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The Fibro Song by Madness

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Its a little known fact but madness wrote a song about fibromyalgia in the 80's it goes like this:

Six o'clock and i'm awake

My arms, my head, my body aches

Today is just another weary day!

Haha only kidding was probably about being hungover but thought it might give someone a chuckle :D

Storm x

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Ginsing profile image
Ginsing

It is pretty apt! lol x gins

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pepsirat

That's good :)

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Speedqueen9

Very apt indeed x

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AmandaJane43

I remember it well. haha showing my age !

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glitterlady71 in reply to AmandaJane43

Me too lol

Flips profile image
Flips

Cool :-D

ShadowWolf profile image
ShadowWolf

Know that feeling all to well and only wish it was from being hungover.

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aura2

Hungover days ... Such fun the night before .. Ye fits well storm

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roundthebenz in reply to aura2

Yres, you spend all night wishing you could die and the next day wishing you had!! LOL

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BrownOwl

Brings back my skinhead days x

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FionaP in reply to BrownOwl

And my punk ones ha x

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BrownOwl in reply to FionaP

I remember opening up my christmas present from my boyfriend, 'Never mind the B******ks by the sex pistols, my dad wasn't too impressed with the title, hehe xxx

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FionaP in reply to BrownOwl

Fun days :) xx

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San229

LOL..... You have just taken me back to my school disco days!!!!! If I remember the guy in the video looked a lot like we do when we are having a bad day.....

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Dixiesdaughter

Lol loved madness, suggs (lead singer) was just too cool for skool. Lol yeah those lyrics could describe fibro well '. Thanx made me laugh and drool a bit over memories of suggs :-) x dixie x

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Dixiesdaughter

@brown owl lol were you a skinhead girl(rude girl) back in the day all denim miniskirt, checked shirt, ripped tights and a pork pie hat lol memories eh :-)

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BrownOwl in reply to Dixiesdaughter

Yeah, bleached jeans, monkey boots, boomber jacket. Loved those days xxxx

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sandycat

thats funny made me smile.xx

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superowl

It is major shame that NO popular musicians have EVER addressed any of the so called "invisible diseases' in the music media and raised the important questions as to why they have been neglected by the the NHS for such a long time. This sort of support is desperately needed to expose all the corruption that has gone on with regard to conditions such as ME, since the invention of the fantasy condition 'CFS' and the resulting neglect has now been spread to SO MANY other neurological type conditions.

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Sarah-Jane in reply to superowl

Why not give it a try? Write the lyrics then put a call out on the internet for some musician to write some music to it! Local college may be up for it, just an idea. They may even sing and record it for or with you! If not college then schools music teachers could be approached.

You could be onto something here. Good luck. :) [not be sarcastic, think its a good idea!]

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Glenys in reply to Sarah-Jane

Just the song for Billy Bragg!

aura2 profile image
aura2

Rocker me .. All denim and black .. Men with long hair... head banging .. Live rock gigs .. Ah all good memories

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SootyB

If this is a hangover, last night must've been flipping brilliant! ;)

Sara xx

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Sarah-Jane in reply to SootyB

I wish that too!

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LittleLegs in reply to Sarah-Jane

Me too!

stormwytch profile image
stormwytch

Superowl - I know plenty of musicians I'll see what we can come up with ;)

Storm x

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MissKittycat

Ahhh memories!!! Still got my jacket patches somewhere! I think the song was called Grey Day?

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stormwytch

That's the one, couldn't remember! - love your username :)

Yes I remember they were brilliant, loved them xx

By the way Superfoul, you are definitely right we all need a mirical (cant speel fibrofog desperate!), we need someone or loads of people to speak up for us and bambarge ! the government and demand better treatment for all of us (God help us all) xxxxx have a nice weekend xxxxx

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roundthebenz in reply to

I spent a couple of months in Australia this year, a fairly regular occurence, and my Fibro virtually disappeared in a day or two. When I saw my doctor soon after my return he said it would be the warmth and sun etc. I asked for a prescription to go back but he wouldn't give me one. LOL. It's coming back slowly, the aches and pains are returning but my mobility is still pretty good. I am trying to do as much as possible while I can, dreading the winter when it will surely return with a vengeance. I am always much better when I am over there.

stormwytch profile image
stormwytch

Oh if only RTB perhaps we should put that on the DLA form - holiday in the sun needed as therapy

Storm x

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fleurmp

You really had me going there for a moment. With lyrics like that it really could have been written about Fibro LOL.

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hamble99b

very apt!

Madness were fun, I even liked the fish finger ad.

sandra

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princess1

love it, really made me chuckle

Sarah-Jane profile image
Sarah-Jane

Thank you. Love the idea. Love the song. Try contacting them and see if they will do a slight rewrite for us!

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Glenys in reply to Sarah-Jane

Great Idea! :-)

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Fennygirl

Grey day is my fave madness song

stormwytch profile image
stormwytch

My cousin went to see them a couple of months ago - said they were brill.

FionaP profile image
FionaP

What an apt song.

Bringing back memories of my youth when I knew nothing of fibro.

The winters were agonising for me even then though.

It would be great to have a song out there xx

BrownOwl profile image
BrownOwl

Baggy trousers is my fav x

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dizzyduck

made me smile. In my days of no pain i saw them 4 times, the best was Finsburys Park Madstock fantastic. How apt those words are now though :)

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