[{"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "Battle of the Bands 2016"}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "Cymerodd y rhaglen ddogfen 12 mlynedd i'w chreu."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "\u201cRydym wedi cael 14 o senglau yn y deg uchaf, 31 o senglau yn olynol yn y 40 uchaf, wedi gwerthu miliynau o albymau \u2013 ac nid yw pobl yn gwybod pwy ydym ni o hyd.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Nid oes modd dweud a yw\u2019r drymiwr Sean Moore yn falch neu mewn penbleth gan gyn lleied y mae\u2019r cyhoedd fel pe baent yn ei wybod am y Manic Street Preachers - y band sydd wedi bod yn perfformio am y rhan fwyaf o dri degawd."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "Mae ei sylwadau yn dechrau rhaglen ddogfen nodwedd newydd am y grw\u0302p, sy'n gobeithio unioni'r fantol."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Cymerodd ddeuddeg mlynedd i\u2019w chreu, ac mae \u201cNo Manifesto\u201d yn bortread cynhwysfawr, difyr a dadlennol iawn o\u2019r band o Gymru."}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "Rydym yn eu gweld adref, yn y stiwdio recordio ac ar daith."}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "\"We've had 14 top ten hits, 31 consecutive top 40 hits, sold millions of albums - and people still don't know who we are.\""}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "You can't quite tell if drummer Sean Moore is pleased or perplexed by how little the general public seem to know about Manic Street Preachers - the band he's been performing with for the best part of three decades."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "His comments kick-start a new, feature length documentary about the group, which hopes to redress the balance."}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "Twelve years in the making, \u201cNo Manifesto\u201d is an exhaustive, entertaining and highly revealing portrait of the Welsh band."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "We see them at home, in the recording studio and on tour."}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Ar hyd y ffordd, mae Moore yn egluro ei angerdd dros saethu targed, mae\u2019r gitarydd a\u2019r prif leisydd James Dean Bradfield yn datgan ei hoffter o hambyrgyrs Wimpy, ac mae Nicky Wire yn falch iawn wrth ddangos ei sied yn ei ardd."}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "Roedd hi eisoes wedi gweithio ar y rhaglenni dogfen o fri \u201cBowling for Columbine\u201d a \u201cFahrenheit 9/11\u201d, a gwnaeth ei rhinweddau sinematig ei helpu i gael mynediad digynsail i'r band."}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "Pan gefais sgwrs a\u0302 hi yng Nghaerdydd, lle mae\u2019r ffilm yn cael ei dangosiad cyntaf i\u2019r byd, mae hi'n cyfaddef i\u2019r broses o ddogfennu'r grw\u0302p dros gyfnod mor hir arwain at rywfaint o densiwn."}, {"text_idx": "#000027", "text": "\u201cRoedd yn bendant adegau pan oedd pethau\u2019n teimlo\u2019n annifyr. Roeddem yn eu ffilmio nhw tra roedden nhw\u2019n ceisio gwneud eu gwaith."}, {"text_idx": "#000028", "text": "\u201cRoedden nhw'n ceisio recordio albwm (\u201cSend Away The Tigers\u201d) ac ymarfer ar gyfer taith ac roedd adegau lle bu ychydig o wrthdaro."}, {"text_idx": "#000030", "text": "Along the way, Moore explains his love of target shooting, guitarist and lead singer James Dean Bradfield declares his passion for Wimpy hamburgers, and a very proud Nicky Wire shows off his garden shed."}, {"text_idx": "#000032", "text": "She had already worked on the acclaimed documentaries \u201cBowling for Columbine\u201d and \u201cFahrenheit 9/11\u201d, and her cinematic credentials helped her gain unprecedented access to the band."}, {"text_idx": "#000033", "text": "When I caught up with her in Cardiff, where the film is receiving its world premiere, she admitted the process of documenting the group over such a long period of time did lead to some tension."}, {"text_idx": "#000034", "text": "\"There were definitely moments when it felt awkward. We were filming them while they were trying to do their job."