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April 14th, 2006

Manchester Passion

I thought the Manchester Passion on BBC3 and BBC2 tonight was superb. We are recording the repeat as I speak.

Mark has posted some screenshots: way out west: Manchester Passion

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Update: Liz was there.

Update 2: Track list as kindly supplied by someone on an e-mail list:

You’re Gonna Need Someone On Your Side (Morrissey)
Cast No Shadow (Oasis)
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division
Search For A Hero (M People)
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (The Smiths)
Sit Down (James) to the sleeping disciples
Blue Monday (New Order)
I Am The Resurrection (The Stone Roses)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
Sunshine After The Rain (Elkie Brooks)

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4 Responses to “Manchester Passion”


  1. Jocelyn Lavin says:

    To add to your set list: the orchestra played “Hallelujah” (Happy Mondays) at the start, and “Ever Fallen In Love” (Buzzcocks) near the end. I suspect most people didn’t notice these two songs as there were no words!

    April 16th, 2006 at 4:32 pm
  2. John Davies (on a Liverpool housing estate) says:

    But no songs by The Fall? Hardly representative, then.
    (That criticism aside, it was a special and moving occasion.)

    April 16th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
  3. Chris says:

    Amazing!! Why has this never been done before, great for schools drama groups etc. I Am The Resurrection (The Stone Roses) and Sunshine After The Rain (Elkie Brooks) spine tingling and hair standing on the back of the neck moments! Top Klass

    April 21st, 2006 at 1:20 pm
  4. Jim Lewis says:

    As an entertainment spectacle I thought ‘The Manchester Passion’ worked well.
    However, as a lot of this music was the soundtrack to paganistic hedonism generally frowned upon by the church, I thought this was a good example of organised religion appropriating pagan cultural icons in order to bolster their flagging support.
    In 2000 years of christianity, nothing changes.

    May 7th, 2006 at 9:16 am