The music of Manchester

madhed

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Manchester.


When people hear the word they often smile and undoubtedly think straight away about the football~"The world famous Manchester United" or"The Red Devils",but, another thing that comes right after that, is the reciting of a plethora of musical artists that have called Manchester their home.
In modern times Manchester has become known as somewhat of a musical mecca probably because of the youthfulness of the city and the fact it houses a shit load of colleges and universities,mix that all up with a helping of good old fashioned working class people and the city's poetic soul bears it's head.

Manchester has changed the world for the better. It's a movement,a state of mind,a walk, a fashion, a culture and it always will be.

 
Looking at the list of bands from Manchester on Wikipedia, none of them are brilliant.

and Oasis being there just makes it worse.

Edit: Disregard that. I just saw The Smiths. Manchester wins, I'm an idiot etc.
 
Minkaro said:
Looking at the list of bands from Manchester on Wikipedia, none of them are brilliant.

and Oasis being there just makes it worse.

Edit: Disregard that. I just saw The Smiths. Manchester wins, I'm an idiot etc.
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Have you ever listened to Joy Division/New Order, The Fall, Stone Roses/Ian Browm, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, Buzzcocks, Elbow, I am Kloot??? . . . oh sorry, edit, I just saw where you called yerself an idiot
 
Minkaro said:
Looking at the list of bands from Manchester on Wikipedia, none of them are brilliant.

and Oasis being there just makes it worse.

Edit: Disregard that. I just saw The Smiths. Manchester wins, I'm an idiot etc.
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Sad Cafe are presumably there. They're brilliant and so is oasis.
 
there's been some quality stuff from manchester. mondays, roses, joy division/new order, some northside, durutti column, development of acid house etc...

then there's some truely fecking awful stuff. never rated the smiths and that morrissey's one of the biggest egotistical cnuts going. james were never really that good. oasis had a decent but overrated album, did feck all of any real worth for over a decade. there was some shite on factory too. nice artwork mind.

IMO.

 
gregwar said:
there's been some quality stuff from manchester. mondays, roses, joy division/new order, some northside, durutti column, development of acid house etc...

then there's some truely fecking awful stuff. never rated the smiths and that morrissey's one of the biggest egotistical cnuts going. james were never really that good. oasis had a decent but overrated album, did feck all of any real worth for over a decade. there was some shite on factory too. nice artwork mind.

IMO.
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James used to be the tits. Before Booth had an accident that fecker used to dance on stage like a madman James plenty of incredible albums imo,Gold Mother,James,Laid,Seven was a stunner top to bottom.Love em !

 
Oh god what was I thinking....

BTW, does anyone know which one of these is the original, sixth or seventh day?

god-created-manchester_design.jpg
 
The music that has come from Manchester really has been amazing. Joy Division, The Stone Roses, James, Doves, David Grays first album and top of the list The Smiths. Between the football and the music I have been heavily influenced by your little industrial city and all you Mancs really should be so proud of where you come from.

I'd like to propose that I be adopted as an official Mancunian with my case being that one of my best mates is from Manchester but doesn't follow football at all and the only Manchester band he really knows anything about is Oasis. When I was in Australia I would be getting up in the middle of the night every weekend to watch the games and he would never bother. It was a strange state of affairs.

So I was thinking I could take his place and fly the colours of Manchester
 
The_RedChief said:
Navan in Ireland is the new manchester

YouTube - The Myth TOP OF THE WORLD
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I know you're just trying to plug (shamelessly) that band but I live near Navan and I have to say it's definitely not the new Manchester or the new anything for that matter. When they got rid of that maze in the shopping centre all those years ago that was the end of that town
 
17Larsson said:
I know you're just trying to plug (shamelessly) that band but I live near Navan and I have to say it's definitely not the new Manchester or the new anything for that matter. When they got rid of that maze in the shopping centre all those years ago that was the end of that town
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very shamelessly i might add.....the maze.....my childhood in two words....emotional rollercoster ha
 
Colin129 said:
BTW, does anyone know which one of these is the original, sixth or seventh day?

god-created-manchester_design.jpg


or

manchester_city_hat-p14838450722466514133mr_400.jpg
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7 is Gods number and all things pure.

PWDevil said:
The Verve should get a mention :-)




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Yer damn right mate~Greater Manchester in the area !

17Larsson said:
I'd like to propose that I be adopted as an official Mancunian with my case being that one of my best mates is from Manchester but doesn't follow football at all and the only Manchester band he really knows anything about is Oasis. When I was in Australia I would be getting up in the middle of the night every weekend to watch the games and he would never bother. It was a strange state of affairs.

So I was thinking I could take his place and fly the colours of Manchester
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You sir are now hereby christened,Baggy Laaaaason~ Anyone who's up in the middle of the night every weekend with an appreciation of music should be surely a manc by right.Bless ya son !:D
 
madhed said:
You sir are now hereby christened,Baggy Laaaaason~ Anyone who's up in the middle of the night every weekend with an appreciation of music should be surely a manc by right.Bless ya son !:D
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Thank you very much Father Madhed, I will fly the Manchester colours with pride!

I have finally got what I always wanted

 
The Bee Gees were from Chorlton weren't they? So my Uncle always tells me anyway.

No mentions as yet for the Durutti Column or Buzzcocks?
 
some bands no ones mentioned yet

BLACK GRAPE
PURESSENCE
THE CHAMELEONS
PARIS ANGELS
NEW FAST AUTOMATIC DAFFODILS
THE HIGH
RUTHLESS RAP ASSASINS
ELECTRONIC
10 CC
TAKE THAT
DOVES
AUDIOWEB
DUST JUNKEYS


A GUY CALLED GERALD
SUB SUB
808 STATE
MANIC
FAMILY FOUNDATION
MIX FACTORY
TOGETHER
ELUSTRIOUS


AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO STU ALLAN FOR HIS GROUNDBREAKING SHOWS ON KEY 103, WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME :)
 
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