The Specials - Gangsters

[MusicToEatOfficial]

love this

[czis77]

dwadziescia lat minelo, ale caly czas rusza

[escortbry]

bbh its the whole image of rude boy ska

[BananaBreadHead]

What's the guys problem at 1:28-1:30?

[johnnyBtrain]

This track always gets me moving.

[SamoaOG]

Legends of English Ska Music - 1981 when this cameout ...

[SuperMerchus]

just love them..... first time i heard them....

[pisartist]

Only 152,728 hits for a fucking classic like this,,,has the world gone mad!

[panzermatt]

@pisartist i pity the kids these days. man we had fun!

[MrCiggles]

@panzermatt i blame your generation...

[scharfuhrerwolf]

@pisartist sad to yes yes it has

[thebeholderful]

ska rules

[escobar1080]

they are so specials :D

[diemondcutter]

I remember hearing The Specials for the first time my freshmen year of 2001 and this and Ghost Town was all it did to get me sucked in. It also helps that I have The 2 Tone Collection.

[TheGregski]

love it. this is a gem of a video, this must have been early 80s. what a great time for music. the specials, jam, police,madness..it doesn't any get better than that.

[chazs7ar09]

this is wot music is really about,ENOUGH SAID WESTHAM STUART..

[firefotis]

i love it

[hewitt78]

wow



[buggsmalone]

911 was an insi....(I default write that when YT puts commercials)

Specials!!!

btw, didn't even watch the vid thanks to the lame commercial

google Zeitgeist

google Resource Based Economy

turn off your TV

love you

[Arachon]

The played this one at a pub I was in with my friends a few months ago.... It was awesome.

But what I want to know is WHY this kind of music is not being made any longer? The only thing resembling "ska" nowadays is these 3rd wave bands who sound more like a crappy pop-rock band where someone found a trombone.

[MrCiggles]

@Arachon why dont you do somthing about it them and stop complaining?

[pathammond]

@MrCiggles Couldn't have said it better meself.

[pathammond]

@Arachon Have a look around. There's plenty of bands still playing proper ska, including some of the original british invasion. Also re "3rd wave", people said the exact same things about these bands (specials, bad manners, madness, the beat etc.) when they came out.

[misfitsruby]

@Arachon try the slackers

[maximecandy]

tune...xskinhead days..

[c1modernist]

living in a world threatened by iTunes and "download now". Gangsters but one step removed - Mr PR Media Man

[reddeb23]

I LOVE THIS BAND I HAVE NOT LISTEN TO THEM IN ABOUT OVER 25 YEARS.IT TAKES ME BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

[gartnait1]

was terry hall john lennons secret love child ?.

[chumshot1]

@gartnait1 LOL

[bulbul2tone]

wow wow wow..........

[jimthewreck]

Black n White says it all great music and great peers

[jucclo]

Love it..........

[jim7862]

They too young to be 2008....more like taken from early 80's.....

[combopump]

Excellent

[ANACATALINA16]

SKA MORE THAN MUSIC IS A FEELING!!! 

[petnzme01]

@ANACATALINA16 too true dude/dudettelol

[dajaack]

that drummer is awesome

[karrazaki89]

Don´t call me Scarface!

[ZigZagWanderer]

Indestructible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[johnlennonbullshit]

im gonna see them at westcoastriot on thursday in gothenburg. Its so fuckin amaizing i dont know if ima dreamin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThePouroupoupou]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Terry Hall = THE MAN!

[catedradebuencabezaz]

Ska is back in town!

[fndmntl]

@catedradebuencabezaz

Ska never left...they just evolves

[v6fiero]

live at coachella this weekend suckaz!!

[emerderas]

i need the embed this video please

[boboreese]

dude on the keys is creepy

[oldfilikin]

@boboreese dude on the keys is the founder of the band, the legend that is jerry dammers

[vickibarwood]

Help get Gangsters back in the charts by downloading it between 28 Mar - 3 April and help raise awareness for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the same time ... Join the facebook group to help spread the word ... google "download gangsters the specials facebook" to find us :-)

[14European88]

The first skinheads were whites morrons etc,there werent any politicals!

Stop to say that it was the jamaicans ahahahah!Stupid people!

[dpw81]

@14European88 you have no idea what you're on about, shut the fuck up

[BritishL85]

@bonaio XD

[Eco100fin]

the first skinhead com from jamaica , morron!!

[dpw81]

@bonaio fuck off cunt.

[marianoip]

EXCELLENT

excelente!!!

-----ARGENTINA----

MODS & SKINHEADS & RUDE BOYS

69´

[drhillaryharris]

Could someone explain exactly what ska music is?I love this band but I never understood what the term meant.

[YouzTube99]

Bit complicated as there are a number of incarnations -- Wikipedia has a good overview. I'd post the link but YT blox them.

But you're right -- easy to love this music regardless of what's behind it.

[Julesph1]

What a blast from the past. Always knew I would never stop loving this stuff. Long live the Rude Boys

[northduc]

Excellent!

