Not So Manic Now: Manic Street Preachers
Dorian Lynskey, Guardian, The, 1 October 2004
TOP OF THE POPS audience members are nothing if not versatile. Five minutes ago, on the last Friday evening in September, they were directing their considerable enthusiasm towards the gym-clad dancers representing Eric Prydz's 'Call on Me': picture a Jane Fonda workout video reimagined by the staff of Razzle.
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