Digital Music — September 23, 2011 at 6:52 am

Stream: Manic Street Preachers cover The The’s ‘This Is The Day’ for new best-of

British rockers Manic Street Preachers are set to release a comprehensive, 38-track singles collection called National Treasures this fall, a collection they’re capping off with a brand-new single: a cover of the The The classic “This Is The Day,” off 1983’s Soul Mining. The 2CD set won’t be released until Oct. 31, but the single is available for sale now through digital retailers in the U.K. — and you can stream it below, captured off the BBC’s 6 Music by Manic Street Mania (song starts around 1:20).

 

 

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  1. Leopold Stotch
    September 23, 2011 at 7:56 am  ·  Reply

    Nice!
    BTW Badly Drawn Boy does a mean cover of ‘This Is The Day’ too…
    http://www.versionsgalore.com/2010/07/06/day-planner/

  2. Kavlak
    September 23, 2011 at 4:45 pm  ·  Reply

    Hmm, not a fan. Why change the lyric of “All the money in the world couldn’t buy back those days” to “bring back”? That is much weaker.

    That Badly Drawn Boy version above is much better. Thanks Leopold.

  3. Webbie - KeepingItPeel
    September 23, 2011 at 5:03 pm  ·  Reply

    I’m a bit nonplussed. James Dean Bradfield’s shouty vocals don’t really work with this cover.

  4. Ferndave
    September 23, 2011 at 7:43 pm  ·  Reply

    Meh. Their cover of Umbrella was better.

  5. Frank
    September 24, 2011 at 1:10 am  ·  Reply

    Nope – doesn’t work for me.

  6. Jim McCabe
    September 24, 2011 at 8:16 am  ·  Reply

    MSP, one of the best bands, ever.

  7. Daren
    October 19, 2011 at 11:48 am  ·  Reply

    Argh. I appreciate people paying homage to great songs, but they completely missed the feel of it.

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