That winding, grinding, guitar riff is genius. Like an Escher staircase bringing you to the top, only to dump you back at the bottom and off we go again. Brilliance.
Yep. He's hugely underrated and its criminal. John Squire flashier playing slole the limelight st the time., but on Kinky Afro Mark Day playing is incredible. It's an absolute timeless classic.
Exactly what I had posted without seeing your post 25 years from now. People are still going to be grooving into this song. This is a classic. It just hits your body
@jamsheadaziz3999 Well it may be possible to travel to the future one day,but that would mean travelling at the speed of light.Travelling back in time is not seen as possible given all current theories.But who knows.One day somebody might find a way .
@JamesCurtisOKC And just what has its complexity,or lack of as you say got to do with my original comment?😂I'll save you from further embarassment.the answer is nothing haha
exactly. bez was a key factor to the success of the mondays. the stone roses did the same by having cressa dance behind the amps and nirvana had some guy named tony dance for them onstage whenever they played britain. that made nirvana a big deal in the u.k.
I left school in 89 and got and apprenticeship.. with my wages bought a Sony BIG Stereo it had an alarm where it would turn on and play the CD that was inside it. I woke up to the first 8bars of this song for months... Great times, few £ in pocket, clubs, beers, dancing and girls. Great sweet memories (as the wife snores beside me now !!!)
never fails to surprise me the negative things people have to contribute rather than stay silent when they've nothing sensible or relative to say... This is not only a true classic for MUSICAL and Video achievement, but a symbol if friendship and solidarity amongst ypung mucisians.. England this is something to be truly proud of for home grown talent for all involved in this video and song and a celebration for what people can do when they join. all time classic
I always get: 'recently divorced geography teacher goes on a bender and crashes a super model convention' vibes from this video. Not that I can talk, I love a bit of corduroy and Clarks Originals.
An epic song and an amazing moment in time, so glad I was there in Manchester and rubbed shoulders with them at the Hacienda. Later in 96-98 , I met Shaun and Paul on a number of occasion when they came to visit Astrella Leitch on Palatine Road, we lived upstairs in the flat above hers. The music is timeless and still brilliant.
Criminally underrated band and art that they produced. Only as i've got older and taken more in have I started to appreciate what they did. Coming from that background it always just seemed kind of normal, like your mates were making some cool tunes.
Actually a very, very, melancholic song. The Happy Mondays, like The Farm, were poets really. Kinky Afro was kind of the North Western 'The Doors' for the 90s. I get emotional thinking about the 90s. It truly WAS a superb reimagining of the 1960s in to a more urban template.
Totally agree, the late 80s/early 90s were up there with the 60s. The Roses/Mondays, house explosion and golden age of hip hop. That's some classic shit and lit the decade up with classic records from those that followed.
You have no right to talk about language, miloandjoesdad01. In fact, you have no right to be anyone's dad. Is that what you do as a dad? Spend your time on TH-cam looking at comments in Happy Mondays' videos. You may be their father, but you'll never be their dad. I bet their mom has custody.
Saw the Happy Monday at the Reading Festival in 1998. Was not a fan and went with my gf who was a huge fan. Mother of God, it was like a religious experience. The tent was absolutely packed and jumping. Best band I saw that weekend by miles, so impressive. Bez was such a huge part of the experience. People were diving under the tent to see them all the way through, until the security stopped it.
Awwww…. You took your first pill! 😂 You simply can’t beat the experience of being in amongst your people like that… Second summer of love was as close as we got to being tribal.
The Madchester scene of late 1980s Manchester was a kaleidoscope of sound, style, and unbridled energy, a cultural eruption that blended acid house, indie rock, and the raw creativity of a city eager to redefine itself. Bands like The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and Inspiral Carpets created a soundtrack that pulsed through the iconic Hacienda nightclub, where beats and lights fused into nights that felt endless. It was more than music; it was a movement-baggy jeans, bucket hats, and a shared belief that this was their time. But like all bright flames, it couldn’t burn forever. By the early 1990s, commercial pressures, infighting, and the inevitable pull of new trends dulled the once-vivid glow. Yet, for those who lived it, Madchester wasn’t just a scene; it was a brief, beautiful moment when Manchester was the center of the universe.
This great early 90's music gives me mixed feelings ... enjoying the music so much, but the nostalgia for those great old days makes me kinda sad and missing that time sooo much!! Can't even tell...😥
something so gloriously incongruous about all this - US studio quality production, glamorous female backing dancers, and music and lyrics of pure genius from Manchester in the late 80s.
