Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro (Official Video)

[@therollingbeachfloyd645]

Shaun on vocals, Paul on bass, Mark on guitar, Gary on drums, Knobhead on keyboards and Bez on E.

[@jeromefecto8085]

lol

[@che7338]

Funniest comment I’ve seen all week

[@johnhollingsworth3264]

Sold a ford fiesta xr2 to Paul the keyboard player in 1999 it was grey and knackered lol

[@ranafoot]

lol

[@adsumabyss]

Was he a hype man?

[@clp91009]

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.

[@lonetardigrade]

This was one of the first basslines I loved to learn and play. Great bassist and musician indeed.

[@iseeolly9959]

Love from a 50 year old feeling like a teen again, RIP xx

[@CameraMike416]

It blows my mind that his brother outlived him.

[@gemini802]

Why?

[@robertgemmell1485]

@@CameraMike416 he liked the Heroin just as much as Shawn.

[@ktwojapan]

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!

[@ThePritch74]

Sad times. An understated Bass player, less is more. Driving force of the actual beautiful music. ❤

[@nickycotton6137]

Awe, 😳.. So talented. Bless & thanks for the Riddim'S 🎸 🔥

[@jmm8229]

Bass line in Step-On is initially what attracted me to the Mondays.

[@shaunprawn88]

Fit birds, and band of pillheads and an absolute banger of a tune. What more could a man want?

[@wellerwannabe5047]

Football to come home again x

[@garysinglewood4434]

Ive done more CLASS As than them put together easy

[@kooliz]

an AM parked outside

[@andijw79]

@@garysinglewood4434 great, well done. Really proud of you.

[@leeturton9254]

J cups?

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

Who else still loves the Mondays? I was 16/17 in '90 and loved 'em!!

[@vintentgreene6959]

@@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826 I like Thursdays best pay day 💲

[@nottsspur5903]

Greatest opening line to a song ever

[@donaldwesterhazy9333]

My choice - "Is she really going out with him?" New Rose, The Damned.

[@kermito666]

I agree. It is perfect.

[@michaelcandon2971]

One word..yes.

[@humdrum12]

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.

[@rhythmace1]

Yes!

[@eamonfitzgerald2874]

Mark Day guitar genius full stop

[@cyberspace667]

Dat house music influence

[@douglasscott2779]

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.

[@DoctorDave5]

Spot on.

[@andrewtomlinson18]

This song hasn’t aged at all

[@jamsheadaziz3999]

Fabulous tune. Still listening after 34 years of being released. Two words........ Timeless Classic.

[@scottculli7851]

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

[@stephenpatterson4119]

Are you a time-traveller??

[@jamsheadaziz3999]

@@stephenpatterson4119 I certainly could do with a time machine. 😃😃😃

[@stephenpatterson4119]

@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 .

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

Wish I could have been 30 forever like Shaun 😋

[@funforkidsforever]

The world would be a better place if we all just chilled out and danced like Bez. The happiest music ever.

[@thevoid99]

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.

[@archipelago23]

Huge respect and big ups to Paul Ryder. You will be well remembered

[@veronicanicholas2434]

Legend

[@The_ATARI_King]

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 !!!)

[@carlosabianfernandez2058]

R..I.P Paul Ryder. Happy Mondays was one of my favourite bands during my teenage years

[@mark7831]

Same I always had my own pills trills and bellyaches

[@progd4v3]

The bass line is ridiculous.its got to be one of the catchiest of all time.brilliant track

[@paul39a]

i only found out recently this a cover oif a blues tune, who would have knew??

[@ColtonFultonUK]

its just a chromatic variation of two notes. you need to listen to more music.

[@progd4v3]

@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

[@arddermout6946]

@@paul39a you mean Step On... right?

[@DOGOID]

@@paul39aLady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle

[@Billy-xo3yy]

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

[@aleksandarracic2473]

😊😅 monday 1991

[@kolloduke3341]

That unique guitar sound gets me every ...time

[@riskromer9773]

One of the most iconic bass lines of the 90's. Bon voyage, Paul

[@soulmergeTTF100]

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

[@gs9061]

RIP Paul Ryder. Looks so young in this.

[@veronicanicholas2434]

Too man

[@grizcuz]

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.

