I remember this song growing up in South Africa. It was banned so we had great joy in playing it really loudly and singing even louder. God bless Madiba and all who learn from him!
A bit of "trivia" for you all; it was the CIA under George Bush who tipped off the SA government as to Mandela's location which led to his arrest. God Bless America, NOT!
Is this the Specials without Terry Hall? Just Jerry Dammers' version of the band? It's a noble song, but pales in comparison to the "real" Specials material.
apart from this song being completely irrelivent now that robben island isnt a prison anymore. :) whoever said Nelson Mandela is a terrorist is a stupid pratt.
Nothing like ska thats for sure especially The Specials....check out these guys THE DUALERS (yep at our channel) moving from busking to major performances with connections with the likes of the Specials =)
Amazing found this on the end of an old specials cd, now my favourite song for the last 3 days. Has it all: a good story with happy ending (now), soulful uplifting yet emotional singing and music that you can dance to all at the same time!
i'm a white english man but nelson mandela is a world wide legand. if it wasn't for people like him, martin luther king and more recent barak obama the world wouldn't be as close as it is today
I am not black or South African, and did not understand Apartheid at the time, But when Nelson stands to talk. EVRYBODY stands and listens.We could do with a few more Nelson Mandelas around the world.
Yeah, right. We need more communist terrorists who could have left jail any time he wanted, all he had to do was renounce violence (and he got a Noble peace prize for refusing to renounce violence). I suppose prison was better than Soweto. Meanwhile his wife winnie and the "Nelson mandela football team" were busy murdering black kids who wouldn't join the Soviet funded ANC......I am white and English, but I will always remember the poor kid named Stompie, that they murdered.
@LDNn15 He actually said "What freedom am I being offered while the organisation of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts." Basically if he traded his personal freedom and stopped fighting then the black people of Africa would never be free.
@LDNn15 Yes his side did do some terrible tings but there is no straight good and evil. Things aren't black and white. There will always be grey patches. Mandela himself, for lack of a better word, chastised his followers for using voilence in that way. He actually planned to blow up buildings with no one in side them. He did it to make a statement and, again for lack of better word, intimade the white politians who wanted to keep the black majority of South Africa under their rule. I'm white.
Calling him a terrorist says far more about you than it does about him. You couldn't care less about Stompie Moeketsi. Mandela showed more restraint and dignity than any contemporary leader, and the stance he took on release from jail saved a nation from a bloodbath. You condemn a man who sacrificed a huge amount for peace, but say nothing about the regime that tried to develop biological weapons and cultivate diseases that would work on the black population.
Calling him a terrorist says far more about you than it does about him. You couldn't care less about Stompie Moeketsi. Mandela showed more restraint and dignity than any contemporary leader, and the stance he took on release from jail saved a nation from a bloodbath. You condemn a man who sacrificed a huge amount for peace, but say nothing about the regime that tried to develop biological weapons and cultivate diseases that would work on the black population.
Calling him a terror1st says far more about you than it does about him. You couldn't care less about Stompie Moeketsi. Mandela showed more restraint and dignity than any contemporary leader, and the stance he took on release from jail saved a nation from a bloodbath. You condemn a man who sacrificed a huge amount for peace, but say nothing about the regime that tried to develop biological weapons and cultivate diseases that would work on the black population.
@whackawhack Agreed that they were calling themselves "The Special AKA" at the time, but it's the same band. That's why this is on The Specials official YouTube channel. ^_^
An ULTIMATE SONG.................World Justice........Prevailed........eventually. Respect to a living legend, whose beliefs have come true for his country......
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Nelson Mandela sings about killing white people.
Farmers... Women, children, babies and the elderly are being tortured to death on a regular basis yet the western media refuses to report it because of political correctness!
@mapsnaps Nelson Mandela wanted equality for everyone, white or black. he did not do anything against whites, even though South Africa is now doing that
My friend showed me about this video, I have the song in my cell but if you look closely you can see that "the jerk" dance comes from this video or aka SKA music
HA! I remember dancing in the streets when Mandala was released! The world is getting good and is going to be even better when I see the RE-UNITED Specials INCLUDING Terry Hall at Sound Academy next month. Hahahaha!
