Terry Hall, Lead Singer of the Specials, Dead at 63
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Terry Hall, lead singer of the English ska band the Specials, has died. He was 63. In a statement released by the Specials on Monday, the band said Hall died on Dec. 18, after a brief illness. The statement on Twitter read, 'Terry was a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls. His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the joy, the pain, the humour, the fight for justice, but mostly the love.'
A major part of the soundtrack to my teenage years. England was reeling under Thatcher. The Specials were a voice for the working class. Every word rang home. Never preachy, but alway poignant. RIP Terry Hall and Thank you🙏🏾
Still holds true today, IMHO.
Just listening to to the clips in this report just shows what fantastic catchy songs the specials produced, they were at the top in an era when the standard was incredibly high. Everything Terry touched with his genius was gold, fun boy three, colour field. You got dam good words and music when he was involved. Thanks for being such a great human, you will be missed.
One of the saddest things about getting older is seeing all the figures who loomed large in your youth, who were so loved and had such a big impact on you, dropping like flies. Always loved Ska music and particularly The Specials, plus it was always good to hear someone singing in their own accent for a change and not a US one. They definitely caught the Zeitgeist of the Thatcher years. Hard to believe that he's gone. 'This town is coming like a ghost town' - indeed it is. RIP Terry.
Well said, had very similar thought after hearing the shocking news. I drove around my town in the night listening to The Specials after hearing the news. And their music suddenly felt different knowing the voice I was hearing has gone away. They were a big part of my youth n genuinely saddened to know he’s gone. Thanks Terry n The Specials for being a huge part of my life. RIP
Very true! Absolutely love bands that sing with their original accents! He was just one of the many great ones. 🙏🏻🖤🤍
Back in the day The Specials were mainstream but not a household name and were always there and almost taken for granted by us 'Northerners' where the SKA scene in my mind didn't really take off or was popular in the small northern towns. Then listening to their work again on Spotify circa 2010 to 2022 their music has always seemed quite fresh and unique, if you can find it on Spotify or one of your old CDs listen to their live performances, they were excellent and the crowd was going wild.
Perfect comment😊
Couldn't put that better 😥
RIP lovely man and loved your music and The Specials,part of growing up! You will sorely missed 😢 ❤️
Thanks Terry, you were authentic. Greetings from Spain
Terry, thank you for making Our Lips Are Sealed with Fun Boy Three a song that would make my darkest day brighter.
He is missed ,condolences to friends and family
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Gone way too early 😔
R.I.P Terry xx
O ska perde um grande cara 😔
Descanse em paz Terry Hall 🇧🇷🇧🇷 🎺🎷🎸
R.i.P Terry Hall 1959-2022 age 63 cause of death Brief Illness this is sad
You just didn't t see this coming. That fresh faced Rude Boy that popped into our lives on the TV back in the early 80s and we don't think of them or us as getting old, we were young strong and indestructible. Sad news for his fans and family . He kept his narky on the British Ska music scene. What a legend
Rest In Peace
❤️🥺🙏🏼❤️🥺🙏🏼
I was sad and shocked to her Terry had past away 😢
rip
A message to you rude boy!❤
A sudden death 👀
@scum no Christmas
Rest in peace terry and thanks for some great music and making a dark time bright in the early 80s bringing black and white together by music ,God bless sir 😔🙏
Rest IN peace
Cried my eyes out when I got the news early hours of Tuesday morning here in London. Totally gutted. Terry was unbelievably good and pithy and just oh so fucking cool. I was a 19 year old, old school skinhead (anti racism) the first time I saw and met Terry at the Hope and Anchor pub in Islington, London back in the beginning. Did the first 2Tone Tour. Was there for the reunion at The Brixton Academy, London and again a few years later. Also saw the Fun Boy Three at the Hammersmith Palais, London back in '82. Dare I say it, the most emotionally attached to a band my adult life. Same age as Terry myself now.
R.I.P Terry Hall.
Same mate except I never saw FB3 for some reason despite immediately copying the haircut much to the annoyance of my skinhead mates! We'd all got skins within a few weeks of Gangsters coming out. Saw them in 1980 but Brixton 2009 probably the best, certainly the most emotional, gig I've ever been too. RIP El Tel
Same here mate,all the way over here in frozen Canada.Me and my mate saw them at the Lyceum with Dexys Midnight Runners supporting on the Two Tone Tour
@@AthelstanEngland Same as you about the Brixton gig. Went with my brother. Two middle aged bald skinheads with all the gear on. Levis 501 red tabs, Solvair Blackburn 11 hole boots, 1/4“ red braces [hanging down], White short sleeve Lonsdale t-shirt and Alpha Ind bomber jacket [sage green].
It was always those attention to details that made us skinheads the best.
R.I.P Terry Hall 🤜🏻🤛🏻🏴
@@edwardhudson9851 “Skinheads here, skinheads there, skinheads every fucking where...”
