Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Long Title has been disambiguated
Deleted line(s) 45,47 (click to see context) :
* LongTitle:
** "A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days"
** "Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)"
** "A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days"
** "Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Deleted line(s) 38 (click to see context) :
* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: "Return of the Roughnecks" is a scathing anti-yuppie anthem. While Manchester was cracking at the seams, Mark Burgess was shaking his head at the blind optimism of the people around him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13,14 (click to see context) from:
Despite their relatively short lifespan compared to more famous contemporaries like Music/TheCure or Music/TalkingHeads, The Chameleons achieved a cult status among fans of the Manchester scene. This was largely due to their atmospheric guitar sound and lead singer Mark Burgess' haunting lyrics. The philosophical themes in his writing cover a range of dark topics including mental breakdown, violent crime, personal loss, apathy, and urban decay set against the dreary landscape of 1980s Manchester.
to:
Despite their relatively short lifespan compared to more famous contemporaries like Music/TheCure Music/{{The Cure|Band}} or Music/TalkingHeads, The Chameleons achieved a cult status among fans of the Manchester scene. This was largely due to their atmospheric guitar sound and lead singer Mark Burgess' haunting lyrics. The philosophical themes in his writing cover a range of dark topics including mental breakdown, violent crime, personal loss, apathy, and urban decay set against the dreary landscape of 1980s Manchester.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: "Return of the Roughnecks" is a scathing anti-yuppie anthem. While Manchester was cracking at the seams, Mark Burgess was shaking his head at the blind optimism of the people around him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NeverTrustATitle: "Swamp Thing" has nothing to do with the [[ComicBook/SwampThing comic book character]] or swamps for that matter, instead evoking the crushingly depressing reality of life in Thatcher's Britain.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 51 (click to see context) from:
** "Here Today" from ''Script of the Bridge'' is from the perspective of a man as he dies after being shot to death. His mind repeatedly asks where his wife is. According to Burgess, that man was Music/JohnLennon.
to:
** "Here Today" from ''Script of the Bridge'' is from the perspective of a man as he dies after being shot to death.shot. His mind repeatedly asks where his wife is. According to Burgess, that man was Music/JohnLennon.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 54 (click to see context) from:
** A deeper meaning for the song is not wasting your youth since the old man compared his situation to being buried alive.
to:
** A deeper meaning for the song is not wasting your youth since the old man compared his situation in the veterans home to being buried alive.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** A deeper meaning for the song is not wasting your youth since the old man compared his situation to being buried alive.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
The Chameleons were a British [[PostPunk post-punk]] band from Middleton, Greater Manchester. They were formed in 1981 and were active from that year until 1987 before splitting in the aftermath of the death of their manager. They were then active again from 2000 to 2003. In the course of their short career the band released four post-punk albums and two acoustic albums, as well as several live albums.
to:
The Chameleons were a British [[PostPunk post-punk]] post-punk]]/[[GothRock goth rock]] band from Middleton, Greater Manchester. They were formed in 1981 and were active from that year until 1987 before splitting in the aftermath of the death of their manager. They were then active again from 2000 to 2003. In the course of their short career the band released four post-punk albums and two acoustic albums, as well as several live albums.
