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Madness - House of Fun (Official 4K Video)
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Күн бұрын‘House of Fun’ video now in 4K HD.
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'House Of Fun' was released as a one-off single in 1982 and went to #1 in the UK, staying in the chart for nine weeks. The song is arguably the best example of
Madness' "nutty sound", a combination of fairground vaudeville, ska and out-and-out pop. Filmed on location in North London, it finds our boys acting out their coming-of-age tale in true Madness style.
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Lyrics:
Good morning miss
Can I help you son?
Sixteen today
And up for fun
I'm a big boy now
Or so they say
So if you'll serve
I'll be on my way
Box of balloons
With the feather-light touch
Pack of party-poppers
That pop in the night
A toothbrush and hairspray
Plastic grin
Miss Clay on all corners
Has just walked in
Welcome to the House of Fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the House of Fun
Welcome to the lion's den
Temptation's on his way
Welcome to the House of
No no miss
You misunderstood
Sixteen big boy
Full pint in my manhood
I'm up to date
And the date's today
So if you'll serve
I'll be on my way
Welcome to the House of Fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the lion's den
Temptation's on his way
Welcome to the House of (Fun)
I'm sorry son
But we don't stock
Party gimmicks
In this shop
Try the House of Fun
It's quicker if you run
This is a chemist
Not a jokers' shop!
Party hats
Simple enough clear
Comprehende savvy understand
Do you hear?
A pack of party hats
With the coloured tips
Too late!
Gorgon's heard gossip
Well hello Joe, hello Miss Clay
Many happy returns from the day
Welcome to the House of Fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the House of Fun
Welcome to the lion's den
Temptation's on his way
Welcome to the House of Fun
Welcome to the House of Fun
#Madness #HouseOfFun #40thAnniversary
@veronicacanfield5070 4 жыл бұрын
Madness is like Monty Python and Ska music having a baby.
@anthonycastelluci9225 3 жыл бұрын
Not sure about the "having a baby" part. But, I did laugh hard while enjoying the music. Good trick! We used to do the in-line Madness walk in the Marines when we went to Army jump school. They thought we were nuts.
@freddieparrydrums 3 жыл бұрын
@@anthonycastelluci9225 haha that’s brilliant.
@GlennMichaelHasting 3 жыл бұрын
A Mash-up Of Python and Ska Too Right...
@annedonovan9005 3 жыл бұрын
You noticed the strong Python influence in this too...esp the guys in drag....
@jimmysealofapproval8480 3 жыл бұрын
Yes...that Baby's name is Louis and his braces are permanent...like his position on the UK home travel Police force
@guybrushthreepwood3054 5 жыл бұрын
The funny jumping kid at 0:06 . Children look so genuinely happy in these old videos from the 70s and 80s.
@alanburge2725 Жыл бұрын
Not just the song. The video is pure fun. This is the full package right here. Ahhh the 80s.......
@carabiner7999 Жыл бұрын
Not safe for Florida, luv. Men in drag, 'n' all!
@victorrock1997 Жыл бұрын
So very well said! Much respect and all the best!
@Despondencymusic Жыл бұрын
Full package...I see what you did there. 😂
@Littlemouse884 4 ай бұрын
Love the the authentic genuine freedom and fun the kids are having
@eleanorhogan8643 2 ай бұрын
Well this group is not called Madness for nothing.
@AliciaNazir 4 жыл бұрын
If I ever went mad, this would be one of the main songs playing in loop in my brain
@rustyreddo 3 жыл бұрын
as a professional maniac i can confirm this is the case
@stickieoficjalny 8 ай бұрын
@@rustyreddome too
@BillboBaggins111 3 ай бұрын
Try playing 2x speed
@siahdvebwjwuab485 28 күн бұрын
Your cringe mate
@evilhann 5 жыл бұрын
Madness music videos are the most British thing ever
@Y0oryo 10 жыл бұрын
The way the 3 guys enter the store is EPIC!
@youmustbebored1250 5 жыл бұрын
How could it be any better?
@pennykorte7583 5 жыл бұрын
Jo OjMa agree
@jogonjohn205 4 жыл бұрын
Nah they noncing on the 16 year old
@jennifersman7990 3 жыл бұрын
Wonder how many times they had to do that cause that sucker is timed JUST! RIGHT!
@1stinenergylimitedmdevelop533 2 жыл бұрын
Biblical
@Autopsy6 4 жыл бұрын
It has taken me almost 40 years to realize that this song is about the Battle of Hastings.
