VIDEO: Shaun Ryder takes over Manchester Metrolink



Quaytickets enjoyed a surreal journey to work this morning as Manc music legend Shaun Ryder took over the Metrolink as part of BBC Music Day. The Black Grape and Happy Mondays front man provided announcements to bemused passengers on the Media City UK line, offering his...unique...insights upon arrival at each stop.

 Ryder, like the rest of us, had no idea what Pomona station was for. "Pomona?! Never heard of it!" he announced, declaring that the metro was (of course) "twisting his melon." Predictably enough, as the tram pulled into Exchange Quay Ryder gave a shout of "come on you Reds!" in reference to nearby Old Trafford.

 The singer reminisced about his home town at Salford Quays, adding that it was very different from the place he knew as a child. Several passengers laughed out loud as Ryder announcement for Anchorage began excitedly but ended in audible disappointment, all to the tune of Gorillaz' DARE. 

 Those unfamiliar with Ryder's discography will have been very confused at  Harbour City as Ryder launched into a chorus dedicated to the stop, sung to the tune of Kinky Afro. 

 Public transport was taken over in over cities including Liverpool, where Miles Kane provided train announcements, and Blackpool where Alfie Boe voiced the trams. In Birmingham, commuters were treated to dulcet tones of Ozzy Osbourne.

 Whilst he enjoyed working for Metrolink for the day, Ryder will never listen back to his recordings. "I hate the sound of my own voice," he told BBC 6 Music. 


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Shaun Ryder (Image: Daily Mirror)

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