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Hi Maddies,
thanks to all who
have posted their reviews of the tour, it's great to read them when I'm so far
away. Mr G, did you remember to take my photo with you? heheee.
We have a free street mag
here called 'Real Grove' put out by the record store of the same name, here is
their reveiw of Wonderful.........
Madness
Wonderful Madness (Stirling)
Potted histoire for the uninitiated, and Madness were
part of the late 70s British ska and reggae movement that basically evolved from
the impetus of punk.
Madness operated under the cartoonish disguise of the
'nutty sound', a sort of ska idiocy mingled with wry social comment on 80s
Britian.
They shifted units but they split in 1986 and
reformed in 1994 for a one-off stint in Finsbury Park's answer to Woodstock
- Madstock.
Lead singer, Suggs, has done solo stuff and kept his
face about the place, but here it is, a fully-fleged Madness comeback album
featuring all the old faces and all of the old sounds.
As reunions go it could've been worse, but not much.
They've hauled in Ian Dury to do his Dickensian Cockney turn on 'Drip Fed Fred'
and that works a treat, as does their self-effacing Eastender realism and humour
on 'Johnny the Horse' and 'No Money'.
But really, right from the shades and the pork-pie hats
on the cover, to the burping ska grooves of a once sharp vaudeville band, this
is a piece of nostalgia from a bunch of old chinas who should realise their
number's up.
George Kay
Don't blame me guys, I just live
here.
Hope you all have a madly
wonderful christmas and fantastic new year, I look forward to all the Wembley
stories.
Mad forever Jo.
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