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Special AKA/The Specials
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:30 pm
by two oh one
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:51 pm
by two oh one
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:13 am
by flipw
The first track ghost train is sampled on this tune on army:
ROSSI B & LUCA feat GULLY GANG - Music Money
http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF247752-01-02-02.mp3
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:30 am
by joenicedj
THE SPECIALS can do no wrong. Did you know that Elvis Costello was the executive producer for a lot of their material?
Plus....a lot of their music finds their way to commercials.
A Message to You was used in a diaper commercial.
MonkeyMan was used in a Capitol One credit card spot.
LOVE THESE GUYS.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:00 am
by crash fistfight
The Specials wrote some of the best songs going, Concrete Jungle is the catchiest song I have ever heard.
THE SPECIALS can do no wrong.
Its so true even their song covers are gold.
God bless Two Tone
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:58 pm
by kion
I remember going to HMV with my dad when Ghost Town first came out - he bought it on 7" single - pinched it off him when I moved out and still have it!
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:38 pm
by marty
joenice wrote:THE SPECIALS can do no wrong.
i don't think so. doing 3 cash-in albums without jerry dammers was no good IMHO. guest features of rancid neither. but still loving the classic stuff. especially "stupid marriage"
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:15 am
by keith p
Any of you listen to Madness too?
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:01 am
by felis
saw in the new year to neville staples and his his band , was fresh ... did all the classics , was a right knees up ... appart from the sh!t dj on after them who started off playin some good ska then digressed into r&b usher / r kelly style ... then when we trimmed him for that , played the worst ace of bass stye reggae you could imagine ... safe to say we jetted pretty rapid after abusing for being a total cock hound .
dj was a cock
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:30 am
by dynamixuk
FELIS wrote:
dj was a cock
hahahahaha
sniff sniff
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:42 am
by two oh one
Damn, that could have been so much better. It needs spooking out!
But, good try!
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:43 am
by two oh one
joenice wrote:THE SPECIALS can do no wrong. Did you know that Elvis Costello was the executive producer for a lot of their material?
Plus....a lot of their music finds their way to commercials.
A Message to You was used in a diaper commercial.
MonkeyMan was used in a Capitol One credit card spot.
LOVE THESE GUYS.
Yeah, Elvis Costello was in the audience skanking out! Later on, he offered to produce them.
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:43 am
by two oh one
KION wrote:I remember going to HMV with my dad when Ghost Town first came out - he bought it on 7" single - pinched it off him when I moved out and still have it!
Ah, man. Have you heard the 12" of that? It gets nice and dubby during the middle 8. Fantastic stuff. Almost as good as the man at C&A...
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:44 am
by two oh one
Crash Fistfight wrote:The Specials wrote some of the best songs going, Concrete Jungle is the catchiest song I have ever heard.
THE SPECIALS can do no wrong.
Its so true even their song covers are gold.
God bless Two Tone
Yeah, Concrete Jungle is ace. Somewhat of a homage to blackboard jungle...
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:45 am
by two oh one
Keith P wrote:Any of you listen to Madness too?
Yeah, Madness, the Specials and to a lesser extent, Bad Manners. Ne ne ne nah nah nah noo.
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:57 am
by sonofrave
We organise a community fete every year in East London, and this year we have booked the Specials. Will post more info closer to the time....
Keep em peeled...
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:57 am
by sonofrave
We organise a community fete every year in East London, and this year we have booked the Specials. Will post more info closer to the time....
Keep em peeled...
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:30 pm
by slothrop
Does know if that organ chord on Kode 9's Quantum is a deliberate homage to Ghost Town?
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:14 pm
by two oh one
Slothrop wrote:Does know if that organ chord on Kode 9's Quantum is a deliberate homage to Ghost Town?
There's only so many notes on a keyboard...
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:42 pm
by shonky
two oh one wrote:KION wrote:I remember going to HMV with my dad when Ghost Town first came out - he bought it on 7" single - pinched it off him when I moved out and still have it!
Ah, man. Have you heard the 12" of that? It gets nice and dubby during the middle 8. Fantastic stuff. Almost as good as the man at C&A...
Man at C&A is probably me favourite Specials track - "Warnin, warnin, nuclear attack"
Keep thinking that Fun Boy Three's "Lunatics are taking over the asylum" was a sequel to that tune. Liked the stuff Terry Hall did with Tricky on the Nearly God album, really spooked out shit.
And don't forget the Beat, they had some corking tunes - Mirror in the Bathroom, Tears of a Clown, Can't get Used to Losing You, Twist and Crawl, etc.
Not 2 Tone in the slightest, but early Police is still worth a listen. "Beds too big without you" is a particular fave.