Play Terry's music Hugo. Shut your eyes and play it loud
RIP Terry. An absolute legend and music icon. Such a massive influence to me growing up as a young teenager. Loved the Specials and am very sad at todays loss ❤
I was so saddened to hear the news. The Specials were a big part of my teenage soundtrack.
Rest in Peace Terry
🙏🏼😥❤🌻✌🏼🙏🏼
Every now and again, an artist's passing has a profound effect on the generation that first fell in love with their genius, Terry was one of these, I'm still so very saddened, over a day after his passing, I've not been this upset at a celebrity death since Rik Mayall's untimely passing 8 years ago, I'm sure I'm not the only one...
My heart aches & I feel very sad today. Many memories of certain space in time in which Terry's music meant so much. Rest in peace Terry & condolences to your family & friends.
R.I.P Terry Hall!! Xx 💖..you certainly were SPECIAL!! Thank You for the Wonderful Music you gave to us!! XxXxXxXx 💖
Sadly missed,what a legend.your voice will live forever 🏁
What a legend. A hero of mine who questioned peoples hate for each other for silly reasons like skin colour. As Terry would say, Love love love. We need more people like Terry in the world he will be very missed. R.I.P Legend
Age 19 in 1979 I played the specials over and over in my bedroom .This is the first time when a musician has died I felt like he belonged to us being the same age .2 tone was a moment in time and anyone whe grew up with it realises how lucky they were . Rip Terry .
It is impossible to overstate the importance of Terry Hall. Drop the flags to half mast (permanently).
Is it me, or are a lot of relatively young TV and music personalities passing away these days?
I wonder why 💉💉💉
Amazing singer who brought so much joy to us all especially with the special, and fun boy three. RIP Terry, and condolences to your Family, and friends gone but never forgotten 🙏🏾❤
My sister in law married aged 19 and had two kids quickly.
If we sang Too much too young in her presence she'd go insane ! 😂
Seriously though its a sad loss here, too young. He should have had another 20 years
"Enjoy yourself, its later than you think" -The Specials (Thanks Terry! You help me get through my teenager years with some self respect!)
Loved the Specials. 🙏 RIP Terry.
I was born in the 80s but The Specials had great songs. RIP Sir Terry Hall
Me too 😊😉 but I don't know them
We have lost an absolute British legend of music, a humble and lovely man. Fortunately had the chance to meet him once and had a chat with him. The first Specials album is still one of my favourites of all time. I was a skinhead hanging around in a school gang of skins and mods, blacks and whites when this album came out, we all loved it and played it non stop and the best thing about those times was were didn’t see each other as different we were just mates, following fashion and loving the 2 Tone scene. May you rest in peace Terry you will be sorely missed 😔
That's two of my faves gone this month. This just sucks. RIP Mr Hall, thanks for the music and good memories.
Absolutely gutted by this... my idol back in '79 and relived it all again in 2009. Cambridge 1980 and Brixton 2009 still the two best gigs I've ever been to. RIP to a completely authentic guy. Thoughts with his family and close friends.
A special gift from God there's no other excuse for his talent and caring love 💕!
RIP Terry loved the specials ❤
Respect,heartfelt condolences n friends/family/fans stay strong
RIP Terry. We, The Specials fans gonna miss you 🥲
RIP Terry 🙏. I’m glad I was fortunate enough to see The Specials live at Womadelaide 2017. Great memories.
Shocked by the news, the Specials were apart of my childhood growing up, RIP Terry.
No Doubt, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime and the American ska scene owe a lot to the Specials and Terry Hall. RIP
Terry Hall
I heard the news
At 4.30 a.m. exactly
I knew it would hurt
And it did so badly
A voice that blew away the fluff of the 80’s
A sincere stare
And words that were rich and plenty
I heard the news
At 4.30 a.m. exactly
I knew it would hurt
And it did so badly
An honesty that left you feeling less alone
A life of pain
etched in words that could have been my own
I heard the news
At 4.30 a.m. exactly
I knew it would hurt
And it did so badly
I heard your voice
And it rings in my head so beautifully
I know it will stay, in the echo chamber
Of my memory
© David R Mellor 2022
It is so awesome to see the outpouring of condolences for him on RUclips and social media. His music brings so much joy to everyone who liked his music and his pioneering in the 2Tone Movement is un paralleled. 😎 Rip we can’t thank him enough!
Ghosttown was my favorite from them,a true pioneer of the new wave movement……RIP!!!!!!
A Legend to many being one of the greatest human beings that walked walked Among us. True Gentleman
Awesome music great singer. Love The Specials R.I.P. Terry🎵
RIP and thanks for helping us all through the Thatcher years with rising unemployment, riots, cardboard cities popping up making Britain look like a third world shit hole. It was always good to know we were not suffering alone.
His solo albums are my fave. Check out the album ‘Home’.
Rest in peace thank you for making such fun music for sad times!
From such a painful youth to a remarkable man rest in peace Terry ✌🙏😢💔
That father Ted episode with the disco DJ with only one record playing ghost town over & over again & again brilliant.
Sad stuff! One of my all-time favorite singers. This cat Terry Hall was an outstanding vocalist, and extremely unique in style, and sound. He was also a fashion icon with the SPECIALS.
He played a huge impact on me as a collector and student of music.
I was devastated upon hearing this horrible news. It's so sad as a middle-aged man, to see the musical heroes of my youth, passing away.
RIP Terry Hall. The SPECIALS, and ska music will never be the same without you.
Rest in Peace, good sir.
Remind me of my youth during their heyday :1979-2981,I was a student at Newcastle University and their music was influential, I hope that he will finally find peace
Aww man, rest in peace Terry 🙏 I love the specials.
Ska Legend!!! Thank you Terry Hall, for the best music, ever.
That is so sad. I loved Nite Club.
I'm 63 and original 2-tone fan. I bought a the specials records. As well as the selected, madness, the beat, bad manners. I'm bloody gutted. So many happy memories of the late 70s early 80s.thanks for the great music. My daughter and I love dancing to 2 tone music. So so sad.
@scum buster blood vessel was from bad manners. Are you being serious.
@scum4984 Yes he is
my hero # rest in power
RIP Terry Hall. The Figurehead of two Tone. Will be sadly missed.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
r.i.p terry hall thank for the good music ,God bless
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Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
RIP Terry, a fine singer and songwriter. His album "Virgins and Philistines" with The Colourfield will always remain an all time favourite. God Bless.
Gone much too soon rip
R.I.P.🙏
Terry Hall = Love Love Love
RIP Terry. Another gone with a short illness. Lots lots more on the way sorry to say....
The Beautiful South made a career from Thinking Of You which was such a chill tune . 🏴❤️
There goes another one. But not forgotten. Peace all.
What a musical legacy to leave behind.I’m so sad to here of his death.
Still stunned by his passing ,Love The Specials and Fun boy 3,Grew up with his iconic music 🎼🎵 R I P Terry Hall 🎸🥁🎹🎹🎹🥺🙏🌹💔🥀
RIP. Another '"died after a short illness'. "
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Thanks to the corporate government
What a Great musician he was. His voice his message🙏 I like his solo work as well. Album “Home” is one of my fav 🌹
Thank you Terry😍Hall
I'm praying for his family and friends and fans 🙏🙏🙏🙏
A big loss for my generation, 😢.
What was the 'brief illness?'' RIP Terry.
Pancreatic cancer, spread to his liver. Diagnosed September.
Very surprising of ET to cover this story. RIP Terry, and thanks for the sounds.
Thought the same myself
I feel absolutely gutted at this news he was one of the people I looked up to growing up I loved the music my heart goes out to his family RIP Terry ❤️
Rip May he rest in peace
RIP Terry Hall
RIP Terry 🙏
Saw special s a few times live at isle of wight festivals and have albums
Fun boy brilliant also
No death is nice rip
Very talented
Yes I'm 52 now we all getting older but young in heart
Sorry to hear the passing of Terry may he rest in peace 🕊️🕊️ and prayers 🙏 to the family 🙏
R.I.P. Terry! Our deepest condolences and sympathies to his family, loved ones, friends and fans. Words can not express how truly sorry we are for your loss 💔🙏😭
So young, rest in peace Terry 😢
Wow, I didn't know Terry Hall passed! I saw the Fun Boy Three on MTV around 1983,and liked the video " The Telephone Rings", I'm a yank and used to get Fun boy Three mixed up with Boy George and the Culture Club. I thought the bands sounded like each other, but I guessed since they wore hats, they were one and the same. If Funboy Three made a new song updating the Telephone Rings in the 2020s, it would be about texting or zooming someone, lol!
Total respect for Terry Hall first class musician from a Teddy Boy 🎼📻🎶🎼 the Specials 🙏 Top Notch band . Yep I am from a different sub culture but the Specials where are the No 1Ska band to me . R.I.P Gone not forgotten respect 👏👏 from a Teddy Boy 🎶🎼📻🙏👏
Legends rip Terry Hall saw Madness this year was looking forward to seeing the Specials, gone to soon ,salute Guvnor 🇬🇧😎
To young to see the specials first time round but on the 30th anniversary tour I just had to go and what an experience, thank you for the brilliant music RIP TERRY you will be missed
🤯 RIP 🎼🎶🎶🎶❤
Big up, big thanks, big music 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
He was just Terry Hall leadsinger of the Specials in my mind, but in reality he was so much more RIP one of the greats.
RIP Terry!!!😭❤🖤 Thank you for the music.....
My bullmastill loves the ghost town rip rude boy thanks for tunes there always be here man not many peeps can say that rip bless