{"id":9695,"date":"2009-05-20T19:56:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T17:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=9695"},"modified":"2009-05-20T19:56:51","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T17:56:51","slug":"manic-street-preachers-journal-for-plague-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=9695","title":{"rendered":"Manic Street Preachers: &#8221;Journal for Plague Lovers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sodergren.com\/kulturbloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/manicstreetpreachers290.jpg\" alt=\"manicstreetpreachers290\" title=\"manicstreetpreachers290\" width=\"290\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9700\" \/><br \/>\n\u201dJournal for Plague Lovers\u201d har chans att bli Manics b\u00e4sta skiva sedan \u201dEverything Must Go\u201d.<br \/>\n <!--more--><br \/>\nL\u00e5tarna har, j\u00e4mf\u00f6rt med mycket annat som skulle kunna t\u00e4nkas spelas p\u00e5 MTV2 eller hyllas av NME, intressant uppbyggnad och smarta texter. Inte konstigt med tanke p\u00e5 att texterna bygger p\u00e5 ett h\u00e4fte som den f\u00f6rsvunne gitarristen Richey Edwards l\u00e4mnat efter sig (som Kulturbloggen redan skrivit om <a href=\"http:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=9360\">h\u00e4r<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Tidigare har jag haft sv\u00e5rt f\u00f6r hur walesarna tycks ha blivit ett enbart politiskt band vilket till stor del s\u00e4kert beror p\u00e5 att Nicky Wire, i och med Richeys \u00f6de, blivit ensam textf\u00f6rfattare. Tidigare fanns det alltid existentiella och litter\u00e4ra ambitioner.  P\u00e5 \u201dJournal for Plague Lovers\u201d k\u00e4nns det som att bandet \u00e5terigen hittat sig sj\u00e4lva. <\/p>\n<p>\u00c4nd\u00e5 s\u00e5 har det g\u00e5tt \u00f6ver tio \u00e5r sedan \u201dThe Holy Bible\u201d och att l\u00e5ta som Nirvana idag kanske kan k\u00e4nnas en aning uttjatat. Manic Street Preachers svagpunkt ligger i sin egen repertoar. \u00c4ven om \u201dJackie Collins Existential Question Time\u201d utan tvekan skulle platsa p\u00e5 en \u201dGreatest Hits\u201d-samling k\u00e4nns det som att skivan i helhet inte st\u00e5r sig mot tidigare l\u00e5tar som \u201dMotorcycle Emptiness\u201d, \u201dLittle Baby Nothing\u201d och \u201dFaster\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>En rolig, eller kanske r\u00e4ttare sagt f\u00e5nig, sak ang\u00e5ende den <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/nojesbladet\/musik\/article5162605.ab\">nya skivan<\/a> \u00e4r att den i vissa delar av Storbritannien s\u00e4ljs utan omslag p\u00e5 grund av att det f\u00f6rest\u00e4ller en blodig unge. S\u00e5 h\u00e4r har <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svd.se\/kulturnoje\/musik\/artikel_2925419.svd\">Svenska Dagbladet<\/a> och <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dn.se\/kultur-noje\/skivrecensioner\/recension-manic-street-preachers-journal-for-plague-lovers-1.870056\">Dagens Nyheter<\/a> skrivit om skivan.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00e4r framf\u00f6r de &#8221;Jackie Collins Existential Question Time&#8221; live:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zrpsO0ZMC4o&#038;hl=sv&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zrpsO0ZMC4o&#038;hl=sv&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sodergren.com\/kulturbloggen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/manicstreetpreachers600.jpg\" alt=\"manicstreetpreachers600\" title=\"manicstreetpreachers600\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9701\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201dJournal for Plague Lovers\u201d har chans att bli Manics b\u00e4sta skiva sedan \u201dEverything Must Go\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22],"tags":[3487,12282],"class_list":{"0":"post-9695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-musik","7":"category-skivor","8":"tag-manic-street-preachers","9":"tag-musik","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}