "Dakota" by the Stereophonics also be considered a Welsh anthem or sentiment?
@dj-um7el Wales have produced many great bands including Catatonia, Furry Animals, Stereophonics among the devastation of the Manics. Hope Wales continue to create classic music bro.
@@timothygrayson yep I know!
The Stereophonics are cool.
Though I LOVE The Manic Street Preachers, Budgie, Los Campesinos and Badfinger!!!
All great bands!
I feel like I'm the only American fan of MSP sometimes though...
My brother Lee loved this song
Sadly passed away last night
Rip bro ❤️
Let's pray he's with Ritchie.
If he's not in India.
👇
I hope you and your brother appreciate it.
It's not irreverent
🏴 🤝 🇺🇸
Hope Richie is living his life to the full.
So you're saying he might be alive?
He is long dead
Remembering Richey 1st February 2021. Seems like yesterday that I came home from school and heard the sad news, I’m 40 now and it was actually a lifetime away. 🥲🥀
I was in a life drawing class at Uni and my flatmate ran over to uni with the NME and waited outside the class, crying. I will never forget it either. RIP Richey xx
I heard it on the radio, I put on Radio1 as usual and it was reported on newsbeat and I looked it up on Teletext which was as current as it got back then LOL! I think I’ve still got the tribute edition of Select magazine somewhere.
I remember thinking, "He'd be back in two weeks." Sadly, I was wrong.
Richey may come back one day!😕
@@padijeff5675 we can but hope, he would be in his 50s now. 🤞💙
Still loving this in 2023.
I'm still loving Bach's violin concertos and Shakespeare's sonnets. This song - like the entire history of pop music - was birthed within the span of an individual human existence.
me too, from mexico
Location : Tokyo
My heart is moved when I see the scenery from a long time ago.
The music matches each scenes perfectly.
You don't realise how good music is until it's gone. A generation passes an most of the stuff around now is...tripe. 90s & early 00s were the best for music
today 15 years ago my son die with 28...this music helps me right now
So sorry for your loss
Wherever Richey is, I hope he's happier.
hotelmario510 Was he that bad? Wow Deep!
@@warfarewarrior9428 with Passengers of so many faked aeroplane crashes, Seth Rich, Harold Holt, P.M. of Australia, Bowie, Prince, M.J., once-upon-a-time the `KING` - (Long-dead, for Reals now....). ... soon, they need to make a new one.... say the boys at the CIA/Mossad....
this song makes me feel overwhelmed with nostalgia, yet the drive and ingenuity of it keeps me optimistic
Same here
Yes
So true I feel overwhelmed when this plays like future nostalgia
Unexplainable 😢❤
I met Nicky Wire in Cardiff about 10 years ago - what a complete gentleman he was. Very open and friendly.
One of many Welsh bands not to get the praise they deserve. Love. this song!
They have every one loves them
@@jogiedhesi2021
Except over here in the US.
They're too real and too dark and brutal for us in The States.
How do the Manics not get the praise they deserve?
They are on the the most UKs loved bands.
Been listening to this song for over 20 years; "everlasting nothingness" still gets me every time.
"Everlasting Nothingness"? 🤔 What do you mean may i ask?
Under neon loneliness,
Motorcycle emptiness,
Under neon loneliness,
Everlasting nothingness.
since you were 5
Erin Galbraith I used to believe in everlasting nothingness...now I know for sure...there’s no such thing!
Do you know where I can find the poem - neon emptiness? Been looking for it everywhere
Out of all the UK bands that should've succeeded in America, Manic Street Preachers would be number one on the list.
America is no place for the Welsh - American Education System Proves that.
+lfc lee I don't know if I'd agree with that. Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and Radiohead were very radical in their politics and they were very successful in the US. Considering that the Manics' music were a melodic cross of hard rock, punk rock and alternative rock, you'd think they'd have a chance here.
Who gives a shit about America?
The Verve and Blur deserved more imo
+RockNRoll Star It's a deal-breaker for me. If someone can't appreciate the Manics, I can't be doing with them.
Who out there REALLY believes that he's dead...cos I don't...I think he's just living it somewhere else....and good luck boy....xxxxx
Missing person : Richey Edwards. He wrote many lyrics as a member of the Manics, and went missing for good, must have been a tortured soul. A life without peace of mind is a nightmare and just exhausting. Richey was intelligent and well read, but he couldnt seem to find peace. He went missing in Feb 1995, i think he probably jumped off the Severn bridge in Wales.
