Mr. Writer

"Mr. Writer" a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, taken from their third album Just Enough Education to Perform. It was released in March 2001. It reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song is track 3 on the album. A live version from Millennium Stadium Cardiff is on the "Vegas Two Times" single. It was written in response to a journalist who had toured with the band and had later given them negative reviews. The song has been attributed as one of the factors that has caused the group's uneasy relationship with the media. In a 2008 interview with The Guardian, lead singer Kelly Jones admitted that "...every journalist thought ["Mr. Writer"] was about them. It took me 10 minutes to write and 10 years to explain."^[1] A live acoustic version is track 1 on CD2 on the "Mr. Writer" singles, along with live acoustic versions of "Hurry Up and Wait" and "Don't Let Me Down".

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by David Slade^[2] and features clips of the band performing in a snowy globe and some other clips of the band dressed as clowns driving in a car which soon catches fire and is brutally destroyed. Then the band run off into the dusk at the end of the video.

Track listing

CD1

"Mr. Writer (edit)"
"Maritim Belle Vue in Kiel"
"An Audience with Mr. Nice"

CD2

"Mr. Writer (live acoustic)"
"Hurry Up and Wait (live acoustic)"
"Don't Let Me Down (live acoustic)"^[3]

References

↑ Barnett, Laura (28 October 2008). "Portrait of the artist: Kelly Jones, musician". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
↑ MVDBase Music video Database - searching for Stereophonics videography.
↑ Stereophonics official website - Discography page: 2001 "Mr. Writer" track listing.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Stereophonics

Kelly Jones Richard Jones Adam Zindani Jamie Morrison Stuart Cable Javier Weyler

Studio albums	Word Gets Around Performance and Cocktails Just Enough Education to Perform You Gotta Go There to Come Back Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Pull the Pin Keep Calm and Carry On Graffiti on the Train Keep the Village Alive

Live albums	Live from Dakota

Compilations and EPs	Live from London EP Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics

Singles	"Local Boy in the Photograph" "More Life in a Tramps Vest" "A Thousand Trees" "Traffic" "The Bartender and the Thief" "Just Looking" "Pick a Part That's New" "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" "Hurry Up and Wait" "Mama Told Me Not to Come" "Mr. Writer" "Have a Nice Day" "Step on My Old Size Nines" "Handbags and Gladrags" "Vegas Two Times" "Madame Helga" "Maybe Tomorrow" "Since I Told You It's Over" "Moviestar" "Dakota" "Superman" "Devil" "Rewind" "It Means Nothing" "My Friends" "You're My Star" "Innocent" "Could You Be the One?" "In a Moment" "Indian Summer" "Graffiti on the Train" "We Share the Same Sun" "C'est la Vie" "I Wanna Get Lost with You" "Song for the Summer" "White Lies" "Mr and Mrs Smith"

Concert videos	Live at Cardiff Castle Performance and Cocktails: Live at Morfa Stadium A Day at the Races

Promotional films	Call Us What You Want but Don't Call Us in the Morning Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Rewind Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics

Tours	Graffiti on the Train Tour

Related articles	Discography Songs Awards and Nominations Music of Cardiff

Category:Stereophonics

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