[@theculturedthug6609]

Ralph Lauren jacket.

[@veronicanicholas2434]

Ha, ha, ha Teacher enjoying it large

[@pyenapple]

Mark E. Spliff

[@thomaslippiatt7107]

One of the most criminally underrated bands ever with one of the greatest lyrically genius’s this country ever produced

[@thesubhumancomedy]

No more, no less.

[@redred9882]

The fact that Bez just danced all his life as a career with his mates still makes me happy. Legend 😀

[@sharonrobertson8942]

Shout out from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@richardbuchanan2748]

P1l¹p1lp1 12th¹1¹1ll​@@sharonrobertson8942

[@thesubhumancomedy]

Some maracas and tambourine too.

[@annandune]

He played the maracas as well.

[@malcolmshorter6184]

This is a brilliant tune and hasn't aged at all. Awsome 90's.

[@lancecollins9278]

Totally agree. Hasn't aged one but, in 33 years. Still twisting my melon man.

[@pamela8329]

My favorite funky Friday song. R.I.P. Paul. You will be missed.💙

[@elgatofabio]

I was 15 when this came out, I never forget what I love. Cheers from Uruguay!

[@jchanning72]

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.

[@robertwiles8106]

This is truly one of the most stunningly amazing songs of all time. With an iconic video to match. Well done boys.

[@Hitweg]

well said

[@billyshears6622]

Stunningly boring

[@robertwiles8106]

@@billyshears6622 ....but enough about you lol

[@tbssic1]

They definitely nailed the hot babe thing in the video!!!

[@robertwiles8106]

@@tbssic1 i love the one babe who is, like, a little TOO excited to be there

[@papanoel3999]

I've said it b4 but I swear kinky afro has the best opening line in music ever.

[@garrydevlin2276]

You won't ever hear a better one either ! Haha

[@johnmeechan4976]

Love that opening line, have always said that mate

[@monty1864]

My son doesn’t agree

[@monty1864]

His mum agrees !

[@richardperry7834]

@@monty1864 that being on a band makes you spooky? Oh well, at least he's got an opinion.

[@shawnyc24]

I cant get over how well shot this is. not just the cinematography but everything is clicking.

[@thesubhumancomedy]

.. except the zipper.

[@jakehammond12345]

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.

[@eddiejstarboy6942]

Rest in power paul aka 🐎 horse.....this song and that entire pills and thrills and bellyaches album are masterpieces...

[@ianowen3157]

Watching Bez dance brings a smile to my face. Individually. Nice. Care free dancing.

[@aaronwelsh5453]

Outstanding still so fucking fresh in 2024 /2025 says it all 👌

[@devildude64]

TOTALLY!!!!!!

[@sourjellybaby4286]

The guitar sound is a thing of beauty

[@levieenrose7646]

Early 90s...when we had the whole world infront of us....happy days!...

[@danw1374]

30 years..gone in the blink of an eye!

[@martinavrecl253]

Missing those days so much!😭

[@watkinsd1975]

Who would have thought we would get f***ed over, eh?!!

[@alexearnshaw1468]

I was born 1994 you guys are the lucky ones

[@timetraveller309]

Happy days?? Happy Mondays. ;)

[@christopherrichards387]

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.

[@martinavrecl253]

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...😥

[@sourjellybaby4286]

I wish that guitar solo could go on forever

[@nickycotton6137]

Uh-Huh.✌. So damn hypnotising & adorable.😍

[@DoctorMeatDic]

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.

[@aarpoonwaify6694]

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.

[@GabrielCsaba]

The perfect Madchester formula: Can't Sing + Won't Sing = Genius. I love these guys.

[@bryankinney1]

but he CAN and does sing...?

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Kkkkkk

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Verdade

[@mackeydirk8643]

This song still has one of the best bass hooks ever!

[@paulgriffiths7233]

Has there ever been as much talent in one video?? The Band were pretty good too 😉

[@karelbellic8480]

Music for a generation, what an anthem. Love you guys forever..

[@Picnicl]

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.

[@jammasterj13]

Picnicl best times ever, we even had a euro96 in england!!!

[@JeromekJerome1972]

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.

