The Specials Gangsters

[MrJuxtapoz2010]

Skatastic

[Rikitocker]

When all was right with the world .... my youth!

[raiderruss13]

Still the best

[SparkyEmbery]

classic concert - remember it well. Classic band.What a time the late 70's and early '80's were. Now to check out " Concrete Jungle" - my fave track.

[szilvi4]

holly SKA!



[jendrix56]

I yearn the eighties!!!!!!

[jaffabiscuit]

I remember watching this when it was first on (sometime in about 15 BC). I used to listen to a lot of rubbish then... but this is still as fresh and exciting as ever!

[MrBananabender]

privlaged to grow through my teens with theese the jam and more...excellent

i pity the teens of today

[DjElSemtex]

Btw, ADO as in ADO Den Haag?

[DjElSemtex]

@ adohooligan70 : That's good news! I was seriously thinking good ole' mr. Rodriguez had passed away a couple of years ago! Sorry for that!

[Taobudoconcepts]

I loved this song, Don't forget there was no internet then just what you listened to and what was shown on TOTP ( top of the pops ) still love ska to this day :)

[hibeegirl17]

specials......cool as!!!!!!

[tony671]

roll on october when i will see the specials for the 2nd time in over 30yr i was 15 the first time 47 this time and i will still dance all fuckin night!!!

[simul68]

@tony671 saw them at blackpool last year and they were awesome, moonstomped all gig, was sweating like a pig at the end top band

[topbluffa1]

1 person miss clicked the dislike button from skanking out to hard.

[divintcha1]

Roll on The Tour

[fondoogle]

watch?v=46CNp89_52Y

[TheSpinner111]

"Bernie Rhodes knows Don't argue!!!"

LOVE IT!! LOL

[danchopper95]

how can anyone dislike really?! this song is amazing

[fromeindhoven]

The best SKA group ever!

[jonslocum123]

Better Known as Elvis Costello

[herrbrush]

Thank Declan Patrick McManus for his boost in getting this to you back in the day.

[sweeneytodd011]

that was bangin!

[xSinKittyx88]

1 person got jumped by Gangsters!

[MansourtheAmazing]

best stuff to dance to i have ever come across

[Stalinsurfstheweb]

fucking love this fucking song

[DjElSemtex]

Wwooowwwwwww, absolutely great, this version of 'Gangsters' ... I always love the 'restart', here from 02.31 with the special horn blowing by the late great Rico Rodriguez and Dick Cuthell.. :-)

[adohooligan70]

@DjElSemtex Both hornplayers are still alive!

[Lentoporo]

Thumbs up

[ferencav]

genious

[technoturnip]

top tune need i say more, bollocks to rap its crap!

[tomjames2006]

massive!

[britcomfan247]

wish I'd been born about 30 years before I was, just to see these guys first time around.

[upcambornehill]

locheelad2, love that comment mate, absolutely spot on :-) Ska beats any of that new so-called gangster-shit-bollocks.

[tekknojunkie]

sooo boss!!

[ShOrtieMAC919]

god i luv ska

[punkrockxzz]

fucking class

[locheelad2]

I wonder if Snoop J.L. Gold Pimp Hip-Hop Cool Necklace, knows the Specials were doing Gangsta when his Mutha was trying to potty train?

[samblacklabrador]

great...love the specials thanks for posting mate!!

[Sabatinitennis]

I remember them in '79 when they crashed onto the scene - good to see them back after 30 years as I missed them first time around!

[SpearWieldingOctopus]

Ska doesn't get much better than this

[MegaWiiwii]

noticed how the white guys have stolen ska from the blacks just like rock n roll n hip hop

[Onepopesmoking74]

come on, man. don't look at the color of the skin. focus on the unity of every human race on earth. that's what most people involved with ska believe.

[SpearWieldingOctopus]

Right!

[OpticalFascism]

Yeah yeah, and yet MegaWiiwii is right.

[apunx001]

@Onepopesmoking74 -oioi

[zZoiks]

lol hardly stolen.. how can you steal something which you can't even see let alone touch...

on a serious note. you're a fucking spastic.

[MegaWiiwii]

on a serious not i am a spastic thanks for degrading my disability. heard of stephen hawkins? well, thats how i communicate. dickweed

[TheMilksMan]

LOL SHIT SUCKS FOR YOU

[OpticalFascism]

Fascist fuck. It seems you never heard of "intellectual property".

