Manic Street Preachers - Complicated Illusions (Official Video)

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  • Manic Street Preachers - Complicated Illusions (Official Video)
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    Lyrics
    [Verse 1]
    On a street of old bones
    Dust masquerades as skin
    Time turns itself to stone
    Nothing left to lose and nothing left to win
    [Verse 2]
    Desires to break and deconstruct
    I defend the middle ground
    Every battle I’ve ever fought
    Has either been lost or bought
    [Chorus]
    And in the rhythm of your voice
    I find space to rejoice
    My complicated illusions
    Leave me with no choice
    [Verse 3]
    Even the answers that I dream
    Are riddled with doubt and holes
    Illusions are complicated
    Redacted and retold
    [Chorus]
    And in the rhythm of your voice
    I find space to rejoice
    My complicated illusions
    Leave me with no choice
    And in the margins of the page
    Truth hides but leaves a trace
    My complicated illusions
    Are now no more than faith
    [Solo]
    [Chorus]
    And in the rhythm of your voice
    I find space to rejoice
    My complicated illusions
    Leave me with no choice
    And in the margins of the page
    Truth hides but leaves a trace
    My complicated illusions
    Are now no more than faith

КОМЕНТАРІ • 162

  • @karnbass
    @karnbass 3 роки тому +44

    Saw them at Pompey last night James is the most underrated guitarist on the planet

  • @stuartcooper9968
    @stuartcooper9968 3 роки тому +52

    Thank you MANICS for keeping real music alive and restoring faith

    • @jasonshaw4832
      @jasonshaw4832 3 роки тому

      Amen

    • @jasonshaw4832
      @jasonshaw4832 3 роки тому +3

      When we stop obsessing on clicks, view,.likes and downloads.... Maybe we will see the light

    • @jbfk9820
      @jbfk9820 Рік тому

      Been a fan since mid late nineties. Gift that keeps giving!

    • @steffanhoffmann
      @steffanhoffmann Рік тому

      MOR MUZAK

  • @eugeneshadwell6596
    @eugeneshadwell6596 3 роки тому +38

    Another great song from what is fast becoming my favourite album of the year. Been listening to the Manics right from Generation Terrorists and I can honestly say they've never let me down... ok, some albums might be a little better than others but I've never not enjoyed an album of theirs.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 2 роки тому +4

      They are amazing, a shining beacon of hope in a bleak musical ( and otherwise) landscape.

    • @MarcoNegrisEye
      @MarcoNegrisEye Рік тому

      Can't say I'm a fan of that new JDB accent/vocal during hushed moments of their modern songs though. I absolutely get he's needing to find new ways due to shredding his vocals in those early days but I just do not like it one bit. The irony is the shriek still sounds good on the recordings.

  • @r.m.8374
    @r.m.8374 3 роки тому +29

    Brilliant, just brilliant. The old Manics are back.

    • @KevinKaffy
      @KevinKaffy 3 роки тому

      This is why I so look forward to a new manics album because of unique gems like this that only the manics can make 👏

  • @mell8100
    @mell8100 3 роки тому +19

    Best band in the world. Absolutely no-one comes close. We love you guys ❤🎵

    • @luisbelloso4740
      @luisbelloso4740 2 роки тому +1

      Totalmente de acuerdo ,la mejor banda del mundo, para siempre

  • @realestate5777
    @realestate5777 Рік тому +2

    My fav band at 17, my fav band at 45.

  • @cassandraskanen6362
    @cassandraskanen6362 3 роки тому +38

    This song made me cry! Thanks guys I'm happy for new album, all masterpieces

  • @martynrandles
    @martynrandles 3 роки тому +34

    I love this song, especially really love this version with Nicky singing the intro. Thank you guys for spoiling us again with the 4th version of this one!

  • @leightonhay9298
    @leightonhay9298 2 роки тому +3

    That's my manics,real, truth, exacting, originality, never has this band lost the way to give real music,my manics just and always, now, then, forever.i know as you do .