I was blessed to have been in my teens with this era which I'm proud and grateful of. I think in was in 2001 went to see OASIS at Murray field rugby stadium. Everybody was pumped up in a good way and word was The Doves were coming on 1st...The place erupted when here were The full Happy Mondays on the stage belting out this song. Afterwards Bez was walking/dancing around with the crowd, decent guy doing that. It was such a fantastic surprise and made that concert 1 of the best I've been to.
I edited this video which was directed by the Bailey Bros who also did world in motion. It was shot on film at Granada in Manchester and we had no off-line as the director said the band wouldn't last the night! Massive Lala with Sean and Bez in the edit suite all sorts of fun and games and actually looking back it's not that bad really. All nighter loads of booze and other and I'm happy with it.
dave pollard thanks for the insight buddy..Have always loved this video and wanted to know more about how it was made. It really captures the off beat, slightly odd, something not quite rightness of the mondays to fsntastic effect.
I spent 5 days editing this video on low band umatic with Keith Jobling ( the director) in my front room on Eva street in Rusholme . Phil shotton the other Bailey brother was not involved in this video . Tony Wilson was there to sign off the offline . Your mind must be playing tricks on you Dave.
Outside the UK, Johm Squire needs way more respect. The way he blended melodic and distorted tones was like 20 years ahead of his time... and whoever said white boys from Britain can't be funky, this track made em eat their words.
Shaun on vocals, Paul on bass, Mark on guitar, Gary on drums, Knobhead on keyboards and Bez on E.
lol
Funniest comment I’ve seen all week
Sold a ford fiesta xr2 to Paul the keyboard player in 1999 it was grey and knackered lol
lol
Was he a hype man?
RIP Paul Ryder. His bass put the groove into the Happy Mondays signature sound. Between him and Mark Day on guitar they were technically very capable.
This was one of the first basslines I loved to learn and play. Great bassist and musician indeed.
Love from a 50 year old feeling like a teen again, RIP xx
It blows my mind that his brother outlived him.
Why?
@@CameraMike416 he liked the Heroin just as much as Shawn.
Greatest opening line to a song ever
My choice - "Is she really going out with him?" New Rose, The Damned.
I agree. It is perfect.
One word..yes.
Fit birds, and band of pillheads and an absolute banger of a tune. What more could a man want?
Football to come home again x
Ive done more CLASS As than them put together easy
an AM parked outside
@@garysinglewood4434 great, well done. Really proud of you.
J cups?
That winding, grinding, guitar riff is genius. Like an Escher staircase bringing you to the top, only to dump you back at the bottom and off we go again. Brilliance.
Yes!
Mark Day guitar genius full stop
Dat house music influence
Yep. He's hugely underrated and its criminal.
John Squire flashier playing slole the limelight st the time., but on Kinky Afro Mark Day playing is incredible. It's an absolute timeless classic.
Spot on.
R.I.P - tragic to hear he died hours before a gig, but glad to hear he was still doing what he loved at 58!
Sad times. An understated Bass player, less is more. Driving force of the actual beautiful music. ❤
Awe, 😳.. So talented. Bless & thanks for the Riddim'S 🎸 🔥
Bass line in Step-On is initially what attracted me to the Mondays.
Fabulous tune. Still listening after 34 years of being released. Two words........ Timeless Classic.
Exactly what I had posted without seeing your post 25 years from now. People are still going to be grooving into this song. This is a classic. It just hits your body
Are you a time-traveller??
@@stephenpatterson4119 I certainly could do with a time machine. 😃😃😃
@jamsheadaziz3999 Well it may be possible to travel to the future one day,but that would mean travelling at the speed of light.Travelling back in time is not seen as possible given all current theories.But who knows.One day somebody might find a way .
Wish I could have been 30 forever like Shaun 😋
Who else still loves the Mondays? I was 16/17 in '90 and loved 'em!!
@@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826 I like Thursdays best pay day 💲
This song hasn’t aged at all
The bass line is ridiculous.its got to be one of the catchiest of all time.brilliant track
i only found out recently this a cover oif a blues tune, who would have knew??
its just a chromatic variation of two notes. you need to listen to more music.
@JamesCurtisOKC And just what has its complexity,or lack of as you say got to do with my original comment?😂I'll save you from further embarassment.the answer is nothing haha
@@paul39a you mean Step On... right?
