Happy Mondays: WFL

[seekhkebab24]

Tony Wilson was right. Best poet since Yeats.

[boltzmoon]

@josssmith just reading twistin my melon by shaun, cressa knocked about with the mondays for years before this and got into e at the same time so theres every chance that it is him.

[josssmith]

Is that Cressa around the 2.17 mark?

[johnsemailstash]

@josssmith Was just about to post exactly what you did! Looks like him eh

[cypherks]

No more perfect tune than this! Don't forget where you came from!

[onlyteesin]

And so the story begins....................!

[picalosnare21]

i always thought he sang "i ordered lime...you formed a queue" .doesnt matter anyway,top tune............E anyone???

[Billyfozz]

@picalosnare21

lol

[booboopoco]

"White men dont dance" WFL & the Mondays changed that! FAC51 Madchester. Sorted!

[dwl1973]

after reading his book i see all these videos from back in the day in a different light!!!......still fuckin brilliant and u can tell they're all off their tits on E!!!!

[MrBrassneck]

Ecstasy!

[eden18570]

Read his book its wicked! Happy days back then

[wyrda222]

they're properly fucked.

[JagBetty]

Just reading shauns book 'twisting my melon' and he mentions this video, everyone of their tits!

[lastbus]

Can't describe in a comment just how massive this song by happies is..

[Calun3]

.☮.¸¸.●*(♥♫(♥♪(♥♫d(-_-)b♫♥)♪♥)­♫♥)*●.¸¸.☮.

[MrPhilroo123]

hello to the power brothers,kilcher,jackie how ya doin, julie geordie, trav, curls, john the perv, all the clock lot, god love yaz, roo

[85antoniosalazar]

I'm trying to find a good transcript of the song lyrics. Does Ryder sing at one point: "and when it's hot, you start to melt. Cause you're not made of gin, you're made of chocolate." ? Dammit there really isnt one satisfying transcript out there. They fuck up the sequence, and get things wrong, with a million versions each. Too bad...fucking amazing lyrics (at least what I can make out from the most part).

[WAFEL808303]

It's "cause you're not made of gene, you're made of chocolate"

[85antoniosalazar]

@WAFEL808303 i figured it out. Apparently Shaun never song the same way twice, so the written transcripts are all different. Sign of a good poet if you ask me. Gene and gin sound really the same to me. Why would you say gene instead? I think gin makes more sense because its the whole bitter/sweet opposition. I dont know, think it fits. Let me know what you think.

[WAFEL808303]

@85antoniosalazar Haha, I actually never really thought about it this way. My guess would be that it is more logical to be made of gene than to be made of gin (which is not really possible).. Then again, Ryder's lyrics aren't really logical. I moved out of Salford, so I will never be able to ask him :(

[85antoniosalazar]

@WAFEL808303 And by the way I think this mix is fucking awesome.

[WAFEL808303]

definitely a great tune :) much prefer this to the original to be honest ;)

[casualkite79]

@WAFEL808303 More likely 'Jean' and not 'Gene' as it fits in with the baggy scene, know what i mean.

[almanacofsleep]

@casualkite79 play on words?

[Superstu8875]

@WAFEL808303 I always thought it was "cause you're not made of tin, you're made of chocolate" got me thinking now haha

[ARKOIA]

how i miss 90's dancefloors, not an ego or attitude in sight, the geezer you bumpted into used to be your best mate until you bumped into the next one.

[pandaeyes42]

A song with a bassline so solid you could build a house on it!

[sugarkaneification]

Or just plain shyte. 

[sugarkaneification]

I wish I was older when this came out. I would've been 2 at the time. Alot of music today is manufactured boy/girl bands.

[paully1969]

Ryder... you ryder

[eichbienyermaw]

fuckin' genius!!! good to see him doin so well after all the shit with his ex blackgrape management. the cunts took every penny he earned over a 6yr period, how is that fair???

[paully1969]

no one wld ever diss Ryder... I do think in time he will be appreciated for what he really is... he was in his own bracket, next to all the rave tunes... he created his own scene

I wont bang on... we're lucky to have him x

[lanoviadepetedoherty]

the hacienda... mondays, roses, northside... aaaaaaaaaaah <3

[funkykid]

pure love this tune its a masterpeice.

[milkbunnies]

....I feel off me nut just watching that clip.....

[milkbunnies]

....I feel off me nut just watching that clip.....

[ZoltanBuchan]

Christ, Shaun looks like he's 21-years-old in that video!

Happy days...

[badboyrhythmdub]

Anyone asks me what its like taking Es...I show them this video.

[boalcura]

Mondays, legends to a man.

[DAVASTATER307]

HAPP

YMON

DAYS

WFL LOVE IT

on my mp3 always on on the way to work nostalgia perks me up no end :)

they got paid to get f@ck and ryder turned out to be a genius

loved the grape tapes seeing how he came up with lyrics metal lol

S.W.R = MADCHESTER

[westwood63]

is this the VC mix?

thanyou please....

[robertodowneso]

who ever directed this should be put to work with shane meadows with this is england 90.

[fadthelegend]

top band top bloke

[warbuttons]

The smile at 0:21 is slightly creepy but in a weird way quite sexy...oh ryder..

[SollyMotherF]

still electrifying now? Vince Clark mate ESSEX!

[transonicbuoy1]

This was electrifying when it came out. Electrifying.

[warbuttons]

ok ok....shaun may be fucked up but u have to admit he is one sexy sausage...<3

[0MadeInEngland1]

Ahh.. I remember this from the Madchester: Rave On video. My copy no good now as it was played 1000's of times since 89-90 and aud/vis quality is non-existent.

This copy is EXCELLENT. The video and audio I give 10/10 for both. Thank you for the upload.

[mbgmoseley]

I hold the line...you form the queue,this track is fookin genius there's nothin else you can do!

[mainadapter]

Everyone of these people are off their t*ts.

[mainadapter]

I walked around like this 20 years ago.

Good times

[TJG3130]

well overlooked tune this 1

[MrMarkfoster]

7 people have no taste

[Roche1983]

more evidence that vince clarke is a genius. remixing the original wrote for luck and coming up with this (WFL)

[tigertoes100]

Not so sure about the Manc's quote! but the Mondays certainly forged themslves into the working mans rock "n" roll history books

[fensterandmcmanus]

Mancunians are the most 'cool' people on earth

And Shaun was the top dog

Forget London or the states and fuck all the scousers cos Manchester rules

[valblundell]

Our father who art in heaven..Ryder be thy name.

Hating the slagging off he's got on the SWR tour..we were there & loved every minute..legend & always will be!!

[jimmysnakehips]

pure fucking class

[85throwdown]

THIS IS ONE OF BEST SONGS AND VIDS EVER MADE

[gibo458]

TOP video its how i see a slice of lifecud even be in the HAC'

[shenwen]

@gibo458 or legends even, cause that is where this was filmed

[blackburnemma]

so so fit in this vid even better than his sexy curtains xx

[blackburnemma]

fxxking fit the way he smiles in this vid ..wow x

[Stakker]

This video is so trippy.

[MrRockyslegacy]

fucking sweet..fuck the bands off today there all shit..the is music..

[roversnz1]

Ryder was a genius not been anything like him since.

[evilpilch]

Fantastic tune.

[DickCrenna]

Fuckin' ell. Now this is a TUNE

[TheEnforce77]

SWR and Bez are legends. It was all about enjoyin the scene and they did it well. Fuckin sound! Av it!

[TheEnforce77]

SWR and Bez are legends. It was all about enjoyin the scene and they did it well. Fuckin sound!

[ajf1982yiwb]

@2:16 steve "cressa" cresswell?

