Song of the Day - No 271
The Specials (aka) - Too Much Too Young
WIKI
The song topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in February 1980.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD9NvKKY7W0
#SOTD #SongOfTheDay #music #TheSpecials #ska #2tone #twotone #newwave
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The always great to see and only bolsters how rad a bill tonight, The Toasters! #thetoasters #marqueetheatre #ska #2tone #tempe #phoenix #arizona #phx #az #livemusic #concert #concertphotography #galaxys22ultra
#galaxys22ultra #concertphotography #concert #livemusic #az #phx #Arizona #phoenix #tempe #2tone #ska #marqueetheatre #thetoasters
And Bowcat now opening up a night of music I'm excited for! #bowcat #yuccataproom #ska #rocksteady #2tone #tempe #phoenix #arizona #phx #az #livemusic #concert #concertphotography #galaxys22ultra
#galaxys22ultra #concertphotography #concert #livemusic #az #phx #Arizona #phoenix #tempe #2tone #rocksteady #ska #yuccataproom #bowcat
Madness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9s7n5DKd0o
#youtube_MadFranko008 #MadFranko008 #Madness #Mrs_Hutchinson #80_s #80s #1981 #1982 #Ska #2Tone #Nutty_Boys #ReMastered #ReDubbed
#youtube_madfranko008 #madfranko008 #madness #mrs_hutchinson #80_s #80s #ska #2tone #nutty_boys #remastered #redubbed
Do Rocksteady by feminist ska punks The Bodysnatchers, led by Rhoda Dakar ❤🎷🎶
Another #goodread... Black By Design by The Selecter's Pauline Black. Not just for the 2-Tone fans, this excellent book is a potted social history of the latter half of the 20th and early 21st century told via Pauline's experiences - and all the things wrong in the UK. Not always easy reading but what a strong, talented woman.
#books #bookworm #musicbook #autobiography #2Tone #2toneska #ska #reggae #socialhistory #acting #adoption #blackbydesign #paulineblack #blackartists #bookstadon
#goodread #books #bookworm #musicbook #autobiography #2tone #2toneska #ska #reggae #socialhistory #acting #adoption #blackbydesign #paulineblack #blackartists #bookstadon
Päivän pienlevy: The Beat - Too Nice to Talk To / Psychedelic Rockers (1980)
#ska #thebeat #levyhylly #musadontti #vinyylilevy #äänilevy #2tone
#2tone #aanilevy #vinyylilevy #musadontti #levyhylly #thebeat #ska
So there's this #StarTrek TOS episode called "A Piece of the Action." An entire planet has modeled itself after a cinematic version of 1920s Chicago (complete with mobsters), after someone left a book there a century prior.
Surely there has to be some planet where someone left a bunch of #2Tone and #Ska records. Just an entire planet of rudies, waiting to be discovered.
Paramount, answer my emails.
For another #JukeboxFridayNight #GenreBender, here's Enjoy Yourself by The Specials.
Why is this #GenreBending? Because the original was by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. It was a smooth, loungey big band number. It was very far away from this ska-2tone approach.
#JukeboxFridayNight #genrebender #genrebending #music #ska #2tone #TheSpecials #guylombardo
One other important band in the ska revival of the late 70's, along with Madness and the Specials, The Selecter fronted by Pauline Black. The Selecter was important in writing new material; many ska bands started with covers –
The Selecter, "On My Radio" (1979, live 1991)
"This one's for all the radio stations who won't play ska!"
#genreoftheweek #ska #2tone #theselecter
Now on to the Ska Revival of the late 70s and early 80s, which introduced a new generation (including me) to ska through 2 Tone (ska + punk), and led some to rediscover the classics of Jamaican Ska.
First up –
Madness, "One Step Beyond" (1979)
"Well listen, Buster, you better start to move your feet!"
This is a cover of Prince Buster's All Stars 1965 B-side to "Al Capone" on the Blue Beat label (later the © changed to 1964).
#genreoftheweek #ska #2tone #madness
16 year old me is full of joy this morning. A marvelous person on here told me about this incredible deluxe edition release of Dance Craze. Saw this film at the midnight show in hs and danced my ass off in the theater with everyone else there. Made it a life long mission to see these bands live. The anti-racist, love and unity, anti-violence message in the 2tone band world is STILL what we need today! A true Time Machine trip for me today. #music #vinyl #vinylcollection #nowPlaying #ska #2tone
#music #vinyl #vinylcollection #nowPlaying #ska #2tone
It's the legendary Jerry Dammers birthday today so what better reason to play this seminal tune from the 2Tone era
This sound reverberated out of all the older lads bedroom windows on the estate I grew up on in 1979. This and One Step Beyond by Madness were the sounds of my early years, exotic, angry and fresh compared to the pop music of the time
The Specials - Gangsters
43 years ago
The Specials in Boston Massachusetts, April 1980.
Photo by Michael Grecco
#punk #punkrock #ska #skalegends #2tone #thespecials #history #skahistory
#punk #PunkRock #ska #skalegends #2tone #thespecials #history #skahistory
I'm Wired for Sound!
Playing Classic Alternative and New Releases by:
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Dexy's Midnight Runners
On XX Radio!
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#DoubleX #goth #ska #alternative #WXXP #80s #XX #2tone #newwave #punk
#doublex #goth #ska #alternative #wxxp #80s #xx #2tone #newwave #punk
And a #monkey basement set and now that it's past midnight here wish Wayne a formal happy birthday! #monkeyska #monkeyband #thewhiskeygym #ska #2tone #denver #colorado #concert #concertphotography #galaxys22ultra
#galaxys22ultra #concertphotography #concert #colorado #denver #2tone #ska #thewhiskeygym #monkeyband #monkeyska #monkey
And night 1 celebrating Wayne's birthday with Denver's own #Dendrites! #thedendrites #moesbbqenglewood #ska #2tone #rocksteady #Denver #colorado #concert #concertphotography #galaxys22ultra
#galaxys22ultra #concertphotography #concert #colorado #denver #rocksteady #2tone #ska #moesbbqenglewood #thedendrites #dendrites
And makes me so happy to see #monkeyska out here! #monkey #monkeyband #moesbbqenglewood #ska #2tone #Denver #colorado #concert #concertphotography #galaxys22ultra
#galaxys22ultra #concertphotography #concert #colorado #denver #2tone #ska #moesbbqenglewood #monkeyband #monkey #monkeyska
Here's another #JukeboxFridayNight - still with the ska crime songs, but moving across the Atlantic for the 2 Tone ska revival. And the aforementioned Specials.
Gangsters was a reworking of Prince Buster's Al Capone (which links us to the previous Jamaican tracks), but with new lyrics.
#JukeboxFridayNight #music #ska #2tone #TheSpecials