@mrclean652009 Sorry Mr. C - no clue, you could check and see if there are tickets left at Sound Academy in TO - not far from Portsmouth (Maine?). Best of luck to you.
This fine tune quickly found itself on heavy rotation on KROQ in it's release year of 1984. I know it seems like it was earlier. A revolutionary classic, no doubt!
I did heard this song in the 80`s on the radio,and saw all the violence on the TV of apartheid.This song had a very big impact on my and the rest of the world,it was the beginning, that South Africa where the last country white apartheid.
Love this song when it came out.Had no idea of its importance then (to young) now its a Legend of a song just like Nelson.........Nelson or Barak I think Nelson would win by a fag paper.
Sorry BoekeBoerke, but your personal actions have nothing to do with it. You benefited from a system that denied rights to black Africans and Asians, simply on the basis of color. So while you may be a good person, that's the legacy that you must deal with.
i was born and raised under the apartheid regime and i was NEVER instructed to beat, kill, torture, etc.... black people. We didn't have a legion of black slaves... we had one gardener who used to pass out from drinking methanol.... SO PLEASE STOP JUDGING ME AS RASCIST! i get crap all the time like: " you are a white south-african so you must be a rascist". Please do not judge people like this because it also rascism. (love the song though...)
Yes, you did have a legion of black slaves. They weren't personally owned by you. They were collectively owned by The State. You reaped the benefits. You think you would have had the living standard you had without all them coloureds working for scraps (and getting killed, beaten etc every now and then)?
I was working on Paradise Island(Bahamas) and he was there as a guest of Sol Kerzner.He was strolling through the casino with another guy(presumably a bodyguard)and he stopped by me and a colleague and chatted for about 5 minutes.Charming and delightful fellow.
I wonder if ol' Sol Kerzner afforded him the same respect and support during the apartied years (i dont know, but some how i doubt it). At that time the brirish primeminster regarded him as a terrorist (her husband had many business interests in the country). Its a shame, even now, the nouveau riche in the country have joined forces with the old business elite and continue to steal from South Africans leaving te poor to a desparate life, crime etc...
yep, its a tragedy, this country could be the beacon of Africa. I recently watched a video from 2001 by John Pilger (on youtube) its a few years old but describes the issue of economic apartied. The few blacks have teamed up with the old guard and shamefully rape and pillage the resources of the country. South Africa needs a revolution.
I agree, only the people can and do make a difference. I recently came across a docuementary regarding the recent struggles in Liberia, W. Africa. A shocking heart stopping documentary title 'Pray the Devil back to hell' A must watch of how the women of Liberia joined forces, toppled a dictator and elected the first women president of an African country. A must watch (trailer on youtube and the DVD on there website 'praythedevilbacktohell'). Also, a must act. I hope I and other have the streng
Hmm... maybe that was because Bobby Sands was a murderer and all... not meaning to be offensive to anybody, but if you know people who were killed and maimed in the bombs, you dont have much sympathy!
fuck off the lot of u this is a brilliat tune even though its specialsAKA but terry hall is the best man sings all secials songs fukin brilliant an these were a skinhead band skinheads listend to it fuin bsik this music
the specials never sung this song it was in fact the specialsAKA as the band had split up and they was going to use copyright if they kept the same name so they added an AKA so they couldn't use copyright
Almost but not quite, The Specials and The Special AKA Band were Jerry Dammers bands, they started out as The Special AKA, then changed to The Specials, but after Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding left to form The Fun Boy Three, the band reverted to The Special AKA Band.
agreed. it's gone to shit with crime and stuff, and most Africans are still in poverty. And the ANC are pretty much guranteed a majority, even though they clearly arent fit to govern. SA needs a guy like De Klerk or Botha.
