{"id":6613,"date":"2013-03-26T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=6613"},"modified":"2013-03-26T16:15:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T16:15:48","slug":"madness-oui-oui-si-si-ja-ja-da-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/03\/26\/madness-oui-oui-si-si-ja-ja-da-da\/","title":{"rendered":"MADNESS – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/b>I wouldn\u2019t call it ambitious or remotely close to the edge, but it is fun, a lot of fun! No showing off, just the band in full party mode, like a ska version of Trooper or Harlequin. A bright staccato bounce (the operative word for the entire album) drives the leadoff song and then a softer rhythm holds the disc together. It does sound a bit nostalgic, though not dated. The distinct pop-ska sound from the band that brought you \u201cOur House\u201d is still in effect. Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da<\/em> is the band\u2019s tenth album, and its seventh to reach the top ten chart in Britain. There\u2019s no real killer, but there\u2019s also no filler, just a complete disc of very good songs. One standout is \u201cMisery,\u201d<\/a> a pure pub song with a simple rollicking melody you can rock shoulder to shoulder with your mates and a pint while you sing with the band. It\u2019s essentially a list of mismatched clich\u00e9s of things to help you lighten up. Jolly good fun! Plus, who doesn\u2019t like boogie-woogie piano and a sexy sax solo? The album\u2019s first single, \u201cDeath Of A Rude Boy,\u201d<\/a> takes you right back to the early days of ska in the 80s and the melodica gives it a tasty Indian feel, like a curry after the footy match. I would recommend it to any Planet Smashers fan. While it won\u2019t make new fans out of the uninitiated, the disc will definitely please existing Madness fans. (Cooking Vinyl\/Eone Music, eonemusic.com)<\/a> Brooce Tulloch<\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wouldn\u2019t call it ambitious or remotely close to the edge, but it is fun, a lot of fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[580,865,1056],"class_list":["post-6613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-madness","tag-ska","tag-utn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}