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Was fortunate enough to grow up in Cov and was 17 in 1979 when the Specials really landed. Cov was a smouldering wreck with the car industry in ruins and unemployment at 13% !! These were the salvation of the youth in the pubs and clubs in and around Cov !!
Moonshiny74 id feel the same about the rest of the lads too if one of them werent with the band, cos i grewup listening to the specials early as 79 i remember influenced by all 7 plus rico, So there is a gap in the band it cant be filled by any tom,dick and harry!
I'm rather mad at Dammers, againstbnp1. He's outright lied and stirred a bunch of bs, which is not cool. I respect him for his stance on racism and other political issues, but there is no reason for him to be so damn goofy about the band.
This song is about "HILLFIELDS" in COVENTRY, where all the violene took place, the area was poor and covered in high rise towers,flats. In a live version of this song Terry Hall say's he was in Hillfields the other day and he see's a little boy being chased by 20 boys who are all shouting "Your gonna get your fakin head kicked in"
This is a classic and it placed Hillfields on the map.
@reggaeNyx: Each song was relevant for it's time and place, it song captured the spirit of the generation who produced it. Get of the negative tip and broaden your mind a bit!
@chrisbbbbchris well sadly thats true ,today many skinheads are racists,but recently i was at a punk festival,which had the slogan "unite against nazi scum" and there were some skinheads too,as you can see not every skinhead is a racist
f****** brilliant loved the specials used to play the arse off the dance craze album back then lyrics to all their songs still apply today 30 years later
Big up to Jerry Dammers, The Specials and the whole 2 Tone scene - great music with a conscience, their contribution to the development of UK society has never been acknowledged - respect due
Fucking brilliant - one of my all time favorite tunes. Radiations lyrics are as relevant as ever, and if re-released would knock the the likes of the "kooks" in to next week. So much energy and feeling, and still sounds so fresh - like I said "fuckin brilliant"
Birmingham in the 80's no jobs no prospects........but an undying never say never attitude maggies britain tarnished and forever green........love the specials told it the way it was .violence succumbned to teenage apathy........
living in london now and the press go on about knife crime, ok its bad, but does anyone remember Coventry in the 1980s and other parts of the west midlands, parts of it looked like Beruit on a wet tuesday and the level of violence then was a lot worse than now?
well said mate! i was 16 in dudley. all our dads was on the dole and all our moms had fucked off! rough period, but you really think it's any better now? still looks like beirut where i am mate, just bigger dogs that's all
Dudley, great place, well until you get the mosque imposed upon you soon, despite voting against it! well I have not been there for a while, stourport is my old stamping ground, used to go around with chaps from your way and stourbridge when I had my vespa. Too much cash from this government spent on migrants and pandering to ethnic communities that are not welcome or needed here, this cash should have been spent on places like Dudley and the black country to get them working and looking better!
friends whats going on is this a fashion or "are you in" forum? you talk and talk using terms and jargot of "rude boys".fuck who cares! the only important thing is we have had the gift of living this life to appreciate the sounds of all this ska musicians and this is what it matters ! i dont care if you are black or white rich or poor chinese or african fuck . this is the real sense of being Rude. being rude against all the wrong ideas stereotypes and fashions imposed by OURSELVES !!!!!!
I hope to god the Specials dont get back together, They were my favourite band when I was a kid, still are, but I hate it when bands reform when they are old and try to do it again. Even if it is just a one off, they are better being rememberd as they were. Look at the pistols in 1996 (a brilliant band in their day) but they made total twats of themselves in 96. I would hate to see the Specials do the same. That was bad enough at Glastonbury last year with that fuckin Lily Alen.
hoodies are chicken shits in big gangs, back in the 80s around the midlands you could get the shit kicked out of you by just one chap and most of them didnt need knives like the morons of today, our streets are probably less violent today, just more news coverage of the violence and the police and lefties learned long ago to frighten us to keep their budgets, London streets in the main are far safer than the west midlands of the 1980s!
