Holy crap, a TTT post actually on Tuesday? That's nuts! That song by The Jam reminds me a lot of Taxman from The Beatles. I can definitely hear the influence there. Madness was a bit well known over here. Mostly for "Our House", I doubt anyone could name another one of their songs. Even then the more casual listeners would probably guess Our House was a Simple Minds or Crowded House song or something like that.
'Our House'.. that's interesting... why that one? Another song full of trumpets.. and yes I did buy it in 1982 like many of their hits. 'House of Fun' was the big one here, and their only #1, but they had countless top ten hits.
Holy crap, a TTT post actually on Tuesday? That's nuts!
Well.. I am trying.. 😀..
'The Beatles - Taxman' - I hear it.., and am surprised no law-suits for infringement of copyright happened..., that is almost the same.
Yeah, I don't know why that song of theirs broke through and none of the other ones did. It's one of those mysteries I guess... Times were different back then. People weren't as sue happy as they are now.