[@chocomanger6873]

I just barfed a little reading this.

[@JeromekJerome1972]

I just barfed at you using the word barfed, what are you? 10? Knobcheese

[@chocomanger6873]

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 KZbin 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.

[@thewiseoldman]

RIP Paul thank you for the music

[@maxirons709]

I can't help but feel this is peak humanity.

[@veronicanicholas2434]

Totally, downhill from here

[@mana3735]

RIP Paul...one of the best bassist ever.

[@Imbi1300]

Q.E.P.D Paul Ryder. Siempre en nuestros corazones ♥

[@vezmalik5042]

Love the Happy Mondays.. their uplifting song's are simply great

[@georgebenson6279]

What a fantastic tune this was back in the day and still is in 2024.. Well done The happy Mondays 🎉

[@tonycarolan2320]

1990 what a year bro

[@georgemacieira8205]

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 😞

[@angelabeattie5692]

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.

[@Poxymonkeypox]

"So what do you do?" "I dance" "So you're a dancer?" "No, I drop a few and dance"

[@danw1374]

😂😂

[@shaunmcgrath983]

Such an original cool tune. Takes you away to another zone.

[@nix4pool]

One of the most bangin tunes ever, still get the shivers, love the video too, great memories.

[@mrmcecheese1456]

Pure gold, love happy Monday’s. wish they played music like this now!!

[@nklin6]

The DMA's copy it

[@thesubhumancomedy]

Glad days.

[@melgrant7404]

Rowetta has an incredible voice x

[@nickycotton6137]

❤

[@oliver69cork46]

What an extraordinary talent bez was-a huge contribution to music and he always was so happy

[@worldlit1146]

This will be my "Happy Monday" song forever.

[@janinebramwell4317]

Happy Mondays be a legend for all time Indies music 💯🇬🇧 They set the bar icons ❤

[@christophertudor4727]

Top band! Shaun's one of the most charismatic frontmen.

[@sass7701]

How many bloody years later....Shaun's on about "helping the needy" and pointing at Bez 😂😂😂😂..... that's pals for life there 🤣🤣🤣🤣♥️♥️

[@marcalfredo9826]

Lyrics are off the charts. Brilliant!!

[@andymcdonald2620]

Wow, the reverb on Rowetta's backing lyrics - amazing depth, and a classic Martin Hannett touch.

[@swatx1271]

And the best opening lyrics award goes to.......

[@rkgibbons]

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.

[@katmandew2152]

Hey , get with it. Irons mate, irons.

[@elih9700]

I hate being 50, I have to look back and think that we were going somewhere.

[@rorybone100]

The 90s were ace and I miss them like hell. The politics were good, the drugs were good; wtf happened?

[@broken1394]

Naahhh party on baby, get on it.

[@sabbat34]

dont worry bro -we're still here.

[@jmc0075]

Just turned 51 it gets no better mate.

[@elih9700]

@@jmc0075 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHS0fXSeg9GVnLM

[@darcydavies-jones1503]

I love Bez and his dance moves! As a kid(5 years old 1990) I use to mimic his expressions and copy the moves. Safe to say, I horrified the grown ups hehe!

[@shauncorless8965]

Best bit of happy Mondays ,Rowetta,🥰

[@rockandroll63]

Quite likely the greatest opening line of a song in music history.

[@pintpot]

You nicked that off Janice Long (but you are right!)

[@danielseifert3309]

Son, I'm 30 I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty

[@kb9072]

@@pintpot Never heard Janice Long say that but I came to that conclusion on my own also.

[@nickycotton6137]

Bl**dy right.👍

[@jammasterj13]

Posh birds with atittude at a northern working class do!!! Shauns robert palmer moment.

[@indyjones1135]

They look posh, could be normal girls, I reckon women had good taste back then, or their dresser did.

[@jammasterj13]

LOL. I'm from Manchester mate. Trust me when I say where I come from, those girls are posh compared to the pram face mingers we got around here!

[@blackdog9770]

except Shaun wasn't addicted to love

[@thecfbutcher1174]

@@jammasterj13 then you got rowetta

[@johnthwaites5976]

I'm posh and northern...

[@Artur-vh3nk]

Thanks for all groovy bass lines Paul. RIP mate.

