#30: “Legacy” - Mansun (1998)

Today’s lucky number is #30 which means it’s time to pay tribute to Mansun, spotlighting “Legacy” from their second album, Six.

A creepy stop-animation video using dolls (ala Team America) that captures the rise and demise of rock band, from garage band jam sessions, gay photo shoots to the eventual divorce against the backdrop of a trashed hotel room as Paul Draper’s nasal voice replays the last line: “Nobody cares when you’re gone”.

I reckon Mansun were never as famous as they should’ve (could’ve) been. For one, they had a member named Stove King. I actually only had that one point to make - how much more awesome can you be when you have a bassist named Stove King? The first page of a Google Image search returns one actual picture of Mr Stove - the rest are pictures of stoves.

Plus, they get away with lyrics like:

“Skinema nosebreak, Fatima toothpaste,
Penelope cheapskate, Claudia farmgate,
We’re taking egg shaped Fred to tea, We’ll make them sit strategically,
We’ll test their egg ability, We’ll make them meet”

Bonuses:
Six (this is the spiffier radio edit version with Paul Draper dancing like a twit)
Take It Easy Chicken (young, brash and awesome song about taking it easy, chicken) Egg Shaped Fred (Mansun continues the theme of daftly titled singles)
Negative (noir-ish video of a creepy guy creeping around, voyeuristically snapping pix and cutting locks of hair from a couple making out).