[lanoviadepetedoherty]

I love you shaun ♥

[TheVimtoMoustache]

WARNING,This video contains strobe effects and may induce nostalgia and reminiscence followed by deep depression at how fucking turd things are now compared to back in the day.

[hypercatjohn]

@TheVimtoMoustache What's super ironic about it all, is that the generation who got muddy in the thick of arguably one of if not THE greatest musical movement in history...are now the majority of dull fucktards who stop everyone else from 'AVIN IT

[layla2278]

@TheVimtoMoustache God u couldnt be more ''bang on'' there like.. If only we had a fckn time machines eh!

Oh well, we'll just have 2 show these young ones how it was done ''back in the day'' haha.

Layla x

[TheVimtoMoustache]

@layla2278 Got the time machine,stuck a flux capacitator on it,bung some crystals in but can't afford the 'kin petrol ! £1.35 a litre?,fuck that for a game of soldiers,i'll slum it in 2011 till time travel becomes affordable for all.

[cypherks]

@TheVimtoMoustache

Cheers to THAT!

[joiganja]

@TheVimtoMoustache great name and comment

[cypherks]

@TheVimtoMoustache

Careful - you will WAKE UP some afternoon and say to the wife...how about some pills, a night at Renaissance and how it used to be? You'll go about being a git but having an amazing time. WATCH this video at your own risk!!!!!!!!!!!

[2212spud]

we used to come back to mine (5 car loads) after a night out in The No1 Club in Manchester on several doves and party on.... amazing times!!!!

[2212spud]

we'd come back to mine (5 car loads) after a night of doves etc and get even more twisted after a night in The No1 Club in Manchester... party ON! x

[2212spud]

we'd come back to mine (5 car loads) after a night of doves etc and get even more twatted after a night in The No1 Club in Manchester... party ON! x

[wertube1]

i remember my mates and i would watch this video over and over,good video when your tripping,class track.

[unclepunkle]

the 7 people who dislike this don't deserve to have fucking ears

[dodsod6100568]

respond to this video............? fucking brilliant song, & the video is even better..........

[swampdodger33]

nice new teeth...you give me poison

[smcgough]

It was filmed in a club called "Legends" at 121 Princess St. Manchester. Club is now called 5th Ave.

[smcgough]

It was filmed in a club called "Legends" at 121 Pricess St. Manchester. Club is now called 5th Ave.

[FrancescaUK70]

I heard at the time that this was filmed at the Hacienda - Shaun Ryder was dead sexy in his day - as was Bez - he outshined every motherfucker on 'I'm a celebrity' this year!

[monkeyhanger975]

spent most of my mispent youth pilled out my head listing to the mondays..... happppy daayyys!!!!! legends!!

[situcker79]

absolute legend. who said ecstasy was bad hahahaa. isnt this filmed in Rafters?

[WizardKing78]

I bet that's the Hacienda ;)

[gers701]

@WizardKing78 it is mate,they made 1 video in the afternoon with kids,then this 1 at night.

[ChadHesdon]

Reminds me of the Ranch at four in the morning,wanting the night never to end.

[LlewelynLaVista666]

FUCKIN' BANGIN'!!! :) x

[TheConstellation72]

Folk need to watch 'The Agony and The Ecstacy of Shaun Ryder' and you'll get a better understanding of who the guy is....He was unable to earn a living for 8yrs due to a ruthless ex manager taking him to court...Fcuking shocking considering the amount of quality tunes he's wrote.....:-)

[deamonxheadxx]

i was born neer him

[theNomadz]

uncle shauns doing us proud, two thumbs up our kid

[judgefudge4976]

ryder - legend.

[beatlesecw]

This video just gave me a fucking seizure but oh well RAVE ON!!!

[Billyfozz]

Bez was ace.

[kirstym84]

@Billyfozz YOUR MOTHER WAS ACE BUT WOTS THAT GOTA DO WITHE PRICE OF SALT?

[Billyfozz]

@kirstym84

Is your caps lock key broken?

