Suggs on Madness being on Top of the Pops and The Young Ones - from RHLSTP 441

[@riddellthomas6954]

I was on of those people you were talking about.. Madness changed my life. After seeing there film take it or leave it i knew what i wanted to do, Music. Mom said it's either and skiing holiday with the school or the saxophone, mom was i single parent so it was a big deal, i went for the saxophone. She payed off over 6 Months. Meanwhile i got a coat hanger, cut bits of cardboard into saxophone keys, stuck them on the coat hanger , so i could practice what the notes and scales were on sax...then finally got my sax.. on the day i bought my saxophone, i went to the music shop in Birmingham city centre, opened the door, looked around the shop and Rakin Roger, Lynval and Neville were chatting, i couldn't believe it.. they said hi.. never made it in music but gave it a go.. mom past away a year and a half ago.. I'm still playing the same saxophone she bought me when i was 15. I'm 56 .. ine of the best British bands of all time I'd say..

[@ShaunLodwig1987]

Suggs is a proper legend, saw Madness a few months back in Swansea and it was special, what a day! they sounded as good as ever top performers.

[@gilwood7530]

I was so happy to get to see MADNESS many times back in the day...Suggs Jumped off stage one night and started skankin with me and my boys

[@marionsuggs3816]

I love Suggs, not just because it’s my last name. I adored their charismatic charm!! I love all of them!!

[@michaelshepherd885]

Madness you mean? Or suggs specifically?

[@kassistwisted]

I remember when they were on the Young Ones. I'm an American and the Young Ones was on Mtv on Sunday nights (I think). I had just discovered Madness and BOOM there they were on the Young Ones! Awesome times!

[@NxDoyle]

I think they were the only band to be on twice. "Do you know Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard?" "You hum it, I'll smash your face in."

[@tinalouisestagg]

First time I heard/saw Motorhead was on the Young Ones - Ace of Spades. My teenage mind couldn’t cope with Lemmy, not when I was used to frikkin Simon Le Bon. It had a lasting effect on my musical tastes.

[@DodderingOldMan]

Ha, yeah, that was the first time I ever saw Madness, on the Young Ones. Unfortunately I didn't actually realise how awesome they were until... well, quite recently, actually, just a few years ago.

[@audiblenugz]

My mom used to watch it when i was like 6. I fell in love with Vivian and, well that sort of explains the rest of my life lol Oh ya I'm also a bloomin yank! California UK

[@audiblenugz]

​@@NxDoyle ikr its like the lyrics to Devil Woman don't mean a thing!!!!

[@rejapgee]

An absolute treat! Thanks for the upload, Richard.

[@colinfuidge8660]

I was in the audience for the filming of that episode of the young ones!

[@markhigh6271]

Holy shit ! That’s amazing

[@hoobool]

Very cool!

[@ShaunLodwig1987]

wow!

[@MatthewBrannigan]

I had an art teacher at my High School called Mr Garrett, whose preferred method of punishing badly behaved boys was to grab hold of them, get a dixie cup, and fill it with water and hold him down and pour it on the back of his head. It was waterboarding-lite I guess. When I heard the lyric “Back of the head with a plastic cup” I assumed that this was what Suggs was singing about and this odd punishment at my school was more widespread!

[@robertdanielpickard]

I got a chance to say hi to him backstage at the Our House musical, he was really nice to total rando fan

[@mikedown1250]

Excellent interview

[@gilwood7530]

That pilot show is pretty wild !

[@francesshaw8446]

Hes gorgeous, always loved him ❤

[@melgrant7404]

Agree xx

[@robleary3353]

Bril!. Still got all their early LPs can still remember all the lyrics and can still 'Ska dance' (with 'dodgey' knees) at 56!. 🤣 Nuff said!.

[@ashleybarker937]

The Blockheads did exactly the same thing to The Clash, after filming I Want To Be Straight on Top Of The Pops in Police uniforms

[@liamnorth555]

Lovely bloke.

[@audiblenugz]

❤the young ones!!!! AND MADNESS FUCKING RULES!!!! SKASKASKASKA! BIGUP THE ORIGINAL UK RUDEBWOY PUNK ROCK DON DADAS! BIGUP SUGGS!!! Im in a ska punk band thing. We're called The Smegheads. I do a cover of Ghost Train. Nothing recorded yet but Richard will be amongst the 1st to get a copy. Btw im 41 so chances of yall ever hearing of The Smegheads ever again are slim to none. Lol so a bit of a silver lining to anyone reading this

[@garyrigby21]

Are you going to post the whole interview Rich?

