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

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  • @johnross7679
    @johnross7679 3 года назад +38

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

  • @67maddy
    @67maddy 9 лет назад +31

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

  • @scarcam
    @scarcam Год назад +5

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

  • @Declan50
    @Declan50 2 года назад +8

    Chas has the most amazing speaking voice!

  • @xabialfonzo8971
    @xabialfonzo8971 8 лет назад +55

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

  • @GTC123.
    @GTC123. Год назад +5

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

  • @Theme-animatronics-80s
    @Theme-animatronics-80s 6 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @dskywalker3397
    @dskywalker3397 Год назад +7

    Madness is simply not the same without Chas.

  • @JoeRivermanSongwriter
    @JoeRivermanSongwriter 3 года назад +3

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

  • @miakaal
    @miakaal 7 лет назад +27

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

    • @deletebilderberg
      @deletebilderberg 3 года назад +5

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

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 Год назад

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

  • @danielranson1528
    @danielranson1528 4 года назад +9

    Chas what a terrific man x

  • @strachansdroneservices4870
    @strachansdroneservices4870 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @Pedrovarni
    @Pedrovarni 2 года назад +2

    What a great bloke

  • @jonhaslam3699
    @jonhaslam3699 3 года назад +14

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

  • @ziggy6848
    @ziggy6848 4 года назад +8

    Looks like a history teacher.

  • @bobomud
    @bobomud 9 лет назад +4

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @scotthart2
    @scotthart2 9 лет назад +6

    Legend....

  • @adambirchall70
    @adambirchall70 3 года назад

    Very much appreciate seeing this video.

  • @anthonybygrave889
    @anthonybygrave889 2 года назад +1

    His dancing was is inspirational M 🖖

  • @edularra1
    @edularra1 6 лет назад +9

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

  • @GriefTourist
    @GriefTourist 9 лет назад +2

    great interview

  • @Greatest1979
    @Greatest1979 9 лет назад +11

    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
      @rnw2739 4 года назад

      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
      @blackmore4 3 года назад +4

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

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 3 года назад

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

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 3 года назад +3

      @@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
      @rnw2739 3 года назад

      @@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
    @user-nl4nq5sv2g 8 лет назад +10

    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.

  • @sofiaplatini1148
    @sofiaplatini1148 3 года назад

    Oh I loved him back in 1979 1980

  • @aidansmyth6480
    @aidansmyth6480 9 лет назад +12

    Cousin Cathal

    • @ianblack7006
      @ianblack7006 4 года назад

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

    • @aidansmyth6480
      @aidansmyth6480 4 года назад

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

    • @darrenwalshe8513
      @darrenwalshe8513 3 года назад

      Aidan which part of ireland was his parents from? Xx

  • @brizeys3128
    @brizeys3128 Год назад +1

    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!

  • @andreat.2809
    @andreat.2809 3 года назад +1

    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.

  • @joethelion6016
    @joethelion6016 2 года назад +2

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

    • @Pedrovarni
      @Pedrovarni 2 года назад +2

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

    • @joethelion6016
      @joethelion6016 2 года назад

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

  • @SJ-gg8fm
    @SJ-gg8fm 4 года назад +5

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

  • @AnimalsMatterMorally
    @AnimalsMatterMorally 3 года назад +6

    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 !

  • @rosscop.coltrane2747
    @rosscop.coltrane2747 4 года назад +5

    Chaz now dressing like Dr Who

  • @Gamefeedvids
    @Gamefeedvids 4 года назад +3

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

  • @Somerset-In-The-Blood
    @Somerset-In-The-Blood 3 года назад +1

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

  • @ianmorley1312
    @ianmorley1312 Год назад +3

    madness is not right without chas

  • @theselector4733
    @theselector4733 8 лет назад +3

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

    • @blauerka863
      @blauerka863 8 лет назад +2

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

  • @zippybiddelli700
    @zippybiddelli700 6 лет назад +6

    Norf londons changed

  • @mikekaraoke
    @mikekaraoke 6 лет назад +3

    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
      @Sandwich13455 4 года назад +1

      Yeah and Wikipedia says he joined in 1980,wtf?

    • @mikekaraoke
      @mikekaraoke 4 года назад +1

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

    • @Sandwich13455
      @Sandwich13455 4 года назад +1

      @@mikekaraoke agreed

    • @mikekaraoke
      @mikekaraoke 4 года назад

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

  • @triciabertrand3498
    @triciabertrand3498 8 лет назад +1

    inlet you n suggs in bondi I met you u guys

  • @Orb_E
    @Orb_E Год назад

    rip bill t

  • @sidstewart7399
    @sidstewart7399 Год назад

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

    • @SaltimusMaximus
      @SaltimusMaximus Год назад +2

      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

  • @jameswatkins2596
    @jameswatkins2596 3 года назад

    Weird attitude from the interviewers towards his work

  • @intrepidbun5002
    @intrepidbun5002 5 лет назад +3

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

  • @jpants5144
    @jpants5144 Год назад

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

  • @3sjstill438
    @3sjstill438 5 лет назад +2

    madness isnt pop, its ska.

  • @williamdavies2375
    @williamdavies2375 4 года назад +2

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

    • @nasskhan4543
      @nasskhan4543 3 года назад +6

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

    • @williamdavies2375
      @williamdavies2375 3 года назад +2

      @@nasskhan4543 because it lacks humility

    • @nasskhan4543
      @nasskhan4543 3 года назад +6

      @@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
      @williamdavies2375 3 года назад

      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
      @nasskhan4543 3 года назад +2

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

  • @geoffjoffy
    @geoffjoffy 5 лет назад

    Horrible beard. Shave it off!!

  • @theplumbman7825
    @theplumbman7825 8 лет назад +5

    Rubbish album.

    • @kevinwatts8958
      @kevinwatts8958 6 лет назад +7

      Have to disagree Steve mate

    • @JeromekJerome1972
      @JeromekJerome1972 6 лет назад +7

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

    • @3sjstill438
      @3sjstill438 5 лет назад

      miloandjoesdad01 madness will always be better mate

  • @BoneStar
    @BoneStar 2 года назад

    Mmmmm Freemason