It appears that the two singers that make up the band Right Said Fred have found at least one person that was willing to interview them. In an article on RadarOnline, they talk about how tough it is to re-establish themselves seventeen years after their one and only hit. According to the chrome-dome sibs, America and Europe have been welcoming but, the UK has not. Fuck, I thought the UK was part of the continent of Europe. I’m so bad at geography:
Hoping to be more than a one hit wonder (who doesn’t have a love-hate relationship with I’m Too Sexy For My Shirt?) brothers Richard and Fred Fairbrass AKA Right Said Fred recently flew to Los Angeles to record a video for their new song I’m A Celebrity.
Bound to be a hit in Germany, the band’s comeback single promises big things. Richard Fairbrass confides, “It’s a comment on the whole celebrity lifestyle thing, being famous for nothing, whether its Big Brother, Idol or whatever. Celebrities are a goldmine of inspiration.”
After their 1991 smash, Fairbrass says the band headed to Europe in the late nineties, where they performed around three gigs a week, at various clubs and festivals.
Finding a label has been a hard task in the current economy. After signing to BMG in 2002, the band jumped ship to Gut Intermedia nine months ago, only to see the label go bankrupt. “Now we have our back catalogue back and we are contractually free,” Fairbrass says.
On reinventing himself, Richard says, “America and Europe are decidedly more receptive. In the UK it’s more difficult.”
“We keep ourselves looking good. As a pop act its more important, while as a rock act there’s more leeway. As a pop act you have to look better. We are very into the gym and are quite vain, we watch what we eat and seldom drink we only binge once every blue moon.” Well, that’s honesty for you.
Now living in south London, Richard isn’t too keen on current pop acts: “I can’t really stand the retro stuff like Amy Winehouse or Duffy. They’re big with kids who aren’t really old enough to realize how derivative they are.”
So, Richard can’t stand retro stuff and thinks Amy Winehouse and Duffy have “derivative” material? Derivative, by definition means “secondary; not original.” And in that spirit, the video above is the 2007 remake of their 1992 hit. I kind of wish Right Said Fred were too sexy to, um, talk.
He is 120% correct.
Go Right Said Fred!! To be fair, at the time their hit came out, they weren’t being retro. I’m gonna side with the sexy dudes on this one.
i can honestly say i preferred watching the original video on pop up video.
that remake sucked. You do not remake your one hit wonder. Two thumbs down.
And yeah, it’s ridiculous that they judge. Glass house, boys
and Leslie… pop up video is the shit!!!
i know! i learned so much wonderfully useless information on that show… i wish vh1 would bring it back.
I watched that like 10x.
The UK is geographically and politically part of Europe, but culturally at a complete remove.
Hehe, yup. I especially like it when the say that they are going to ‘the continent’ for a weekend or so…sounds like it’s sooo far away and sooooo much effort :).
I love Duffy and Amy Winehouse have great sounds. I also loveI am too sexy for my shirt- great sound lotta fun!!. You wouldnt be questioning my judgement now would you?
hmmmm, maybe the uk doesnt consider them artist bc we had to endure then in the daz laundry commercials appearing as white said fred. :(
i mean just for starters
Ugh I can’t believe I just spent time reading this pointless post
WHY is everyone calling the song, “I’m Too Sexy For My Shirt”?
It’s just “I’m Too Sexy”.
I wish we could have pointed out the point of that song is making fun of fashion models.
So really they just like satire.
“Fuck, I thought the UK was part of the continent of Europe”.
There’s continental Europe and there’s UK. Think that’s what he might have meant?
Right Said Chris
It’s a little unfair to call Right Said Fred a “one hit wonder”. They had four top ten hits in the UK in the early nineties. Their highest charting single wasn’t “I’m Too Sexy”, but their third single “Deeply Dippy” which hit number one.
Also, the fact that since 2000 they’ve had top ten records in Germany and Japan – two countries with substantially larger populations than the UK – makes the one hit wonder tag a bit dubious.