it's sad to think how at the end you could hear Richey playing more, and he didn't even sound bad, simple and humble, nothing too fancy. but he was definitely improving and then we never got to hear him again:( wherever he is I wish him nothing but peace and a calm heart.
It's incredible sometimes watching how much James can still play on the guitar while singing. He's genuinely doing two lead roles at the same time. Same on La Tristesse Durera, Of Walking Abortion and Motorcycle Emptiness. He's two people rolled into one.
James said it was a relief to not have to get all those lyrics to fit into such short spaces. You can see what he meant - Richey wrote books in his songs.
@@smashingpumpkin1986 Richey was never really good guitarist, I think by the end of his time in the manics he had just managed to get the feel for bar chords but I dont think his playing was ever really needed or utilised. James is one of the most underrated guitarists in the world hes a fucking genius with the thing
@@brandonmusic736 Yes, agreed re James and Richey's guitar playing respectively, but one must remember that Richey's lyrics were pivotal to direction of both The Holy Bible and Everything Must Go, as well as Journal For Plague Lovers later. He has had a huge effect on their output, even by absence. But "Yes". James is an amazing guitarist, and deserves more credit.
Bradfield was a tour-de-force during this period - he tethered this awesome ship beautifully..................................unfortunately he took singing lessons for EMG and all the power was lost, but you cant blame them for changing. I saw them live on this tour in Nottingham and it was the closest to a religious experience i've ever had - the Holy Bible played in full live is something that will stay with me forever - it felt like they could take the fkn universe on....x
Like you said " can't blame them for changing ". They HAD to change. They did the right thing, because once Richie was gone, they had to become a different band. I don't like some of the stuff they've done since, but at the same time I have a lot of respect for the way they've reinvented themselves, because that's the only way they could have continued with any credibility. Imagine if they'd tried to release five more albums like Holy Bible after the Richie era. Would not have worked.
There aren't many albums that still sound like they were recorded the day before even though there years old, The Holy Bible is one of them, never has there been such a masterpiece before or since, you hear something different everytime you listen to it. Dont know how they would of followed it up if circumstances had of been different.
Today I listened to it at its fullest. I've been captured by "Yes" and "Motorcycle emptiness" and want to listen more of these guys, which I only knew because the legend of Richey James. I have to admit that I love some melodies but not got me amazed at its fullest. Like you say (and this had happened with many albums) I will become become a fucking fan of this album and will call it Rita if I want.
@@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6Blur definitely got better when they started incorporating more eccentric influences. The self titled album and 13 are their two best albums to me
I still got all the old Holy Bible gigs on VHS... But...havent got a vhs player anymore.. I'd love to get them put on to DVD, I got the Astoria xmas gig, Glasto, almost the whole tour... and cant watch them...BOO!
Richey's guitar doesn't sound awful. Of course its not terribly brilliant either but you can definitely see that he had improved over time. I think that the idea of going to America (or just touring in general) and being exposed as "talentless" really upset him, more so than he had ever let on. That would explain why around the time he was in The Priory he really tried and focused on playing the guitar.
He was still really ill look at the pictures from his last interview show how unwell he was shaved head wearing pj looking like he was in a death camp I guess he fell into the 27 club i reckon he's alive somewhere living away from everybody and no internet with a dog that's what I hope for but I could be so wrong and he died in 95 such a waste of talent the lad could have been so world famous with his lyrics so sad for his family and the band who loved him so much the last indie casualty God bless him xxxxx
Cortney Broughton let's not forget how fucking awesomely beautiful he was on stage. you can still feel that void today if you see them live. James struggles to fill it.
FFS, if only Channel 4 hadn't recorded / aired the complete set; this was the Manics at there very, very best. I bought all their first 3 albums on release and The Holy Bible to this day remains in my top 10 best albums of all timr. Whilst Everything Must Go was decent it sadly swung a change in direction which was not my cuppa tea. If i could turn back time (twice) i would go back to this set, and any Saints game played at The Dell.
