Saw this song at T in the park a few years ago! absolute genius, may have had a little drunken spew during it but it rocked! also they were on stage about 2pm so perhaps i'd done too much?
@september7891 I didn't say i was. and skinheads had jamaican rude boy influences and skinheads a working class culture not a political group such as the bnp. i do have opinions on immigrants but im not going to talk about them on youtube.
im twelve i love skinhead (REAL SKINHEAD not fashist ) mods,sex pistols,the clash,the jam,doc martens,harringtons,donkey jackets,SKA!!,two tone.what my freinds think doesnt matter i know what i like thats all that counts!!
@bhablueandwhite YOUR NOT A SKINHEAD THEN REAL SKINHEADS STARTED AT STAMFORD BRIDGE AND IT WAS AGAINST IMMIGRATION THAT THE POLITICIONS WERE LETTING INTO THE COUNTRY AND GIVING THEM FLATS WHEN WHITE PEOPLE HAD BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR ONE BEING A SKINHEAD MENT THAT YOU WOULD FIGHT WITH BLACK GANGS AND STAND YOUR GROUND NOT LIKE THE WHITE WANKERS IN THIS GENERATION IT WAS YOU HIT ONE WHITE GUY YOU HIT ALL OF US WHITE UNITY THEN THE POLICE ARRESTED ANYONE WHITE WHO FOUGHT WITH BLACKS,NOSTALGIA SIGH.
@tronscot i know skinhead history when jamaicans first came to england and they started working with white working class and brought their music with them and the white guys liked it and then jamaicans made a slower version of the music so the white guys could understand it better and they called it ska and then the specials and the selector and other music and then skinheads was born staypress and fred perry and doc martins or pepers boots i was there,then there was a breakaway into football.
@september7891 You are sort of there.... but it was the Ska movement in Jamaica in the 50's that spawned all of this. Ska existed long before any white folk got involved.
It was not until the 70's that Britain and 'white' people got involved.
@tronscot sorry my text before i was arguing with someone your a proper skinhead mate i hate nazis mate but i hate antifacists to because their not just antifacist they are far left and they don,t care when white people get attacked by muslims but when muslims get attacked by whites they scream outrage.
This really ought to be played on the radios these days instead of the crap shitty sex me up music, then maybe there wouldn't be so many unplanned pregnancies, and those kids leading a miserable life because of kids having kids.
@vashna3799 I know that the clash is punk, but they have a song that sounds just like this song thats why I asked. I guess punk and ska went together during that era. Funny thing is, Ive listened to that song countless times but didnt know what band it was until I bumped onto this clip! great discovery! can you suggest any other bands with that sound?
@florencelovme Of course -The Beat & The Selector are the 2 bands most like the Specials ,other bands of that period include The Jam ,Squeeze, Bad Manners ,Madness and the mighty Joy Division.
I wish I grew up in this era. I love everything about it. Clothes, music, movies, skinheads EVERYTHING but I stuck with shit like lmfao and auto tuned faggots
Im 14 and im into Ska, Reggae, scooters and all that stuff and ive got my mates who like modern stuff. They say ive got bad taste in music. i say to them that i LIKE to be different.
@chandonproductions hey in my environement (right??) its also like this i am the only how listen to ska and other old music but i also answer with the same words :P
With more than 7,000,000,000 mouths need feeding today, this song is even more relevant today than when it was released in 1979. Take control of the population!
I love his statement - "It should have been our next single but they wouldn't play it on the Radio"- says everything about Thatcherite censorship at the time. This band says everything about the late 1970's and early 1980's recession and despair. - Everyone thought Thatcher and the Tories would make things better- in reality everything got worse.... sound familiar.. I think Shirley Bassey's singing History Repeating said it all. Politics over - enjoy The Specials.
We use to listen to this when we was going on our football away game adventures in the 80's it use to get us in the mood for the mass football riot's long live the 80's!
@xr3vengex what is wrong with you? the specials literally influenced middle-of-the-road bands like Muse.. before you post comments like that, bone up on the history of punk, 2tone, ska, and whatever else.
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"they" (the broadcasters) played it because it was hit, number 1 single, but "they" didn't like it, it was a very long time ago, a very different country and in many ways,though not all, a more fun place to live.
Yes it was played everywhere - int thee obvious???!!! But they wouldn'r air it at the start on the Radio due to it's political connotations. Not so tosh now eh with that info.
