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Suggs Interviewed About
Our House the Musical
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"The show featured songs from the ska/pop band Madness, and was named after one of their most popular hit singles, "Our House". The script for the musical, written by Tim Firth, told a tale of modern-day love set on the streets of London. It followed two different possible courses in the life of a young man, Joe, following his involvement in petty crime. [2] Members of Madness played roles in the executive production of the show, and Madness frontman Suggs performed in the production for a while as the central character's father.
Despite winning the 2003 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical, it received mixed reviews from critics and closed after less than 10 months.[3] A recorded version of the original production was broadcast on BBC Three in December 2003 and was released on DVD on November 1, 2004. [4] In July 2006, a new production of the show toured Japan; starting in Tokyo. A UK revival is being staged from May 2008 starting at Birmingham Repetory Theatre, followed by a national tour." -Wikepedia
Suggs discusses the musical on BBC Radio London in 2002.
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Wonderful Interviews 1999
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These interviews are from the time of the Wonderful album release, these were sent to radio stations where the DJ put the questions before the answer to make it sound like they were interviewing the band.
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The 'Stiff Records' Story
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In a series first broadcast in 2001, Madness singer Suggs tells the story of the record label on which his band enjoyed many hits. The maverick label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman also released the UK's first punk records and provided a home for misfits such as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Lene Lovich, The Pogues, Devo and many more. Stiff had billed themselves as "The World's Most Flexible Record Label". Other slogans were "We came. We saw. We left." and "If it ain't Stiff it ain't worth a fuck.
Broadcasted on BBC 6 radio station.
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Suggs teaches songwriting to
students of Quintin Kynaston School
"Oh what fun we had..."
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For this Teaching Challenge, Madness frontman Suggs returns to his old school with the hope of passing on the songwriting skills that helped make his band so successful.
He makes his way to Quintin Kynaston School in north London. This time though, instead of misbehaving as he used to, Suggs takes on the challenge of teaching today's pupils. Will he succeed?
The band Madness became famous for their videos and extraordinary anthems about ordinary lives. One of their biggest selling hits was the song Baggy Trousers, which celebrated the art of school mischief as practised by members of the band in their youth.
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The Kinks influence on Madness...
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From The Kinks to Madness!From the Village Green Preservation Society to The Small channel and Fall! The class of the pop British! For a long time, one associates The Kinks and Madness, in their approach of the texts, of the subjects tackled in the songs, their way of speaking about people, of telling stories, their description of certain characters, speaking about great subjects without seeming to touch there, by the means of ordinary people. In addition, apart from their very English side, one can find bcp other common points between these 2 groups: the 2 come from the north of London and give the characters and with their district a great importance... Regardez the clip of Dead End Street and that of It must Be coils! January 8, 2008, in the docu of Paul Morley "Pop what is it good for?" diffused on the BBC 4, Suggs, singer of Madness, evoked the importance which Kinks had on Madness and more particularly it speaks about Lola, one of great successes of Kinks. Since 79 Madness takes again Lola, into 2005 their recovery is finally lying on the album the Dangermen sessions. This song of Kinks evokes the transsexuality, precisely the meeting of the narrator and a transsexual in a club with Soho. (to be noted that the face B, Berkeley Mews, are superb also!)
1. Suggs talks about the song 'Lola' on Paul Morley's "Pop what is it good for?"show on BBC four
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2. Madness on 'Top of the Pops' performing Lola (BBC 31/07/2005)
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3. 'Time out London' magazine story... Suggs talks about The Kinks' frontman Ray Davies (2007 pdf)
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Dammers Speaks About Ghost Town 
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Ghost Town echoes a very bleak portrayal of England in the early 80’s (the Thatcher years!) Here is a little insight into the song which turned out to be the last record produced by the Specials (the original line up). 25 years later, Jerry Dammers talks about the song, the techniques, the agreements and subject...
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Skinhead Attitude (2003)
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Skinhead Attitude is a 2003 documentary about the skinhead subculture, made by Daniel Schweizer. It outlines the history of 40 years of the skinhead subculture, beginning with the most recent versions of the culture. One of the topics it explores is the political component, which ranges from far left to far right. The film describes the transformation and radicalisation of this youth subculture.