[donnylad73]

played a blinder at the bridlington spa theatre on november 2nd 2009, wow what an amazing gig that was

[RangersOldBoy]

Glasgow Apollo 1983 to see The Specials. Brilliant concert and hundreds of Skins on the loose. Those were the days!

[satoterran]

skaaa SKA SKA SKA RUDE BOY

[toonsis]

my ska niggaz

[alex77827]

cool

[falconjerk]

prince buster.....al capone!!!

[bgammill]

Legendary band, legendary song. Right on.

[CinderellaLatte]

love the ska sound

[punkrockxzz]

dont call me scarface!

[MasterUnholyWar]

Man, I can remember picking up this album back in 1996!!! Too bad some dickhead stole it from me in like 2001... I have yet to re-purchase it.

[skinnyBuh]

what ever happened to ska music? it used to get some love in the late 90's? I wish some new good ska bands would come out.

[brypwnedu]

Dude you should check out Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish, or Goldfinger. They're really good

[skinnyBuh]

Yea read my comment again... and then assess what you've just said...

[Liekkek]

why would we want to check out those fake ska bands when we've got the real thing right here? :P

[iluvmyds]

Westbound Train

[Oddiccus]

Teh Awesome!!! :)

[mattski421]

one of the best songs ever !!!!!!!

[tangwich1]

ill shit

[DREWCHIGA13]

oi oi oi!!!

[chuxz]

hahaha i think they meant 2:42..;)

[valk09]

watch out for thoses gangsters

[goredose]

I hope everyone here knows this song is about President Nixon.

[midnightstrings]

a blunt, and a car chase, is all I recall when I first heard this song.

[meinabucket]

OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD.

1:42

So much the man, it hurts.

[susiecollins1959]

I hurt too, when i watch. :)

[theMayfairWorkshop]

What do you mean, oy oy oy?!

[meinabucket]

He's talkin' bout the big monkey man!

[DikkSteini]

Horace's book is good.

[trix69696969]

SKA!:D

[buyee]

Damn good song! what do they consider this music wise?

[Ihuffglue91]

SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA FUCKING SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA SKA!!! Best genre of music

[Gonzalez2500]

1:41

amazing skills,no keys are pushed!

[josecalifas]

badd azz ska jam... badd spelled w 2 dd's for a double dose of that baddazzness.. dope jam...

[gawzrocks]

Classic video.

[pennypants9]

it doesnt get better than this. this is the real deal

[DikkSteini]

If you don't count original Jamaican ska, reggae, and rocksteady.

[Zaeon]

This is great, although I wish the audio was a little louder.

[akum001002003]

that can be fix by turning up your sound

*pick it up*

[Zaeon]

Not really, because when I have it on a video playlist the next song starts and it's incredibly loud.

[umonanny]

Just watch it in high quality.

[Zaeon]

That doesn't help at all.

[umonanny]

Works perfectly for me, I guess you're out of luck my friend.

[xMasterMarwinX]

just found out about this band it kick as. i like the diffrence from all the other same old bands and beats.

[bluesimage1]

What is the origin of the name of this band?

[barneyrebel0123]

1986 I was introduced to The Specials, The English Beat, and The Untouchables. It was so pure underground. Only myself and a few of my sophmore high school buddies knew about them. This was one of my very favorites.. Felt great leaving campus with this blasting outta the car, with people asking who it was. I'd tell them to just keep listening to the crappy mainstream top 40 bands of the day, and they didn't deserve to know who they were. What an ass I was back then. Ahead of their time.

[melemonom]

I was never a fan of ska and I'm still not, but in high school my friends and I performed this song for our course in music and it was really fun. This brings back some great memories.

[frankieicheban]

i luv this fukin song//band.. awsome !!!

[ericgodofthunder4567]

this is awesome !!!!

[Certex]

What do they say right at the start of this superb song? Always wondered. Thanks if you can help.

[ElRhino0311]

"Bernie Rhodes knows, don't argue". Bernie Rhodes was the manager of The Clash or something, I forgot. "Gangsters" is pretty much lifted from Prince Buster's "Al Capone" which starts out with the screeching and "Al Capone's guns don't argue".

[krazyKats]

i had always wondered that as well

[dccrew1]

damn you know your shit well. haha nice

[lyndsayjones44]

bafflegook u nob...class song...bet ur a miley cyrus fan and u still live with yer mom.

[limelighter19]

seriously you must be half deaf or you must boogie to the shit for beats.

[JA2NJ]

A message to you fruity.

Shut the fuck up.

