CUDDLY TOYS 'Madman' (David Bowie/Marc Bolan unheard song) - video

Cuddly Toys 'Madman' video. Cuddly Toys found a bootleg tape of an unreleased David Bowie & Marc Bolan half-written song (from around the time of the 'Marc' TV show) - and made it their own! From the album 'Guillotine Theatre'. The CD/DVD has this and 5 other video promo clips, plus video messages to their Japanese fan-club and Guillotine Theatre live at the Music Machine filmed on Super 8 - all now found on KZbin at this channel.
Cuddly Toys - Sean Purcell, Faebhean Kwest, Tony Baggett & Paddy Phield - had previously been glam-shock-punk band 'Raped' 1977-79:- • Raped 'Normal' - 1977 ...
Following the 'Guillotine Theatre' album a new line-up made the 'Trials & Crosses' album.
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RIP 1995 singer Sean Purcell.
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[@dannydaniels7792]

Bowie Bolan what a combination. RIP Both of you

[@teptime]

This band was a favorite of my friend Connell, sadly taken by AIDS in 1989. His music knowledge was astonishing...I miss his unique presence in the world.

[@mirrortime]

Bolan & Bowie. The world would Suck without them. We Love You Marc & David. :)

[@tonymann9884]

RIP Bowie. Tonight I will dream of Bowie, Bolan and Purcell singing this together in the stars.................

[@alisherseitkassym2759]

Who is Purcell?

[@alecmates1057]

Sean PURCELL Lead singer Cuddly Toys

[@spottheturtle9568]

Don't forget Mick is back at the axe.

[@dannymiked9486]

Imagine what it would have turned out like if Bowie & Bolan had completed it. Wowww

[@Solid_Jackson]

What?

[@SarahTheMiddleEarthling]

​@Solid_Jackson This is originally a Bowie and Bolan penned song that was never recorded. The Cuddly Toys discovered it and covered it. You could of Googled this info yourself btw.

[@TheNouveauxdecadence]

I couldn't find this for awhile. Used to be in my FAVOURITES on my old Channel. GLAD I found this again!!!!!

[@g2sticks]

sean used to live in the same road as me in hendon ,the whole band lived in that house we use to kock about rember sean talking about the band east grinsted japan ect , so long ago

[@txtsmpl]

Just impressed. This is more cool than cool. Never heard about.

[@Pinerocks]

Can never understand why this wasn't a hit!!

[@saraamberfloyd5353]

Pine Rocks it was a massive number one hit in the UK

[@thomasandersen6719]

Saraamber Floyd....Oh really?....It was in no way shape or form a "massive number one hit" in the UK..It didn't even make the charts. And what was the point?...That singer desperately wants to be Bowie and the band wants to be the New York Dolls...well Bowie and the Dolls were already doing their stuff at this time...this singer was not even fit to lace Bowie's shoes...this is a very very sad and pale version of something already out there so why do it?? Bowie had more talent and charisma in his little finger nail than this fraud had in his entire body...I just hate fake manufactured copy bands The singer even tries to look like Ziggy Stardust who did it 10 years earlier

[@GenerationXReunion]

Thomas Andersen Well Bowie was just doing Andy Warhol and the New York Dolls were just doing the Stones :). And both were doing shite at this point. This song was written by Bowie/Bolan. There original stuff around this time was kind of cool.

[@annwhite2346]

Bowie wasn't 'just doing Andy Warhol' - what are you even talking about?

[@thegrimreaper4915]

The 70s was a strange time. A time when people were in flux. At least Bowie got to live a full life, unlike Marc Bolan. Gone way too soon.

[@martindesbois9355]

bolan died too soon

[@treyblake1]

wow that really blew me away to hear Sean died back in the 90's.man i LOVED this band ,Seans lyrics really were unusual,a whole inner world.He helped us alienated inner world people find some solace.and the fire to keep going.you were a fucking poet Sean.

[@SkeletonDave]

aww, can't get enough of this band. you gotta love cuddly toys. sean was such an angel.

[@daipunker65]

they were fucking great.

[@BariGoddard]

Loved this band so much, great live too

[@triniverse]

A swedish band called blue for two made an eccelent cover on this tune in the eigthies. it was only on a single, one of their first I think. The singer in this band is today very famous in Sweden and his name is Freddie Wadling

[@brewstermacloud]

Great singer Sean!

