In the music video, instead of ending on the heart attack, the main character gets up and cheerily sings along with another repeat of the chorus.
@EdwardGregoryNYC11 ай бұрын
Madness was so much fun live. Thanks for diving deeper on them. It looks like they had to lip sync, so they just had fun and didn't even try to look like they were singing into the mic. Much better than pretending.
@liveitup6711 ай бұрын
Their videos were a lot of fun to watch, and the video for ''Cardiac Arrest'' was no exception. We used to jump around when a Madness video came on either Countdown or Sounds. It was pretty exciting when they came to Australia in 1982 and having them be guests on Countdown. Not fun seeing Countdown kids groping them while they attempted to perform ''House Of Fun''. Somebody should have told them that it was a bad idea to wear shorts in front of us. The distance between audience and band in this video is a good idea.
@colrhodes37711 ай бұрын
You would have been good with my brother and his mates 😊
@liveitup6711 ай бұрын
@@colrhodes377 What do you mean by that, Col?
@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-8311 ай бұрын
@@colrhodes377 Col.. Mind your manners, and don't speak like that to my sister.
@colrhodes37711 ай бұрын
@@liveitup67 Massive Madness fans. They would have been dancing away with you guys
@colrhodes37711 ай бұрын
@@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83🤔???????
@pflynn58111 ай бұрын
It's about the day to day stresses of life that can lead to an early grave.
@kenlikes59207 ай бұрын
Such a good tune… ☺️ Let’s do something else from the 80s… ‘It Bites - Calling All The Heroes’ … probably one of the most energetic songs of the time… 💯 Thanks for reading… Cheers, Jason (Bond.)
@heathcornbeef11 ай бұрын
Kia ora hello guys. hay when Strummer was a toddler and worked out how to use the dvd player he was either playing Thomas the tank engine The Clash rude boy movie (i think because he kept hearing his name) and MADNESS live he loved that dvd until it was unplayable. Moana my ex wife used to sit the computer speakers on her tummy and play ska reggae and punkrock to all three of our boys throughout her whole pregnancy and they came out loving music
@didierchapelot567111 ай бұрын
I has asked for too 😁 You forgot me. This is my favorite Madness song.
@hanierfamily11 ай бұрын
We're sorry. We hate when we miss people.
@richhorton889811 ай бұрын
Lee or Chaz wrote of this one travelling to work one day on the London underground watching a guy collapse and die of a heart attack giving out a strong stay stress free message!
@Greatest19795 ай бұрын
It was Chas/Carl/Cathal who wrote the lyrics and who had witnessed the guy collapse on the Tube.
@TrickyTone8734 ай бұрын
Chas wrote it about his dad as he did years later with You're Wonderful
@seanchris829011 ай бұрын
Excellent reaction as usual.
@scottmacdonald182611 ай бұрын
Good one guys. They were such a great band. When you look up "ska" in the dictionary, Madness starts playing.
@heathcornbeef11 ай бұрын
He's SCARY but sweet as if you don't piss him off
@CHRISANDREOU419911 ай бұрын
Who?
@heathcornbeef11 ай бұрын
@@CHRISANDREOU4199 MY friend GOON he's an old very grumpy skinhead used to be an asshole when he was younger but saw through his shitty attitude and he's now just grumpy
@140cabins11 ай бұрын
Oh, that's unusual, they're miming to the album version. If this was to promote the single, I'd expect them to be miming to the single version, I wonder why they did this, then?
@kevinchester053311 ай бұрын
The official video for this is well worth a watch, it's perfect for the song. This song broke the streak of top ten songs thanks to the BBC banning it after a week.
@140cabins11 ай бұрын
But surely the rule was that when the BBC banned your song, it immedaitely went to number one...
@kevinchester053311 ай бұрын
Sadly not, highest new entry, highest climber then banned due to the subject coinciding with real life.
@TrickyTone8735 ай бұрын
BBC didn't actually ban it because they performed it on Top of The Pops but Radio 1 didn't put it on their airplay list although a few DJs (who were fans of he band) still played it. Everyone had bought the LP with it on which perhaps didn't help sales.
@marcharley646511 ай бұрын
This song is from the period in which the band decided to move beyond their ska roots and into more traditional pop music. As time went on, they would mature both musically and lyrically whilst always creating interesting and entertaining material.
@heathcornbeef11 ай бұрын
I've seen so many of the GREAT SKA bands THE SKATALITES THE SPECIALS THE BEAT BAD MANNERS THE SELECTOR STRANGER COLE!!!! THE AGGROLITES AND......... BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN MADNESS 😭
@colrhodes37711 ай бұрын
I almost had a heart attack when I saw you doing this
@kevint88873 күн бұрын
You should have watched the official video like you normally do for Madness. Much more fun and explains the song. Love your content.
@Richarddraper11 ай бұрын
Madness are so much fun and there's a great band underneath the silliness. Take my advice and get a bike to ride to work. Gets rid of the stress of the journey and gets some exercise in as well.
@Sandy-dd4le11 ай бұрын
Oh Woody, you look like you haven't started shaving yet!
@heathcornbeef11 ай бұрын
Does my friend GOON get automatic entry into the Goonies 😊 he's called GOON FOR A GOOD REASON
@hanierfamily11 ай бұрын
Only if he joins our channel. :)
@heathcornbeef11 ай бұрын
@@hanierfamily he lives in the middle of nowhere and doesn't get internet or cell phone coverage (not a caveman but close)
@69Phuket11 ай бұрын
Madness...The very name says it all! :/ ;o :) 90 minutes on a bus? You guys should move...Seriously!
@hanierfamily11 ай бұрын
Wouldn't that be nice. But who can afford that?
@martinmartin136311 ай бұрын
We are living in a Godless society and revolves around material wealth and values, and morals become a figment of the imagination in fact reality becomes an illusion an endless nightmare that ends in madness and death.
@togs076211 ай бұрын
Is that you Steve Hitcham?
@kevint88873 күн бұрын
Best Madness song by far is One Better Day. Check it out please.
@SuziQ49911 ай бұрын
I love your content I have a request if you get time can you please review Riot by the Dead Kennedys one of my all-time favourite songs its on the Plastic Surgery Disasters album , Thank you take care and you wont regret hearing it.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering11 ай бұрын
I’m TOTALLY on board with that !!!! I’ve asked for this myself too … first time I heard it I was BLOWN AWAY by the music but ESPECIALLY the lyrics … “ tomorrow your homeless … tonight its a blast “.. respect for a great call ✊ 👍🏴
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering11 ай бұрын
Hmphhh.. I replied all excitedly ,agreeing effusively with your choice .. and it’s disappeared !!!!! Ffs 🤦♂️… sigh , 4th time this week … deep breath !! I TOTALLY AGREE with your choice , I’ve asked for it myself too , the musics fantastic but the lyrics are even better … “ tomorrow your homeless .. tonight it’s a blast “.. respect for this call ✊ 👍🏴
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering11 ай бұрын
😳….. and NOW it’s reappeared ! 🤷♂️ What’s going on ? .. I assure you I’m NOT a stalker .. 🤣 👍🏴
@SuziQ49911 ай бұрын
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering haha np
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering11 ай бұрын
@@SuziQ499 🤣✊ 👍🏴
@fredbettesworth539711 ай бұрын
try the tourist - i only want to be with you
@hanierfamily11 ай бұрын
We did a comparison between the Tourists and Dusty Springfield on our 'Who Did It Better' series. It was fascinating.
@fredbettesworth539711 ай бұрын
@@hanierfamily cool, i missed that. Ill look it up
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering11 ай бұрын
No getting away with the fact that Madness had a number of catchy hits during their career and indeed were popular at home and abroad , I couldn’t stand them however , they were far too much like “ professional cockneys “ and fair play to Suggs for having the career he’s had with his awful singing voice and clunky movements on stage . I’m much more convinced of him nowadays as a presenter on tv rather than a frontman . 👍🏴
@TrickyTone8735 ай бұрын
How to tell us you are clueless with out saying I am clueless.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering5 ай бұрын
@@TrickyTone873 you opinion is of supreme indifference to me .. yawn 🥱 …. As your hero Micheal Jackson once said “Beat it “..🖕 👍🏴
@vincentc14544 ай бұрын
Professional cockneys? Let me tell you something. Singing in his own accent is the most honest thing you can do and did not do them any favours because most people don’t like that. If ever there was a band who were not contrived its Madness. Their Self-deprecation and absence of bravado is why they never made it in the US.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering4 ай бұрын
@@vincentc1454 NO .. don’t bother “ telling me something “ ! Happy to listen to your view on the track/band .. but don’t have a go at my opinion ok ! My opinion is mines and you don’t get to explain why I’m wrong .. cos there is no right or wrong , just opinions .. 👀 👍🏴
@TheCheshireCat21902 ай бұрын
Worst thing ya did was stopping the video in the middle of the song🙄🙄