Madness

This song, “In the City” by Madness came to my attention recently, popping up randomly on music shuffle.

If you’re not familar with Madness, they are a ska band from Camden Town, London and had a massive hit with “Our House” in the US (although all their singles charted very well in the UK).

They are still active, producing new music and, in fact, they’re playing live tonight (Dec 14th) at 02 Arena in London.

“In the City” was a b-side to the Cardiac Arrest single, released in 1982. Interesting enough, song was actually written for a Japanese television advertisement for Honda City Cars. I don’t think the advertiser actually used the the song (instead opting to use “Driving in My Car” song instead).

So check out this really fun song, I especially love the “gumba gumba
gumba” part (it made the song sound as if it’s like a horror comedy
song).

12/14/2007 08:40:40

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