@viperruin8746 4 жыл бұрын
Flame Boy no no miss, you misunderstood
@jamesboulger8705 4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ianblack7006 4 жыл бұрын
Suggs was born in hasting
@BaccarWozat 4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was about the Hotel California.
@cap5macca5jack5 4 жыл бұрын
He is talking about condoms idiot
@liro6767 Жыл бұрын
Love this song. Brings back memories of happier times, and “The Young Ones.”
@EmilyHowardsWifey Жыл бұрын
WAIT WAIT WAIT
@carabiner7999 Жыл бұрын
Bloody life savers, that lot!
@JanBestwick-yz2jy Жыл бұрын
Pee wee’s play house
@kbc163 11 ай бұрын
Neil, you utter bastard!
@anaberenicepalos2950 10 ай бұрын
Lo crean o no, el movimiento y en especial, "madness" , impactó la vida de muchos jóvenes mexicanos en la frontera con Estados Unidos.. me cuento entre ellos. Que buenos tiempos en "la casa Alvarado" mejor conocido como "the house"
@FearMonarch 10 жыл бұрын
this is why i love the older music. it was just as "dirty" as modern music, but so cleverly and masterfully hidden behind innuendos and interesting word play that you could listen to a song a hundred times without realizing what it was really about. and then when you finally realize what the whole songs about, you cant see how you missed it all along. class A act gentlemen! :D
@tejaswoman 10 жыл бұрын
That's exactly how I feel about a Salvadoran song called "El Muñeco" by Algodón. Several times into hearing this ditty about a guy and how his little "action figure," beloved by all the girls, is feeling under the weather today and can't lift his head, it suddenly hit me, "You know, this almost sounds dirty..." a few more times led to " I'm not sure it isn't" ... and now, of course, I think "how oblivious I was!"
@lizziedavidson1987 9 жыл бұрын
yeah, this was a huge metaphor for buying condoms for having sex with his girlfriend, but you wouldn't realise unless you were old enough to understand.
@simonjohnwisntonlennonritc8978 9 жыл бұрын
tejaswoman ooh jajaj! "El muneco" by Algodón is a really rogue song. "tengo el muneco enfermito" I really love all thad kind of music where the message is quite hidden...
@Cenamark2 9 жыл бұрын
***** I don't think this song is about that. He turned 16 and was wanting supplies for his birthday party.
@lizziedavidson1987 9 жыл бұрын
Cenamark2 from a chemist?
@antkowiak666 8 жыл бұрын
How could anyone NOT love this song?!
@thesoupnazi2628 6 жыл бұрын
mandalorian233 my mom straight up told me she doesn't like Madness and I felt my heart break as she said it. Still on the mend.
@atlasthefemboy 6 жыл бұрын
This song is a classic and cool
@FlowerGriffon 5 жыл бұрын
I don’t love it... I ADORE IT!
@christopherblackwell264 5 жыл бұрын
It's a classic!
@bhaboi2686 5 жыл бұрын
This song is one of my favourites with our house
@josephcostello695 4 жыл бұрын
The one thing about their videos they seem to have fun doing them. Never taking themselves seriously except the music witch was great. Shame they never made bigger in the states.
@MiroslavaKustova Жыл бұрын
I'm an English teacher so I show your old videos to my kids. THAT is the spirit of good old England!
@keithfairfield114 Ай бұрын
ME too 👍
@garymiller2758 10 жыл бұрын
i was there when they made the video for house of fun on the pleasure beach in great yarmouth ...... its bang opposite our school and me and my mates bunked off to watch the band make the video ! ! ! ! ! we got to meet suggs and the rest of the band .............. what a day that was ! ! ! !
@arougea.i.3380 5 жыл бұрын
gary miller can you say that in American please.
@greatbritishedits6602 5 жыл бұрын
gary miller you chat shit mate
@KerrisonFilm 5 жыл бұрын
Greenacre?
@JPowell1997 5 жыл бұрын
Lucky
@notveryrea1 5 жыл бұрын
@@arougea.i.3380 😂😂😂 come on.. didn't you atleast understand some if it?!
@zamrock7634 10 жыл бұрын
the best part is that he's too embarrassed to just ask it directly.
@Michealsoft 3 жыл бұрын
6 years and 440 likes and no comments
@scotnick59 3 жыл бұрын
Very cute, I agree; an innocence not seen today
@thomasbrantley5667 2 жыл бұрын
7 years later-dude that's the whole point of the song. Holy shit
@ethangill2628 2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t be but I’m not 16 yet I got 2 years
@leannefarrer698 Жыл бұрын
why is your profile pic the Anarchist flag?
@user-qg7oh1bv1i 18 күн бұрын
Madness videos were absolutely one of the best things about MTV back in the 80's when it was actually good!