@@paul39aLady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
The world would be a better place if we all just chilled out and danced like Bez. The happiest music ever.
exactly. bez was a key factor to the success of the mondays. the stone roses did the same by having cressa dance behind the amps and nirvana had some guy named tony dance for them onstage whenever they played britain. that made nirvana a big deal in the u.k.
I left school in 89 and got and apprenticeship.. with my wages bought a Sony BIG Stereo it had an alarm where it would turn on and play the CD that was inside it.
I woke up to the first 8bars of this song for months... Great times, few £ in pocket, clubs, beers, dancing and girls.
Great sweet memories (as the wife snores beside me now !!!)
Huge respect and big ups to Paul Ryder. You will be well remembered
Legend
R..I.P Paul Ryder. Happy Mondays was one of my favourite bands during my teenage years
Same I always had my own pills trills and bellyaches
never fails to surprise me the negative things people have to contribute rather than stay silent when they've nothing sensible or relative to say... This is not only a true classic for MUSICAL and Video achievement, but a symbol if friendship and solidarity amongst ypung mucisians..
England this is something to be truly proud of for home grown talent for all involved in this video and song and a celebration for what people can do when they join. all time classic
That unique guitar sound gets me every ...time
One of the most criminally underrated bands ever with one of the greatest lyrically genius’s this country ever produced
No more, no less.
One of the most iconic bass lines of the 90's. Bon voyage, Paul
Always heard about the happy Mondays but never listened to their music until yesterday… it’s safe to say I’m now a fan these lads were classs
😊😅 monday 1991
I've said it b4 but I swear kinky afro has the best opening line in music ever.
You won't ever hear a better one either ! Haha
Love that opening line, have always said that mate
My son doesn’t agree
His mum agrees !
@@monty1864 that being on a band makes you spooky?
Oh well, at least he's got an opinion.
This is a brilliant tune and hasn't aged at all.
Awsome 90's.
Totally agree. Hasn't aged one but, in 33 years. Still twisting my melon man.
This is truly one of the most stunningly amazing songs of all time. With an iconic video to match. Well done boys.
well said
Stunningly boring
@@billyshears6622 ....but enough about you lol
They definitely nailed the hot babe thing in the video!!!
@@tbssic1 i love the one babe who is, like, a little TOO excited to be there
RIP Paul Ryder. Looks so young in this.
Too man
I cant get over how well shot this is. not just the cinematography but everything is clicking.
.. except the zipper.
Early 90s...when we had the whole world infront of us....happy days!...
30 years..gone in the blink of an eye!
Missing those days so much!😭
Who would have thought we would get f***ed over, eh?!!
I was born 1994 you guys are the lucky ones
Happy days?? Happy Mondays. ;)
I always get: 'recently divorced geography teacher goes on a bender and crashes a super model convention' vibes from this video. Not that I can talk, I love a bit of corduroy and Clarks Originals.
Ralph Lauren jacket.
Ha, ha, ha Teacher enjoying it large
Mark E. Spliff
The fact that Bez just danced all his life as a career with his mates still makes me happy. Legend 😀
Shout out from Scotland 🏴
P1l¹p1lp1 12th¹1¹1ll@@sharonrobertson8942
Some maracas and tambourine too.
He played the maracas as well.
The guitar sound is a thing of beauty
An epic song and an amazing moment in time, so glad I was there in Manchester and rubbed shoulders with them at the Hacienda. Later in 96-98 , I met Shaun and Paul on a number of occasion when they came to visit Astrella Leitch on Palatine Road, we lived upstairs in the flat above hers. The music is timeless and still brilliant.
Criminally underrated band and art that they produced. Only as i've got older and taken more in have I started to appreciate what they did. Coming from that background it always just seemed kind of normal, like your mates were making some cool tunes.
I was 15 when this came out, I never forget what I love. Cheers from Uruguay!
Actually a very, very, melancholic song. The Happy Mondays, like The Farm, were poets really. Kinky Afro was kind of the North Western 'The Doors' for the 90s. I get emotional thinking about the 90s. It truly WAS a superb reimagining of the 1960s in to a more urban template.
Picnicl best times ever, we even had a euro96 in england!!!
Totally agree, the late 80s/early 90s were up there with the 60s. The Roses/Mondays, house explosion and golden age of hip hop. That's some classic shit and lit the decade up with classic records from those that followed.
