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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Madness |
| Date | Sat, 24 Sep 2005 09:30:34 +0000 |
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I too am a big Madness fan.I love their pop music way more than their ska
stuff.I also own the original vhs import of "Pillows and Prayers." It brings
back so many memories of going to my local import store,Vintage Vinyl in
Evanston ,Illinois and buying every Sarah ,and El record releases, as well
as many Cherry Red lp's. That is where I first discovered Prefab
Sprout.Bought the very first single, "Lions in my own garden" and like that
feature in Mojo. my life was changed.
It is intersting how all this is coming back now.All the Sarah releases are
coming out on cd, and now the re-release of "Pillows".
>From: erhoek@comcast.net
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: Jason Damas <jason.damas@gmail.com>, audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Madness
>Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:57:42 +0000
>
>It is good to see someone rediscovering (or discovering) a great group like
>Madness.
>Unfortunately they did very little here in the states. Most people know
>them for House of Fun ,One Step Beyond and possibly It Must Be Love but
>they were known more for the image of the group as a silhouette from the
>side jerking and skanking in unison.
>But in Europe and especially Japan they were quite a success. If I remember
>correctly they were signed with Honda to promote scooters and small cars in
>ads.
>I think your reference to the Kinks is spot on and can definitely see how
>they could have been an influence on Blur as well.
>It Must Be Love surfaces occasionally in movies (Mel Smith's Jeff
>Goldblum/'Rowan Atkinson/ Emma Thompson vehicle the Tall Guy comes to mind)
>and is currently being used in some commercial (Levi's...maybe?) and has
>probably been added to some radio format that also includes I Melt With You
>and This Is the Day. What a great song!
>Madness also made many creative videos. Even though only about six of them
>received airplay here and are still aired occasionally on VH1 Classic there
>were probably at least that many more that never were run here or if they
>were it was a one time thing.
>I anxiously await a dvd release that collects them all in one package.
>It just might happen . Cherry Red Records' wonderful softpop collection
>called Pillows and Prayers just came out with some bonus material
>including an interview with Ian Mc Nay and Mike Alway. yay!
>-r
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