Bez was in happy Mondays as was Shaun Ryder. There's the connection of the price of salt.

[Billyfozz]

Takes me back to when I was younger in the Quadrant Park and the state... One of my fave Mondays tunes.

Seems a top bloke too.... Go ed Shaun lad. ;)

[bramblefoot8]

Shaun Ryder is a class song writer check out performance we need to embrace are british talent not rebuff it come on or,if you cant be bothered dont cos I will be listening for evermore, Manchester in the area where international where continental hello. but I,m from Plymouth so I I better keep picking carrots not Fuggging likekly coolest 35 year old in Plymouth.

[carpetsandchairs]

@bramblefoot8

Warehouse- nuff said ;)



[bramblefoot8]

I feel 15 again priceless cos your not made of jean your made of chocolate

[Billyfozz]

@bramblefoot8

I think it's "Gene" and not "Jean" bud. lol

[darrenspiers2003]

THIS IS RYDER! STOP! : )

[carpetsandchairs]

so fucking groovy, mental band, mental tunes, mental lyrics, real art...

[waynesin70]

Shaun Ryder is a Legend & a Top bloke!!!!... My favourite bands of the 90's... HaPpY MoNdAyS "Rave On"

Hope he wins I'm a celebrity get me out of here.. Shaun deserves to win :)

[shipleypride]

Ryder is a god and any bastid who disses Ryder is a cunt 

[MrNapper73]

@shipleypride fookin cracked me up, this is gr8 ,shaun william ryder is a legend , anyone who disses him is a cunt....lol

[takeaswallowdive]

cant believe the holiday inn for the terminally shit (ITV) has got its claws on ryder its like lennon asking for an autograph from pete andre....i fucking hate this shit cruel world....tragic to think that shauns in this shit and andre who should be init every year is thought to talented for it.....

[eegit]

Good luck in the jungle Shaun

[79casual]

im buzzin my tits off just watchin this, they look the dogs bollocks

[reelbigskyline84]

If you have not felt like Shaun Ryder looks in this vid at a club at least once, you are doing it wrong.

[Ordsall66]

If this was released today it would be the best tune of the year by a country mile

[thekinster1867]

Awesome - Remember it like it was yesterday.

[craggk]

It was a Tuesday wasnt it?



[woodhd]

wasnt this filmed in a new york niteclub to a madonna track so the crowd could dance ? classic shizz

[DamoSuzuki100]

@woodhd

New York?! Try Warrington...

[woodhd]

@DamoSuzuki100 not mister smiths ???

[0475lisa]

@woodhd flmed in manchester in a club called legends

[woodhd]

@0475lisa zare you sure ? i remember legends well ... if you couldnt get in at the corner you could walk up to legends ... a bit darker and rockier ... i thought new york ... the other guy thought mr smiths ...

[0475lisa]

@woodhd dj's used to come from london on a monday night people in video all used to go.

[woodhd]

@0475lisa do i see one of world of twist in the vid ?

[0475lisa]

@woodhd dj's used to come from london on a monday

[brett1h]

am not made ov chees am made ov choclat

[wokingsaint]

they changed my life for the better

[wokingsaint]

they changed my life for the better

[macs19772002]

io pop many an acid and e to this back in the days

[mizzybeeb]

luv bez his life is 1 permanent rave haha

[reg4009]

HASIENDA! This is pure quality.......

[busbybabesmufc]

how can you actually dislike this some people are strange

[ant8tfive]

ya used to be called ruth but now ya trevor

ya used to be called ruth but now ya trevooor

[skoopism]

LOVE IT! XXX

[grassflavouredjoints]

good song,my kind of sounds.

[horne556]

I love this song, I love this video, I love this band.

[mutatedchicken]

anyone else see this guy at V fest?

[WizLaudan73]

This is still one of the most played tunes on my mp3. Fresh as the day it was released.

[RockDog101]

@WizLaudan73 what version of the song is this? I have a CD with 2 versions of this song, but I like this version best.