@jamesboulger8705 4 жыл бұрын
The way they move the saxophone and trumpet make it sound better, but we have no physical theory yet as to why.
@SuperMrHiggins 3 жыл бұрын
We need to get top people on this stat.
@slacknhash 3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperMrHiggins Well, I'm not a top person, but I'll try and help things along by proposing a hypothesis: it doesn't actually make it sound better. It does make it look better, though. Since it already sounds good, the overall result is qualitatively better. Basically nutty movements × nutty sound = optimum nuttiness. How would we go about testing and proving or disproving that, though? Can we get Carl to rejoin and test him and Lee against other saxophonist / trumpeter combos? Because testing them individually wouldn't give us particularly satisfactory results. The guy did say 'saxophone *and* trumpet.'
@uhh6148 3 жыл бұрын
@@slacknhash Quiet, nerd.
@piter4595 2 жыл бұрын
@@slacknhash it just sounds good dude
@slacknhash 2 жыл бұрын
@@piter4595 Obviously. I was just playing along with the previous comment.
@wevibin-_-4268 5 жыл бұрын
0:45 “when the boys pull up”
@henryt2229 4 жыл бұрын
Me on my way to give the boys a goodnight kiss
@therealunslimshady471 4 жыл бұрын
Me and the boys on our way to obliterate the law
@abrahamsvlogs4040 4 жыл бұрын
Or when the boys see you with a pack of gum in class
@tomwatson0663 4 жыл бұрын
Me and the boys on Xbox at 3 am
@Despondencymusic 4 жыл бұрын
I'm going to do that dance at work tomorrow.
@cobraaction1365 6 жыл бұрын
If there was ever a quintessential British band its Madness
@crusherconi 5 жыл бұрын
cain leon nah
@flightlesslord2688 5 жыл бұрын
Yeh, or Queen, Clash, the Beatles, Sex Pistols.. Theres alot of good shit.
@oliver-dw6ig 5 жыл бұрын
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@thewhoman3182 4 жыл бұрын
@@flightlesslord2688 those bands are the shit. Good taste in music
@mergieismoronic 3 жыл бұрын
+James Simpson I agree.
@trey3772 Жыл бұрын
Madness videos were never boring.
@muskyread 2 жыл бұрын
First band I ever saw live. I was 11 and it was 1982. They were superb👌
@dashthatonedude Жыл бұрын
1982???
@luketurner586 Жыл бұрын
Your first concert was 23 years before I was born
@toonman1892 Жыл бұрын
I saw them in 83 in Newcastle, brilliant!!
@hobbikats8744 Жыл бұрын
Saw them in 1982 in NYC at the Miller Time Concerts at the Pier. I was 14!
@Tommorows-Dream 8 ай бұрын
First band i ever saw live aswell! I was also 11, except on their cest la vie tour, almost 40 years after you saw them!
@martam716 5 жыл бұрын
LYRICS: Good morning miss Can I help you son? Sixteen today And up for fun I'm a big boy now Or so they say So if you'll serve I'll be on my way Box of balloons With the feather-light touch Pack of party-poppers That pop in the night A toothbrush and hairspray Plastic grin Miss Clay on all corners Has just walked in Welcome to the house of fun Now I've come of age Welcome to the house of fun Welcome to the lion's den Temptation's on his way Welcome to the House of N-n-n-no no miss You misunderstood Sixteen big boy Full pint in my manhood I'm up to date And the date's today So if you'll serve I'll be on my way Welcome to the house of fun Now I've come of age Welcome to the lion's den Temptation's on his way Welcome to the house of fun I'm sorry son But we don't stock Party gimmicks In this shop Try the House of Fun It's quicker if you run This is a chemist Not a jokers' shop! Party hats Simple enough clear Comprehend savvy understand Do you hear? A pack of party hats With the colored tips Too late! Gorgon's heard gossip Well hello Joe, hello Miss Clay Many happy returns from the day Welcome to the house of fun Now I've come of age Welcome to the house of fun Welcome to the lion's den Temptation's on his way Welcome to the house of fun Welcome to the house of fun Now I've come of age Welcome to the house of fun Welcome to the lion's den Temptation's on his way Welcome to the house of fun Welcome to the house of fun Now I've come of age Welcome to the house of fun ~U welcome~
@ShitOwl 4 жыл бұрын
bruh
@maayandanino8952 4 жыл бұрын
bruh
@runyourpocketsg9811 4 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@sohankalirai8769 4 жыл бұрын
bruh?