  • @Cosas_Corticas
    @Cosas_Corticas 3 роки тому +13

    I adore this song full of melancholy ♥♥♥♥♥

  • @Jonny_Red
    @Jonny_Red 2 роки тому +4

    '....Truth hides but leaves a trace'.....
    Wise words indeed... 2022 I believe it will all come out , or at least a good chunk of it will from these past couple of years. 🙏🙏

  • @jjjs5089
    @jjjs5089 3 роки тому +18

    Another visual masterpiece from Manics ❤

  • @adrianbarker253
    @adrianbarker253 3 роки тому +10

    Saw them in York on Monday brilliant they get better truly superb band

  • @chrisaguis1930
    @chrisaguis1930 7 місяців тому +1

    Legendary group

  • @panaceiasuberes6464
    @panaceiasuberes6464 3 роки тому +20

    Its a peaceful requiem for the world we're destroying... love it.

    • @dangreen5169
      @dangreen5169 3 роки тому +1

      The world they are destroying" big brother" not us

    • @panaceiasuberes6464
      @panaceiasuberes6464 3 роки тому

      @@dangreen5169 I've access to the internet, so you are we, just like I am, mate.

  • @doc.strangelove
    @doc.strangelove 3 роки тому +14

    Beautiful

  • @laurenriley5874
    @laurenriley5874 3 роки тому +6

    blown away

  • @saintandrew5655
    @saintandrew5655 3 роки тому +11

    Please make Still snowing in Sapporo next!

  • @thdeitmer
    @thdeitmer 3 роки тому +1

    erinnert an Zeiten von "Everything must go" und "This is my truth...". Wunderschöne Musik.

  • @liamjames5342
    @liamjames5342 3 роки тому +6

    Manics still writing great music that really reminds us of our lives and our generation and making us realise where we are in life, although he’s not there I can still feel Richey’s presence in the songs

  • @DanaKot336
    @DanaKot336 2 роки тому +9

    Just discovered you guys :D
    So refreshing to hear real music. Big Thanks from the bottom of my heart
    Your new album rocks !

    • @leightonhay9298
      @leightonhay9298 2 роки тому +5

      You have a lot to catch up with, enjoy, experience, explore, manics will enlighten you, every song from every album, glad you're here.

  • @janinemartin7173
    @janinemartin7173 3 роки тому +16

    The lyrics resonate with me so much favourite off the album, My teenage daughter also loves it so it must be good!!!!

  • @stevei-c8739
    @stevei-c8739 3 роки тому +3

    Sounded great when they played this live at Bath the other night. Band feel reenergised again and back to their best.

  • @kallemydia
    @kallemydia Рік тому +1

    This kind of music never dies . Fantastic

  • @seculardojo7738
    @seculardojo7738 3 роки тому +5

    Powerful song

  • @claverhouse1
    @claverhouse1 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks for two brilliant shows in Dundee and Glasgow, can't wait for the next time

    • @gordonhay6093
      @gordonhay6093 3 роки тому +3

      I was at the Glasgow gig, almost teared up when James did the chorus from Chance by Big Country.

  • @chiisuchianruizbartra9101
    @chiisuchianruizbartra9101 2 роки тому +1

    saludos desde la selva AMAZONICA del PERU !!! Pucallpa

  • @ciaranryan2752
    @ciaranryan2752 3 роки тому +2

    Brilliant tune....Vocal melody is superb, same as Quest For Ancient Colour...They may be growing old...But they're still bloody brilliant.

  • @Darkstar316316
    @Darkstar316316 3 роки тому +5

    Best track from the album!!

  • @jamsward1966
    @jamsward1966 3 роки тому +3

    Utter joy. The lyrics are incredible

  • @deborahnorthover5304
    @deborahnorthover5304 3 роки тому +3

    Wow what a song.

  • @cadoxtonconner3415
    @cadoxtonconner3415 3 роки тому +2

    The older you get, the more complicated life gets.

  • @meinefünfcent
    @meinefünfcent 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful song. Beautiful video.

  • @oscarfranco9769
    @oscarfranco9769 3 роки тому +9

    el mejor tema del álbum ! , me encanto desde la 1ra escucha , aunque este álbum es muy parejo y creo estar ante el mejor disco del 2021, me asombra todavía la calidad de voz del cantante , gracias Manic street Preachers por su musica , hace bien a mi alma en este duro año que perdimos familiares por covid .

