The Afghan Whigs - Debonair (Official Video)

The Afghan Whigs: Debonair © 2006 WMG

[@igotjams1]

Greg Dulli is a genius storyteller. You feel like you needed a shower after listening to his dark, seedy tales of vice and malice

[@MikeBrodyComic]

This album changed my life. I was all STP and Candlebox in 1993 as a 15 year old like everybody else and then I saw this video on 120 Minutes and I was floored. I was like "WHO IS THIS EVIL MAN JUST SITTING THERE WHILE PEOPLE FIGHT?!" It opened my eyes to a whole other world of music and I've never been the same since. This album has never left my top five since 1993. 100% masterpiece.

[@lavalady5571]

I was 17, saw it on 120 Minutes, and thought it was such a powerful song. Bought the album and there are some really incredible songs on it, Debonair was only the tip of the iceberg. The whole 'Gentleman' album still moves me to this day.

[@katrinakovalenko6206]

Same !!!! I was 15 in 1993 and this album was one of the soundtracks of my life growing up in the 90’s. Such a rad time to grow up. Miss the 90’s. Such an underrated album. Truly a masterpiece

[@ggab7969]

I’m 15 now and i am a candelbox, Stp and afghan whigs fan.

[@HzHzder]

I discovered the Whigs 2 years ago and they made me a man, praise Dulli, that man got style!

[@ylewis11]

Same!!

[@Nekorbmi]

This whole album is the soundtrack to my drug induced high school experience. That was the best year of my teenage life. Thank you afghan wigs

[@michaelgass4321]

EASILY one of the most UNDERRATED COMPLETE albums of the early 1990s...from beginning to end, nothing dissapoints. YEAH I SAID IT

[@leonidaskotrozinis1154]

Michael Gass Agreed....

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

Michael Gass Hell to the yessss.

[@scottnichols8389]

Preach.

[@snapsprovolone1509]

Absofuckinglutely

[@drunkenramble4120]

So True. Not too many Artist can pull that off.

[@davidballarotto7171]

I was moving some CDs a few minutes ago and found this. Hard to believe I had forgotten about it. And that it was nearly 30 years ago when I got it. I miss buying CDs at the record store that isn't there anymore. I miss being in my 20s. I miss the 90s and the years of mainstream alt rock that brought bands like this to my attention

[@eldubya7972]

Amen brother. And to think we believed it would get better. How naive.

[@itookallthenames]

@@eldubya7972 haha man that's so true

[@GrauzoneBay]

I know what you mean,,,,same here David, same here.....

[@GrauzoneBay]

oh man everything you say is what I think....everything

[@thierryclaesen3539]

I miss it too buying cd's

[@iesus68]

Still remember the first time I've heard this masterpiece. That stupefaction. That sense of wonder which still goes on. Timeless song from a timeless album.

[@michaelgass4321]

totally 110% with you brother

[@blakehewitt237]

Amazing band...can't believe they didn't hit it big...

[@blakehewitt237]

"This time I won't repent, somebodies going down" Is one of the great lines in music.

[@Snugdajoina]

Blake Hewitt You know, in a way they did hit it big. They're all alive, and are still making wonderful music, under the guise of many monikers...I'm not arguing, just kind of positively ruminating. They should have been huge as shit though.:-)

[@VendettaMadame]

I agree. I heard it on the radio back in the day. I was like: " what the f*** was that?" I remember listening to that same radios tation for 2 weeks with my tape recorder ready to record and eventually , finally, I could press record.

[@angelofdeath6432]

Everytime I'd listen to that beginning riff, I'm instantly transported to the times in the boiling summer haze where I was cruising alone in St. Marks with this song on full blast. Crazy how each song we'd listen to from the past holds a memory.

[@cheerwhiner7829]

I went to school with the lead singer, and graduated with his younger sister, Sharon. She had the prettiest smile in our class. 😊 Go Rams 🐏

[@joeyunger6460]

We're from Ross, couldn't be prouder, we got pigs and nuclear power!

[@RichRawDawgdrums]

I graduated from Fairfield 🪶 and my good friend also from Fairfield was in Twilight Singers.

[@6828Lu]

This amazing song sounds even more amazing 30 years later. So glad they're still rocking in 2022.

[@brucetrueasblue]

'Heard this song ONCE on KROQ and dropped everything to run down to Tower Records to by the CD. So much passion & energy-- blistering lyrics & guitar riffs.

[@slynngray]

Uh oh, I can always tell I have fallen deep into the void of self loathing anger when I start on the Whigs...

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

RockityRoll Haha! Well said.

[@wenders99]

Good stuff. Dulli drags us under.

[@jacobadam6804]

Dude, why is this so accurate lol

[@SexyAssDanny4]

makes me feel vengeful like i need to get even with someone haha

[@kasdfg776]

They were TOTALLY underrated.

[@jasonwells4112]

Not by fans. They destroy most "popular" bands in their peer group.

[@ferrybasman1969]

It wasn't Michael Jackson no, but loved by thousands of alternative music lovers. What's wrong with that?

[@snidelywhiplash]

CRIMINALLY SO. SOMEONE SHOULD BE IN JAIL FOR THAT SHIT.

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

I could listen to the whole Gentlemen album on repeat for hours and still just be in bliss! Thank you to Ohio. The home of my grandparents and the Afghan Whigs!!!!

[@garybeltrand5802]

Rick's unique and amazing guitar playing was such a big part of their sound and it's a crime they released an album as The Afghan Whigs without him on it.

[@bibsma3401]

Couldn’t agree more. The reunion albums aren’t Whigs albums IMO

[@scottcastle2384]

Completely underrated band and especially this album. The most unique voice in any genre.

[@indigojones8]

This album is perfection, all these years on.

[@stevesullivan8963]

Love this track. Haunting... for some reason. Think it was the point in time... a perfect choice for the soundtrack of the era.

[@brennanwallin1270]

One of the greatest songs from the best bands on the planet, impeccable

[@BerserkerVision]

bass lines are so sick

[@wenders99]

Agreed. He's a beast.

[@erwinstada1811]

Yup, 100% absolutely

[@patg6557]

I love this song now as much as I did almost 30 years ago, great band!

[@chez5860]

I can remember 1993, high school graduation party all nighter, it was dawn and on the tv came Conjure me. I was mesmerized, in love with this band from that day on. Couldn't understand how everyone wasn't in love with them too. So underrated. A hidden treasure.

[@lincolnhirschi2527]

The greatest song off of the greatest album by the greatest band of the'90s. And that's about the long and short of it.

[@Reprodestruxion]

Well now Trent puts on a suit and has choir girls onstage

[@thepayne7862]

It was my favorite album in the 90's Afghan Whigs had a good following but they should have been 10 times bigger than they were.

[@Technickcall]

I was in awe when that opening riff comes in with those panning shots of houses and neighborhoods

[@DykeBot]

the whigs were my post adolescent soundtrack of the 90's. Dulli a genius entire band very talented. I mean listen to the bass lines!

[@WonderSluts]

Taking a trip down memory lane, and I just had to pull over for a minute and wave at Greg Dulli and the boys as they went by. One of my favorite albums that I purchased in the 1990s.

[@itmslove]

im so glad that i had parents and siblings who listened to EVERYTHING.while i was entering my teens in the early nineties i had this good shit to listen to.

[@fishtanksamurai7786]

Love you guys! Mr. Dulli and I almost duked it out once at a show back in the early 90s in Denver. Cooler heads prevailed and a great time was had by all, and I left with great admiration and a cool story to tell.

[@Snafubar23]

So many bittersweet memories attached to this song.

[@jdthree]

Great music…has NO “expiration date” I FEEL this.

[@JosedeNoche]

Must admit: first time I listen to The Afghan Whigs. Can't believe I missed these guys way back. They just blew me away 🤯🎧🎼

[@MjBurns88]

Man does this bring back great memories of youth. Whigs are the seriously one of the most criminally underrated bands history. Have no idea how they weren't absolutely huge🙄

[@vasiliskaragiorgis6689]

It was love at first hearing and after all these years the same feeling every time

[@adg_87]

Yezzir!

