Mark Day is a fucking good guitarist. So much of his playing is a major part of the classic Mondays's songs. From what I could work out, he was the most normal out of the lot. Shaun said in his book he had to persuade him in the first place to join the band full time and not become a postman! Apparently he didn't think it offered job security!
@@mikemccaine4229 Apparently Marr was drunk and coked out of his mind during the last Smiths tour. But by this point he was a grown up and had left his party days behind him.
Both bands mean a lot to me but good old johnny isn't a Monday, he's far more a sensitive intricate musician! The Mondays were organised chaos and it makes this story funny tho at johnnys expense. Great story and it shows even at star level you can find yourself in a fixed (painful) smile moment when you don't wish to offend! I love the Mondays with a passion and this story only makes it more so.
Everyone's naturally got a sense of humor. Just a matter if one's social conditioning has a stick too far up your ass to see anything funny. Think how few great comedians are posh, no matter where they're from...
Given the carnage that ensued in Barbados I'd say you made the right decision. I remember reading the reports in NME as they were recording the album, it was a messy affair.
I didn't think that Mr. Marr could say anything that would make him go down in my estimation. Then he says he didn't want to be in The Mondays? How magnificent would that have been? Nevermind though. Being a parent myself, I can forgive him. Great story, told well.
Wasn't he always a little more of a reserved introverted type, not much of a party animal? And especially at this point, he had the need for stability. Sure he missed on some memorable experience, but he also missed on all the headache to boot...
@@sirfizz6518 Yeah, and he'd just started Electronic with Bernard at this time. And was still getting some Smiths stuff in the magazines although the magazines had finally started behaving around this time and went low on the Smiths stuff.
Noel G and Johnny. Which was an egg man first? Very similar in look and yarn spilling style. Good friends too I think. Johnny lent Noel his first decent guitar.
I LOV E THE MONDAYS!!!!! MEGA SCALLY LIFE-Johnny would have died in a car crash-smart geezer even if he is a blue! MANCHESTER UNITED RULES ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His impression of Shaun is spot on
He's gone to be a postman... Dying laughing. Johnny is a great storyteller.
I think all the Happy Mondays were postmen are some point lol
He was a Postman before The Mondays.
I think their dad or uncle got them the gig. Shaun has likely always been virtually unemployable 😂
"I was in the band for abut 25 minutes,"
Dear god that made me laugh my ass off...
Mark Day is a fucking good guitarist. So much of his playing is a major part of the classic Mondays's songs. From what I could work out, he was the most normal out of the lot. Shaun said in his book he had to persuade him in the first place to join the band full time and not become a postman! Apparently he didn't think it offered job security!
Agreed, brilliant guitarist. Very unique sound
My favourite clip which always puts a smile on my face.
You can't...you can't do that! After all this time
He found the lord...
baaarbayyydooos
"Every day is like (Happy) Monday(s)."
I can't imagine ever turning down 2 months in Barbados with the Mondays - it would be the craziest 2 months of your life - imagine the stories
that's because Marr's a soft lad
@@mikemccaine4229 Apparently Marr was drunk and coked out of his mind during the last Smiths tour. But by this point he was a grown up and had left his party days behind him.
Read Bez's book 'Freaky Dancin'
LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT NORTH WEST ENGLAND !!!
Both bands mean a lot to me but good old johnny isn't a Monday, he's far more a sensitive intricate musician! The Mondays were organised chaos and it makes this story funny tho at johnnys expense. Great story and it shows even at star level you can find yourself in a fixed (painful) smile moment when you don't wish to offend! I love the Mondays with a passion and this story only makes it more so.
If course if he'd laid down guitar on just one Mondays record, we all must admit that'd be a real piece of history... 😎
@@sirfizz6518 very true, any contribution by him would be an interesting addition to the sound 👌
Brilliant story...it makes me love the Mondays even more..
Wonderful Shaun voice
Manc's the funniest people on the planet.
Everyone's naturally got a sense of humor. Just a matter if one's social conditioning has a stick too far up your ass to see anything funny. Think how few great comedians are posh, no matter where they're from...
@@sirfizz6518 That's basically most comedy these days, noticing banal everyday shite in a posh accent.
Given the carnage that ensued in Barbados I'd say you made the right decision. I remember reading the reports in NME as they were recording the album, it was a messy affair.
He’s gone to be a postman 😂😂😂
when i need to lauch and be happy i just watch this
So there’s a parallel universe, not far from our own, where there’s a tomtom club produced happy Mondays album featuring Johnny Marr
Great story. Respected musician
I didn't think that Mr. Marr could say anything that would make him go down in my estimation. Then he says he didn't want to be in The Mondays? How magnificent would that have been? Nevermind though. Being a parent myself, I can forgive him. Great story, told well.
he probably saved himself from absolute hell considering what happened in barbados where the band found crack cocaine there and things went to shit.
Wasn't he always a little more of a reserved introverted type, not much of a party animal? And especially at this point, he had the need for stability. Sure he missed on some memorable experience, but he also missed on all the headache to boot...
@@sirfizz6518 Yeah, and he'd just started Electronic with Bernard at this time. And was still getting some Smiths stuff in the magazines although the magazines had finally started behaving around this time and went low on the Smiths stuff.
epic story
Free holiday to barbadooos, fuck it id have done it...
Never a Monday in his dreams
This is priceless! 😂
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Noel G and Johnny. Which was an egg man first? Very similar in look and yarn spilling style. Good friends too I think. Johnny lent Noel his first decent guitar.
He’s heads gone haha
😂😂😂😂 you can't leave after all this time!!
What a funny story lol.
Get your swimming trunks 😂
great story lol
Johnneh!!
I LOV E THE MONDAYS!!!!! MEGA SCALLY LIFE-Johnny would have died in a car crash-smart geezer even if he is a blue! MANCHESTER UNITED RULES ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brian Stones CHAMPIONES !!!
Pmsl.