Hiya Pete and Paul and all you Mads,
>Now come on - we can snipe at St**s or 5*** as much as we like but there's
>nowt wrong with Bad Manners. OK, Buster and co weren't as prolific as the
>Boys throughout the whole of the 80s but in '80 we got some great ska hits
>from them (and their stuff still stands the test of time - AND Buster's
>still performing which can't be bad)
I certainly wasn't trying to be rude about "The Manners". I loved them then
and I love them now. They released many an under-rated single after their
hey-day of 1980-81. It's just that I always thought of 1980 as the year
which Madness totally dominated. Aren't they on record as being the act
which spent most weeks in the singles top 40 of that year? And they had two
albums hanging around the charts for most of the year too. Did any of Bad
Manners singles of that year sell as much as Baggy Trousers and/or
Embarrassment? My gut feeling is no. But a brilliant top 3 of 1980
regardless of the way thy worked it all out!
Cheers,
Peter
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