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The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups.
The band wore mod-style "1960s period rude boy outfits (pork pie hats, tonic and mohair suits, and loafers)." In 1980, the song "Too Much Too Young", the lead track on their The Special AKA Live! EP, reached number one in the UK. In 1981, the unemployment-themed single "Ghost Town" also hit number one in the UK Singles Chart.
After seven consecutive UK Top 10 singles between 1979 and 1981, three members of the group abruptly left to form Fun Boy Three. Continuing on as "The Special AKA" (a name they used frequently on earlier Specials releases), a substantially revised Specials line-up issued new material through 1984, including the top 10 UK hit single "Free Nelson Mandela". Afterwards, founder and songwriter Jerry Dammers dissolved the band and pursued political activism.
COSTA RICA FABULOSA! | http://www.costaricafabulosa.com | [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Costa-Rica-Fabulosa/128268477252782] Setlist: 1]Do The Dog 2]Gangsters 3]Its Up to You 4]Rat Race 5]Monkey Man 6]Blank Expression 7]Too Hot 8]It Doesn't Make It Alright 9]Concrete Jungle 10]Friday Night, Saturday Morning 11]Man At The CMA 12]Message To You Rudy 13]Do Nothing 14]Hey, Little Rich Girl 15]Nite Klub 16]Too Much Too Young 17]You're Wondering Now 18]Ghost Town
Ska done by the legends.
The Specials performing "Monkey Man" live on "Something Else" 1979... :-) More vintage old footage cleaned up and given a new lease of life... :-)
Complete Bootleg Audio: http://thespecials-bootlegs.freevar.com/ 0:13 Monkey Man 2:52 Blank Expression 4:58 Concrete Jungle 8:27 Stupid Marriage 12:15 Raquel 14:22 Guns Of Navarone 16:54 Do Nothing 20:36 Rat Race 23:49 A Message To You Rudy 26:44 Man At C & A 29:58 Do The Dog 32:10 Too Much Too Young 34:21 Gangsters 38:53 Skinhead Moonstomp 40:38 Enjoy Yourself
Setlist: 1. Ghost Town 2. Friday Night, Saturday Morning 3. Do Nothing 4. International Jet Set 5. Stereotype 6. Man at C&A; 7. Rat Race 8. Hey Little Rich Girl 9. Blank Expression 10. It's Up to You 11. Why? 12. Doesn't Make It Alright 13. Nite Klub 14. (Dawning of a) New Era 15. Do the Dog 16. Gangsters (Prince Buster cover) 17. Monkey Man (Toots & The Maytals cover) 18. Concrete Jungle 19. A Message to You, Rudy (Dandy Livingstone cover) 20. Little Bitch 21. Too Much Too Young Encore: 22. Guns of Navarone (The Skatalites cover) 23. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) 24. You're Wondering Now
The Specials - Live At Glastonbury 2009 Full gig from The Specials performing at the Glastonbury Festival 2009... Set List & Start Times... 00:00 : Do The Dog 02:00 : Gangsters 05:14 : It's Up To You 08:52 : Rat Race 11:57 : Monkey Man 14:48 : Blank Expression 17:12 : Too Hot 20:20 : Doesn't Make It Alright 24:06 : Concrete Jungle 27:36 : Friday Night, Saturday Morning 30:58 : Man At C&A; 34:24 : A Message To You Rudy 37:12 : Do Nothing 40:58 : Hey Little Rich Girl 44:26 : Nite Klub 47:48 : Too Much Too Young 50:08 : You're Wondering Now 52:58 : Ghost Town
The Specials - A Message To You Rudy (Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 2014) (HD)... The Specials performing "A Message To You Rudy" live at he Isle of Wight Festival summer 2014...
A four track live performance by The Specials for the Radio 6 Steve Lamacq Show recorded on the 12th December 2012 at the Maida Vale Studios. Tracks Featured: A Message To You Rudi, Nite Klub, Ghost Town, & Too Much Too Young Posted especially for those of you who can't access iPLayer...
The Specials! 1. A Message To You Rudy 2. Do The Dog 3. It's Up To You 4. Nite Klub 5. Doesn't Make It Alright 6. Concrete Jungle 7. Too Hot 8. Monkey Man 10. Blank Expression 11. Stupid Marriage 12. Too Much Too Young 13. Little Bitch 14. You're Wondering Now EMI
Tracklist: A Message to You, Rudy Do the Dog It's Up to You Nite Klub Doesn't Make It Alright Concrete Jungle Too Hot Monkey Man (Dawning of A) New Era Blank Expression Stupid Marriage Too Much Too Young Little Bitch You're Wondering Now
Tracklist: Enjoy Yourself Rat Race Man at C & A Hey, Little Rich Girl Do Nothing Pearl's Cafe Sock It to 'Em J.B. Side two Stereotype/Stereotypes, Pt. 2 Holiday Fortnight I Can't Stand It International Jet Set Enjoy Yourself (Reprise)
Tracklist: Tears in My Beer - 0:00 Call Me Names - 3:36 Fearful - 6:28 It's you - 8:53 Bonediggin' - 12:05 All gone wrong - 16:49 No Big Deal - 20:46 Leave it out - 24:16 Keep On Learning - 28:20 Fantasize - 31:04 Place in Life - 34:35 Stand Up - 37:47 My Tears Come Falling Down Like Rain - 40:52 The Man with No Name - 44:13 Running Away - 47:01 Rat Race ( live ) - 50:00 Concrete Jungle ( live ) - 52:53 Gangsters ( live ) - 56:25 ...