[WizLaudan73]

@RockDog101 i think its the vinnce clark remix mate.

[RockDog101]

@WizLaudan73 Sweet! Thanks so much! I guess I should just get the Bummed collector's edition released in 2008. There are 6 versions of the song on it (including the one you mentioned) so I can decide which I like best.

[WizLaudan73]

Some people talk about Shaun Ryder like he's some joke coz they have seen him on TV the way he is now. Back in the day he was the coolest guy in the country, playin the coolest music in the country. The Happy Mondays had a vibe that bands today can only dream about havin...RAVE ON Shaun!!!

[Mahocky]

@WizLaudan73 I hear you bro, but Shaun is still cool as fuck!! He went into the jungle coz his two little girls love that show and begged him to do it and he'd do anything for them, proving yet again that he's a top lad!

And he's gonna win it so fuck the begrudgers!!!

[carpetsandchairs]

@Mahocky

He went into the jungle because he's a FUCKING artist!!...

Art is simply DOING THE FUCK WHAT YOU WANT TO- look at any art through the ages, the artist simply did what he wanted... and Ryder is a natural..

[Billyfozz]

@WizLaudan73

Nothing wrong with him now either. Better than the rest of the idiots in that jungle thing.

[MrSnakey77]

@WizLaudan73 - couldn't of put it better myself !! get in ryder!

[wutangalex]

@WizLaudan73

Still is the fucking coolest. The man is a legend and our young kiddies are brainwashed already by his genius.

[MMRE5008]

Reminder of the Hass days!!! what a night club and what music !!!

[girlie347]

Is this the video where they couldn't get the people in the club to dance to the mondays and had to play some kylie records to film people dancing ?

[jaylpp12]

@girlie347 no happy mondays always filled out concerts and clubs

[girlie347]

@jaylpp12 When they were popular yes, but this is one of their first songs. The incident with having to play Kylie to get the kids to dance definitely happened, I'm just wondering which video it was.

[bittercjp]

fukin legends saw them 4 times back in the day always a top party buzzzin r kid! up d mancs - oh and salford an all

[stevo7790]

would have loved to know what these guys were on when this was shot, heard some right tales about bez and crew lol

[rafacatala]

esto sí q es música de baile y no la mierda de ahora. Long live Madchester

[stupatterson]

The Ritz on Oldham Rd.

[skoopism]

yeah,man....bang on it!! xxx

[MrKingkooba]

Absolute fucking QUALITY !!!!!!!

[EyeSpyHiFi]

Oh man... what a feckin tune! Happy days.

[MrNodzilla]

Bez was the scurge of all parenthood !

Imagine your daughter bringing him home !

[buster21701]

42,nd street ancoats boys where there

[vul8ball]

@buster21701

propre laf back then or not the town was thriving

[fredo51]

legends

[Eddieshack67]

E not same

[MrBellend1]

Top tune. The f~ckin' mustard with bells on. Excellent!!

[jaylpp12]

best track they did

[Kelly14UK]

Thanks! I'll have a voddy n coke, oh, and a Strawberry.

[ant8tfive]

YOU USED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH BUT NOW YA CLEVER

[pandaeyes42]

Who says you have to know how to sing to be in a band?!?

Shaun Ryder has the type of voice that could reduce "Scarborough Fair" to a crowd chant!!!!

Love this track!

[cheryltweedyismint]

This track is still legendary and the fuckin videos mint.

Ryder looks genuinely fucked in the video aswell.

[muzak68]

happy daze

[ryanwade2006]

you can really see how house music really influenced this band...

[bionicbhoymcilroy]

love nights like this everyone on the same level ryder :D

[sorrydarren]

Best music video ever made.

[cainkiani]

PURE TEKAL FAE THE DUNDEE SQUAD!

[ColumRogers]

Watching this video for the first time in college the other day. RAVE ON RYDER & CO!!!!