@catgirlmatty 4 жыл бұрын
bruh
@mosesberkowitz3298 6 жыл бұрын
This video was one of the Holy Grails when I was a teen. My brother and I always kept a blank VHS tape in our VCR, so if a cool video came on MTV, we could tape it. It was easy to get stuff like Spandau Ballet and Wham!, but MTV barely EVER played Madness or The Specials. For years, we could only catch pieces of this video-- it was our White Whale. Ghost Town by The Specials (where they're all driving in the car at night) was the other one. Seeing those was like seeing into a different, cooler world.
@movienerd202 6 жыл бұрын
Moses Berkowitz I did that too! MTV was a goldmine back then.
@marisgoldenhour6212 10 ай бұрын
Yes! I felt the same way. MTV played all the popular, commercial hits. Rarely did they feature the good stuff from across the pond and beyond. I had to seek out random artsy, late night or UHF stations or college radio for fun new wave tracks or industrial music.
@jarekharmening8993 10 ай бұрын
First time I heard/saw this song/video was on an old 90s Al TV MTV special a buddy of mine had recorded from years and years previously. I probably saw it back in mid-late 2000s for the first time.
@pierricclot6544 7 ай бұрын
now everythings is available anytime....
@swearwolfdj Жыл бұрын
I love English reggae, ska and rocksteady. Thank you for your contribution. I love your music sooooooooo much
@heather7305 8 күн бұрын
Great Yarmouth pleasure beach rollercoaster…happy memories of me & my brothers seated at the very back over and over again😊😆
@voidmer5545 8 жыл бұрын
perfect song to go through sen's fortress to
@tenylegnincsevem 8 жыл бұрын
+Charels Merritt so true
@voidmer5545 8 жыл бұрын
+tenylegnincsevem * steps on arrow pad in beginning of fortress * WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF FUN
@theoneandonlyranch4552 8 жыл бұрын
SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE EAAAAAAAAAAAAATEEEEEEEEER
@theoneandonlyranch4552 8 жыл бұрын
***** *emotional ladder sequence*
@Zero2689 8 жыл бұрын
So original!
@adelehtaylor 6 жыл бұрын
I love these guys. They always look like they're having so much fun!
@christophermorrison3667 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly Adele. I totally agree with you. X
@davidrees1279 2 жыл бұрын
You have hit the nail smack on the head there! It is such a catchy track as well.
@Dinvadbhatmarathi98 Жыл бұрын
Suggs the lead singer resembles a cross between Biff the bully from Back to the future movie and the guy who gets killed by Arnold in the 1st Terminator who says toArnold wash day tomorrow nothing clean,
@smackhead Жыл бұрын
@@davidrees1279 Smack on the head? hitting close to home there ;)
@lewis72 7 ай бұрын
Many artists from the early-mid 80s looked as though they were having great fun from their videos, not to the same extent as in this video though !
@NeilCook-bn4ru 4 сағат бұрын
80s 80s 80s 80s it was MADDNES 😊
@_letstartariot 2 жыл бұрын
Saw these guys at Edinburg’s Hogmanay Festival 2009-2010 when I was in Scotland. Ancient castles, fireworks, snow and hearing this song played live whilst in the arms of my lover/now husband is something I will always remember and cherish.
@Appelmoes444 8 жыл бұрын
That dance routine at 0:45 is so good, I always go into stores that way from now on...
@nootnoot8543 8 жыл бұрын
I was bought up with Madness. This song gives me an amazing feeling of nostalgia.
@sami1670 8 жыл бұрын
I've just found out about them not Long ago and I have already got a ticket to see them in December 😹
@romarovinciguerra5387 7 жыл бұрын
Where they playing next month?
@sami1670 7 жыл бұрын
Glasgow secc
@jackagweriolipson582 7 жыл бұрын
noot noot hey your pretty
@nootnoot8543 7 жыл бұрын
+Jack agwerio Lipson thank you I'm blushing
@justjay926 4 жыл бұрын
Madness were a part of my youth. 😜 Thanks guys for happier times back then just listening & now remembering Thatcher's U.K. You helped make it bearable. 🎶👏👏
@Hamster-l6t Күн бұрын
Best song ever!!!!!!!
@AdmiralBangle 10 жыл бұрын
A song about condoms that reached #1. Now that's how you music.