[zZoiks]

mate, stop chatting breeze its getting cold in here.

[ncbloom]

2 tone. 2 tone . duh

[Liekkek]

you do know 2 of the specials are black right?

[scaasi]

This was a minor hit here in New Zealand when it came out, The Specials were oft covered by cover-bands...

Class!

[TabbzMoo]

Saw the Specials on Sunday in Auckland....they are amazing! it is awesome that so many people were there and that even people in the seated area (me included) were all dancing in the trad mod way :D

[billyfury1]

How cool is this,Fantastic.

[5hocK]

Pure class

[KingBassie76]

i agree lol

[IndieModPunk]

I wish kids at school would listen to this

[grwedupfairyprincess]

i no exactly how you feel. bugs me that no one has heard of the specials. they are clearly one of the best bands known to mankind and the lyrics are always relevent.x

[tractorlad1]

this band allways seems happy i saw gary moore in april all he did all night was tell the fans to fuck off . he should see how bands like these go on

[tractorlad1]

this band allways seems happy i saw gary moore in april all he did all night was tell the fans to fuck off . these bands need to be right with there fans we made em they owe us

[Leiluna3000]

Forti!!!

Ero ancora un bambinetta quando li ascoltavo, ma mi fanno ancora un effetto... specials!

wharf!

[BigJahJahBless]

HMM Very nice Timeless

[OleirosGZ]

SKA FROM GALIZA!!!

[suhuso59]

Skipped two continents to see them!! Brilliant!!

[982Munchie]

Does anyone know which Specials album they have this version of Gangsters on? Where they incorporate bits right from Prince Buster's "Al Capone" (like spelling C-A-P-O-N-E). I had a cassette of it once but lost it!

[cornholio1962]

dont call me scarface, feckin brill music from the late 70's i was 17 in 79 loved it

[oldblue1346]

Brillante

[fatcat669]

BRILL!?

[marklp1]

Terry Hall...what a voice,what a band,what an era. The 80's were great..... Seen The Specials twice..Madness three times..and Bad Manners Twice,NEVER disappointed!!!

[gazdoesdallas]

Such energy! Shame I was born the same year this all kicked off!

[redstarpartyzan1988]

aren't they supposed to be touring again?

[thenorman666]

absolutely excellent!!!!!

[blustorm10]

fuckin brill

[philipbebb]

greeeaaat

[boothfitzsimons]

rude boys play oxegen!fucking deadly

[weecoby3]

The lads are doin' T in the Park !!! Never got to see them back in the day ....I am one happy old fucker!!!!

[teddiemeijer]

I love them so much!

From japan.

[jackoflava]

Absolutely fucking amazing

[dxr1jockey]

anyone else notice no matter what they sing live, it sound's exactly the same as there recording's, how many band's around now pull this off......................hardl­y any................fantastic band forever

[somepunxguy]

that is true ive notice that too they are an amazing band

[AntimonarquicBR]

niceee!!!

[siancar]

Cant wait to see the best band ever,shame its the ricoh cov ,the acadamy brum would be better but hey its going to be class, its the specials

[GilbertSyndrome]

Just because it won't be like the old days does not mean that it won't be fucking brilliant nowadays, BadManners are still spot on, Terry and the Specials will be too.

[newportcountysDYC]

yea seen bad manners a few weeks ago fukin brilliant ...

[tonyretardado]

The Specials are kings!

[nuttyboy11]

Personally...... I think it's great...... How many 2tone fans missed out on seeing them live.......... I'd rather see The Specials with Terry than listen to the shit without.......NB11

[PinkMimosa]

awesome

[azalea66]

fuckin CLASS

[GreenGobllin]

I agree MOONSTOMP, It will not be anything like the gigs they did in late 70s early 80s. Madness, Selecter, Bad Manners , Beat etc are all doing it, i thought Specials had more sense! Aparently not.

[oudzuidNL]

partytime !!!

[MOONST0MP]

I cant belive The Specials are gettin back together to embarass themselves next year. I am fuckin gutted about this, they were the best band ever in thier time, they should be rememberd as they were, and whats this about Jerry not playin? You can not have The Specials without Jerry Dammers. This is so sad.

[rudeboypop]

if they got jerry dammers i would be on board 100% but without him im pretty suspicious about it too.

[westlondonboyo]

Bernie Rhodes worked with Malcom Maclaren before the Clash. Some say he invented punk????? Who knows.

Cant wait untill the Specials play Brixton, Thought I would never see the day, only wish Jerry was playing to.

[roddy76to86]

From what I've read, the only person who thinks that Bernie Rhodes invented punk is Bernie Rhodes !! But he was one of the ones involved with the start of punk in the UK.

[2135davidc]

Bernie Rhodes was The Clash manager first

[DaddyoSR3]

Got my ticket today for 22 april 2009.Yippeeeeeeeee

[newportcountysDYC]

got mine last week cant fukin wait...

[DawnofNSSD]

give this comment a Thumbs-up

if you Love Ska :D

[yammyrob]

i adore it :D

[MOONST0MP]

AA AA AA AA AA AA SKA , Best band inn the world, The Specials, Hope to god they never reform, would be embarassin, THE SPECIALS should be rememberd as they were.

[sandmeadow]

The Specials FOREVER!

[sherrinasherrina]

ha this song is the same age as me

[thordis517]

My German shepherds came running nto the room when Bernie yells, "don't argue!" That's authority!

[roddy76to86]

"Bernie Rhodes knows don't argue !!" Thanks to Wikipedia, I've finally found out after nearly 30 years what that was all about !!

[madmacska]

ok mate,can you tell me what it means!!! me the same 30 years of going bernie who!!

[roddy76to86]

This is what it says in Wikipedia -

"The intro to the Specials song Gangsters, Bernie Rhodes knows don't argue, was a reference to him getting their guitars and equipment back after they were confiscated by a hotel in Paris (even though the band had done nothing wrong)."

I have visions of a big ballyhoo in that hotel lobby, and somebody shouting BERNIE RHODES KNOWS DON'T ARGUE !!

[roddy76to86]

I forgot to mention that Bernie Rhodes was their manager at the time - 1979ish.

[kargo831]

watch a video called west side regulators its hilarious

[bahhstones]

i love this song

[pewseyboy]

this bring back great memories, i an remember seeing the in Swindon in 1980... fab... try to forget about Swindon though...

[acceitunas]

Great music to do housework too lol

[CrowleyHead]

Possibly the only worthwhile bit of Ska punk. Lord knows over here in the USA we made it absolutely appalling.

[samisace]

a yank rudy that can admit it. i admire you bud.

but yeah to true...i mean come on reelbig fish?

what a load of bollocks

[CrowleyHead]

*groans* Man, I don't know where we go wrong exactly... We've got ska that sounds nothing like ska!

[lookit87]

Best Specials song ever!

[baggielee67]

The Specials were, without a doubt, kings of English ska, not dissing the others but these guys were head and shoulders above the rest, IMHO of course.

[jeffreykins]

Was Rico actually in the specials? Forgive my ignorance.

[specialsAKAjack]

he was for recordings and live some of the times but hes was an unofficial member

[ruderkonge1976]

I'm not worthy!!

[metrodash]

BERNIE RHODES KNOWS DON'T ARGUE!!!

[hanspsc]

BTW: this song is about Bernie Rhodes, who once was manager for both Clash and Specials.

Clash wrote Complete Control about him :-)

[johnmonica]

isnt to the music al capone by prince buster?

[metrodash]

Love the rude boys; the original 'rude boys' were the 'Teds' who in the mid-50's were lower class youth who took to wearing flash "Edwardian" clothes in stodgy postwar Britain an pissing off the authority. John Lennon was a Ted for a time

[hanspsc]

the original rude boys were from Jamaica...

forget the Teds! they used to beat up punks and rude boys as they emerged in the mid 70s.

Saint Joe Strummer once dressed up as a Ted to watch a rockabilly show in London but was discovered and was beaten up...tells a lot of the "brainy" Teds.....

[metrodash]

Never said I "liked" the Teds (and God knows why Strummer would do that) it's just I thought the rude boys made up the idea of mocking the upper class, but friggin Teds had the idea first (rather have Rude boys #1!!!)

[hoppybhoy]

another kind of of ska,explain,nutty boys lol,i must say their first album was good but thats about it.