    • @alberto8294
      @alberto8294 2 роки тому

      para ti, cual es el significado de la lírica?

  • @nuji968kullanuch7
    @nuji968kullanuch7 3 роки тому +4

    Felt the track feels like an epic soundtrack, I love that.

  • @jenniferfrances8793
    @jenniferfrances8793 3 роки тому +8

    Beautiful visuals ✨and music 🎶
    Much love 💕

  • @dejan-hy7br
    @dejan-hy7br 3 роки тому +2

    One of their best songs...certainly the best song of 2021

  • @jamiefoyers2800
    @jamiefoyers2800 3 роки тому +5

    Loving the visuals on this one!. Gorgeous song and video. Nice one guys.

  • @cantforgetyou
    @cantforgetyou 3 роки тому +3

    Another great track from their album. Super melody.

  • @carlostoroutrera7266
    @carlostoroutrera7266 3 роки тому +11

    Hermoso arte visual y musical. El estribillo me llega al corazón ...

  • @Lynneheal
    @Lynneheal 2 роки тому +2

    VERY talented #ManicStreetPreachers .

  • @dignity_mayhem
    @dignity_mayhem 3 роки тому +2

    Futurology + Lifeblood + The Great Western + I Killed The Zeitgeist = perfection

  • @freddy3713
    @freddy3713 3 роки тому +2

    gotta love the manics.

  • @haraldbR77L79
    @haraldbR77L79 2 роки тому +1

    Crazy, seldom have I heard such an impressive song! ... just can't hear it enough ...perfect

  • @winstonbaldacchino80
    @winstonbaldacchino80 2 роки тому +1

    Best song of 2021? I seriously think so. Simply love it. Thank you Manic Street Preachers ❤️

  • @selinaxXxXx
    @selinaxXxXx 3 роки тому +4

    Gorgeous ❤️🥰

  • @hplovecraft1402
    @hplovecraft1402 2 роки тому +2

    Wow awesome track. I love Orwellian times but this song i think i may need to rate as even better then that one. A band that resonated with me in the 90's and reconnects with some of my beliefs and realisations about what is seemingly taking place nowadays in the world at large. Thank you Manics for inspired and required listening.

  • @sanyasco
    @sanyasco 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you, Manics, just thank you💛

  • @jonathanjenkins4227
    @jonathanjenkins4227 2 роки тому

    The best Manics song in 10 years . Musically marvellous , and those lyrics in the chorus are quite simply genius .

  • @WilldManBlues
    @WilldManBlues 3 роки тому +19

    Linda música! Letra sensacional! O instrumental se conecta com a era Lifeblood dos Manics. E o visual do clipe é maravilhoso.

    • @Frorackous
      @Frorackous 3 роки тому +1

      Yes 👌🏻

    • @davidevens2954
      @davidevens2954 3 роки тому +1

      Vdd.

    • @DeipinheiroRioPRETO
      @DeipinheiroRioPRETO 3 роки тому

      Ola se nao me engano eles os MANICS NUNCA VIERAM O BRASIL SABE DE ALGO ??

    • @WilldManBlues
      @WilldManBlues 3 роки тому

      @@DeipinheiroRioPRETO Infelizmente eles nunca tocaram no Brasil. Na verdade, q eu saiba, o único país da América Latina em q eles tocaram foi Cuba, em 17/02/2001.

    • @DeipinheiroRioPRETO
      @DeipinheiroRioPRETO 3 роки тому

      SIM CUBA .AMO ( LET ROBENSON SIN ) OUÇA

  • @mariokolega1492
    @mariokolega1492 3 роки тому +4

    Beautiful beloved MSP ❤️🙏

  • @tomtoshack
    @tomtoshack 3 роки тому +3

    Still the best.

  • @darkjediorder1412
    @darkjediorder1412 3 роки тому +1

    love the Manics

  • @garycooper9802
    @garycooper9802 3 роки тому +1

    Musical poetry .

  • @theburpman8006
    @theburpman8006 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the music Manic Street Preachers

  • @jellyicecream3324
    @jellyicecream3324 3 роки тому +1

    Seeing them really soon, soo happy 💚🦄🌄💚

  • @marilucesotero4677
    @marilucesotero4677 3 роки тому +6

    a parte visual está incrível. adorei a música.

