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Manic Street Preachers Est Un Groupe De Rock Gallois L'un Des Plus Importants Au Royaume-Uni De La Fin Des Années 1990. Ils Sont Connus Pour Les Frasques De Leurs Débuts Pour La Disparition Et Le Suicide Présumé Du Guitariste Richey James Edwards Ou Richey James Comme Il Préférait Qu'on L'appelle Ainsi Que Pour Leur Série D'albums Fortement Iconoclastes Et Leurs Concerts Énergiques. Politiquement Ce Sont Des Socialistes Convaincus Une Position Influencée Par Leur Éducation Dans Un Milieu Ouvrier Ils Ont Grandi Pendant La Grève Des Mineurs Des Années 1980 Au Royaume-Uni Et Mise En Évidence Par Leurs Textes Et Actions Souvent Très Politisés Ils Ont Dédié Une De Leurs Récompenses À Arthur Scargill Leader De La National Union Of Mineworkers Et Plus Tard Du Socialist Labour Party. Leurs Plus Gros Succès Restent Les Singles Design For Life 1996 Et If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 1998 .
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"A Design For Life" Was Released By Manic Street Preachers In 1996 And Was The First Single Release From The Everything Must Go Album Of May That Same Year. The Title Was Inspired By The Joy Division EP Record "An Ideal For Living". The Opening Line 'Libraries Gave Us Power' Was Inspired By The Legend Above The Entrance To A Public Library In Newport Near The Band's Home Town Of Blackwood In Wales 'Knowledge Is Power' Whilst The Phrase 'then Work Came And Made Us Free' References The Slogan 'Arbeit Macht Frei' That Featured Above The Gates Of Most Of The Nazi Concentration Camps And Which Was Earlier Referenced By The Band On "The Intense Humming Of Evil" From The Holy Bible. It Reached Number Two In The UK Charts On 27 April 1996 And Was The First In A Run Of Five Consecutive Releases To Be Top Ten Hits. The Song Also Explores Themes Of Class Conflict And Working Class Identity And Solidarity Inspired By The Band's Strong Socialist Convictions. Its Video Included Scenes Of Fox Hunting And Royal Ascot To Represent What The Band Saw As Class Privilege. The CD Included "Mr. Carbohydrate" "Dead Passive" And "Dead Trees And Traffic Islands" While The Cassette Included A Live Version Of "Bright Eyes". It Was The First Song Written And Released By The Band Following The Mysterious Disappearance Of Figurehead Richey James The Previous Year. The Song Also Made An Appearance As The Opening Track On Forever Delayed The Band's Greatest Hits Album Released In November 2002. The Song Is Referenced In The Song Slide Show Alongside Beck's Devils Haircut And Oasis' Wonderwall On Travis's 1999 Album The Man Who. "'Cause There Is No Design For Life There's No Devil's Haircut In My Mind There Is Not A Wonderwall To Climb To Climb Or Step Around" In May 2007 NME Magazine Placed "A Design For Life" At Number 30 In Its List Of The 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
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Manic Street Preachers Est Un Groupe De Rock Gallois L'un Des Plus Importants Au Royaume-Uni De La Fin Des Années 1990. Ils Sont Connus Pour Les Frasques De Leurs Débuts Pour La Disparition Et Le Suicide Présumé Du Guitariste Richey James Edwards Ou Richey James Comme Il Préférait Qu'on L'appelle Ainsi Que Pour Leur Série D'albums Fortement Iconoclastes Et Leurs Concerts Énergiques. Politiquement Ce Sont Des Socialistes Convaincus Une Position Influencée Par Leur Éducation Dans Un Milieu Ouvrier Ils Ont Grandi Pendant La Grève Des Mineurs Des Années 1980 Au Royaume-Uni Et Mise En Évidence Par Leurs Textes Et Actions Souvent Très Politisés Ils Ont Dédié Une De Leurs Récompenses À Arthur Scargill Leader De La National Union Of Mineworkers Et Plus Tard Du Socialist Labour Party. Leurs Plus Gros Succès Restent Les Singles Design For Life 1996 Et If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 1998 .
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"A Design for Life" was released by Manic Street Preachers in 1996 and was the first single release from the Everything Must Go album of May that same year.
The title was inspired by the Joy Division EP record "An Ideal for Living". The opening line 'Libraries gave us power' was inspired by the legend above the entrance to a public library in Newport, near the band's home town of Blackwood in Wales: 'Knowledge is Power', whilst the phrase 'then work came and made us free' references the slogan 'Arbeit macht Frei' that featured above the gates of most of the Nazi concentration camps and which was earlier referenced by the band on "The Intense Humming of Evil" from The Holy Bible. It reached number two in the UK charts on 27 April 1996 and was the first in a run of five consecutive releases to be top ten hits.
The song also explores themes of class conflict and working class identity and solidarity, inspired by the band's strong socialist convictions. Its video included scenes of fox hunting and Royal Ascot to represent what the band saw as class privilege.
The CD included "Mr. Carbohydrate", "Dead Passive" and "Dead Trees and Traffic Islands", while the cassette included a live version of "Bright Eyes".
It was the first song written and released by the band following the mysterious disappearance of figurehead Richey James the previous year.
The song also made an appearance as the opening track on Forever Delayed, the band's greatest hits album released in November 2002.
The song is referenced in the song Slide Show (alongside Beck's Devils Haircut and Oasis' Wonderwall) on Travis's 1999 album The Man Who. "'Cause there is no design for life, There's no devil's haircut in my mind, There is not a wonderwall to climb to climb or step around"
In May 2007, NME magazine placed "A Design For Life" at number 30 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.