Peace of mind is everything in life. I sometimes think that the saying " He who increases knowledge, increases sorrow" is actually a true saying. Because you are too aware of everything, and the more you learn the more questions you have and it can drive you mad. But who wants to live a life of ignorance ? The key is if we can transcend our personal suffering, find a balance, and recognise that the world has problems. Then we can come out the other side a new person, a person with some peace of mind and a way to live.
Life is a crazy thing sometimes, and it surprises me sometimes that more people dont have breakdowns if im honest with the way they live their lives, or maybe because they are corporate slaves in nice suits year after year, or really just because of this society that we live in in general, which is one of global inequality and exploitation. But more than anything, life can feel like a struggle for some. Thinking honestly about this world and all that goes on it in, can be hard on the mind. Life can be amazing too. Negativity is not the answer, i have seen where that has taken me in the past. If you have peace of mind, be grateful, because being happy with yourself is everything. Dont make heroes out of damaged people, even if you enjoy their contribution to the world.
+justmadeit2
Best comment. Totally correct about Richey Edwards - I remember he likes wearing skirts, but as an authentic punk, am not saying that judgementally nor critically. I came to the Manics, right from the off, the early stuff: great guitar rock and meaningful, poignant lyrics. After a period of "dropping out" squatting in London, in, amongst others, Waterloo Fire Station, where The Clash played at a party we held one night, setting fire to a VW Beetle whilst singing London's Burning ( unforgettable ), I returned to education, eventually gaining several degrees & PhD. Being knowledgeable, replete with facts, a polyglot, allegedly "intelligent" is NOT Wisdom. It's taken me over half a century to find the kind of inner peace and self-confidence you touched upon, my only regret, not having accomplished this sooner. But that is Life - and NOTHING whatsoever compares to real-life experience. I've seen and lost many along the way - great people, compassionate, giving, but concealing a sensitivity behind masks of bravado which ultimately was their undoing. Maybe my Liverpool-Irish upbringing, the alcoholism, violence, psychopathic mother pouring Castrol GTX round the house threatening to set fire to it with us still inside, a stepfather found decapitated on the main West Coast railway line, drunken father almost killing my grandfather (charged with attempted murder) has NOT hardened me but granted me a degree of perspective preparing me for this Life with its Joy and Beauty but all too often suffering and pain. Peace & Blessings, H
Cheers Howard, thanks for the reply. You make some great points. It seems like you have lived an interesting life so far. Life is a crazy thing at times, thats for sure !
:'(
dude I love this. you're 100% correct about the peace/sorrow/knowledge. It's funny because Richey's lyrics are one of the things that helped me on the way to find my peace.
Thanks :)
From Russia with love!
What a Song.❤ goose bumps everytime. Classic. This Awsome Welsh rock band have never had nowhere near the recognition or respect that they they Truly Deserve. Legends. 😊
This song has touched the hearts of so many millions of people. It's the perfect tragic rock anthem!. absolutely perfection!
My brain has never left 90's dimension, every time I hear timeless classics from the 90's I am transported back in time/home. 💞👌😊👍
I have the same, and I have no words ... 😨
i understand. Was born in 83 and the 90s feel like it was peak of mankind and technology that really was important for civilization. It's also possible due to us being teens at time and hormones and brain worked very differently.
These lyrics are getting more relevant all the time.
My friend was released from prison 2 weeks ago after being a political prisoner for 18 years. He introduced me to this band today, especially this song, I'm very thankful!
Thank you Randy, my good friend. May we always be free people listening to such great music.
We should asume that his politoc stand were right?
Did he make the mistake of voting for Trump?
@@yunggvnr6602 Nope, 'Murican problems are none of our business.
never heard this song before. Sometimes you don´t choose the songs, they choose you.
If only the songs chose you and you didn't have to sift through bullshit
Absolutely well said!
@Iain Botham that's not cricket
Other great bands of the 1990s were The Levellers and The Verve who also made some great tunes.
And they go really well with Dino Morphers.....
I’ve been a Manics fan for 25 years now and this song STILL gets me every time I hear it. It’s magic, the power of this song.
