The Friday Canon: MADNESS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The nutty boys are in town, so don your pork pie hat and jump on board the Night Boat To Cairo!

MADFAX

Madness have an average of 0.86 legs per band member (see photo above)

One of the saxophone players runs the Dublin Castle and demands that at least 75% of wall space in said drinking establishment must feature signed posters of the band

Madness once caused an earthquake in Finsbury Park that measured 4.5 on the Richter Scale

Madness are so named because frontman Suggs was (and remains to this day) a rabid fan of the Loch Ness Monster

[Poll #933532]

EDIT: Just so it doesn't get short shrift, Night Boat To Cairo appears on the Work Rest & Play EP.

The results of last week's Missycanon:

1. Get UR Freak On
2. Work It
3. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
4. One Minute Man [ft Ludacris]
5. Pass That Dutch
6. Lose Control [w/ Ciara & Fatman Scoop]
7. Gossip Folks [ft Ludacris]
8. 4 My People
9. 1-2 Step [w/ Ciara]
10. All N My Grill [ft MC Solaar]

Comments

Embarrassment?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I think of Madness as a true pop band IE all their best stuff is the famous stuff (of which there are exactly 8 hurrah). But I've never heard Embarrassment, which appears to be beating the pants off Michael Caine, Wings Of A Dove, Driving in my Car AND My Girl! What's it all about?

Re: Embarrassment?

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Isn't Embarrassment basically the same idea as "Shame and Sorrow" (which I've never heard), ie., being about an pregnant, unmarried, single girl, told from the point of view of a family member.

Re: Embarrassment?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

There's a race angle to "Embarrassment" too.

It's my favourite Madness song actually. mippy wrote something about it recently here (http://mippy.livejournal.com/288509.html).