Yes it was played everywhere - int thee obvious???!!! But they wouldn'r air it at the start on the Radio due to it's political connotations. Not so tosh now eh with that info.
Yes it was played everywhere - int thee obvious???!!! But they wouldn'r air it at the start on the Radio due to it's political connotations. Not so tosh now eh with that info.
This is ska. Pure, Simple, Timeless, and Brilliant.
So fck off all you smelly old nonces pretending to be 14. And if you are a young one..great.. good luck to you..but don't keep telling us wiser dudes how immature you are. Just enjoy ffs.
@pinkandjefflynne Terry Hall the lead singer still has the voice - he does some live work now about Europe - the Jamaican rude boy with the trilby - Neville staples is till going strong and still has 100% per cent SKA all over him. See them live when you can.
@pinkandjefflynne terry hall sound's and looks exactly the same now as he did then in the nineties he did collaborations with the likes of "tricky" (poems) check that out terry hall he is a legend or he is god if you believe in such things :)
@TTGDama It didn't get played because of the U.K.'s government - The Tories. The Specials sang the song hittin on the downfall of youth and society due to policies introduced by the government : high unemployment, no amenities , YTS all that crap. Youth had no escape so took the easy route with housing and money i.e. having babies at an early age. The Specials hit on the truth on day to day struggles with the song which everyone who struggled knew was true but the hoo-rahs ( wealthy people ).
@djleesamuel That is so well put. To the ruling elite,the truth always hurt. The Specials tunes hold more resonance now than ever(especially "Ghost Town")
@56postoffice Cheers mate.......I'm sure I was right...and not in an arrogant way but down to growing up on ska / 2tone and Northern from the age of 5 years old and been surrounded by 3 skinhead sisters and a mod brother. You can't get any truer than that haha. Like you say 'truth' hurts......or they just talk 'TOSH'. Another example of The Specials music is 'stereotype'....another dig at the affluent i.e. University kids impreesing in the college bar and daddy with a jaguar - what's that?? haha
@djleesamuel The music industry has always been littered with middle class kids who thought they were "street" very rare to have working class music heroes now. That's what made the Specials "special"! Keep the Rudie alive, mate! :D
Ghost Town remixed, at last. Click our name here if you want to check the new vid here, and feel free to leave good or nasty feedback! Up the revolution!
@mic01 kind of short-sighted comment based only what you perceive 'kids' to be listening to, but fair enough i suppose. and some of the best (and by best i mean worst) miming i've ever seen to songs on tv was during the 70s and 80s ... but again, thumbs up for your reactionary effort!
@mic01 Why is it that everyone has to bitch about modern music they don't like on every video with a song older than ten years? Just shut up about it. With the internet you have access to all the music in the world, so why pay attention to the stuff you don't like?
@raizumichin because is annoying that nobody is capable to create real music nowadays. We love old music but we also love music (generally speaking) and we want to hear on the radio some new artist that blow us off with outstanding lyrics, great music and passion for playing it.
@pablosgscr Sorry, but there's tons of people out there who create great music ("real" as you call it, although that doesn't make sense), if you don't think there's anyone who does that it just means you're not paying attention. And radio is dead, join the new millennium and get a Spotify or Pandora account, I'll guarantee you'll find new artists to love that radio never would've told you about.
@raizumichin I have to disagree sir, but I can't really argue with you cuz I don't know your musical taste so I don't know if by "great music" you are meaning Kelly Clarkson or Shakira. But if you can give me 5 examples of new musicians that make REAL music (as I call it) I'll be glad of hearing them. By real music I mean ART, like Pink Floyd, Guns n' Roses, TRS, RHCP, Eric Clapton, Queen and Pearl Jam once did and some of them still do.
@pablosgscr Well, that request is pretty hard since I don't know what you like, just as you don't know what I like. But since I told you to forget radio it should be obvious that Shakira isn't it. Some examples of what I've liked this decade are pretty much Everything Jack White and Dangermouse has been involved in, Franz Ferdinand, Eagles Of Death Metal, Gorillaz, The Constellations, Movits!, Martin Harley and TV On The Radio. But that's what I like, quit whining and find something for yourself
@pablosgscr What do you mean, same shit? Spotify has over 14 millions songs on it, are you really saying that you didn't find anything you like? I'm pretty sure you didn't actually try.
Pointing out something that's wrong isn't whining, it's criticism. You're demonstrably wrong though, which makes it whining.
@caxtonman Who said anything about censorship? Please, point out what in my comment that makes you think I want to limit freedom of speech. You have the right to bitch about Justin Bieber if you want, and I'm perfectly free to criticize your opinion.
