Happy Mondays: What do you think?
Discussion
Didn't really appreciate the Mondays in their heyday but have over the past few years listened to some of their stuff and have more appreciaton of the Madchester era. Saw them early in the year at The Rescue Rooms and they were excellent; brill night. Seeing them later on in the year too and can't wait.
Anyone else like them? Opinions on new album/gigs.
Feel free to reminisce if you saw them years ago..
Anyone else like them? Opinions on new album/gigs.
Feel free to reminisce if you saw them years ago..
I love the Happy Monday's, Black Grape were top banana too.
Classics like 'Kinky Afro' and 'Step On' always stand out.
I'm a big fan of the Stone Roses too, late 80's/early 90's Indie was great stuff.
Madchester, the Hacienda, Mad for it!
Classics like 'Kinky Afro' and 'Step On' always stand out.
I'm a big fan of the Stone Roses too, late 80's/early 90's Indie was great stuff.
Madchester, the Hacienda, Mad for it!
Edited by bob1179 on Thursday 13th September 08:00
Yeah, Ryder seemed abit out of it at the Rescue Rooms but he just stood there with a fag and a pint and knew all the words and just sang along.. His new teeth looked abit strange! Bez did his usual stuff on stage and got the crowd well into the mood. Everyone went crazy when they did Step On. Rescue Rooms is a VERY small venue and at times it felt like what I imagine a Sex Pistols gig would have been like; people were 'flying' everywhere!
Really like Stones Roses but think Ian Brown's stuff of late is excellent..
Wish I'd been to the Hacienda....
Really like Stones Roses but think Ian Brown's stuff of late is excellent..
Wish I'd been to the Hacienda....
The Monday's stuff is pretty cool. I'm a late adopter of the Manchester scene too, prefering the Roses, Oasis, Charlatans type of stuff. Nearly all I know about the Mondays comes from 24hour Party people
The Coventry Collesuim would not have been the same without 'em though!
There is a Happy Mondays Keyboard on the lobby wall of the Manchester Rock Cafe, and it made me laugh as all the keys have symbols marked on them and masking tape lables on sides of the thing saying which songs each symbol is for.
I couldn't decide if I had more or less respect for them after that...
...probably more as they made great music without knowing how read music.
Just like me, except I can't play that well either
The Coventry Collesuim would not have been the same without 'em though!
There is a Happy Mondays Keyboard on the lobby wall of the Manchester Rock Cafe, and it made me laugh as all the keys have symbols marked on them and masking tape lables on sides of the thing saying which songs each symbol is for.
I couldn't decide if I had more or less respect for them after that...
...probably more as they made great music without knowing how read music.
Just like me, except I can't play that well either
danger mouse said:
The Monday's stuff is pretty cool. I'm a late adopter of the Manchester scene too, prefering the Roses, Oasis, Charlatans type of stuff. Nearly all I know about the Mondays comes from 24hour Party people
The Coventry Collesuim would not have been the same without 'em though!
There is a Happy Mondays Keyboard on the lobby wall of the Manchester Rock Cafe, and it made me laugh as all the keys have symbols marked on them and masking tape lables on sides of the thing saying which songs each symbol is for.
I couldn't decide if I had more or less respect for them after that...
...probably more as they made great music without knowing how read music.
Just like me, except I can't play that well either
Yeah, I think 24 Hour Party People gave me a good idea of how Manchester (and the Hacienda) played a pivotal role in the whole scene.. and also how it was such an influence on Oasis and others. Speaking of which; what do you think to this collaboration?The Coventry Collesuim would not have been the same without 'em though!
There is a Happy Mondays Keyboard on the lobby wall of the Manchester Rock Cafe, and it made me laugh as all the keys have symbols marked on them and masking tape lables on sides of the thing saying which songs each symbol is for.
I couldn't decide if I had more or less respect for them after that...
...probably more as they made great music without knowing how read music.
Just like me, except I can't play that well either
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-poXPaeBtc&mod...
Fantastic IMO. Can't wait to see Ian Brown at Rock City.
Shaun Ryder writes brilliant lyrics; doubt reading music was of much importance.. Besides: can you still read music whilst high on just about everything?!
Bez said in an interview recently that it was scary that he was so utterly out of it in drugs during those years of 'Madchester'... but what was even more scary was that he could still remember all of it!
Saw them at Hanley Victoria Hall at the end of 1992 and it was a shambles!! Bez had his arm in a plaster cast and so had his maracas gaffa taped to his cast, which was class! Shaun on the other hand wandered on stage, clearly stoned and "refreshed", mumbled for a bit and then fell over and didn't really make a huge effort to get back up for the rest of the gig. Rowetta the backing singer (who I seem to remember appearing on X Factor a couple of years ago?) managed to carry the rest of the show to her credit!
What made the situation worse was that the support band were the Stereo MCs, who had just had a big hit with Connected and the singers bounding enthusiam and stage presence had got the whole crowd really going for it, only to be followed by a disintegrating Mondays! Shame!
What made the situation worse was that the support band were the Stereo MCs, who had just had a big hit with Connected and the singers bounding enthusiam and stage presence had got the whole crowd really going for it, only to be followed by a disintegrating Mondays! Shame!
i'm too young to have been around when they were first about, i am 24, but i love the mondays, and most of the other bands from that era, stone roses, charlatans, inspiral carpets etc
black grapes (Shaun ryders band after happy mondays split) fantastic first album "its great when your straight" should be in everyones music collection, the second album they did sucked.
Happy mondays were great, wrote for luck (album version) is my favourite mondays track, but step on, kinky afro, loose fit, gods cop, do it better... list goes on
they recently released a new album "Uncle Dysfunktional", which i think is pretty good considering the state Shaun Ryder was meant to have been in at one point
also worth checking out is the solo album he recorded a couple of years back " amatuer night in the big top"
slightly different style to the mondays stuff, but not far removed
black grapes (Shaun ryders band after happy mondays split) fantastic first album "its great when your straight" should be in everyones music collection, the second album they did sucked.
Happy mondays were great, wrote for luck (album version) is my favourite mondays track, but step on, kinky afro, loose fit, gods cop, do it better... list goes on
they recently released a new album "Uncle Dysfunktional", which i think is pretty good considering the state Shaun Ryder was meant to have been in at one point
also worth checking out is the solo album he recorded a couple of years back " amatuer night in the big top"
slightly different style to the mondays stuff, but not far removed
Fane said:
John Squire was in the Seahorses. See here for more information about what he has been doing. Not a great deal it would seem.
john squire has recorded 2 solo albums, and bizarrely he is also the singer !his voice is 'interesting' (some would say just plain terrible) but I still found the majority of the songs on both albums excellent, his vocal style suits the music imho, and the guitar work is excellent, not overblown like on the stone roses "second coming" and not oasis lite like the seahorses album, which i pretty much hate
both "Time changes everything" and "marshalls house" are well worth a listen i would say
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