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.

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

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

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

Same!!

Michael Gass Agreed....

Michael Gass Hell to the yessss.

Preach.

Absofuckinglutely

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

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

@@eldubya7972 haha man that's so true

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

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

totally 110% with you brother

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

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

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.:-)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

They weren’t anything. They’re still making music and touring.

This album is perfection, all these years on.

Agreed. He's a beast.

Yup, 100% absolutely

November, 2021: No change

@@mrconancat lol. Right on.

Jan 2022 Baby! Love this song since release!

@@steveb7433 right on. Happy New Year!

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

RockityRoll Haha! Well said.

Good stuff. Dulli drags us under.

Dude, why is this so accurate lol

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

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

Yezzir!

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

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

+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.

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.

yeah me too!

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.

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

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

Ah the 90s rocked eh.

+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.

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.

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

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.

Wow. This is so true.

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

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

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.

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

same here...!

They are still around, saw them about 4 yrs ago and got to meet them afterward. Check out a recent track "Arabian Heights" it's better than anything out today.

This is surreal because I'm a TJ Hunter and agree with your comment, but I definitely didn't make it, ha ha.

Name some band/artist names!

@@saintjabroni listent to Brainiac

I was from the early 90’s Mpls. scene. I do feel lucky to have lived in Seattle for the past 15 yrs tho. It’s a mood. 😎

Don’t forget Morella’s Forest and their noise pop masterpiece song “Hang Out”: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eK9_eqlym761dXk.html And the jangle poppers Belreve, especially their heaviest song on the essential “Sulk King” / “Always Crush Me” split 7” with GBV. FWIW, I saw the Whigs play in New Orleans on Thanksgiving ‘97 and this song was by far the most pulverizingly loud one I’ve ever heard in a club setting. Maybe only slightly topped by Swervedriver or Helmet...

@@saintjabroni Grafton, Psychological Vacation. WO Wrights and Canal Street Tavern