This should have been THE SPECIALS first no 1 when it came out in 1979.I’d grown up with SKA and ROCKSTEADY,but I loved THE SPECIALS,and the way they split up in 1981 after GHOST TOWN was so sad,but from 79 to 81,they gave us some great tracks,and this was my favourite👍
Thank you for sharing this video, I HATED high school!! But the music played by the Specials and the Selector, and so many more, made my miserable HS days a little more tolerant!! This was one of my favorites!! I had a boyfriend who played this song on his guitar and I was smitten!!
I dread,..... dread to thing what the future will bring,.....X-factor, ArrrrgHHH!! Thank f***k I was a kid in the 70's, still mashin up Ska tunes at me cousins wedding 2 weeks ago, me 79 year old Grandad skanking on the dance floor, the young uns could'nt handle it!;)
lovee this song! like how you've done the lyrics aswell, on most videos the singing starts then the lyrics change -__- but u made the lyrics change before the next bit of singing :)
whats the song about?i read they change the Title because of Incident in Hotel-they got blamed for shit they diddent do-,but the lyrics seem heaving another meaning,something about the Law/government beign criminal for doing controversial stuf
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This should have been THE SPECIALS first no 1 when it came out in 1979.I’d grown up with SKA and ROCKSTEADY,but I loved THE SPECIALS,and the way they split up in 1981 after GHOST TOWN was so sad,but from 79 to 81,they gave us some great tracks,and this was my favourite👍
Thank you for sharing this video, I HATED high school!! But the music played by the Specials and the Selector, and so many more, made my miserable HS days a little more tolerant!!
This was one of my favorites!! I had a boyfriend who played this song on his guitar and I was smitten!!
I dread,..... dread to thing what the future will bring,.....X-factor, ArrrrgHHH!! Thank f***k I was a kid in the 70's, still mashin up Ska tunes at me cousins wedding 2 weeks ago, me 79 year old Grandad skanking on the dance floor, the young uns could'nt handle it!;)
This is a great dance song. Ive yet to hear it on a dance floor. Good on ya.
Im 11 but this is the best song I’ve ever heard!!!!!!!!!! I love the specials
Illuminous Luna who cares if you're 11
Illuminous Luna Yes they fuck all the songs
Good taste in music and you are probably 12 now.
@@amirshahazpuri8509 Who cares what you think?
Good kid
playing this on their SNL appearance was just brilliant
what a blast from the past, the sounds of my youth,,thanks 4 sharing,,xx
Incoming Warning from Terry Hall…NEVER do what Gangsters tell you to…it’s dangerous. You now know who the Gangsters are. 👍
RIP Terry god bless.
CLEVER LYRICS, GREAT SONG STILL (2021)!!!
And here we are in 2021 in exactly the same place..wow.they saw it!
Lots of good memories...thanks for uploading...
Terry sung the truth.
RIP...
Tb to my dad's teenage years
'79 what a fab tear that was !!
Stop crying.
lovee this song! like how you've done the lyrics aswell, on most videos the singing starts then the lyrics change -__- but u made the lyrics change before the next bit of singing :)
Great song.
What a serious tune
cant go wrong with ska
Im mexican born and used to be a rude boy back in junior high school... still listen to this beat
I had a cassette no record player wen that came out. once I got it taped from the radio I played it to death
Tune!!!!!
Una puta obra de arte
This song gangsta
Bernie Rhodes knows dont argue
Agreed
Lol my Surname
muy buena rola
Y ya te sientes bien skato
At 0:49 The line 'They use the law to commit crime' i thought up till now was 'The youth commit common crime' at least i'll sing it right now.
@jed kang Aye those were the days ey laddy buck?
gonna take another 2 lines of spinash they grow my black soul
Dont call me scarface!!
indeed
2022 still here lol
can somebody explain the word scarface please , greetings from the netherlands.
I dedicate this to my lawyer, Caryma 😎svs knows don't argue!
The bollocks!
Just had to get my vinyl out blue beat django
FUKIN TUNE
TUNE
BurruxMarrlang29
sounds like a mexican christmas carol
Karen Fuentes that's ska for you
hahahahaha why a mexican christmas ? to much drama all around?
Ann F they are from Mexico and they come in Greece 1 year ago
AKA
whats the song about?i read they change the Title because of Incident in Hotel-they got blamed for shit they diddent do-,but the lyrics seem heaving another meaning,something about the Law/government beign criminal for doing controversial stuf
XiaoYaoYou The song is about corruption of the law. Meaning the government are now the gangster. they ones u need to watch out for
ahh oke,it make sense now,thanks
XiaoYaoYou I agree
don't call me ska face
Complete dodgy lyrics