1. For those subscribed to my fanzine, I'll be posting
issue 5 to you during the week. It's a 48 page special
including a fab article that Lee has written on Ian
Dury especially for you. For anybody going to the gig,
I'll bring it along on saturday. Hope that's okay. If
anybody would like a copy for the first time, please
mail me off-list.
2. Now I know that I'm almost three weeks out of date
with this but I've been on th net very little lately
to get my chance to say what I thought about Young
Guns, so I just thought I'd like to add in a few
things:
- Anybody notice Lee's reference to Madness becoming
like a "Runawa train" which was one of the rumoured
titles for "Wonderful"?
- If Dave Robinson thinks that he wasn't pushing the
band too far, then what does he think about bands
releasing studio albums only every two to three years
these days. Surely that's proof.
- I liked Carl's comment about "you don't need lots
of stuff, just the 7 of us on stage". I personally
can't stand the way bands like U2 spend horrfic
amounts of money on special affects to try make their
own performance more memorable.
- Yes, Carl had too little to say but I've always
felt that Chris is much better putting his thoughts to
pen.
- Suggs had far too much to say with his same old
stories. That one about the Melody Maker advert for a
new band is wearing thin. And as for that story about
sitting on the floor of Lee's flat on the Caledonian
Road......he has spent so much time on that floor that
he must have the sorest arse in Camden. Must explain
some of his funny dancing in the early days!! The only
overtold anecdote was why the band split up...."Health
reasons, we got sick of each other"....or each other's
stories Suggs!!
- Nice to hear Mike talking about life in general /
his move to Buddhism. Hadn't heard that at all.
- Woody's points about The Madness wre interesting.
When do we ever hear anything controversial about the
band? No wonder there has never been a proper
biography about them.
- I was really happy about the emphasis put on
Madness lyrics. Always good to hear them get
recognition for that as well as Mike for his unique
piano playing which I can only really remember Jools
Holland doing before.
- I didn't like Suggs' comment that they should have
broken up when Mike left. Just because the singles and
albums afterwards were not commercially successful is
not a reason to regret them. Does that make
'Wonderful' regrettable. I hope not, big man.
- Although it was good to see Madness have a
documentary of their own it's unfortunate that they
were lumbered in with those other groups. Soft Cell
only had one successful album.
Bye bye, get lost......
Vincey Boy
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