The Specials - Monkey man

[art1force3silvia]

monkey　manって俺のことか・・・

[44oj]

魂のビート　サイコー　これぞライブバンドだ　

[Malsanoman]

I WAS THERE!!!

[UkLuvsDisneyLyrics]

proud to say these guys are from my city...LONG LIVE THE MONKEY MAN!!!!

[wouldbeawesome]

Somebody please take me to this show.

[middyred68]

Can't believe some of the idiots on here. This is a song about bouncers, nothing to do with race.Get yourselves educated.

[scottbaioisdead]

@middyred68 it's not about bouncers it's about leslie kong, the producer of toots and the maytals

[KosmikGirl05]

No racism. Just beautiful SKA.

[MajorTripping]

NO ONE CAN RELACE THE MAYTALS !!!! TOOTS ALL THE WAY!

like this if you listen to original ska in 2k11

[drmacdog]

dudes, as fat mike says "dont call me white",my 2 & 4yr old came home from pre school last week, singing daddys song "monkey man", learnd at kindy played by australian kids band "The Wiggles"their worth millions & millions and good luck to them. one day i'll tell them about those big, big monkey man who gave daddy lots of cuts & bruises back in the day, I did get a few in but not many, fuckin monkey men!

[loyalwull]

my god dose no one here not even know what they are singing about? the monkey man was a term for a bouncer or doorman. nothing to do with race!!!

[sisterstiffticket1]

hey, no-one ever died from being offended....Thisnis a fab song...sung by PEOPLE....if you see skin colour etc...YOU are the racist...these are people, singing stuff!...Fab!

[toddyvedda]

this is so racist im black and im offended u cant say this anymore its offensive

[Somatunes]

@toddyvedda a black person is singing it?

[MrJohnnyreb114]

@toddyvedda Are you on drugs? Are you really that stupid? 

[SxcGurl2k9]

@toddyvedda Please tell me that's sarcasm

[owenofglasgow2]

@toddyvedda The song is about Club Bouncers and was originally sung by Toots and the Maytels ... got nothing to do with race

[malcolmcog]

Monkey Man was a Reggae song by Toots and the Maytals from Jamaica in the 1960s, what the fnuck is all this nonsene about racism ? Are you all halfwits ?

[BAFCGeorge]

Racist? Hence the name of the ere Two-Tone? The black and white co-ordination? Their songs 'Ractist Friend' and 'Free Nelson Mandela',

[21stcenturyaneurysm]

to anyone who thinks this cover's racist, listen to 'Racist Friend' or 'Free Nelson Mandela' by the same band

[chadmerritt1]

@21stcenturyaneurysm anyone thinking this as racist is missing the message of the Specials and the whole 2tone movement. Just idiots and ignorance.

[21stcenturyaneurysm]

@chadmerritt1Idiots can be taught in the misinformed can be corrected, and that's all I was trying to do. Then there's the trolls, whose only salvation would be to get a life ^^

[panda2205]

Legend>>>>

[wellermanjack]

you gotta have a look at this band, p45 a ska n mod band from london ! amazing p45band

[DarknessOfFuturePast]

No more black bands! No more white bands! All 2 Tone bands! All the time!!!

[DieLausPunk]

Esto es Ska carajo! Estos son skins! :D

No como esos rapados que ahora andan por ahi con una cruz celtica molestando a la gente ...

Specials Rules!

[MsSaucepot]

we are all descent from dem monkey men dem! pmsl DEM SPECIALS DEM SPECIALS DEM SPECIAAAAALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONE LOVE!!!XXXPEACE an LOVE!!! XXXX

[ChristopherGuestArt]

SPECIALS TONIGHT!!

Anyone in Wolverhampton for this come to the Varsity for a king size pissup!

[DouglyFugly]

Specials fans, check out the band PapaFish out of socal. Highly recommend, they are actually GOOD. Worth a listen.

[munjeter]

Skinheads

Against

Racial

Prejudice

[Noonday100]

Because of what Skinheads later became associated with, there's a tendency amongst certain liberal/left leaning journalists to over-overemphasize the Jamaican influence on Skin styling, just to compensate. The truth is that Jamaican Rude Boys were influenced by London Skinheads, not the other way around - because the Skin look was fully formed by 1966. The biggest styling influence on Skins were Mods and the American Ivy League. Just pissing some knowledge on you ignorant shrimps.

[tony671]

@Noonday100 iv been saying this for years its jamaican music but the clothes came from mod guys who hated the hippie bullshite

[dedcabdriver04]

@tony671 well finally someon with sense

[livingstonmail]

@Noonday100 fucking hilarious - well said.