I think some smart record company person noticed the rise of Britpop and pushed for a change in production so that they could cash in and, to be honest, I wouldn't have known about them if it wasn't for A Design for Life and If You Tolerate This... I do like both of those albums but The Holy Bible is by far their best!
i used to have this glasto on vhs and this performance by the manics was their best ever in full cama and sailor suit i was only 15 at the time im 28 now and cant belive i get 2 watch it again cheers for posting!!!!!!
I agree - the phrasing on this stuff is unique. The last album as a four piece (holy bible) seems to have this in extremes. It makes it engaging and challenging to listen to at the same time (if that's not a contradiction). It's not just the narrative of the lyrics that I enjoy, but the rhythm of them.
Why people focus and zero in on Richey's guitar is bizarre. As a guitarist and musician who worked professionally for 20 yrs-I can tell you that Richey could keep up and play fine live. It helps of course to be shadowing the incredible James D. Bradfield-but Richey's fine...and quite better-comparable to other rhythm gtr tracks come to mind (Courtney Love- Radiohead- Coxon) and contrast Richey's limited ability w/any 'artist' of today that claims to write their own tunes (when ghost writers do it) and record w/autotune-protools etc.---hey, he's friggin Mozart!!!
Richey’s focus was on writing some of the most brilliant and inventive lyrics in rock music. He is a more than competent rhythm guitarist and, as his band mates have testified, a charismatic stage presence. Notice how much physical movement he brings to the set.
I jus† can'† believe all †he old, new & local s†uff I've been finding ou† abou† la†ely, I never knew abou†, i† feels like my head is going 2 pop from †he Joy of i† all!!!!! Le† †he †rue Grea†s of †he World never be forgo††on!!!!!
Sounds like what they experienced in Thailand, there is ofc detective work needed for any song that is clearly mining/channeling a state of mind- not necessarily the reasons for his departure. I read they look back at that trip as a point where they lost control of the ship and clearly their principles. It is not fun to witness actual human degradation, the kind that involves child prostitution and the poverty of the third world. He was obsessed with the photographer Kevin Carter who was haunted by what he saw in war torn Sudan and killed himself. Also, the price of that kind of searing intellectual honesty as fuel is that the most basic of human interaction involves horrors, what the kabbalists call "the shading of god." It is hard to make peace with if your whole self is based around a certain puritanism that has elevated you yet also brought you to extremities. To paraphrase Allan Watts "it is not wise to emulate Jesus, look where he ended up"
If Edward Munchs "The Scream" was a record, it would be The Holy Bible. It's a terrifying work of genius. RIP Richey, you are missed
Richey ain't dead. I saw him yesterday at the mini mart
@@monkeyliver1986😮😮😮
it's sad to think how at the end you could hear Richey playing more, and he didn't even sound bad, simple and humble, nothing too fancy. but he was definitely improving and then we never got to hear him again:(
wherever he is I wish him nothing but peace and a calm heart.
how JDB wrapped these words around a song I'll never know
Most underrated musician of all time, surely. World class vocalist, world class vocalist, world class frontman.
seriously just how?
He’s a master. The lyrics are incendiary and he punches them out so beautifully.
whenever I listen to Holy Bible, I imagine Richie handing James pages of lyrics and James muttering "oh fuckin el..."
Incredible. He's a master.
It's incredible sometimes watching how much James can still play on the guitar while singing. He's genuinely doing two lead roles at the same time. Same on La Tristesse Durera, Of Walking Abortion and Motorcycle Emptiness. He's two people rolled into one.
Nicky even said he has trouble singing while playing the bass. It's definitely not as easy as it looks.
James is one of the most incredible musicians ive ever seen.
He's a talented guy. He carries the rest of the band.
Much love to all the Manics fans here. Let's meet in a pub and discuss how fuckin essential they were in all of our lives
Where you live?