A❤l
J. E. F f. E l
I was born in 1988 and vividly remember this song. I was only four years old, but I remember it playing on the radio all the time while I was riding in the back seat of my father's car in 1992 into 1993. I actually remember climbing the bookcase that my dad's stereo was on just to put the cassette in the stereo. So this song is special to me
Las canciones que escuchaban nuestros padres siempre se nos quedarán marcadas, sobretodo si ya no se encuentran en lo terrenal
Great comment. You paint a wonderful picture there.
Another 88 baby here, I grew up listening to the Manics. They'll always have a special place in my heart, and I saw them live with Suede recently which was amazing.
I was born in 66. Where did richey go😢x
This is my first time listening to this song. It's brilliant!
The words are so deep though. He's really singing I'm dying of loneliness. Everlasting nothingness in the chorus.magic
listen to their whole discography. one of the UK's greatest bands.
John Collins he’s saying “under neon loneliness”
Where have you been living in a cave
Where have you been for the past 30 years...you have a lot of catching up to do
I took Manic Street Preachers for granted in 90s but I now realise what a quality band they are! These songs stand up its astounding!!!! Strong,complex pop with integrity, authenticity and soul.
Good comment! I've been around since they were taking off in the early 90s, and they've never lost their creative edge or consistency between the many albums they've released. Also, they've never taken a long "hiatus". Greatest band in the past 30yrs...the only acts that can compete are Texas and Sophie Ellis Bextor.
I live in HoustonTX and couldn't get much exposure to good music but through movie soundtracks or so. 30 years later just getting into MSP,.
I love Brit-Pop scene .
The song that got me into the Manics. Still love them over 30 years later.
This was played everywhere in Germany in 1992 whilst I was serving in the British Army ( Munster )
I will never get over how good this is. The voice, the guitar, the composition and the fiery intellect that binds it all together.
and a seriously tasty bit of jdb🏴
intellect ? are you ok ? its pop politics AT BEST, the old evil capitalism, noit mentioning the contradiction of them being signed by a recorl label their music produced in factories, sold distributed by delivery companies, adveritised by upmarket advertisers ! if this is your idea of sharp I would loive to debate you or him or both, I would make quick workl of you idiots !
mcpartridgeboy
Lol stfu
@@mcpartridgeboy haha someone trying to be as clever as Richey James. You fail.
@@Ivy-og5xd how weird a woman who can't handle the truth, stfu ? You think that rebuts my argument?
One of the best guitar riffs ever in my opinion
From David Bowie 😅
@@robertooda7148what song?
Full lyrics:
Culture sucks down words
Itemize loathing and feed yourself smiles
Organize your safe tribal war
Hurt, maim, kill and enslave the ghetto
Each day living out a lie
Life sold cheaply forever, ever, ever
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Life lies a slow suicide
Orthodox dreams and symbolic myths
From feudal serf to spender
This wonderful world of purchase power
Just like lungs sucking on air
Survivals natural as sorrow, sorrow, sorrow
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Drive away and it's the same
Everywhere death row, everyone's a victim
Your joys are counterfeit
This happiness corrupt political shit
Living life like a comatose
Ego loaded and swallow, swallow, swallow
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness everlasting nothingness
The lyrics "Everywhere death row, everyone's a victim
/Your joys are counterfeit" are absent from this version. An interesting omission.
colin young probably trying to shorten it for the single version
God's work my friend..X
Thanks for posting, was never fully sure of all the verse words.
i was absolutely sure he was singing "i'm dying of loneliness"
I'm usually not too bothered with music videos, but I've always loved this one. Very atmospheric
Like someone said before here on the comments: "This song makes me feel nostalgic and I never even heard this song before."
+Felipe Bero Same. It's like I heard this song like, 20 times. I didn't know of this band since today. (unfortunately)
+Felipe Bero i love that kind of songs
The Welsh have a way of doing that; it's automatic.
Thats because you realise that you think of your childhood as a perfect place and a escape from your present. Well. Thats me anyway.. Its surely a magic tune..
just a never ending classic
after 30 years I still can't hear this song enough times, a true timeless classic
Hello,how are you doing it's nice meeting you here
32 years later M.E. still gives me chills every single time.
