Menswe@r: Classic Or Dud?

Libertines the new Menswe@r anyone?

Any band on the NME cover this year is the new Menswe@r.

They were harmless enough, weren't they? Them and the Bluetones always seemed to be Britpop's last cough up of phlegm before it keeled over and dead. "Daydreamer" was nice, though.

I strongly disapprove of them being used in the same sentence as The Bluetones.

Well yes.

Ailsa's take I like, they were definitely a lot better than most of the sludge. I should break out the album again. :-)

the furore sparked by putting them on the cover of Select - classic.

Clearly they were a prototype for the Spice Girls: manufactured pop band, there was five of them and the lead singer had dyed red hair with a blonde fringe.

.....and one of them became a Gucci model, one of them became a UN ambassador, one of them was impregnated by Eddie Murphy.

So, where is that 2nd album?

i actually saw a copy of their second album (was all country rock wasn't it) once, but never bought it.

The second album isn't too bad, it is sort of country-rock mixed with a bit of a louder Oasis/Ocean Colour Scene rock sound. Curiosly, Sean O'Hagan did the string arrangements on the opening track.

also: http://community.livejournal.com/menswear/

Might well have seen everything:

Akira the Don uploads a 25th mixtape.

One of the tracks is a take on 'Daydreamer'

Menswe@r vets Simon White and Chris Gentry fully approve.

ATD actually made a full mixtape that ripped riffs from all manner of britpop classix a few years back, 3rd hand riffs .. (??), so he's clearly on a mission (surely its about time he worked with Carter USM)

Just read what you wrote about the album a while back Ned, I have to agree The One was a great tune. I always think if that had been a single instead of Sleeping In they might have actually sold a lot more copies of the album. Around You Again was the other one that showed they were better songwriters than they were given credit for.

Yay!

http://britpopnews.com/menswears-nuisance-goes-platinum/

How the hell has this happened? Did it really sell 299,999 copies in 1995?

still love the singles.

Oh dear.

Hahaha. But wait, the drummer is still earning £83 a year? From what?

I read an interview with Jamie from Marion last year who said,

"I still make money off 'This World And Body' now. Not much - PRS, stuff like that, from being played on the radio. I got £200 on Friday. I usually get about a grand, four times a year"

I really can't remember the last time I ever heard Marion or Menswe@r on the radio.

Looks like I was wrong, they do get played.

http://comparemyradio.com/artists/Menswear

Bloody hell, I should've tried harder

a new menswear single? really?

It's actually a re-recording of a B-side from an old single (We Love You) Johnny Dean is the only person from the original line up that's involved in this reunion.

Really enjoyed the Menswear gig at Bush Hall earlier this year. I couldn't care less that Johnny Dean is the only original band member (I'm not saying anyone else has any strong opinions about it either way, too). Quite like the new song too.

Oh and the Menswear goes platinum was a hoax but I'm sure that was mentioned before/obvious.

dud, Dud, dUd, duD, DuD, DUd, dUD, DUD!

I honestly can't believe people actually still talk about this heap of shit band as if they were in any way notable. They meant jack shit to me at the time and still don't mean a thing. They were so incredibly easy to dismiss and ignore at the time that it's frustrating reading retrospectives of that time and seeing Menswe@r's name mentioned time and again. They were a nothing band, as far as I'm concerned.

Hooray! They rule! I love them still!

Someone on Facebook I know did an interview with Johnny Dean recently

http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2014/02/28/interview-johnny-dean-menswer-a-movement-like-that-britpop-regardless-of-your-opinions-about-it-will-likely-never-happen-again/

Quite proud to say I submitted the three readers questions.

Reader question: Why didn’t Menswe@r put The One out as a single? It should have come out after Stardust, would have been a much bigger hit than Sleeping In which was just a good album track (bizarre single choice)

Reader Question: Also why did they hide Bones & Red Meat as bonus track when it’s better than almost every other song on the album.

Reader question: We Love You…. just why??

http://i.imgur.com/Ugl2qJl.jpg

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