Are You Scared To Get Happy?: Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers - Velocity Girl

2 Comments Published by Tom on Monday, April 9, 2007 at 4:12 PM.

The first ever track I posted on indie-mp3 in February 2002 was Velocity Girl by Primal Scream. As that track was re-issued on last years CD86 compilation I thought I do the next best thing and post the cover of it by the Manic Street Preachers.

Originally a b-side on one of the CD releases of their single Australia it later turned up on 2003's Lipstick Traces - A Secret History compilation.

The Manics were big fans of C86 as this interview of Nick Wire in The Guardian testifies.

Manic Street Preachers - Velocity Girl

You can pick up Lipstick Traces for as little as 99p on e-bay!

2 Responses to “Manic Street Preachers - Velocity Girl”

# larryhag April 11, 2007 6:18 PM

nice, remember that interview from an earlier post on this blog.
# Keir April 20, 2007 1:33 AM

here's Primal Scream doing a longer version, in session for Janice Long, recorded 7 July 1986

http://www.axifile.com/?9694418

and what the Manics were doing around that time :)

http://www.axifile.com/?9694418

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Are You Scared To Get Happy takes it's name from the Bristol fanzine of the same name that was produced by Matt Haynes who later co-founded Sarah Records.

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