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> From: Mike Hearne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: madness mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [total-madness] later with jools holland
> Date: 31 October 1999 01:27
<snip to the lou>
> First up from Madness was Lovestruck. It may be down to the amount of
times
> I`ve heard it but this no longer sounds like a new song, it sounds as
though
> it`s been around for years and is just as familiar as the likes of My
Girl,
> Grey Day, House Of Fun and others. Within the first few bars of the song
it
> became apparent that once more they`d decided not to bother trying to
> *serious musicians* and instead wanted to enjoy
themselves...........believe
> me it looked as though they were having a great time!
I missed this bit, having only hours ago come out of hospital, damn.
Turned the TV on about midnight.
> Suggs and (for once) Mike then did a short interview claiming that it`s
> taken 14 years to write the new album as everyone was writing and only
> produced 1 song every 7 years!!! ;0)
They did seem a bit stuck for words, didn't they? :)
> After songs by a couple of the other acts up came the part I was waiting
> for, Drip Fed Fred with "Uncle" Ian Dury!
The Poet Laureate ...
> What can I say, it was
> amazing!!!!! While Ian sang Carl jumped around in the background or
indulged
> in a spot of shadow boxing! When it was time for Reverend Greene to say
his
> piece Lee stepped up resplendent in an eyepatch and bishop`s mitre and
> proceeded to to *sing* his part whilst doing an impersonation of Ian
> Paisley!!! Trust me, you had to see it!!! ;0)
This was great, definitely my favourite part of the show; it was nice to
see Madness being ... well, Madness again. And while we're on the topic,
some of you may remember this one:
"And the headlines this evening: This afternoon in Belfast a protester
punched the Reverned Ian Paisley in the mouth ... and fell in." :)
<chocolate snip cookies>
> Those on list who have said JTH
> lacks the bounce of previous singles should now eat their words, as well
as
> the audience this track had members of the other acts jumping up and
down,
> waving and generally bouncing around! Suggs did his trademark add-libbing
> (Although I suspect he momentarily forgot the words) during the line "He
> took his battered bones to Regents Park at sunset", Carl finished off the
> song by claiming "Brown bread, stone dead!
"Stone dead brown bread", IIRC.
Um, sorry, I don't know why I do that ...
<Rosnipcrucianism>
(sorry, that was just bad...)
Regards,
A.
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