[@drucerito]

Debonair was an immediate favorite of mine once I first heard it back when it was released on Gentlemen and yet... still til this day... it remains one of my all time favorite songs ever!

[@jamesbelljr]

MTVs 120 minutes bought me here to the Whigs

[@aaronjacobwillman]

James Bell jr. holy crap, 120 Minutes! i remember when that show premiered this video! :D

[@jamesbelljr]

aaronjacobwillman Me too that show helped me discover a lot of great music they show Classic 120Minutes on VH1 Hits late at nite but it is not as good though

[@MrSKINFLICK]

+James Bell jr. 120 minutes was also my "food for thought + feeling" in Germany back then in the first half of the 90s, until MTV London suddenly canceled it overnight in 1995. What was THAT? I could realize it when MTV was bought at the stock exchange by Viacom in 1998. This "step" dramatically worsened our "western culture". I really miss the MTV of the first half of the 90s. Afterwards "religious" people like Putin or George W. Bush "arrived":...yuck. The Clintons were very naive back then.

[@thomasdrish6491]

I first watched it on JBTV back in 1993. I didn't like it at the time, but wow, has this song grown on me! Has a unique maturity to it.

[@quincee3376]

It's February 2021 and this song still rocks. Great band. Great voice!

[@mrconancat]

November, 2021: No change

[@quincee3376]

@@mrconancat lol. Right on.

[@steveb7433]

Jan 2022 Baby! Love this song since release!

[@quincee3376]

@@steveb7433 right on. Happy New Year!

[@steveb7433]

@@quincee3376 Happy New Year to you as well Brother! Auckland, New Zealand! Go the "Whigs!"

[@ripleysigningoff1231]

The pain in this song is so evident. I love it. It reminds me of my life.

[@deanrane1961]

Great song!!! One of my faves.

[@russwr4946]

having fucking good taste brought me here

[@garyhicks1473]

yeah me too!

[@backtotheninetiesbyvictora2909]

It's in our heart, it's in our head It's in our love, baby, it's in our bed Tonight I go to hell For what I've done to you...🎵

[@WhiteThugNo3]

it's like I'm back there at that sleepy suburb circa 93, at the store with checkered floors; the unseemliness just below the surface. It's not the same now that I can just dial it up and watch it.

[@loreranfagni3772]

Gentlemen!. Here comes the Afghan whigs!. Still love them after 30 years!. This is a masterpiece album!

[@joey_da_blowy]

First I found Soundgarden, then I found Alice in Chains, Blind Melon, and to a slightly lesser extent, Pearl Jam, and most recently, Screaming Trees and Mark Lanegan, and then Greg Dulli and The Afghan Whigs. Great music all around. Mark Lanegan and The Afghan Whigs went from me not listening to them really to being in the top 5 for these past 12 months.... And I listen to TONS of music, this only could've happened with me listening to even more music lately, and listening to solely them on repeat. Love this kinda stuff. Edit: Also been loving me some Queens of the Stone Age and even moreso Kyuss and Mondo Generator, that stuff goes crazy

[@dimitraBlissDk]

i saw them live danced right in front. later that night walking around down town SLC my friends and i walked past their bus as they were getting on it. He stopped and pointed to me and said " I remeber you"

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

Dimitra Kambouris De Hoog That is cool as hell! I'm so glad you shared that story. AW shows were the best?! My friend and I made our way back stage in Cali in '94 when I was 19 and Greg Dulli planted huge red lipstick kisses on both of us. We just about died and went to Heaven.

[@katherineetzel7328]

same with me but it was the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Love AF's, wish I had seen them live sometime.

[@Leo-qe3gl]

@Dimitra. Beautiful. When did this happen? 1993?

[@chocomanger6873]

Totally forgot about this band and this song until Billy Corgan recently mentioned them at a concert, talking about how his band opened for them about 30 years ago.

