Manic Street Preachers - Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier Lyrics
20ft. high on Blackpool promenade
Fake royalty second hand sequin facade
Limited face paint and dyed black quiff
Overweight and out of date
Fake royalty second hand sequin facade
Limited face paint and dyed black quiff
Overweight and out of date
Oh well
American trilogy in Lancashire Pottery
American trilogy in Lancashire Pottery
Is so fucking funny, don't you know
Is so fucking funny, don't you know
All American trilogy in used up cars and bottled beer
All American trilogy the futures dead, fundamentally
It's so fucking funny, it's absurd
It's so fucking funny, it's absurd
20ft. high on Blackpool promenade.
I wish I was in Dixie
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land, I'll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
[Excerpt taken from the song 'Dixie' by Daniel D. Emmett (1859)]
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Manic Street Preachers Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier Comments
It's so fucking funny...
Just .... Yes !! :)
An awesome album, by any measure. Yes, Holy Bible WAS a masterpiece in a very particular way but THIS was a flawless, crowd-pleasing follow-up, showing a new lease of life after and despite the disappearance of Richey, akin to New Order finding their own way after Ian Curtis
brother, my thoughts Exactly. brings a beautiful tear to my eye, it does. on a different and lower level, there is something in the Silverchair album, Diorama, that strikes a slightly similar chord. something about ppl coming thru some f'ed up sh*t in their early-on, then learning, loving, growing, moving on while still remembering the past: it makes for beautiful, nostalgic yet not melodramatic, but rather poignantly Real and Experienced art.
@Snake Pliskin Very nicely put mate. The Silverchair reference is outside of my listening experience but the notion of growth, moving on and not being a slave to your history, whilst still retaining a respect & affection for it, applies 100% to this album. Similarly, also, to their decision to play the whole of the Holy Bible live on tour 20-something years after its release.
Best album of 1996. The year that I turned 18 and was now legally able to drink. Smoking in pubs was still the norn. The good old days before music became sterile and manufactured.
There's lots of great music today also. Look beyond the top 40 hits.
Just music? Everyone tells me how bad things were under Blair but I had a right fucking laugh from what I remember...
I got this album in April 2005 after Oasis's one letting me down quite a bit. I was impressed but I was more impressed with Know your enemy...and I just happened to be 18 at the time as well..and yes I knew A design for life from the radio being played many times along with Hey Dude by Kula Shaker in 96....its a shame music cannot have that freedom it once had, but then again the youth are hopeless today. "Give under 18s hand held electronic devices and you can be guaranteed that the fall of society will come sooner than later".
I got this album for christmas when i was 12 still probably on my top 5 of all time
I just got an ad for now 99. Nothing new compares to this song.
the acoustic /electric step up is much more brutal than smells like teen spirit!!
which bit of teen spirit?
The start
Except Teen Spirit has no acoustic part on it, but I know what you mean... Yes, this tune thrills me quite a bit more, though it's true we're nearly all burned out on the Nirvana tune, and I guess it's now impossible to appreciate it anymore.
BilisNegra you spotted my deliberate mistake ha ha. Quite so.
There are no harps on Smells Like Teen Spirit!
I love this song <3
Nada como escuchar a los Manics para celebrar la clasificación de Gales
fucking beatiful guys!!! please, loade up all your records!! whit high quality!!! youre one of the most inspiring bands ever!!