I find it kinda hard to believe Nicky wrote the lyrics... they kinda sound a bit more 'personal' to Richey in a sense considering HE was the depressed one, etc.
Then again, considering they were best friends and all, if you're surrounded by someone enough, you can pick up easily how they're feeling (if you're aware of it), so it probably wasn't hard for Nicky to write a song like this and put it somehow in Richey's POV.
Like someone said before, the most attention people usually get in their life time (providing they're not the center of attention already) is when they're screwed up. No one probably would have given two shits about Richey and the fact that he was in the Manics unless he did what he did. The moment he came out more and more about his depression and self-harm, people (mostly teenagers) followed because they had someone to relate to.
But I think just about anyone can connect with this song, especially if you feel the same amount of alienation and depression as Richey.
I find that with the manic street preachers, if you generally understand what they stood for and what they still do, you'll find that alot of their songs sing about the same general things. I always saw the manics as an art vessel against Capitalism, and Richey potrayed the perfect victim of Capitalism,someone who felt alienated, someone who didn't want to work minimum wage for a lifestyle that he could barely support, and also he saw the exploitation of all the people that are affected by its grip.
I find that with the manic street preachers, if you generally understand what they stood for and what they still do, you'll find that alot of their songs sing about the same general things. I always saw the manics as an art vessel against Capitalism, and Richey potrayed the perfect victim of Capitalism,someone who felt alienated, someone who didn't want to work minimum wage for a lifestyle that he could barely support, and also he saw the exploitation of all the people that are affected by its grip.
I think when you understand these things and what the manics...
I think when you understand these things and what the manics really stand for, then you'll really understand what their singing about
I find it kinda hard to believe Nicky wrote the lyrics... they kinda sound a bit more 'personal' to Richey in a sense considering HE was the depressed one, etc.
Then again, considering they were best friends and all, if you're surrounded by someone enough, you can pick up easily how they're feeling (if you're aware of it), so it probably wasn't hard for Nicky to write a song like this and put it somehow in Richey's POV.
Like someone said before, the most attention people usually get in their life time (providing they're not the center of attention already) is when they're screwed up. No one probably would have given two shits about Richey and the fact that he was in the Manics unless he did what he did. The moment he came out more and more about his depression and self-harm, people (mostly teenagers) followed because they had someone to relate to.
But I think just about anyone can connect with this song, especially if you feel the same amount of alienation and depression as Richey.
I find that with the manic street preachers, if you generally understand what they stood for and what they still do, you'll find that alot of their songs sing about the same general things. I always saw the manics as an art vessel against Capitalism, and Richey potrayed the perfect victim of Capitalism,someone who felt alienated, someone who didn't want to work minimum wage for a lifestyle that he could barely support, and also he saw the exploitation of all the people that are affected by its grip.
I find that with the manic street preachers, if you generally understand what they stood for and what they still do, you'll find that alot of their songs sing about the same general things. I always saw the manics as an art vessel against Capitalism, and Richey potrayed the perfect victim of Capitalism,someone who felt alienated, someone who didn't want to work minimum wage for a lifestyle that he could barely support, and also he saw the exploitation of all the people that are affected by its grip.
I think when you understand these things and what the manics...
I think when you understand these things and what the manics really stand for, then you'll really understand what their singing about