Keep Moving es un álbum de Madness, publicado en 1984 por Stiff Records. El disco incluye 14 canciones, entre ellas «Keep Moving», «Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)», «The Sun and the Rain» y «Brand New Beat».
Sobre el álbum
El dinamismo de Keep Moving impulsa a Madness a explorar nuevas direcciones, tanto en su sonido como en sus letras. Este álbum se percibe como un intento de la banda por avanzar, de no quedarse estancados en su fórmula, lo que demuestra su constante búsqueda artística. El disco se siente como un viaje, una evolución hacia nuevos horizontes musicales.
Las canciones combinan su característico ska-pop con elementos de soul, R&B y una instrumentación más rica, creando una sonoridad más madura. La voz de Suggs se adapta a estas nuevas texturas, mostrando una versatilidad que la distingue. Por otra parte, las letras mantienen el humor observacional, pero con un toque más reflexivo sobre el paso del tiempo y las decisiones de la vida. El álbum suena sofisticado y experimental, una muestra de su crecimiento como artistas.
"Keep Moving" consolidó la reputación de Madness como una banda audaz, capaz de reinventarse sin perder su esencia. Para los que buscan un álbum que explore la evolución de una banda icónica y su capacidad para adaptarse, este disco es una joya indispensable. Es una prueba irrefutable de que la genialidad de Madness se manifestaba en su deseo de seguir moviéndose, siempre hacia adelante en su creatividad.
Listado de Canciones
- Keep Moving
Letra
Hurry up Don't slow down Pick a time D-D-D-D-Don't let hands pull you down If you're waiting Have it up Move along Say goodbye D-D-D-D-Don't let words stay too long If you're leaving It read We missed you Between the lines It said hold it high With a smile Speak out loud With the mind of a child If you're lucky It read We missed you Between the lines It said hurry up We really must be going there's no time to delay We have to leave our message because we can't stay It really is important so remember take care Please keep on moving 'cos there's nobody there It read We missed you Between the lines it said We've waited for so long But now it's time t-t-to keep moving along Here and there are the signs On the road g-g-g-g-g-give way to stop and go When you're moving It read We missed you Between the lines it said We've waited for so long But now it's time to to to keep moving along Keep moving, you've got to keep moving Keep, keep, you've got to keep moving T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-to keep moving along - Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)
- The Sun and the Rain
Letra
It's raining again, I'm hearing its pitter patter down. It's wet in the street Reflecting the lights and splashing feet, Nowhere to go, And nothing I have to do, have to do. It's raining again, I follow the Christmas lights down town. I'm leaving the flow Of people walking all around, Round and round, I hear the sound of rain falling in my ears Washing away the weariness like tears. I can feel my troubles running down, Disappear into the silent sound. Just walking along, My clothes are soaked right through to the skin, I haven't a doubt, that this is what life is all about, The sun and the rain. Scraps of brain washing down the drain. I feel the rain falling on my face I can say there is no better place Than standing up in the falling down In so much rain I could almost drown. It's raining again A crack in the clouds reveals blue skies I've been feeling so low(low) But now everything is on my side The sun and the rain. Walk with me fill my heart again I hear the rain falling in my ears Washing away the weariness like tears. I can feel my troubles running down, Disappear into the silent sound. I feel the rain falling on my face I can say there is no better place Than standing up in the falling down In so much rain I could almost drown. Do de do do de do do do Do de do de do de do do do ... - Brand New Beat
Letra
More leverage was passed today From the radio I heard him say I fixed another lock on my toilet door House to house checks will commence throughout Looking at my prize possessions Trying to remember which ones I own I could be up for a week's detention Without a line I could die in there Another law was passed today Cut price bullets in your hardware store And to pass your time of stay Life size cutouts are your target score Throwing open the windows And screaming down the street Eight o'clock and all is well Until the brand new beat Can you smell the brand new beat Star shaped badge that shines upon Comes free in your bumper pack But if it's left around too long It'll burn right through to your back Throwing open the windows And screaming down the street Eight o'clock and all is well Until the brand new beat Can you smell the brand new beat Shipped direct via the Isle of Man The money maker shows his face He breeds his fear across the land Then casts off without a trace Eight o'clock and all is well Until the brand new beat You can smell the brand new beat Can you hear the brand new beat You can hear the brand new beat Can you smell the brand new beat - March of the Gherkins
Letra
