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ks-spb: shejustgotstronger: notnowbutthen: sorrylately: ks-spb: wearemadeoutofstars: icansavethisloveforever: ollyetteofamerica: ks-spb: every single time i listen to Mancunian Way, i think that How sings it about Jay. It’s weird, isn’t it? That’s just perfection <3 I always thought the song was about the five of them and Manchester remembering when they started and where they were at the time the song was written, coming back after ten years “We used to walk Mancunian Way/ We used to swagger we used to sway/ Up until the lights took us away/ Do you know what you meant to me?/ “We used to think we were the bomb” They were the biggest band in the UK in the 90’s “Then someone left a real one” Robbie when he left “We stayed indoors as the rain come/ Back then it made no sense to me” The ten years they were out of the spotlight “I’m missing you face, your beautiful face/ It’s funny that I recall they gave us the keys to the city, but they don’t fit anything/ But I’m coming away.” When they decided to come back “I hear you calling/ I came back running/ Forgot that feeling/ Been so log coming/ They tried to stop her/ She just got stronger/ I’m driving home again/ Back down Mancunian Way” They always said that the concerts at home, how they call it to Manchester, were very special “I just forgot how it is to feel/ To dance and move and keep it real/ Been lying down for ten long years/ But I was there and it feels like yesterday” How they felt on those first concerts (although they didn’t start in Manchester)  I always saw it like a preview for Eight Letters “We used to think we were the bomb”“Then someone left a real one” I’ve always thought that part refered to a real bomb in Manchester. And the one left in London in 2005 (which marked Gary deeply because he was in one of the trains). This song is definitely about the whole band and their love for music and Manchester. God I love this song. yes, i totally agree that the song is about whole band and i like the opinion it has the same meaning as 8letters. it’s my favourite song recently, like words and How’s vocal so much Hey, I’m reading it the exact same way as icansavethisloveforever! But as in art usually, there are as many interpretations as listeners/viewers. sleepinginyourflowerbed posted earlier the snippet from My Take about writing the BW album (sorry my tumblr’s a bitch, couldn’t get the proper link to the post). I wish they’d talk more about how the songs and lyrics and everything come together and where they get the inspiration for everything.  AMEN TO THAT.I’d trade (at least) 10 TT photoshoots for an in-depth interview about the songs and how they come together and what has inspired them. That’s the beauty of art: there are no right or wrong answers, just as many interpretations and pov’s as there are viewers/ listeners/ readers. Hearing the stories behind the songs only adds to the experience; it’s communication. You know what I want? I want a VH1 Storytellers special about them. Where they tell a story about a song and how it came to be and what inspired it and then sing the stripped-down version a la Abbey Road Sessions. that’s why i like their ‘MSN exclusive’ interview, when they talk about each Progress album’s song, very interesting.
  • * Hearing Nikon adverts music*
  • Me: Robbie!
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  • Me: Dam you Nikon for changing the advert