@raizumichin Censorship is when you tell people to 'shut up' about voicing their opinions on a posting. I think it's more than a valid point to compare a great classic like this one with some of the crap that is 'made' today.
@caxtonman I'm just using my freedom of speech post my own opinion. I don't have any authority beyond the rationality of my argument, it would only be censorship if I had the power to actually limit others. By your logic you're trying to censor me right now.
I disagree with your comparison. The Specials belonged in a niche market even then. To find Biebers proper opposite number in '79 you'll have to look the big sellers of that year, like Anne Murray or The Knacks.
@caxtonman I'm obsessed because I want you to stop talking about him? Not sure I agree with your logic there. I can't even name any of his songs, I only remember his name because people like you keep bringing him up.
But I must wonder why you opted for a simple (attempt at an) insult this time around. You started so strong with big words like censorship and freedom of speech. Have you perhaps realized how fallacious your arguments were?
@caxtonman You didn't do it here, but the way you jumped to the defense for those who do leads me to believe that my comment has hit home with you too, you've probably been doing it elsewhere.
But since you're dropping the other topics, is it safe to say you realized you were wrong in you accusation of censorship and you ridiculous comparison between old niche music and modern mainstream?
@raizumichin Oh dear, we have a Bieber lover randomly leaving his unwanted opinions on a popular 'niche' band's posting. Why the hell are you here if you don't like it? The Specials will be held in high regards long after the 'mainstream' artist's have rotted away. Off you go Grandad...!
@caxtonman What the fuck are you on now? I haven't said anything negative about the specials. You're just grasping for straws at this point. I love The Specials and hate justin bieber, that's why I don't want to see comments about the latter on videos about the former. Why else would I tell people to shut up about him?
Oh, and stop trying to censor me, you enemy of free speech. By your own argument, saying something like "off you go" is censorship.
@caxtonman Sorry, not buying it. It's possible that you've been trolling for the start, but it's far more likely that you're just trying to hide behind that claim because your arguments keep falling apart.
Everytime I admire a women they seem to get pregnant! Is this my fertile look or just coincedance!
mrwells111 21 hours ago
My son says it my favourite band. Hes wrong but close sometimes!
mrwells111 2 days ago
The Specials fans, you all need to check out the band PapaFish. 4th wave SKA?
everlong0101 3 days ago
Pick it up pick it up pick it up!!!!!
TheMegapwnage666 1 week ago
what is the song from 0:00 to 0:03
Bird1507 1 week ago
2 Tone ska rules !!
TheRocknRollSound 1 week ago
Saw this song at T in the park a few years ago! absolute genius, may have had a little drunken spew during it but it rocked! also they were on stage about 2pm so perhaps i'd done too much?
danielmcclure 1 week ago
Too Much xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kwales66 2 weeks ago
Trying to wash my mind free of "The Iron Lady" Movie............
BlogBitch 2 weeks ago
Never mind about skinheads just injoy the music i was a child in the 70s and a teenager in the 80s music brings people together bring back the 80s!
MrRuddles1 3 weeks ago
i remember when i met Neville, funniest day ever!!! he's such an awesome guy!!
UkLuvsDisneyLyrics 4 weeks ago
@UkLuvsDisneyLyrics
You lucky spud!
PhunkyNun 2 weeks ago
@PhunkyNun yeah apart from at the time i had no clue who he was, he's a friend of my dad's
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@september7891 I didn't say i was. and skinheads had jamaican rude boy influences and skinheads a working class culture not a political group such as the bnp. i do have opinions on immigrants but im not going to talk about them on youtube.
bhablueandwhite 4 weeks ago
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bhablueandwhite 4 weeks ago
Muito bom!
bento001 4 weeks ago
Went to a Ska concert a couple days ago... Fucking Skanked myself to the point of puking... I was in the back pissing and puking, haha, true story.