I just barfed a little reading this.
I just barfed at you using the word barfed, what are you? 10? Knobcheese
You have no right to talk about language, miloandjoesdad01. In fact, you have no right to be anyone's dad. Is that what you do as a dad? Spend your time on TH-cam looking at comments in Happy Mondays' videos. You may be their father, but you'll never be their dad. I bet their mom has custody.
Lyrics are off the charts. Brilliant!!
Saw the Happy Monday at the Reading Festival in 1998. Was not a fan and went with my gf who was a huge fan. Mother of God, it was like a religious experience. The tent was absolutely packed and jumping. Best band I saw that weekend by miles, so impressive. Bez was such a huge part of the experience. People were diving under the tent to see them all the way through, until the security stopped it.
Awwww…. You took your first pill! 😂 You simply can’t beat the experience of being in amongst your people like that… Second summer of love was as close as we got to being tribal.
The Madchester scene of late 1980s Manchester was a kaleidoscope of sound, style, and unbridled energy, a cultural eruption that blended acid house, indie rock, and the raw creativity of a city eager to redefine itself. Bands like The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and Inspiral Carpets created a soundtrack that pulsed through the iconic Hacienda nightclub, where beats and lights fused into nights that felt endless. It was more than music; it was a movement-baggy jeans, bucket hats, and a shared belief that this was their time. But like all bright flames, it couldn’t burn forever. By the early 1990s, commercial pressures, infighting, and the inevitable pull of new trends dulled the once-vivid glow. Yet, for those who lived it, Madchester wasn’t just a scene; it was a brief, beautiful moment when Manchester was the center of the universe.
Hey , get with it. Irons mate, irons.
🌚 Stellar song . ..
RIP Paul thank you for the music
Outstanding still so fucking fresh in 2024 /2025 says it all 👌
TOTALLY!!!!!!
Rest in power paul aka 🐎 horse.....this song and that entire pills and thrills and bellyaches album are masterpieces...
My favorite funky Friday song. R.I.P. Paul. You will be missed.💙
This great early 90's music gives me mixed feelings ... enjoying the music so much, but the nostalgia for those great old days makes me kinda sad and missing that time sooo much!! Can't even tell...😥
Love Rowetta in this vid ❤.. her vocal part speaks volumes 🎶
I wish that guitar solo could go on forever
Uh-Huh.✌. So damn hypnotising & adorable.😍
Music for a generation, what an anthem.
Love you guys forever..
What a fantastic tune this was back in the day and still is in 2024.. Well done The happy Mondays 🎉
1990 what a year bro
This song still has one of the best bass hooks ever!
RIP Paul...one of the best bassist ever.
Such an original cool tune. Takes you away to another zone.
Love the Happy Mondays.. their uplifting song's are simply great
I can't help but feel this is peak humanity.
Totally, downhill from here
something so gloriously incongruous about all this - US studio quality production, glamorous female backing dancers, and music and lyrics of pure genius from Manchester in the late 80s.
Watching Bez dance brings a smile to my face. Individually. Nice. Care free dancing.
One of the most bangin tunes ever, still get the shivers, love the video too, great memories.
Still one of the best albums l have ever heard in my entire life PT&B and l am 68, God bless you Paul you wil be remembered 😞
What an extraordinary talent bez was-a huge contribution to music and he always was so happy
Pure gold, love happy Monday’s. wish they played music like this now!!
The DMA's copy it
Glad days.
Rowetta has an incredible voice x
❤
I was blessed to have been in my teens with this era which I'm proud and grateful of. I think in was in 2001 went to see OASIS at Murray field rugby stadium. Everybody was pumped up in a good way and word was The Doves were coming on 1st...The place erupted when here were The full Happy Mondays on the stage belting out this song. Afterwards Bez was walking/dancing around with the crowd, decent guy doing that. It was such a fantastic surprise and made that concert 1 of the best I've been to.
Shaun rocking the geography teacher look
Drove a Volvo estate to the gig
Chemistry more like. Practicals would have been good.
Marco Polo clothes I think
😂😂😂
One seriously great and seriously underrated band!!
Has there ever been as much talent in one video?? The Band were pretty good too 😉
Wow, the reverb on Rowetta's backing lyrics - amazing depth, and a classic Martin Hannett touch.
Thanks for all groovy bass lines Paul. RIP mate.
The perfect Madchester formula: Can't Sing + Won't Sing = Genius.