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Found Tapes is a new weekly show that highlights some of the rarest, weirdest, and sometimes just really cool videos that people send to us. This week, hitch a ride back in time to Wolverhampton, UK to catch ska legends The Specials' triumphant 30th anniversary gig. The Specials – 30th Anniversary Tour documentary was released back in 2010 to commemorate the string of sold-out, off-the-wall UK dates that the band (featuring original members Terry Hall, Neville Staple, Lynval Golding, Roddy Radiation, Sir Horace Gentleman and John Bradbury, but sans founding songwriter and keyboardist Jerry Dammers) tore through following a surprise appearance on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland show. Filmed at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in front of a manic hometown crowd, the show was the biggest r...
Comenten, LIKE y Suscribanse! DESCARGATELO: http://adf.ly/riORB https://twitter.com/Raztecafari http://www.facebook.com/selassie.mcgrath Tracklist 01 Take Five 00:00 02 Pressure Drop 03:57 03 Hypocrite 08:18 04 Goodbye Girl 11:42 05 A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You 15:39 06 Time Has Come 20:13 07 Dirty Old Town 25:24 08 Somebody Got Murdered 18:57 09 Shanty Town 007 32:03 10 Simmer Down 36:02 11 Maga Dog 39:49 12 Bad Boys 42:44
A few minutes of rare Specials footage from the Beebs documentary "The 70's" shown on Monday the 14th of May 2012... Gotta say though the wee clip of Jerry Dammers trying to dance is funny (just glad those moves never caught on)... ;-) PS:Sorry for the the bit at the end with the auld bag Thatcher but it just reminds you why Britain was in the sorry state it was back then and why The Specials were the most important group of that era... ;-)
Pete and Sarah are joined by 4 Specials backstage at the 2014 Isle of Wight Festival. Topics on the agenda in their chat include advice for their younger selves, the evolution of festivals, and having the Red Hot Chili Peppers as fans... Listen to Absolute Radio at http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/listen Check out our channel http://www.youtube.com/absoluteradio Subscribe http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=absoluteradio Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/absoluteradio And follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/absoluteradio
The Specials Terry Hall Lynval Golding Jerry Dammers Neville Staple Horace Panter Roddy Radiation John Bradbury The Fun Boy Three The Colourfield Terry Blair & Anouchka Vegas Terry Hall & Mushtaq Dub Pistols Ska 2 Tone
Interview with Terry Hall & Lynval Golding
Terry Hall and the band 'interviewed' at the 2014 Isle of Wight Festival. Terry Hall Facebook fanpage: www.ThroughTheYearsTerryHall.com
CLASSIC DUCTH FOOTAGE OF THE SPECIALS AT PINKPOP 1980
The Specials Interview 2009 Terry Hall Neville Staple Lynval Golding Horace Panter John Bradbury Roddy Byers
The Specials Rudie's Come Back 1979
Music video by The Specials performing A Message To You Rudy Click here to order your copy of 'The Specials'. http://smarturl.it/specialsspecials Follow The Specials on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thespecials Visit the official website: http://www.thespecials.com/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thespecials Follow on Google+ http://bit.ly/thespecialsgoogle Follow on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/thespecials
Lyrics: You've done too much much too young Now you're married with a kid when you could be having fun with me oh no, no gimme no more pickni You've done too much much too young Now you're married with a son when you should be having fun with me we don't want, we don't want we don't want no more pickni Ain't he cute? No he ain't He's just another burden on the welfare state You've done too much much too young Now you're married with a kid when you could be having fun with me no gimme,no gimme,no gimme no more pickni Call me immature Call me a poser I'd love to spread manure in your bed of roses Don't want to be rich Don't want to be famous But I'd really hate to have the same name as you (you silly moo) You've done too much much too young Now you're mar...
Artist: The Specials Song: Monkey Man Album: The Specials Year: 1979
The Specials with Amy Winehouse Without Jerry Dammers (WTF?) You're Wondering Now & Ghost Town 2009-08-22 V Festival Hylands Park,Chelmsford U.K.
