Madness, "House of Fun" via iTunes (The Last Angry Man)
Skammentary: The story of how the disparate elements of "House of Fun" were assembled into Madness's biggest U.K. hit is fascinating: Wikipedia-link. Continuing the vague discussion begun in yesterday's skammentary, just because I like a song doesn't mean I endorse it's content: If sixteen-year-old boys kept it in their pants, there would be no need to visit the chemist's to buy rubbers & thus the slang-based misunderstandings in "House of Fun" might have been avoided.
"Welcome to the House of Fun,
Now I've come of age,
Welcome to the House of Fun!
Welcome to the lion's den,
Temptation's on his way,
Welcome to the House of—!…"
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