[dirtboxdivas]

New remix of the classic Ghost Town here today - clieck our name if you want to check the track and vid. Feel free to hurl abuse for mangling a classic.

Cheers.

[LCAFR]

how could this be racist when there are people of many ethnicities here all having the time of their life together

[Eamonnceannt]

Just brilliant.

[russetfur7]

amy winehouse also covers this song and many others. R.I.P AMY I LOVE YOU

[Joise303]

Oi! Oi! Oi! Rude boy

[hepcat330]

1:48 ‎huuaannnyahahuhahuaaa huuunahghhuaahuaaahh muahhunhhnhaha

[xterryxbogardx]

@hepcat330 hahahahahaha!!!!!



[TheFluffyPandas]

omg your so stupid!!! they dont mean a black person they mean bouncers who guard doors are monkey men because they walk like monkeys as they are so big you idiots!!!!!!!

[natfuckmother]

i dont care if these guys r 'skinheads', their music is greatt :)

[williamandfriendsinc]

Shut up, monkey man just means a bouncer.

[AXELGRIZ]

Stay S.H.A.R.P! FORGET BONEHEADS!

[RojitaReggae]

Muchoooo temaaaaa!!!

[wordzo2002]

All skin heads wasn't racists idiots,

[Dixav77]

@wordzo2002

tell it to n*ggers when they beat you up. try yelling "I'm not racist" just to see what they do!!!!

Poor man....

[wordzo2002]

@Dixav77 ass hole. I aint a racist or a skin head. I just like the specials and its pretty obvious they aint racists or are you blind?



[StuzRoz]

@Dixav77 - two tone, black & white checks - any clue what that means? it means colours living together -, I was a skinhead and loved Ska, which if you know anything is based in Reggae, ignorant people who call skinheads nazi and racist are just proof that idiots should not breed.

[Dixav77]

@StuzRoz Skinhead movement did not became popular and did not spread all round the world 'cause of screwdiver(& around them) it's famous....

whatever....

[cahoot06]

@wordzo2002 looking at the history in the uk of the "skin heads belts and braces" movement this all began in the London gay scene but, was then adopted in the main stream ska movement. Most of the original skinheads were far from racist and adopted people from all backgrounds, like alot of things in life a tiny tiny minority tar a group with the same brush. Amazing fantastic time in music

[psgctt]

yes...we were all redskins.

[SkinheadOI75]

@psgctt bullshit

[nikshack1]

Original Skinheads love Ska, they even have a song about them, Skinhead Moonstomp, and look at big ol Buster Bloodvessel.

[woodenz]

we use to get this played when the Red caps came in to a boozer that had a high amount of squaddies in , as they where known as the Monkey's ........

[mkl987]

this puts you in the moooooooooood!(-:

[zMrDaniel]

proper geezarz

[AINASKINproductions]

How poetic.



[BigSouze]

find it funy how people call this racist.. this is a COVER of an original ska song that came out in the sixties. by a jamaican band called the maytals. the ska that was released in britain through the late 70s early 80s by the specials etc. was supposed be the music to send the anti racist message to a racist society.. the black and white checkerboard pattern synonimous with ska music represents black and white people mixing in harmony, the way it should be.

[dedcabdriver04]

@BigSouze plus theyres a black man singing it :/

[hawit8390]

@BigSouze lol dont bother trying to explain bruv! its mainly black people that are ignorant and dont want to mix wether it be music or culture! stuff em

! let us educated folk remenise and enjoy.

[JHFillmoreEast]

@BigSouze two niggers on stage singin te song and there are people that are soi stupid to says racists ??? WTF

[lvn4life]

@JHFillmoreEast  two who? lol

[forestgumpaed]

class act.

[TraditionalSkin93]

HellYes



[socky07]

racist

[Easyandy100]

@socky07 Why? The band was famous for its anti racist stance. The song itself was written by The Maytals, a Jamaican band about one of their producers.

[5jerry1]

@socky07

Some people find racism everywhere.

[owenofglasgow2]

@socky07 BOLLOX

[texasanarchy]

Holy shit that looks like a fun show!

[ResetButtonFilms]

this looks like the funnest show to be at, ever.

[sclapione]

@fkncombatboots the awkward moment when you think "why are all these kids on our gens videos ?"

[volartozion]

Thanks for load this videoss!!! peace & unity

[valgranaire]

looks like so much fun!! it's a pity that nowadays funky multiracial bands like The Specials are hard to find

[greenstuff22]

all specials fans, check out the band PapaFish from southern california. They are amazing, just discovered them. totally recommend

[ishabaka]

Japan is THE world center of ska/punk now (2011)

Check out Oi SkallMates

[sclapione]

@ishabaka Eh, the Original epicentre will always be ENGLAND/JAMAICA

[summerofska]

@sclapione northern california has had a AWESOME ska scene since 87! if you like the specials you gotta listen to operation ivy!