TheThinkingGremlin 1 month ago
@TheThinkingGremlin i have the same story; i skanked too much with the specials song but not this one, and then i have puked:)
uweraldo 3 weeks ago
Check out that electric piano... shiiiiiii
BeansAndBikes 1 month ago
top tune
TiM9FG 1 month ago
im twelve i love skinhead (REAL SKINHEAD not fashist ) mods,sex pistols,the clash,the jam,doc martens,harringtons,donkey jackets,SKA!!,two tone.what my freinds think doesnt matter i know what i like thats all that counts!!
bhablueandwhite 1 month ago 2
@bhablueandwhite YOUR NOT A SKINHEAD THEN REAL SKINHEADS STARTED AT STAMFORD BRIDGE AND IT WAS AGAINST IMMIGRATION THAT THE POLITICIONS WERE LETTING INTO THE COUNTRY AND GIVING THEM FLATS WHEN WHITE PEOPLE HAD BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR ONE BEING A SKINHEAD MENT THAT YOU WOULD FIGHT WITH BLACK GANGS AND STAND YOUR GROUND NOT LIKE THE WHITE WANKERS IN THIS GENERATION IT WAS YOU HIT ONE WHITE GUY YOU HIT ALL OF US WHITE UNITY THEN THE POLICE ARRESTED ANYONE WHITE WHO FOUGHT WITH BLACKS,NOSTALGIA SIGH.
september7891 4 weeks ago
@september7891 hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha you dont kno skinhead history!
tronscot 4 weeks ago
@tronscot i know skinhead history when jamaicans first came to england and they started working with white working class and brought their music with them and the white guys liked it and then jamaicans made a slower version of the music so the white guys could understand it better and they called it ska and then the specials and the selector and other music and then skinheads was born staypress and fred perry and doc martins or pepers boots i was there,then there was a breakaway into football.
september7891 4 weeks ago
@september7891 You are sort of there.... but it was the Ska movement in Jamaica in the 50's that spawned all of this. Ska existed long before any white folk got involved.
It was not until the 70's that Britain and 'white' people got involved.
BlogBitch 2 weeks ago
@tronscot sorry my text before i was arguing with someone your a proper skinhead mate i hate nazis mate but i hate antifacists to because their not just antifacist they are far left and they don,t care when white people get attacked by muslims but when muslims get attacked by whites they scream outrage.
september7891 4 weeks ago
wow, Ska is one boring music style. Thumbs down.
bille77 1 month ago in playlist MUSIK - Dub & Reggae
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TheMillersTale2001 1 month ago
why wouldnt they play this on the radio ?
john3000931 1 month ago
@john3000931 I now only if they had the internet bac then
MajorTripping 1 month ago
@john3000931 Because of the mention of contraception
rosaleenauk 1 month ago
HOOTANANNI!!!!!!!!!
BIG UP BRIXTON
ferret630 1 month ago
Seen 3 x....80, 81, and 2009, still superb and relevant.
gasgas270 1 month ago
The specials songs were so fantastic and had a message.
MsFanmail 1 month ago
This really ought to be played on the radios these days instead of the crap shitty sex me up music, then maybe there wouldn't be so many unplanned pregnancies, and those kids leading a miserable life because of kids having kids.
TheCrossStitcher 1 month ago
The Specials epitomised the very late 70's -very early 80's 2-tone "ska -rock" .Great little band.
vashna3799 1 month ago
@vashna3799 did the clash copy them or did they copy the clash?
florencelovme 1 month ago
@florencelovme they came after the clash , they didn't really copy them ,the clash were punk rock the specials ska-rock
vashna3799 1 month ago
@vashna3799 I know that the clash is punk, but they have a song that sounds just like this song thats why I asked. I guess punk and ska went together during that era. Funny thing is, Ive listened to that song countless times but didnt know what band it was until I bumped onto this clip! great discovery! can you suggest any other bands with that sound?
florencelovme 1 month ago
@florencelovme Of course -The Beat & The Selector are the 2 bands most like the Specials ,other bands of that period include The Jam ,Squeeze, Bad Manners ,Madness and the mighty Joy Division.
vashna3799 1 month ago
@vashna3799 thanks alot!
florencelovme 1 month ago
THIS IS NOW !!!
mohigney1 1 month ago
Oh My God This IS ON FIRE
bloykunker 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
this is attractive.
earlajune 1 month ago
i love terry hall
auntyangela 1 month ago
The best British band of the 70 80s British SKA movement thumbs up if you agree
chopinjpz 1 month ago 68
@chopinjpz sorry, "the beat" are the best: the specials number 2 ;)
doepferiano 1 day ago
reminds me of teenage years, carbo and big buda and all therest of the YPSR brilliant days
TheDadeza 1 month ago
Class!!
patriclad 1 month ago
71 people have done too much of something
georgeman2468 1 month ago
awsome tunage the specials rock!!!! xx
dianakatyjayne 1 month ago
lead singer was hot
TheDellanator 1 month ago
I wish I grew up in this era. I love everything about it. Clothes, music, movies, skinheads EVERYTHING but I stuck with shit like lmfao and auto tuned faggots
leedsunited123able 1 month ago 41
quite simply one of the most influential songs of an era,,if u weren't there,tough..u missed a fantastic time for music.
nuttymufc 1 month ago 2
I have ten years,but i love this music
kam1kazeeee 1 month ago
Tengo 10 años,y aun así amo esta música
kam1kazeeee 1 month ago
love it
creativeforce11 1 month ago
perfect
jonjuliecat 2 months ago
This is a classic. I'm a child of the 80's. They were brilliant, along with Madness.
