so, i think they're the best band britains ever had, certainly with wider public appeal at least.
ah, i havent really got anything to say about them at the minute! i was only looking for a thread to see if anyone had either of the first 2 albums or 3 singles on slsk, i'm trying to avoid bringing down any more vinyl from my parents to mp3 as its tricky.
i think they may be the only band with a sizeable back catalogue, which i actually own everything of.
anyway, over to you...
― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 13:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 13:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick H, Tuesday, 11 March 2003 14:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
Any opinions on black Grape though - saw them live and thoroughly enjoyed myself but i feel this was more to do with Shaun and Bez's antics.
(wrote for luck will be dug out when i get home i think)
― james (james), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 14:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 14:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 14:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― james (james), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
imo only the first 2 black grape singles are good whereas everything else is dud (unless you count the Goldie mix of 'Fatneck') - whereas the Mondays have at least two generally good albums and even what i heard from 'Yes Please' doesnt sound THAT bad (i like Stinkin Thinkin) but this could be just rose-tinted romantic nostalgia creeping thru
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 15:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave q, Tuesday, 11 March 2003 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 11 March 2003 20:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 20:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
In response to the original "question," I do think the Primals would probably take #1 in that regards.
― R. Lim, Tuesday, 11 March 2003 21:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 21:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 21:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 22:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
me either
― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevo (stevo), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 20:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 20:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 13 March 2003 00:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 13 March 2003 00:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gareth, still waiting for mary to get ready:( (Mary), Thursday, 13 March 2003 16:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
'well i'm a simple city boy with stu-pid country taste...'
― piscesboy, Thursday, 13 March 2003 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 March 2003 18:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 13 March 2003 18:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 March 2003 18:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 13 March 2003 18:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 March 2003 19:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
also, junior senior ha ha
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 15 August 2003 04:16 (twenty years ago) link
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Friday, 15 August 2003 04:26 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 15 August 2003 04:27 (twenty years ago) link
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Friday, 15 August 2003 04:29 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 15 August 2003 04:30 (twenty years ago) link
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Friday, 15 August 2003 04:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 15 August 2003 05:42 (twenty years ago) link
For some unknown fate-tempting reason Pills'N'Thrills... was the first record Isabel and I listened to after we decided to get married.
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 15 August 2003 06:24 (twenty years ago) link
― nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh (James Blount), Friday, 15 August 2003 06:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 August 2003 02:43 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 21 August 2003 02:45 (twenty years ago) link
― heywood jablomi (heywood), Thursday, 21 August 2003 03:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 21 August 2003 03:04 (twenty years ago) link
CD80 'portable' Mondays go!
24 Hour Party PeopleWrote for LuckMad CyrilBrain DeadDo It BetterLazyitisWFL (Oakenfold mix)Hallelujah (radio mix)Clap Your HandsHoly GhostRave OnHallelujah (Oakenfold club mix)Step OnKinky AfroGod's CopLoose FitBob's Yer UncleStinkin' Thinkin'
(vaguely chronological, would like to have had 'Freaky Dancing' but it's just so cool to start it with 'Party People' and had to fit those remixes, 81:22 overburn!)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 November 2003 22:00 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 6 November 2003 22:55 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 6 November 2003 22:58 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 6 November 2003 22:59 (twenty years ago) link
i love all three. pills, especially dennis & lois is twistin' my melon today though
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 4 December 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link
Bez gets Happy Mondays disqualified from Bargain Hunt special
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/28/stinking-thinking-bez-gets-happy-mondays-disqualified-from-bargain-hunt-special
― FRE SHA VAC ADO (jed_), Friday, 28 September 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
Jarvis should've been disqualified for refusing to wear the BH fleece.
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 28 September 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
truth
― FRE SHA VAC ADO (jed_), Friday, 28 September 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
he looks a bit of a fiddy kiddler these days #curseofJacko
― calzino, Friday, 28 September 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
those tinted lenses are an extremely bad idea.
― FRE SHA VAC ADO (jed_), Friday, 28 September 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
as part of the BBC's Music Day, what a moving tribute
― Leon Carrotsky (Noodle Vague), Friday, 28 September 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
“(pulp) attempted to claw back some cash by including a signed vinyl copy of their Different Class album with a vintage gramophone they were auctioning, but this also raised limited interest from bidders.”Lololol
― calstars, Friday, 28 September 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
and that wasn't considered cheating? Typical fucking BBC impartiality!
― calzino, Friday, 28 September 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
Bargain Hunt is better than this
― Leon Carrotsky (Noodle Vague), Friday, 28 September 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
"Since that glorious moment at the auction, we have discovered an IRREGULARITY..!" 😱😱 We are completely gagged by this shocking #BBCMusicDay Bargain Hunt plot twist! CCing the red team to explain themselves: @Happy_Mondays & @Rowetta 😅😂 pic.twitter.com/5fjzSuwmUa— BBC Music (@bbcmusic) September 28, 2018
― FRE SHA VAC ADO (jed_), Friday, 28 September 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
step
― calstars, Friday, 2 August 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
on
― calstars, Friday, 2 August 2019 02:04 (four years ago) link
this description from upthread is spot on:
Listened to "Bummed" for the first time in ages the other day. It was a proletarian experience akin to watching a Vauxhall Conference match, or riding in a car where everyone is smoking but you.
