HERE, HERE. Well said that strange man with a odd yearning for eleven men in peculiar coloured nylon shirts!
----- Original Message ----- From: "CHRIS MOUNTAIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TMML (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 8:58 PM Subject: [total-madness] Mad not Mad ? > Mountain Boy Reporting In ; > > Be honest. A record label is not going to throw money > at promoting a new madness album of completely new material. > Like it or not. 15 years ago Lovestruck would have been no. 1. > But times change , fans get older. > Paul McCartney & The Rolling stones are huge artists , but neither > will have a top 10 single if they release a new song. > > If madness have recorded a single , a diamond by all accounts , > Virgin will only release a single if its promoting an album. > Virgin only make money by selling albums , not by selling singles , > and therefore the single has to promote the album. > If I was head of virgin , or , manager of madness , its pretty obvious what > I would do. Put it on a new greatest hits package. It all ties in with the > musical and a tour pretty well , perfect timing infact. > > Enjoy what there is. Its just music. They are blokes in their 40's who > enjoy > being Madness every now and then. They aint 21 anymore. They all have > families. You cant expect somebody to play the same songs day after day, > year after year and enjoy it. I would imagine one step beyond becomes a > tad tedious if you play it 500,000 times. > > God Bless them , theyre back for more............................enjoy , it > might be the last time. > ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: news, members section, madmeet info, list charter, competitions, & more... http://www.madness7.com Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