40girton 2 months ago
Phat tune
1107danny 2 months ago
Im 14 and im into Ska, Reggae, scooters and all that stuff and ive got my mates who like modern stuff. They say ive got bad taste in music. i say to them that i LIKE to be different.
chandonproductions 2 months ago 40
@chandonproductions Same mate :D Go Madness, The Specials and other ska/jazz bands :D :D :D
SparkyShark123 2 months ago
@chandonproductions I liked this and more when i was 13, now i'm 17. Being awesome is fun ;D
caitlinsykes 1 month ago
@chandonproductions
Good lad
flanj1 1 month ago
Respecta,,selecta,,,i was there,,,good two tone eh,,good days,,jimmy come on where off to brighton ha ha....fuck you rockers....
possymad 1 month ago
No mate you've got a good taste in music they have a shit taste
y103269j 1 month ago
@chandonproductions haha i know what thats like im 20 and my mates still say the same to me just stick in there bro :p
murdock2k8 1 month ago
@chandonproductions No you haven't got bad taste in music, my 12 year old son likes ska, you be different, don't be a sheep. ;)
TheCrossStitcher 1 month ago 3
@chandonproductions your mates are too young for meaning of being different ; D
SopuchLoveHardrock 1 month ago
@chandonproductions Well done!! If you like scooters check my site where you will find more scooters than you tought existed
myScooterchannel 1 month ago
@chandonproductions hey in my environement (right??) its also like this i am the only how listen to ska and other old music but i also answer with the same words :P
Musiic is Life!Live a fun one! Listen to Ska
TillyBallent 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Specials
@chandonproductions Tell'em to feck off, you're on the right track. You're listening solid gold proper music mate.
GypsyDancer01 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Top stuff! released at the same time the country was on its knees.
Needs re-releasing!
18supersport 2 months ago
With more than 7,000,000,000 mouths need feeding today, this song is even more relevant today than when it was released in 1979. Take control of the population!
6edTelevision 2 months ago 2
why dont people appriciate this stuff? Its brilliant.
Thecabbageful 2 months ago
This should be the theme tune to people the same age as me nowadays! 15 year olds gerrin preggers!
mansfieldtown1 2 months ago in playlist the specials
may be 15, but i know good music when i hear it, explains a lot about my generation now a days.
SUFCsince1899 2 months ago 2
69 people did way too much- much too young
ThebestBrand88 2 months ago in playlist Awesome songs
I was in my teens when 2-tone and the Specials were in the charts - I really didn't like them.
What on earth was I thinking? They really are a cut above and a stupendously enjoyable experience!!
MrMgillett 2 months ago 2
I love his statement - "It should have been our next single but they wouldn't play it on the Radio"- says everything about Thatcherite censorship at the time. This band says everything about the late 1970's and early 1980's recession and despair. - Everyone thought Thatcher and the Tories would make things better- in reality everything got worse.... sound familiar.. I think Shirley Bassey's singing History Repeating said it all. Politics over - enjoy The Specials.
nixcails 2 months ago
Terry Christian is now a main man on promoting the music of Sun Ra Archestra. great stuff.
MMRJL 2 months ago
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We use to listen to this when we was going on our football away game adventures in the 80's it use to get us in the mood for the mass football riot's long live the 80's!
collins7780 2 months ago
@xr3vengex lol fail
justjoeist 2 months ago
@justjoeist Yes, you are, sunshine.
RelativeBadger 2 months ago
@xr3vengex twat. is all i can say...