}, {"text_idx": "#000035", "text": "\"They were trying to record an album (\u201cSend Away The Tigers\u201d) and rehearse for a tour and there were times that made for a little bit of conflict."}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "\u201cOnd yn gyffredinol, roedden nhw\u2019n gydweithredol iawn ac yn cymryd ymagwedd ymarferol iawn i'r ffilmio. Wnes i erioed deimlo eu bod yn annaturiol, nid oeddent yn ffug. Ac roeddwn i\u2019n meddwl bod hynny\u2019n eithaf cw\u0302l oherwydd mae hynny\u2019n rhywbeth y mae'r cefnogwyr yn ei werthfawrogi.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000037", "text": "Yn wir, mae\u2019r cefnogwyr yn mwynhau bron cymaint o amser ar y sgrin yn y ffilm a\u0302\u2019r Manics eu hunain. Gwnaeth Marcus gyfweld bron i 100 ohonynt, ar draws y byd, ac mae eu cyfraniadau yn disodli\u2019r amrywiaeth arferol o bennau\u2019n parablu y byddech yn disgwyl eu gweld mewn rhaglen ddogfen fel hon."}, {"text_idx": "#000038", "text": "Rydych yn sylwi nad oes pynditiaid, newyddiadurwyr ac arbenigwyr cerddoriaeth i\u2019w gweld yn \u201cNo Manifesto\u201d. Nid yw hynny\u2019n dweud bod y cefnogwyr yn unffurf yn eu barn am y band. Mae cwynion am nwyddau swyddogol y Manics a\u2019r defnydd o regfeydd yng ngeiriau eu caneuon, tra bod hoffter Nicky Wire o golur llygaid melyn yn cael beirniadaeth benodol."}, {"text_idx": "#000039", "text": "Ond ar yr un pryd maent yn cydnabod bod y band wedi llwyddo i aros gyda'i gilydd, a pharhau i wneud cerddoriaeth, drwy amseroedd trasig a chythryblus."}, {"text_idx": "#000040", "text": "Fel y dywedodd un ffan: \u201cPo fwyaf rydych chi'n cael gwybod am y Manics, y mwyaf dynol y maent yn ymddangos\u201d."}, {"text_idx": "#000041", "text": "A daeth y drasiedi honno yn gynnar yn eu gyrfa. Ar 1 Chwefror 1995, diflannodd y gitarydd Richey Edwards. Ni chafwyd fyth hyd iddo."}, {"text_idx": "#000044", "text": "\u201cByddwn yn ysgrifennu at ein gilydd drwy'r amser,\u201d meddai. \u201cPethau ifanc, ingol, pethau da\u201d."}, {"text_idx": "#000045", "text": "Mae\u2019n araf yn agor cerdyn sydd yn syml yn dweud: \"Happy birthday to the nicest mind destroyer\"."}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "Er eu bod yn awr yn fand o dri, mae Richey Edwards yn dal i daflu cysgod hir dros y Manic Street Preachers, fel y dywedodd DJ Radio 1, Huw Stevens, wrthyf cyn i\u2019r ffilm gael ei rhyddhau."}, {"text_idx": "#000047", "text": "\u201cMae'r Manics yn fand y mae llawer wedi digwydd iddyn nhw ac maen nhw\u2019n dod i delerau a\u0302 phethau yn eu ffordd eu hunain,\u201d meddai. \u201cOs gwrandewch chi ar eu cerddoriaeth nawr, byddwch yn gweld bod Richey yn dal i fod yn rhan o'r band, er nad yw gyda nhw yn gorfforol\u201d. \u201cMae bob amser yn y geiriau, y gwaith celf a'r cysyniad o\u2019r Manic Street Preachers\u201d. \u201cAc er eu bod nhw wedi creu albymau gwych ers iddo ddiflannu, mae'r albymau a wnaethon nhw gyda Richey yn rhan enfawr o hanes y Manics\u201d."}, {"text_idx": "#000048", "text": "Mae \u201cNo Manifesto\u201d yn llawn o eiliadau teimladwy, ond mae hiwmor a chynhesrwydd yma hefyd. Mae darnau enfawr o\u2019r ffilm yn canolbwyntio ar broses greadigol y band, sy'n arwain at gyfnewid gwych rhwng James a Sean: \u201cRhaid i chi fod mwy fel Billy Bragg na Lonnie Donegan\u201d."}, {"text_idx": "#000049", "text": "Yn nes ymlaen, mae James yn hapus i chwalu mythau cyfansoddi caneuon. \u201cDydw i ddim yn eistedd wrth ddesg fach yn St Petersburg gyda photel o Absinthe\u201d, meddai. \u201cRydw i'n eistedd yn fy ystafell fyw gyda phot o goffi\u201d."}, {"text_idx": "#000050", "text": "Ond Nicky Wire, wrth drafod magwraeth y band yn Ne Cymru, sy'n darparu llinellau gorau\u2019r ffilm o bosibl: \u201cMae'n rhoi ffibr moesol go iawn i ni. Cariad at ddiwylliant uchel a diwylliant hynod o isel. Rwy'n llawer mwy cyfforddus wrth fwyta byrger nag wrth fynd i fwyty crand. Ac mae hynny oherwydd fy mod i\u2019n Gymro\u201d."}, {"text_idx": "#000051", "text": "Yn eu dyddiau cynnar, cyhoeddodd y Manic Street Preachers eu bod am wneud un albwm, gwerthu 16 miliwn o gopi\u0308au ohono, ac yna gwahanu."