ur both talking bollocks. there is less poverty now and it decreasing all the tym. just now its visible whereas it used to be tuckd away so that white people didnt see it. There is poverty and crime but it takes a long tym for change to take place. Whatever you say, a democratic society where everyone has a vote is ALWAYS better than a society where 10% are treated as far superior to the rest. end of.
no doubt, democracy is the correct way to run a country. The system in RSA pretty much gurantees the ANC power though, and my point is that they arent fit to run everything. Hence the shitty condition of the country now. Crime was never that bad back in the 60s, when there was a capable government in power.
thats just not true. maybe cos now crime effects everyone because its a more integrated society. i see the massacre of 100s of school children in soweto by the former government as a much more serious crime.
for sure, Sharpeville too. I'm not denying that the Apartheid governments were wrong, but they were better at dealing with certain aspects than today's ANC.
Botha was a dictator.. all the social problems are the result of apartheid .. there problems now and all poverty is the result of trying to fix the ruins of Apartheid..
That aint easy.. and yes problem exist and yes some of it can be blamed on the ANC but you to claim all problems caused by the ANC is wrong because many problems have roots in apartheid mess and segration that forced blacks in poor status compared to pale people.
when this was out i had my lambretta (arthur francis) two tone paint job, levi's ,doc martins white fred perry and red harrington. i was the bollox man. . .i'm going to do it again, ,watch out. . longshot back in
I remember this song growing up in South Africa. It was banned so we had great joy in playing it really loudly and singing even louder. God bless Madiba and all who learn from him!
SiphoBobesi 1 year ago
When Nelson Mandela says "jump", you fucking jump.
TAFKASYFY 1 year ago
A bit of "trivia" for you all; it was the CIA under George Bush who tipped off the SA government as to Mandela's location which led to his arrest. God Bless America, NOT!
groverjuicy 1 year ago
Nelson Mandela was release from prison the day I was born :)
ScavengerData 1 year ago
notice the dance moves that the teens are mimicking today
ElSatansucks 1 year ago
Is this the Specials without Terry Hall? Just Jerry Dammers' version of the band? It's a noble song, but pales in comparison to the "real" Specials material.
DaddyOPunk 1 year ago
Is this the Specials without Terry Hall? Just Jerry Dammers' version of the band?
DaddyOPunk 1 year ago
this song is actually really good but it still explains apartheid
catguru10 1 year ago
apart from this song being completely irrelivent now that robben island isnt a prison anymore. :) whoever said Nelson Mandela is a terrorist is a stupid pratt.
jacklaurencethompson 1 year ago
Waouuuuuuuuuuuu je ne savais pas qui il existait un clip je suis très agréablement suprise :d énorme . merci pour the clip
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Nothing like ska thats for sure especially The Specials....check out these guys THE DUALERS (yep at our channel) moving from busking to major performances with connections with the likes of the Specials =)
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defiant06 1 year ago
Amazing found this on the end of an old specials cd, now my favourite song for the last 3 days. Has it all: a good story with happy ending (now), soulful uplifting yet emotional singing and music that you can dance to all at the same time!
brilliant song and message
Beoy999 1 year ago
i remember dancing and singing around the lounge to this music when i was a kind in the 80s/90s my mum used to play
love ska and reggae :)
yes indeed FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NELSON MANDELA AMEN 4 JUSTICE
chilliconcarnie1 1 year ago
i'm a white english man but nelson mandela is a world wide legand. if it wasn't for people like him, martin luther king and more recent barak obama the world wouldn't be as close as it is today
rogerlegend1 1 year ago
@rogerlegend1
one word...WIGGER
LDNn15 1 year ago
heed the causes of the ANC, only one man in a large army
tryandlisten 1 year ago
hisroyalstigness - did you know thatcher also caused global warming and the fact it cost me £3.50 a pint tonight!!!! Bring back Atlee!!!!!
