The Great Mansun Survey! - RESULTS

Now, 227 people have filled in this survey so results should be getting pretty accurate. The results below represent 160 forms I've had the time to process. Phew It's hard work all this typing :o)

Category Vote Number

Favourite EP

FOUR EPa
TWO EP
THREE EPa
ONE EP
FIVE EPa
Skin Up Pin Up
FIVEPb
THREE EPb
FOUR EPb
80
77
67
53
50
39
31
29
26

Favourite Song on Skin Up Pin Up

Skin Up Pin Up
Flourella
55
39

Favourite Song on ONE EP

Egg Shaped Fred
Ski Jump Nose
Lemonade Secret Drinker
ONE EP bonus track
Thief
59
40
23
6
4

Favourite Song on TWO EP

Take it Easy Chicken
Drastic Sturgeon
The Greatest Pain
Moronica
70
42
17
1

Favourite Song on THREE EP

Stripper Vicar
An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter
No One Knows Us
Things Keep Falling Off Buildings
The Edge
Duchess
82
19
18
5
6
8

Favourite Song on FOUR EP

Wide Open Space
Vision Impaired
Skin Up Pin Up
Moronica (acoustic)
Rebel Without a Quilt
Lemonade Secret Drinker (acoustic)
The Gods of Not Very Much
95
13
10
10
9
5
5

Favourite Song on FIVE EP

She Makes My Nose Bleed
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Live Open Space
Drastic Sturgeon Live
She Makes me Bleed (acoustic)
Flourella (new version)
Most to Gain
86
18
13
12
12
6
2

Favourite Song on Attack of the Grey Lantern

The Chad who Loved me
Taxloss
Wide Open Space
Stripper Vicar
Mansun's Only Love Song
Dark Mavis
An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter
Naked Twister
Disgusting
Egg Shaped Fred
You, Who do you Hate?
She Makes My Nose Bleed
25
20
18
17
16
14
13
8
6
3
3
3

Favourite Mansun Song of all time

Stripper Vicar
Wide Open Space
Take it Easy Chicken
She Makes My Nose Bleed
Egg Shaped Fred
Skin Up Pin Up
The Chad who Loved Me
An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter
Drastic Sturgeon
Taxloss
Mansun's Only Love Song
Dark Mavis
Naked Twister
Disgusting
Flourella
Moronica
Ski Jump Nose
Lemonade Secret Drinker
No One Knows Us
You, who do you hate
The Greatest Pain
ONE EP bonus track
Lemonade Secret Drinker (acoustic)
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Drastic Sturgeon (live)
Things Keep Falling Off Buildings
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Thief
Duchess
The Gods of Not Very Much
Vision Impaired
The Edge
Live Open Space (live)
She Makes my Nose Bleed (acoustic)
Flourella (new version)
69
63
38
30
28
25
21
20
20
15
15
14
11
11
9
8
8
7
7
7
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1

Worst Mansun Song

Skin Up Pin Up
One EP bonus track
Taxloss
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Most to Gain
Things Keep Falling Off Buildings
Mansuns only Love Song
Lemonade Secret Drinker
You, who do you hate
Egg Shaped Fred
Naked Twister
She Makes my Nose Bleed
Rebel without a Quilt
Duchess
Drastic Sturgeon
The Greatest Pain
Vision Impaired
The Edge
Moronica
Stripper Vicar
Thief
Live Open Space
The Gods of Not Very Much
Wide Open Space
Lemonade Secret Drinker (acoustic)
Flourella (new version)
An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter
Disgusting
Flourella (Remixed)
The Chad who Loved Me
She Makes My Nose Bleed (acoustic)
Dark Mavis
Moronica (acoustic)
Take it Easy Chicken
Ski Jump Nose
20
12
12
9
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
4
1
1
2
1
1
3
2
1

Which is better

The Original Egg Shaped Fred
The Re-recorded Egg Shaped Fred on Attack of the Grey Lantern
55
47

Which is better

Original Flourella (Skin Up Pin UP EP)
Re-recorded Flourella on FOUR EP
52
31

Favourite Member in Mansun

Paul Draper
Nah, I like em all!
Chad
Stove
Hib
Mark (ex keyboardist)
61
50
27
13
2
1

Should Paul wear his hat again?

Yes!
No!
64
57

Should Chad change his shirt?

No!
Yes!
79
58

True or False - Mansun are improving

True - Mansun's Songs are getting better
Indifferent
False - Mansun's older songs were better
87
45
8

Mansun should...

Stay as they are
Write more heavy, guitar fuelled songs like take it easy chicken
Continue with more lyrical songs such as You, who do you hate
87
49
13

Should Mansun try and infuse more
dance rhythms into their Music

No
Yes
77
56x

Many Thanks to

Lorraine Whyte, Lisa Wharf & Wai Hing Lau, Lizzie, Paul Annet, Asher Dresner, Mark West, Lee Williams, wpg:/jm-andrews@uwe.ac.co.uk, Marley, Neil Merry, Richard Cowan, Jenny Lincoln, Mark Carter, Thomas Betts, Leah Black, Matt Booth, Layla, Carrie Chan, Syed Hoda, Sam Scarper, Matt Falcus, Tom Purser, Annika, Clare Farrell, Andrew Dunstan, Matt Bayes, Mavis, Anthony Getty, Fazlin Badri-Alyeope, Matt Lancey, sem2@cant.ac.uk, Chris Dafnis, Mavis (No. Two), Laura Freshwater, Alan Hendry, Alan Driscoll, Joanna Hendry, Steven Abraham, Ste Scott, George Lah-Anyane, Howard Milton, Miki Yoshimura, Lee, J Barnes, Arvind Thandi, Rus, Dave Nattriss, John Ellison, Jamie, Craig, Graham McClelland, Cho So Yun, Joseph Chan, Helen, Jon Crooke, Rachel Nimz, Simon Williams, Rients de boer, Jeremy Wines, Sophie Bray, Iain Meldrum, Holly Marchant, Chris Law, Patrick Barry, Little Jim, Sarah, Satoko Owada, Katie, Phil, Andrew Murphy, Darren, Justine Shum, Victoria Searle, Thomas Patterson, Sarah Norris, Lucy Gibson, Wong Mei Bo, James Macmillan, Bum Plumber, Mabel Wong, Anne Chungjutikul, Bafron Stondon Hooly Blythe, Robsy Bakes, Chris Clark, Eddie Windel, Jonno Bedwani, John Dickerson, Nick Smith, Liz C, Roy, Juliet, Helen Ashcroft, Sheraz the smooth, Roy Cheung, Maria Papara, Camilla Croucher, Jeremy Hee-taek Lee, Chris Wilding, !Gizmo!! Jaume Benedito, Lee, Sushma Sharma, Sylvia Pigarella, Jemima Gold, Lori Weinstein, Rachel Jones, Neil Culff, Adrienne, BNM, Peter, BillyWiz, Simon Hawkins, Cheryl, Pablo Streetus, David Gilyeat, Mavis' Pineapple, Sim, Madilyn, AJBA0021@newi.ac.uk, Clare Garner, Keith Hennessy, Nichole Graham, Eddy Warren, Chris], Jack Feeny, Jeremy Case, Grub Bunny, Hannah Curtis, Tormod Bjontegaard,

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