Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, A Message to You (Official Audio)

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  • Official audio for Dandy's original version of 'Rudy, A Message to You', from 1967
    First released in 1967 on R&B Records' Ska Beat label, the recording was acquired by Trojan Records in 1971 and later famously influenced the British ska revivalists, the Specials, who enjoyed significant UK chart action in 1979 with their version of the song.
    RUDY A MESSAGE TO YOU LYRICS
    (Robert Thompson)
    Stop your running about
    It’s time you straightened right out
    Stop your running around
    Making trouble in the town, ah-ah-ah
    Rudy, a message to you
    Rudy, a message to you
    You’re growing older each day
    You want to think of your future
    Or you might wind up in jail
    Then you will suffer, ah-ah-ha
    Rudy, a message to you
    Rudy, a message to you
    Stop your running about
    It’s time you straightened right out
    Stop your running around
    Making trouble in the town, ah-ah-ah
    Rudy, a message to you
    Rudy, a message to you
    Rudy, a message to you
    Rudy, a message to you
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Комментарии • 290

  • @ustheserfs
    @ustheserfs 6 лет назад +298

    Tip of the hat to the Specials for keeping this amazing genre of music relevant in the 80s. But this is the definitive version.

    • @clintonlee8898
      @clintonlee8898 3 года назад +5

      Awesome remake

    • @giuseppelogiurato5718
      @giuseppelogiurato5718 2 года назад +7

      Such a preachy song on the surface, but all the rude boys loved it anyway... Great rocksteady song, even if it seems a little "goodie goodie"... ("No Rudie, there is no good-good Rudie!")

    • @haroldhadradi8763
      @haroldhadradi8763 2 года назад +30

      The man (Rico Rodriguez) playing the trombone on this recording, is the trombone player in the specials.
      They approached Rico just before recording their cover.

    • @tierahchilds4053
      @tierahchilds4053 2 года назад +6

      This music is from the 60s though

    • @patrickanderson8839
      @patrickanderson8839 2 года назад +6

      Absolutely. Love the Specials version; it's iconic. But this is, as you said, definitive.

  • @rogerpeachey2212
    @rogerpeachey2212 Год назад +92

    This one always gets me on the dance floor. I'm 63 but dance like I was 20.

  • @FIQKYFADZAN
    @FIQKYFADZAN 4 года назад +70

    VIVARIUM Movie (2020) brought me here. Great song!!

  • @rjhillier
    @rjhillier 2 года назад +49

    Ah - that Rocksteady beat does it for me every time!

  • @cheek1m0nkey
    @cheek1m0nkey 2 года назад +27

    A bit of trivia - Dandy was very sick with a cold when this was recorded, but everyone liked the final recording, so it was kept the way it was.

  • @stephensaxby2820
    @stephensaxby2820 4 года назад +75

    One of my all time favourite reggae recordings. Dandy Livingstone had such a fine voice.

    • @g4zzen245
      @g4zzen245 2 года назад +1

      Indeed!

    • @LarzGustafsson
      @LarzGustafsson 2 года назад +2

      This is ska.

    • @dulichauch
      @dulichauch 2 года назад +3

      You know whats funny: wiki says, its rocksteady, a successor of ska and a precursor to reggae. Anyway, beautiful song and voice.

    • @patriciawilson9666
      @patriciawilson9666 2 года назад +1

      @@dulichauch Rock steady!

    • @jacktheaviator4938
      @jacktheaviator4938 2 года назад +1

      @@LarzGustafsson actually, the differences between Ska/Rock steady/Reggae has more to do with time and culture than actual differences in the music. The lyrical delivery on most "Reggae" songs has a more ethnic vibe, the earlier Ska and Rocksteady artists were trying to emulate the American pop and R&B albums that were very popular at the time on Jamaican radio

  • @Ray-ov5ot
    @Ray-ov5ot Год назад +17

    Heard it in the movie Vivarium and just had to find it. So good! Love it when a movie introduces me to a good song.

    • @abby-317
      @abby-317 9 месяцев назад +1

      one of my most fav movies!! so glad i found this comment lmfao 🤍

    • @SnapMeOutOfit
      @SnapMeOutOfit 8 месяцев назад

      literally the BEST film@@abby-317

    • @krystingrant6292
      @krystingrant6292 7 месяцев назад

      Yessss😂😂😂

    • @amb3cog
      @amb3cog 6 месяцев назад

      Me too. Just got done watching it. ✌️

  • @WayneTheBoatGuy
    @WayneTheBoatGuy Год назад +13

    I literally just learned this song was a cover and not an original by The Specials when I read about Terry Hall’s death. Nice to hear the original.

