A friend (who I quote too much) loves suede, he always goes on about how he has been a fan for years "since before they had a record out" and I think so the f*** what?
I agree their stuff with BB was great but some of their music sounds shallow to me, these days.
It's funny people make out that M is this little Englander and suede are these London sophisticated types but the only real progression in suedes image in 25 years is Brett being a dad, Wow it's not like lots of people aren't dads. That's it.
Beyond that, they just have pictures taken in London, near a broken down bus stops, under a bypass or something., like they did at 25. Its embarrassing
The funny thing is they are as white as feck. M is meant to be a racist, yet has people from south America etc in his band and he has mentioned all these countries in songs and has lived all over and Suede are just 4 white dudes who go on about London. I don't think people give M the credit for being a real adventure seeker.
The new Suede stuff is ok, I buy it, I have three listens then play We are the pigs . I will say this though Brett is great live and he is a clever guy.
I think generally he has kept sharper than M, in terms of lyrics
www.setlist.fm
he is trying to keep from laughing
