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  • Опубликовано: 12 мар 2009
  • Music video by The Special AKA performing Alcohol
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    Lyrics:
    An icy wind blows through the door
    You feel like you've been here before
    You tremble and you start to sweat
    The symptoms of withdrawal
    Alcohol
    Why do you do it?
    Why do you keep beating me?
    You give some people a real good time
    But you cause some untold misery
    Heroin
    Why do you do it?
    I don't like what I've seen
    You promise someone a real good time
    And then you take them from their family
    You tremble and you start to sweat
    You don't want to withdraw
    And when your flesh begins to crawl
    You'd rather not be here at all
    Alcohol
    How do you do it?
    Please don't do it to me
    You give some people a real good time
    But you cause some untold misery
    Alcohol
    Why do you do it?
    You ain't gonna do it to me
    You give some people a real good time
    And you cause some untold misery
    #TheSpecials #ChrysalisRecords

Комментарии • 138

  • @griffinclark9718
    @griffinclark9718 5 лет назад +31

    Rhoda Dakar is a fantastic singer. She gives this song pain & life.

  • @crunkaholic81
    @crunkaholic81 4 года назад +28

    Ever since i got into ska and learned of the specials I love the original lineup but as i get older the specials aka are growing on me Jerry dammers was a genius in his own right cheer from the usa hope the reunion tour went well. Biggups

    • @croydonable
      @croydonable Год назад +2

      well said , but the Specials were never Ska , they were 2 tone

    • @renzopinto3836
      @renzopinto3836 Год назад

      Wells said!!

    • @braedonmcknight154
      @braedonmcknight154 4 месяца назад +2

      @@croydonablesame thing you goon, they started the 2 tone record label in 1979 together and played ska beats as a ska band

    • @croydonable
      @croydonable 4 месяца назад

      @@braedonmcknight154 Oh dear , if you don`t know the difference between Ska and 2Tone maybe its better you don`t comment .
      It was Jerry btw who started the record label .

    • @braedonmcknight154
      @braedonmcknight154 4 месяца назад

      @@croydonable oh dear it seems you’re still a know it all goon same as a year ago lol I said “they” as in the specials as in Jerry dammers who founded 2 tone record but 2 tone is still just another way of describing ska

  • @stumagoo2395
    @stumagoo2395 5 лет назад +18

    Probably my favourite track from In The Studio album. Love the instrument arrangement and the atmospheric mood it creates. One of Jerry's finest.

  • @christopherjameslee3341
    @christopherjameslee3341 Год назад +4

    Rhoda Dakar absolutely nails it here.

  • @anthonylangford8575
    @anthonylangford8575 5 лет назад +42

    This song needs to be longer, an hour should do it.

    • @londonlore5881
      @londonlore5881 3 года назад +4

      Absolutely spot on! 👍🏽

    • @PEPPERS777
      @PEPPERS777 2 года назад +1

      *cough* right click, loop *cough*

  • @mimim102
    @mimim102 7 лет назад +54

    does someone else feel that this song was one of the first trip hop songs ever made or its just me?

    • @rc-my9tc
      @rc-my9tc 5 лет назад +4

      would love to see Portishead do a cover

    • @MrUndersolo
      @MrUndersolo 4 года назад +2

      I hear it now...!🥃

    • @MrElectrodynamite
      @MrElectrodynamite 4 года назад

      @@rc-my9tc hell yeahhhh

  • @WorldBFree2006
    @WorldBFree2006 7 лет назад +11

    Such a jazzy haunting tune...anyone who's been through DTs will feel this in the depths of their soul!

    • @alondathomas293
      @alondathomas293 7 лет назад

      Whoa--never heard this one by them before. I'd better brush up on some Special AKA songs,then.

  • @MrBongoagogo
    @MrBongoagogo 4 года назад +4

    Prince rim shot John Bradbury on vintage tangerine. Sparkle premier drum rest in peace sad loss. To specials fans and ska drummer a true legend. The guitar intro sound like the opening to callan, classic riff indeed from G G bongo b nz

  • @ProjectMoff
    @ProjectMoff 8 лет назад +3

    I love the way that pink noise goes through the low pass filter, brilliant tune.

  • @metaren8829
    @metaren8829 7 лет назад +13

    I like the cajun New Orleans vibe this gives off

  • @jamesdenilson776
    @jamesdenilson776 3 года назад +5

    jerry dammers IS the specials - simple as that

  • @elmorevandodewaard544
    @elmorevandodewaard544 7 лет назад +19

    Dammers is great! Love this style and attitude..

  • @ktwoa
    @ktwoa 5 лет назад +5

    Rhoda is marvelous!!

  • @Oilisdeathtomany
    @Oilisdeathtomany 10 лет назад +8

    Genius. I used to love "In the Studio" and had forgotten about it as it was from my vinyl listening days. Suddenly Nelson Mandela's dead and I'm on a musicastalgia fest.

  • @sharmannittolimusic1975
    @sharmannittolimusic1975 4 года назад +3

    Another great song - your music timeless

  • @thorleurs3898
    @thorleurs3898 4 года назад +2

    Świetnie zrealizowany videosong. Thank you 🍀

  • @levylovits
    @levylovits 7 лет назад +3

    i think this is my favorite from them, love it

  • @julieday9140
    @julieday9140 7 лет назад +3

    One of my forgotten favorites.

  • @Dlck.C.Normous
    @Dlck.C.Normous 8 лет назад +29

    An icy wind blows through the door
    You feel like you've been here before
    You tremble and you start to sweat
    The symptoms of withdrawal
    Alcohol
    Why do you do it?
    Why do you keep beating me?
    You give some people a real good time
    But you cause some untold misery
    Heroin
    Why do you do it?
    I don't like what I've seen
    You promise someone a real good time
    And then you take them from their family
    You tremble and you start to sweat
    You don't want to withdraw
    And when your flesh begins to crawl
    You'd rather not be here at all
    Alcohol
    How do you do it?
    Please don't do it to me
    You give some people a real good time
    But you cause some untold misery
    Alcohol
    Why do you do it?
    You ain't gonna do it to me
    You give some people a real good time
    And you cause some untold misery

  • @gresolivier4192
    @gresolivier4192 8 лет назад +4

    un des meilleurs morceaux , l' accord parfait voix , orchestre et piano !!! superbe !!!

    • @kucam12mischablue
      @kucam12mischablue 7 лет назад +1

      et le titre va parfaitement avec l'atmosphere que cette morceau donne.

  • @chassmash8903
    @chassmash8903 Год назад +1

    Masterpiece!!!

  • @danieleleno5885
    @danieleleno5885 5 лет назад +1

    Maravillosa Banda ...viva..!!! Los Specialssss...!!!!!!!

  • @user-ch3or1mu2v
    @user-ch3or1mu2v 2 месяца назад

    genial! fantástico! sublime!

  • @EstebanPochintesta
    @EstebanPochintesta 6 лет назад +2

    Excellent! Every thing in here is ok!

  • @stumagoo2395
    @stumagoo2395 4 года назад +4

    Could you imagine Terry Hall singing this or Nelson Mandela 😂

  • @billyirvine70
    @billyirvine70 10 лет назад

    Chill time

  • @luispedropinzonrosales2565
    @luispedropinzonrosales2565 3 года назад +1

    Increíble banda. Saludos desde Guatemala, tierra de la eterna primavera!!

  • @damorshia
    @damorshia 13 лет назад +1

    I luv ths song

  • @josealmirdeliraalmir867
    @josealmirdeliraalmir867 6 лет назад +2

    Melodia fantástica gosto muito dessa banda....

  • @TheMightyMonarch1970
    @TheMightyMonarch1970 9 месяцев назад

    Oh how I love this song like a dear friend

  • @josealmirdeliraalmir867
    @josealmirdeliraalmir867 6 лет назад +7

    The Specials uma das bandas mais originais q ja existiu, bons músicos,bons arranjos, melodías únicas boa de mais essa banda....

  • @dundee520
    @dundee520 9 лет назад +1

    class tune 4 recovering alcos

  • @rafaeljosenunezlares1089
    @rafaeljosenunezlares1089 10 лет назад +2

    awsome

  • @nervigesabschalten
    @nervigesabschalten 9 лет назад

    So schön 🎧

  • @mikeokeeffe4692
    @mikeokeeffe4692 6 лет назад +1

    This Brandy is tasting pretty good and warm on my throat as I listen

  • @stephenwalker2924
    @stephenwalker2924 Год назад +1

    This sounds like Portishead. Wow.

  • @MattsTrax
    @MattsTrax 4 года назад +2

    Still excellent in 2020

  • @helloworldliberationforall
    @helloworldliberationforall 3 года назад +1

    The best song of all time if you have probčems with drinking.

  • @JuJu-sn7wo
    @JuJu-sn7wo 3 года назад

    Big up from France 🇫🇷

  • @calebrush3833
    @calebrush3833 6 лет назад +3

    oh Rhoda! Rhoda!

  • @joaoriecken9598
    @joaoriecken9598 Год назад

    one love

  • @toomuchinformation
    @toomuchinformation 11 лет назад +8

    I had the cassette of their album 'in the studio' when it first came out. I'd forgotten just how good they were, especially rhoda dakar, who excels vocally on this track and Stan Campbell on others
    I think that special aka were criminally underrated. Their album didn't do very well, esp when compared to the specials. I thought that this album was better though. And it just confirms that jerry dampers was the driving creative force behind the specials. I mean fun boy three??!!!

    • @stumagoo2395
      @stumagoo2395 5 лет назад +1

      The Special AKA were way ahead of Fun Boy Three lyrically, vocally and instrumentally but unfortunately not commercially.

  • @agussulistyo9632
    @agussulistyo9632 7 лет назад

    good musik

  • @davidyusteleiva
    @davidyusteleiva Год назад

    Great Rhoda Daker (Bodysnatchers) Amazing !!!

  • @tidepoolbay
    @tidepoolbay 10 лет назад +1

    Nice!
    Woof!

  • @fromthedoor
    @fromthedoor 11 лет назад

    wow

  • @danielmelendez3551
    @danielmelendez3551 8 лет назад

    tsss de lujoo :)

  • @toiletpaper5770
    @toiletpaper5770 3 года назад +1

    Insightful. Chron Gen was very insightful too

  • @rezaperdanaputra
    @rezaperdanaputra 10 лет назад +3

    listening to this while roll a fat morning weed

  • @Replicachile1
    @Replicachile1 9 лет назад

    salud!

  • @Yickbob
    @Yickbob 12 лет назад

    This whole album (In the Studio - Special AKA) had some amazing tracks (this, Break Down the Door, etc). I think it was just some weird timing thing (or maybe because Terry & some of the others had left), but it never got the airplay it deserved, except of course for the massive impact of 'Free...Nelson Mandela' (it helped make it happen, eventually...).

    • @stumagoo2395
      @stumagoo2395 5 лет назад +1

      It was possibly the topics of the songs which radio stations would rather avoid playing. Radio 1 used to cut short the last line of too much too young and stereotype was only aired late at night as it was about a bloke catching VD.

  • @p0sn
    @p0sn 11 лет назад +20

    It's not a good idea to listen to this when you're really drunk.

    • @MrElectrodynamite
      @MrElectrodynamite 4 года назад +1

      how about stone jajaja

    • @patkelly8309
      @patkelly8309 3 года назад

      @@MrElectrodynamite HJGFGFGFGFGFGFZDTMKyhzdtryxhmsdxg

  • @filougoutu8397
    @filougoutu8397 3 года назад +3

    Jerry Dammers incarne un pianiste solitaire et souffrant de troubles hallucinatoires.

  • @lennyweb3178
    @lennyweb3178 Год назад +1

    Jerry looks like Gary Oldman right at the start of this.

  • @user-ch3or1mu2v
    @user-ch3or1mu2v 2 месяца назад

    esto es solo para quien sabe apreciar la música de verdad!

  • @mcknightdoesitright
    @mcknightdoesitright 10 лет назад

    Rest in peace Nelson Mandela

  • @alemaoriginal1981
    @alemaoriginal1981 Год назад

    God sendo me here!!!

  • @alemaoriginal1981
    @alemaoriginal1981 Год назад

    Alcohol because that im here!!!!!

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 4 года назад

    I suddenly need a drink... 🍸

    • @LeshaAnn
      @LeshaAnn 3 года назад

      ...or a shot. 💉

  • @zandybelle
    @zandybelle Год назад

    50% Jerry Dammers + 50% Terry Hall, Neville, Rody, Bradbury, Horace and Lynval = The Specials.

  • @x3disalive
    @x3disalive 11 лет назад

    Al & Jane.

  • @geinikan1kan
    @geinikan1kan Месяц назад

    This is slow ska!

  • @jacobware1912
    @jacobware1912 6 лет назад

    Red red wine

  • @komehana642
    @komehana642 5 лет назад +2

    I respect Jerry Dammers !!
    "The Special A.K.A. " is so much special !! (^^)

  • @democratiedirectedemocrati2268
    @democratiedirectedemocrati2268 4 года назад

    wow...wow.........wwwwwwwoooooooowwwwww

  • @paulrond5145
    @paulrond5145 6 лет назад +1

    I just smashed 30 Flügels, then RUclips puts this in my suggestions. Sweet!

  • @DGSE
    @DGSE 11 лет назад +4

    i'm hearing this and i'm drunk...

  • @leroyjones1781
    @leroyjones1781 7 лет назад

    Heroin Heroin that's the problem today

  • @p0sn
    @p0sn 13 лет назад

    Awesome tune, shit that there must be adverts! haha

  • @TheKinoEye
    @TheKinoEye 3 года назад +2

    Ska? Swing Jazz? Chicago Blues? Idk. It's brilliant though!

  • @JANXDPDX
    @JANXDPDX 9 лет назад +1

    1984

  • @davidyusteleiva
    @davidyusteleiva Год назад

    Alcohol & Heroína is better than Jerry Dammers hahaha

  • @Sinprovenzalita
    @Sinprovenzalita 11 лет назад +3

    Is that Rhoda Dakar?

  • @kevinryan4236
    @kevinryan4236 3 года назад +1

    A bit tired now xx

  • @thespecials
    @thespecials  4 года назад +8

    More music from The Specials: TheSpecials.lnk.to/Listen

    • @RAWDernison1
      @RAWDernison1 3 года назад

      So it's 2795 beers and 51 non-alcohol drinks ... coming up, sir.

  • @esojaloerra174
    @esojaloerra174 4 года назад

    Gil Scott heron brought me back here.

  • @kevinryan4236
    @kevinryan4236 3 года назад

    Harley jol

  • @Jungleland33
    @Jungleland33 3 года назад

    Every time I look at Rhoda all I think about is Stargate.

  • @rootsbeforeriches5602
    @rootsbeforeriches5602 11 лет назад +2

    IM SO HIGH

  • @NETSY296
    @NETSY296 4 года назад

    There is a vast difference between alcohol and heroin and wifebeaters will be wifebeaters. I know this.

  • @alanfox4172
    @alanfox4172 8 лет назад +1

    With songs like this no wonder jerry dimmers never got invited to the specials reunion

    • @williammurphy2245
      @williammurphy2245 5 лет назад +10

      With out Dammers there would be no Specials or 2Tone. He was the driving force. And they all owe him.

    • @stumagoo2395
      @stumagoo2395 5 лет назад +5

      @@williammurphy2245 Dammers was/is the soul of The Specials. Anything without Dammers is just The Specials in name only.

    • @michellebabicz2143
      @michellebabicz2143 2 года назад

      @@williammurphy2245 Damn straight!

  • @jonathanzavala6435
    @jonathanzavala6435 5 лет назад +1

    What's the name of the singer?

  • @NoRiceNoLife_
    @NoRiceNoLife_ 8 лет назад +2

    Thid is same the specials who sing "a message to rudi"?

    • @stonedmole2351
      @stonedmole2351 8 лет назад

      no they are the specials aka

    • @Nextlitic
      @Nextlitic 8 лет назад

      Yes and no

    • @supm8958
      @supm8958 8 лет назад

      can someone be more specific please

    • @Nextlitic
      @Nextlitic 8 лет назад +2

      Lol heard of Google or Wikipedia ? It is the same Specials technically but with several new members, this incarnation lasted for a few years and the. It changed again. It happens with some bands. Seriously Wikipedia has the whole story.

    • @MsNooneinparticular
      @MsNooneinparticular 5 лет назад

      Yes, but the 3 lead singers had left to form Fun Boy Three so they replaced them with Rhoda Dakar & a male singer whose name I forget. Still a great album in its own right.

  • @mikesherman1260
    @mikesherman1260 7 лет назад +2

    Are these the same guys that played "Rudy Cant Fail"?

  • @KIMJONGIL567
    @KIMJONGIL567 8 лет назад +4

    somehow i don't think this song is about alcohol

    • @jasonpfinch
      @jasonpfinch 8 лет назад

      +KIMJONGIL567 I know what you mean.

    • @stevemcniel5513
      @stevemcniel5513 8 лет назад

      +jasonpfinch well i dont explain!

    • @obamanator27
      @obamanator27 8 лет назад

      +Steve Mcniel I don't know specifically what he was referring to. However, I could see this song as a metaphor for a girl he loves but left him. I say it's most likely still about alcohol but either interpretation works.

    • @MrUndersolo
      @MrUndersolo 4 года назад +1

      There is more under the surface than just the booze...

  • @ktwoa
    @ktwoa 5 лет назад

    I miss JB

  • @jaysondyall
    @jaysondyall 5 лет назад +1

    Um, these are Not The Specials

  • @stumagoo2395
    @stumagoo2395 4 года назад +5

    C'mon Jerry, please give up the dj'ing and release some new music. Even if it was "Jerry plays The Specials" with just you playing the organ to old Specials tracks many of us would buy it in a flash. It'd be almost tragic if you never release any music ever again.