4 Real.
Hard to imagine it was 32 years ago! Where'd the time go? Great song.
18 million views!!! I can be accounted for about 12 million of these :D
Impossible my friend, I am already responsible for 10million. Your math don't add up
@@jolteon43 I am not good with math. So, if you have 10 million views of out 18 million? This means.....hmmm.....I must have.....lets see........I must have 22 MILLION views!!!! Thanks for letting me know. did not realize I have listened SO much to this :)
I was born june 1 1991, this single was released exactly one year after my birth, june 1 1992. What a birthday present!
no coincidence I think
This music video mesmerized me with the out of this world, mindblower of a song. And started my love for Japan, especially Tokyo. Just saw the Manics with Suede 10 days ago at Zepp Haneda Tokyo. Outstanding!!!
I love so much this song! ❤❤
Miss the 90's! Good times and good memories!
Second that. The tone on this guitar absolutely breaks me
👍🏴
What if this song hadn't popped up in my recommended section? What if I never clicked on it? What if youtube was never a thing? Would I have gone my whole life without hearing this song? Such a wonderful and wild thing to discover something you love
Well said
"Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness" - pure Genius
Couldn't agree more! "Under neon loneliness": lost for words ...
This is the greatest song by the Manic Street Preachers. It is so profound and has a great guitar solo.
this song is good but they have so many better ones
@@monkeyliver1986 Like ? Im not disagreeing but I am not agreeing.
It's the guitar that makes this song.
Agree with you mate
Agree! Aberdeen here 👍🏴
"this wonderful world of purchase power" - it's about the dead end road that is consumerist materialism. Beautifully melancholic masterpiece
This is exactly what I like about it. It was played on Saturday at Glasto and I was trying to explain to my dad about it as we were watching it on the box. :) I love the recap of this sentiment a few years later post-Richey on everything Must Go with lyrics like "Libraries gave us power... then work came and made us free."
The riot videos of Black Friday sadly support this idea. We are in a consumerist culture
Bullshit though isn't it!? Great song though.
Most underrated bands of the 80 ,90s and now
Fuckin unbelievable live
Just about coming up to 30 years oh my we’re is the time gone 😭
I grew up with James and Sean. Their Mam and Dad were best friends with mine. Good lads,the best actually. Salt of the earth.
Ayha butt. Tidy like. Me too. Treorchy like..
@@virgilhilts8241 Pontllanfraith boyo
@@MrNickoboyo (: Rhymney valley boy....., me =Rhondda valley girl! Legged it out, over 25 yrs ago, but It never leaves me 👌
big up the blackwood lot ❤️
All the comments really touched me so blessed in my life I have a lovely husband and three daughters I am so so lucky
Still one of the best songs ever ..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤...
Hello,how are you doing it's nice meeting you here
Wow, this band and their deep lyrics must have been too much for the American controllers to allow in.
I have never heard of them over here. It's great finding new gems when you least expect it.
Agree with you! 👍🏴
Favourite song of my dearest elder brother who passed away due COVID, four months back 😓
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your brother will always be with you in the form of his favourite song.
@@MariaSantos-dh5fo thanx dear !!!
Damn, that's rough, mate. Wherever he is now, he's listening along with you.
@@TonyEnglandUK thanx brother, you're absolutely correct...
This song is so deep.
Feels like the lyrics describes how everything is not really important.
Oh Absoulutly..... The opinions That I can't describe
Not quite. Hes not saying “nothing is really important” more so just pointing out and exposing the flaws of our current economic system and culture in the modern world. People are more disconnected unhappy and unfulfilled than ever before. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need, because were unhappy with ourselves, why? Because we don’t have the things advertising tells us we should have or look the way advertisers say we should look (through models). This is what the song is talking about when he says “Itemize loathing and feed yourself smiles”. People buy things because they’re unhappy but it never fulfills you.
No you missed the point, its just a great song stop overthinking it, life your life just take care of your loved ones and be nice, have a laugh and live your life
Or is
The good changes happen, too
@@TheRealSandorClegane 100% ✓ extremely well said
One of the best bands still available to watch for under £30. Success did not get to their heads. What a fucking song.
when your soul is empty and you can't go on.. sometimes there is no choice left but to run.. you can never be what they want you to be..
One of their best song. A true classic
Their best song