― visiting, Friday, 2 August 2019 03:24 (four years ago) link
Son, I'm 30 I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty And I don't have a decent bone in meh
― calstars, Sunday, 18 August 2019 02:32 (four years ago) link
1 9 8 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC-b2ZenkZg
my favorite band of the 80s? quite possibly. if it's not them, it's some other roughnecks from manchester.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 5 March 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
When I had covid earlier this year and was actually kinda worried that I could be facing the end of my days, the movie I turned to like, "welp better watch this one more time" was 24 Hour Party People. I don't know why that called out to me as the comfort food I should reach for, instead of something heartwarming or classic or, well, good. But 24 Hour Party People it was! And that prompted a pretty big Mondays kick. Tried to supplement that by listening to some other Madchester bands and like, Primal Scream, etc., but none of that stuff did it for me as good as Pills Thrills and Bellyaches or Bummed.
― peace, man, Saturday, 6 March 2021 12:23 (three years ago) link
At some point in my covid haze, I worked up a theory about them being England's Guns N Roses or something like that. I can't quite remember how I fleshed that theory out, but on a surface level it kinda makes sense.
― peace, man, Saturday, 6 March 2021 12:33 (three years ago) link
I love that theory24 Hour Party People is the best rock movie by far
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 March 2021 12:49 (three years ago) link
drugs not being a bug but a feature.& singer detailing the activity of underclass in a non judgmental way?THink the Mondays may have had cooler references/influences though
― Stevolende, Saturday, 6 March 2021 13:27 (three years ago) link
yeah, that sounds about right.
― peace, man, Saturday, 6 March 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
kinky afro is my shit these days, yippie yippie aye aye ay
― brimstead, Saturday, 6 March 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
How old are you
― calstars, Saturday, 6 March 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
xpost couple of the last two rock bands that seemed to have any kind of genuine swagger to compete w hip hop
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 March 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
Are you old enough
― calstars, Saturday, 6 March 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link
Also both lead singers got deserved shit for anti-gay stupidity.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 6 March 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
Bez's autobiography "Freaky Dancin'" is a pretty worthwhile read, you come away from it marveling that none of them died or got arrested in the process. reminds me a bit of Trainspotting where it does kind of glamorize the fun bits & makes you understand *why* these guys fucked their brains up so often but ultimately it seemed to be a pretty miserable existence. Bez seems like a nice but super unreliable dude, Ryder on the other hand I wouldn't leave a pet goldfish with
― frogbs, Saturday, 6 March 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
R.I.P. Paul Ryder
The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morningA true pioneer and legend. He will be forever missed ❤️We thank you for respecting the privacy of all concerned at this time. Long live his funk x pic.twitter.com/E8e7x4Tvcw— Shaun Ryder (@officialswr) July 15, 2022
― peace, man, Friday, 15 July 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
awful news, he was the backbone of the group (a cliché but a true one here)
― Sudden Birdnet Thus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 15 July 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
Oh no. His bass playing on the first album is soooooo good.
― Tom D: I was in the army (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
listening to this again, the bassline is the song, everything else is dressing on top https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zWpHxfQvtk
― Sudden Birdnet Thus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 15 July 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
ah damn RIP - completely makes that early sound, just keeps driving through the swamp
― woof, Friday, 15 July 2022 16:17 (one year ago) link
well this sucks
― bury my heart in wounded kieth (Noodle Vague), Friday, 15 July 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
RIB
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Friday, 15 July 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvQZ3rwvBho
"tart tart" (1987)
rest well. hope he found something better.
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Friday, 15 July 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
'Loose Fit' is the tune of theirs I have listened to a bunch in the past few years, such a hypnotic groove.
― earlnash, Friday, 15 July 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
RIP, for sure the engine of their whole sound and vibe.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 15 July 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link
RIP and at first I thought it was Shaun but still sad nonetheless
― Bee OK, Friday, 15 July 2022 23:08 (one year ago) link
so good:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m79WvFAWOqw
― Bee OK, Saturday, 16 July 2022 00:53 (one year ago) link
RIP.
Enjoyed this piece from last year on the Mondays and their reception/influence in the US:
https://zacharylipez.ghost.io/21st-century-party-people-whatever-the-opposite-of-anxiety-of-happy-mondays-influence-is/
― etc, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2203860/happy-mondays-us-shows-pills-n-thrills-bellyaches/news/
Happy Mondays Announce First US Shows In 14 Years, Playing Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches In Full
One will take place at Terminal 5 in New York City on March 25, with a special guest that’s to be announced. And then on March 28, they’ll play at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles with special guest Paul Oakenfold.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 04:41 (one year ago) link
I think I will need to go to the Los Angeles show.
When I saw this tour in 1990 at the Hollywood Palladium I took Ecstasy for the very first time. Not sure who was more fucked up, the band or me and my friends.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 04:52 (one year ago) link
I also saw them on this tour, in Newark, and was on nothing but beer because we had to drive 5 hours back to State College afterward. It was an OK show, sort of sloppy and pretty short. They'll miss Paul this time around, but it's honestly pretty impressive that enough of them are still alive to reunite.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 12:30 (one year ago) link
Some people are just hard to kill.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 13:03 (one year ago) link
important new info re:melon twisting
💥 Ever wondered where Shaun got the lines “You’re Twistin’ My Melon Man” & “You know you talk so hip” for ‘Step On’ from???🎥 Here’s a clip of the brilliant doc: ‘Steve McQueen: Man On The Edge’ | The Hollywood Collection#happymondays #stepon #stevemcqueen #melon pic.twitter.com/7LIApOJpwY— Rowetta🎙 (@Rowetta) September 8, 2023
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 9 September 2023 16:56 (six months ago) link
whoa
― brimstead, Saturday, 9 September 2023 17:01 (six months ago) link
Awesome.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 September 2023 17:03 (six months ago) link
that's why I pay my internet provider
― fpsa, Saturday, 9 September 2023 18:45 (six months ago) link
Call the cops!
― three of the doctor's valuable bats are now dead (broom air), Saturday, 9 September 2023 19:17 (six months ago) link