[SuperUkuleleGirl]

@summerofska kind of more americanized speed ska tbh,not that it isn't good in itself but the Specials have a different quality..

[MrGggguy]

@SuperUkuleleGirl agreed

[summerofska]

@SuperUkuleleGirl agree 100% :)



[robc935]

@sclapione You know that the Specials are from England right?

[Alpacajon]

Whats with the Japanese subtitles? Are they into Skinhead Ska

[coiners]

@Alpacajon a) it's the footage from Japan - read the info; b) i guess ska is big there, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra sells out stadiums

[Alpacajon]

@coiners oh right makes sense then lol

[6025cory]

I wonder if Gwen Stefani and her band No Doubt took notes on this??

[bawkbawkcluckcluck]

@6025cory Probrably. Though, they claimed Madness as their big insiration. No Doubt started out in the 80s pretty decent and sold out quick. Bananas? Common! Now, their self titled album was pretty good... Tragic Kindom was poppy but still close to their true selves and nothing after that is worth much.

[Jezzyy09]

FUCK AMY WINEHOUSE.

[Sorren96]

@Jezzyy09

who would want to do that? :-/

[SkaFan1991]

Sorry but if you dont feel the urge to get up and skank to this shizzle you aint human :)

[BenJamesX]

people are moaning about an amazing song , grow the fuck up and embrace the the gods of music!<3

[MrDataCode]

i don't understand ska/reggae music it just doesnt entertain me or make me feel any emotion

[MrRik2]

@MrDataCode I'm sure we all feel a great deal of pity for you.

[MrDataCode]

@MrRik2 I'm sure you do and as do I you. I think I would go as far to say I would rather listen to modern music than this.

[MrRik2]

@MrDataCode Your loss.

[PorchMonkeyBoysBack]

@MrDataCode Which begs the question "why are you watching this vid then?"

[MrDataCode]

@PorchMonkeyBoysBack Well alot of people hate Justin Bieber yet haters still go on his videos due to curoisty of different music.

[mrmanmf]

@MrDataCode Dont look it up then

[zadina08]

made in england me

[888knackers888]

hey this is almost as good as kylie's version

[TheFlimflamy]

@MrRNM1945 whats wrong with the police im not saying they are ska or rock steady but they are good

[childreninneed2010]

Classic tune! Search 'The Mischiefs - Dont Go To Work'

[gerrypayne123]

How pucker is that! ;)

[hudde95]

@MrRNM1945 it consists of your greasy ass/face.

[Papafishband]

Check out our band PapaFish, if you like reggae/ska music, we're out of southern california USA. Let us know what you think : )

[hudde95]

Toots made it. But the specials Skad it and perfected it. : P

[slothsport]

toots did it first :) 

[Sami7685]

@slothsport Oh, I love them both! My Maytals!

[BestHeadphonesHQ]

Who did the original? Them or Toots?

[martinasugar]

makes me happy :)))

[billythebarber]

Big UP The Specials ;) Always a Pleasure & Have Your Album somewhere ;o)) Jah Massive Respects ;o)) Love Monkey Man

[ReeceHughesRocks]

all i can see is eyes and teeth

[malakaijub]

@ReeceHughesRocks then take the dick out your mouth so you can see the rest

[Morozow1986]

czy to ten słynny cowiek małpa największy zbrodniarz wojenny?

[beterfhk]

uuuuu una zarra nomas pa k c estrilannnn.... soi el chui y muerdo klitoriss... ok puta perra madre

[justinisboss]

I would lose it if I heard this song performed by a live band

[MrAndymann87]

skin head does not stant for Nazi... Skin heads were men (black or white) who had shaved heads and wore big boots out of need for they worked in factories to make a living. and also skanked!!!!!

[blazelmtdedtn]

@MrAndymann87 and women. skinbyrds are sexy as fuck.

[ElDuderino909]

Oi! Oi! Oi!

Skinhead!!

Fuck nazi scum.

[MrBennettj3]

@ElDuderino909

not all where t**t

[ElDuderino909]

@MrBennettj3 ummmm. the fuck you talking about cunt?

[Rmg12]

@ElDuderino909 .....you know skinheads aren't nazis. well some were, but there are non-skinheads who are nazis. 

[ElDuderino909]

@Rmg12 No fucking shit.

[frididjurhuus]

@ElDuderino909 The original skinheads had nothing to do with nazis.

[Gullatine5]

@frididjurhuus Actually, he never said that they did.

