Hi there maddies
>we've already had one excellent biography in Totalk MAdness by George
>Marshall. That really broke a few illusions for me.
>
>Stay Mad
>
>Neil.
same here and that bbc 2 documentary "young guns go for it" was hardly
flattering in places. Perhaps we wouldn't like to read the book anyway,
perhaps it's best left on adrian thrills hard drive
Phil
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Muscat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 2:59 PM
>Subject: [total-madness] Re: The Madness book...
>
>
> > Bex wrote: "...the band had been given the copies to read and that one
>or
> > two were not happy with certain things that Adrian Thrills had put in
> > there..."
> >
> > Hmmm I may sound like the devil's advocate on this one, but oh well :)
>In
>my
> > experience, when people in general are upset about something, more times
> > than not it's about something which is TRUE rather than fabricated or
> > whatever! Let's be honest here now shall we, girls and boys, but our
>lads
> > have ALWAYS been portrayed as happy-go-lucky, not a care in the world
>cheery
> > boys out for fun! Don't these people have problems like everyone else? I
> > understand that they may want to keep a certain image or memory intact,
>but
> > I for one have ALWAYS wanted to know more about their private lives...
>not
> > just what makes them tick and about what inspired them to write certain
> > songs, but more stuff like, dare I say it, have they ever done drugs?
>Nights
> > out boozing? Arrests? etc etc etc Our lads are seven human beings with
> > natural flaws like everybody else and sometimes I DO wish that the whole
> > picture was drwn. I think it's only fair for us the fans to know umm
> > EVERYTHING about them! Can anyone seriously and honestly say that they
>know
> > about the lads' private lives inside out? I'm talking kinda like we know
> > about Elvis, The Beatles, The Stones, The Doors, Hendrix, Bob Marley et
>al!
> > The boys have always been given to us as these Disney- like cartoon
> > characters who are just ahh naughty! Even when in their biographies we
>read
> > that they were in trouble with the law and stuff, it's still presented
>in
>a
> > nonchalant almost surreal approach! I DO hope that I won't be shot down
>by
> > any of you or anything, it's just that the handful of
>articles/interviews
>I
> > read by Thrills were pretty interesting and insightful (I read one I
>think
> > by him during The Madness 1988 era which was the first I had ever known
>of
> > internal friction and possible factions and divisions between band
>members,
> > and I really thought this book would finally quench my thirst for this
> > feeling I always had... that we don't REALLY know our lads that much!
>And
>in
> > THAT respect, I am DEEPLY disappointed at the book's no-show, but that's
> > just MY opinion. I respect the band's right to not let certain details
> > surface for all to see! ~ Tennessee Paul
> >
> > "...if you don't fit in, you fit in here..."
> >
> >
> >
> >
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