These guys are amazing musicians ... their music is tight ... I grew up in the north of England in the 80's ... Ska and Two-Tone was like breathing oxygen .. just couldn't have lived without it ...
What I have always Loved about Madness besides their Awesome Music is their Sense of Humor. They always look like they're having so much fun and they don't take things to seriously. Which in life is a good thing keeps it less stressfull.
Seven million views and this song came out 40 years ago...and it wasn't even a big hit for them like Our House. And after listening to it for four decades, never get tired of it.
Who doesn't wish this wasn't 10 minutes longer?! I remember seeing this on MTV when it was in it's infantry and hardly heard it afterwards. Bloody shame! Love these lads!
The greatest ska song of all time! You just want to blast the ever living hell out of it. It's beyond amazing! I don't know how anyone can not like this song.
My dad used to have the music video tape to One Step Beyond and as a kid I always just sat and watched it. I guessed I thought it was some sort of weird kids show, but this 'bit' was always my favourite! Thanks Dad!
They were fantastic times, I bet he had a great life back then, just as I did. I want to tell you, I like many types of music, but Ska is at the top of the lot. Good luck to you and thumbs up to your Dad. Keep dancing.
Grew up listening to the Beatles. Living in Merseyside, they were everywhere, ubiquitous. But the first music I fell in love with, that I enjoyed with a passion, was UK 2-tone Ska revival. Later went back and listened to all the original 60's Ska legends, but it was the uniquely British Ska Punk sound was my first musical love
These guys really did nail it. They could muck about, make great music and have respect from the general public and the music industry while having career longevity. Plus their greatest trick was that when anyone mentions Madness, it's always with fondness. Thanks for posting the video.
Suggs is such a cute bastard! I've always loved this band. So many bands take themselves so seriously when they should be having fun . Madness were /are terrific! 💖
haha dad took me to see these guys in manchester when i was 11, and it was an r18 gig, thank fuck ive always been huge, one of my best childhood memorys, 8 years on and i can still remember it all
Love it. Madness videos all look like they've been made for 20 quid on a friday afternoon while they're all on the skive from moving sofas or servicing Ford Cortinas. Night Boat to Cairo is special because it looks like they all had a happy couple of hours mucking around in the legendary Laurence Corner surplus shop as well....
Absolutely LOVE this tune!! Memorys from my teens..lol..when they sang it live at THE TOON ARENA..I weent TOTALLY MAD!! God it always makes me smile this vid..!! Wud luv to see Madness again..need lots os pennies though.com!!
The best part about real English music is their accents... I'm so in love with British accents on a song, they have such s unique sound. like the specials, madness etc etc :) greets from The Netherlands
Cockney, there isn't a British accent. Scottish sound different to Irish, who sound different to Wales and numerous parts of England (Scouse, mancunian, Geordie and many more)
Think they just mean in general, which still doesn't mean much. Europe is known for having the greatest amount of ethnic diversity in the world in such a relatively small region, and Britain is the biggest example of that. For such a tiny nation to have such a range of accents isn't to be found anywhere else in the world.
I wonder why you would like it, its uncomprehensible for people who are not good at english, they're the same like Flanders if you're really a Dutch, you can't understand stuffs they say I preffer American accent for singing, but nonethtless i still love Madness and this song
whoa,,,, all I can say is,, The Beat. ,Madness, selector, etc what a great time to be young. no Downloading, go and buy a 45 at your local record shop, I know I'm showing my age, but hey music is a part of life.;-)
@Duc de Richleau Sorry but I do not miss the days of being ripped off by record stores you guys are just overtaken by nostalg it's much better these days. Instant access to any kind of music, no matter how obscure it is. Even the best stores in the past couldn't come close to matching that.
Never took themselves too seriously, had so much energy, even now they still seem to enjoy what they do nearly 40 years on. Madness are the sane ones, brilliant!
It's just gone noon Half past monsoon On the banks of the river Nile Here comes the boat Only half-afloat Oarsman grins a toothless smile Only just one more To this desolate shore Last boat along the river Nile Doesn't seem to care No more wind in his hair As he reaches his last half mile The oar snaps in his hand Before he reaches dry land But the sound doesn't deafen his smile Just pokes at wet sand With an oar in his hand Floats off down the river Nile Floats off down the river Nile
It's just gone noon Half past monsoon On the banks of the river Nile Here comes the boat Only half-afloat Oarsman grins a toothless smile Only just one more To this desolate shore Last boat along the river Nile Doesn't seem to care No more wind in his hair As he reaches his last half mile The oar snaps in his hand Before he reaches dry land But the sound doesn't deafen his smile Just pokes at wet sand With an oar in his hand Floats off down the river Nile Floats off down the river Nile
so cool of you all to represent your areas and to enjoy the same music and humour as each other around the world. colombia,new,york,italy,australia,baltimore.. i love you all, thank you
Madness, they call it madness.!! Ansome mate. If ya down in the dumps, bung it on and wollop, happy again.!!! Goes well with fish and chips to.!! Baboom.
This song is in one of the Just Dance games. The sad part was that I was the only one who genuinely enjoyed it because I'm batshit crazy about Ska . . . there wasn't a spread of skanking in the video that the game had in the background xP.
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These guys are amazing musicians ... their music is tight ... I grew up in the north of England in the 80's ... Ska and Two-Tone was like breathing oxygen .. just couldn't have lived without it ...
was a Yank working in York in those days and no truer words have been posted! Cheers mate!
What I have always Loved about Madness besides their Awesome Music is their Sense of Humor. They always look like they're having so much fun and they don't take things to seriously. Which in life is a good thing keeps it less stressfull.
BRILLIANT!!!
Takes me back to the 70's and 80's.
Loved Madness.. still do!
You can`t beat this stuff..Terrific era for music especially Ska.
My favorite Madness song of all. It's impossible to sit still while listening especially 2 minutes in
Seven million views and this song came out 40 years ago...and it wasn't even a big hit for them like Our House. And after listening to it for four decades, never get tired of it.
wow I forgot for nearly 20 years how insanely happy this makes me!!!!!!
Huge Madness fan seen them live 4 times and this tune doesn't disappoint, AWESOME!!!!!
That's what is missing from music these days. The sheer joy. Everything is so processed and engineered. Have fun instead. It's infectious!
Madness is possibly my favorite band ever and they're music is amazing absolutely superb.
Absolutely, positively one of the greatest songs ever!
Who doesn't wish this wasn't 10 minutes longer?! I remember seeing this on MTV when it was in it's infantry and hardly heard it afterwards. Bloody shame! Love these lads!
There will never be another band like them. Ever. The soundtrack to my youth. The videos were in a league of their own too. The nuts.
The Nutz-iest sound around...!
Mat Mclean I agree 100% 😛
@@OldManGripStrength listen dubioza kolektiv
Learn to love again and you may regain your youth
Not to be mistaken by the Nits......
Le plaisir de bénéficier de l'audition d'un titre des Monstres du Ska.
I miss all those 80's videos!! they tried to entertain you while you listened.
The greatest ska song of all time! You just want to blast the ever living hell out of it. It's beyond amazing! I don't know how anyone can not like this song.
They really are fantastic, classic Band, just love em! really they cant do wrong, good music and they make you feel so good! happy! thanks Madness xx
What a tune.... Brings a lot back... Brilliant
My era ,,,,,a lot of the 70s 80s music have million of viewers just show you
YOU CANNOT BEAT THE 70S,80S,MUSIC YAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Qué musica Dios mío
Qué chulada de música
Vitaminas para mis sentidos
I saw them Live, this was absolutely incredible!
everybody was merry and dancing crazily, I will never forget that night.
madness forever!
saw them in manchester a few months ago..great band and squeeze supporting were better...
Such a great tune!
I have stopped listening to music past the nineties and am working my way back now....thank god there USED to be good music.
Still as fresh sounding after all these years,, love madness ,,,,
Back in the day.....saw these guys live.....Complete madness
My dad used to have the music video tape to One Step Beyond and as a kid I always just sat and watched it. I guessed I thought it was some sort of weird kids show, but this 'bit' was always my favourite! Thanks Dad!
My mum had it too! I was practically raised on it
An amazing and original sound. 80s on the best!!!
Still sound great after all these years. They were sublime in Manchester last night.
I love madness, i cant believe they have nearly been forgotten, but the people who like good music will remember them always!
They were fantastic times, I bet he had a great life back then, just as I did. I want to tell you, I like many types of music, but Ska is at the top of the lot. Good luck to you and thumbs up to your Dad. Keep dancing.
Good.. solid... happy music and a great sax player. Love it.
Grew up listening to the Beatles. Living in Merseyside, they were everywhere, ubiquitous. But the first music I fell in love with, that I enjoyed with a passion, was UK 2-tone Ska revival. Later went back and listened to all the original 60's Ska legends, but it was the uniquely British Ska Punk sound was my first musical love
They made music to suit themselves but it's the fact that everyone else loves it too that made them so unbelievably good
One of my best nights ever……watching these lads in Thetford forest with my brother and my son……..next time with my nephew…..then educate my grandson.
These guys really did nail it. They could muck about, make great music and have respect from the general public and the music industry while having career longevity. Plus their greatest trick was that when anyone mentions Madness, it's always with fondness. Thanks for posting the video.
Madness always brings a smile to my face
Brilliant stuff. They made this years ahead of how people dance to gabba (trance/techno) style music.
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God I love this song / video - the days of Ska! - they must have had a blast making this! thanks for posting as it brings a smile to my face :)
Que excelente canción, México presente!
im 15 and i love madness, brilliant songs!
Suggs is such a cute bastard! I've always loved this band. So many bands take themselves so seriously when they should be having fun . Madness were /are terrific! 💖
What dull world we are leaving today..Please give us back bands like Madness
Love abit of Madness........Fantastic 👍👍👍
haha dad took me to see these guys in manchester when i was 11, and it was an r18 gig, thank fuck ive always been huge, one of my best childhood memorys, 8 years on and i can still remember it all
What a fantastic story - thank you for sharing it! Big up MADNESS!!
This band is insane and I love it.
man.. as a 10 year old I was obsessed by Madness. But damn they were big talents. what a "mad" song.
Still are! Saw them two days ago, still incredible live and mixing in new music with the classics :)
Saw these guys live tonight. Thought they were brilliant!!! Well done guys :D!
Love it. Madness videos all look like they've been made for 20 quid on a friday afternoon while they're all on the skive from moving sofas or servicing Ford Cortinas. Night Boat to Cairo is special because it looks like they all had a happy couple of hours mucking around in the legendary Laurence Corner surplus shop as well....
Absolutely LOVE this tune!! Memorys from my teens..lol..when they sang it live at THE TOON ARENA..I weent TOTALLY MAD!! God it always makes me smile this vid..!!
Wud luv to see Madness again..need lots os pennies though.com!!
ce clip est une œuvre d'art en fait.
Ahh school disco's back in the day...pure magic.
The best part about real English music is their accents... I'm so in love with British accents on a song, they have such s unique sound. like the specials, madness etc etc :)
greets from The Netherlands
Cockney, there isn't a British accent. Scottish sound different to Irish, who sound different to Wales and numerous parts of England (Scouse, mancunian, Geordie and many more)
Think they just mean in general, which still doesn't mean much. Europe is known for having the greatest amount of ethnic diversity in the world in such a relatively small region, and Britain is the biggest example of that. For such a tiny nation to have such a range of accents isn't to be found anywhere else in the world.
strange cause i love the Dutch. lol
zeg makker
I wonder why you would like it, its uncomprehensible for people who are not good at english, they're the same like Flanders if you're really a Dutch, you can't understand stuffs they say
I preffer American accent for singing, but nonethtless i still love Madness and this song
no matter how old you are, you just gotta love those Madness boys.
Showed this to my kids they thought it was hilarious. Reminder from times gone by an oldie but a goodie! I love it!
I just can't sit still listening to this song!
It's impossible isn't it!
this band were and still are AWESOME 🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
whoa,,,, all I can say is,, The Beat. ,Madness, selector, etc what a great time to be young. no Downloading, go and buy a 45 at your local record shop, I know I'm showing my age, but hey music is a part of life.;-)
Or recording on a Sunday afternoon the charts from the radio!
Total blast dancing to it in clubs!
@Duc de Richleau Sorry but I do not miss the days of being ripped off by record stores you guys are just overtaken by nostalg it's much better these days. Instant access to any kind of music, no matter how obscure it is. Even the best stores in the past couldn't come close to matching that.
Splendid! Great dancing. Fab tune...
Imádom, ahogy táncikolnak. Ez tényleg egy filléres videó volt, de nagyon jó lett.
one reason to love England (and i'm french:-P)
Classic!!! I'm skanking at my desk right now!!!
Jesse Rothbeind
the difference between us because of the difference between us because of your life dumb ass options are available for you to say I've
Duc de Richleau
Me too. Oh....or did you say skanking?
One of the best madness songs.
I LOVE THEM AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THE 80S CRAZY DAYS AND NIGHTS WITH SKA MUSIC. THEU ARE THE BEST!
Never took themselves too seriously, had so much energy, even now they still seem to enjoy what they do nearly 40 years on. Madness are the sane ones, brilliant!
Literally one of the best uk bands
Charlotte Munroe fantastic Charlotte the music was for real people 😉😉
Ever
The best years to be a young teenager and to grow up in xx
I love Madness! The dance in this vid is nearly as epic as the one on the bus in Cardiac Arrest.
Brilliant brilliant brilliant tune 🇬🇧
I'm 12 and this is my type of music, i've seen madness and the specials live.
I remember at school party's when ska was big we were dancing crazy like this; so much fun. The girls partied just as hard, they liked it too
+MarkVL I was one of those girls...........36 years later.......i still am
***** I I saw dance craze.........and i danced in the theatre !!!!
+SUE H was it edinburgh playhouse?
Steve Mcniel No Nottingham
im 13 cant relate
When the British Trick an African king into giving away all of his land because he can't read what the treaty says:
ooooooooooo loove this song in 2020 who is listening this in 2020 ?
I´listening,in Portugal
Meeeeee ! De de de de deeeee ,
Du du du duuuuuuu I was going to do all the sax bits but I’m too hyper and neeeeeed to dance to this!
Yup here in 2020
It's just gone noon
Half past monsoon
On the banks of the river Nile
Here comes the boat
Only half-afloat
Oarsman grins a toothless smile
Only just one more
To this desolate shore
Last boat along the river Nile
Doesn't seem to care
No more wind in his hair
As he reaches his last half mile
The oar snaps in his hand
Before he reaches dry land
But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
Just pokes at wet sand
With an oar in his hand
Floats off down the river Nile
Floats off down the river Nile
It's just gone noon
Half past monsoon
On the banks of the river Nile
Here comes the boat
Only half-afloat
Oarsman grins a toothless smile
Only just one more
To this desolate shore
Last boat along the river Nile
Doesn't seem to care
No more wind in his hair
As he reaches his last half mile
The oar snaps in his hand
Before he reaches dry land
But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
Just pokes at wet sand
With an oar in his hand
Floats off down the river Nile
Floats off down the river Nile
not hard to understand that it is better than all the shits they shit now
Un grand message de respect envers nos anciens avec beaucoup d'humour. J'adore.
saw them play Festival Hall Melbourne in 1981 on their first Oz tour..they opened with this song and the full house crowd went absolutely B A L M Y
2019 - I will never stop watching this.
any nations other than Brits love Madness?
when you understand this band, you will be rewarded with great catchy music
In Colombia we love it
New Yorker here through & through & always loved Madness
Australians love Brits humour
Baltimore. Mom was a rik Mayall fan thru the young ones I was introduced to the madness
so cool of you all to represent your areas and to enjoy the same music and humour as each other around the world.
colombia,new,york,italy,australia,baltimore..
i love you all, thank you
still as good today as they were then.
Love it! Takes me right back to my youth! Madness they call it madness!!
que de souvenirs. C'était trop génial ces sonorités, ces mélodies. On a jamais fait mieux depuis
That sax!!! 👌
I wish I was part of this video. Looks like they had a blast.
+rockabillylaker Probably a lot of work, with multiple takes.
+alworkedup Well of course in the parts where they're actually playing but the whole congo/dancing act seems like pure one-take improv.
+Br0ccoliface You just pretend play to the recorded version of the track.
+alworkedup you know they were progressively drunk during filming each scene.
Epic tune (10/10)......
They need to make music videos like this more often!!! This one is so fun just to watch the band mess around.
I was never into this music when it was out originally, but now I think its kin great and love madness and ska. I get it finally. Suggs for P.M......
Madness, they call it madness.!! Ansome mate. If ya down in the dumps, bung it on and wollop, happy again.!!! Goes well with fish and chips to.!! Baboom.
No one knows Ska anymore but indeed it was uniquely fun
I hope new générations will discover ska
WOW!
I was 12 when i discovered ska
I've got bi polar and everytime I listen to madness I'm on top of the world
And then you listen to Radiohead ?
Your nuts
And hello to ian
Bruh same
Madness always puts a smile on my face.
Sorry for your loss, truly great band, your dad had good taste! Respect!
madness is so much fun
+Marvin Staal vind in ook!
One of their greatest
"This is madness!
- Madness? THIS-IS-MADNESS!!!"
*everyone rolling joints around*
Madness?!THIS-IS-SPARTSKA!!!
Love this group great times the best of British
i love these guys..iv had the pleasure of seeing them live twice..
there amazing!!!...hoping to see em again as the touring....
Whenever I'm Down in the Dumps I just Listen to Madness and suddenly I feel so much better !
Muito bom, muito bom, muito bom!!!
Can we all acknowledge that this has been on here for 9.8 years?
more like 16 now
@@CaptianDerp69 thats even better!
@@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo damn you’re still active 😭
@@Radrred oh heavens, yes
@@Radrred you mistake me for someone whos going somewhere
This song is in one of the Just Dance games. The sad part was that I was the only one who genuinely enjoyed it because I'm batshit crazy about Ska . . . there wasn't a spread of skanking in the video that the game had in the background xP.
love it. a night of old high school days reminiscing!
One of their best songs, Always gets me up off my seat this one