Aware this comment was written in 2017, but yeah sound
Pint in a Welsh pub ?
@@conorsmith8551 any pub!
@@briandennehy6380 I really want to go to either Monmouth or Blackwood one day, enjoy a nice pint 👌
James said it was a relief to not have to get all those lyrics to fit into such short spaces. You can see what he meant - Richey wrote books in his songs.
One of the best guitar riffs...JDB is an underrated genius guitarist...!!
Oh he’s pretty rated mate
@@XoXo475 maybe locally but not globally, manics are the biggest band that never made it like maybe others did
I love to play this riff all the time.
Jews aren't normally that good. Maybe Hillel Slovak.
Richey, never has a rockstar been so beautiful since. Actually, for me personally he's the best looking of all time.
Accurate as all hell.
I agree and im not even gay lol
Im hotter
Monkeyliver19 yes
@@gabrieljones3306 everybody knows
I hate it when people say that Richey was never plugged in. You can blatantly hear his guitar-playing in this!
He often wasnt for the very early tours...the story just stuck
@@DavidByrne85 how come? Was his playing not good enough in the beginning?
@@smashingpumpkin1986 Richey was never really good guitarist, I think by the end of his time in the manics he had just managed to get the feel for bar chords but I dont think his playing was ever really needed or utilised. James is one of the most underrated guitarists in the world hes a fucking genius with the thing
@@brandonmusic736 Yes, agreed re James and Richey's guitar playing respectively, but one must remember that Richey's lyrics were pivotal to direction of both The Holy Bible and Everything Must Go, as well as Journal For Plague Lovers later. He has had a huge effect on their output, even by absence. But "Yes". James is an amazing guitarist, and deserves more credit.
Fuck being able to play it, Richey just looked effortlessly cool with it..
Richey sounds massive here. He put himself through hell over it
If I'd been 18 in 1994 I would have been so into the manics
I was 18 in 1994, saw them at that time!
2:54 NAILED
Possibly the best proof of how much Richey improved on guitar. Love when he is mixed this high.
I have been obsessed with this song since I learned it and even practice the main riff on guitar…Come for Richey and stay for JDB (all MSP is great!)
whoever said richey never played live should listen to this!!!
03:40 jdb's voice from here on. Incredible!
Bradfield was a tour-de-force during this period - he tethered this awesome ship beautifully..................................unfortunately he took singing lessons for EMG and all the power was lost, but you cant blame them for changing. I saw them live on this tour in Nottingham and it was the closest to a religious experience i've ever had - the Holy Bible played in full live is something that will stay with me forever - it felt like they could take the fkn universe on....x
He's always been a world class vocalist.
Like you said " can't blame them for changing ". They HAD to change. They did the right thing, because once Richie was gone, they had to become a different band. I don't like some of the stuff they've done since, but at the same time I have a lot of respect for the way they've reinvented themselves, because that's the only way they could have continued with any credibility. Imagine if they'd tried to release five more albums like Holy Bible after the Richie era. Would not have worked.
There aren't many albums that still sound like they were recorded the day before even though there years old, The Holy Bible is one of them, never has there been such a masterpiece before or since, you hear something different everytime you listen to it. Dont know how they would of followed it up if circumstances had of been different.
seemed like a suicide note like in utero is for nirvana, last testaments
Today I listened to it at its fullest. I've been captured by "Yes" and "Motorcycle emptiness" and want to listen more of these guys, which I only knew because the legend of Richey James. I have to admit that I love some melodies but not got me amazed at its fullest. Like you say (and this had happened with many albums) I will become become a fucking fan of this album and will call it Rita if I want.
The music they used in Journal For Plague Lovers would've been different had they used the lyrics after THB.
Yep he was plugged on for the whole of the Holy Bible tour..
One of the best albums ever made
Any guitar players would know that is a painful riff even without trying to sing with it as well.