[@SuperLukedan]

if ever im feeling down. i just wack this on. always make me smile, Bez, A Total legend

[@justinwiggy]

RIP Paul Ryder...Gone way too soon ❤️

[@gemschaeffer7291]

Lovely stuff the Happy Mondays,an unbelievable time in my life growing up with this music,where has that world gone.

[@ianbourne9970]

Love Happy Mondays 💙 R.I.P Paul Ryder man

[@LeandroAlves-mt5fk]

Essa música é show. Uma das melhores da geração de 90 do rock inglês.

[@idonthavemonkey]

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.

[@kennethsmart9212]

Shaun rocking the geography teacher look

[@oliverhooper435]

Drove a Volvo estate to the gig

[@danielmoran9902]

Chemistry more like. Practicals would have been good.

[@PaulHolman-sh5ts]

Marco Polo clothes I think

[@jamesleonard7439]

😂😂😂

[@petel2551]

Love the bass line on this - brilliant song.

[@RIVERSIDE118]

by far the greatest HAPPY MONDAYS I AM DANCING

[@SkyManagerNYC]

Great song! NEVER get tired of it. Always as nice as every time I hear it

[@carpypark]

Love how Bez is still in touch with Shaun. Faithful.

[@paulbrady5772]

Yes on gogglebox pair of dickheads no longer legends.

[@KakashiInWinter]

Fell in love with my wife to this music. Seriously, now: a blond, beautiful theater major blasting Madchester tracks at a small-town Midwest USA university? Hook, line and sinker, man...

[@DMWBN3]

Who's have thought in the 80's and 90's we'd still have Shaun & Bez in 2021 .... 😁👍🏼

[@deffstar69]

Most mashed lead singer in a music video ever. Love it :)

[@solarvoiid.]

deffstar69 I know right. #Wasted

[@TheJAMESTAIT10]

If u think he looks smashed in this, check out wrote for luck video 📹 😁

[@deffstar69]

yup your right , same singer mind you :)

[@jackfrancom1999]

James Tait fuck me he's blitzed there😂

[@thomasquinn7825]

Or him from the pogues

[@cecileroy557]

I didn't discover the Happy Mondays until a few years ago. I love them!!

[@ThursoBerwick]

You must be young.

[@Vigilante311]

No band thats around today comes within a million lightyears of being as cool as these lads

[@davidbradshaw1582]

That beautiful lady's voice is amazing 😍

[@lordgodkingbufu2158]

Rowetta is an icon

[@scouseronthewirral]

Peaked at #5 in U.K. on 21 October 1990

[@smmullen1]

This is like some kind of level of good that I can't quite articulate

[@draft1643]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[@jamesclukey7488]

The Happy Mondays playin', Bez is dancin'. Shaun had a voice that defined the sound, but his drug habit killed it

[@seamustherotty9373]

Captain bringdown...are you bringing the buzzkillers or are you coming alone?

[@melissaharris6526]

Would he have had the same impact without a drug habit

[@Gay-g7h]

Love these guys. No one can beat these Manc guys. Xx

[@vordman]

Bez was integral to The Monday's sound.

[@discoladylou]

vordman 🤣😂

[@75claymont]

what did he do?

[@heggy_69]

+05PtVxUI what didn't he do?

[@Backinblack10001]

He is like the conductor he kept the rhythm going with his movement. 😂😂😂

[@MattiasOskarsson]

Yeah, without Bez they would just sound flat

[@cespop]

Love Happy Mondays' songs. Regards from Peru.

[@warriorb6733]

That baseline 👌underrated/understated.RIP👏🏻

[@nonni139]

I love Happy Mondays, they give me happy days, just by listening to them.

[@asasasd8398]

im so with u on this nonni139

[@leonthompson2425]

The Bez dance should be mandatory every morning from 8-9 am. Get fit, out on your doorstep, giving it beans...

[@eden7736]

Best idea I've heard in weeks.

[@nickycotton6137]

HaHa/Amen.👍

[@nancynineties8617]

Rip Ryder ♡ thanx for the madchester magic ♡

[@thefatalposition4015]

This is the perfect example of how Shaun being a teacher, and high as fuck can manage to teach a lesson