I remember first hearing this. Was in my brothers car, just fitted a stereo for him and this was on the radio. We didn't know who it was at first, that's how different it was to a lot of the earlier Happy Mondays tracks. This is a cover song.
Ahh these were the soundtrack to my teens when spent most of my spare time out of my head. They were a mix of rock and dance, and Shaun Ryders lazy vocal style was iconic. Have a listen to Loose Fit, and Kinky Afro by them. Try to watch the official videos so you get a feel for their style and who they were. Basically just a load of stoned kids having fun. A bit too much fun because they're a mess now.
I feel like the Mondays were like the acid house’s generation of Ian Dury & The Blockheads. The loose funky guitar and bass, with a driving beat that makes you dance, dripping with street poetry. JP, Ryder just sounds like that. I hope that you dive deep into their discography. Everything in the Bummed and Pills’n’Thrills albums were brilliant, and so many great remixes (Vince Clarke remix of WFL and MacColl Mix of Hallelujah are personal favourites of mine) Also, if you’re looking for bands with days of week, you should check out The Sundays, Joy is a standout track (also an English indie band from the early 90’s)
Oh JP, shades of Grace Jones here re song selection... Great band, who've made a load of top tunes. Some of which I've pushed for myself in the past, songs like Moving in With, and Mad Cyril. And though this is a good 'un, and was a big hit, It's a cover. Press on with this LP, or Bummed for a taste of their own stuff. They're worth a listen.
The sound of summer raves fuelled by E, rather than road trips. The Madchester scene was the indie dance scene that grew up around the north west city of Manchester. Huge part of British culture around that time that effectively lead into Britpop just a few years later. Oasis of course also hailed from Manchester, a city with a rich musical heritage.
I didn't get into the Mondays until 2000s ....in USA (1990s) Nirvana, as good as they were, stole well-deserved attention from English bands like Mondays, Roses, Lush, MBV, MS Preachers) I am very glad you are taking the time Professor to review this really great and somewhat less-known-in-the-US music. Do "Loose Fit" next !!! (baggy clothes look)
Do the rest of the album, Pills N thrills, JP...one of my all time faves. Manchester 1990, 22 years old. What a time. What a year. The album is very representative of those times, I think.
I think this is a cover of the Jon Congoes . The band were part of what was known as the madchester scene which included the stone roses and inspiral carpets and others from Manchester. I was also linked to the hacienda club and factory records and drugs. There as some great songs.
Yeah back then the rave culture was becoming mainstream, and Chicago acid house influences came in as well. This music was inspired by, er, more than just a few beers... 😃😃😃
I think that this tune’s lyrics are set in the time of the European invasion into North America (Rain maker, could be a reference to a tribal elder doing a rain dance), the rest of the lyrics hold true to this interpretation, though I could easily be wrong (I normally tend to be)
The "Madchester" genre covers the period 1988 to 1991ish, and Happy Mondays represent this along with other Manchester Bands such as Stone Roses, Charlatans, The Farm. It was the missing link between house music and Indie, and ultimately ushered in Britpop. Stone Roses were influential and brilliant in equal measure.
Mondays did a song on their first album ("Desmond") which was such a blatant rip off of "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" that it had to get pulled from subsequent pressings. Pills and Thrills was an enormously successful album, although this song preceded it as a single. Thanks for the callout!
Tiresome. Give me Thomas Dolby over this anyday of the week. Or even The Farm for that matter. I can feel Screamadelica in my bones from your channel in the next few months. Twas all a bit mechanical n detached for me.substance-centric chaos. I do like Bobs Yer Uncle though. They ripped me off! That was then but this is now...as The 2nd ABC LP would put it. This HM malarky annoys me greatly! Nevertheless, diolch!
I feel like the Mondays were like the acid house’s generation of Ian Dury & The Blockheads. The loose funky guitar and bass, with a driving beat that makes you dance, dripping with street poetry. JP, Ryder just sounds like that. I hope that you dive deep into their discography. Everything in the Bummed and Pills’n’Thrills albums were brilliant, and so many great remixes (Vince Clarke remix of WFL and MacColl Mix of Hallelujah are personal favourites of mine) Also, if you’re looking for bands with days of week, you should check out The Sundays, Joy is a standout track (also an English indie band from the early 90’s)
Huge Atlantic divide here… This is such a famous hit in Britain.
The movie 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE covers this band and era.
GREAT movie!
Lead vocalist Shaun Ryder collaborated with Gorillaz (Damon A) on the song “Dare.”
never noticed a connection to Come Together. 'Kinky Afro' is a great track off the album.
Incredible song. Also "Dennis & Lois"
They were also responsible for the band Black Grape, who did some good stuff.
The song is a cover of the original by John Kongos, and its easily Happy Mondays best known track here in Blighty
So much a part of UK culture I know it without ever really listening to it until now.
A massive global hit in 1990. Played everywhere.
Shaun Ryder is the singing head in Gorillaz' song and video for "Dare"
Bez, one of the band members, had the very important job of shaking empty maracas and dancing. Bez is legendary!
Now that's just slander. Of course they weren't empty. They were full of class A's.
The original by John Kongos was one of the first songs to use samples.There is also a drum loop in it as well. Very forwards thinking for 1971
I forgot to add they had a guy in the band, and all he did was dance and groove to the music live on stage
Bez!
Great album! You're twisting my melon man!
I remember first hearing this. Was in my brothers car, just fitted a stereo for him and this was on the radio. We didn't know who it was at first, that's how different it was to a lot of the earlier Happy Mondays tracks. This is a cover song.
Ahh these were the soundtrack to my teens when spent most of my spare time out of my head.
They were a mix of rock and dance, and Shaun Ryders lazy vocal style was iconic.