[@prozacpeople]

The Afghan Whigs FOREVER and EVER baby!

[@Markcroriganscuz]

Sitting in a coffee shop in late 2023 and this song comes on and sends me down the path - saw them play in cincy back in the 90s. Epic song and the video is unmitigated violence and despair

[@AirelonTrading]

Phew, it's hard to believe I was ever 20 years old ...

[@IvanoForgione]

same here...!

[@indigojones8]

Best live show I've ever seen when they were touring with this album at Tipitinas in New Orleans.

[@matthewdevereux1288]

I remember listening to the Whigs at the age of about 15 at a mate's house in Guildford near Stoke Park whilst drinking tin after tin of rubbishy cheap Sainsbury's supermarket lager and we went roaring into the park signing Whigs songs and suddenly got collared by some police officers who had the temerity to nick our tins of lager off us just for being three years under the legal age!

[@alanrossiter8893]

Always love this song 90s classic

[@jmcmondego]

Interpol guys say Afghan Whigs are a great influence

[@sc4538]

This song just suddenly popped into my head, so I googled it, been rocking out to it, brings back early 90s memories for me, I have the album on a cassette tape, have to dig it out, at least they made a kick ass video for a kick ass song

[@derekwhitaker5528]

The video comes across as dated, but the song and the album are among the very best ever by anyone.

[@christophermaynard1902]

Greg dulli definitely has swag....og...

[@Ktonrider]

Very Dark, such a great tune

[@fedecastagna]

30 years of this song. The fking 90's, best alternative music ever...

[@dricedlk]

Damn, I remember having an Afghan Whigs tape in 1993. It was in my walkman when it was stolen.

[@brigland3726]

I'd forgotten how good this album is... how much I love it!!! still awesome.. play it loud!

[@martinrking]

frickin' love this bass line

[@bredostyle]

Bon son, indémodable

[@lewasil]

God I love this song.

[@BrandonHex]

The most underrated band in existence.

[@federicolabanti8101]

one of the best song ever....

[@alecwomack6718]

I was lucky enough to wake up at 4am for a glass of water to see this playing on MTV 90's house videos. Immediately was stopped in my tracks, not because MTV was actually playing a music video for a change but how I managed to miss this band growing up in the 90's! I love this song!

[@PoemsAboutStars]

This video looks and feels exactly the way high school looked and felt back in '95

[@brennansweeney4950]

listened to this album front to back 4 times today while working, it's so good!

[@billymcdiarmid156]

Came here because of the foreword in Chris Brookmyre's novel released today. A Cracked Mirror. This ain't about regret

[@trainelavalais6280]

I remember when this song came out in the fall of 1993. Every teenager should listen to this song. Very deep.

[@phnigra111]

This songs got a nice little hook that kinda finds a comfy space in your mind for the day...

[@frigidpony]

Ah, the nineties... Back when goatees and cigarettes were still cool.

[@raleghhowes2778]

Whoever did their videos had a real Lynch thing going on. This is Blue Velvet, Gentlemen is a Twin Peaks revamp of Rear Window.

[@raleghhowes2778]

Ah the 90s rocked eh.

[@j.aarontaylor3543]

+Ralegh Howes Dulli had a real Lynch thing going on. This song was inspired by the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" and the Twin Peaks theme song. Take a listen to those 2 and come back to this.

[@j.aarontaylor3543]

DL Beaven Dulli was focused on the two songs that inspired it and word association, and the lyrics aren't particularly ambiguous in the context of one song being about longing for someone and the other being about a passion murder. Dulli was obviously young when he wrote it, and in that youthful, self-destructive phase he has said that he wrote much of the album in a dark mood. The titles "Gentlemen" and "Debonair" are both plainly ironic, and the lyrics for "Debonair" tell the story of the young man getting into a lustful relationship for all the wrong reasons. Now that relationship is crashing at the point where everyone gets hurt, but that's part of his self-destructive nature and he welcomes it without apology.

