Lyric discussion by Perfect Wh()re 

Cover art for The Love Of Richard Nixon lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

No.02 in the charts beaten by the barely dressed aerobics video dance track. I'm not sure about this song, melodically its not a very strong track. Its a nice piece of pop but thats about all it is, nice. Lyrically a lot less direct than past tracks. I think it is mainly anti Nixon and a lot of it is quite sarcastic but at the same time I think they are putting to light at the end of the day he was a man who got it wrong, in places they're emphatic. But I really dunno. To be honest I'm a bit rubbish since I don't know much about Nixon. Maybe I'll comment again when I know. All I can say is at least the manics are still trying to say something and they are trying to make it marketable but I think they've gone a bit too far. Musically they've become too bland and middle of the road for the indie kids. But they're far too serious and old for the pop kids. I really do hope the rest of the album is better which I will buy no matter what.