“Hey you, don’t watch that, watch this! This is the heavy heavy monster sound. The nuttiest sound around. So, if you’ve come in off the street, and you’re beginning to feel the heat, well, listen buster! You better start to move your feet to the rockingest, rocksteady beat of Madness. One Step Beyond!!!”
Who can forget the first time they heard the booming words of Chas Smash commanding “Don’t watch that, watch this!”? The song is still the opener for nearly every live show Madness plays, an instantly unifying call to arms for casual and die-hard fans alike. The video finds the boys at North London’s Hope & Anchor pub, where they performed many of their early gigs. Crank it.
