In 1989 there was a feeling that something was happening in music. One of those times where it all comes together to make something special. The eighties had it's share of great music and rubbish but now tere was talk of a new sound centred on Manchester in the UK. we had begun to hear snippets of the Stone Roses already but their rivals in pop music were to be The Happy Mondays. I had heard their Bummed album and didn't quite get it. Then again I had listened to it at a Matt Wilson party at the College Lawn Prahran while in a state of inebriation.
But one night I was down at The Beehive which I was no longer DJing at and Jason the new DJ there was playing these wonderful sounds from the UK. Especially this song. I couldn't believe it was the same Mondays I'd heard before. This had such a clean groove. Well produced. Indie but dance!
Clothes were changing. It was the first time people started wearing hoodies to clubs. I picked up this great top from Central station Records. And baggy jeans. The psychadelic lighting from Rubber Soul which was on Friday nights fitted just as well with this music on saturdays. It was a cool movement and what felt like the start of a great decade to come. and listening to happy Mondays was perfect for reading Tank Girl comics to.
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