Sparkjulio 1 year ago
what shocks me most about arpartheid is thatcher's response:
she agreed with it and made no attempt to stop it, while young tories wore badges saying "hang mandela"
undoubtedly one of britain's worst primeministers
hisroyalstigness 1 year ago
I am not black or South African, and did not understand Apartheid at the time, But when Nelson stands to talk. EVRYBODY stands and listens.We could do with a few more Nelson Mandelas around the world.
lockie72 1 year ago 13
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Yeah, right. We need more communist terrorists who could have left jail any time he wanted, all he had to do was renounce violence (and he got a Noble peace prize for refusing to renounce violence). I suppose prison was better than Soweto. Meanwhile his wife winnie and the "Nelson mandela football team" were busy murdering black kids who wouldn't join the Soviet funded ANC......I am white and English, but I will always remember the poor kid named Stompie, that they murdered.
LDNn15 1 year ago
@LDNn15 He actually said "What freedom am I being offered while the organisation of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts." Basically if he traded his personal freedom and stopped fighting then the black people of Africa would never be free.
THESUPERGRINCH 1 year ago
@LDNn15 Yes his side did do some terrible tings but there is no straight good and evil. Things aren't black and white. There will always be grey patches. Mandela himself, for lack of a better word, chastised his followers for using voilence in that way. He actually planned to blow up buildings with no one in side them. He did it to make a statement and, again for lack of better word, intimade the white politians who wanted to keep the black majority of South Africa under their rule. I'm white.
THESUPERGRINCH 1 year ago
@LDNn15
Calling him a terrorist says far more about you than it does about him. You couldn't care less about Stompie Moeketsi. Mandela showed more restraint and dignity than any contemporary leader, and the stance he took on release from jail saved a nation from a bloodbath. You condemn a man who sacrificed a huge amount for peace, but say nothing about the regime that tried to develop biological weapons and cultivate diseases that would work on the black population.
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Calling him a terrorist says far more about you than it does about him. You couldn't care less about Stompie Moeketsi. Mandela showed more restraint and dignity than any contemporary leader, and the stance he took on release from jail saved a nation from a bloodbath. You condemn a man who sacrificed a huge amount for peace, but say nothing about the regime that tried to develop biological weapons and cultivate diseases that would work on the black population.
rosbif2009 1 year ago
Calling him a terror1st says far more about you than it does about him. You couldn't care less about Stompie Moeketsi. Mandela showed more restraint and dignity than any contemporary leader, and the stance he took on release from jail saved a nation from a bloodbath. You condemn a man who sacrificed a huge amount for peace, but say nothing about the regime that tried to develop biological weapons and cultivate diseases that would work on the black population.
rosbif2009 1 year ago 2
Afro-Deasic KICK ASS!!!
SyndiCat1 1 year ago
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agent9752 1 year ago
Great and beautiful song.
How sad that the world was so blind that it could not see for so long.
But, Mandela won in the end after all his suffering.
virtusprobi 1 year ago 8
@virtusprobi and his terrorism
0cromo9 1 year ago
See Labbi Siffre something inside so strong for a similiar vain..moving inspiring
hexhamman 1 year ago
free nelson! Come On! Let's get together and raise an army to free nelson - he must have been locked up for ages now?
Sparkjulio 1 year ago
@Sparkjulio Are you serious? because he was released around 20 years ago.
Reinscorpion 1 year ago
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@Sparkjulio Are you serious? because he was released around 20 years ago.
ROFL
Tifosa1 1 year ago
this is the SPECIAL AKA, NOT THE SPECIALS
whackawhack 1 year ago
@whackawhack Agreed that they were calling themselves "The Special AKA" at the time, but it's the same band. That's why this is on The Specials official YouTube channel. ^_^
DallasHammster 1 year ago
@whackawhack
The Special AKA is the same thing as The Specials.
The Specials just sometimes go by The Special AKA
Bieji 1 year ago
@Bieji The Specials AKA was after Terry left
917vs512 1 year ago
@Bieji Specials started as the Special AKA, then went to the Specials, and when they separated, some went Special AKA and Fun Boy 3.
lanman31337 1 year ago
This is actually The Special AKA, not the Specials.
whackawhack 1 year ago
wow, amazing,,,
Could anyone please tell me when this song was done?
postedandelivered 1 year ago
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riptup 1 year ago
@postedandelivered it was 1984... I remember it well :D
riptup 1 year ago 2
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IndiaIndie 1 year ago
if you act fast and get yer free Nelson Mandela today, we'll also throw in a free Desmond Tutu.