@deandupont5503 9 жыл бұрын
I looked it up. There is no minimum age limit for purchasing condoms anywhere in the UK. The age for purchasing liquor is eighteen, dropping to sixteen to for purchasing beer, wine, and cider. (so I was wrong about age limits, other than you can probably purchase beer and cider.. But no restrictions on "soft" alcohol based on age starting at sixteen. There are restrictions about knocking back, say, scotch: you got to be over 18 for hard liquor, and you have to purchase food with your beverage to purchase in a "public house".... But go ahead and get that beer-buzz as soon as you're sixteen, the law says you're fine. (Propriety is another matter, but you'll make friends among your fifteen year old chav friends. So go ahead and buy a plate of chips and seven beers: you're golden.
@jackwhyatt7396 9 жыл бұрын
Shut the fuck up don't write me a fucking essay
@megansharma-bradley8813 6 жыл бұрын
Admiral Bangle i think about this song very differently now😂
@JKTube 6 жыл бұрын
+Megan Bradley: Sort of like finding out what Prince meant by "Trojan horses" in "Little Red Corvette" for us Americans.
@ghostpuppet31 5 жыл бұрын
No song about blue-balls though!
@rhythman69uk 5 жыл бұрын
What's not to love about Madness?! : ) They could encapsulate the old fashioned joy of the fairground or circus arriving, the freaks, the silly costumes and almost registered trademark dance, their choreographed walks, superb songs and videos with random members of the public and that sax (which like Ian Anderson's flute, made Jethro Tull's sound unique). Such a defining sound of the 80's and hit after hit after hit. They were the soundtrack of my youth, even though I was drawn into Heavy Metal, I still love Madness and I love how us English manage to turn a sometimes dreary life into something fun like Monty Python did.
@richardsawyer5428 3 жыл бұрын
Revisiting the Madness songs which, as a kid, some lyrics went right over my head. The songs are still well crafted and I understand them now.
@MegaDiva1999 Жыл бұрын
I know...had no idea this was a song about safe sex and condoms ....
@Magnus-ml6el 2 ай бұрын
Ska is the gateway to so much influential music.
@jao2312 9 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1984 and I want to thank my mum for bringing me up listening to this, 30 years later and it's still amazing...
@conors4430 7 жыл бұрын
It only took me 20 years to realise he's talking about buying condoms
@megansharma-bradley8813 6 жыл бұрын
conor smith same
@jizzo225 6 жыл бұрын
Yep...and originally I thought the lyrics were about getting served alcohol legally.
@themelidenstar7040 6 жыл бұрын
This song ironically played on my 16th Birthday (8 years ago) on the tele (we had the big freeze and I had two weeks off school because of it) and I twigged on. The line 16 today and up for fun was what made me realise haha.
@JayPenber 6 жыл бұрын
I thought this song had a double meaning to it besides the condom metaphor. Maybe it's just me that thinks that.
@markleyland8086 6 жыл бұрын
Madame Monde Mysterieux Oh those teenage years back in the 80s. What great times they were, if only we could go back 😎
@vordman Жыл бұрын
Time will never diminish the brilliance of this song.
@severocamama 11 ай бұрын
God bless the 80´s!! Unforgettable times
@vladevgeni4024 8 жыл бұрын
If this isn't the most British music video ever, I don't know what is. #madnessforthewin
@erikhertzer8434 5 жыл бұрын
Vlad Evgeni : Cardiac Arrest may be a close second...
@erikhertzer8434 5 жыл бұрын
Vlad Evgeni : Cardiac Arrest would be a contender...
@aronroyle1523 5 жыл бұрын
See Do It Again by The Kinks, equally good if not an influence.
@flightlesslord2688 5 жыл бұрын
This, God Save the Queen, Common People, London's Calling, Three Lions.... LITERALLY (used accurately) any Queen song.
@user-xt3gt7gg9h 5 жыл бұрын
Have you seen "driving in my car"?
@sailorhms 10 жыл бұрын
Always notice that in Madness videos there are folk in the background going about their business looking over, probably thinking..what the hell are they doing??? Shows the band just went onto the streets of London and got on with it...nothing of the...big head, don't you know who I am shit that is the norm in todays music business. Ahhh, I wish I was back there...I'm kinda teary watching these Madness vids.
@GFSTaylor 6 жыл бұрын
Alan Wright I love the random toddler who wanders into the open doorway of the shop and wondering what's going on here. Also the fact that they kept him in and didn't retake.
@alfredkruse1517 5 жыл бұрын
GFSTaylor Wait... He wan't supoosed to be there? I thought he was in there for some unknown purpose.
@reddwarfer999 3 жыл бұрын
@@GFSTaylor And somwhere there is a guy in his early 40s saying - That's me that is!
@alitlweird 6 ай бұрын
“Our House” was pretty much the only song that made its way across the pond to America. The year is now 2024… and Madness videos have started showing up in my feed. I’m becoming a brand new fan all over again. 🥳🥳 These guys are awesome.
@jjprulz 3 ай бұрын
I remember "One Step Beyond" being played on MTV in the early days of the channel.
@patrickwolff2727 Ай бұрын
“One Step Beyond” was a big hit. It was our generation’s first acquaintance with Madness.
@MM-iy7gz Ай бұрын
I thought it was just me. I knew Our House, of course, but now I’m like why didn’t I know about all their other songs?
@solstie 4 жыл бұрын
Words can not describe how much i love the first 5 seconds of this video
@Tigs2 2 жыл бұрын
Because when we were kids that is exactly how we were!
@DrawtoonzStudio 8 жыл бұрын
Welcome to our house of fun, in the middle of our street!
@maxgrossmann1636 5 жыл бұрын
In Cairo?
@pennykorte7583 5 жыл бұрын
Drawtoonz Studio that's the one
@1980StarWarsGuy 5 жыл бұрын
On a Gray day which you have to make one step beyond to get to?
@FireStormDel 5 жыл бұрын
@@1980StarWarsGuy Yeah, you can probably make it between the Sun and The Rain if you take a couple Ghost Trains, or even borrow My Car, and be a Bed and Breakfast Man by the time you get there Tomorrow, just hope a Cardiac Arrest doesn't stop you, even then, you'd have My Girl to talk to about first.
@stoopidhaters 5 жыл бұрын
UNDERRATED COMMENT
@flightlesslord2688 5 жыл бұрын
Can't go wrong with madness. Absolutely classic. 0:46 give this kid a medal.
@jeee6835 3 жыл бұрын
Love 1.06. The guy in the chemist. I can imagine them walking in and going can we just borrow your chemist for a few minutes lol
@JoshHezlop 7 ай бұрын
Been stuck in my head for as long as I remember. "Welcome to the house of fun" just randomly pops into my head every few years
@pennypay1 5 жыл бұрын
Madness always seemed to have a blast making their videos.
@davidrees1279 2 жыл бұрын
Infectious isn't it? 🙂
@mummyforlife2792 10 жыл бұрын
It's a masterpiece!!!! Legendary madness. The part at 0:23 [when the two guys follow Suggs into the chemist, doing a silly dance] is my favourite part!!!!!
@sie4431 2 жыл бұрын
That's an off license!
@drobo7 4 жыл бұрын
Here for some light relief during terrible times xxx
@traceydaizy Жыл бұрын
I love Madness smile ☺ these all came out when I'd just started senior school. It was years till I got the featherlight touch thing 😂
@mrsmchistory 6 жыл бұрын
This is definitely 1 of my favourite Madness songs! Loved them singing in The Young Ones!
@tsitracommunications2884 2 жыл бұрын
I remember that it was what introduced me to the tune
@AYTAZED 2 жыл бұрын
@@tsitracommunications2884. After rick says "do you know Living Doll?" to Chrissy boy, Chrissy Boy says to (P)rick "You hum it, I'll smash yer face in.
@tsitracommunications2884 2 жыл бұрын
@@AYTAZED i thought it was summer holiday
@SirFerrickWanderer 10 жыл бұрын
I love how the chemist appears to still be in business while this video runs. The kid who walks in and stares at them, the old guy whose trying to get to something at the cashier as they dance next to him. Not sure if they were planned, but it just continues the feeling of madness in this song.
@keriannandrews7362 4 жыл бұрын
This just shows how much fun the eighties was great era
@kittykittybangbang000 Жыл бұрын
I never thought twice about the meaning of this song, until recently I listened to the lyrics and was like “ohhhhhh.”
@Aidsking 7 жыл бұрын
Biggest grin on my face through the entirety of this, man I bet they had so much fun making this, you can just tell.
@vajdaveronika 10 жыл бұрын
I was 15 in 1991 and I watched MTV all the time. I loved Madness but they played only a few videos from them. This was my favourite one and I jumped out of my skin every time they played it! I just got crazy! Oh those times.
@nickhancock8463 18 күн бұрын
My step dad loved this and bought it when it first came out. Still sounds great now.
@SandraPokorneyCmonDude Ай бұрын
...and the memories come flooding back......
@davidjereb 10 жыл бұрын
0:53 I'm totally pulling this wicked dance move next time I go to the club.
@Bare72 10 жыл бұрын
Sorry man I almost pissed myself from laughing so hard. I saw the dance. LMAO!!!!!
