Cathal Smyth (Chas Smash) - Interview BBC News- 12 May 2015

[@johnross7679]

madness isnt madness without chas, bro its 2021 we need u back

[@gabrielafranzetti3851]

No va a volver..😞😞

[@sirfizz6518]

Hey, you! Don't watch that...

[@Pauljennings66]

Definitely

[@67maddy]

Thanks for uploading....So great to see Chas so relaxed, truly a comforatable man xx

[@scarcam]

A great guy, hope he gets back with the band some day!

[@Declan50]

Chas has the most amazing speaking voice!

[@GTC123.]

To this very day , Chas’s moves to Baggy Trousers is the best dance routine i ever saw

[@Theme-animatronics-80s]

Come back to madness chaz!!!!!! We miss u

[@dskywalker3397]

Madness is simply not the same without Chas.

[@xabialfonzo8971]

When I was five I went to my first madness concert and Chas picked me up and said your a mini me 😂😂

[@slayed8951]

XABI ALFONZO sorry that’s the cutest thing i’ve ever read omg

[@danielranson1528]

Chas what a terrific man x

[@steveknight8046]

Was??? He's still alive!

[@jcBurton2094]

@@steveknight8046 It's "what"

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

Never really knew he was this deep. Fantastic. Madness Christmas Eve 1979 was my first ever gig.

[@Pedrovarni]

What a great bloke

[@miakaal]

I knew Chas at school. Nice kid, funny bloke, cool dude.

[@deletebilderberg]

Dan Woodgate was at Haverstock at the same time as me.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

@@deletebilderberg What was he like? He seems affable.

[@strachansdroneservices4870]

When you look back and his younger years its hard to believe this is the same guy. Yes we all grow up and mature but a totally different guy to his younger days. Fair play, decent voice as well.

[@jonhaslam3699]

I love Suggs as a performer but tbh Cathal/Carl/Chas has a better singing voice.

[@ohdear2001]

Yeah... No.

[@ziggy6848]

Looks like a history teacher.

[@anthonybygrave889]

His dancing was is inspirational M 🖖

[@bobomud]

Thanks for sharing!

[@scotthart2]

Legend....

[@adambirchall70]

Very much appreciate seeing this video.

[@sofiaplatini1148]

Oh I loved him back in 1979 1980

[@brizeys3128]

Deep guy and a top dancer. It’s good that his band mates have given him time to do his own thing. Pity the interviewer called him Suggs….but it is BBC!

[@edularra1]

Back to Madnes!!!! now!!!!

[@GriefTourist]

great interview

[@aidansmyth6480]

Cousin Cathal

[@ianblack7006]

Aidan Smyth any idea why chas left madness ( was he pushed out )

[@aidansmyth6480]

@@ianblack7006 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chas_Smash#Music_career

[@darrenwalshe8513]

Aidan which part of ireland was his parents from? Xx

[@Greatest1979]

Diamond geezer! Lots of luck with the album and your new carreer, Carl! p.s. You ll always be in Madness, we all know that!

[@rnw2739]

Just see an interview with him claiming his Irish!! Whatever, your mum and dad are mate but you was born, raised and educated in England. Otherwise you'd have been in The Batchelors.

[@blackmore4]

@@rnw2739 Well, if his mum and dad were Irish, he's pretty much Irish. Wherever he was born ;)

[@rnw2739]

@@blackmore4 Rubbish! Let Him walk into a pub in rural Donegal and see how Irish the locals think he is.

[@blackmore4]

@@rnw2739 Ooh, the locals in rural Donegal! Are they as tribal as you? ;) I was born in a British military hospital in Cyprus. I'm certainly not Cypriot. Reason being because my mum and dad are English.

[@rnw2739]

@@blackmore4 They certainly are!! Having a few plastic paddy mates that have verified my claim and utterly debunked yours! Oh and I'm assuming you werent brought up your entire life in Cyprus as Chas was in England which makes your comparison utterly meaningless!

[@user-nl4nq5sv2g]

Just heard you're not alone for first time,definitely hit a nerve with me,so few words in the song but they say so much.

[@andreat.2809]

So I, who, having reached the age of 56, no longer have the madness of when I was young, I can have hope of still living in an interesting way.

