The Manics Encyclopaedia: Nostalgic Pushead

NOSTALGIC PUSHEAD

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DISCOGRAPHY: Gold Against The Soul

LYRICS: Nicky Wire and Richey Edwards

MUSIC: James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore

QUOTES: "It originally started off with the idea of a middle-aged person knocking things that would be exciting and valuable to a new generation. So many people said to us when we started. 'Oh, seen that, done it, don't do it again.' It's really depressing that there's a new generation growing up and being offered the same icons, like The Rolling Stones. The biggest bands now, like Pearl Jam, obviously grew up listening to the same records their parents did. But the whole Sixties perspective of change no longer exists."
(Richey James)

GAULTIER, JEAN PAUL
(1952- )
Fashion designer from France

MANICS REFERENCE:
'MY TIE IS PAUL SMITH OR GAULTIER' (Nostalgic Pushead lyrics)
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Jean Paul Gaultier

PRESLEY, ELVIS
Elvis Presley (1935-77) American singer and actor
Exposed to gospel music from childhood, Presley began playing guitar before his adolescence. He first recorded in 1953, became a national sensation by 1956, and dominated rock music until 1963. Presley sang successfully in three popular idioms: country and western, rock 'n' roll, and rhythm and blues. Although he had a pleasant baritone voice and a sincere delivery, it was his pelvic gyrations, considered wildly sexual by an entire generation of teenagers and their appalled parents, which skyrocketed Presley to fame. Among his most successful songs were "Heartbreak Hotel," "Love Me Tender," "Hound Dog," and "Don't Be Cruel." He appeared in such motion pictures as Love Me Tender (1956) and Follow That Dream (1962). Presley remained a popular and influential performer through the 1960s and 70s. His death was attributed largely to substance abuse. Since his death, popular interest in Presley has remained high; his home, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee, has been turned into a highly successful tourist attraction.

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'THINKS IT'S SO FRESH NOT A POST ELVIS STILL' (Nostalgic Pushead lyrics) Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
James and Tom Jones covered the Elvis song 'I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone'
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Elvis Presley

SMITH, PAUL
(1946- )
Fashion designer based in Nottingham, England

MANICS REFERENCE:
'MY TIE IS PAUL SMITH OR GAULTIER' (Nostalgic Pushead lyrics)
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Paul Smith

STONEHENGE
This ancient monument of huge stones solitarily standing on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England has captured imaginations for centuries. Theories about who built it have included the Druids, Greeks, Phoenicians, and Atlanteans. Speculation on the reason it was built range from human sacrifice to astronomy.
Investigations over the last 100 years have revealed that Stonehenge was built in several stages from 2800 - 1800 BC. It seems to have been designed to allow for observation of astronomical phenomena - summer and winter solstices, eclipses, and more.

MANICS REFERENCE:
'WHERE STONEHENGE IS WORSHIPPED AND DRUGS A DEITY' (Nostalgic Pushead lyrics)
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Stonehenge

DISCOGRAPHY:	Gold Against The Soul
LYRICS:	Nicky Wire and Richey Edwards
MUSIC:	James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore
QUOTES:	"It originally started off with the idea of a middle-aged person knocking things that would be exciting and valuable to a new generation. So many people said to us when we started. 'Oh, seen that, done it, don't do it again.' It's really depressing that there's a new generation growing up and being offered the same icons, like The Rolling Stones. The biggest bands now, like Pearl Jam, obviously grew up listening to the same records their parents did. But the whole Sixties perspective of change no longer exists." (Richey James)