I can’t begin to understand how it’s possible to both at the same time.
These sunless afternoons i cant find myself x
James with his curly long hair....looking even more like Bill Murray!
You mean, if Imran Khan shagged a female golliwog.
Everything about this is perfection. Absolutely amazing
richey! I see richey! and I can hear him!
one of the highlights, the riff so tight, powerful stuff.
So powerful. What a live performance
If I had a gold fish, one of my 3 wishes would most certainly be to go to the past and experience that!
No band In the land could touch them around the time of the the holy bible fucking incredible tour de force
What band comes close? Anywhere near?
Suede in there hey day but the Manics really did have the full arsenal in 94
Blur MAYBE but I feel like their better stuff came out after 1994
@@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6Blur definitely got better when they started incorporating more eccentric influences. The self titled album and 13 are their two best albums to me
too right. The best song, lyrically and musically
Hey, you can hear Ritchies guitar at this gig. Nice one.
amazing performance, brutales los manics
I still got all the old Holy Bible gigs on VHS...
But...havent got a vhs player anymore..
I'd love to get them put on to DVD, I got the Astoria xmas gig, Glasto, almost the whole tour...
and cant watch them...BOO!
If you still have them and want them transferred to dvd, I’ll happily do it for free.
The best opening track EVER❤❤❤❤
Amazing.
CLASSIC AND MONUMENTAL!!!!!!!!!
Look at James' curls!
Richey's guitar doesn't sound awful. Of course its not terribly brilliant either but you can definitely see that he had improved over time. I think that the idea of going to America (or just touring in general) and being exposed as "talentless" really upset him, more so than he had ever let on. That would explain why around the time he was in The Priory he really tried and focused on playing the guitar.
He was still really ill look at the pictures from his last interview show how unwell he was shaved head wearing pj looking like he was in a death camp I guess he fell into the 27 club i reckon he's alive somewhere living away from everybody and no internet with a dog that's what I hope for but I could be so wrong and he died in 95 such a waste of talent the lad could have been so world famous with his lyrics so sad for his family and the band who loved him so much the last indie casualty God bless him xxxxx
Cortney Broughton let's not forget how fucking awesomely beautiful he was on stage. you can still feel that void today if you see them live. James struggles to fill it.
@@stevejacobs3418 disagree
He fills more space in general than he used to...
This is rare footage
Not really
I came here to remind myself what Glastonbury used to be
If you actually know the words and lyrics...this song is impressive.
the guitar work isn't as hard as something like Faster's somo or other holy bible songs but holy fuck is the drum line difficult
YES!
FFS, if only Channel 4 hadn't recorded / aired the complete set; this was the Manics at there very, very best. I bought all their first 3 albums on release and The Holy Bible to this day remains in my top 10 best albums of all timr. Whilst Everything Must Go was decent it sadly swung a change in direction which was not my cuppa tea. If i could turn back time (twice) i would go back to this set, and any Saints game played at The Dell.
Everything must go is my favorite
I think some smart record company person noticed the rise of Britpop and pushed for a change in production so that they could cash in and, to be honest, I wouldn't have known about them if it wasn't for A Design for Life and If You Tolerate This... I do like both of those albums but The Holy Bible is by far their best!
After EMG, that's when the band began to take a dip.
Sublime
i used to have this glasto on vhs and this performance by the manics was their best ever in full cama and sailor suit i was only 15 at the time im 28 now and cant belive i get 2 watch it again cheers for posting!!!!!!
I agree - the phrasing on this stuff is unique. The last album as a four piece (holy bible) seems to have this in extremes. It makes it engaging and challenging to listen to at the same time (if that's not a contradiction). It's not just the narrative of the lyrics that I enjoy, but the rhythm of them.
Fucking incredible band - all legends
Richey !!!
I was at this gig.