}, {"text_idx": "#000052", "text": "Bron i 30 mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, maent yn dal i wneud cerddoriaeth, yn dal i werthu recordiau, ac yn dal i fwynhau clod."}, {"text_idx": "#000053", "text": "Mae \u201cNo Manifesto\u201d yn cofnodi uchafbwyntiau ac isafbwyntiau band sydd yn awr yng nghanol eu 40au, ond sy'n parhau i fod mor lliwgar a dadleuol ag erioed."}, {"text_idx": "#000054", "text": "\"But in general, they were very co-operative and took a very hands-off approach to the filming\u201d. \"I never felt that they were putting on any kind of act, they weren't phony\u201d. \"And I thought that was pretty cool because that's something that the fans appreciate.\""}, {"text_idx": "#000055", "text": "In fact, those fans enjoy almost as much screen time in the film as the Manics themselves. Marcus interviewed nearly 100 of them, all over the world, and their contributions replace the usual array of talking heads you would expect to see in a documentary like this."}, {"text_idx": "#000056", "text": "Pundits, journalists and music experts are noticeably absent from No Manifesto. That's not to say the fans are uniform in their opinions of the band. There are complaints about the Manics' official merchandise and the use of swear words in their lyrics, while Nicky Wire's penchant for yellow eye shadow comes in for particular criticism."}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "But in the same breath they acknowledge that the band has managed to stay together, and keep making music, through tragic and turbulent times."}, {"text_idx": "#000059", "text": "And that tragedy came early on in their career. On 1 February 1995, guitarist Richey Edwards disappeared. He's never been found."}, {"text_idx": "#000062", "text": "\"We'd write to each other all the time,\" he recalls. \"Young, angsty, good stuff\"."}, {"text_idx": "#000063", "text": "He slowly opens a card which simply reads: \"Happy birthday to the nicest mind destroyer\"."}, {"text_idx": "#000065", "text": "\"The Manics are a band that have had a lot happen to them and they come to terms with things in their own way,\" he said. \"If you listen to their music now, you'll see that Richey is still part of the band, even though he's not with them physically\u201d. \"He is always in the lyrics, the artwork and the concept of Manic Street Preachers\u201d. \"And although they've created some fantastic albums since he disappeared, the albums they did with Richey are a huge part of the Manics' history\"."}, {"text_idx": "#000066", "text": "\u201cNo Manifesto\u201d is full of poignant moments, but there's humour and warmth here too. Huge chunks of the film focus on the band's creative process, which leads to a great exchange between James and Sean: \"You've got to make it more Billy Bragg than Lonnie Donegan\"."}, {"text_idx": "#000067", "text": "Later on, James happily debunks the myths of song writing. \u201cI'm not sitting at a little desk in St Petersburg with a bottle of absinthe\", he offers. \"I'm sitting in my living room with a pot of coffee\"."}, {"text_idx": "#000068", "text": "But it's Nicky Wire, discussing the band's upbringing in South Wales, who delivers arguably the best lines in the film: \"It gave us a real moral fibre. \"A love of high culture and extremely low culture. I'm much more comfortable eating a burger than I am going to a posh restaurant. And that's because I'm Welsh\"."}, {"text_idx": "#000069", "text": "In their early days, Manic Street Preachers famously announced that they were going to make one album, sell 16 million copies of it, then split up."}, {"text_idx": "#000070", "text": "Nearly 30 years on, they're still making music, still selling records, still enjoying acclaim."}, {"text_idx": "#000071", "text": "\u201cNo Manifesto\u201d charts the highs and lows of a band who are now in their mid-40s, but who remain as colourful and contentious as ever."