XD
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when was this song released
MegaKiller5678 1 year ago
when was this song released
MegaKiller5678 1 year ago
god bless his great grand-daughter..RIPxxx
MrGranty666 1 year ago
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MegaKiller5678 1 year ago
hes 98 nw
sellzyjr2107 1 year ago
free nelson mandela-ela-ela ay ay ay ay ay
wew1llr0ckyou 1 year ago
he's already free
rebeccamoore100 1 year ago
@rebeccamoore100
he wasnt when this song came out.
JinnyCarey 1 year ago
What so 'special' about thisong?..........sounds good--I LIKE!!
Chelvestontheduck 1 year ago
This is how powerful music and MTV was...I had never heard of Nelson Mandela until I saw this video, never gave apartheid a second thought.
jonzbeach 1 year ago 2
An ULTIMATE SONG.................World Justice........Prevailed........eventually. Respect to a living legend, whose beliefs have come true for his country......
MrDavidp180 1 year ago 3
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docfraktal 1 year ago
It was great to hear this song on Ashes to Ashes last night!
ajb0215 1 year ago
who was the lead singer please?
hexhamman 1 year ago
@hexhamman the lead singers name is stan campbell
pastabwoy 1 year ago
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Nelson Mandela sings about killing white people.
Farmers... Women, children, babies and the elderly are being tortured to death on a regular basis yet the western media refuses to report it because of political correctness!
mapsnaps 1 year ago
@mapsnaps Oh, get the fuck out of here.
artdept2 1 year ago 4
@mapsnaps Nelson Mandela wanted equality for everyone, white or black. he did not do anything against whites, even though South Africa is now doing that
cwall1314 1 year ago 2
Stop the Boer genocide!
bublycat 1 year ago
Top tune, had this on 10" vinyl at the time.
002Tone 1 year ago
i love this!!! it was stuck in my head all week!!! <3
dontrainonmyparade2 1 year ago
My friend showed me about this video, I have the song in my cell but if you look closely you can see that "the jerk" dance comes from this video or aka SKA music
AmericanoYanky 1 year ago
im learning this in my history class hi 1st period shout out guess who :P go busta!
Vanilla17BYU 1 year ago
Apparently, it worked.
scottdavene 1 year ago
any one got any idea how many years after this was released that he was freed? and are there many other songs with a similar message ?
tommatdan 1 year ago
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JinnyCarey 1 year ago
Jerry's song changes the political climate!
spectro52 1 year ago
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ChrisDetroit 1 year ago
Nelson Mandela sings about killing white people while he complains about racism. Cut and paste this after the URL for this site watch?v=v4gv7isyXMI
ChrisDetroit 1 year ago
I wonder if Mardiba has this on his I-Pod.
djackedinc 1 year ago
quality man
keith6662 1 year ago
great song, but i just dont think the specials was the same without the original line up :/
samoman92 1 year ago
ahhh the specials. Always give me a big smile!
annyid8 1 year ago
Excellent SKA ( type of music like jazz or rock-n-roll) tune!
jtp823 1 year ago
HA! I remember dancing in the streets when Mandala was released! The world is getting good and is going to be even better when I see the RE-UNITED Specials INCLUDING Terry Hall at Sound Academy next month. Hahahaha!
getdownyal 1 year ago 4
help do you no if thay are comming near portsmouth
mrclean652009 1 year ago
@mrclean652009 Sorry Mr. C - no clue, you could check and see if there are tickets left at Sound Academy in TO - not far from Portsmouth (Maine?). Best of luck to you.
getdownyal 1 year ago
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vpdoll 1 year ago
terry hall and others had already left the specials. this version was actually called the special a.k..a.
doa2112 1 year ago
ffrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeee nelson mandelaaaaaaaaaaaaa ela ela ela ay ay ay under my umberella
wardy6221 1 year ago
lol peter kay xD
raythegoth 1 year ago
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vickibarwood 1 year ago
look like this this is music
eddielee100 1 year ago
i am a terry hall lookalike
rhyso16 1 year ago
Where is Terry Hall in this video? ---OR---
When did Terry Hall get so darK?
Discuss amongst yourselves.
sayah64 1 year ago
what year was k-roq playing this? 82-83"please help"...and yes, i too had vinyl that said special aka
jimmyfinn1 1 year ago
This fine tune quickly found itself on heavy rotation on KROQ in it's release year of 1984. I know it seems like it was earlier. A revolutionary classic, no doubt!
88Flashback 1 year ago
brilliant
TheGazz66 1 year ago
Very good song. Great man Nelson Mandela figthing apartheid and all thous fucking scum such as CarpetMuncher1337
Cheers
castellanocomunero 1 year ago 2
freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-eeeee nelson, mandel-la
whoa, so catchy hehehe
buiwashere 2 years ago
Rest in Peace Steve Biko
bostonchip2006 2 years ago 2
Wasn't this the "special aka" who sang this ? I'm sure I've got a 80'd LP somewhere with that on it under their name ?
Drweavil 2 years ago 2
@Drweavil The Specials = Special AKA
from their Wiki: The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977
greenteagod 2 years ago
Cheers mate :)
Drweavil 2 years ago
FREE HAT
charlienethercoat094 2 years ago 3
shouldn't it now be changed too free gary tyler
SuperPaul42 2 years ago 2
Leonard pletier
1motorcycleboy 2 years ago 2
Amen brother! Anyone not aware of this cat needs to see "Incident at Oglala"
deadheadtrea 2 years ago
i agree with leonard peltier
doa2112 1 year ago
Does anyone know where i could get sheet music for this song? I am willing to pay although i would prefer free :)
lexei1994 2 years ago
is the singer the guy that went on to fine young canibals?
sean57 2 years ago
@sean57 I dont think it is, the singer from FYC is roland gift.. J
vonduch123458 2 years ago
Killa. Who is the singer??
magz693 2 years ago
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A crap song from a shit band.
grahamblood 2 years ago
nelson mandela rocks
jamiethorpe9876 2 years ago
free nelson mandela? i'll have two
1strool 2 years ago 47
Ill take 4
alfiefed 2 years ago
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fuck me all this talk about slaves.i'd own one no probs.viva aparthied,,,,,,
whitevan111 2 years ago
Special AKA
Velvetstud66 2 years ago
I did heard this song in the 80`s on the radio,and saw all the violence on the TV of apartheid.This song had a very big impact on my and the rest of the world,it was the beginning, that South Africa where the last country white apartheid.
Apartheid is dutch word by the way.
With love from Holland
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Well Fuck me how I got here will be in MY Fukin Geens Obama
udrankmymilkshake 2 years ago
haha no way! check barak obama song.
its like the same thing.
barack obama, yes we can, is the chorus.
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iFriendChannel 2 years ago
Love this song when it came out.Had no idea of its importance then (to young) now its a Legend of a song just like Nelson.........Nelson or Barak I think Nelson would win by a fag paper.
lockie72 2 years ago
Barak isn't fit to shine Mandela's shoes, lockie.
silmalila 2 years ago
such an amazing intro and song love it :)
johnjambo1 2 years ago
A very important song.
corvus13 2 years ago
Sorry BoekeBoerke, but your personal actions have nothing to do with it. You benefited from a system that denied rights to black Africans and Asians, simply on the basis of color. So while you may be a good person, that's the legacy that you must deal with.
darkhouse1906 2 years ago
silly gardener...why didn't he drink scotch or champagne like a normal person?