The specials are close to reforming, the full line up is playing together. they are rehearsing and seeing how things feel between members.They are said to sound awesome together better than before, as they are more accomplished musicians.
great band when i was a teenager went to see them, superb, if they do get back together i hope they sound just as good otherwise it will be a wash out, Terry Hall needs to get himself straight?
does nobody else realise that terry hall when you see him now a days looked fucked like last year at glastonbury he couldnt be arsed i love the specials dont get me wrong but i dont think that there going to get back together just a rumour
ANIMALS ON THE STREET.
rokidoki 2 months ago
Thanks!!!
XEpikurX 3 months ago
REDSKINS !!!!!!!
psgctt 6 months ago
sharp skin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheCgkato76 6 months ago
absolutely great
veganswines 7 months ago
lol funboy 3 w4nkest group ever!!
MrBananabender 7 months ago
the specials were like pink floyd,singing about societys woes.
bradleynail 8 months ago
nice! group for ever!
skill0range 9 months ago
Excellent
Damoskinos 9 months ago
cool!!!
shkotanjk 1 year ago
cool!!!
shkotanjk 1 year ago
real music long live ska
dylanharrison85 1 year ago 2
Dance Craze..!! SKA 2tone <3
Banno22 1 year ago
SiMPLY AMAZiNG
chrisbbbbchris 1 year ago
SKINHEAD GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pshicokiller 1 year ago
:-)
MCP1579375 1 year ago
i been chased by the national front..... a word to all those right-winger-skins who think that ska is their music.
rude boys go!
thosch71 1 year ago 3
Rude boy!!!
daniel44ska 1 year ago 2
THE SPECIALS ROCKS!!! AGUANTE EL SKA!!! 2 TONE FOREVER!!! SALUDOS DESDE COLOMBIA!!
colmbiaska 1 year ago
The start of this song is the same of a ramons song. But concrete jungle was written two years before that
boikoterrr 1 year ago
@boikoterrr
Originally by the Ventures 'Let's Go' pre-Beatle days
playamoth 1 year ago
how the fuk do i download u moved the icons again
kefocrawfs 1 year ago
BRILLIANTLY MADE VID. WELL DONE.
ImaniHekima 2 years ago
Help get The Specials back in the charts by downloading Gangsters between 28 Mar - 3 April and help raise awareness for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the same time ... Join the facebook group to help spread the word ... google "download gangsters the specials facebook" to find us :-)
vickibarwood 2 years ago
Was fortunate enough to grow up in Cov and was 17 in 1979 when the Specials really landed. Cov was a smouldering wreck with the car industry in ruins and unemployment at 13% !! These were the salvation of the youth in the pubs and clubs in and around Cov !!
RD21108 2 years ago
Moonshiny74 id feel the same about the rest of the lads too if one of them werent with the band, cos i grewup listening to the specials early as 79 i remember influenced by all 7 plus rico, So there is a gap in the band it cant be filled by any tom,dick and harry!
againstbnp1 2 years ago
But Dick was in the band..
acitonj 2 years ago
2 tone is alive as ever..wish the general "DAMMERS"was still headin the Specials!!!
againstbnp1 2 years ago
I'm rather mad at Dammers, againstbnp1. He's outright lied and stirred a bunch of bs, which is not cool. I respect him for his stance on racism and other political issues, but there is no reason for him to be so damn goofy about the band.
moonshiny74 2 years ago
What`s sir Horace bassplayer`s book called again?
Gjeorje 2 years ago
Ska'd For Life. It's a rather interesting read.
moonshiny74 2 years ago
I remember the dance halls - we would all be wet with sweat - such an awesome time.
getdownyal 2 years ago
This song is about "HILLFIELDS" in COVENTRY, where all the violene took place, the area was poor and covered in high rise towers,flats. In a live version of this song Terry Hall say's he was in Hillfields the other day and he see's a little boy being chased by 20 boys who are all shouting "Your gonna get your fakin head kicked in"
This is a classic and it placed Hillfields on the map.
