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Some great music from the 80s, no.48

Madness. Our House

With this fabulous bit of social observation wrapped up in a pop song, Madness cemented their place in British culture (with a nod back to the Kinks). It balances some great conversational lyrics with Madness' by then typical post-ska, almost musical hall instrumentation and rhythmical drive. It is somehow quintessentially British & remains a timeless classic celebrating non-elite community culture. A real treat.

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Show threadMinaApr 6

@ChrisMayLA6

Madness was such a fabulous band.

Loved them back then and still do now.

Of "Our House" there was a fabulous Spitting Image version which put it into the context of Thatcher's commodification of housing.

It used to be on YouTube, but has been deleted some time.

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@mina

I don't think I ever saw that (or at lest not that I can recall) - sounds great

Show threadAlex TurffApr 6
@ChrisMayLA6 them performing it on top of Buckingham Palace as part of the queen's jubilee concert was pretty awesome too.