@lukethekanefan 10 жыл бұрын
be careful women will be surrounding you in a few seconds of pulling that awesomeness
@PunkRockNerd10171 10 жыл бұрын
That move is called the Moonstomp. Like with Skanking, big move with the ska music of the time
@flightlesslord2688 5 жыл бұрын
Do that and you'll need to visit the house of fun (cause ull be getting all da... respectable ladies)
@FrankConquestJr 10 жыл бұрын
Back when music used to be "fun". I miss the 80's.
@teddywijsman5068 10 жыл бұрын
i don,t miss the 80,s because of youtube it,s alive
@FrankConquestJr 9 жыл бұрын
true
@ElizabethGRose00715 5 жыл бұрын
gone are the day's of the 70's and 80's but the music is still the best even to a teenager like me
@flightlesslord2688 5 жыл бұрын
yeh but alot of the stuff on top of the pops was absolute SHITE
@boredfartless4221 5 жыл бұрын
You get whatever the powers that be want you to get. Then as now the acts that rise are connected, Freemasons, like Madness, which is why they sometimes wore the Fez, a reference to the Shriners
@metatronyYT Жыл бұрын
This song is just Genius. On the surface is just a fun song with fooling around video, but the combination of its music, lyrics and the video clip is just so great and so original
@armandoneri3607 Жыл бұрын
This music is timeless it could and should be a number one today.
@Ideabot_69 8 жыл бұрын
I like this song because it really captures what it's like to become an adult. Before you enter the "funhouse" you really have no idea what to expect. If you felt like you'd done decently so far, in spite of all the unfair bullshit life has thrown at you, well you might get cocky and be punished for it almost immediately. If you've been barely scrapping by, you'll still struggle but even moreso as you're asked to do even more difficult tasks. Some days you'll feel people are just throwing rocks at you for laughs. Other days, well you might meet an interesting person who ends up being a friend for now. But, like with most of the friends you meet in life, you'll have this gnawing worry that this world with eat your friend alive. Other days, you'll feel like you were doing well balancing on a tightrope, only to be knocked off it. You'll feel like you've been chewed up and spit out, struck by lightning, shot repeatedly, and knocked off a skyscraper. But you persevere. You face greater obstacles, and increasingly difficult demands, and eventually you start climbing up and suddenly you see your first glimpse of the sun in what felt like ages. You continue to climb, higher and higher, until you face your greatest challenge yet. This is it, the culmination of your journey through this hell-hole they call a "funhouse." You start to think of all the people who are just entering this "funhouse" and the only way you can process the trauma is to laugh at it. You think about all the shit you've gone through, and you realize that's why they call it a "funhouse." But here you stand, about to face your greatest challenge. You steel your nerves and enlist the help of a friend. But then Tarkus solos the Iron Golem and you feel like he just stole your triumph, and then the creepy-ass fleshies take you to Anor Londo.
@LasDesventurasdeVirus 8 жыл бұрын
I've never seen adulthood that way.
@argon7624 8 жыл бұрын
Nah, better for sen's fortress
@Name-wg4gt 8 жыл бұрын
That first paragraph describes going through dark souls for the first time too
@Ideabot_69 8 жыл бұрын
+logan greenup That's the joke, the whole thing is describing Sen's Fortress as a metaphor for adulthood.
@argon7624 8 жыл бұрын
holy shit you're right. that entire thing describes sen's fortress
@joemars6503 6 жыл бұрын
A principios de los 80 los escuché por primera vez sin saber que serían la banda sonora de mi vida. Hoy a mis 50 me siguen haciendo feliz.
@RichardBrown-id8ul Жыл бұрын
I love this band so much. Pure mental. Genius 😎😎
@harveyportier1906 Жыл бұрын
All of Madness’ music videos would’ve been so much fun to make
@jackharper1655 9 жыл бұрын
Sen's Funhouse heartily welcomes you (with daggers)!
@juliette1705 8 жыл бұрын
I found my dad's walkman and listened to this, I'm so happy i did, bc I love it
@k31ra_39 4 жыл бұрын
You know the actual meaning behind this song right? I was practically raised by madness
@RT_8637 Жыл бұрын
I think that Madness was making PROGRESSIVE music in the ska genre. Harmonicly very complex.
@SunyCartoons Ай бұрын
This is my favorite Madness song
@alertedcoyote7892 8 жыл бұрын
This song plays in my head every time I go into Sen's Fortress.
@walterbattista597 8 жыл бұрын
Let me tell you something. FUCK Sens fortress.
@Narkov96 8 жыл бұрын
Made my Day :DD
@TerroristTrey 8 жыл бұрын
+Walter Battista I died less in Anor Londo(including S&O) then in Sen's funhouse.