vogelj33 2 years ago 2
Say no to racism
225gabi 2 years ago 3
i was born and raised under the apartheid regime and i was NEVER instructed to beat, kill, torture, etc.... black people. We didn't have a legion of black slaves... we had one gardener who used to pass out from drinking methanol.... SO PLEASE STOP JUDGING ME AS RASCIST! i get crap all the time like: " you are a white south-african so you must be a rascist". Please do not judge people like this because it also rascism. (love the song though...)
boerkeboerke 2 years ago 2
Yes, you did have a legion of black slaves. They weren't personally owned by you. They were collectively owned by The State. You reaped the benefits. You think you would have had the living standard you had without all them coloureds working for scraps (and getting killed, beaten etc every now and then)?
dendlai 2 years ago
and I suppose the rubber on your tyres, the diamond in your granny's ring, the verry beans you eat with your köttbullar are all fairtrade I suppose?
boerkeboerke 2 years ago
look STop fighting like!
simplyorlagh 2 years ago
Huh? dont get it :(
boerkeboerke 2 years ago
I met the man!!!
johlufc 2 years ago
wow! did you met nelson mandela!
SuperLoopyloop 2 years ago
I was working on Paradise Island(Bahamas) and he was there as a guest of Sol Kerzner.He was strolling through the casino with another guy(presumably a bodyguard)and he stopped by me and a colleague and chatted for about 5 minutes.Charming and delightful fellow.
johlufc 2 years ago
I wonder if ol' Sol Kerzner afforded him the same respect and support during the apartied years (i dont know, but some how i doubt it). At that time the brirish primeminster regarded him as a terrorist (her husband had many business interests in the country). Its a shame, even now, the nouveau riche in the country have joined forces with the old business elite and continue to steal from South Africans leaving te poor to a desparate life, crime etc...
JusticeNature 2 years ago
This song popped into my head last night, and this morning I had to hear it...
After not having heard it in years I was delighted to hear that it sounds as fresh and it ever did...
Bottom line however, is that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
JusticeNature, I hear what you're saying. It is a crying shame, ain't it?
silmalila 2 years ago
yep, its a tragedy, this country could be the beacon of Africa. I recently watched a video from 2001 by John Pilger (on youtube) its a few years old but describes the issue of economic apartied. The few blacks have teamed up with the old guard and shamefully rape and pillage the resources of the country. South Africa needs a revolution.
JusticeNature 2 years ago
Too bad most people think the revolution already happened and that things are hunky dory in South Africa.
There is a long way to go before things will ever be 'hunky dory'...
Thanks for the enlightening the ignorant here; real change will only come about when people get angry enough.
silmalila 2 years ago 2
I agree, only the people can and do make a difference. I recently came across a docuementary regarding the recent struggles in Liberia, W. Africa. A shocking heart stopping documentary title 'Pray the Devil back to hell' A must watch of how the women of Liberia joined forces, toppled a dictator and elected the first women president of an African country. A must watch (trailer on youtube and the DVD on there website 'praythedevilbacktohell'). Also, a must act. I hope I and other have the streng
JusticeNature 2 years ago 2
...strengh to do something to help heal the brutal world we are living in.
JusticeNature 2 years ago
I couldn't agree more!
silmalila 2 years ago
In 1995 they recorded "Free Bobby Sands!" but for some reason it didnt have the same commercial appeal.
piccanninni 2 years ago 3
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duckmonsterX 2 years ago
haha. It's bloody political correctness gone mad.
carledge29 2 years ago
Hmm... maybe that was because Bobby Sands was a murderer and all... not meaning to be offensive to anybody, but if you know people who were killed and maimed in the bombs, you dont have much sympathy!
pleasefindnemo 2 years ago
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johlufc 2 years ago
i found "The best of the specials" in my car and it is excellent!!
jasy87 2 years ago 4
sick dancing. =) kool song
grafboiskime2k8 2 years ago 4
I was there when he wa free'd
janeyeyre 2 years ago
That's the most impressive ronnie I've ever seen! Makes me say, "to hell with Rollie Fingers!"
