Madness : Baggy Trousers
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On September 5, 1980 Madness released its UK#3 hit "Baggy Trousers", an Ian Dury styled response to Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall":
"I was writing about my time at school," said lead vocalist Graham "Suggs" McPherson. "Even at that age I thought the line 'teacher leave the kids, alone' was a bit strange, sinister - though I think Floyd are a great band. It sounded self-indulgent to be going on how terrible schooldays had been; there was an inverted snobbery about it too. 'You went to a posh public school? You wanna try going to my school.'"
For the video, saxophonist Lee Thompson fulfills a dream he'd had ever since attending a Genesis concert: flying.
"One night Lee and I had bunked into see Genesis at Drury Lane - at a point in the set there was an explosion and Peter Gabriel went flying through the air, "recalls guitarist Chris Foreman. "That's why Lee went flying in the 'Baggy Trousers' video-he always vowed that when he got the chance he'd do the same thing."
From this point on Madness videos were among the most anticipated and most popular ever played in the UK.
More about the Madness of 1980 can be found here.
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