44 years ago. Lordy. All of them young, earnest and hugely talented. Kids producing an art form which was as English as HP Sauce. Wonderful .

@marknewbold2583

Ай бұрын

But it wasn't English

Enjoyed every minute of the 2Tone era, still watch tribute bands and regularly listen to the music. It was short n sweet but worth it.

I still remember being a 10 year old with my crew cut and wearing my monkey boots, plus a badge with 'Don't Call Me Ska Face' on the black and white background with a silhouette of a rude boy.....man I was so proud of that badge 😆✌️ Being a kid growing up in the midlands during the early 80s, bands like the Specials and UB40 were a big deal 👍

Gerry is a very clever, unassuming man. So much respect for these guys.

I’m 23 and love Two Tone❤️

@NilsLange

5 күн бұрын

Enjoy your life

Even though I was born in 1984, I grew up listening to all these groups, as my dad was a mod. But he also loved Punk, Ska, R&B.

@blueabattoir

Ай бұрын

Good grief, you are so beautiful!

@SharonMakepeace

Ай бұрын

@@blueabattoir Thank you, not bad for 40.

Terry hall was a legend

@BillyJango

8 күн бұрын

"was" a legend????

Fun! It came and went so fast, but it reverberated around the world through the 80s and still does to some degree.

There will never be anything greater than 2 -Tone music, it's influence is still out there today, it will never die, most of the 2 Tone bands are still going/touring in some shape or another. RIP Terry and Roger

Jerry Dammers....LEGEND!

This is why I follow this channel. Long live ska!

Some of us never gave it up, still listen to me two tone, ska which is a genre of its own not incorrectly stated in the film as fusion of punk and reggae and northern soul... chasing 60 now and still the tunes are fresh to my ears :) A year later than this I myself ended up in a borstal in Redhill, 2 years Made in Britain was shown which was written on much of my casework as a rebel without a clue and in 84 a full documentary by Channel 4 was shown showing me in my skinheady punk glory that never gave up :D

beennwaiting for this since os missed the re run on the telly in 92

I bought The Special's album, on the strength of the infectious A Message to you, Rudy. Some of it was quite... dour(?) Unhappy. Whatever, it was an introduction to old Jamaican music, none of which I'd ever heard before, and some of which I still have a great interest in. *Poor Terry Hall. I hope he is at peace, after what appears to have been a tough life.

@andywatts8654

Ай бұрын

He was always deadpan - that was him image

Great music, 🎶 hands up if you had both The Specials and The Selector Albums when they were released back in the day..🤚😁✋❤

@hopebgood

Ай бұрын

👍 and Madness too 😀

Fantastic.

What a great clip this is. Listening to Ghost Town never gets old.

I played that 'The Specials' album so many times it got worn down digitally on Spotify. I'm going to check out the TV series 'This Town' as it's got decent reviews. 5:05 just bumping into him in the street and chatting with him normally, you would never guess he's got those amazing piano skills.

Nice two tone

Nice one!

Will never understand why Jerry never continued being a musician and making records, such a shame.

@mdbergfeld

Ай бұрын

I once saw him play a DJ set at a Love Music Hate Racism gig in Victoria Park. Must have been in 2008 if I am not mistaken. Yeah, but shame that he didn't continue making new music

@BillyJango

8 күн бұрын

He did do that Sun Ra stuff.

Classic two tone records.

Ska will never die.

I'm off to search the "Ghost Town" and "Stereotype" Special vids. See ya there😀

See Terry Hall there. RIP

@marciabaldwin2506

Ай бұрын

Terry maybe no longer with us. His legacy will live with us forever. I absolutely love my ska from 79 till now it always sounds so fresh, never get tired of hearing all the iconic bands ❤

“Okay Fred, now you’re a yaga yaga” it least that’s what I used to sing over 40 years ago.

@andywatts8654

Ай бұрын

Yes they are the lyrics

@oxouk

Ай бұрын

@@andywatts8654 Cheers! Glad to know I wasn’t butchering a great song.

Thatcher had barely been in power before this exploded so the nod to her felt a little disingenuous. Wouldn't this all have happened anyway? I often wonder how different the UK's music scene would have been under alternative political circumstances. Could Ghost Town have been written a few years later and have had the same initial impact, its legacy notwithstanding? All rhetorical questions!

@andywatts8654

Ай бұрын

It was a nod to thatchers newfound push for running your own business whereas labour was running the country into the ground

@huehuehuehuehue

Ай бұрын

@@andywatts8654 Funded by your cathedral dean daddy of course. We've all got those, right? Just ask nicely for a little gift of a whole recording studio. That's the conservative way!

Jerry is very clever.

Innit!

Absolutely fantastic. I wish the young as a tribe would come up with something like this today. Not just stuck on smartphones and social media looking for clickbait. This was true talented clickbait. The times they are a changin of course. Good footage even if it's from Jimmy Saville's mates.

@magesalmanac6424

Ай бұрын

Oh stop with the tired “modern is bad” argument. Those kids on smartphones might be doing something way more interesting than you know. I’m watching these great musicians on a smartphone!

Managed by Fred Perry.

The benefits of immigration, folks. And still quintessentially British. An up yours message to you, the haters and brexiteers. From the rude boys.

@patbash5718

Ай бұрын

Great comment. From ireland

Great Period to be a live 2024 is crap

@BillyJango

8 күн бұрын

Isn't it just. I honestly can't cope will modern life. I live in the past.