1707thom 2 months ago
@xr3vengex
what a cunt
spyglasscouk 2 months ago
@spyglasscouk amen. DIFFERENT ERA/GENRE BRO
1707thom 2 months ago
@xr3vengex what is wrong with you? the specials literally influenced middle-of-the-road bands like Muse.. before you post comments like that, bone up on the history of punk, 2tone, ska, and whatever else.
rosaleenauk 2 months ago 2
@rosaleenauk well said mate
DKFROMBAS 2 months ago
68 people are much too young to appreciate this.
catbells69 2 months ago 31
@catbells69 I'm glad I dont take part in that mental age group.
ghsrunner94 2 months ago
@catbells69 one love jah rastafari this music was the start of a new direction thats lasted ever since then
oldbathtub1950 1 month ago
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MrRAPTORFAG 1 month ago
@catbells69 I'm fifteen. Am i lumped into the "too young" group? I really dont want to be. i love ska
janspek33 1 month ago
@janspek33 I liked this when I was 15! ;O)
catbells69 1 month ago
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CHECK THIS OUT NOW IT'S AMAZING!!
THE VINYLS-GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD
bunnyhop28 2 months ago
married to the kitchen well fuk that one
ilovebagpuss2008 3 months ago
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SKA band in Kent called The Skatonics do this one and other similar trojan ska and 2tone... worth checking!
scoots216 3 months ago
smosh !
NERO2DEATH 3 months ago
This song (in fact this clip on the pld grey whistle test) really capured my imagination as a young teen and got me into the whole ska thing.
Loved the specials!
prawnpathia1 3 months ago
try wearing a cap u silly twat :)
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CHECK THIS OUT IT'S AMAZING TOO!!
THE VINYLS-GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD
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NERO2DEATH 3 months ago
@NERO2DEATH yeah you must be one of those losers listening to crappy techno in your room all day
JAKETOON11 3 months ago
@JAKETOON11 yupp
NERO2DEATH 3 months ago
fantastic live version of this track!!!
jackiemaree1 3 months ago
BEAT THIS !!!!!!!
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MarmaladeSkyBand1 3 months ago
This was like pre rap and pre shit.
aivopark 3 months ago
Goin to see them on Saturday at the Manchester Apollo can't wait
splatter23 3 months ago 2
@splatter23 are the still touring? Going to check the website now
salerio61 3 months ago
@salerio61 I'm not too sure there wasn't many dates on the tour list. They were absolutly mint!
splatter23 2 months ago
So good!
Domely07 3 months ago
!:21 these guys are fucking tight - great live band
MultiMagoon 3 months ago
Fucking. Brilliant.
SirBanuTheFourth 3 months ago
Why talk over the end?...why?
steveobie1 4 months ago
HEY !!! WATCH JELLY PLANE on YOUTUBE !!!
Mrlebricabrac 4 months ago
still brill!
jennyypen 4 months ago
"they" (the broadcasters) played it because it was hit, number 1 single, but "they" didn't like it, it was a very long time ago, a very different country and in many ways,though not all, a more fun place to live.
1964chrissie 4 months ago
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Yes it was played everywhere - int thee obvious???!!! But they wouldn'r air it at the start on the Radio due to it's political connotations. Not so tosh now eh with that info.
djleesamuel 4 months ago
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Yes it was played everywhere - int thee obvious???!!! But they wouldn'r air it at the start on the Radio due to it's political connotations. Not so tosh now eh with that info.
djleesamuel 4 months ago
Yes it was played everywhere - int thee obvious???!!! But they wouldn'r air it at the start on the Radio due to it's political connotations. Not so tosh now eh with that info.
djleesamuel 4 months ago
epic random dancing niggers! :D
QueenWillNeverDie 4 months ago
@QueenWillNeverDie Ok you got a response - now what?
bongo46 3 months ago
@bongo46 I'm sorry, I don't know what happend. I didn't mean to post my comment multiple times.
QueenWillNeverDie 3 months ago
epic random niggers!
QueenWillNeverDie 4 months ago
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Epic random dancing niggers!
QueenWillNeverDie 4 months ago
Epic random dancing niggers!
QueenWillNeverDie 4 months ago
Epic random dancing niggers!
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This is ska. Pure, Simple, Timeless, and Brilliant.
So fck off all you smelly old nonces pretending to be 14. And if you are a young one..great.. good luck to you..but don't keep telling us wiser dudes how immature you are. Just enjoy ffs.
worldcoup 4 months ago
What does he look /sound like now? Fucking awesome tune when there was no black/white divide with music
pinkandjefflynne 4 months ago 25
@pinkandjefflynne Terry Hall the lead singer still has the voice - he does some live work now about Europe - the Jamaican rude boy with the trilby - Neville staples is till going strong and still has 100% per cent SKA all over him. See them live when you can.
djleesamuel 4 months ago
@pinkandjefflynne
Don't look much different , still touring and sounding as good as ever. (without madders though)
risktaker69 4 months ago
@pinkandjefflynne terry hall sound's and looks exactly the same now as he did then in the nineties he did collaborations with the likes of "tricky" (poems) check that out terry hall he is a legend or he is god if you believe in such things :)
chanc8r38 3 months ago
62 people just got married
MonkeyHunch 4 months ago
Why did they not play in on the radio?
