Manic Street Preachers – Miss Europa Disco Dancer

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  General Comment:"Someone told me that it sounded like Wham! – what annoyed me pretty much. The first single I bought was My Old Piano by Diana Ross, I always liked that kind of music. Nick criticises the current TV-culture and programmes, which are based on observing other people. These people are drinking or trying to be funny. That's why I constructed a disco song. The guitar sounds like a piano, but it actually was a 58 Strat. That was really cool, the others had to stop me, otherwise I would have kept playing all day long. The line 'Braindead Motherfuckers' is about watching crap like Big Brother. Nick and I catched ourselves once watching that cracked shit for almost one hour without noticing that we became braindead ourselves."
  (James, Guitar 02/01)

  Flag manic4manicson October 25, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:I don't get the European analogy. I think the song is on a more simpler level - its about girls and guys from Northern Europe who spend the summer working in beach resorts in the Med. and burn out by the end of the season through hard work and equally hard partying. Its almost a dig at Club 18-30 Holiday reps.

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  General Comment:The above users surely are "braindead motherfuckers". The song is political and talks about Europe and especially the Europian Union for god's shake.
  
  It talks about the original hopes that it would become a human-centric super-power, instead it has remained a sinking-in-dept ugly messed-up no-brainer's land.

  Flag fantasianon February 19, 2011   Link

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  My Interpretation:The song is about disco music being unintellectual and repetitive, hence "braindead motherfuckers", meaning they have no mind of their own.

  Flag darylcon February 18, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:I agree with pumkinhed. Also, both Bradfield and Moore created tracks for Kylie's album that was mentioned.

  Flag serjbon August 30, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:Shame the left out the "Brain dead motherfuckers" bit at the end. He says it about 24 times or so!

  Flag ratanxon September 05, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:It's not a stab at Kylie. They like her!

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  General Comment:finally on the second time 'round it's "so messed up the world turns grey"

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  General Comment:plus kylie and someone from the group collaborated on her album entitled impossible princess, so perhaps this could be a reflection on her public persona, or else on the entire dance pop scene in Europe.

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  General Comment:it'd make sense, but it's still got a glorious groove.

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