Madness!!!
Yep....another 2 Tone band.
SKA was one of those styles of music that was just perfect for dancing and partying. Plus the clothing styles were ultra cool. Add to that the fact that most of the SKA bands could write some great songs and you have a winner. Madness were the English SKA Kings. They looked like a group of guys you'd want to have a few pints with and they were funny. Their videos were some of the more entertaining ones on MTV.
House Of Fun was one of those videos. They look like they're having fun the whole way through the video.....just imagine the hours of running around England being silly. They were obviously big fans of Monty Python (so was I and most of my friends) so they HAD to be cool. The subject matter of the song was mostly unknown to me for most of the 80's but I've since been enlightened. "Box of balloons with a feather light touch / Pack of party poppers that pop in the night". Were talking about condoms here people. The song tells the story of a young man trying to buy his first pack of condoms at the local chemist but since he's using slang to describe what he intends to buy, the chemist sends him to a joke shop called "The House Of Fun".
The song was Madness's only # 1 song in the UK. And while the song was never released as a single in the US, the video was shown on MTV enough that the band became a fan favorite among the SKA movement.
Please enjoy House Of Fun by Madness. Party hats NOT included.
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