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The Prince Lyrics
Buster, he sold the heat with a rocksteady beat.
An earthquake is erupting,
But not in Orange Street.
A ghost dance is preparing,
You got to help us with your feet.
If you're not in the mood to dance,
Step back, grab yourself a seat.
This may not be uptown Jamaica,
But we promise you a treat.
Buster bowl me over with you bogus dance,
Shuffle me off my feet.
Even though I'll keep on running,
I'll never get to Orange Street.
So I say there's not much left to say,
For the man who set the beat.
So I leave it up to you out there,
To get him back on his feet.
Buster bowl me over with you bogus dance,
Shuffle me off my feet.
Even though I'll keep on running,
I'll never get to Orange Street.
Bring back the, who is the, we want the,
Bring back the Prince.
But not in Orange Street.
A ghost dance is preparing,
You got to help us with your feet.
If you're not in the mood to dance,
Step back, grab yourself a seat.
This may not be uptown Jamaica,
But we promise you a treat.
Shuffle me off my feet.
Even though I'll keep on running,
I'll never get to Orange Street.
So I say there's not much left to say,
For the man who set the beat.
So I leave it up to you out there,
To get him back on his feet.
Shuffle me off my feet.
Even though I'll keep on running,
I'll never get to Orange Street.
Bring back the Prince.
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Madness were heavily influenced by ska and reggae. This is a tribute to their favourite Prince Buster (the band was named after a song by him, and they even covered it themselves)
Big fans of Prince Buster Lee wrote a tribute to him including references to him not to mention play on words around PB songs. Orange Street is not only a song by PB(108 Orange St)but also the address where PB had his shop named Prince Buster's One Stop,add to this Ghostdance and Earthquake again two PB singles it's the perfect tribute. It's also about how at the time they thought that there was this great street in downtown Kingston which was throbbing with the latest ska sounds and no matter how hard they tried they'd never get there as it was so far away. i seem to remember PB sued the band for royalties as it sounded like another of his songs.
No comments! I'm appalled, such a cheerful song, who knows what its about? Not me.
great song...i think it was the perfect first single
Last night there was actually somebody other than me on the Madness page. Somebody else in here in the year 08!!!
I'll have to stop fucking around.
When I listen to the Prince, I only have ears for the bass line. Lack of objectivity here.
Don't you think Madness boys are very good musicians? People who saw them live seem to think they are and always have been. When the drummer and the bass player get along well, when in fact they're old mates, the beat's faultless and so are the four others. And Chas' dancing is perfect of course.
Amazing the amount of crap I've written. I've done too much. To really know how it was, Madness in its prime, I'm much too young.