  • @TheYmodos
    @TheYmodos 3 роки тому

    they ve never disappointed me... and probably never will

  • @LuckyLChandler
    @LuckyLChandler 3 роки тому +3

    Perfection

  • @matthewjamesshovlin3136
    @matthewjamesshovlin3136 2 роки тому

    Well, thats a surprise... I never knew music still existed!

  • @Partoftheratpack
    @Partoftheratpack 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing ❤️❤️❤️

  • @KevinKaffy
    @KevinKaffy 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome track and great it’s released as a single 👏

  • @lawnoel6625
    @lawnoel6625 3 роки тому +2

    Just like a song of Album - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours

  • @helen_crimmins
    @helen_crimmins 3 роки тому +4

    Morning!

  • @charliejohnson9751
    @charliejohnson9751 3 роки тому +5

    Tune

  • @openreflections4738
    @openreflections4738 3 роки тому +1

    Lovemanics

  • @TisTheDamnStickSeason
    @TisTheDamnStickSeason 3 роки тому +10

    Love how Nick "sings" the intro haha

    • @robertcreighton4635
      @robertcreighton4635 3 роки тому +5

      Who told nick he could sing 😆🤣

    • @KevinKaffy
      @KevinKaffy 3 роки тому +2

      Sorry but they need to cut out the intro to make it perfect 👍

    • @definitely_yana
      @definitely_yana 3 роки тому +1

      @@robertcreighton4635 i did!

    • @ciaranryan2752
      @ciaranryan2752 3 роки тому +2

      It's nice that James throws Nick a bone now and again for the odd line when it comes to singing, but come on now...Stick to your strengths Nicky

    • @robertcreighton4635
      @robertcreighton4635 2 роки тому

      @@definitely_yana you devil 😆

  • @Interbasser
    @Interbasser Рік тому

    Somehow, this could be their best album. I know it sounds brutal but every song seems to give me really their best. As if in all these years they arefinally arrived to their top.

  • @simonwalpole8037
    @simonwalpole8037 2 роки тому

    Nicky should sing all Manics tunes from this point tbh

  • @vasiliki8
    @vasiliki8 3 роки тому +1

    Σας αγαπώ κ πόσο γνώριμη κ αγαπημένη η φωνή σου φίλε μου!!

  • @paulobraga5695
    @paulobraga5695 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome!!!

  • @tekennster
    @tekennster 3 роки тому

    hvala dečki...super ste...

  • @DeipinheiroRioPRETO
    @DeipinheiroRioPRETO 3 роки тому +1

    O MANIC NUNCA VEIO NO BRASIL ...😥

  • @FelipeSilva-uq3jm
    @FelipeSilva-uq3jm 2 роки тому +1

    Esse Vídeo ficou muito Massa; Parece que sou o único Brazuca aqui.

    • @C.R.T.01
      @C.R.T.01 2 роки тому +1

      Você não está sozinho!

  • @josephgooding9863
    @josephgooding9863 3 роки тому

    Best recent song I've erd

  • @ianrichardson7389
    @ianrichardson7389 2 роки тому

    Was supposed to see them at Halifax on a rescheduled gig from the doomed 2020, but had already booked to be away in Scotland on that weekend. Missed Specials, Shed Seven and the Manics, all in one weekend! Gutted! 😬

  • @sarahc.oliveira123
    @sarahc.oliveira123 2 роки тому +1

    essa musica tem totalmente meu coração

  • @johncollings8019
    @johncollings8019 2 роки тому

    Going to the next gig in Llandudno can't wait

  • @luisbelloso4740
    @luisbelloso4740 2 роки тому

    Genial, los espero en España con los brazos abiertos

  • @maximus3861
    @maximus3861 2 роки тому

    Minunata piesa

  • @trainsimworld2exploration446
    @trainsimworld2exploration446 Рік тому +1

    Is that the Wire singing in the beginning?

