Friday, June 11, 2004
June 7: Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
When I lived in England, there was this guy in my dorm named Dave who was this red-haired alcoholic Welshman. And he was a huge Manic Street Preachers fan. This was in '98, when they had the No. 1 album in the UK for like two months. But Dave insisted that the great Manics album was The Holy Bible, from '94.
Lo and behold, I'm in the Virgin megastore in NOLA last week, and they have the Holy Bible in the imports section (it never came out in the U.S. after guitarist Richey James disappeared a few weeks before the release date) for only $12. So I bought it. And... wow.
This is quite possibly the most dark album of all time. The lyrics all deal with racism, evil, genocide, abortion, anorexia and other peppy topics. Song titles include "If White America Told the Truth for One Day, its World Would Fall Apart," "Archives of Pain," and "Die in the Summertime." And the album art flirts with fascist imagery. This one's pretty depressing. I kind of wonder about Dave now...
Lo and behold, I'm in the Virgin megastore in NOLA last week, and they have the Holy Bible in the imports section (it never came out in the U.S. after guitarist Richey James disappeared a few weeks before the release date) for only $12. So I bought it. And... wow.
This is quite possibly the most dark album of all time. The lyrics all deal with racism, evil, genocide, abortion, anorexia and other peppy topics. Song titles include "If White America Told the Truth for One Day, its World Would Fall Apart," "Archives of Pain," and "Die in the Summertime." And the album art flirts with fascist imagery. This one's pretty depressing. I kind of wonder about Dave now...
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