[@ianmorley1312]

madness is not right without chas

[@rosscop.coltrane2747]

Chaz now dressing like Dr Who

[@peternagy-im4be]

Doctor who?

[@SJ-gg8fm]

Was it cold in the studio?! Chas is wearing a fookin scarf.

[@jeaninearvizu6036]

I love his scarf 🧣

[@Somerset-In-The-Blood]

Pity he wasn't in the band when I saw them in Bristol on Cliftonville Downs 2019

[@joethelion6016]

I wonder if he could still do that brilliant tricky ska dancing he did so majestically with Madness. ❤❤ Love Chas . . sorry Cathal.

[@Pedrovarni]

Course, you never lose dancing ability. He was the best, although much copied (by me for one!)

[@joethelion6016]

@@Pedrovarni When you are over 60, one's youthful agility tends to be slightly compromised. Maybe he could, we'll never know :)

[@AnimalsMatterMorally]

These interviewers sucked. They didn't treat him or his solo album very seriously or respectfully at all. Kudos to Chas for staying classy despite their rubbish interview !

[@Gamefeedvids]

He went on to speak about himself and his album but ended up discussing madness......

[@theselector4733]

What does he say at the end?... something about 'Thursday'.

[@blauerka863]

He says "Bush Hall Thursday", refrering to his concert that took place there on Thursday May 14th 2015

[@zippybiddelli700]

Norf londons changed

[@blackmore4]

How d'you mean?

[@mikekaraoke]

She should of said in the very late 70's + in the 80's-As their first 2 hit singles + hit album: One Step Beyond came out in 79

[@Sandwich13455]

Yeah and Wikipedia says he joined in 1980,wtf?

[@mikekaraoke]

@@Sandwich13455 Yea exactly, & the person that put that in Wikipedia should change it

[@Sandwich13455]

@@mikekaraoke agreed

[@mikekaraoke]

@@Sandwich13455 So where you from, & what is your fav/or one of your fav Madness albums?

[@Orb_E]

rip bill t

[@triciabertrand3498]

inlet you n suggs in bondi I met you u guys

[@sidstewart7399]

Just saw them in liverpool..nan they really miss him. Whilst the new songs great it was a bit lacking in energy.

[@SaltimusMaximus]

Saw them yesterday not quite the same without him, I saw them in 2010 before when he was still with them, without a doubt his presence or lack of it makes a difference

[@intrepidbun5002]

Madness......not .......sadness

[@jameswatkins2596]

Weird attitude from the interviewers towards his work

[@williamdavies2375]

Just drop in the fact you wrote the lyrics to our house. Fancies himself a bit?

[@nasskhan4543]

Why not. I didn't write it neither did you.

[@williamdavies2375]

@@nasskhan4543 because it lacks humility

[@nasskhan4543]

@@williamdavies2375 Maybe he should pipe up a bit. For a long time I thought he was in the band just as a visual prop but he did write that & sung Michael Caine which imho is the best Madness tune. These days everyone's trying to fit in . I like people who stand out.

[@williamdavies2375]

Nass Khan it’s not about what u like. We aren’t clowns here to entertain you. It’s about helping others. He’s depressed as fxxx.

[@nasskhan4543]

@@williamdavies2375 Sorry William I only seen yr message now. What are you on about?

[@jpants5144]

interview more entertaining than the song, why write an a message of hope in a downbeat tune? Starting to feel sad

[@3sjstill438]

madness isnt pop, its ska.

[@paulinesnostalgiachannel8794]

Pop is short for popular.

[@CIMAmotor]

Only their earlier stuff.

[@theplumbman7825]

Rubbish album.

[@kevinwatts8958]

Have to disagree Steve mate

[@JeromekJerome1972]

Me too Steve sorry. Beautiful album and Madness at their best were always a bit meloncholy (My Girl, Embarrassment, Grey Day, etc.)

[@3sjstill438]

miloandjoesdad01 madness will always be better mate

[@geoffjoffy]

Horrible beard. Shave it off!!

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Horrible eyebrows ... sort them out!

[@BoneStar]

Mmmmm Freemason