[hoppybhoy]

dont even put badmanners and madness,in the same scene as the specials,they were for kids,

kiddie ska pop music,especially madness,.

[didot18]

what are u saying man? madness were not for kids, it was another kind of ska but they were pretty good. However, i prefer the specials of course

[lazylolski]

skinheads are back...... and rude boys

[waynepunkdude]

awesome simply awesome

[tomberlandkid08]

1979 fantastic, wish i was there LOL was the dogs bllx

[sorigny]

oh my god 1979 aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[YOTBTUBE]

Gansters!!!! The Specials in concert!

[jaymcgeo]

Gangsters=GOVERMENTS

[stephieebabexox]

AWESOME, need some of that these days.

[colo1969xxx]

those were were the days loved um

[nevikm]

oh my goooooooddddddddddddddddddd!!!­!!

[SUPAALBION]

youth culture was great in them days. now sadly there is none. too much american influence ,that is why they wear stupid hoods and carry knives. There was lots of voilence in this erra, but on the whole there was a code of conduct. today anything goes. i want it and i want it now.

[721garfield]

k recuerdos de mi juventud larga vida al ska larga vida al Oi!

[elbunkerskandaloso]

una d las mejores bandas de 2tone k he escuchado

[zigzagzig40]

The midlands were kicking it at this time. I remember them coming into my mums shop in Leicester to buy clothes for the relese of this their first song to filmed on top of the pops.They are still friends of my mum.

Para los Espanoles que les gustan Ska no tiene nada que ver con racismo entonces dejar de paliar imigrantes en tu pais.

[ppmella]

the specials, madness y bad manners completan la triologia del espiritu del primer ska inglés.

sin duda alguan, como bien dices, lo mejor de lo mejor

[skeletone2tone]

alguna duda de que son uno de los mejores en el ska yo no lo creo y ustedes

[Leestoners]

ive just read about all these gigs in Horace Panters book 'Ska'd for Life', its a great read

[hjmcrob]

Aaaaaaaw! What a babyface Terry Hall is! Wish I'd been old enough to see them for myself when it was all happening.

[Shabbypunk72]

The greater ska band and the greater ska song ! Oi !

[stephieebabexox]

you are a fanny baws, what a knob, lol.

[jzx32]

where was you??

[ChoClateMilk2]

..............

[roddy76to86]

Deadpan. I think you just don't get it !

[annikapc]

Terry Hall's very unique voice makes him stand out. Jerry Dammers was impressed with his voice when he was the lead singer for a local punk band in Coventry called Squad when he was just 17 years old! Terry Hall has made over 13 albums with all his bands plus his solo recordings. For someone whom you think has an irrating voice, he obviously has longevity, songwriting talent, and a great voice. I personally love his voice. Nobody sounds like him and his music is also very eclectic.

[fruitbowlnz]

then why are u listening to the song

[stezothewhitenegro]

OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU!

FUKIN AMAZING VIDEO

gET UP rUDe bOYS!

[maxwellmurder911]

this is just fucking awesome

[Henning80]

jeg spiser bare potetgull jeg

[honestyoungman]

"DONT CALL ME SCARFACE"

[ShoShaVirus]

every single part of this is just great

[lemonite1]

looks like alot o' fun!

[ritchie93]

CLASSSSSSSSSSSS

[davegrohlstash]

DONT CALL ME SCARFACEEE

[vicrude]

gansters yeah two tone ska jamaica SKA rude boys luchaNDO contra el sistema en contra del facismo

[latinoish37]

when I hear this I'm 7 again LOL!!!

[July4thGatti]

it`s great!!

SPLENDIDO!!

[cubaser]

They definitely had the X Factor!...My Favorite group/ band/ Image & Lifestyle of all time!

[hackney44]

BRILLIANT!

[itsdandandan]

when i c this i am 18 again.

[manced42]

One of the best tunes ever.

[tennischick2228]

great fucking band way ahead of their time!!!

[TroubleOnVinyl]

my favourite band ever

[BLANKEXPRESSI0N]

Best band ever.

[terawattz]

just a small correction rojo it was c campbell aka prince buster 1967 i belive not the skattalites,bernie rhodes guns dont argue..

[SKADAZZA]

Awesome!Oh i wish i could go back to those depressing days as a kid so i could see my favourite band live!