The Monochrome Set was a UK band singer and principal songwriter:Bid (Ganesh Seshadri), guitarist Lester Square (real name Tom Hardy), drummer John Haney, and bassist Charlie Harper.formed in 1976.The band is notable for its humorous lyrics .
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@cloonmore Golden Brown is nothing like B-I-D and B-I-D is nothing like Golden Brown. They both have harpsichords. That does not mean there is any similarity between the songs. Both great songs.
they piss on the divine comedy. and they came 15 years before.
Oh wow. I stand (or sit) totally corrected!
You mean “Golden Brown” is very “B-I-D.”
Dear ‘schmiebl’ Thanks for reply, yes the band did storm off, my wife was with me at the time and remembers it well! We met up backstage afterwards and I’ve still got the photos, what a good-looking bunch we all were back then! I saw MS complete a set a couple of times before in Manchester, so no hard feelings.
Quality band.
Good analogy!
wow, am amazed anybody else remembers this band. Saw them several times in early 80s, still listen to albums. “bid” was a stroppy f****r though – when I saw them at one gig, he stormed off cos someone threw a (plastic) beer glass towards him. Bloody show only lasted 15 minutes!
kasbah – i agree – my fave band for years! why are they not hugely famous? the Divine Comedy of the eighties!
I saw them a the Venue ,Victoria circa 1981. The most underrated band ever. The world demands a reunion now.
Tomorrow will be too long…….
Great vocals, I especially like the way they are cut off/drowned out before the drum fill leading to the first chorus HOI
? what?
This pre-dates Golden Brown.
Very “Stranglers – Golden Brown”
weezer seems to be the modern equivalent
Brilliant ! saw them dozens of times in the early eighties …… Nothing today that i hear comes anywhere close to the genius that was the set ……
Portuguese see this? Sempre me pareceu que estes tipos (fabulous guys!) devem ter influenciado os nossos (magníficos) Mler Ife Dada. Alguém concorda?
just beautiful music
legendary….ty 🙂
i just love the Monos…where are all the songs…arnt they just great. xx
Had I not been born in 1994, I would’ve liked to have been married to Ganesh (Bid.) What a handsome, mysterious, intelligent, dark, charming, witty gentleman.
Delightful group with this ballade-billy kind . Quite unique
allways will stay in history of pop music: wish they were here !
Geniality is rare these days !
B.I.D spells “Bedwarmer In Dreams”…*sigh*
morricone in a pop format, fantastic stuff.
totally impossible to classify this music!!