[@Herring1967]

Join top tier at Acast for full videos - sadly they cost too much to give away for free and Acast are paying for them plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp. But the full interview is available for free wherever you get your podcasts.

[@GreyHulk2156]

Where can I find the Magpie clip?!

[@darrenwilson99]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHO6qqp4rsefh6c

[@ShaunLodwig1987]

on the WHEN WE WERE WE documentary ;) which is awesome!

[@johndoyle2429]

Maybe I'm wrong here, Can someone tell me were madness banned on Top of the Pops?.

[@ericmalone3213]

There's another version of the story Suggs tells about having done a video dressed as police & then storming into The Clash's recording session. In the other version, the group is not Madness but Ian Dury & The Blockheads, who were dressed as cops while performing "I Wanna Be Straight" on Top of the Pops in 1979. They then paid The Clash a visit, winding them up. Paul Simenon is on record telling this story, saying "That cop bloke looks a lot like Wilco." Did two different groups dressed as cops burst in on The Clash while they were recording in 1979, or is Suggs overstimulated in his imagination? I suspect the latter!

[@Compliment_Thief]

Richard Herring didn’t get into Madness till they were on the young ones…. Ooh very late to the party! 😮

[@melgrant7404]

Suggs xx

[@riddellthomas6954]

Driving in my car was they had the dummy

[@sidstewart7399]

Just saw them live..again. they miss Chas live. The new stuff works great live, much better than the old classics like One Step and Night Boat which sounded flat and slow.

[@garyrigby21]

I was never that into Madness the first album is good fun but they got annoying pretty fast

[@jasonbarker8266]

Really they had hit after hit after hit

[@garyrigby21]

@@jasonbarker8266 I know and got more commercial and cheesy that's my point. First album is still great though

[@jasonbarker8266]

Well written songs not cheesy that’s steps

[@TrickyTone-e2s]

@@garyrigby21 Stick to liking Take That

[@garyrigby21]

@@TrickyTone-e2s your missing the point

[@gingerwaynos]

Shame that these shows are on some paywall? Patreon or whatever. I think he could have built a good platform without taking it from those that don’t have the extra cash. I think his brief tv appearances and doing adverts for banks went to Ricks head.

[@Herring1967]

Sadly not. The live videos cost £1500+ each to produce and we could no longer afford to give them away for nothing. But the audio remains free and by listening you provide us with an income so we can make more podcasts. I'd love to do them for nothing (and there's still 100s of videos up here and new content every week) but I can't afford to spend £100,000+ a year. Maybe if I'd had more TV appearances.

[@gavinwock6133]

Well Rich looks like This Morning has an opening and you've got that on your CV. Would be nice to see cress make a comeback.

[@loumitchell5549]

Imagine having no clue what things cost to make tho

[@gingerwaynos]

@@loumitchell5549 imagine tho? Crazy eh? Yes I’m aware things cost money. It’s still a shame it’s not free, or do you only consume paid for content. I imagine you’ll be firing off a cheque to old Rich right now after watching this free clip. There’s lots of comedians with free podcasts if Richard feels he can’t sustain this model the way he used to that’s his call. Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t like it free as it used to be and if you’d followed the show you’d know he used to make a big thing that he’d kept it free and that he’d never have the big corporate ads, poking fun and a bit of scorn on actors and comedians who had taken work in adverts. Then he started advertising Lloyd banks. Tbh I don’t care that much. I think his format is good I even bought tickets and saw him doing the live podcasts and enjoyed it. I’ll casually throw in a little side swipe mainly because he’s got a very interesting self deprecating persona but is at the same time very sensitive to any perceived criticism so generally can’t resist replying to slightly negative feedback. Which is nice.👌

[@herseem]

I love madness, but Suggs doesn't seem like a well man in this interview

[@TrickyTone-e2s]

A lifetime of drinking and smoking will inevitably take its toll but he seemed well enough. I think it was unrehearsed and so not as polished as some interviews. Still could listen to him all day, an interesting character for sure.

[@bepitan]

he seems drunk.

[@FitzElda]

Definitely has a drink problem sadly