Magazine - Definitive Gaze free for downloading

Magazine always get forgotten when all the great Manchester bands are listed

SORRY USA BUT THE BRIT BANDS ARE SUPERIOR IN EVERY MUSICAL SENSE

BRILLIANT !!! What a great and underrated group they were !! Pleased to say I saw them in their prime.... 1978, Colston Hall, Bristol, UK

So this is real life.

Post-punk basslines are the best, aren't they?

I've got this bird's eye view And it's in my brain Clarity has reared It's ugly head again So this is real life You're telling me And everything Is where it ought to be I like your nerve I like watching you But I don't watch what I'm doing Got better things to do So this is real life You're telling me Now I'm lost in shock Your face fits perfectly

I bought this album when it first came out, and I was blown away by the music immediately, also the lyrics as there were so many references to the literary heroes of mine at the time, Dostoyevsky, Kafka, Camus, Colin Wilson and many more. The whole album was a musically glorious celebration of the perception of a person who could see the world and themselves as just not fitting together. A lot, most in fact, people don't get it. This is a beautiful collection of songs about 'the outsider'.

Magazine was one of my faves

Glad i accidentaly clicked on this. c:

Bought this album when i was at school,even now its stood the test of time,in my top ten best albums of all time.

Hell of an opener.

how can anyone give this a dislike?! its amazing,the first magazine song I ever heard :) Progressive-punk

I missed this completely in the 70's, when they played it on BBC 6 Music i though it was a new track, couldn't believe is was from 1978

intro riff is is the most badass riff i have ever heard.

This is a really good Magazine the bass player on Magazine was the best in punk.

One of the greatest post-punk bands EVER!

Have I commented about this song before?  Who cares, it's about the best ever.