StanleyBlade392 2 years ago
Classic flippin clip, thanks for sharing this
byteme1963 2 years ago
Pure class. Still Fxxking awesome 30 years later..KEEP STOMPIN!!!!
THALIDO 2 years ago 2
@reggaeNyx: Each song was relevant for it's time and place, it song captured the spirit of the generation who produced it. Get of the negative tip and broaden your mind a bit!
floppybollox3 2 years ago
Antifa Rude girl!!
eve69rg 2 years ago 11
Skinhead!
morrink 2 years ago 21
@morrink skinhead? wtf? are you fucking retarded? fun boy three look it up. he made a band with 2 black guys you stupid fuck.
chrisbbbbchris 1 year ago
@chrisbbbbchris the skinhead movement was originally a white and black people movement
cr0ss0vermusic 1 year ago
@cr0ss0vermusic didn't know that, wow i feel like an idiot.. but dont you agree most whites who consider themselves skinheads are racist ? loll..
chrisbbbbchris 1 year ago
@chrisbbbbchris well sadly thats true ,today many skinheads are racists,but recently i was at a punk festival,which had the slogan "unite against nazi scum" and there were some skinheads too,as you can see not every skinhead is a racist
cr0ss0vermusic 1 year ago 2
@cr0ss0vermusic yess
chrisbbbbchris 1 year ago
@morrink SKA!
przemoboro903 1 year ago 3
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but they old
currypot1965 2 years ago
they can still cut it for real.seen them twice this year and a 3rd in 2 weeks time.great day/night out
retrosalvo 2 years ago
@retrosalvo you lucky rascal!
leondenis00 2 years ago
There is a strong roomer that they are reformimg with a view to gig... you heard it here first...
rubber238 3 years ago
they confirmed for oxegen a while back, should be good
philbobaggins901 3 years ago
f****** brilliant loved the specials used to play the arse off the dance craze album back then lyrics to all their songs still apply today 30 years later
beggo999 3 years ago 2
one of the best songs ever!!!
SKUMMASBAGGUS 3 years ago 3
Big up to Jerry Dammers, The Specials and the whole 2 Tone scene - great music with a conscience, their contribution to the development of UK society has never been acknowledged - respect due
soulster69 3 years ago 3
got me ticket for carling academy 2009 tour bring it on
japakjason 3 years ago
May 11th Brixton....Here we come!!! LKG S.C.
vespajedi 3 years ago
may the 12th brixton all the way from scotland, specials two tone movement,ye ye ye ye ye ye yeyey easeyyyyyyyy
crago111 3 years ago
may 7 brixton acedamy got tickets cant wait BRING IT ON !!!
gingskin69 3 years ago
omg that would be orgasmic
kyleffxi 3 years ago
the specials to reform for 2009..for some
30th anniversary gigs.
RICHARDDUNN05 3 years ago
Fucking brilliant - one of my all time favorite tunes. Radiations lyrics are as relevant as ever, and if re-released would knock the the likes of the "kooks" in to next week. So much energy and feeling, and still sounds so fresh - like I said "fuckin brilliant"
wilsy73 3 years ago
i totally agree!saw em in 81 amazin!can u imagine a group appearing live like that today!!i think the kooks wud pack in lol!
played sum 2 tone to sum youngsters i know there now hooked!!
thackerb67 3 years ago
Hmmm...on the recorded version, this never sounded like Terry's voice. I always thought it was Roddy.
Declan50 3 years ago
it is
radiskulla1 3 years ago
Birmingham in the 80's no jobs no prospects........but an undying never say never attitude maggies britain tarnished and forever green........love the specials told it the way it was .violence succumbned to teenage apathy........
SPORTINGMUSE 3 years ago
living in london now and the press go on about knife crime, ok its bad, but does anyone remember Coventry in the 1980s and other parts of the west midlands, parts of it looked like Beruit on a wet tuesday and the level of violence then was a lot worse than now?