  • @adrian1govdavis103
    @adrian1govdavis103 2 года назад +32

    Ska music is fire ✊🏿🔥🔥🔥🇯🇲

    • @thetruthchannel7073
      @thetruthchannel7073 2 года назад +4

      If referring to this tune it's not ska it's Rocksteady

    • @CASHXRAT
      @CASHXRAT Год назад +4

      @@thetruthchannel7073 Confusion can be forgiven. A lot of similar sounds between these genres. Much of it simply comes down to tempo.
      Ska’s fast, rocksteady a little slower, and reggae even slower

    • @thetruthchannel7073
      @thetruthchannel7073 Год назад +1

      Yes agree ..but reggae wasn't slow..68/69 tempo fast before it slowed down...

    • @sarahleferne9641
      @sarahleferne9641 Год назад

      It's Rocksteady

  • @danielscissorhands
    @danielscissorhands Год назад +6

    Happy 79th birthday to Dandy Livingstone!

  • @jasonpfinch
    @jasonpfinch 3 года назад +5

    Tight as ****, those horns and drums, and what a voice.

  • @mattdoyle2113
    @mattdoyle2113 8 месяцев назад +4

    Lively beat and great horns! Dandy's voice beautifully harmonized! Thanks for putting this out here.

  • @michaelhogan2241
    @michaelhogan2241 4 года назад +22

    Oh them horns!!! I love horns, I live 60s aka punk era, even mariachi, what a treat!

  • @dombut1906
    @dombut1906 2 года назад +26

    the lyric are so timeless that they just prove ain’t nothing ever gonna change same as it ever was

  • @UTubeAngelique
    @UTubeAngelique Месяц назад +1

    My dad was called Rudolph and he died the year I got pregnant with my son… my son’s middle name is Rudy, after my dad. I’m a late mother and went through several painful IVFs. My son was my dad’s wish in Heaven for me. I know that. However, my dad was a comedian… he would have cussed me if I’d’ve called him Rudolph (!) he was very happy that I shortened it to Rudy. I know this in my heart.
    After so many failed IVFs, we brought our son home and my partner was playing this in the living room. It was quite sweet.

  • @michaelross1339
    @michaelross1339 3 года назад +21

    Frkn' awesome song. That The Specials brought it back to light is still a good hand of fate.

    • @LisbonRui
      @LisbonRui 8 месяцев назад

      ruclips.net/video/1mfFTCgzrU8/видео.htmlsi=xb4f6O_K0YB4r-By

  • @NathanSeraph
    @NathanSeraph 2 года назад +11

    One of those songs that catches you already after 5 seconds.

  • @robertrudiger1433
    @robertrudiger1433 2 года назад +20

    I will always love this song, he is brilliant 💛

  • @99dynasty
    @99dynasty 3 месяца назад +1

    Influence flows from Dandy Livingstone -> The Specials -> Sublime “ DJ’s “

  • @CP-kb1du
    @CP-kb1du 7 лет назад +19

    Grew up on this in High School back in the 80's just realized today the specials did the cover wow !

  • @ChrisHow
    @ChrisHow 3 года назад +21

    The production on this is amazing for 1967 😵

    • @iwillnevergetone5
      @iwillnevergetone5 2 года назад +4

      forreal. everything is the right amount of clean with just enough grit to have character and sit well in the mix

    • @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz
      @4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz Год назад +1

      That drummer's timing is outstanding. I doubt they used a click track.

  • @high16200
    @high16200 10 месяцев назад +3

    Amazing lyrics of all times

  • @pressuredrop7637
    @pressuredrop7637 8 лет назад +44

    You're growing older each day, you want to think of your future... a message to YOU...

  • @pcaetano7527
    @pcaetano7527 3 года назад +9

    the Specials brought me here a long time ago.

  • @rockindaddy6535
    @rockindaddy6535 2 года назад +7

    Awesome......🎵🎶
    That´s a fantastic Rocksteady song ! 👍🎷🎸

  • @Igetsurgical
    @Igetsurgical 5 лет назад +23

    Man I can't get enough of this sound!!

