Nothing and I mean NOTHING got people on the dance floor faster than when this was played in the clubs back in the 80's, happy days 🌞👌 gotta be Night Boat to Cairo next...

@frankie3041

3 жыл бұрын

This is the TRUTH. ✌️

@andrewcleall8667

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll 2nd that , and huge for any house parties .

@Kavala76

3 жыл бұрын

"Night Boat to Cairo" YES! YES! YES!

@Tony_Regime

3 жыл бұрын

or House of Fun

@lennon1482

3 жыл бұрын

NIGHT BOAT IS THE TUNE

It was great being a teen in the 80’s.

@lisaprice6855

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck yea

@DanieVargas

2 жыл бұрын

YES IT WAS!! Our music was UNPARALLELED! Our music all sounded different from every other song on the radio! I’m sorry, but today’s music ALL SOUNDS THE SAME…. Thank God for Pandora…

@victorvisser403

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was.

@cokiea57

2 жыл бұрын

Better in the 70's, no AIDS, so no condoms.

@someguy3752

2 жыл бұрын

This song is from '79, but your point still stands.

Madness are a great British band & the whole point with there music is that it's fun & including there videos check out it must be love, baggy trousers, house of fun.

When Jamaicans first arrived in the UK they brought with them a style of music, two tone and Ska for example. That music was very soon adopted by bands such as Madness among others. The word Buster was used a lot, it was a nod to Prince Buster a Jamaican singer, song writer and producer. It brought a lot of people together here in the UK at that time. Madness was known as Nutty dread with there own style of dancing.

@s12856

3 жыл бұрын

I think 'Two Tone' was the fusion of the ska/reggae influences the Carribeans (mainly Jamaican) brought over, and the British music of the time i.e punk rock and some new wave. And the genre's name and the checkered black and white pattern that's associated with it is to represent that fusion of black and white music. I may be wrong but that's how I always thought of it.

@zargonthemagnificent330

3 жыл бұрын

Two Tone was originally the name of the independent UK record label that released most of the new ska bands in the late 1970s, such as Madness, The Selecter, and The Specials. The UK music media started to refer to the whole scene as Two Tone a year or two later.

@AnglOsAxOn2

3 жыл бұрын

@@zargonthemagnificent330 @S Tho. Yes you are both wright I never explained it properly. Thanks for doing so.

@shawnfaddoul1779

2 жыл бұрын

Oi! Oi!

@timmistorey5989

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic time for music in Britain. Perfect blend

I begged my mom to get me a bass so I could play this. She said, "No". Totally destroyed my awesome Ska career before it even began.

@trappenweisseguy27

3 жыл бұрын

Never too late to start. I didn’t start until I was 35.

@smolwavingsnail9028

3 жыл бұрын

you walk your own path in life. no one can walk it for you :)

@rossmacintosh5652

3 жыл бұрын

When you put her in a nursing home tell her that's why. 😁

@noortjevanoo1837

3 жыл бұрын

@@rossmacintosh5652 🤣🤣🤣

@cdmarkandu

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!! 😂👍🏽

Late seventies/early eighties this band were huge in the UK. Played at all the clubs etc. They are still loved by many. My favourite band back then-that aged me! Please try - Baggy Trousers, Our House, Wings of a Dove, House of fun, Night Boat to Cairo -last one is my absolute favourite of theirs

@michellegreggan4548

3 жыл бұрын

Suggs is still pretty hot looking all these years later 😍

@poppad331

3 жыл бұрын

You missed their best song....It must be love.....also love Prince Buster

@stevewright9779

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I'd also add Shut Up, Embarrassment and My Girl to that list.

@Tanzadog1

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevewright9779 bread and breakfast man :) or for serious ... Yesterday's Men or Grey Day

@SpikeMatthews

3 жыл бұрын

Night Boat? Seconded. It's my all-time favourite single (ok, ep)

They were great fun. No one can resist the Madness. Night Boat to Cairo must be next!

@DawnSuttonfabfour

3 жыл бұрын

@Luna Raven Het girrrl. It's Mother's Day here and my mum had a weird episode with her heart on thursday and was taken in to acute cardiac care but is now home. So relieved but she not out of the woods yet, lots of tests etc to be done but damn it was good to see her. I told my dad I AM coming round, sod the lockdown, I haven't seen her properly in months and she is only 5 minutes away! I spent large and got her favourite scent. God I have missed her presence in my day to day life. Piggin' lockdown! I said sod it, I am going to see her. It was wonderful. You having good Sunday hon? Hope you are. Love & light. x

They were called the nutty boys and you can see why haha! They were great and the best selling group in the UK in the 80s.

I have loved Madness for almost 40 years!!!!

@geoffdundee

3 жыл бұрын

Yvonne Hebert........aye 40 years - true.....we both be getting on a bit now eh? LOL

@KatieBarnes-nz2hz

3 ай бұрын

@@geoffdundeeI saw them live in Leicester in 1979

They open their concerts with this. Everybody goes bonkers. Seen them many times over the years. Their lyrics also pack a punch. Knutty Boys.

These guys are one of my favorite bands growing up. I remember MTV playing this when it first started. Where has the time gone 🤔

I heard a story about them holding a concert at finsbury Park and when they played this the whole crowd were jumping so much that local people were ringing the police reporting an earthquake. Apparently it registered as a 4.2 on the richter scale ,Good times 😀

@DawnSuttonfabfour

3 жыл бұрын

Madstock - they did it every year for a while.

@ggenie7489

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnSuttonfabfour I would have loved to have been there. Still makes me proud to be British

@katerussell6139

3 жыл бұрын

This is the best thing I’ve ever hear!! I’m sorry I missed that show!! I absolutely love them!! I was front row at their show in Denver when I was 12! The lead singer Suggs pulled me onstage for a quick photo with him and let me skank on stage with him during this song! He said it cracked him up I was so young and could “Skank my bum off” he told me 😂! Ahhhh the memories! Thank you for sharing that story! ❤️ it!!!

@katerussell6139

3 жыл бұрын

Good grief!! This is the best thing I’ve ever heard 🤦‍♀️ I got all excited about some Madness and miss typed in my previous comment sorry all!!

@brianthomas6227

3 жыл бұрын

It's true me & my mate where there right in the middle of it all started with one step beyond & everyone started jumping to the music you can see it on KZread Madstock

As a Londoner I grew with Madness, familiar with the song but never seen this video.

@CycolacFan

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, it must have been played on TV but don’t know where. They usually performed in person on Top of the Pops.

that was great ,,checkout the specials , the ,selector and the beat

@nutty784

3 жыл бұрын

And bad manners 😎

@RudeboyGroot

3 жыл бұрын

Also Bodysnatchers, Akrylykz, Arthur Kay, Swinging Cats, & then artists who followed soon after in the Third Wave who were still very 2Tone to me like Mark Foggo, The Riffs, Hotknives, Loafers, etc

@alhollywood6486

3 жыл бұрын

@@nutty784 Buster is a god!

@michaelcavan5015

3 жыл бұрын

@@alhollywood6486 lip up lol

One of the first songs I ever owned. They were big when I was in junior school.

@runningfromabear8354

3 жыл бұрын

My Dad was serving in Germany when I was little and he had this album. We have home video of me bumping my little nappied bum to this with a wild little grin.

@JohnM...

3 жыл бұрын

Really? Not "baggy trousers "?

@HighHoeKermit

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnM... Haha, you'd think so wouldn't you... but this was on their 1979 album of the same name and Baggy Trousers was on their 1980 album Absolutely.

40+ years later I still can’t not move when this comes on. They’re still smashing it live and this is the first song every time. You can imagine the atmosphere as soon as the crowd hear “Hey you! Don’t watch that, watch this....”

Guaranteed to get everyone skanking! You should check out more of the 2tone stuff, especially more Specials (I know you've done ghost town), The Beat, Selector... There's some great compilations about of the original Jamaican Ska tunes that a lot of the British ska lot were influenced by or directly copied that you should try to get hold of, so much great music!

@brittyn

3 жыл бұрын

Selecter- On My Radio!

OMJ!!! You just shot me straight back to my college days!!! My roommate and I went to her boyfriend's house one day. Suddenly he and his friends got up and went into the kitchen. "One Step Beyond!" started and the guys followed in a dance line through the room. So Fun!!

@Leaddevo

3 жыл бұрын

Was there anyone between the ages of 7 and 30 who DIDN'T do the madness Conga strut in the UK? Joyous times indeed.

Bloody fantastic. You cant go wrong with Madness. You have to listen to Grey Day, Must Be Love, The Return of the Los Palmas 7

@janeharris8991

3 жыл бұрын

I should’ve been in that bloody video Return of the Los Palmas 7 but instead of going into the cafe with the girls in the video I went back to school 🤦🏻‍♀️ I was furious when I saw that video on Top of the Pops. My brother even met them & they stopped him & spoke to him outside the cafe that afternoon 🤬

@Naitasi6

3 жыл бұрын

@@janeharris8991 oh wow....missed opportunity. I feel your pain...😟

@janeharris8991

3 жыл бұрын

@@Naitasi6 😭😂🙏🏻

This song was originally done by Prince Buster but the tempo was a lot slower, Prince Buster was Madness inspiration. In an open air concert in London- Finsbury Park, when they played this song, the crowd was jumping so hard - IT CAUSED AN EARTHQUAKE!

@johncollinge619

3 жыл бұрын

Ska resonance...I was in a two floor club, dance floor upstairs, watching the ceiling flex and warp. Wish I'd taken a clip!

@walboyfredo6025

3 жыл бұрын

@@johncollinge619 News Clip : When Madness performed again at ‘Madstock’ in Finsbury Park, London, in 1992, the 33,000 dancing fans when dancing to " one step beyond", created a tremor that registered 4.2 on the Richter scale and local residents feared they were experiencing an earthquake.

@johncollinge619

3 жыл бұрын

@@walboyfredo6025 So that's what you get from unbridled joy! Why isn't there more ska?

@solncevskiya9850

7 ай бұрын

True!

They don't call them "The Nutty Boys" for nothing.

I literally grew up listening to Madness. Borrowed my dad's CD, and memorised every single song on the album. In fact, I'll be ordering a few of their albums shortly. Excellent memories. Hight recommend It must be love, Baggy Trousers, Night Boat To Cairo & House Of Fun.

Madness was great and the sound has stayed With me 2023 still love them as ever! They were and still are different!!

This band is the business!!!they had loads of classics!!!!

Madness were part of my life growing up, glad you can see how cool they were. And still are.....

And they’re still amazing live...

Try their song It Must Be Love next... great tune!

@stevemasonofficial

3 жыл бұрын

Labie Sifri’s song

@sidvicious05

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevemasonofficial and suggs sings it so well as he does with the prince

@jauntyangle5667

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevemasonofficial Cheers.

Madness were great - such fun with oodles of talent!

Cathal Smyth, AKA "Chas Smash" who does the intro and the lead vocals here, wasn't even part of the band when this video was made. Heck he's not even in the cover picture of the album. - So what is he even doing here? Well he was the band's original bass player but left to pursue other interests. Leaving under friendly terms, he always came around when the band had gigs and became the band's party dude, joining them on stage where for the heck of it, they had him recite the rap instead of usual lead singer Graham "Suggs" McPherson. So when the band were recording their first album they went "We HAVE to include 'One step beyond!' " and knowing how well Chas did that song live, they brought him in and he KILLED IT. From that on, Chas re-joined the band officially, playing trumpet and doing the occasional lead vocal but in general being there to create mayhem on stage.

@Tanzadog1

3 жыл бұрын

They wanted Chas to be a part time, but producer and director (and co founder of Stiff records) said no, Chas had to be in it full time. Chas said he saw himself as the physical manifestation of what Madness was about. He also did dancing of course for them.

@ianblack7006

3 жыл бұрын

Mike said he could join the band on one condition he learned an instrument ( trumpet)

YES! Love Madness! There are so many songs for you to check out. To try and narrow it a bit, though, I suggest "Night Boat to Cairo", "Bed and Breakfast Man", "The Prince" (a tribute to Prince Buster who originally did One Step Beyond), "Madness" (another Prince Buster cover and where their name came from), "Tarzan's Nuts", "Swan Lake", "Shut Up", "Missing You", "Waltz Into Mischief", "In the City", "House of Fun", "Driving in My Car", "Sorry", and "In the Hall of the Mountain King". This list ended up being longer than I intended, but still shorter than it could've been 😊 Oh, and thanks for not stopping at "Our House". It's nice when people find out they're more than that.

@Schmidthorst69

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about MY GIRL! :)

Madness are the best band from my childhood . So good to see younger people enjoying it. I still have the album "complete madness" from the 80s.

Saw them in concert about 10yrs ago in the Uk, still high energy, never seen a crowd groove so much!

What is the first sign of Madness, Suggs ( the lead singer ) walking through the door

@laurieh9102

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t it Chaz Smash on this one though?

@mollywoodcock5444

3 жыл бұрын

i dont think suggs sings on this one does he?

@laurieh9102

3 жыл бұрын

@Molly Woodcock this song is from the days of Madness having 7 members, they whittled down to 5 I think over the years before they disbanded, not sure how many are in the reunion 🤷‍♀️ Chaz Smash and Suggs were the 2 singers in the old days, I don’t think Suggs features on this but I can’t be 100% 👍

@williamc4309

3 жыл бұрын

It was just a joke I heard about 20 years ago , I just picked suggs as that's only member I knew

@laurieh9102

3 жыл бұрын

Haha no worries @William C 👍 I was raised on hearing Madness, The Beat, The Specials, etc (amongst others) I was just being pedantic 😂

They did a cover version of Labi Siffre's "It Must Be Love" with a music video featuring Labi himself.

@chloedevereaux1801

3 жыл бұрын

no they didn't.... it was a totally different song....

@chrisbradley1192

3 жыл бұрын

@@chloedevereaux1801 It's the video that has the "don't do this" warning at the beginning because of the electric guitar being "played" in the swimming pool. Labi appears at the very end in a cameo.

Oh! Madness is the best! They will be in concert (hopefully) in May/June the States. They are still popular in the UK. Great music! They pride themselves on their goofiness. Look up the video for I Never New Your Name performed in Trafalgar Square. Flash Mob.

Yess! You've discovered Madness, fantastic 👏👌

Oh brilliant. Loved madness. Saw them in concert years ago in Ireland. They live up to their name. They are mad as hell. 👍🎶🇮🇪

Yes! Yes! Yes!!!! Skafabulosity 🤩 Utter fun and joy!

This is one song I can remember all the lyrics to.

National treasures, loved by so, so many, and rightly so...any song, even their most melancholic stuff, the smile appears on peoples faces.

Madness must be love song

Something I didn't know for a long time is that this is actually a cover of a song recorded in the 60's by Prince Buster, he also did a song called madness. Madness have always been a favourite of mine even though I was only about 5 when they formed. They were about more than just the music, they had that silly humour about them that I like.

I'm 47 and I'm glad the younger generation is hearing these tunes from the 80s.There all so fun...MUSIC TO CHEER YOU UP...

Please react to The Selector - On My Radio, The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom - you just can't beat a bit of Two Tone.

@frederickvondinkerberg7721

3 жыл бұрын

The Specials - Rudy and Ghost town

@brittyn

3 жыл бұрын

Selecter **

@karrenejanyll5030

3 жыл бұрын

@@frederickvondinkerberg7721 and Gangsters!!!

@bevcrusher4177

3 жыл бұрын

Mirror in the Bathroom is a banger!

Jayvee review "Night boat to Cairo" And "waiting for the Ghost train" next 👍

Bed and Breakfast Man and Night Boat to Cairo by Madness are brilliant also

@DawnSuttonfabfour

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh B&B Man, yes!

Thank you for some more Madness ❤️!! You made my day love it!! Great reaction as always my friend!! So much ❤️ for you!!

I've seen them a few times across many countries, and they always start their set with this song - it always gets the crowd warmed up

What a tune, HEYYYY YOUUUUU

The whole Two Tone second wave ska movement was filled with Prince Buster covers (like this one). I don't know why he isn't more popular.

@fcsp9048

2 жыл бұрын

Prince Buster ❤

I saw Madness live about 15 years ago in a small club from the front row and it’s gotta be one of my top 10 live shows. SO GOOD AND FUN!

This song really does get everyone moving. When I saw them live they opened with this and like everyone started dancing and every beer went flying it truly was mental 😂

Hi Jay, Madness was one of my favourites in the early 80s, try 'Night Boat to Cairo' next👍

Love Madness and the specials, had to rewatch your reaction to ghost town

Saw Madness with OIngo Boingo, The Fixx, The Thompson Twins and The Police at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum in September 1983. What an amazing concert! So glad you're getting to understand how great these ska bands were back then (and now).

Gosh, I love these guys. I remember the very first time I heard this. I was in the Fastlane in Asbury Park with my best friend (in either late ‘79 or ‘80), and this video came on the tv. I was immediately smitten. I also recall seeing a Plasmatics video there that night as well, but I’m not sure you’re ready for Wendy O. 🤣 And now, since this happens every single time I hear Madness or even think of them, Suggs will appear in my dreams... which I don’t mind one single bit. 💜 “Baggy Trousers” “House of Fun” “Must Be Love” 💜💜💜

This song was their "theme song" that they would open with.

These guys were in their late teens when they made this record . Some talent.

The 80's had a lot of sax playing in its music which is quite different from music today. The Sax definitely makes 80's music unique and happy.

The band with the most UK chart hits in history up to this day I think. They are loved not only in the UK. All over Europe they had been loved.

“You’re an embarrassment” Madness 🕴🏽 & “Johnny come home” Fine Young Cannibals.....music videos please

"Pressure Drop" is a ska classic that you should check out. It was done originally by Toots and the Maytals in 1968, and has been covered by several artists, but The Specials version is my favorite. (You should also try some Third World - "Try Jah Love" or "Now that we've Found Love". Not ska, more reggae influenced, but I think you'd really like them)

@clashfan2875

3 жыл бұрын

I'm partial to The Clash's version myself. ;)

It's hard to remember the lyrics but the sounds still rock. Thanks for the memories. Happy feet! Thank you kindly Jayvon! You're the Man.

Their lead singer comes from my home town, they played a concert recently and we felt our floors vibrate from a mile away 😂😂😂

One of the best British bands we have 🙌 check out ub40 they were legendary!!!! 😁

Aaaargh, such good memories!

My favourites by Madness are "Our House", "House of fun", and "Driving in my car". I also love their cover of "It must be love".

The musical diversity of the late 70's to the early 90's was just too great. Love love love Madness

My brother saw this video back in the day and said "What the hell is this?" I said "It's Madness." He stared at me and left. He couldn't handle the truth.

Such a fun group, still touring. You gotta do “Baggy Trousers” and “House of Fun.” Enjoy!

Btw Madness got their name from an old Prince Buster song called Madness which Madness also covered so well. Also the first single by Madness called The Prince is a tribute to the legendary Prince Buster. Check it out. 😎

SUCH FUN!!!! Love Madness - good GOOD memories of school discos :D

I recimend the selector on my radio

Try The Selector ....On my radio ! Similar great vibe 😁👍✌️🇬🇧🙏

"Embarresment" by Madness. One of the best British songs ever.

You hit the nail on the head about so many of my fellow Brits. We do NOT take ourselves too seriously. In fact the more I think about it so many of our Male Groups derived from a bunch of mates from The Beatles and The Faces to Madness and even Genesis from their school :)

Crikey not heard this since forever, fantastic 👏

Watch the Dance Craze film; basically, pretty much a greatest hits of 2Tone. I get the Madness thing as they're great fun, but I prefer the more political tunes of the time, so the Specials obviously and, believe it or not, before they went all commercial, UB40. One in Ten (live with Mikey Dread is the best version as it transforms into Roots and Culture), ten minutes of brilliance!

Madness have been one of my favourites since I first started going to live shows - they are brilliant live! Just love them :)

It was their introduction theme, they knitted two together to form one song, and they had a hit.

was wondering when these reaction channels would react to SKA.

"Whoever told you that you can't make a song with just instrumentals..." Errr, no-one. That is actually the definition of an instrumental. A musical piece without vocals.

@jedislap8726

3 жыл бұрын

Mozart: Ermmmm what am I? A joke to you?

Your reviews a delight to watch keep it up man

everyone would go crazy when this track came on at house parties in the 80's, great times. Seen them live a number of times and they are brilliant. The crowd still goes mad especially when Night Boat to Cairo plays

I don't know many humans who can stay still when they hear this song ! Pogo !!!

Love, love, love "One Step Beyond" Ska, Ska, Ska! Fun memories dancing to Ska music with our friends! Madness is the best! Yes! Great reaction! Peace! ☮✌

YES, YES, YES! i've been dying to see you react to this one. :-D

im new to your videos but i gotta say man you've been reacting to some old school solid gold and i respect that!

Great review. This is the first song they did in their concerts. A brilliant and fun band!!!

I was lucky enough to see them in concert in the 80s , they were absolutely out of this world, I love there song baggy trousers x

The 80's were great for diverse music. Glad I spent my teens then.

When I took part in an amateur production of Our House (the musical based on the songs of Madness) we opened the show with the entire cast and chorus bursting into the auditorium and dancing through the audience to this song. It was the perfect way to open the show because the energy in the room when we did it was just INSANE. For another fun, high energy song by this band you should absolutely check out Baggy Trousers.

When they came on the stage in Carlisle in 1980. The whole place went barmy. It was one of thse concerts you were glad you were there. Brilliant. Madness are Legends.

Love madness, and the Specials I was in my late teens when these brilliant bands had their best hits.. Now 59 years old and the memories come flooding back 😊👍.

Back in the day, when I was young...this was the song that the Club we went to in Hartford CT...ended every night too. Everyone knew the night was over and we all danced and then lights came up and we all went home! It was great!

Can tell when you like a song your smile shows your soul,so keep smiling you’re a good person 🙂🙂👍👏👏

I saw Madness live in 1980, & they sound exactly like they do on their recordings! Not many bands can claim that! 😲

Omg ♥️🎶🎶🎶the blast we would have once this jam was at a party or school dance 🕺

Me and my husband very nearly walked down the aisle with our wedding party doing the ‘One Step Beyond’ walk. Really wish we’d stuck with that idea!

Glad you enjoyed it. This was the scene for me and my friends in Torbay at the end of the 70's and early 80's. Ska'n'B