The Specials - Rat Race

[1957rod]

i liked them a lot

[argyll1854]

Memories, 1st Class

[wellermanjack]

you gotta check out the bestest up and coming ska n mod band, p45, look em up !!

[dbaw1975]

just back from seeing them live at ally pally........they fucking owned it!!

[boheimans]

MillaBoy1991 same as mate

[MillaBoy1991]

love this xxxxxxxx

takes me back years xxxxxxx

[myhandisburned]

111,111st veiw yes

[1996crystalstarr]

my parents dislike this sort of music, the first time they heard me listening to it they took my laptop away and my stereo and my ipod lol but not my record player and i now have about 10 locks on my door :D and they also disaprove of my VERY short hair and docs

[deltaofwar]

@1996crystalstarr you should wear army surplus boots or solovairs. Doc martens produces a good majority of their boots in Thailand now.

[GingerPhilG]

@deltaofwar China mate not Thailand - Much the same end though... I'm now in a pair of 11 eyelet Solovairs.. Superb boots :)

[ourargumentblog]

@1996crystalstarr @deltaofwar unless of your you can get your hands on a pair made in england !! i found mine on the side of the road with the garbage downtown .. 8 ) !!

[TheSzafir]

super nice note and extra-August listens for an event

[loonylinda]

always loved this...thanks



[weareleeds69]

SKOOL DISCOZZZZZZZ,80's were CLASSIC i would got back in time now.

[NewRomanticx]

Haha, I was born in 92 & I was pretty much a couple of years too late :L

Wish I was alive during the 80s :( LOVE that era! The fashion & the music is BRILLIANT! :D

[LadyScumBag10]

@NewRomanticx True man, I was born in 93 but wish I was born bout 20 years earlier so I could enjoy some of the eighties but this age lol

[Thefog666]

@LadyScumBag10 the 80's were totally crap with a hand full of decent groups, hehe, least the specials were good and adam and the ants.

[LadyScumBag10]

@Thefog666 yeah some of the 80's was pretty shit, not naming any names *cough* wham *cough*

[1964chrissie]

thatcherism poverty cunts in downing street deja vu anybody?

[kidcoyle7691]

me youth!!!happy dayz:):)

[wickedglamour]

the 80s were a decade that i'm so disappointed that i missed............if only i had been born 10-15 years earlier!!! damnit.....

[sgtraytango]

the days when British music was actually good and meant something

[britvic63]

CLASS!! SIMPLE



[britvic63]

CLASS!!

[bodosegogo]

the keyboard before the sing gives me creeps

[ginder66]

they would of been super stars but come on ,,Coventry no wanted to go there in the 80,s

[tom1995w]

@sentosasam Nice one mate ;)

[ahmerpot]

Old enough to remember this song,young enough not to be old,its still a rat race!

[CnCKane]

RAT RACE.. all our LI(O)VE..

A RED SKIN! ALL THE WAY!

[axiom1912]

@CnCKane redskin loloolol

[BlondeRocknRoll]

quality .. love the specials .. still today this sounds good ..

[EssexBoy696969]

@BlondeRocknRoll

Compared to the rap shite we get bombarded with today, so do Black Lace!

[lazinitis]

top tune!

[offroadtours]

your working for the rat race, you know your wasting your time, working for the rat race, your no friend of mine.

[Josey689]

I went to see this band in 1980, great live show. Autograph from terry hall too!

[nikoclash096]

I think he sings similar to Robert Smith from The Cure..

[NecromanceLanguage]

@nikoclash096 correction: Robert Smith from The Cure sings similar to him!

[SPORTINGMUSE]

I got 1 art level it did nothing for me..............well cse art anyway.

[beccasdad]

love that voice ,,,,, what a song!!

[TheNegativeApproach]

One of the greatest bands in british history EVER!

[draggin29]

spot on fella !! well said.

[MATT070492]

wiked this is a right good do.