  • @DrLazer_
    @DrLazer_ Рік тому +1

    Pas mal

  • @TheEdshoot
    @TheEdshoot 3 роки тому +2

    👌♥️♥️♥️

  • @realestate5777
    @realestate5777 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @Brokensoul1974
    @Brokensoul1974 2 роки тому

    I loves the manics totally banging and I am so proud to be from the welsh valleys.💋💋

  • @russmawson6744
    @russmawson6744 3 роки тому

    Love it

  • @majamouse3921
    @majamouse3921 3 роки тому

    👍 WOW 👍

  • @goose8937
    @goose8937 3 роки тому

    Truth singer

  • @maxj9588
    @maxj9588 Рік тому

    Grandi!

  • @nmarks
    @nmarks 3 роки тому +3

    I'm originally from South Wales, where the Manics come from. In the late eighties, unbeknown to my family and I, my brother aged just 17 got involved with a religious cult. At school he had been the top student and head prefect year after year, captain of this sports team, played in the school orchestra you name it.
    Before we even knew what was happening, the cult he got involved with completely brainwashed him and change him completely. One evening he came home babbling verses from the Bible, like some rabid religious fundamentalist. He was completely out of his mind, we just didn't recognize him anymore. You couldn't talk to him without it coming back to the Bible. There was no reasoning with him. He had become a Manic Street Preacher in the literal sense.
    My family had already been living on the breadline due to my Dad's redundancy, then this horror show happened. It was just too much for us. We were completely traumatised when we lost him. Before his involvement with that cult, my brother had been on a very promising trajectory: In all likelihood he would have gone on from school to university, then followed that with a professional career. He had been our best hope for some better news, but that cult took him away from us and robbed him of that future and robbed us of that hope.
    They completely dictated the lifestyle he would lead and the job he would do etc. His job involved unskilled manual labour, working outdoors in all weather, including blisteringly hot summer sunshine. Though he mellowed over the years and we always welcomed him to the family home, deep down the hurt and has never healed from those awful, dreadful events when we lost him. On 15 May 2015, my brother died of (skin) cancer aged 46, at the Marie Curie Hospice in Penarth, bringing his life to an end. And though he is no longer with us, the pain of knowing that that cult deprived him of his life and us of our joy and happiness, still very much remains.
    I first heard of the Manics on Radio 1's Steve Wright in the Afternoon show, just a year or so after my brother's religious conversion. I took an instant dislike to them. Coming to prominence with *that name* so soon after he had actually become a manic street preacher, it felt like they were taking the piss, so I avoided them like the plague (as if that phrase has any meaning any more).
    Of course, I've long since realised that wasn't the case; their name is just a coincidence. So in recent years I've come around to their music and to me this track is both poignant and cathartic. For personal reasons, to me, its possibly their best track.
    I wish we could go swimming at the Empire Pool again. Happy times.

    • @manofgreatbeauty
      @manofgreatbeauty 2 роки тому

      Wow

    • @leightonhay9298
      @leightonhay9298 2 роки тому

      I understand everything prospective and enlightenment,I see in everything that you have written, your openness is honesty,I share my love to you, brother

  • @koolrockradio
    @koolrockradio 3 роки тому

    KOOL!

  • @M.2018-b3f
    @M.2018-b3f 3 роки тому

    Nice one! 👍

  • @THELIGHT2854
    @THELIGHT2854 3 роки тому

    💖​💖​💖​

  • @hyllaf
    @hyllaf 3 роки тому +1

    the Manics + Abba - have saved 2021!

  • @paweheimann325
    @paweheimann325 2 роки тому +1

    🎸

  • @mariliareis7075
    @mariliareis7075 2 роки тому

    Continuam inteligentes,provocadores,superiores e necessários!muito cérebro e estas melodias harmoniosas são sempre imagem de marca.

    • @luisbelloso4740
      @luisbelloso4740 2 роки тому +1

      Llevas toda la razón, para mi son mi oxígeno

  • @jimmysnailshoes
    @jimmysnailshoes 3 роки тому

    Superb

  • @berislavmorovic4856
    @berislavmorovic4856 2 роки тому

    dINAMO 💙 🐈

  • @manuelajensen5818
    @manuelajensen5818 3 роки тому

  • @crescentsi
    @crescentsi 3 роки тому

    Enjoyable Postmodern references and '80's-style Synth Pop. Oh! and Orwellian, of course...