I received an email this morning from a member of the page asking for a 'Madness Song Quiz'. What can I say?
I aim to please!
If you have a quiz format or suggestion then please drop me a line...
Here is the quiz.
It Must Be Love…Love… Love
I used to love Madness when I was younger and some of their songs were huge hits. So let’s see what we remember about their greatest hits. All you have to do is say the song title from the lyrics given. They are all the opening lines from their greatest hits…
QUESTIONS
1. 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 to start to move your feet…
2. Naughty boys in nasty schools
Headmaster’s breaking all the rules
Having fun and playing fools
Smashing up the woodwork tools
3. Received a letter just the other day,
Don't seem they wanna know you no more,
They've laid it down given you their score,
Within the first two lines it bluntly read.
4. Father wears his Sunday best
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
Brother's got a date to keep
He can't hang around
5. Good morning miss
Can I help you son?
Sixteen today
And up for fun
I'm a big boy now
Or so they say
So if you'll serve
I'll be on my way
6. Take time for your pleasure
And laugh with love
Take the hand of another
And sing for the ………
7. I've been driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar
I bought it in Primrose Hill from a bloke from Brazil
It was made in fifty-nine in a factory by the Tyne
It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before
I drive in it for my job, the governor calls me a slob
But I don't really care, give me some gas and the open air
8. My girl's mad at me
I didn't wanna see the film tonight
I found it hard to say
She thought I'd had enough of her
Why can't she see
She's lovely to me?
But I like to stay in
And watch t.v. on my own
Every now and then…
9. I never thought I'd miss you
Half as much as I do
And I never thought I'd feel this way
The way I feel
About you
As soon as I wake up
Every night, every day
I know that it's you I need
To take the blues away
10. 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
................................................ANSWERS BELOW..............................
ANSWERS
1. 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 to start to move your feet…
ONE STEP BEYOND
2. Naughty boys in nasty schools
Headmaster’s breaking all the rules
Having fun and playing fools
Smashing up the woodwork tools
BAGGY TROUSERS
3. Received a letter just the other day,
Don't seem they wanna know you no more,
They've laid it down given you their score,
Within the first two lines it bluntly read.
EMBARRASSMENT
4. Father wears his Sunday best
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
Brother's got a date to keep
He can't hang around
OUR HOUSE
5. Good morning miss
Can I help you son?
Sixteen today
And up for fun
I'm a big boy now
Or so they say
So if you'll serve
I'll be on my way
HOUSE OF FUN
6. Take time for your pleasure
And laugh with love
Take the hand of another
And sing for the ………
WINGS OF A DOVE
7. I've been driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar
I bought it in Primrose Hill from a bloke from Brazil
It was made in fifty-nine in a factory by the Tyne
It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before
I drive in it for my job, the governor calls me a slob
But I don't really care, give me some gas and the open air
DRIVING IN MY CAR
8. My girl's mad at me
I didn't wanna see the film tonight
I found it hard to say
She thought I'd had enough of her
Why can't she see
She's lovely to me?
But I like to stay in
And watch t.v. on my own
Every now and then…
MY GIRL
9. I never thought I'd miss you
Half as much as I do
And I never thought I'd feel this way
The way I feel
About you
As soon as I wake up
Every night, every day
I know that it's you I need
To take the blues away
IT MUST BE LOVE
10. 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
NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO