This plays in my head every time a waiter asks me if I'd like to hear the specials.

@michaelmansour6520

5 жыл бұрын

F*cking hilarious!!! ;-] AWESOME!!

@perryhutcheson5236

5 жыл бұрын

👊

@twowolveshighfiving

5 жыл бұрын

👽👽👽👽

@mpbarr538

5 жыл бұрын

That's funny.

@peteroneill5426

5 жыл бұрын

H'on FA&H

RIP Terry Hall. I was 14 at comprehensive school when this came out. Loved everything Terry Hall was involved with. It was very much a track of its time but it is timeless

@davefb

Жыл бұрын

About the same age. We were leaving the uk for a family holday in france and this was the last tune we heard getting on the ferry. Just felt so 'right'. RIP indeed. I feel broken..

@davidlester7066

Жыл бұрын

RIP Terry Hall,Skinhead til i die

@Warp75

Жыл бұрын

RIP Terry

@rayjr62

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. One absurdly underrated singer. And admittedly even his own former band mates didn't know he was gravely ill. R.I.P..

@prbsnoop1974

Жыл бұрын

Not really - it feels like we've come full circle

Moody, deliciously eerie & still relevant. So many ghost towns.

@SunofYork

4 ай бұрын

unemployment at all time lows..

@adriennescotson1641

Ай бұрын

O my God so relevant today!!

@SunofYork

Ай бұрын

@@adriennescotson1641 Why ? unemployment is low ..especially if you paid attention in school..

@reidkyle5030

Ай бұрын

@@SunofYork lol the classic not understanding the first thing about employement. USA workforce participation is an all time low

@SunofYork

Ай бұрын

@@reidkyle5030 That is what trumpniks and Ivans say. They discard official figures coz they are conspiracy theorists AND Trumpositories... I understand a lot more than mountain boys

Whose still listening in 2024! 👻 currently watching This Town & made me rediscover The Specials........this song is iconic to us Brits, especially as a Nothern Brit! 👌🏼

@kgm1000uk

Ай бұрын

Just sat in the car today at the Coventry Music Museum 😀

@StevenBewley-uw5id

Ай бұрын

People disappearing by you, war songs.

@eon14873

Ай бұрын

Only watched 2 episodes so far. Loving it. Won't be eating any fingers though lol

@nottjohn9418

Ай бұрын

It's as relevant now as then.

@AdoniaTT

Ай бұрын

Ska for the win!

It's so hard to believe this song is 40 years old, it's incredibly timeless

@jordanvalencia9597

2 жыл бұрын

most Ska Songs are timeless like from Madness songs as well.

@te9591

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's way ahead of it's time.

@markjlovelady4831

2 жыл бұрын

I remember 81 moving to Coventry when this song was out. Too much fighting in Coventry. Great place to be a student.

@COOLKIDFIN

2 жыл бұрын

Relavent at the moment aye. Through generations still poetic and profound

@bobrew461

2 жыл бұрын

@@te9591 I'm guessing you were not around in '81.

The fact I'm Listening to this in 2022 and the lyrics are still relevant is a bloody tragedy. Bless you Terry Hall you were a hero of my generation and beyond....

@cressida123

Жыл бұрын

Thinking the same

@bellestarr6484

Жыл бұрын

Right as rain, mate

@Brett_is_Veng

Жыл бұрын

i think they are even more relevant than they have been in 25 years. This song has such atmosphere, something you just don't get from current music for some reason

@bobrew461

Жыл бұрын

We should be looking at old songs like this and laughing; "Things are much better now. What a joke!" But actually, they are WORSE! At least back then you could go to a pub/club with your dole/pocket money and buy a beer and chill. Now, you need a mortgage to do it. Very few cheap places around now to blow-off steam. That's not good!

@tomthornton6259

Жыл бұрын

​@@bobrew461 agreed! Too much tax on alcohol in the UK, and very questionable if it's actually benefited anyone... Other than the polititians pockets!