Director: Daniel Schweizer
Cast:
Laurel Aitken ... Himself
Buster Bloodvessel ... Himself
Jimmy Pursey ... Himself
Ian Stuart ... Himself
Gavin Watson ... Himself
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Switzerland / France / Germany
Language: English (with Spanish subtitles)
Color: Color
IMDB Link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399660/
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Take It Or Leave It - Madness
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Autobiographical account of the cult 80's British pop group Madness, with members of the group playing themselves, charting their rise from humble beginnings as pub band The Invaders to chart success & their first overseas tour. The film follows the ups & downs of individual members of the group, and features all of their early hits including "The Prince", "One Step Beyond", "Baggy Trousers" and "Night Boat to Cairo".
Directed by: Dave Robinson
Starring Madness:
Graham 'Suggs' McPherson
Mark 'Bedders' Bedford
Lee Thompson
Carl Smyth (aka Chas Smash)
Dan 'Woody' Woodgate
Chris Foreman (aka Chrissy Boy)
Mike 'Barso' Barson
Runtime: 85 min
Country: UK
Color: Colour
IMDB Link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199065/
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Two Tone Britain - Documentary (2004)
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Two Tone Britain, narrated by Mark Lamarr, tells the story of the movement which centred around the Coventry record label Two Tone in the late 70s and early 80s. As the label's founders, The Specials are naturally given most of the limelight, but attention is also paid to Madness, The Selecter and The Beat, amongst others.
Not only about music, Two Tone's wider cultural and political significance is very much at the heart of the programme. At a time of desperate divisions between whites, blacks and Asians, Two Tone fostered a disregard for skin colour and actively promoted interracial mixing and a collective and inclusive ethos.
Broadcasted by channel4 in 2k4
Stories from and about The Specials, Madness, The Beat, The Selecter, Rico Rodriguez...
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Or Mirror
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Ska Beatz (1987)
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Also titled 'Joe Massot On The Road- Ska Beats' this is the footage that never made it into Dance Craze. This extra feature of 'Dance Craze' contains unused film and second take footage from Bad Manners, Selecter, Madness & Body Snatchers. It was released on video in 1987 and one of the members of The Selector appears to have been involved in its release.
Runtime: @30min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Colour
Year of Release: 1987
Size: 298.2mb
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Dance Craze (1981)
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Dance Craze is a 1981 American documentary film about the English 2 Tone music genre. The film was directed by Joe Massot, who originally wanted to do a film only about the band Madness, who he met during their first US tour. Massot later changed his plans to include the whole 2 Tone movement. The film, shot in 1980, followed Madness, The Specials, The Selecter, The Bodysnatchers, The Beat and Bad Manners on tour throughout the United Kingdom. A soundtrack album of the same name was released the same year, featuring fifteen of the songs that were featured in the film.
Directed by: Joe Massot
Starring:
Madness
The Specials
The Beat
The Selecter
Bad Manners
The Bodysnatchers
and more...
Release date(s):
February 1981 (UK)
April 23 1982 (US)
Running time: 85 min
Country: England
Language English
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150265/
Songs
Nite Klub – The Specials
The Prince – Madness
Ne-Ne-Na-Na-Na-Na-Nu-Nu – Bad Manners
007 (Shanty Town) – The Bodysnatchers
Three Minute Hero – The Selecter
Ranking Full Stop – The Beat
Big Shot – The Beat
Concrete Jungle – The Specials
Swan Lake – Madness
Razor Blade Alley – Madness
Missing Words – The Selecter
Let's Do the Rock Steady – The Bodysnatchers
Lip Up Fatty – Bad Manners
Madness – Madness
Too Much Too Young – The Specials
On My Radio – The Selecter
Easy Life – The Bodysnatchers
Rough Rider – The Beat
Man at C&A – The Specials
Inner London Violence – Bad Manners
Night Boat to Cairo – Madness
Twist and Crawl – The Beat
Wooly Bully – Bad Manners
Too Much Pressure – The Selecter
Mirror in the Bathroom – The Beat
One Step Beyond – Madness
Nite Klub – The Specials
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