  • @genni1781
    @genni1781 Год назад +3

    Best and ultimate version.

  • @gersonjunior8920
    @gersonjunior8920 2 года назад +4

    The first time that i listen this music..it was in the movie" vivarium" an i loved it...its só viciant...

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 8 месяцев назад +2

    absolutely fantastic...later admirably covered by the specials.

  • @pauldarcy8429
    @pauldarcy8429 2 года назад +3

    I'm 63 still love my ska ball head rule

  • @FearStrikerXD
    @FearStrikerXD 3 года назад +12

    Awesome song to both versions!!!

  • @Spud773
    @Spud773 Год назад +4

    Watched the Trojan documentary the other night! Loved it!❤❤

  • @tarquinftangftangolebiscui8606
    @tarquinftangftangolebiscui8606 4 года назад +61

    Real instruments played by real people. Dandy with a boss voice. The real version.

    • @devilsoffspring5519
      @devilsoffspring5519 2 года назад +4

      "Real instruments played by real people" Yeah, this was 1967, you couldn't do it any other way back then!

    • @donhue4546
      @donhue4546 2 года назад

      @@devilsoffspring5519 the ska had more people and instruments

    • @RJ-wx3fh
      @RJ-wx3fh Год назад +3

      was the specials not a band of real people playing real instruments? I really enjoy both versions, mind you.

    • @jedisalsohere
      @jedisalsohere 11 месяцев назад

      as if the specials weren't real people playing real instruments

  • @babyjnr7600
    @babyjnr7600 2 года назад +9

    A master piece 👏🏿

  • @g4zzen245
    @g4zzen245 3 года назад +5

    such classics are so chill

  • @J-Loe
    @J-Loe Год назад +3

    This is about 800million times better than the specials version.

  • @thewhitestroke182
    @thewhitestroke182 7 лет назад +13

    Yesterday I saw the movie Maggie's plan and I instantly fell in love with this song

  • @shaundellacash3776
    @shaundellacash3776 2 года назад +4

    I love this song I just heard it for the first time on the movie Vivarium
    💚💛🖤💚💛🖤

  • @GreatPolishWingedHussars
    @GreatPolishWingedHussars Год назад +3

    Rudy is not just a guy! The Rudy boys or Rude Boys is a subculture that was developed in Jamaica in the early 1960s in the Kingston ghettos. The term rude comes from the Jamaican slang word for cool. Most the Rude Boys wore black suits and porkpie hats.

  • @deansopp7560
    @deansopp7560 3 года назад +4

    Specials bought this fabulous record back Trojan are one of best records labels

  • @johanbergman3166
    @johanbergman3166 3 года назад +6

    Best sound version!

  • @Saga-or5li
    @Saga-or5li 4 года назад +30

    I wish I could share this song with Guilliani. Lol

  • @beatthecrowd001
    @beatthecrowd001 6 лет назад +10

    lyrics to live by!

  • @marcoskinkas5914
    @marcoskinkas5914 5 лет назад +18

    Ótima música, é um clássico do ska! !

  • @evanseventy7593
    @evanseventy7593 Год назад +2

    I love old rocksteady with sub bass

  • @devoncoryell7227
    @devoncoryell7227 3 месяца назад

    I first heard this song in the movie “Maggie’s Plan” (2015) starring Greta Gerwig. Love this song!

  • @stevepinnock490
    @stevepinnock490 2 года назад

    Original and the best Rudy rude boy ska Jamaican music. Original big daddy music nice 1.

    • @donhue4546
      @donhue4546 Год назад

      ska-steady was the rude boy ska in the middle 60ts

  • @Multi1628
    @Multi1628 7 лет назад +6

    ~ The music was brighter on the cover 1979 by the Specials, but this is the original! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

  • @champagnie92
    @champagnie92 4 года назад +4

    💥💥💥💥💥💥 tune tumps still to this day

  • @greatunz67
    @greatunz67 4 года назад +14

    Vivarium brought me here.

  • @TheGerrr
    @TheGerrr 9 лет назад +13

    A message to Rude Boy

  • @jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171
    @jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171 10 месяцев назад

    A Real Life Living Dandy!! Stone Cold Rude Bwoy!

