Madness spent 50 weeks on the official UK singles charts in 1980.......Bad
Manners......53....I know it might seem unlikely now, but back then it
happened......the Maddies records went to higher positions, but BM's were
around for longer!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter T Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [total-madness] Sorry state of the UK charts... continued!
> Hiya Paul and all you Steps-bashers;-)
>
> >Just to prove the point... this weekend Staircase straight in at #1 and
Blur
> >(with their first single in a year or so) in at #10!!! The world weeps...
> >and us with it! ~ Tennessee Paul
>
> I certainly don't weep, Paul. That Blur single is very close to being
their
> worst ever single and is indicative of a band who have completely lost the
> plot and have forgotten how to write tunes (as they used to do so
> wonderfully). Their last album was a total mess and this single, together
> with the B-side which was originally going to be the A-side, shows no
signs
> of them getting their act together.
>
> As for Steps. Well I've a lot of time for them. When I see them on telly
> it's certainly not THEM I feel the need to bash! So long as the tunes hold
> up! But frankly their recent singles have been less catchy than days of
> yore. And this single is obviously a re-working of that "Don't Stop The
> Dance" song from years ago. S Club 7 are doing it with more style these
> days, it has to be said. But the majority of these manufactured groups are
> not up to the standards of these two. Westlife springs to mind. They are
> absolutely shocking. Boyzone bored everyone eventually with continually
> doing insipid ballads (after a couple of class singles made them mega). So
> they get out of the game and Ronan gives us some younger lads doing the
> same thing and the public falls for it and they get 6 no.1s!!!
>
> Finally, some Madness comment. Were Bad Manners REALLY more successful
than
> Madness in 1980??? How can that be????
>
> Cheers for now,
> Peter
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