[yikzxer]

^^

Great band, great song!!!!

[jimgeeland]

classic going to poly tune!

[flockofwolfs]

waste of instruments

[erasure43]

I bought this when I was 15 or 16 with money my parents gave me to buy a school dinner, I think I spent it better, If they only knew:)

[philipbutlin]

@erasure43 good choice lol

[BobbysBongSpot]

@erasure43 James. This is your Father. I'm very disappointed. xD haha that'd so funny

[adam412]

@erasure43 omg youre so bad!

[KawaiiLawliett]

Gahhhh. It's the Specials that make me glad to live in Cov =).

Anyway

Great band, great song

[johnmurray911]

roll on oxegen!!

[Clearhighlighter]

Saw them do this live in Dublin, without Terry. Still great.

[georgethebear1812]

wembley market sunday 23 may 1979

[MADALANMAC]

Those loafers were made by Frank Wright (now sadly defunkt).

Red or Dead do cracking loafers with genuine Doc Marten soles. Just been added to their new catalogue. Appears sad old gits like me are coming back into fashion (again)!! lol

[ferrers88]

what a fud

[tes74]

One of my most fave words in the world is Fud!!!! :)

[marklp1]

Question for all you Ska's out there....Does anyone remember pinhole loafers? and if so who made them? they're on the cover of Dance Craze the album....(It's not Loake by the way)..tanx

[mikebott]

the 90s might have been better for ska if new bands had to ask the specials for permission to record....

[OnionChang]

Lol I like this comment . Ska revival was horrible, but i was still into at the time

[CplSpeedyQuick]

dig out my blacks and white shirt , fucking awesome 2 Tone :D

[Drugstorecowgirlca]

this is an awesome song....rennny,my chihuahua loves this song

[BERTRAMCAT]

were the tour 2009...

[gazzer6717]

ON TOUR AGAIN 2009 DON'T MISS IT

[skahead63]

ive got a ticket - cant bloody wait

[samoman92]

too right :P ive got a bacckstage pass! lol my mums mate (yer im just 16) is best mates with lynval golding cos she was mates with him back in cov. CANT FUCKING WAIT! lol

[GothicKing1000]

i so so so nearly got backstage passes cause my mates lynvals daughter! didnt though :(

[tes74]

How crap would that have been.. like dangling a carrot right in front of your nose then just as you're about to bite... whipping it away!!! Maybe next time eh..?? :D

[alan2791]

I so so so nearly won the lottery because I bought a ticket ! Didn't though :S

[tes74]

Aww how crap... just as you think they are going to call your numbers.... they dont! Maybe next time eh..?? :P

[worcestervillians]

quality..........

[radiowizard123]

my youth club days...superb!..i can smell the parkay floor...and see the pool table with vinyls sat right next x

[Tylerwasnth3r3]

this is amazing we need more music like this now adays thanks for uploading it =D

[kelvinmajor]

i spent my 70p dinner money on this record

[NitroNoriFan]

Excellent choon !! :o) My 1980`s future expectations of not working for the rat race forever have let me down and I`m still stuck in it.......Phooey!!

(bottom lip sticks out in a sulk!!)

[paddyhyland]

What a tune, they certainly gave the bands from London a good run for their money. Classic.........

[nuttyboy11]

You've made my nipples stand out.......

[tes74]

Ooh and i havent even touched you.... what will my hubby say!!! :) Thank you for leaving a comment :D

[HunnyOnion]

This takes me back,sigh!love them.

[Deliplus]

Thank you!

From Spain.

[LiamovYik]

i reeeeeeeeeli hope they get back together

[lennonpx200]

fucking class

[watty3116]

too right, i havent sold out!!!what a tune.

[philipchimp]

awesome song! they dont make em like this anymore!

[martymcmeek]

*sigh* :-)

[tes74]

Thank you for that lovely sigh for my song... well not my song but you know what i mean!! :D