  • @veronicahislop8363
    @veronicahislop8363 11 месяцев назад

    Oh I remember this house parties we used to have as a kid with everyone dancing ska to this song

  • @batschogvinjilia9356
    @batschogvinjilia9356 2 года назад +4

    Who is from Vivarium ?))))

  • @staffordskinhead6768
    @staffordskinhead6768 8 лет назад +12

    very neat and tidy

  • @ianwatson5605
    @ianwatson5605 Год назад +4

    Terry Hall died ...WOW...What a working class hero and voice for the marginalised.
    We are with you Terry.

  • @LionHrtMuzik
    @LionHrtMuzik 5 лет назад +5

    Big Tune! Amazing quality! Jah Bless

  • @akegan
    @akegan 2 года назад +1

    Does anyone remember The Horseshoe Hotel in London 70's. Music upstairs.

  • @godjira63
    @godjira63 2 года назад +3

    Mono with loud deep Bass !

  • @ISeeDeadPplS
    @ISeeDeadPplS 2 года назад +1

    Best One💯💯💯

  • @lizmunt9116
    @lizmunt9116 4 года назад +2

    Love this music xxxxxxxxxx

  • @adrienne3334
    @adrienne3334 2 года назад

    Remember this reggae song from years ago xx

  • @Zopf-international
    @Zopf-international 7 месяцев назад

    Message to youth.

  • @jacquelinefox2632
    @jacquelinefox2632 2 года назад +2

    The original..... 🎸🎤🎼

  • @grimTales1
    @grimTales1 4 года назад +2

    This sounds ahead of its time.

  • @alanoneill3065
    @alanoneill3065 9 месяцев назад

    amazing
    timeless
    music

  • @luzkanon8241
    @luzkanon8241 7 лет назад +4

    Movie Maggie's Plan brought me here. Love this song!

  • @cocoeck2682
    @cocoeck2682 Год назад +1

    Love man ✌️💯

  • @raneevillarreal965
    @raneevillarreal965 7 лет назад +6

    My bf showed me this song. I like it

  • @jamiesmithwilliamson9186
    @jamiesmithwilliamson9186 2 года назад

    True peace listening to this in 2022

  • @tommyamos3595
    @tommyamos3595 2 года назад

    Brings back the memories

  • @rudyrudy6882
    @rudyrudy6882 3 года назад

    Hummm love it and reminds me something…. Oh yes my name and my life 🇧🇪🙏

  • @coltjah
    @coltjah 5 лет назад +2

    What an evergreen!!!!

  • @mateuszgarcarczyk4561
    @mateuszgarcarczyk4561 2 года назад +1

    Ska ska ska najlepsza muzyka

  • @quanticawilson584
    @quanticawilson584 Год назад +1

    Who else here from VIVARIUM? Lol I actually pulled up this song because it really sounded interesting😊

  • @user-us4vr3fq6i
    @user-us4vr3fq6i 28 дней назад

    The Devils School of Reggae

  • @pigmeatmartin9418
    @pigmeatmartin9418 6 лет назад +75

    I always thought the Specials did a fairly straight cover. It's not the quality of this, but with the exception of Rodriguez, none those guys weren't as accomplished musicians as the guys backing Livingstone on this recording, and none of them could match his voice. The Specials were simply paying homage to a hero.

    • @jonhelmstadter2870
      @jonhelmstadter2870 3 года назад +2

      Amen to that brother. U.C. Berkely college radio brought me here, and I've never looked back.

    • @michaelross1339
      @michaelross1339 3 года назад +3

      You are full of it. The Specials were a smart band, and I play your dumb ass into the ground. Dandy would agree. I remember when the vid hit MTV and have decades of gigs under my belt and so on.

    • @robkerr5635
      @robkerr5635 3 года назад +5

      Coventry lad here, the specials are the cities pride, I love their music but I agree it was made as a nod to a clear inspiration of theirs and this will always be my favourite version.

    • @EclecticoIconoclasta
      @EclecticoIconoclasta 2 года назад +2

      I guess the merit of The Specials was to bring back and revive ska and rocksteady and with that launch a worldwide movement of ska bands

    • @jeffreyday2414
      @jeffreyday2414 2 года назад +3

      Hate to admit this is the first time I've heard the original. I think the Specials version has a bit more swagger to it (but the horn break in this sure as shit swaggers)

  • @peterstone206
    @peterstone206 11 месяцев назад

    Pure joy

  • @bobitocomedy
    @bobitocomedy 3 месяца назад

    Rocksteady

  • @macdara6329
    @macdara6329 7 лет назад +34

    Re: The Specials - Rico Rodriguez played on Dandy's original and the Specials' cover - when the remake was finished do you suppose he said "well that sucked "? I think not .