I love these guys.
but he CAN and does sing...?
Kkkkkk
Verdade
Quite likely the greatest opening line of a song in music history.
You nicked that off Janice Long (but you are right!)
Son, I'm 30
I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty
@@pintpot
Never heard Janice Long say that but I came to that conclusion on my own also.
Bl**dy right.👍
I didn't discover the Happy Mondays until a few years ago. I love them!!
You must be young.
"So what do you do?"
"I dance"
"So you're a dancer?"
"No, I drop a few and dance"
😂😂
I edited this video which was directed by the Bailey Bros who also did world in motion. It was shot on film at Granada in Manchester and we had no off-line as the director said the band wouldn't last the night! Massive Lala with Sean and Bez in the edit suite all sorts of fun and games and actually looking back it's not that bad really. All nighter loads of booze and other and I'm happy with it.
dave pollard thanks for the insight buddy..Have always loved this video and wanted to know more about how it was made. It really captures the off beat, slightly odd, something not quite rightness of the mondays to fsntastic effect.
@dave pollard where were the dancers from, gorgeous!
yeap, they got a Roxy Brian Ferry video style
Sean looks a bit stoned!
I spent 5 days editing this video on low band umatic with Keith Jobling ( the director) in my front room on Eva street in Rusholme . Phil shotton the other Bailey brother was not involved in this video . Tony Wilson was there to sign off the offline . Your mind must be playing tricks on you Dave.
Sean Ryder.......fabulous
Top band!
Shaun's one of the most charismatic frontmen.
Love the bass line on this - brilliant song.
Outside the UK, Johm Squire needs way more respect. The way he blended melodic and distorted tones was like 20 years ahead of his time... and whoever said white boys from Britain can't be funky, this track made em eat their words.
Q.E.P.D Paul Ryder. Siempre en nuestros corazones ♥
I hate being 50, I have to look back and think that we were going somewhere.
The 90s were ace and I miss them like hell. The politics were good, the drugs were good; wtf happened?
Naahhh party on baby, get on it.
dont worry bro -we're still here.
Just turned 51 it gets no better mate.
@@jmc0075 th-cam.com/video/2CQLAhNlbfQ/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant, timeless classic
This will be my "Happy Monday" song forever.
No band thats around today comes within a million lightyears of being as cool as these lads
Love these guys. No one can beat these Manc guys. Xx
Enjoying it ❤️
Best bit of happy Mondays ,Rowetta,🥰
Lovely stuff the Happy Mondays,an unbelievable time in my life growing up with this music,where has that world gone.
Peaked at #5 in U.K. on 21 October 1990
Any 90s E heads reminiscing xx
well it is actually autumn 2024 !!!!😄
Always.
I was born in '97. It's a good tune with or without drugs!
Absolutely 💯
@GeorgiePrice-v1g xxxx
And the best opening lyrics award goes to.......
Love how Bez is still in touch with Shaun. Faithful.
Yes on gogglebox pair of dickheads no longer legends.
Rumour has it there was blood found in Bez's Ecstasy system.
DJosephWells lovely sense of humour.
😂
Lol lol lol
😂😂😂
My ass
Love Happy Mondays 💙 R.I.P Paul Ryder man
This song and this sound have really held up well over the years. It still sounds odd and smart and fresh
handymandan100 the first footy lads band
Nobody else can do it so it will always be unique
@but ton Your mum took em
i think it's because their guiater playing doesn't really sound like anything else, and because Shaun Ryder is timeless
The Bez dance should be mandatory every morning from 8-9 am. Get fit, out on your doorstep, giving it beans...
Best idea I've heard in weeks.
HaHa/Amen.👍
Happy Mondays be a legend for all time Indies music 💯🇬🇧 They set the bar icons ❤
The guitar in this song is perfection
Isn’t it just - gonna try n learn it sometime soon
I love Happy Mondays, they give me happy days, just by listening to them.
im so with u on this nonni139
Pills thrills n bellyaches was one of my favourite albums when I was a teenager
if ever im feeling down. i just wack this on. always make me smile, Bez, A Total legend
This song will never get old.
Fantastic brings back great memories gone in the mists of time.
Great song! NEVER get tired of it. Always as nice as every time I hear it
RIP Paul Ryder...Gone way too soon ❤️
This is truly an incredible song. It is a classic. You can play this 25 years from now and people are going to groove into it.
by far the greatest HAPPY MONDAYS I AM DANCING