It's been some time since the smile upon my face Had I sneaked previewing town It's been a while since I gave chase It's been some time since the girl from round my way Came and took me by the hand Been a long time since I came around I can remember when I stood on my head Walking straight across the ground Still picture their laughing faces Catch me, I'm falling into my past Catch me, the deeper the louder the laugh I was told to grow up soon, face my consequences Being told it was high time, high time to come to my senses Climbing up to the top floor, stood the look of pleasure Such a silly aged man with an attic full of treasure Catch me, I'm falling into my past Deeper, the deeper the louder the laugh I remember when I was ten, things were somewhat better then Time went by so easily, is this the way life's supposed to be? But looking back I wonder why it seems to pass so quickly by Memories can make you cry, I close my eyes, my tears I try to hide I was thinking about Tamer Lane Of all the funny places I was thinking, a short time ago Catch me, I'm falling into my past Catch me, the deeper the louder the laugh Catch me, I'm falling into my past Deeper, the deeper the louder the laugh - Michael Caine
Letra
(I am Michael Caine) He's walking where I'm afraid I don't know I see the firemen jumping from the windows There's panic and I hear somebody scream (aaaah) He picks up useless paper And puts it in my pocket I'm trying very hard to keep my fingers clean I can't remember tell me what's his name (My name is Michael Caine) And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep The sun is laughing its another broken morning I see a shadow and call out to try and warn him He didn't seem to hear Just turned away The quiet fellow follows and points his fingers Straight at you He had to sacrifice his pride yes throw it all away (I am Michael Caine) And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep His days are numbered he walks round and round in circles There is no place he can ever call his own He seems to jump at the sound of the phone Staring out the window there's nothing he can now do All he wanted was to remain sane He can't remember his own name (My name is Michael Caine) And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep And all I wanted was a word or photograph And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep And all I wanted was a word or photograph And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep ... - Prospects
Letra
A train ride to Tuesday A platform far away Scarlet shades of evening move clouds of grey Awaking, arriving The dirty station where He passes crowds of people who don't see him there Here's a desert island room For a man who's cast away Stranded in this home from home From his family Far away Home. Well this is it This is it Is this my heart I miss you with all my heart This is not Is this not My home One shoe-lace cardboard suitcase One passport from the Queen One room for a light bulb Where no-one's been Sticks and stones, my old bones Not like nineteen fifty-four Then the liked me fine But not anymore This empty room Where he's marooned With nothing left to say But in the dark He thinks of home far away Home. Well this is it This is it Is this my heart I miss you with all my heart This is not Is this not My home I feel cold, getting old More than the climate's changed Stranded on this island The rate of exchange Here's a desert island room For a man who's cast-away Today he will not be at work There is no work anyway How is it when you feel it Do you wonder what gets you down You're looking in the windows When you walk this town - Victoria Gardens
Letra
You're looking and listening and hoping that things are changing for the better You're trying to see if what you're teaching is the truth sir You're looking and listening and hoping that things will change for better Don't want to preach or teach the blues to you now brother I just left Victoria Gardens And walked through cardboard city land A burnt out star was asking How would I like to shake his hand I walked on in no hurry (hurry hurry hurry) And wondered where did we go wrong? We're looking and listening and hoping that things are changing for the better Don't want to preach or teach the blues to you now brother I walked on in no hurry (hurry hurry hurry) And wondered where did we go wrong? Looking listening hoping that things are changing for the better (Only time can tell) It's a bloody fine situation That we find ourselves in He said something I couldn't mention (here) And we laughed with him again I walked on in no hurry (hurry hurry hurry) And wondered where did we go wrong? Looking listening hoping that things are changing for the better And trying to see if what you're teaching is the truth sir She said it's for the good of us all (of us all, of us all, of us all) Looking listening hoping that things are changing for the better Don't want to preach or teach the blues to you now brother I'm not so sure (sure, sure, sure) And now it is early evening I look across grey Leicester Square A large and silent crowd were walking Said they had every right to be there - Samantha
Letra
One night in a cold sweat I heard the call So without fear and free from fright I walked tall As I crept the passages Only just but faint In and out of the central heating It came and then went Samantha, Samantha dear I have to be gone Samantha, oh Samantha dear But ooh, she slept on Well I've itched a thousand itches But this one tops them all While crouched down with an ear to the ground I saw the call Springing up in disbelief The supension spilt And peering in a bathroom mirror Hung the men with guilt Samantha, Samantha dear I have to be gone Samantha, oh Samantha dear But ooh, she slept on One night in a cold sweat I heard the call So without fear and free from fright I walked tall Samantha, Samantha dear I have to be gone Samantha, oh Samantha dear But Samantha, Samantha dear I have to be gone Samantha, oh Samantha dear But There were all sorts of funny faces Being pulled But mine was the funniest face Samantha, Samantha dear I have to be gone Samantha, oh Samantha dear But ooh, she slept on - One Better Day