    • @uriah9559
      @uriah9559 7 лет назад +3

      who cares? a studio musician will take just about any gig. especially in a market like the UK or US. just because it's free exposure doesn't mean it's not still a bastardization of the original.

    • @Devilfish321
      @Devilfish321 6 лет назад +4

      Both versions have their value. I love the subtly of the original and also Amy Winehouse's rendition. But if one would prefer more energy, both The Specials and Madness's versions are fab. Well done Dandy!

    • @Devilfish321
      @Devilfish321 6 лет назад +3

      If musicians didn't learn and perform existing music, then future music would suffer, whether for financial gain or otherwise. If there was no "Hey Joe" etc then there would never have been a James Marshall Hendrix.

    • @johndavidcollins6163
      @johndavidcollins6163 6 лет назад +1

      MacDara saw the maestro play with bad manners. The skins were screaming for him more than Buster

    • @genki2genki
      @genki2genki 4 года назад

      @@uriah9559 Bastardization of the original, oh that's rich. I take issue with you mainly due to your stupid comment concerning the great Mr. Rico Rodriguez. You clueless fuck.

  • @jezebell8867
    @jezebell8867 4 года назад +2

    Played at all family celebration and special gatherings. Big up to all “ the YYs” ( Young Yankees) of WI descent.

  • @JohnPiersCilliers
    @JohnPiersCilliers 6 лет назад +3

    Quite brilliant!

  • @killerb6509
    @killerb6509 3 года назад

    46 people never stopped messing around what a shame

  • @stevenaylor8642
    @stevenaylor8642 Год назад

    Bloody brilliant

  • @jamesmalamute7874
    @jamesmalamute7874 Год назад +1

    I'm here from the Movie Vivarium wth Jesse Eisenberg, and Imogen Poots

  • @pramodgurav5552
    @pramodgurav5552 5 лет назад +7

    Quite brilliant!
    está canción es la mejor :3
    and The Specials almost got it. ;)

  • @tommytucker6151
    @tommytucker6151 3 года назад +2

    Yay, found the song from Vivarium. Great tune!!!

  • @jonhaveron3410
    @jonhaveron3410 5 лет назад +1

    Movie Maggie's Plan brought me here. Love this song!
    está canción es la mejor :3

  • @MsSophie0811
    @MsSophie0811 2 года назад

    This one is new to me..

  • @uncle7301960
    @uncle7301960 9 лет назад +5

    Nice

  • @CouncilOfWolves
    @CouncilOfWolves 2 года назад

    Pure gold.

  • @rikyjo8966
    @rikyjo8966 3 года назад

    Heartbeat...👍

  • @matheusguimaraes19
    @matheusguimaraes19 3 года назад +2

    Ouvi no filme Viveiro e achei aqui. Música boa demais! 😃

  • @rainerdynszis8463
    @rainerdynszis8463 9 месяцев назад +1

    Listening to this song it's difficult not to think of Rudy Giuliani, because it's so eerily fitting:
    "Stop your fooling around,
    Time to straighten right out.
    Better think of your future
    Else you'll wind up in jail
    Although that ship may have sailed already.

    • @WedgePee
      @WedgePee 2 месяца назад

      Here it’s "You’re growing older each day/You’ll want to think of your future/Or you might wind up in jail/And then you will suffer".

  • @paddyddrunkpoet7967
    @paddyddrunkpoet7967 Год назад

    Excellent

  • @melissamartinez5331
    @melissamartinez5331 7 лет назад +6

    está canción es la mejor :3

    • @ItsNom49
      @ItsNom49 6 лет назад

      ! Chiquita, hay que eschuchar a los cla'sicos ingleses! Tenemos muchi'simos

  • @Inskanatalie
    @Inskanatalie Год назад

    Awesome ❤❤❤

  • @Ruben-se5il
    @Ruben-se5il 6 лет назад +1

    Put on the oldies.ese

  • @davidbspamboy
    @davidbspamboy Год назад

    same trombonist as heard on the Specials cover. Very cool.

  • @carlcruysberghs2298
    @carlcruysberghs2298 6 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