[@thomasandersen6719]

You mean trying to sound like Bowie?

[@WoodRatGirl]

Wow they got lucky to find an unreleased Bowie/Bolan song! Brilliant band Cuddly Toys are.

[@michaelsmyth9904]

Thank you Spotify for turning me on to yet another great band that never got a bit of radio play in my area.

[@user-bc8fr3zd9g]

Should have been top ten, great band, nice bunch of blokes, very friendly

[@Barbarakerr1]

I absolutely love this track . . - Barbara Kerr xx

[@LarzGustafsson]

I like all of it.

[@leonakita]

wow..this is creepy... the blonde guitarist is totally DAVID JOHANSEN ( NY DOLLS) and the frontman is vintage PINUPS BOWIE and the 2 are doing everything in their power to copy them. I don't know whether to like them or despise them for that! I will say I do miss GLAM of the early 70s, especially with all the garbage we here nowadays that passes as music.

[@edhelvey]

I discovered the Easybeats because of Bowie's cover of "Friday on My Mind" on that album. Later, I discovered that George Vanda was the older brother of AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young.

[@sexobscura]

Bowie's looking a little sad here

[@denidan3903]

Wowwww Bolan and Bowie, two of the greatest artists in the 70s. Of course, Bowie right up to his passing. Both very much missed. Would have loved for them to have worked together. Mad Man was unfinished but imagine if had been completed. Massive.

[@WoodRatGirl]

So damn glad I found this again!

[@YoXarek]

so glad you share it

[@MrBrianlowdown]

lv this song

[@LarzGustafsson]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@zzradha]

So glad you found this, brings back such great memories of you :)

[@seduceboccaccio]

Madman

[@berndm.9147]

Klingt verdammt gut

[@schwinglow]

Released in 1980 with Join the girls on the b-side

[@drstevie]

Luv it.

[@philiprobinson256]

Would have been nice if they had a go at the other unreleased song from the demo tape Standing Next To You. The song was performed on Marc but time and studio unions finished the collaberation after a run through and a shortened take, after Marc Bolan fell off the stage.

[@MalquiLans]

+Philip Robinson I've thought of doing Standing Next To You many times over the years but just cannot make out all the words

[@philiprobinson256]

Neither can I as I really wanted to cover it many years ago with my band The Noisey People.

[@dannymiked9486]

I knew a guy who had a full clean rehearsal version of Standing Next You. He worked as a sound engineer for Granada Television at the time. I had the pleasure of hearing the finished version in full in 78 but then soon after loss contact with him. A brilliant song that would most definitely been a huge hit if released. Would love to know what happened to that recording!!!!

[@anderssonastorquizacifuent493]

Increíble... Excelente aporte...

[@DetroitMicroSound]

They captured my David in a rocks glass, for a moment. I (was?) still good friends with Kassy Andrews, and her guy Ian....Just over a decade ago now... Shame. I want to make some of that modern electronics-heavy glam, now. He's wearing Kass's boots in this...

[@h34th3n]

I thing Cudly Toys did an effort to keep the glam atmosphere on this song. I wonder how they managed to get the rights to record this song. Bolan and Bowie did not released on their own. I own this single. Cheers from Spain.

[@dannymiked9486]

It was never completed by Marc & David. It didn't even get into the studio. It was definitely part of a plan to be part of a project that Marc & David had ideas of. Bolan had started to put down ideas for a rock musical. Sadly Mad Man was not completed. Good job by the cuddly toys though.

[@TheDriller-Killer]

I heard once, though it may be a rumour that Marc Bolan gave a tape of Madman to Sean Purcell personally The other way he could have heard it was that on the morning Marc Bolan died, his house was broken into and tapes amongst many other things were stolen. These tapes have been heavily bootlegged ever since.

[@stingme88x]

i envy that memory

[@brewstermacloud]

Please guys, stop saying Sean Purcell wanted to be Bowie! That's bullshit! He's got his own style and it's so cool!

[@77Whacky]

The Cuddly Toys used to be a punk band called Raped. My mate knew vocalist Sean and told me he died sometime in the 90's after suffering from a brain haemorrhage.