[@j.aarontaylor3543]

My bad, you said succinct. Self-destructive young people getting into bad relationships. There ya go.

[@angusbeefballfro]

David Lynch is exactly right. The video reminded me of Lynch's Lost Highway. Matter of fact, Dulli in this video reminds me of Bill Pullman who starred in that film. Maybe it's the clothing style idk.

[@SGtem]

Yep that what us Gen X and generation before social media .. we would go hang out in parking lots listen to our rock loud and spend time outside interacting amongst each other

[@newtownbelievers5862]

Killer riff

[@missnordstern2119]

Gentleman is still one of my favorite albums! ♥♥♥

[@helolisztomaniac]

Sempre voltando aqui 🖤

[@RonnieOwens-kv4oe]

Bought this CD from hearing this one song. Fucking fantastic group!!

[@theengineer704]

damn, i need a smoke listening to this one. Someone pass me a smoke. Love this damn song.

[@Jim-sy3dp]

Best album in rock and roll raw and real

[@chrish931]

Nothing like casually hitting a joint while a violent mosh pit is going right behind you.

[@stownsendnyc]

These guys are legend. My band recorded in their cincy studio

[@GoSolar]

I heard this song for the very first time on some indy radio station the other day. Now I've got it on repeat.

[@captaintifany]

the first time i heard this song i brushed it off as being another 90s grunge song. But I kept thinking about it, and now I love the Afghan Whigs so much, really underrated band

[@BadSneakers]

Holy schitt, this is good

[@steveh.9462]

This is the evil version of Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back”

[@DerDickeTyp]

Was looking for this song for sooo long. Thank you very much for uploading it. Love lyrics in contrast to the video. Gereat guittar.

[@quincee3376]

Omg so last night i was watching Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals and as NBC went to commercial this guitar riff started playing. They're from the Cincy area for anyone who might not know. So cool .

[@xmarcal7]

Played this song at my college graduation , back in 95. Never gets old

[@carlindapierce6598]

SAW THE WHIGS IN A CLUB HERE IN TAMPA,,,THEY WERE SO GOOD I STAYED SOBER TO REMEMBER THAT NIGHT.....

[@JeffreySykes]

Bruh. When I was 24 and wanted to break shit or get mine, this was the hype track. That and some whisky. That's all I got.

[@sespro917]

Does everything in the 90s look brighter to anyone else? Or just me because i was really young in the 90s and i remember everything seeming so bright and colorful?

[@OlChunkOfCoal]

Wow. This is so true.

[@1brandtg]

It does seem like it was sunnier back then. Its probably because we spent more time outdoors :)

[@superunknown2812]

This is quite the.comment....i like it

[@kmuck8677]

Maybe not brighter but everything seems more colorful, so yea I get that too. I thought it was just the fashion and art style of the time but who knows.

[@metal9535]

That's because all media hit an emotional phase around the 00s.

[@mauriciocarvalho873]

True. Masterpiece

[@nor_cal_trailrides9990]

Awesome song. Been trying to find it for the longest time. Couldn't remember the band.

[@Vrten]

incredible.

[@lennyarias2465]

I love this song! Still years later & it's like hearing it for the first time! Great song!

[@BorisBerlin]

Just discovered you.... this is great!

[@jawadad802]

this was playing at the bakery last on the radio; the 18 year old behind the counter shut it down mumbling "wtf is that noise??"....i felt sooooo old... then...noticing I didnt aprove she told me "oh yea, sorry , yea my dad likes Ramstein too"... , safe to say that was not a good day....

[@TrippedGian1]

jawadad802 WAT

[@ashleyashley8062]

:(

[@eddiewinks]

I have been dying to see this video again for years. It got taken off of youtube sometime ago, so thans so much for putting it back up . One of my all time favorite songs.

[@LorettaDN]

One of the discs I brought with me to the University of Chicago when I was a first year. Went to see them at the Cabaret Metro as well. Good times! Good memories!

[@taliashafrir]

It aint about regret,its about the truth

[@chocolatebomb51]

How strange is it that the little kids in this video are now in their 30s