TTGDama 4 months ago
@TTGDama It didn't get played because of the U.K.'s government - The Tories. The Specials sang the song hittin on the downfall of youth and society due to policies introduced by the government : high unemployment, no amenities , YTS all that crap. Youth had no escape so took the easy route with housing and money i.e. having babies at an early age. The Specials hit on the truth on day to day struggles with the song which everyone who struggled knew was true but the hoo-rahs ( wealthy people ).
djleesamuel 4 months ago 2
@djleesamuel complete tosh - it was played everywhere!
wellsydad 4 months ago
@djleesamuel That is so well put. To the ruling elite,the truth always hurt. The Specials tunes hold more resonance now than ever(especially "Ghost Town")
56postoffice 3 months ago
@56postoffice Cheers mate.......I'm sure I was right...and not in an arrogant way but down to growing up on ska / 2tone and Northern from the age of 5 years old and been surrounded by 3 skinhead sisters and a mod brother. You can't get any truer than that haha. Like you say 'truth' hurts......or they just talk 'TOSH'. Another example of The Specials music is 'stereotype'....another dig at the affluent i.e. University kids impreesing in the college bar and daddy with a jaguar - what's that?? haha
djleesamuel 3 months ago
@djleesamuel The music industry has always been littered with middle class kids who thought they were "street" very rare to have working class music heroes now. That's what made the Specials "special"! Keep the Rudie alive, mate! :D
56postoffice 3 months ago 2
@TTGDama Radio 1 use to play it. It was a bit new-wave for Radio 2
salerio61 3 months ago
I was there fkn class
allysda 4 months ago
Ghost Town remixed, at last. Click our name here if you want to check the new vid here, and feel free to leave good or nasty feedback! Up the revolution!
dirtboxdivas 4 months ago
62 to people dont no fucking good music.
scooterboy888 4 months ago 2
This is total class... If you were there when these boys were playing this stuff you would know what it was all about... I was there!!! Awesome...
TheRichysonic 4 months ago 2
this sounds amazing live!!
kiba2447 4 months ago
Remember kids this is played live..not like the pre-recorded shit today..
mic01 4 months ago 90
@mic01 Too right mate. Totally agree with you.
oyboy67 3 months ago
@mic01 ´´the kids´´ are not only listening to pre-recorded shit from disney you know... but
martijnrijen 3 months ago
@mic01 ey up tho mate dint they lip sync wen they was on top of the pops :O
stinogrimsby 3 months ago
@stinogrimsby you might want to re-read what I wrote..
mic01 3 months ago
@mic01 kind of short-sighted comment based only what you perceive 'kids' to be listening to, but fair enough i suppose. and some of the best (and by best i mean worst) miming i've ever seen to songs on tv was during the 70s and 80s ... but again, thumbs up for your reactionary effort!
dogbags 3 months ago
@mic01 Why is it that everyone has to bitch about modern music they don't like on every video with a song older than ten years? Just shut up about it. With the internet you have access to all the music in the world, so why pay attention to the stuff you don't like?
raizumichin 3 months ago 32
@raizumichin contradict yourself much?
mic01 3 months ago
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@raizumichin Not at all, just trying to help you out.
raizumichin 3 months ago
@raizumichin because is annoying that nobody is capable to create real music nowadays. We love old music but we also love music (generally speaking) and we want to hear on the radio some new artist that blow us off with outstanding lyrics, great music and passion for playing it.
pablosgscr 2 months ago
@pablosgscr Sorry, but there's tons of people out there who create great music ("real" as you call it, although that doesn't make sense), if you don't think there's anyone who does that it just means you're not paying attention. And radio is dead, join the new millennium and get a Spotify or Pandora account, I'll guarantee you'll find new artists to love that radio never would've told you about.
