#happy mondays

[dazaiconfused]

Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke with Shaun Ryder at The Haçienda on the night of the club's 8th birthday party, Manchester, 21st May 1990

[all-rock-and-roll-is-homosexual]

How to dance like your fave musicians - scanned from the November 1996 issue of Select Magazine

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[echoandthejohnnygirl]

My dad just pulled out this poster he had from a Melody Maker, about Manchester music to 1992.

[scavengedluxury]

[undergroundrockpress]

Happy Mondays, 1986. Photo by Kevin Cummins.

[calmmyfears]

I've got something positive to share! I started to make my own peanut butter (wow!!!) And today I brought my sister a small jar of it. The smile on her face is everything - that's what life truly is all about, giving your loved ones homemade peanut butter 💓

[jungleindierock]

Time Machine

Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro

On the 8th October 1990, Happy Mondays released, Kinky Afro, the second single to be taken from their forthcoming third album Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches which they shared on the 5th November 1990. The lead single being Step On which came out in March 1990, they released a further two sinlges from the album in 1991, Loose Fit and Bob's Yer Uncle as a promo disc but only in American. The Happy Monday were part of the Madchester Baggy scene. At the time their line up was Shaun Ryder on vocals, brother Paul Ryder on the bass guitar, Mark Day on the guitar, Paul Davis on keyboards, Gary Whelan on the drums and the wonderful Bez on dancing!!

Kinky Afro was released as a 7" single (two tracks), 12" single (two tracks both extended versions) and as a three track CD single. It peaked on the UK charts at number 3, it was the band's biggest hit in the United States, reaching number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

This music video was produced and directed by Keith Jobling of the Bailey Brothers. The song was originally going to be called Groovy Afro, but was changed to Kinky Afro after Liverpool band The Farm released a similarly named song titled Groovy Train earlier in 1990.

Son, I'm 30 I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty And I don't have a decent bone in me What you get is just what you see, yeah I see it so, I take it greedy

And all the bad piss ugly things I feed me I never help or give to the needy Come on and see me Yippee-ippee-ay-ay-ay-yey-yey

I had to crucify some brother today And I don't dig what you gotta say So come on and say it Come on and tell me twice I said, "Dad, you're a shabby

You run around and groove like a baggy You're only here just out of habit Oh, it's mine, you might as well have it You take ten feet back and then stab it Spray it on and tag it" So sack on me I can't stand the needy

Get around here when you're put off your feeding Yippee-ippee-ay-ay-ay-yey-yey I had to crucify somebody today And I don't dig what you gotta say So come on and say it Come on and tell me twice So sack all the needy I can't stand to leave it

You come around here, and you puff up your feeding Yippee-ippee-ay-ay-ay-yey-yey I had to crucify somebody today And I don't dig what you gotta say So go on and say it Yippee-ippee-ay-ay-ay-yey-yey I had to crucify some brother today And I don't hear what you gotta say So come on and say it And come on and tell me twice

[rastronomicals]

1:32 AM EST January 6, 2024:

Happy Mondays - "Mad Cyril" From the album Bummed (November 1988)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

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[groovytimes]

I wrote something for what would have been his 75th birthday.

[annoyingthemesong]

SUBLIME CINEMA #602 - 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE

Michael Winterbottom can’t really be pinned down, he’s directed good and bad movies, but some are really distinctive. I love his collaborations with Steve Coogan, including this great Manchester music film and Tristram Shandy. 

Plus Robby Muller shot this movie, so it’s full of smeared neon and beautiful color. 

[camphorfreya]

Pub Sesh on Mixcloud

Fun drinking songs for gatherings with friends. I originally compiled this mix for a St Paddy's event but it's good for any night at the pub. As always I'll take you through a wide variety of genres including britpop, phonk, organic house, breakbeats and celtic influenced dance music.

[krebstar3000]

Happy Mondays - Country Song

[theaskew]

[thelongstrangedrivehome2]

playlist for the seventh of march twenty twenty-four

The Prodigy - Their law

John Lennon - Cold Turkey

Tom Waits - Invitation for the Blues

Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism

David Bowie - Almost Grown

Amanda Palmer - On An Unknown Beach

Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down

David Bowie - I'm Afraid Of Americans

Radiohead - Go To Sleep

Jane's Addiction - Of Course

R.E.M. - Perfect Circle

Nirvana - In Bloom

The London Symphony Orchestra feat. Pete Townshend - Pinball Wizard

The National - Without Permission

The Brunettes - The Record Store

Atoms For Peace - Amok

Karen Dalton - Ribbon Bow

The Flaming Lips - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

Happy Mondays - Step On

Ani DiFranco - Used Cars

Pink Floyd - A Pillow of Winds

Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Bobby Womack - That's The Way I Feel About Cha

Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love

TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me

Blam Blam Blam - Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both Of Us

Dee Dee Ramone - Negative Creep

The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes