#TheSpecials – Best Of cd on #Disky 1996
https://youtu.be/Snpd7HmBg3A?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/P8V7j4PLE54?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/8bxkfndap5Q?feature=shared
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
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Bonjour les p’tits mammouths, bien dormi ? Bon dimanche le mastomonde…
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The Specials - Ghost Town
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44 years ago
The Specials performing onstage at the legendary Hope & Anchor pub, August 1979 #RipTerryHall
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It's 1979, and this track goes into the mental library for the Brain DJ to retrieve after nearly 45 years of regular listening (because I like it) –
The Specials, "Bad Marriage" (1979)
"Court's in session! What do you mean, 'Oi, oi, oi?" Must have Court's in session!"
#music #thespecials #thespecialaka #twotone
Song of the Day - No 220
The Specials - Nelson Mandela
WIKI
Is a song written by British musician Jerry Dammers, and performed by the band the Special A.K.A. with a lead vocal by Stan Campbell. It was first released on the single "Nelson Mandela"/"Break Down the Door" in 1984.
Unlike most protest songs, the track is upbeat and celebratory, drawing on musical influences from South Africa.
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"Our Lips Are Sealed" is a song co-written by #JaneWiedlin, guitarist of #theGoGos, and #TerryHall, singer of #theSpecials and #FunBoyThree. It was first recorded by the Go-Go's as the opening track on their album #BeautyAndTheBeat (1981) and was their debut American single in June 1981. The single eventually reached the top 5 in Australia and Canada, and the top 20 in the United States. Originally written and performed with three verses.
https://youtu.be/r3kQlzOi27M
#janewiedlin #thegogos #terryhall #thespecials #funboythree #beautyandthebeat
Seems like things are winding down, so here is what's playing when the bar lights get turned on at the end of the night.
#TheSpecials #AMessageToYouRudy #Ska
(The usual Captain and Coke, unidentified strain of NorCal land race)
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42 years ago
"Ghost Town" is a song by British two-tone band The Specials, released in June 1981 with the songs "Why?" and "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" on the B-side
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#TheSpecials - #Gangsters (Official Music Video) [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co
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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
May 2023 Music Mix: Protest Songs #BruceSpringsteen #CrosbyStillsNashYoung #FrankieGoestoHollywood #MarvinGaye #MidnightOil #PeterGabriel #protestmusic #protestsongs #PublicEnemy #SunCity #TheClash #TheSpecials #U2
https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2023/05/02/may-2023-music-mix-protest-songs/
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One year later, an entirely different sound came through my (then antique valve) Bakelite radio – those valves were just right for this –
The Specials, "A Message to You Rudy" (1979)
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Love listening to this music when it's too hot in the kitchen in summer …
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43 years ago
The Specials in Boston Massachusetts, April 1980.
Photo by Michael Grecco
#punk #punkrock #ska #skalegends #2tone #thespecials #history #skahistory
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The Special AKA [The Specials]
‘Racist Friend’
1983
🏁
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The Specials
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📸 Ebet Roberts
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#TopOfThePops #70sMusic #TheSpecials #Queen
BBC Top of the Pops 1979-10-25
Very eclectic - luckily we can skip through tracks that aren't our thing these days ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBq2QRau02A&ab_channel=MusicworldTV
#topofthepops #70smusic #thespecials #queen
Remembering Terry Hall on what would have been his 64th birthday .
Terry was born today 19th March 1959
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📸 Gered Mankowitz
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🖤 Remembering Terence Edward Hall, English musician and lead singer of The Specials, born on this day in 1959, Coventry, England. 🖤 #RIPTerryHall
Photo by David Corio
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