Quality .... no argument, no debate, just pure quality. RIP Terry Hall.

Still gives me chills 42 years later and so relevant even now. RIP Terry Hall.

@PhilR0gers

8 ай бұрын

Looking at most town centres nowadays, it's never been more relevant.

@MrKevC

3 ай бұрын

I was going to say the exact thing myself

@WonderfulWorldofAwesomeness

3 ай бұрын

I sing this song to myself while walking past all of the shut down shops in downtown San Francisco. It’s timeless and universal.

Let us stand for our national anthem

@MacaqueStinx

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't be any more relevant nowadays. The situation and cause may be different from back then, but the world is more of a ghost town now than ever before.

@thetopcat8946

3 жыл бұрын

@@MacaqueStinx Yes, I live in a very small town. This is the song I keep hearing replaying in my mind when I walk up a once busy road

@youngpotatoe6268

3 жыл бұрын

Father ted

@tomstrawbridge6319

3 жыл бұрын

ah I see I have found a man of culture

@psypnkdosr

3 жыл бұрын

Well put sir!

Listening to this at the Winchester, waiting for this all to blow over...

@elijahhighberg1409

3 жыл бұрын

LOL drink a pink for me bud

@voltronik9141

3 жыл бұрын

*Winks

@malcomwhite5426

3 жыл бұрын

hows ed going

@michaellappin3843

3 жыл бұрын

got my pint, got my pig snacks, what else do you need?

@jimmorrison2657

3 жыл бұрын

@WonkaaVision You might wanna lay off the internet for a while, mate.

2024. Still a legend of a song. Thanks Coventry ❤

Hey, i m a 70 year old rockabilly player. And i love dat sound. Rock n Roll is da salt o life, Ska is the pepper.

@mattlowe1276

Ай бұрын

Love that 😂

@ChadConnor

28 күн бұрын

i have testicular cancer

@ianthomas2289

5 күн бұрын

@@ChadConnor buzzkill

@ChadConnor

5 күн бұрын

@@ianthomas2289 just wait until you hear about my prostatectomy

RIP Terry Hall. He was a good soul who leaves a tremendous legacy of music that will be forever revered. Ghost Town made a powerful statement about urban decay, racism and poverty in the UK at the same time as the riots of 1981. Very sad news of his passing. May he rest in peace.

@abcasurname1544

Жыл бұрын

Very well said. And thank you Terry.

@clairewilson524

Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this, and thinking of Toxteth burning during the riots. So fitting back then. And how little we have moved on today, still that unrest brewing just below the middle-class veneer of hopes.

@jimmyking2844

Жыл бұрын

RIP terry hall my music another one gone

@eightiesmusic1984

Жыл бұрын

@@clairewilson524 Thatcher destroyed society and the price is still being paid today- that is her legacy. Labour capitulated by accepting the neoliberal settlement under Thatcher, betraying working people as a result. The riots of 2011 were dismissed by many as consumerist, opportunistic greed instead of having a more fundamental cause rooted in poverty, lack of opportunity and racism. While there will have been some opportunism, in a society that is so unequal and unfair, it is no wonder it happened. The only surprise is that it did not happen sooner or since 2011. That is not to justify it, but it is about cause and effect. Britain is unstable beneath the apparent calm. Lack of trust in institutions, austerity hollowing out services, even wider inequality ( most unequal country in Europe apart from Bulgaria) and the trashing of 'democracy' by the Tories, has left the UK on its knees. It is a society and economy spinning out of control. The warnings were sounded when Ghost Town pulsated through the land.

@clairewilson524

Жыл бұрын

@@eightiesmusic1984 I totally agree with most of what you say. I hate Thatcher to this day, and Ghost Town reminds me of the hopelessness of our city as jobs disappeared and managed decay took over. The riots I'm talking about where around the country and included Toxteth in 1981. Houses broken into and furniture piled onto the streets then set ablaze. Police No Go Areas, and rage, neither have disappeared, we just allowed ourselves to be manipulated by the press and the rightwing successive governments.