BlesamaSoul 3 years ago
well said mate! i was 16 in dudley. all our dads was on the dole and all our moms had fucked off! rough period, but you really think it's any better now? still looks like beirut where i am mate, just bigger dogs that's all
jon122oha 3 years ago
Dudley, great place, well until you get the mosque imposed upon you soon, despite voting against it! well I have not been there for a while, stourport is my old stamping ground, used to go around with chaps from your way and stourbridge when I had my vespa. Too much cash from this government spent on migrants and pandering to ethnic communities that are not welcome or needed here, this cash should have been spent on places like Dudley and the black country to get them working and looking better!
BlesamaSoul 3 years ago
''i have to carry a knife'' lol.... memories>!
gunsanddrugs 3 years ago
hey how to donw load the video remastered of dance craze?
JOCC07 3 years ago
friends whats going on is this a fashion or "are you in" forum? you talk and talk using terms and jargot of "rude boys".fuck who cares! the only important thing is we have had the gift of living this life to appreciate the sounds of all this ska musicians and this is what it matters ! i dont care if you are black or white rich or poor chinese or african fuck . this is the real sense of being Rude. being rude against all the wrong ideas stereotypes and fashions imposed by OURSELVES !!!!!!
oliverjoel66 3 years ago
looking at the UK sterotypes are usually based upon a deep sense on truth!
BlesamaSoul 3 years ago
I hope to god the Specials dont get back together, They were my favourite band when I was a kid, still are, but I hate it when bands reform when they are old and try to do it again. Even if it is just a one off, they are better being rememberd as they were. Look at the pistols in 1996 (a brilliant band in their day) but they made total twats of themselves in 96. I would hate to see the Specials do the same. That was bad enough at Glastonbury last year with that fuckin Lily Alen.
ST0MP0 3 years ago
skaking in the streets
oldblue1346 3 years ago
Concrete Jungle...the hoodies are after me...Concrete Jungle..it ain't safe on the streets!
darenstanton 3 years ago 2
hoodies are chicken shits in big gangs, back in the 80s around the midlands you could get the shit kicked out of you by just one chap and most of them didnt need knives like the morons of today, our streets are probably less violent today, just more news coverage of the violence and the police and lefties learned long ago to frighten us to keep their budgets, London streets in the main are far safer than the west midlands of the 1980s!
BlesamaSoul 3 years ago
The specials are close to reforming, the full line up is playing together. they are rehearsing and seeing how things feel between members.They are said to sound awesome together better than before, as they are more accomplished musicians.
moreaka 3 years ago
great band when i was a teenager went to see them, superb, if they do get back together i hope they sound just as good otherwise it will be a wash out, Terry Hall needs to get himself straight?
BlesamaSoul 3 years ago
does nobody else realise that terry hall when you see him now a days looked fucked like last year at glastonbury he couldnt be arsed i love the specials dont get me wrong but i dont think that there going to get back together just a rumour
LiamovYik 3 years ago
i saw saw them in jersey channel island about a month ago fucking sick they where terry didnt sing though it was phil neypalls
gunznlungz 3 years ago
fuck u twat
donal56 3 years ago
Lol?! Donal56 is a fucking idiot...
Long live The Specials!
Casonra1234 3 years ago
The best song
gorapunk 3 years ago
we need this out now!!!
completaly agree
downinthepampa 3 years ago
utterly astonishing. one of my favourite bands EVER.
if anyone knows abt a reunion- esp if they're playing in london this summer - cld they pls reply to this msg? i've heard rumours...
markthemovieman 3 years ago
we need this out now!!!
appledecca 3 years ago
awesome!
moreaka 3 years ago
i love the guy at 00:43
haha :D
love this song
x
jemmalovesjunior 3 years ago
Great song . always sound better with terry singing it .
rudeskaboyuk 3 years ago 2