Our House

This is a great song to listen to and the lyrics can probably invoke sentimental feelings from almost anyone about their childhood days. I would have thought Madness would be more popular than this - maybe they were at the time and my theory is that they are one of thoae bands that is forgotten better than it remembered because they were not a high budget, world-touring band. Still sounds as good today as ever - as do several other Madness songs.

yeah dude. it's their house. remember that.

I wonder why Madness recalls playing and wasting the day away, them being two dreamers. Did the song writer refer to himself and a sibling who used to have a great time together? Anybody happens to know?

The 80's were great. This song definitely represents the decade! hehe

It's their best song.

I believe they are talking about astrology..Your house is a position that a group of people belong to in astrology according to the date they were born. It would make sense especially when you look at the part that says brothers got a date to keep. The talk about dreamers, dreams, the house having a crowd, the people's different characteristics and etc show that it is very artistic, meaningful, symbolic and related to terms of astrology. This song is very unique and stylish. I give it two thumbs up and its always been a clever and awesome catchy 80's hit from the United Kingdoms pop culture movement era. I believe the 80's contained our best decade.

Its got to be satire. "Something tells you that youve got to get away from it" The role of moms possibly?

I think he's remembering when he left home. And he misses all the mundane day-to-day stuff that went on in his parents' house. He's describing a typical day in "our house" but then smack in the middle of that: "Something tells you that you've got to get away from it". He's nearing adulthood and he's starting to get the feeling it's time to leave the nest.

"She's the one they're going to miss in lots of ways". Most kids who come from the kind of traditional family this song describes, miss their mothers (and everything that Mom did for them as children) when they first leave home. Mom was always the nurturer, the mother hen, the cat herder. Dad "wears his Sunday best" and "gets up late for work". He filled his traditional role of providing for his family but was aloof and distant from the kids, so when they leave home they're going to miss Mom but not so much Dad.

"I remember way back then when everything was true and when We would have such a very good time such a fine time Such a happy time And I remember how we'd play simply waste the day away Then we'd say nothing would come between us two dreamers"

The bridge lyrics suggest that the first half was a flashback, as the tense changes from present to past tense and remains that way for the remainder of the song. Where the main verses refer to the past in the present tense, the bridge drags us out of the daydream and back to remembering the past as the past.

This song roks! ehat a good 80's ska band!!!!

its amazing how many idiots think this song is by Talking Heads