The Specials - Gangsters

[sarbeluk]

2Tone!! xiguidop xiguidop

[hakerwritter]

iiea ska ska ska

[ladloud1]

sa c du son!! tro bien...que de souvenir!!

[danram69]

dread to think what the future will hold when there living in real gangster times if only they knew

[marc08110]

DAMN,,,THIS IS FROM AN ERA WHEN BANDS ACTUALLY PLAYED & PUT THERE HEARTS INTO IT....

[MyUsername2668]

Oi! Oi!

[stanleycupchamps2009]

fucking love ska

[MsNuttylass]

this takes me back!! Great band

[sonny136]

PRINCE BUSTER !!!!!!

[starchmonkey]

you can barely hear the guitar riffs...

[edude29]

This is one of those absolutely perfect songs you wish you had written yourself

[mxer581]

Bernie Rhodes knows dont argue

[thekosfox]

knows his tunes and this is one of em!!!!!!!

[guthywoodry]

Woahhh! -Guys!!!

The Live Voltaic Response Rate to this indicates serious commercial posssibilities....

-Your true fans would love for you to to write some new material....-Perhaps, even, some gigs ? -None of us will get any younger .....-Savvy ?

[radam238]

KILLER! This was my favorite song in high school....YIKES! When it was released. Whoa.

[madaikings]

Very much what todays youth is. Simply briiiant. Fresh as the first day it was released. Thank you boys!

[wtfEPILOGUE]

woah<3

[1963builder]

specials,brilliant

[currykev]

Fabulous! Happy, happy memories.

[AlecMier]

@SpicyTofuZ9 Except the assholes that always have to bring him up.(I meant you)

[Trevor9849]

Are there any other Ska bands like The Specials?

[DoctorSess]

@Trevor9849 check out The Selecter

[bjmj75]

@Trevor9849 heres a couple for you, the beat, selector, bad manners, reel big fish, couple there to get on with

[mrskellington33]

@Trevor9849 The Clash. Kinda. "Rudie Can't Fail"

[allfantasticimages]

@Trevor9849 Madness.

[AniTabOngtOke]

Terry hall<3 ya SEXI bish!

[gooneythegreat2]

brilliant !!

[002Tone]

Classic 2tone, Still love this, althought the sound was pure Prince Buster - Al Capone, didnt know that at the time. And tbh doesnt matter but good to go back to the bluebeat early ska sound.

[Yehbytheway]

40 Lily Allen fans don't like this.

[sadduck28]

@Yehbytheway wtf would a lily allen fan know about music,talent, class etc etc, the care in the community scheme has a lot to answer for

[locorojo25]

superb.

[lilton25]

tough.hardcore man

[tonnyylosdemas]

Good !

[hdje39m8]

how can anyone dislike this ??????

[bobthefishmonger]

is that a polka beat?

sounds like it

[sabalouie2000]

This is raw SKA...YAH!!!

[dflyroo]

I just heard a band last night that is still making music like this! sound one

[bladrunner6]

Remember the Mod revival. A class time for UK music and fashion. Two tone music, The Specials, The Selector and the movie Quadrophenia. Oh yes music and a fashion, before all these sugar coated teen boy and girl band cunts.

[hassan333wa]

this is shit

[Jhensy2012]

What does he shout at the beginning of the song?

[nikki18369]

@Jhensy2012

Bernie Rhodes knows Don't Argue

[kl970303]

ahead of it's time



[merovinjiin]

Awesome ..!

Takes me right back - with a huge grin

[jamondoeco]

my parents mate got me likng these hes a fat skin hed a hes a skin head legend mods for ever !!

[NerdyMations]

The Specials- Now one of my favorite bands.

[kolumking1]

wenimmo !!

[therookpiece]

Legendary!, Get in!!!!

[toddfleury]

ahh when music was good,seems so long ago

[samblacklabrador]

i've just read Horace Panter's autobiography - Ska'd For Life (he was the bass player in the Specials) ..it's a really good read for anyone who was into The Specials

[TheTurtleLoungeTV]

Does anyone recognize this from Price Buster's "Al Capone"?

[fightinfarrell]

different class!

[MegaAtlantean]

Classic.

[loveblonde83]

The Specials should re-release this song. However, they should substitue the word terrorists for gangsters and the song would be absolutely spot on today about the UK and USA!

[elso2m3]

fucking skaaa my sons ska skaaaaaaaaa the skin heads are back in town dont call me ska face

[elso2m3]

fucking skaaa my sons ska skaaaaaaaaa the skin heads are back in town

[kerjan1]

the bollocks

[1964draak]

geweldig ik voel me weer helemaal jong

[kirksonline]

Ska.... a combination of punk and reggae....good bass/rhythm...

[moineauska]

@kirksonline no......ska was there before reggae.....the specials and other 2tone bands where the second wave of ska, ska starts in the 60ties, a mix of mento and black american music. Then it became rocksteady and reggae.

[007Scuffer]

@moineauska

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[moineauska]

@007Scuffer in that case you shouldn't have commented

[kirksonline]

@moineauska

Thanks for the information!  I didn't realize that. I stand corrected.

[moineauska]

@KomaconK reggae came from ska dumbass, make research before daying things reggae was in the 60ties before reggae who started in 68-69.

[blur3694]

@moineauska ska is a mix of reaggee and summin else so shup

[moineauska]

@blur3694 FUCK GO READ ON THE HISTORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC SKA WAS THERE BEFORE REGGAE! ska is a mix of mento and black american music, then, ska became slower and it became rocksteady, and then, reggae!! take a look on real ol ska! The Skatalites, this band started in 61!

[TheMyndzye]

@moineauska Good Job and you can't save em all :S

[TheMyndzye]

@moineauska Good Job and you can't save em all :S Something in the water methinks

[ChickieMcPhee]

they're on tour. saw em last week.

[ganyarana]

Epic eyebrows...

[griffin16tg]

oh yes bring back two tone!!!

[Karma682]

fuck you 39 people

dont know ture ska when you hear it

[waynewells]

It,s just my all time

[ladyyid]

I remember the first time i heard this song, i was 11, sitting in my dads car in Sainsburys car park, i pestered my mum to buy me it! She did and it was the first record i ever had, i've still got it! Most music today is s**t and just doesn't match up!

[sexyshezza]

I was Al......................

[chobeUtube]

Saw them way down the list as a support to Iggy Pop in 1980. Iggy didn't have a chance.

[chiaraevabg]

i saw them in torino this summer! amazing

[alivingfire]

.,.,. classic T-Hall vocals .,.,,.

[MrJipster]

lol when the keyboard player is just staring at the camera! this song is very bunglesque!

[tbeaumy]

@MrJipster Jerry Dammers keyboard  player... genius and the backbone of the band and the 2Tone revival. Legend.... was behind the free nelson mandela song that brought to light the plight.

[j4kk4j]

jokes aside, i think im nursing a semi.

[MrBrianing]

ska lives

[MrBrianing]

ska lives

[shawze94]

Fuckin ace, like madness but no so much mad hehe BRITISH BANDS RULE

[ruslanapas]

england 's got defenately the best artists by far ..greetings from holland

[colie311]

they always look like they're having so much fun when they perform. so amazing.

[elland1979]

Brilliant song to kick off the 2 Tone label in 1979......

[gartnait1]

@elland1979 think john lennon would have done a good job of this song as well.

[dude75able]

RASTAFARi

[66corsair]

jerry looks great . (the guy on keys ) they all sound great . and look the business. long live the specials.

[MyAruga]

saw them in london in 1981 fantastic.

[00001terry]

terry hall..... top vocalist....

[MikeTube7]

Fantastic! Fabulous! Why don't they make music like this anymore?

[ammarhio]

@MikeTube7 because people stopped giving a shit.

[newgrooveformation]

Hey Mike they do its going to come back but without the trouble. check out new groove formation.

[newgrooveformation]

Hey Mike its making rumbles in the underground circuit check out new groove formation and lost albertos wicked 21st century ska.

[ycfunlover]

@MikeTube7 god only knows it would be like my youth again i mean at least songs meant sumfin then not like all this i can hear your heartbeat shit we fet , imagine this blarin in your motor yeehah bring it on yass

[276merton]

@MikeTube7 The beauty and reality of music is that it is everchanging...love this vid...remember when it came out...

[phatnatyouknow]

@MikeTube7 Ive been asking myself that very question for a while now.

[JMort95]

@MikeTube7 they do

[Maira67]

cool then...cooler now!

[smithdvr]

i will never ever,never ever,never ever get bored of hearing the specials.

fuck GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,GOD SAVE THE SPECIALS

[BlondeRocknRoll]

i just lovin..have to stop myself dancin..

[jsmouterify]

great song from a brilliant band!!

[luvtocmoon]

bloddy hell love this song!!!

[adrianisleno]

Amazing.

[Huddster1]

Jerry Dammers,,,,,,,,What a musical Genius combined with Terry Hall on Vocals !!!! Class !!!!!

[xbendiistraw]

this is REAL ska. FUCK sublime, the specials is the best band ever.

[rawrxalma]

@xbendiistraw Okay this is real ska, but damn don't hate so hard on sublime.thats my second love right there. Sublime was reggae.not toooooo ska. he tried it out, don't hate.

[Bieji]

@xbendiistraw

Uh, I'm pretty sure no one ever said Sublime was ska..

Sublime is more of a reggae dub punk.

[NoPrEJudice201]

@Bieji they are ska influenced tho,look at no doubt.

[Bieji]

@NoPrEJudice201

No Doubt isn't ska either?

[NoPrEJudice201]

@Bieji what?No doubt were not ska influenced at the start b4 they were real big?

[Scotslover86]

@xbendiistraw

I saw them live in the late 70's....they were/are the best ever.

[mainface]

pretty good foresight considering the masses of wanna be gangster mugs we are swamped with these days

[Taew2009]

Terry Hall kinda looks like a young Robert Smith (the cure) when he shaved his head

[Dorval94]

MAGIQUE et MAGNIFIQUE

[xxAHIPPIExx]

Long Live Ska

[MishuTaste]

It cracks me up when the keyboard player looks at the camera. : ^ |)

[seasleepingmoonlight]

2:33 <3

what a band

[Chickenhawc]

How good are these boys eh?Brilliant guitar work,fantastic drumming great all round really.

[DrWhiggs]

I kinda like the Citizen King version better, and I am prepared to take heaps of abuse for that.

[SLAPnPOP726]

@DrWhiggs why? Your entitiled to your opinion, mate. I do agree with you, by the way.

[THRILLAKILLA187]

love it!

[MattMWarren]

Why does this song totally annhialate every song written in the past ten years?

[JacobDeadman]

sound like the sex pistols if they took a vaction to jamacia and styaed ther way too long .. i love it XD

[deptford]

@JacobDeadman Good way to describe it!

[dajaack]

some of the most inspirational and true songs of late 70s 80s britain

[rage0316]

RUDE BOY FOREVER!

[IANT68]

Deffo one of the best ska tracks. Of all time. Ever

[xYouthAttackx]

i can skank to this song all day everyday

[Noragirlie63]

music from my youth!

[regency149]

For the two tone lovers!

[BeefyTuber]

Brilliant!

[125jerkinmygerkin]

dude i was watching SLC Punk and i heard this song in it and i was AHHH!!! no jk i wasnt screaming like a girl...but i was excited!!!!!!!

[Nonvm]

Droogie on Drums XD

[nativemaggot]

Ads by Google....suck! great song though

[DrSketch01]

this song got me iinto ska!

[Tpain831]

smoothe baby

[bannblue]

awesome tune from an awesome band. 5 stars.

[BigJim24]

Stop staring at me like that - it's freaking me out!

[behindoutragedy]

SKANK IT HO'S!!!! sick song!!

[opentheudder]

He's actually saying "Al Capone's guns don't argue"

[ministryofsumthing]

he's sweating bullets

[MishuTaste]

Thank you for posting this! I've been looking for this song.

[dansgod]

God,I love this song!!!

[sanjurodog]

you know why that guy's lookin at you? 'cause he's a Rude Boy! That's why!

[msangh2003]

this man can sing

[dannidog]

1979 great year

[skandalozo13]

black and white for ever¡

[dklustick]

a friend of mine said this song gave him the chills... haha he said it was spooky.

what year was this made?

[MELLOWFELLOW82]

why can't i post this on facebook ... i want to show my friends kick ass 2 tone ska ...

[sanjurodog]

don't interrupt while I'm talking

[seanbohan]

you wont allow embedding of the video so I can share it with all my friends on facebook?

c'mon

[krookedsb23]

@seanbohan just copy and paste the address link. it pops up in a little thumbnail on your post. I'm sharing this you already know!

[xarealpersonx]

DON'T CALL ME SCARFACE!

[mrralvintwerp]

thats three words

[baldystewart]

@mrralvintwerp four!

[metsmaster73]

one word.......

AWSOME MUSIC AND GROUP...

[jfelipevb]

Traffic 2010 Torino

[halandreos79]

im 47 years now,,,,,the 80s were theBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBEST!!!!!!!!

[fanniterrette]

"Bernie Rhodes knows, don't argue!"

Songfacts indicates that this song is about a tour in France where The Specials were held responsible for damage in a hotel that another English band caused. The hotel manager even took one of their guitars as a deposit. The Specials had to pay the damage, and the situation escalated when the French police came around. The song reworks a Prince Buster's 1964 Ska classic "Al Capone." It samples the car sound effects that opened the original.

[BiffFrog]

@fanniterrette

I never knew that :-0

[Mikeydsmith]

quality!

[deanbros2000]

No one has moves like the Specials lol... great song

Don't call me Scarface!

[falkon14]

theres too much to do at home these days, interent, dvd, sky cable, computer games mobile free minates/texts on moblies ect, people are lazyer now and more anti-socail in there own world.

back then the kids had nothing to do indoors and used to spend more time together it was more united.

[BNPisFTW]

@falkon14 I disagree with it being anti-social. First. It's a gross exaggeration. People still go out, meet up, do stuff together, play football, go shopping, whatever they like. Second. Internet is actually a very social thing. Plenty programs and websites that are based around socialising, talking to other people. Times change, for better or worse, and recently it's been better. Your post makes you look like some old man who keeps rambling on about "the war" and "the good old days".

[bryanedwardlewis]

Two Tone Originals Rude boys!!!!

[figjam271]

such a cool vid.. :)

[figjam271]

pure gold..

[HuckeysWorld]

god im glad im the age i am...wtf is this crap lmao

[xXxRUSTINPEACExXx]

@HuckeysWorld it sounds better with your head out of your ass trust me

[HuckeysWorld]

@xXxRUSTINPEACExXx that made alot of sence...fucking retard..go play with ur crayons