[@bartrichbarton]

star peace 4ever

[@steveblease]

I imported this when it was released, found out it's now worth £75 after I threw it away with all my T-Rex Collection of about 50 singles. Litterally in the bin about 15 years ago.

[@junglerecords]

How can anyone put vinyl in the bin? But I guess 15 years ago no-one wanted any.

[@steveblease]

@@junglerecords I looked up the value of about 4 of the singles and thought.... I can't be arsed trying to sell 50 singles on ebay one at a time. Little did I know, that yellow label import would be worth £75 ... I think all the other records where all either T-rex or had some connection to Marc Bolan.

[@junglerecords]

@@steveblease ah, that must be the Japanese import version, which came out first. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[@eduardoteodorobracamonteal397]

newyorkdolls

[@dnatz58]

I'll take the New York Dolls.

[@metacognitives]

astral joe was a person familiar well done sire!

[@brianlowdown]

i had a video years back of the raped on a kids show i lost cant find any thing now

[@scoobydoobydylan]

these are some angry looking dudes

[@elephantstone67]

I just discovered this band..but beofre see and listen to them I read they were punk band and they start recpording at 80 to 82(MORE SYNTH WAY). but this effort is totally glam pop rock..nothing to do with punk or synth pop...anyway his voice and way of singing is mega close to David bowie...and the song is writen by him(bowie)...anyway is still far from bowies greatness

[@nightimelady]

A HA! it seems you are making negative comments on more than one cuddly toys videos, did they chuck you out of the band or something?

[@DroogMonkey]

yeah i know...they have actually grown on me recently(since that comment was 9 months ago. I still prefer raped, but im startin to dig these guys

[@stingme88x]

can anyone tell me how to get my hands on this song? is it under "the raped" cuddly toys or cuddly toys ft. david bowie?? or yada yada idk plz help!!

[@markwelbyBlood]

It was brought out as a double A sided single Cuddly Toys flip side was called Join the Girls back in 79. I use to have it on vinyl

[@gotchaman80]

Uh, I don't think you get the concept. It would be just like saying that Rappers are fake because they're not really asking to get butt raped, they just wear their pants below their ankles.

[@daipunker65]

i mean all you doubters.

[@JBBoy895]

Sean died of a brain tumor in 96

[@brianlowdown]

i remember 25 years ago i was a bit late .but his band the raped, playing on a kids show with the raped .banner any1 know how 2 find

[@brianlowdown]

hey stiches from s.f

[@daipunker65]

oh bollox

[@stingme88x]

@oxtheravenxo Fuckin A, im jealous (;

[@yvobroekhoven972]

I prefer the snowy red version of this song kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXvGonRjidtjq6c

[@jackiethedetestator7342]

Same

[@villaparis2]

Some of glam rock was great, some was failure like this, because there not really gay

[@markkumanninen6524]

it's a fake copycat thing, but the emotion is there, I like it

[@bartrichbarton]

phabhean Kwest best guitarist bar mick ronson - bart barton ps check out my vids

[@Mortimermanto]

I hate to be the anti-christ here, but Cuddly Toys (and Jobriath) were the finest examples of the lowest depths Glam Rock reached by mid 70s.There is a reason neither Bowie or Bolan released this song, and that would be because it just is not that good a song. Those outfits they're wearing in this promo video look like Slade hand me-downs.With regards to Glam Rock - on a scale of 1 to 10, Bowie & Bolan were a 15 - while Cuddly Toys, at best, were a 3. Sorry, but....

[@noige6306]

Whilst I appreciate your respect for Bowie & Bolan, I really appreciated this band doing this, and it's not a bad version and think your comments are a tad harsh!

[@saraamberfloyd5353]

This is a great bubblegum pop song. It’s absolutely perfect for what it is. Why compare? Isn’t that exhausting?

[@Zu123100]

total nonsense.......

[@JoshuaCraigStrain]

I get the whole nobody knows about this band but me and a handful of others thing , but for that idea to work , the band has to be good . These guys are obscure for a reason - they're lame . You want the coolest Glam/Punk check NY Dolls , Hanoi Rocks or even Michael Monroes latest - don't get much cooler . Cuddly Toys suck

[@GenerationXReunion]

Josh Strain Michael Monroe solo? Jesus dawg. That’s desperate.

[@upthehill1]

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