- The Love of Richard Nixon
Infobox Single
Name = The Love of Richard Nixon
Artist =Manic Street Preachers
from Album =Lifeblood
Released =October 18 ,2004
Format = CD,DVD
Recorded =Wales
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:38
Label = Epic
Producer =Greg Haver andTom Elmhirst
Chart position =- #2 (UK)
Reviews =
Last single = "There by the Grace of God "
(2003)
This single = "The Love of Richard Nixon"
(2004)
Next single = "Empty Souls "
(2005) |"The Love of Richard Nixon" (audio|Manic Street Preachers The Love Of Richard Nixon.ogg|sample) was the first single to be released from the
Manic Street Preachers ' seventh studio album "Lifeblood ". The song is according to the band: 'a soundtrack to disillusion, hatred, love and never giving up'. More specifically, the song is a sympathetic appraisal of former US presidentRichard Nixon and mentions some of his positive achievements, inevitably overshadowed by theWatergate Scandal . The timing of the single's release, two weeks beforeGeorge W. Bush 's victory at the 2004 US presidential elections, can also be seen as a statement by the band concerning the reputation of the USA's current leadership.In an interview with Repeat Fanzine, the band also said it represents how they feel in comparison to
Radiohead . Nicky in particular commented that they feel likeRichard Nixon compared to Radiohead'sJohn F. Kennedy . [ [http://www.repeatfanzine.co.uk/interviews/MSP%20with%20Simon%20Price.htm An interview ] ] ""If Radiohead are Kennedy," he smiles, switching to soundbite mode, "then Manic Street Preachers are Nixon: the ugly duckling who had to try 10 times harder than anyone else. Paranoid megalomaniacs."" [ [http://www.repeatfanzine.co.uk/interviews/MSP%20with%20Simon%20Price.htm An interview ] ]It hit #2 in the UK charts. The sound is more electronic than most of their previous hits, indicative of a slight switch in sound on "Lifeblood"; acoording to the band this track contains no guitars.
Track listing
CD1
# "The Love of
Richard Nixon " - 3:38
# "Everyone Knows/Nobody Cares" - 4:12CD2
# "The Love of Richard Nixon" - 3:38
# "Everything Will Be" - 5:08
# "Askew Road" - 2:58
# "The Love of Richard Nixon" (video)DVD
# "The Love of Richard Nixon" (video)
# "Quarantine (In My Place Of)" - Short Film - 3:50
# "Voodoo Polaroids" - 3:55References
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