Great song (although i like Empty Souls even more) from a great album. About the meaning of the song: Nixon is well-known for the Watergate scandal. Although he is generally known for this mistake, the message of the song is that he is not a mere crook, but he also has made good decisions, for instance on China and the war on cancer. More generally, this song is about people being well-known for an event/action (like the MSP for the disappearance of Richey Edwards), but people should try to dig deeper, to find out what those persons did achieve other then what they are well-known for (got this from an msp-interview at xfm.co.uk. Quote: "Some people are just going to remember Manic Sreet Preachers for... well, London cabbies are especially - 'How's that guitarist then? Has he turned up yet?' There's always gonna be that side to it.")
Great song (although i like Empty Souls even more) from a great album. About the meaning of the song: Nixon is well-known for the Watergate scandal. Although he is generally known for this mistake, the message of the song is that he is not a mere crook, but he also has made good decisions, for instance on China and the war on cancer. More generally, this song is about people being well-known for an event/action (like the MSP for the disappearance of Richey Edwards), but people should try to dig deeper, to find out what those persons did achieve other then what they are well-known for (got this from an msp-interview at xfm.co.uk. Quote: "Some people are just going to remember Manic Sreet Preachers for... well, London cabbies are especially - 'How's that guitarist then? Has he turned up yet?' There's always gonna be that side to it.")