[drumXskate]

@frididjurhuus i hate them both so it doesn't matter

[metamaggot]

@frididjurhuus the problem is a lot of neo nazis fancy they have a lot to do with skinheads...

[Sleazymush]

@frididjurhuus I don't think he meant to say they were connected.

[Ciaran266]

@frididjurhuus yea your ded right,there where skin Heads,swade boys,moods n modettes....was all a scence not a fuckin Racial movement

[Dejavudo777]

@frididjurhuus lol the argument will never end. It was the the kids love to bitch about. Its a talking point hat keeps the cool kids apart from the posers. awe. i miss being as teenager. it was so lame and full of ignorance. when you get older all the piazaz of holding onto worthless information really meant something.

[ohmeathead]

@ElDuderino909 nothing to do with nazis

[vickoiii]

@ElDuderino909 If you are referring to the band as "nazi scum" then I am afraid you are wrong. This song was originally by Toots and the Maytals and was a dig at their producer Leslie Kong. It is in no way racist. So shush your noise.

[coiners]

@vickoiii i don't think he was referring to the band. more likely he tried to promote the original skinhead culture. look it up, it's nowhere near the nazi scum. that's why it's such a popular comment here.

[mrmanmf]

@coiners Your right I doubt the specials are Nazi's.

[thorpevic]

@ElDuderino909 wat a foolish comment to make....have you noticed ,,there are black members in the band....get a brain!!

[Radicalrich34]

wow this is even a good version of the song

[betterthanbeiberLOL]

at least dis is better than justin beiber xD 

[UKallday1]

@betterthanbeiberLOL i bet u put the same comment on every vid u cunts make me sik it annoys me reading it even tho i no it shudnt

[CockneySkinhead91]

SKINHEADS!!! yep yep monkey man!

[psycho4334]

if ur not a special then ur not special at all.

[M15CY]

@psycho4334 what the hell does that mean?

[greeneyedcreep]

Huggin up on big monkey man? Or fuckin up a big monkey man?

Fuckin specials!!!!

[PunkyDoughnut]

@greeneyedcreep hugging :)

[xSinKittyx88]

I wish I was at this show!!!!

[Sheehy83]

these guys are pure class

[TigreOkage2080]

now its time for the north korean tour :D

...what...to far?

[reree2405]

skinheads never end

[EDLHertsDivision]

The original skins, truely quality. Don't make them like this anymore!

[mrturveydrop23]

Never had so much fun as dancing to this at the back of a tent in a field in plymouth. They were live, they were awesome and yes, we did the 'monkey'.

[TheDjsingleton]

the original skinheads

[ZACKSPOMPOMPOM]

DIS ONES FOR ALL DA BOUNCERS ;)

[donth4ck]

I bet the Japanese have no Idea what's going on.

[KidsOnCrack33]

@donth4ck HAHH thats excatly what i always thought when i saw this video! still doh looks like a good laugh.

[AnnoyingTypoSyndrome]

Cos he's a monkey, cus a monkey, cus wee wee wee wee monkey man !

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaa­a !!

[iggypick]

Amy's version's nice, but this the real thing

[Jeanieeebeaniee]

This song is SO good live :)

[MissSusieQue1]

I stand corrected....The Maytals ..its there song....I gotta say...Amy's versions got the reggae grOove......ohhelll...they all do....lol. To each their own....:o)

[MissSusieQue1]

uh Yah......Amy & her bandmates do an awesome job........The Specials rock this shyte out.......high energy for sure..............its only fitting that they'd have it "down" their way........tis there song after all............SQ1

[redwallace]

A moment I wish I was at!

[BuFufool]

@ZombieOwen23 ..... no fucking way is her version better

[beauson45]

@BuFufool Original is the best version. Toots and the Maytals

[yakeguishi1]

下に日本語の字幕が入ってるけど、これ、ホントにあってるの？

曲の雰囲気もいいし、多くのミュージシャンがコピーしてるのに。

歌詞がどうにも排他的なんだよな・・・

[Khultan]

@yakeguishi1 Why do you think that?

[gooflafarge]

Nice vid. Loved the subtitles. Japanese loved this I bet!

[ZombieOwen23]

Amy version is better

[TheSkaChannel]

Check out The SKA FORUMS at ska-channel(.)com!

[donth4ck]

I bet the Japanese have no Idea what's going on.

[waterzuydcoote]

Dance on volcano !

[dean24uk]

do not underestimate japans inteligence. of course they new what was happening evryone knows japan are music lovers, and yes this is faster and better :)

[surprisebuttsecksed]

ska seriously broke the racial barriers

black ppl

white ppl

asian ppl

just enjoying the music the music and jammin their ass off XD