MADNESS

Went to see Madness last night!! One of the best bands i have ever seen!! Jimmy Cliff was ace to, Ocean Colour scene was ok, and The Stranglers where great to!!!

Aren't they like about 70 years old by now? Did they sing "Our House" four times during the set?

ignore the stupid american. wish I'd been there. Saw them a few years back and they still rule the school!

I saw Madness twice here in the states a few years back with Hepcat and Royal Crown Revue.
One of my all-time favorite shows!

Stupid peeps don't know Madness had so many hits in the UK they rivalled the Beatles for popularity.

I wish I could've seen the Our House play.

Cheers!

welcome to the house of fun, now I've come of age
welcome to the lions den, temptations on its way

They need to do a show in Philadelphia. But I know there'd be a bunch of assholes scraming for Reel Big Fish covers.

One Step Beyond is a great album. I put at least two songs of their's on each mixtape I make.

They where just so fuckin A live

I heart Madness. I haven't seen them live yet, but the next time they make their way out here, I'm dropping everything and going to that show.

Madness are great live. I also remember some fantastic performances by Buster Bloodvessel in Bad Manners.

they invented ska!!

I went to see them in december last year...bloody brilliant.

I've not felt the seats swaying like they did when everybody started dancing to Baggy Trousers since i went to see pink floyd the day before all the seats collapsed!

STFU Souljacker. You don't know what you're missing. Madness is the best! I saw them once back in the early 80s and skipped the last US show a few years back cause I thought it would be lame, but I heard much different the next day.

My band opened for Bad Manners once, way back when. Good times!

Wish they'd come around Texas soon. I'd definitely go.
Got to see the Selecter in '95 though. Cool show.

If you guys have never heard these guys you should really check it out.....right up your alley--no one seems to know about this band.....
"Two years before the UK Two Tone movement (Specials, Madness, Selector, Beat) announced a raw punky ska “new popular movement” in the UK, months before The Offs captured San Francisco with their dubby punk, the number one band playing reggae, ska, dub and punk on the East Coast, particularly New York City, were Terrorists. "

So good at what they did..that Lee Perry chose to work with them....not bad from a bunch of white dudes from NY

[Edited on Jul 11, 2004 by coldenginelogic]

great fuckin band.

Man, the Offs were great. I need to find that on CD - all I have is my old vinyl.

I hear Bananarama is coming back too.

Fuckin ace band, I'd love to see em even now. Saw Jimmy Cliff last year, he was great

Yeh Jimmy Cliff was well good