}, {"text_idx": "#000073", "text": "Ar o\u0302l gyrru CD i mewn, mae'r Co\u0302r wedi cael ei ddewis, gyda dau go\u0302r arall, i ganu yn achlysur Carolau o Landudno 2014 yn Venue Cymru ddydd Sul 21 Rhagfyr 2014. Bydd y cyngerdd eleni yn cynnwys rhestr wych o dalent Cymreig a llawer o garolau traddodiadol. Bydd y cyngerdd yn cael ei ffilmio gan S4C a ddangosir fel rhan o\u2019u hamserlen Nadolig."}, {"text_idx": "#000076", "text": "Mae'r co\u0302r wedi cael ychydig o flynyddoedd cyffrous ac maent wedi cael rhai cyfleoedd gwych, gan gynnwys perfformio yn y Gw\u0302yl Genedlaethol Cerdd i Ieuenctid yn Neuadd \u2018Festival\u2019 Birmingham ac yna fe\u2019i wahoddwyd i ganu yn y Prom Ysgolion yn y Royal Albert Hall. Maent hefyd wedi perfformio mewn corws opera gymunedol, 'Noye\u2019s Fludde' gan Britten yn Eisteddfod Ryngwladol Llangollen."}, {"text_idx": "#000079", "text": "After sending in a CD entry, the Choir has been selected, with two other choirs, to sing at the Carols from Llandudno 2014 event at Venue Cymru on Sunday 21 December 2014. This year\u2019s concert will feature a wonderful line-up of fantastic Welsh talent and lots of traditional carols. The concert will be filmed by S4C and shown as part of their Christmas schedule."}, {"text_idx": "#000080", "text": "Denbighshire Youth Choir was established in 2009 and is based in Rhyl. It has over sixty members drawn from at least ten schools from all over the county of Denbighshire. The pupils are aged from 9-15."}, {"text_idx": "#000082", "text": "The choir has had an exciting few years and they have had some wonderful opportunities, including performing at the Music for Youth National Festival at Birmingham Festival Hall and then were invited to sing at the Schools Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. They have also performed in the chorus of a community opera, Britten\"s 'Noye's Fludde' at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod."}, {"text_idx": "#000085", "text": "Gwasgodd cerddorfa enfawr o fwy na 150 o gerddorion i fewn i Neuadd Prichard-Jones ym Mhrifysgol Bangor fel cyfran o weithdy ar raddfa eang a arweinir gan cherddorion o Gerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC."}, {"text_idx": "#000087", "text": "Yn ystod y gweithdy, cafodd cyfranogwyr gyfle i ymarfer a pherfformio trefniadau a gre\u0308wyd yn arbennig o ddarnau enwog o gerddoriaeth glasurol: Suite Y Firebird \u2013 Y Finale gan Igor Stravinsky, a Noson ar y Mynydd Llwm gan Modest Mussorgsky."}, {"text_idx": "#000088", "text": "Mae'r prosiect hwn yn gyfran yn unig o brosiect blwyddyn o hyd gan y BBC, sef Music Ten Pieces y BBC, gyda'r nod o ysbrydoli cenhedlaeth o blant i fod yn greadigol gyda cherddoriaeth glasurol."}, {"text_idx": "#000089", "text": "Yn gynharach y mis hwn gwyliodd mwy na 100,000 o ddisgyblion ysgolion cynradd o bob rhan o'r DU Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC yn perfformio mewn sioeau ffilmiau sinema, yn dangos ffilm arbennig cynhyrchwyd fel rhan o'r prosiect \u2013 a perfformwyd 2 ddarn o\u2019r gweithdy ymhlith y darnau cerddorol hynny yn y ffilm."}, {"text_idx": "#000091", "text": "A giant orchestra comprising of more than 150 musicians squeezed into Prichard-Jones Hall at Bangor University as part of a large-scale workshop led by the musicians from BBC National Orchestra of Wales."}, {"text_idx": "#000093", "text": "During the workshop, the participants were given the opportunity to rehearse and perform specially created arrangements of famous pieces of classical music: The Firebird Suite \u2013 Finale by Igor Stravinsky and A Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky."}, {"text_idx": "#000094", "text": "This project is just part of a year-long BBC project, BBC Music\u2019s Ten Pieces, aiming to inspire a generation of children to get creative with classical music."}, {"text_idx": "#000095", "text": "Earlier this month more than 100,000 primary school pupils from across the UK watched BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform in cinema screenings, in a specially produced film as part of the project \u2013 and the two pieces performed in the workshop were amongst those pieces played on the film."}]