The Specials Greatest Hits || The Best Of The Specials The Specials Greatest Hits || The Best Of The Specials ▼Tracklist: 1. A Message To You Rudy 2. Ghost Town 3. Gangsters 4. Too Much Too Young 5. Rat Race 6. Little Bitch 7. Monkey Man 8. Do Nothing 09. Enjoy Yourself 10. Do The Dog 11. Nelson Mandela 12. You're Wondering Now 13. International Jet Set 14. Nite Klub 15. Racist Friend 16. Man At C&A; 17. Doesn't Make It Alright 18. Concrete Jungle 19. Pressure Drop 20. Too Hot 21. Hey, Little Rich Girl 22. Skinhead Symphony 23. Stupid Marriage 24. Rude Boys Outta Jail 25. Skinhead Moonstomp 226. New Era ➤ Make sure you SUBSCRIBE Now For More Videos Updates: http://bit.ly/1UGnp2E ✪ Note: Hope you guys enjoy! I couldn't post yesterday because i had a Community Guidelines Strike. Thanks t...
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In this episode Tom, Phil and Dale watch two superhero team movies. Sadly. We watched The Specials and Mystery Men. Come and watch terrible movies with us at Bad Movie Club! -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Bad Movie Club - House of the Dead Vs Alone in the Dark" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emUknz7ZUu4 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Bass12's cover of Hot 8 Brass Band's arrangement of Ghost Town. It's got singing, egg shakers, drums and growling brass! What more could you want? Facebook: www.facebook.com/Bass12Band Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/bass12-band Book the band: bass12.band@gmail.com Recorded at the Institute of Sound Recording by Will Anderson, a student on the Tonmeister course: www.tonmeister.co.uk Thanks to Ben Hopkins for his camera work. Guest starring Greg Entecott and Meghan Field on the egg shakers!
Here is another Doctor Who Ultimate Trailer this time its the end of the 10th Doctor Era. With 5 Specials leading to his departure The Cybermen make a return, We visit the Planet of the Dead on a double deck a bus, The Doctor goes too far in the Waters of Mars & The Epic Final Stand off between The Doctor, The Master, The Time Lords & Gallifrey! Please Comment, Like & Subscribe! You Can Follow Me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/ReesMarshall1 Thanks for Watching! Gallifreyforever97
It's Christmas and the guys head to London for iceskating at Somerset House, buskers in Covent Garden and a surprise meeting with the great Tim Burton!
The Specials: Jerry Dammers - Organ Lynval Golding - Rhythym Guitar Horace Gentleman - Bass Terry Hall - Vocals Roddy Radiation - Lead Guitar John Bradbury - Drums Neville Staples - Vocals Brass Section: Rico Rodriguez - Trombone Dick Cuthell - Trumpet 2 Tone Records Ltd
BBC program about Special Constables in the UK. Series 1 Episode 3
18 minutes of clips from the 1980 Arena documentary "Rudies Come Back"... Sadly the image and sound quality is very poor as well as the remaining 17 minutes of the film being missing... I've scoured the net and all I could find were these clips on an obscure Russian website, which was only in 320 x 240 pixels and at 12 frames per second so there wasn't much I could do to improve the quality... At the end I've include the only clips the Beeb will show even though they still have the full documentary in their archives. I've no idea why the Beeb won't show this film again or even why they wont release it on DVD... So unless someone out there know where this excellent little piece of Ska history can be found in all it's glory, then I suppose this'll have to do for now... :-( C'mon the Bee...
Filmed on location
In the second episode of our series Under the Influence, we examine the late-70s ska revival in the UK, a movement built upon the fusion of punk rock and traditional ska. Led by the Specials, we look at how the cultural climate of the time period in the UK inspired the founding of 2 Tone Records and how that led to the ska movement in the 80s and 90s. Under the Influence looks into some of the most important music scenes of our time, exploring the people, bands, and styles that changed the course of music forever. Narrated by modern day punk legend Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Operation Ivy, Transplants), Noisey delves deep into the worlds of New York Hardcore, British 2Tone Ska, and German Krautrock to find how these scenes were created, and how they continue to shape art, music, and culture t...
SONGS Nite Klub -- The Specials The Prince -- Madness Ne-Ne-Na-Na-Na-Na-Nu-Nu -- Bad Manners 007 (Shanty Town) -- The Bodysnatchers Three Minute Hero -- The Selecter Ranking Full Stop -- The Beat Big Shot -- The Beat Concrete Jungle -- The Specials Swan Lake -- Madness Razor Blade Alley -- Madness Missing Words -- The Selecter Let's Do the Rock Steady -- The Bodysnatchers Lip Up Fatty -- Bad Manners Madness -- Madness Too Much Too Young -- The Specials On My Radio -- The Selecter Easy Life -- The Bodysnatchers Rough Rider -- The Beat Man at C&A; -- The Specials Inner London Violence -- Bad Manners Night Boat to Cairo -- Madness Twist and Crawl -- The Beat Wooly Bully -- Bad Manners Too Much Pressure -- The Selecter Mirror in the Bathroom -- The Beat One Step Beyo...