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Artist Manic Street Preachers
Title Stay Beautiful
Release type Single
Date of release 29th July 1991
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Record label Epic
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Stay Beautiful is another anthemic manics song from Generation
Terrorists, and a live favourite even if it is rarely played now. A
song about the anger, beauty, and purity of youth and angst,
defiant and individual, packed full of famous lines like 'Don't
fall in love 'cos we hate you still' which sum up the dualism of
the manics. Any of these lyrics can be taken as describing the
band- 'Babes on the run with poisoned lips' or their, even at this
stage, devoted fans. Big guitars, melodic verses, huge chorus- it
is another typical GT song. Everyone knows the 'Why don't you
just-' line- make of it what you will- the fans singing along live
certainly do.
RP McMurphy is a b-side favourite of mine, based on the 'fun
adventures' of the main character from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest. It is a softer song, with acoustic guitars the primary
instrument. James's voice is quite different here from other songs
of this era, helping the song stand out. The lyrics are excellent
of course, like the... Read full review »
You can get the lyrics to the songs on the Stay Beautiful singles from the Bands Only Manic Street Preachers lyrics section.