Bedhead Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 did anyone see that BBC3 documentary on Shaun Ryder last night?? now there's an advert for not taking drugs! well to excess anyhow not so many Happy Mondays for him these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoworking Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 He was living here in Perth for six months last year while recording an album. His cousin is the manager of a radio station here. He was a familiar sight around town for a while and you're correct, he's the best advert you'll ever see for not taking drugs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedhead Posted February 24, 2004 Author Share Posted February 24, 2004 and Bez releas(ed)ing a single??! - all he ever did before was dance!! fair play to the pair of them though - used to luv the Mondays how did/is his album doing?? not sure when that documentary was recorded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoworking Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 The album is called Amateur Night In The Big Top. It was recorded in his cousin's garage in Perth. Basically it's just a collection of beats with Shaun mumbling his "poetry" over the top. Musically it's OK-ish, but he's definitely the weak link on the album. There is a Sheffield connection on the album, as it happens. Stephen Mallinder who used to be in Sheffield's Cabaret Voltaire, now lives in Perth and works at the same radio station as Pete Carroll (Shaun Ryder's cousin). Mallinder is credited with co-writing and co-producing some tracks on the album. It's great to hear Mallinder on the radio. He's still got a strong Sheffield accent and it sounds so familiar (yet so strange) on the airwaves in Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedhead Posted February 24, 2004 Author Share Posted February 24, 2004 yea i can't imagine it being very sellable - Black Grape never took off and he can hardly talk now and well he could hardly ever sing could he but there again that wasn't the point of most of the indie bands of the late 80's - was more of the time kinda thing seems like the inspiral carpets are alive and kicking and the stone roses have been well documented but what ever happened to; the farm charlatans the pixies spaceman 3 james hmmm who else was there....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Maiden Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I knew about the filming of the documentary and was keen to see the finished result if only to see Fliss and Jo. I have to say I am absolutely disgusted. I do not know how Felicia came across to others watching but she is not the person I knew. I think the hardest thing for me to believe was that Fliss is my age and is with Shaun??? The mind just won't comprehend that... Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedhead Posted February 24, 2004 Author Share Posted February 24, 2004 Originally posted by Moon Maiden I do not know how Felicia came across to others watching but she is not the person I knew. Moon you knew her then - where from? have to agree a bit of a mis-match but it is shaun ryder after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Maiden Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I went to college with Felicia and then dated her older brother for over 4/5 years - we had a little boy to which she is obviously aunty and now shaun uncle Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedhead Posted February 24, 2004 Author Share Posted February 24, 2004 blimey you ever get to see them?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Maiden Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 rarely - I split up with her brother some time ago. We are all now on happy terms (even with my ex mother-in-law) but Fliss sounds as if she is very much planted with Shaun. I don't really know how to elaborate further without getting into family politics. I was shocked to see her with her own son because I remember quite fondly and strangely (being that she is a friend) how she used to be with my son and his cousins, it isn't the same. Moon Maiden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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