Letra
Arlington house, address: no fixed abode An old man in a three-piece suit sits in the road He stares across the water, he sees right through the lock But on and up like outstretched hands His mumbled words, his fumbled words, mock Further down, a photo booth, a million plastic bags And an old woman filling out a million baggage tags But when she gets thrown out, three bags at a time She spies the old chap in the road to share her bags with She has bags of time Surrounded by his past, on a short white line He sits while cars pass either side, takes his time Trying to remember one better day A while ago when people stopped to hear him say Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes Now she has walked enough through rainy town She rests her bag against his and sits down She's trying to remember one better day A while ago when people stopped to hear her say Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes The feeling of arriving when you've nothing left to lose Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes The feeling of arriving when you've nothing left to lose - Give Me a Reason
Letra
Well we change from one extreme to another Can you help me with my shame I didn't mean to when I kicked and punched From nowhere this demon came Forgive me for this mindless mood Accept this honest plea Don't use me for the devil's food And throw away the key Give me a reason so I've got Someone else to blame Give me the reason so I've got Something else to blame I only meant to wipe away the cries With the softness of my hand I didn't mean to break the tie I'm after all a family man Give me a reason so I've got Someone else to blame Give me the reason so I've got Something else to blame Give me the reason Give me a reason I am the master of this house Don't try to run away I tried the same things at your age And I was also made to pay Forgive me for this mindless mood Accept this honest plea Don't use me for the devil's food And throw away the key Mister patience and Misses alike Upon and throughout the land A lot of attention With a heap of affection Wouldn't go astray Give me a reason so I've got Someone else to blame Give me the reason so I've got Something else to blame This is the reason, one of the reasons I am the reason so I've got only myself to blame I am the reason so I've got no-one else to blame - Turning Blue
Letra
With the ease of a practised smile The tears of a crocodile Well shake then wash your hands Of the smell of foreign land The propaganda woman said It might be worse you could be dead Now we've an impressive show Let's wind it up and watch it go Still a strange thing to me Is there's no place I'd rather be Rollercoasting backwards to Up and down and turning blue No pie in the sky For the small man gets smaller But a poke in the eye From an unwelcome caller Still a strange thing to me Is there's no place I'd rather be Rollercoasting backwards to Up and down and turning blue Policeman's eyes on overload A fractured island might explode A million pieces washed ashore From Disneyland to Warsaw Let's have a rehearsal run An underground holiday in the sun Take time to sit and reflect A white wall where the sun collects Still a strange thing to me Is there's no place I'd rather be Rollercoasting backwards to Up and down and turning blue - Time for Tea
Letra
Scouring through the wasteland With an uge to take Anything that comes into view Only ten more puffs to tea time I've found eating so time consuming Willie, oh Willie she cried It's time for tea Willie, where in hell has he gone It's time for tea South of the wateland at your D.I.Y. The inconsiderate rings his till Offering plans of easy credit Claims he'll cause a killing in the school half term Willie, oh Willie she cried It's time for tea Willie, where in hell has he gone It's time for tea And welly well well well what have I found here A hiding place made by frigid air I think I'll try it on and give my mates a scare They'll all be searching neither here nor there Willie, oh Willie she cried It's time for tea Willie, where in hell has he gone It's time for tea Long depress of autumn breeze Sucking on a rubber back teeth Plays into the hands of the hardware man Who selfishly "I don't care" - Waltz into Mischief
Letra
The latest and greatest... amazing arrival No conscience, no shame... for the game of survival Thieves and villains... and fraudulent swindlers Gathered in tribute... with masks of respect A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief The chairman is speaking... instructs the apprentice All faces are turned... to the wizard of sentence Years of experience... fall from his tongue Like teardrops to puddles... they rippled among A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief This kid of the cowboys... of fastest deception Writes down his kiddings... to ruptuous reception Calls on the crowd... of white-pointed heads To check on the carpets... while we're in our beds (Nelly the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus) A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief