Too Much Pressure has to be my favourite Selecter song. I loved the whole 2Tone movement and what it stood for and am proud to have been a part of it. This video has made this 64 year old very happy.
The Selecter at their absolute best with the original line up. Also two guitars rather than the one guitarist they now use in there performances . Two guitars just fill out the sound better. My favourite Ska band of all time.
Desmond Brown is an underrated Hammond player. His parts are simple but perfectly timed and placed...punctuates and helps drive the groove. A masterclass in not overplaying...
I love this footage! How have I not seen this before? The Selecter had the best 2-guitar attack in 2-Tone, and is still unmatched by any ska band since. No horns needed - their sound was guitar-driven. Neol's strat sounds like it could cut thru steel. Pauline/Gaps are also the best vocal duo. They meshed like yin and yang, or maybe like Starsky and Hutch, moreso than like a smooth harmony duo. They had the style and attitude. I love how Desmond made a checkerboard pattern on the back of his Fred Perry with duct tape!
As a 61 year old very young skinhead in 1970 (the ORIGINAL skinheads) listening to "the liquidator" which is now played at my team Chelsea's ground before kick-off this "ska" movement started mid to. late seventies and was BRILLIANT!! bands like THE SELECTOR and MADNESS and BAD MANNERS etc etc...a GREAT time!!
So much love and respect for the top ska bands of that era. High energy grooves. Lethally catchy tunes. A time of legendary bands with so much soul. 🙏🏻Ska Bless Us All.
40 years ago in college I wrung out my brain on the Selecter and other ska bands! Loved it then lost it. Now i get it back with visuals! This is so stunning to see. Love Pauline!
Three Minute Hero -- more like three decade champions, and counting. As much as I love all the frontline ska bands like The Specials, Madness, The (English) Beat, I get an energy and joy from The Selecter like no other. Great ensemble, and Pauline is beyond brilliant. Thank you to the uploader. What joy.
Too Much Pressure has to be my favourite Selecter song. I loved the whole 2Tone movement and what it stood for and am proud to have been a part of it. This video has made this 64 year old very happy.
The Selecter at their absolute best with the original line up. Also two guitars rather than the one guitarist they now use in there performances . Two guitars just fill out the sound better. My favourite Ska band of all time.
Desmond Brown is an underrated Hammond player. His parts are simple but perfectly timed and placed...punctuates and helps drive the groove. A masterclass in not overplaying...
We need bands like this now, to sort out the polarisation in our society.
I love this footage! How have I not seen this before? The Selecter had the best 2-guitar attack in 2-Tone, and is still unmatched by any ska band since. No horns needed - their sound was guitar-driven. Neol's strat sounds like it could cut thru steel. Pauline/Gaps are also the best vocal duo. They meshed like yin and yang, or maybe like Starsky and Hutch, moreso than like a smooth harmony duo. They had the style and attitude. I love how Desmond made a checkerboard pattern on the back of his Fred Perry with duct tape!
As a 61 year old very young skinhead in 1970 (the ORIGINAL skinheads) listening to "the liquidator" which is now played at my team Chelsea's ground before kick-off this "ska" movement started mid to. late seventies and was BRILLIANT!! bands like THE SELECTOR and MADNESS and BAD MANNERS etc etc...a GREAT time!!
Compare this to today's anodyne, bland crap on MTV or that repetitive bass-heavy stuff called rap.
I like the part where they go 'too much preshah"...
My old group toured with the reformed Selecter back in 97 in Germany.
So much love and respect for the top ska bands of that era. High energy grooves. Lethally catchy tunes. A time of legendary bands with so much soul. 🙏🏻Ska Bless Us All.
Pauline is an absolute legend, the energy of the woman is amazing. Kicked many a man's ass on stage.
Geweldig, ik ben weer even 15 jaar, en kan weer lekker dansen
KILLER set
Brilliant live footage, too much pressure ❤️
40 years ago in college I wrung out my brain on the Selecter and other ska bands! Loved it then lost it. Now i get it back with visuals! This is so stunning to see. Love Pauline!
Classic live Set on French TV back in the Eighties! Incredible Energy! What a great Ska Band! Rude Boys and Girls! Get Up and Skank in Place! 😊
Thank you for these memories of youth skinhead-reggae !
Three Minute Hero -- more like three decade champions, and counting. As much as I love all the frontline ska bands like The Specials, Madness, The (English) Beat, I get an energy and joy from The Selecter like no other. Great ensemble, and Pauline is beyond brilliant. Thank you to the uploader. What joy.