[AntiMusick]

I thought 2-Tone records owned the copyright... and I thought Prince Buster had influenced this song from his song 'Al Capone' since they use the same line "don't call me Scarface my name is Capone"

[949883]

theres no more 2-tone records, emi bought it. if you buy the specials or other 2tone related bands it will have the emi logo in it. the cd kinda got a scar in it since the black and white style is tainted by a golden and black emi simble on the place 2-tone used to be

and it is based on prince busters al capone

[AntiMusick]

it is pathetic that emi tries to make money from old defunct acts that they don't promote anymore and only license out the songs to the highest bidders. I mean look here on the Info description they claimed a (p)2008 for a 30 year old song from 1979.

motherfucking corporate greed their greed is coming back at them with CD sales dropping even more this year

EMI should get of their fucking lazyassholes and put out a goddamn Video DVD of all the Specials videos, live and studio recordings

[SpinningWebs]

And exactly how much money did you pay to watch the video? At least EMI is coughing up the rights to allow us to watch here for free, not like the greedy fucks over at WMG

[AntiMusick]

it's a fucking Promo video ... Promo means it's Promoting the band... not you are buying the video... now like i said if EMI got off their fat asses and produced a DVD of the Specials with Live and Promo videos from over 30 years ago then I would pay for the new production of the Digital Video Disc. and they can slap a 2008 or 09 copyright on it. It's not like I could not search for a FAN made disc of their promo videos but then only the Fans get the cash for their bootleg work and distribution.

[FatwNker]

Fun Boy 6.

[stooge81]

Dig the keyboardist smiling into the camera like a statue at 1:28 into it.

I think he's wearing shades to hide the effects of 'da chronic.

Which is why he's smiling like a statue.

Which is what I probably did when I used to play this song.

Over and over and over and...

[metrodash]

smile for us Jerry Dammers!

[DickStainy]

Terry's kind of a fag.

[ideaboy0]

yea. I'd prefer if ska stood underground. It keeps it more about creativity and the songs will be fresh, and not about a quick buck, which happens far too often if you go mainstream.

[yoyopups]

good song

[Parley454]

I got to see them in Salt Lake City back in 1998 and the pilfers opened up for them, it was a great show. As for ska getting big, we might have a big ska wave in the near future. It always comes back around. I think the 90's one was probably the biggest ska wave in recent history and maybe it crashed on the beach pretty hard, but that doesn't mean another one isn't coming back around. I was pretty sad when moon records went under, all types of great bands on there.

[dizzyddd]

this is to the argument below. I dont understand how you can like a band so much that you dont want them to get big, you only want a select few to know about them. what about the band, i dont think thats what they intended on having when starting this band. Some fans you are huh.

[Davidman101]

the reason is because ska is more of an underground music, if it gets big, the songs wont be as cool and it die and it wont be ska anymore, well it would be not not as good as it would be

[idiotkid1234]

fuckin amazing

[AbsurdlySane]

*Sigh* This just makes me want Terry Hall all over again!

[lc1212]

you said youve been threatened by gangsters, but now its you, thats threatening me. where have all the rudeboys gone?

[dynagirl63]

It's a shame that MTV virtually ignored these guys!

[DominoEffect8993]

no its a good thing they did

[TommySalamy]

no your a fag these guys are awesome

[DominoEffect8993]

fuck u. i meant that cuz i didnt want these guys to sell out, they're better than MTV

[djzachispunk]

true rudeboy for life

[supplement31]

haha yeah i know mtv sucks now like seriously

[HomgHector]

Amazing. O:

[belleagle89]

Bernie Rhodes knows DON'T ARGUE!

[Dustinmotherfucker]

Fucking right!

[Declan50]

SNL, "Saturday Night Live" was the big breakthrough!If only they stayed together...

[camcamcam12123]

great song. hahahaha look at the grummer at 0:34 seconds.

[punkrawkjaxster]

every time i hear this song or other songs by the specials i always dance....try to skank to them...

:)

[Akheron80]

I saw the reunited Specials back in my skinhead days ~12 years ago. They're just not the same without Terry Hall on vocals. Still a band that has had a big impact on my life.

[skamaster1]

viva ska revolution

[SamandChrislive]

Awesome song, and pretty easy to, i just started to learn guitar and this is the first song ive been able to play start to finish :P

[tkel2114]

Best Ska song ever, imo.

[PHATDADDY100]

Fuck Yeah!!!!

[christineroxlol]

Bernie Rhodes knows DON'T ARGUE!!! :)

[CityofDreadfulDelite]

The Specials best work ever, imo... based on an incident during an early-days Specials tour in France. Seems a hotel held them responsible for damages caused by another English band entirely. The hotel mgr took the law into his own hands and actually appropriated some of their instruments... (hence the line "they'll confiscate all your guitars..") and they still had to pay damages regardless in the end. It was well worth their trouble though-- they got a hit song out of it!

[nappiinme]

In the beginning of the song Neville Staple says "Bernie Rhodes knows don't argue" also alluding to that inccident. I think...Bernie Rhodes was the manager of the clash at the time but some how was involved in getting the equipment back...if I remember...I thought they were sooooo cool when I was 18...30 year later I still do

[TZguy]

this is some good shit:] love it

[Spencer562]

i love listening to this song when im stoned!!! :DD

[porsche0514]

greatest song and band ever!!!!!!!!!1

[drumloops]

This is an absolute, stone-cold classic.