Thank you once again for doing my suggestion. This was the first single release by them in 1979, at that time they were called, 'The Special a.k.a.'. An anecdote for you, I saw them live before they had released any music, it was in a club about 16 miles from where I lived that me and my friends used to go to regularly, we paid the princely sum of 50 pence (half of a Pound) to see them, they weren't known at all at the time, there was only about 50 people there, they did a live set followed by a Disco, after they finished the set they came off the stage and joined everyone on the dancefloor, they were great guys, anyway about three months later in September they released this and it got to number 6 in the U.K. charts. The best 50 pence that I ever spent, R.I.P. Terry Hall.
The Specials are from my home city of Coventry. These guys were so approachable , down to earth people back in the day. It put Coventry on the musical map in the UK.
Another one of our finest band's from the midlands but let's take a moment and remember the late Terry hall rip my friend 🇬🇧 👍 legend thanks for the music.
One of those records that changed everything, at least for a while. It was a sound most teenagers had never heard before, and almost overnight it seemed, ut became the biggest thing in UK music.
The first Specials album is so brilliant ! Do The Dog 🐕 ! is my favorite track .. What a career Terry Hall had. A major talent he was. Check out his solo track Happy Go Lucky & collaboration with Tricky ( under the name Nearly God ) Poems ! Good stuff guys 👍
It used to drive me crazy that they weren't bigger in the US. I used to hang with all these anglophiles in LA and The Specials and Madness were the whole world to these people Anyways, I just a reminder of a suggestion being Goanna - Solid Rock (Sacred Ground)
Same in Canada. I used to Dj at a small club in Kingston Ontario called The Caribbean that was owned by a Jamaican family in the 80's. We had rude boys, mods and skinheads that would come from other cities and even Buffalo New York to dance on our two toned dance floor when we had our ska night's.
Can't argue about that one of the best gigs I've ever been to and one of my most burnt in gig memories is when the intro for GHOST TOWN started and thousands of people turning to each other with the biggest shiteating grin's and it was on happy skanking feet happy ears and happy people still gives me goosebumps thinking about it
Music was so diverse in the 70/80’s uk scenes. Alas peer pressure asked you to choose. I was a metal head, but in secret there was ska, New Romantic & post punk. All which I still listen to more & more the older I get.
Ska even with a serious message just can't help itself that offbeat just makes you feel happy . Terry Hall and his band of Merry Men sure were masters of the happy offbeat
saw them live in 1981 carlisle market hall , Terry was pulled off the stage and chinned, was fights breaking out between skins from Glasgow and mods from carlisle, later on Terry lost his temper at a hotel and damaged the drums ,and the Selector drummer tried to strangle him selector supported them, it was a great concert, RIP Terry Hall
Thanks for the reaction I loved two tone as a 10 year old,it was the 1st style of music I got into , Stereotypes by the Specials is another great track
Bernie Rhodes was the Clash's manager. They helped them early on. This was a landmark record - heard nothing like it at the time other than White Man in Hammersmith Palais a year earlier.
'Gangsters' and 'Ghost Town',...if they had only released those two tracks they would have been the greatest two hit wonders in music history,...R.I.P. Tezza.
I remember this from the 70s I was so proud in my suit and being a RUDE BOY And my sister was a RUDE GIRL With 95% of the youth In the UK there was no racism IN Royal Leamington Spa it was the older gen who had the the problem the new wave skin heads not the original skin heads or swaide heads who kicked up racism and boy the fights me and my brothers and sisters got into with the National front back then was weekly, And I still love two tone and ska.(even though I am a lot older LOL)
@@hanierfamily I forgot I'd watched and liked that video six months ago. Enjoyed rewatching it. Must get around to becoming a patron [gasp, and other noises off stage].
This is a homage to Prince Buster - Alcapone - check that out, saw some of your other original then cover vids - close but both turn out to be cool but different
Finding music is easy these days a truer statement has never been said back in the eighties we would order a record from America or England and wait for 6/8 week's for it to arrive and the iner sleeves would have other bands on their label with order forms (punkrock) labels and you would take a punt and order other records without knowing what they sounded like
Rude Boy 40 years later and still love those great musical vibes... RIP Terry Hall... an eternal legend... never to be forgotten...
Thank you once again for doing my suggestion. This was the first single release by them in 1979, at that time they were called, 'The Special a.k.a.'. An anecdote for you, I saw them live before they had released any music, it was in a club about 16 miles from where I lived that me and my friends used to go to regularly, we paid the princely sum of 50 pence (half of a Pound) to see them, they weren't known at all at the time, there was only about 50 people there, they did a live set followed by a Disco, after they finished the set they came off the stage and joined everyone on the dancefloor, they were great guys, anyway about three months later in September they released this and it got to number 6 in the U.K. charts. The best 50 pence that I ever spent, R.I.P. Terry Hall.
The late great Terry Hall from my home city in England. I remember buying this in 1979.
The Specials are from my home city of Coventry. These guys were so approachable , down to earth people back in the day. It put Coventry on the musical map in the UK.
Did you know that the late actor Jeremy Brett is from Berkswell?
they beat me up at a pub ! 😕
Another one of our finest band's from the midlands but let's take a moment and remember the late Terry hall rip my friend 🇬🇧 👍 legend thanks for the music.
My favorite song from The Specials❤
1979 gangsters that’s it 2 tone for life rip terry hall / John Bradbury
One of those records that changed everything, at least for a while. It was a sound most teenagers had never heard before, and almost overnight it seemed, ut became the biggest thing in UK music.
The stare-y guy is Jerry Dammers who was the lynchpin in the Specials and the Two Tone movement
Still sounds great after all those years have passed and was a refreshing change to hear when it was first released.
The first Specials album is so brilliant ! Do The Dog 🐕 ! is my favorite track .. What a career Terry Hall had. A major talent he was. Check out his solo track Happy Go Lucky & collaboration with Tricky ( under the name Nearly God ) Poems ! Good stuff guys 👍
Watching Top of the Pops in late 1979 and this came on. Never looked back. Also try 'Nite Klub'
It used to drive me crazy that they weren't bigger in the US. I used to hang with all these anglophiles in LA and The Specials and Madness were the whole world to these people
Anyways, I just a reminder of a suggestion being Goanna - Solid Rock (Sacred Ground)
Same in Canada. I used to Dj at a small club in Kingston Ontario called The Caribbean that was owned by a Jamaican family in the 80's. We had rude boys, mods and skinheads that would come from other cities and even Buffalo New York to dance on our two toned dance floor when we had our ska night's.
This was their debut single, takes me right back to my time in Coventry where I was at college when this came out!
Can't argue about that one of the best gigs I've ever been to and one of my most burnt in gig memories is when the intro for GHOST TOWN started and thousands of people turning to each other with the biggest shiteating grin's and it was on happy skanking feet happy ears and happy people still gives me goosebumps thinking about it
Music was so diverse in the 70/80’s uk scenes. Alas peer pressure asked you to choose. I was a metal head, but in secret there was ska, New Romantic & post punk. All which I still listen to more & more the older I get.
I saw them when they toured Australia in 2009.. I enjoyed myself.
Ska even with a serious message just can't help itself that offbeat just makes you feel happy . Terry Hall and his band of Merry Men sure were masters of the happy offbeat
saw them live in 1981 carlisle market hall , Terry was pulled off the stage and chinned, was fights breaking out between skins from Glasgow and mods from carlisle, later on Terry lost his temper at a hotel and damaged the drums ,and the Selector drummer tried to strangle him selector supported them, it was a great concert, RIP Terry Hall
RIP TERRY HALLS (LEAD VOCALIST)
Thanks for the reaction I loved two tone as a 10 year old,it was the 1st style of music I got into , Stereotypes by the Specials is another great track
Bernie Rhodes was the Clash's manager.
They helped them early on.
This was a landmark record - heard nothing like it at the time other than White Man in Hammersmith Palais a year earlier.
Fun Boy Three are worth checking out. They came after the Specials.
'Gangsters' and 'Ghost Town',...if they had only released those two tracks they would have been the greatest two hit wonders in music history,...R.I.P. Tezza.
Oh wow, another song from my childhood. This was a hit in the Netherlands….
Easily one of the best live bands ever, more often than not the studio versions sound plain in comparison.
I remember this from the 70s I was so proud in my suit and being a RUDE BOY And my sister was a RUDE GIRL With 95% of the youth In the UK there was no racism IN Royal Leamington Spa it was the older gen who had the the problem the new wave skin heads not the original skin heads or swaide heads who kicked up racism and boy the fights me and my brothers and sisters got into with the National front back then was weekly, And I still love two tone and ska.(even though I am a lot older LOL)
The very top. They always sound fresh.
This record was the first release on the two tone label the b side was the selector by the selector
Thank you for this. The first album by The Specials was brilliant and included this plus "Done Too Much, "Blank Expression" and "Message to Rudy".
Too Much Too Young,not "Done Too Much"
@@normandavidtidiman9918 Thank you. The hazards of not looking at the album cover when writing a comment.
@@simonlitten You’re welcome 😉
We love Message To Rudy and we did a reaction to Too Much Too Young. Please take a look.
@@hanierfamily I forgot I'd watched and liked that video six months ago. Enjoyed rewatching it. Must get around to becoming a patron [gasp, and other noises off stage].
'Ghost town' was their best song.
We did a reaction to that one. Please go take a look.
Great song, their 1st hit, this is a cover of Prince Buster's Al Capone, worth checking out just as good as this, old school 60's Ska.
Guy on the Keyboards (Jerry Dammers) wrote the songs.
This is a homage to Prince Buster - Alcapone - check that out, saw some of your other original then cover vids - close but both turn out to be cool but different
A genre that time forgot to keep an eye on. Ska forever. Nice one Hanier's.
I'd like to recommend some more Specials songs ; "Man at C&A", "Friday night, Saturday morning" and "Nite Klub". I'm sure you'd enjoy all of them.
Not to mention Terry Hall just passed away recently.
You need to check out bad manners.same genre two tone era.once you hear them you are in for an amazing ride.
We did Special Brew a few months ago. Great fun.
What a time to be 14 and getting into music.
It really was.
Al Capone by Prince Buster was the main influence for this track
RIP Terry
A song inspired by a horrendous hotel experience of theirs.
Finding music is easy these days a truer statement has never been said back in the eighties we would order a record from America or England and wait for 6/8 week's for it to arrive and the iner sleeves would have other bands on their label with order forms (punkrock) labels and you would take a punt and order other records without knowing what they sounded like
Yeah. Now, kids don't have to buy songs at all. They just need their cell phone, on their parents' bill, to hear all the music they want.
They are reworking a Prince Buster classic to take the piss out of Bernie Rhodes.
Coventry's best ❤
You must watch/listen to Black expression 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍
You mean Blank Expression, right?
@@hanierfamily yes
You do some great songs. YOu gotta get some clicks goin on
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