According to the commentary on the "24 Hour Party People" DVD by Anthony Wilson, Tart Tart is essentially a retelling of a piece of Factory Records' history. Specifically, it refers to the departure of Martin Hannett, who produced many famous punk and post-punk records, from the record label. Wilson states that Shaun Ryder wrote the lyrics after listening to an account of Hannett's departure, told to him by Bernard Sumner of New Order. Interestingly, both Sumner and Hannett produced other records by the Happy Mondays.
@FilthyMcNasty And that Hamnett producer guy died at 41. From drugs .Shaun Ryder said it was such a loss cause he was absolutely brilliant. U gotta consider the fact at the end of the day, the demise of the happy Mondays was, The loss of that producer, and the dumb move by FactoryRecords to insist on bringing in Talking Heads Tina Weymouth and that other talking Heads fella to 'produce' ..work on the Happy Mondays final album 'Yes Please'. Instead of the magician, Paul oakenfield. Who they had endless success with. Shaun Ryder was furious about it. And...
@FilthyMcNasty And that Hamnett producer guy died at 41. From drugs .Shaun Ryder said it was such a loss cause he was absolutely brilliant. U gotta consider the fact at the end of the day, the demise of the happy Mondays was, The loss of that producer, and the dumb move by FactoryRecords to insist on bringing in Talking Heads Tina Weymouth and that other talking Heads fella to 'produce' ..work on the Happy Mondays final album 'Yes Please'. Instead of the magician, Paul oakenfield. Who they had endless success with. Shaun Ryder was furious about it. And against it. As he knew an tried to tell the rest of the band that Tina Weymouth was the wrong person on every level to be the drive behind Yes Please. But no, they refused to listen and Yes Please bombed. Talking Heads was, no offence, way out dated by early 90's. They didn't even know about or understand the Madchester music scene. And thought Bez was irrelevant An should be removed from the Happy Monday's WTF !! That jus shows you how much Tina Weymouth didn't get it. Shaun Ryder is not at fault for the demise of The Happy Monday's at all. The rest of the band screwed it with dumb decisions. Shaun lead singer, was always outvoted.
According to the commentary on the "24 Hour Party People" DVD by Anthony Wilson, Tart Tart is essentially a retelling of a piece of Factory Records' history. Specifically, it refers to the departure of Martin Hannett, who produced many famous punk and post-punk records, from the record label. Wilson states that Shaun Ryder wrote the lyrics after listening to an account of Hannett's departure, told to him by Bernard Sumner of New Order. Interestingly, both Sumner and Hannett produced other records by the Happy Mondays.
@FilthyMcNasty And that Hamnett producer guy died at 41. From drugs .Shaun Ryder said it was such a loss cause he was absolutely brilliant. U gotta consider the fact at the end of the day, the demise of the happy Mondays was, The loss of that producer, and the dumb move by FactoryRecords to insist on bringing in Talking Heads Tina Weymouth and that other talking Heads fella to 'produce' ..work on the Happy Mondays final album 'Yes Please'. Instead of the magician, Paul oakenfield. Who they had endless success with. Shaun Ryder was furious about it. And...
@FilthyMcNasty And that Hamnett producer guy died at 41. From drugs .Shaun Ryder said it was such a loss cause he was absolutely brilliant. U gotta consider the fact at the end of the day, the demise of the happy Mondays was, The loss of that producer, and the dumb move by FactoryRecords to insist on bringing in Talking Heads Tina Weymouth and that other talking Heads fella to 'produce' ..work on the Happy Mondays final album 'Yes Please'. Instead of the magician, Paul oakenfield. Who they had endless success with. Shaun Ryder was furious about it. And against it. As he knew an tried to tell the rest of the band that Tina Weymouth was the wrong person on every level to be the drive behind Yes Please. But no, they refused to listen and Yes Please bombed. Talking Heads was, no offence, way out dated by early 90's. They didn't even know about or understand the Madchester music scene. And thought Bez was irrelevant An should be removed from the Happy Monday's WTF !! That jus shows you how much Tina Weymouth didn't get it. Shaun Ryder is not at fault for the demise of The Happy Monday's at all. The rest of the band screwed it with dumb decisions. Shaun lead singer, was always outvoted.