raizumichin 2 months ago
@raizumichin I have to disagree sir, but I can't really argue with you cuz I don't know your musical taste so I don't know if by "great music" you are meaning Kelly Clarkson or Shakira. But if you can give me 5 examples of new musicians that make REAL music (as I call it) I'll be glad of hearing them. By real music I mean ART, like Pink Floyd, Guns n' Roses, TRS, RHCP, Eric Clapton, Queen and Pearl Jam once did and some of them still do.
pablosgscr 2 months ago
@pablosgscr Well, that request is pretty hard since I don't know what you like, just as you don't know what I like. But since I told you to forget radio it should be obvious that Shakira isn't it. Some examples of what I've liked this decade are pretty much Everything Jack White and Dangermouse has been involved in, Franz Ferdinand, Eagles Of Death Metal, Gorillaz, The Constellations, Movits!, Martin Harley and TV On The Radio. But that's what I like, quit whining and find something for yourself
raizumichin 2 months ago
@pablosgscr So, how did spotify work out for you? Did you find some ART and REAL music? Or are you too comfortable with just whining on youtube?
raizumichin 2 months ago
@raizumichin no, just the same shit, new millennium boy. but thanks for the suggestions.
PS: I do like whining when something is not right.
pablosgscr 2 months ago
@pablosgscr What do you mean, same shit? Spotify has over 14 millions songs on it, are you really saying that you didn't find anything you like? I'm pretty sure you didn't actually try.
Pointing out something that's wrong isn't whining, it's criticism. You're demonstrably wrong though, which makes it whining.
raizumichin 2 months ago
@raizumichin I think you will find it's called free speech, unless you advocate censorship?
caxtonman 1 month ago
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raizumichin 1 month ago
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@caxtonman Who said anything about censorship? Please, point out what in my comment that makes you think I want to limit freedom of speech. You have the right to bitch about Justin Bieber if you want, and I'm perfectly free to criticize your opinion.
raizumichin 1 month ago
@raizumichin Censorship is when you tell people to 'shut up' about voicing their opinions on a posting. I think it's more than a valid point to compare a great classic like this one with some of the crap that is 'made' today.
caxtonman 1 month ago
@caxtonman I'm just using my freedom of speech post my own opinion. I don't have any authority beyond the rationality of my argument, it would only be censorship if I had the power to actually limit others. By your logic you're trying to censor me right now.
I disagree with your comparison. The Specials belonged in a niche market even then. To find Biebers proper opposite number in '79 you'll have to look the big sellers of that year, like Anne Murray or The Knacks.
raizumichin 1 month ago
@raizumichin You are way too obsessed with Justin Bieber my friend.
caxtonman 1 month ago
@caxtonman I'm obsessed because I want you to stop talking about him? Not sure I agree with your logic there. I can't even name any of his songs, I only remember his name because people like you keep bringing him up.
But I must wonder why you opted for a simple (attempt at an) insult this time around. You started so strong with big words like censorship and freedom of speech. Have you perhaps realized how fallacious your arguments were?
raizumichin 1 month ago
@raizumichin I never mentioned his name at all, you did. Look back at the thread.
caxtonman 1 month ago
@caxtonman You didn't do it here, but the way you jumped to the defense for those who do leads me to believe that my comment has hit home with you too, you've probably been doing it elsewhere.
But since you're dropping the other topics, is it safe to say you realized you were wrong in you accusation of censorship and you ridiculous comparison between old niche music and modern mainstream?
raizumichin 1 month ago
@raizumichin Oh dear, we have a Bieber lover randomly leaving his unwanted opinions on a popular 'niche' band's posting. Why the hell are you here if you don't like it? The Specials will be held in high regards long after the 'mainstream' artist's have rotted away. Off you go Grandad...!
caxtonman 1 month ago
@caxtonman What the fuck are you on now? I haven't said anything negative about the specials. You're just grasping for straws at this point. I love The Specials and hate justin bieber, that's why I don't want to see comments about the latter on videos about the former. Why else would I tell people to shut up about him?
Oh, and stop trying to censor me, you enemy of free speech. By your own argument, saying something like "off you go" is censorship.
raizumichin 1 month ago
@raizumichin LOL. I love winding people up on here! Don't take it too seriously mate!
caxtonman 1 month ago
@caxtonman Sorry, not buying it. It's possible that you've been trolling for the start, but it's far more likely that you're just trying to hide behind that claim because your arguments keep falling apart.
raizumichin 1 month ago
@raizumichin You are so right my friend. ;¬)
caxtonman 1 month ago
@caxtonman Oh, so you are just hiding behind a failed attempt at comedy after your argument fell apart? God, I'm so right I manage to amaze myself.