Monday, August 06, 2007

Manic Street Preachers 'Motown Junk'

This may originally have been their first single, but I have it as a b-side to 'Slash 'n' Burn'. I asked previously what people ever saw in the Manics. This is it – an incendiary piece of insistently irresistible glam metal that manages to be simultanaeously throwaway and epic. This is easily the best song the Manics ever recorded, and I don't think it is on any of their albums, not even the best ofs.

2 comments:

CarsmileSteve said...

they do still do it live, must confuse the hell out of new SO CALLED fans.

"i laughed when john lennon got shot" is still the best worst lyric ever...

Anonymous said...

It's on Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits.