Oh well, thought I'd pop by to see how all you folks are doing :)
Kate is now 9 months old and is...
Oh well, thought I'd pop by to see how all you folks are doing :)
Kate is now 9 months old and is a little darling :)
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One Step Beyond, was actually one of the first albums I ever owned (actually it may have been my first), yes way back in the days of “vinyl LP’s” (what are they? I hear half the CD obsessed, young-uns say), and was the LP that put Madness on the road to stardom and mega-fame.
Having listened to the album for many a year, I just had to get the CD version, as I much preferred the early Madness, to the later, more poppy version of the group, the album was released in 1979, in the midst of the Mod/Ska/Two-tone era, yes you know, when everyone seemed to be walking around in Parka’s, Two-tone trousers and Suede shoes, and to me, this album is an excellent one and I still often find myself putting it on, and listening to the excellent tracks.
The CD has fourteen tracks, they are listed as below:
1 One Step Beyond 2 My Girl 3 Night Boat to Cairo 4 Believe Me 5 Land of Hope and Glory 6 The Prince 7 Tarzans Nuts 8 In the Middle of the Night 9 Bed and Breakfast Man 10 Razor Blade Alley 11 Swan Lake 12 Rockin’ in A’ 13 Mummy’s Boy 14 Madness 15 Chipmunks are Go
I can’t actually remember if there was this many tracks on the LP itself, or if there are added tracks on the CD version, but all the same, that old late 70’s early 80’s feel is there, all the tracks are very listenable, and suit virtually anyone, with their mixture of fun and Ska influenced music.
The one thing I noticed about the CD version, for some reason, the track Madness, is not actually mentioned on the cover, but I can assure you, it is on the CD, strange.
A bit like the Specials (another massive group of the same genre/era), Madness to me, seemed to go too commercialised and lost their raw, nutty boy sound, after this Album was a massive success, but all the same, they went on to become one of the biggest and possible best known groups this country has ever produced.
Some of my favourite tracks on this CD include the excellent “Night Boat to Cairo”, with its excellently catchy lyrics and music, “One Step Beyond”, the ultimate skinhead dance record, who can remember going to their school disco’s and totally freaking out to this track? (Come on, I know your sitting there smirking at the memories) and the Peach of the Album “In the middle of the Night”, which told us the story of the knicker thief/underwear taker, dirty old George. There is also their own instrumental version of the classical track “Swan Lake” and the absolutely nutty track, “Tarzans Nuts”.
All in all, this is a very enjoyable CD, and as I have already said, would suit most music listeners, especially those of us, who like to reminisce and look back to their youth.
One Step Beyond
Hey you, don’t watch that, watch this This is the heavy, heavy monster sound The nuttiest sound around So if you’ve come in off the street And you’re beginning to feel the heat Well listen Buster You’d better start to move your feet To the rockin’est, rock-steady beat of Madness One Set Beyond
One step beyond One step beyond One step beyond
Now come on folks, lets stop the dancing around the room, and just go out and buy it, I promise you, you’ll love it.
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