Oh Dear !!!!

Tony Wilson once described Shaun Ryder as the modern day W.B. Yeats so this guy is taking over Thomas’s mantle

Just listen to the words of “Losin her” (in the link on the right hand side) & it’s like he’s possessed by his ghost!! :blink:[/quote]

I think the actual quote (according to 24 Hour Party People) is “Shaun Ryders lyrics on a good day are on par with W.B Yeats on a bad day.”

And I personally think the best Happy Mondays song Lyrically was “Step On” although it is surprisingly little known that this was a cover.

The lad is no John Cooper Clarke and putting the poor lyrics aside its also poorly recorded probably in his room with a free copy of Audacity and a £5 mic of ebay.

I expect it is no shock to you that I am once again disagreeing but music or any art form would be obsolete by its own nature if everyone had the same opinion and understanding of it.[/quote]

The actual quote from 24 hour party people is:
“Tony Wilson: You know, I think that Shaun Ryder is on a par with W.B. Yeats as a poet.
Yvette: Really?
Tony Wilson: Absolutely. Totally.
Yvette: Well, that is amazing, considering everyone else thinks he’s a f*****g idiot.”

To be fair they’re probably both right!!
Some of his lyrics are pretty good although I can’t say the ones from Step On have ever stood out to me – My own personal favourites are “Jesus is a c**t who’s never helped you with a thing that you do. Or you’ve done” (can’t remember the song title & I may have it wrong but that’s what it’s always sounded like to me!!) & one from his Black Grape days “Oh Pope he got the Nazi’s, To cover up their messes, He exchanged the gold & paintings, he gave them new addresses”.
There’s plenty examples too

Going back to Mr RealityInPoetry I give up now coz I was taking the pish but it seems to have been missed!!!
Since I heard it I’ve been trying to figure out whether he’s serious or whether with lyrics like “Hindley bus, Shevvy bus, Leigh bus” & “You can catch me in the station watching Latics on the plasma screen” whether he’s having a laugh & trying to be Wigan’s equivalent of MC Pitman
Reminds me of when I worked at Newton High School & they had an MC event after school which I earwigged in on and then got asked to leave by one of the SMT coz I kept laughing – apparently that wasn’t the response they were aiming for!!

And me, I like funk & very little else – now if you slag that off then we have got a fight on our hands!!!