LOVE YOU
i love The Holy Bible + concerts records from this era
Fucking amazing band. I have their autographs etc
WOW!
that is a class line. its purpose is just to shock. dont take it literaly, i doubt he actually wanted to do this haha.
I think we're watching all the same videos 'heyaevery1x'!
You can buy here this ones here, or this ones here. Everything's for sale.
He worked at the same ice cream shop that the dude did in Stranger Things.
Prime manics.
wow
@OToMb i just mastered singing and playing this at the same time yesterday.. i've been trying for around two years..
Manic street preacher's and Therapy? Two of the best bands, Wales Ireland Scotland and England really do produce the best bands in the world.
Yeah, now they have some Richey lookalike playing guitar live these days.
I have noticed this !!!!!!
MSP -larger than life! A-MA-ZING!
HOTTER
RICHEY HOLD ON
Fuckin awesome
reckon richy would have been an awesome guitarist
Anyone, on 03:18, do you feels the drummer push the tempo faster than before?
@waterface7
(I usualiy don't do that, but) "WORD"!
COMPASS, MESSAGE
EAST, WEST, SOUTH, NORTH
Just added the 666th upvote
Holy Bible 2014 set list please...
CALLING
“For 200 anyone can conceive a god on video”
RIP Richey Edwards for noping out of this hellhole 🖤
WHAT ARE THE LYRICS?
you avoid him on camera
where is richey?
Manly Australia
Why people focus and zero in on Richey's guitar is bizarre. As a guitarist and musician who worked professionally for 20 yrs-I can tell you that Richey could keep up and play fine live. It helps of course to be shadowing the incredible James D. Bradfield-but Richey's fine...and quite better-comparable to other rhythm gtr tracks come to mind (Courtney Love- Radiohead- Coxon) and contrast Richey's limited ability w/any 'artist' of today that claims to write their own tunes (when ghost writers do it) and record w/autotune-protools etc.---hey, he's friggin Mozart!!!
Are you saying Richey Edwards was a better guitar player than Graham Coxon? I love Richey but wtf are you on?
Richey wasn't as good as Coxon
Coxon?!? Coxon is a god damn maestro. What are you talking about?
Richey’s focus was on writing some of the most brilliant and inventive lyrics in rock music. He is a more than competent rhythm guitarist and, as his band mates have testified, a charismatic stage presence. Notice how much physical movement he brings to the set.
20 yrs...
I jus† can'† believe all †he old, new & local s†uff I've been finding ou† abou† la†ely, I never knew abou†, i† feels like my head is going 2 pop from †he Joy of i† all!!!!! Le† †he †rue Grea†s of †he World never be forgo††on!!!!!
It's possible to look back on this stuff as the ramblings of folk who'd read too many textbooks and just maybe Richey would agree if he's able.
Sounds like what they experienced in Thailand, there is ofc detective work needed for any song that is clearly mining/channeling a state of mind- not necessarily the reasons for his departure. I read they look back at that trip as a point where they lost control of the ship and clearly their principles. It is not fun to witness actual human degradation, the kind that involves child prostitution and the poverty of the third world. He was obsessed with the photographer Kevin Carter who was haunted by what he saw in war torn Sudan and killed himself. Also, the price of that kind of searing intellectual honesty as fuel is that the most basic of human interaction involves horrors, what the kabbalists call "the shading of god." It is hard to make peace with if your whole self is based around a certain puritanism that has elevated you yet also brought you to extremities. To paraphrase Allan Watts "it is not wise to emulate Jesus, look where he ended up"
no, the lyrics are 'fuck him' not 'fuck it'.
it doesn't look right
I never realised quite how fat Bradfield was in Summer, Autumn, Winter 1994.
Fucking hell the guitar is so bad in this it’s little wonder he was forced into the nuthouse after this.
Yummy and thiscm set of lyrics in verse.XXXX❤❤❤❤❤
James looking as sexy as ever!!XXXX❤❤❤❤❤❤