Introduced by Diana Dors, the Joeys here perform 'Men rap' live on the Channel 4 chat show Loose Talk. Over two series the Eighties show featured a range of different presenters and performers, including the television debut of Ian Hislop and Sade, with Jonathan Ross as the production team researcher. (Ross later worked again with Joeys on the arts documentary 'Edinburgh Inside Out'.) 'Men rap' lyrics were written by Graham Allum (replaced here by Chris Eymard) and it was musically arranged by Nigel Ordish (aka Fairman) to be only accompanied by the rhythm of a cabassa, after rejecting a range of overly grand synthesised compositions which "just didn't work". 'Men rap' grew to be hugely popular, and was performed hundreds of times by the Joeys to close their stage shows, as well as often being featured on radio and television, and at many benefit events too. A record of 'Men rap' was often asked for, however the Joeys intentionally never made records* "so people have to come to see us", although this didn't hold back English teachers using the lyrics in schools. 'Men rap' is performed here by the Joeys (Bernie Evans, Chris Eymard, Robert Llwellyn and Nigel Ordish) at the Albany Empire, Deptford, England. *In fact, the Joeys do feature on one vinyl compilation record (along with Peter Gabriel, Madness, Billy Bragg, Emma Thompson, etc) which was created to raise funds for Greenham Common and other peace camps: 'Let the children play' from Panic Records. You can see other sketches and songs from the Joeys at: www.youtube.com/JoeysOnTV
