La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)

"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)"
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album Gold Against the Soul
Released 26 July 1993
Format CD, vinyl record (12"), cassette
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:13
Label Columbia
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"From Despair to Where"
(1993)		 "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)"
(1993)		 "Roses in the Hospital"
(1993)

"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" is the second single to be released from the gold selling album Gold Against the Soul by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 26 July 1993 and reached number 22 in UK charts on 31 July 1993.[1] The song's title is taken from the last words of Vincent Van Gogh, loosely translated as "the sadness endures".[2][3] However, the lyrics are written from the perspective of a war veteran, containing the line "wheeled out once a year, a cenotaph souvenir" and tracking the bathetic progress of the former soldier's war medal: "It sells at market stalls/ Parades Milan catwalks".[2][4][5]

The B-side, "Patrick Bateman", is a 'tribute' to the American Psycho character. "La Tristesse Durera" also made an appearance as track number four on Forever Delayed (28 October 2002), the Manics' greatest hits album, which entered the UK album chart at number 4 on 9 November 2002 [6]

Contents

Track listing

CD

  1. "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" (7" version)
  2. "Patrick Bateman"
  3. "What's My Name" (live The Clash cover at Cambridge Junction, 20 October 1992)
  4. "Slash 'n' Burn" (live at Norwich UEA, 21 October 1992)

12"

  1. "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" (album version)
  2. "Patrick Bateman"
  3. "Repeat" (live in Norwich, 21 October 1992)
  4. "Tennessee (I Get Low)"

Cassette

  1. "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)"
  2. "Patrick Bateman"

References

  1. ^ "Official UK singles chart for 31 July 1993". http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/1993-07-31/. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 
  2. ^ a b "La tristesse durera @ MANICS.NL". http://www.manics.nl/site/phrases/latristessedurera.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 
  3. ^ Nick Wise (May 1997). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press. pp. 1995–1996. ISBN 9780711960114. http://books.google.com/books?id=HOCd4REHzEAC&pg=PA1995. Retrieved 7 December 2010. 
  4. ^ Owen, Paul (27 November 2008). "The Manics' lyrics were something special | Music | guardian.co.uk". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2008/nov/27/manic-street-preachers. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 
  5. ^ Mick Middles (January 2000). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press. pp. 107–. ISBN 9780711977389. http://books.google.com/books?id=bWu-18LTncgC&pg=PA107. Retrieved 7 December 2010. 
  6. ^ "Official album charts archive for 9th November 2002". http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2002-11-09/. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 
Manic Street Preachers
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"Suicide Alley" (1988) · "UK Channel Boredom" (1990) · "Motown Junk" (1991) · "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" (1991) · "Feminine Is Beautiful" (1991) · "Stay Beautiful" (1991) · "Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" (1991) · "You Love Us" (1991) · "Slash 'n' Burn" (1992) · "Motorcycle Emptiness" (1992) · "Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)" (1992) · "Little Baby Nothing" (1992) · "From Despair to Where" (1993) · "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" (1993) · "Roses in the Hospital" (1993) · "Faster/P.C.P." (1994) · "Revol" (1994) · "She Is Suffering" (1994) · "A Design for Life" (1996) · "Everything Must Go" (1996) · "Kevin Carter" (1996) · "Further Away" (1996) · "Australia" (1996) · "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (1998) · "The Everlasting" (1998) · "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" (1999) · "Tsunami" (1999) · "The Masses Against the Classes" (2000) · "Found That Soul" (2001) · "So Why So Sad" (2001) · "Ocean Spray" (2001) · "Let Robeson Sing" (2001) · "There by the Grace of God" (2002) · "The Love of Richard Nixon" (2004) · "Empty Souls" (2005) · "Underdogs" (2007) · "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" (2007) · "Autumnsong" (2007) · "Indian Summer" (2007) · "The Ghosts of Christmas" (2007) · "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" (2010) · "Some Kind of Nothingness" (2010) · "Postcards from a Young Man" (2011) · "This Is the Day" (2011)
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