(From Le Collaro Show; 1980)
Because I'm still in the 2 Tone zone after Dance Craze, here's Madness doing Night Boat To Cairo on some French TV show in 1980. It's a mimed performance, but in the best way possible. Word around town, England's 2022 World Cup semi-final loss to France was reparations for this clip. Parlez-vous Francais, mi amor, merci, oui oui, bon bons, good moaning and all apologies.
Back in 2019 I tried to solve the ever-enduring question of One Step Beyond or Night Boat To Cairo? In hindsight, the answer is clearly BOTH!
"C'est des calamités ces mecs-là" ahaha Stéphane Collaro!
ReplyDeleteHow bloody rude!
ReplyDeleteI don't know a whole lot about Madness but I always have a blast listening to Night Boat to Cairo.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite New Year's Eves was when the bloke DJing my local pub played a buncha Madness hits in a row. A proper NYE knees up.
ReplyDeletein France in the late 90s early 00s we had another ska revival. white rastas singing terrible lyrics on major chords ska mixed with circus music and a lot of accordeon. wandering if that plague touched england as well.
ReplyDeletesomething else : do you know any american podcast with critics or else talking about rap music today (and especially regional us rap). something that is not only interviews of rappers talking about how they are great entrepreneurs.
No idea, tbh - I don't listen to podcasts.
ReplyDeleteThankfully I can't recall a British equivalent of that Ska revival 😆