@alpine_newt 7 жыл бұрын
It plays in my head when I buy prophylactics.
@wasteofoxygen52yearsago 6 жыл бұрын
Same
@jojohackney6911 6 жыл бұрын
My first Saturday job was in that same chemist there in Paddington. ...Brown's chemist!
@itsjemmabond 5 жыл бұрын
Are you serious?
@ianblack7006 4 жыл бұрын
Fair play jojo 👍
@MarieProvost77 4 жыл бұрын
One of the most brilliant songs & videos in the history of the world ever. Suggs/McPherson is practically in hip-hop territory with his delivery (w/ Brit mannerisms/intonations). Amazing frontman. Okay, I'm just going to watch it again - I was thinking they should have played House of Fun when footage of Repub's storming impeachment session yesterday was playing on every news show - that's what got me back to HOF.
@lisac8101 3 жыл бұрын
Seen them live, phenomenal, felt like I was 14 again.
@richardphillips6205 Жыл бұрын
MADNESS is one of my favorite quirky bands they always make me smile
@aeovid Жыл бұрын
I have to give a big thank you to Gavin and Stacey leading me to discovering this. Dunno how old the episode, and as an 80s kid in America, Our House was on every station, but I had never heard this before. Great show, leading me to this great song.
@veronicaflannigan3603 3 жыл бұрын
Oh God this takes me way back to a Nightclub myself and my Pal I worked in a Chemist & she was a Nurse .What a laugh every night when we walked in this was played .Oh Happy Days
@UltimateMoralizer Жыл бұрын
This is an irreplaceable classic!
@ronsterh30 9 жыл бұрын
these boys were way ahead of there time.... and are still going strong.
@rehanaakbar981 6 жыл бұрын
N o
@paulymullo 7 ай бұрын
@@rehanaakbar981yes
@davidsanderson5918 3 жыл бұрын
I've loved this ever since it came out, bought the picture disc and all that. Probsbly heard it about 683 times. I've only just noticed what an AMAZING bass line....all the way through!! Bedders probably has the most FUN of all playing it live.
@Droosieloo 12 күн бұрын
Watching this video….just how can anyone not love the bones of them? . So much fun to watch,
@jamesplumb4508 Жыл бұрын
That is the scenic roller coaster at the end of the song
@stergios6518 Жыл бұрын
Best music video in the history of mankind.
@TheLowerIntestine 2 ай бұрын
I think you're right
@anthonycastelluci9225 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, they still crack me up. Always loved ska and rock steady, but these dudes also make some good comedy. Great band!
@squizza28 9 ай бұрын
Everything about everything in this song, and the video, was so well made. It's a song every young man can relate to. Well deserved its number 1 spot in 1982.
@ferrylad 2 жыл бұрын
I once worked In an off license, and let me tell you , if some bugger came in and started singing at me with his two trumpet playing mates, I would've phoned head office and demanded either a buzzer entry door or an automatic rifle,,I took no nonsense back in my Odd Bins days.
@davidgraham-pj8ic 9 ай бұрын
a band with everything,talent,fun & energy
@paulleoleo 3 жыл бұрын
Madness videos are the best representation of lads having fun and a laugh... Strange to think that you don't seem to get anything like this today.
@concars1234 2 жыл бұрын
where have all the lads gone???
@paulshotter7101 4 жыл бұрын
Madness house of fun classic songs from them eighties can't beat it good enough to be still be going now for 45 years old excellent music Suggs
@sofiaplatini1148 5 жыл бұрын
Had a massive crush on Suggs and chas smash bk on the old days had all their albums madness still legend
@lea6555 5 жыл бұрын
2:28 Lee's twinkle toes haha best dancing then, and now
@grego934 3 жыл бұрын
Madness will always be #1
@sjoerdmensonides7456 4 жыл бұрын
Madness heeft mijn jonge jaren veel plezier gedaan like a house of FUN!
@JK-dz8pn 10 жыл бұрын
How can you top this? Even after all these years it is still bloody amazing! Everything about this track and the band. I was only a young lad back in those days but even I knew they were something special :D
@monkeydust100 10 жыл бұрын
always make me smile when he finishes cutting his hair and holds up a photo
@brunoBEGARANI-kx2ey 19 күн бұрын
❤Happy Birthday Chris FOREMAN❤MADNESS FOREMAN❤SKA FOREVER❤
@JL-fp1oe 2 жыл бұрын
You truly understand the song nice you understand slang from the UK.
@darkdubh 6 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this video on tv when I was eight and bursting my arse laughing at the guys dressed as old ladies. The message about rubber johnnies went well over my head at the time.