New wave (nueva ola) es un término global para varios estilos pop/rock de fines de la década de 1970 y mediados de la década de 1980, con vínculos con el punk y ciertos géneros del rock de los años 1970. Inicialmente, al igual que con el posterior rock gótico, la new wave se mantuvo prácticamente análogo al post-punk antes de ramificarse como un género distintamente identificado (aunque la new wave apareció primero que el post-punk), incorporando música electrónica, experimental, mod, disco y pop. Posteriormente engendró subgéneros y fusiones, incluyendo new romantic y rock gótico.
Madness es un grupo inglés de ska y música pop que se formó en 1976. Uno de los principales grupos del revival del ska del sello 2 Tone a finales de los 70, Madness alcanzó la mayoría de sus éxitos en los 80, estando más semanas en las listas inglesas que cualquier otro grupo.
El grupo se formó en Londres en 1976 por Mike Barson (Monsieur Barso) a los teclados y voces, Chris Foreman (Chrissy Boy) a la guitarra y 'Lee Thompson (Kix) en el saxofón y voces, con el nombre de The North London Invaders.
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Mother has to iron his shirt
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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
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