1motorcycleboy 2 years ago
now, why would you say that you fool!
freddy5053 2 years ago 2
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fatboypedro 2 years ago
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Shoot Nelson Mandela,
Shoot shoot shoot Nelson Mandella.
fatboypedro 2 years ago
wtf?!
ruth7784 2 years ago
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djdevil360 2 years ago
you have a small brain sir
chuzz123 2 years ago
fuck off the lot of u this is a brilliat tune even though its specialsAKA but terry hall is the best man sings all secials songs fukin brilliant an these were a skinhead band skinheads listend to it fuin bsik this music
RobRiley1991 2 years ago
Someone fetch this man some full stops.
Pooklette 2 years ago
go nelson mandela!
xenvive 2 years ago 2
the specials never sung this song it was in fact the specialsAKA as the band had split up and they was going to use copyright if they kept the same name so they added an AKA so they couldn't use copyright
warbug08 2 years ago
Almost but not quite, The Specials and The Special AKA Band were Jerry Dammers bands, they started out as The Special AKA, then changed to The Specials, but after Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding left to form The Fun Boy Three, the band reverted to The Special AKA Band.
butiamthedoctor 2 years ago
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south africa was probs better under the white man. i know people say it was bad, but im black and i reckon it was better with apartheid.
alfredromanov 2 years ago
agreed. it's gone to shit with crime and stuff, and most Africans are still in poverty. And the ANC are pretty much guranteed a majority, even though they clearly arent fit to govern. SA needs a guy like De Klerk or Botha.
MCRussianator 2 years ago
ur both talking bollocks. there is less poverty now and it decreasing all the tym. just now its visible whereas it used to be tuckd away so that white people didnt see it. There is poverty and crime but it takes a long tym for change to take place. Whatever you say, a democratic society where everyone has a vote is ALWAYS better than a society where 10% are treated as far superior to the rest. end of.
bodders4 2 years ago
no doubt, democracy is the correct way to run a country. The system in RSA pretty much gurantees the ANC power though, and my point is that they arent fit to run everything. Hence the shitty condition of the country now. Crime was never that bad back in the 60s, when there was a capable government in power.
MCRussianator 2 years ago
thats just not true. maybe cos now crime effects everyone because its a more integrated society. i see the massacre of 100s of school children in soweto by the former government as a much more serious crime.
bodders4 2 years ago
for sure, Sharpeville too. I'm not denying that the Apartheid governments were wrong, but they were better at dealing with certain aspects than today's ANC.
MCRussianator 2 years ago
Botha was a dictator.. all the social problems are the result of apartheid .. there problems now and all poverty is the result of trying to fix the ruins of Apartheid..
That aint easy.. and yes problem exist and yes some of it can be blamed on the ANC but you to claim all problems caused by the ANC is wrong because many problems have roots in apartheid mess and segration that forced blacks in poor status compared to pale people.
Eopyk 2 years ago
what's the year 1983 or 1984
PRODIGE221 2 years ago
ANTIRACISTA!
oldblue1346 2 years ago
the first song i heard about Nelson Mandela
PRODIGE221 2 years ago 2
Look for a song in the Paul Simon South Africa concert about him. It's very cool.
utpunkster 2 years ago
My days, stil love it !!!
Termin888 2 years ago
thats where skate shoes came from! Seriously where did he get those on 3.20? SKA FOREVER!!!
mykolas1990 2 years ago
remix in order as soon as possible
Free.... Aung San Suu Kyi
VoxJoxx 2 years ago
freeeeeee! Nelson Mandela!!
cen1906 2 years ago 3
AWESOME PIECE OF POP
aoinekodax 2 years ago
IT'S SKA BABY!
hehe x
Haydn4Makita 2 years ago
i wish i was alive back then, fucking revolution man. love it
ZarahKiddo 2 years ago
Your alive now, and this is the start of the biggest revolution history has known get ready, power to the people. Free....Aung San Suu Kyi
VoxJoxx 2 years ago
when this was out i had my lambretta (arthur francis) two tone paint job, levi's ,doc martins white fred perry and red harrington. i was the bollox man. . .i'm going to do it again, ,watch out. . longshot back in