Have a listen to Loose Fit, and Kinky Afro by them. Try to watch the official videos so you get a feel for their style and who they were. Basically just a load of stoned kids having fun. A bit too much fun because they're a mess now.
This is a great cover. This album was on heavy rotation for me back in the day. :)
The Mondays would play the Hacienda in Manchester and hand out hits of E to the crowd before they hit the stage.
Love your Black Philip T shirt! I was 16 when this came out. One of those endless summers, living deliciously without a care in the world!
You now need to listen to the original by John Kongos.
Seconded. Also "Tokoloshe Man", also by John Kongos.
The superior version in my opinion.
I'm off to Manchester for a Twelve hour gig of Manchester Tribute acts ncluding The 'Appy Mundays. A great bunch keeping this Music alive.
I feel like the Mondays were like the acid house’s generation of Ian Dury & The Blockheads. The loose funky guitar and bass, with a driving beat that makes you dance, dripping with street poetry. JP, Ryder just sounds like that. I hope that you dive deep into their discography. Everything in the Bummed and Pills’n’Thrills albums were brilliant, and so many great remixes (Vince Clarke remix of WFL and MacColl Mix of Hallelujah are personal favourites of mine)
Also, if you’re looking for bands with days of week, you should check out The Sundays, Joy is a standout track (also an English indie band from the early 90’s)
Love this. Saw them live at Glastonbury 1990 😊😊
Oh JP, shades of Grace Jones here re song selection... Great band, who've made a load of top tunes. Some of which I've pushed for myself in the past, songs like Moving in With, and Mad Cyril. And though this is a good 'un, and was a big hit, It's a cover. Press on with this LP, or Bummed for a taste of their own stuff. They're worth a listen.
The sound of summer raves fuelled by E, rather than road trips. The Madchester scene was the indie dance scene that grew up around the north west city of Manchester. Huge part of British culture around that time that effectively lead into Britpop just a few years later. Oasis of course also hailed from Manchester, a city with a rich musical heritage.
The Beatles plus madchester = Candy Flip version of “Strawberry Fields Forever”, also from 1990 😊
I didn't get into the Mondays until 2000s ....in USA (1990s) Nirvana, as good as they were, stole well-deserved attention from English bands like Mondays, Roses, Lush, MBV, MS Preachers)
I am very glad you are taking the time Professor to review this really great and somewhat less-known-in-the-US music. Do "Loose Fit" next !!! (baggy clothes look)
Do the rest of the album, Pills N thrills, JP...one of my all time faves. Manchester 1990, 22 years old. What a time. What a year. The album is very representative of those times, I think.
Now you should listen to the original version by South Africa's John Kongos ("He's Gonna Step On You Again")
I think this is a cover of the Jon Congoes . The band were part of what was known as the madchester scene which included the stone roses and inspiral carpets and others from Manchester. I was also linked to the hacienda club and factory records and drugs. There as some great songs.
Tune!
Great party banger. Rave on.
Yeah back then the rave culture was becoming mainstream, and Chicago acid house influences came in as well. This music was inspired by, er, more than just a few beers... 😃😃😃
Ngl, Paul Ryder is up there with the best of our bassists. His basslines are legendary, especially those in squirrel and g-man (their first album)
Great album, this cover maybe not one of highlights off it but still good.
I think that this tune’s lyrics are set in the time of the European invasion into North America (Rain maker, could be a reference to a tribal elder doing a rain dance), the rest of the lyrics hold true to this interpretation, though I could easily be wrong (I normally tend to be)
“We’re just a bunch of lads who like making music and smoking lots of ganja”…. Shaun Ryder
..and smack n E n coke...
Kinky Afro next!
Check out the movie “24 hour party people” about the Manchester scene.
And joy division
Bez was the best member of this band. Didn’t play anything. Just danced. For the whole show. High as a kite.
Much as I like this cover,the original by John Kongos in 71/72 is superior…….imo of course.
Eh, mad for it, sound
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The "Madchester" genre covers the period 1988 to 1991ish, and Happy Mondays represent this along with other Manchester Bands such as Stone Roses, Charlatans, The Farm. It was the missing link between house music and Indie, and ultimately ushered in Britpop. Stone Roses were influential and brilliant in equal measure.
Appreciate the history SR! Ty
I think "the farm" were from Liverpool way...
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Mondays did a song on their first album ("Desmond") which was such a blatant rip off of "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" that it had to get pulled from subsequent pressings. Pills and Thrills was an enormously successful album, although this song preceded it as a single. Thanks for the callout!
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Manchester House.
A few of their songs have nods to the Beatles.
This music sounds so dated now.
Not for me. Never was.
Not as good as the original IMO
Tiresome. Give me Thomas Dolby over this anyday of the week. Or even The Farm for that matter. I can feel Screamadelica in my bones from your channel in the next few months. Twas all a bit mechanical n detached for me.substance-centric chaos.
I do like Bobs Yer Uncle though. They ripped me off!
That was then but this is now...as The 2nd ABC LP would put it.
This HM malarky annoys me greatly! Nevertheless, diolch!
The Farm were terrible. The Mondays were a one-off...totally original.
I feel like the Mondays were like the acid house’s generation of Ian Dury & The Blockheads. The loose funky guitar and bass, with a driving beat that makes you dance, dripping with street poetry. JP, Ryder just sounds like that. I hope that you dive deep into their discography. Everything in the Bummed and Pills’n’Thrills albums were brilliant, and so many great remixes (Vince Clarke remix of WFL and MacColl Mix of Hallelujah are personal favourites of mine)
Also, if you’re looking for bands with days of week, you should check out The Sundays, Joy is a standout track (also an English indie band from the early 90’s)