Heartbroken to learn of Terry Hall’s passing. You helped change the world and give a voice to so many people. Your legacy will live forever. RIP.

@graphiteandglitter

Жыл бұрын

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾😢😢😢😢

@erikaadams1827

Жыл бұрын

Me too was a huge fan saw them in concert in the 80s 😪

@triacatz7139

Жыл бұрын

way too young to have died RIP

@icanseeformiles9387

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying exactly what I wanted to say. Saw them several years ago and they were still incredible. Terrible loss.

You can’t ever stop coming back to the songs you grew up with, because that time has long since gone!

Timeless classic which doesn't age. It sounds just as good now as it did when it was first released. It's a genuine masterpiece!

@Tombro1856

7 ай бұрын

100% for sure.

@zoki-kj3ox

16 күн бұрын

Agree! This masterpiece is art! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

One of the most hard hitting social commentary lyrics of all time, written by a genuinely talented musician. Rest easy Terry Hall, you'll be missed by many.

@paulmcdonough1093

Жыл бұрын

it was i was 9 when this came out in Liverpool ,i seen the effects of a inner city life

@hoover728

Жыл бұрын

Jerry Dammers wrote it though, like most of their songs. (Terry only has one writing credit for the first 2 albums.)

@barryedwards1433

Жыл бұрын

Bang on statement.

@marthagilbert3459

Жыл бұрын

This should be known by many others.

@michaelconnell7808

Жыл бұрын

Great song, very well sung by Terry but was written by Jerry Dammers.

This track never ages.... it's as brilliant today as it was 40 years ago. One of the greatest songs ever to come out of this country. RIP Terry Hall

@Zootsuit1

Жыл бұрын

Just like today, nothing left, people have lost themselves,now it's plastic barbies and Kens and everyones the same , no identity with them, just plain Jane's and twee

@michaelphelpsaccidentalson127

Жыл бұрын

i dont like it at all.... and i am from the world war so i know my history

@michaelphelpsaccidentalson127

Жыл бұрын

102 years old today actually put some respect on phelpy baby

@purplemonkey6178

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelphelpsaccidentalson127 what the moose are you talking about 🤨

@Chordonblue

Жыл бұрын

I discovered this song during the Covid lockdown. Appropriate.

Im 15 now and got into ska just a few months ago but my life is changed. I didnt know Terry when he was alive, but his music and his genre have completely changed me as a person and ill never forget him

@goblinbollocks2838

2 ай бұрын

Nice one little man. I was into this stuff as a kid even though it was before my time. I can't remember the names of too many ska bands I liked back then, but The Beat were great, and The Selecter were cool too. That era and the era just preceding it and just after it was brilliant for British music. If you haven't already then try The Clash, there's some obvious cross over there as they played ska and reggae on quite a few tunes but some less obvious bands and artists to try are The Pogues, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Billy Bragg and of course The Jam. There's loads more but try delve into them a bit if you ain't already, I think we made some of the coolest music ever made round that time.

@hellsbellez

26 күн бұрын

❤😊

I’ve been residing in Tulsa Oklahoma for the past three years. Playing this in my car while driving through the frozen-in-Time neighborhoods & condemned relics of Americana combined with urban madness that inspired SE Hinton to write The Outsiders is more chilling than you think.

@Matthew-qk1xi

8 ай бұрын

Yeah that book meant everything to me as my neighborhood was as "greaser" as it gets. Now I'm 53 and i can't escape that feeling.

@omegajrz1269

4 ай бұрын

Is this song known in the US?

@km6xu

4 ай бұрын

Yes, @@omegajrz1269, it was quite popular here at the time, but I believe that most of my fellow Yankees did not really understand it.

@omegajrz1269

4 ай бұрын

@@km6xu Because there are many English bands that went under the radar

@user-dw1io5wq6c

3 ай бұрын

How's this not the top comment!!??

RIP Terry Hall. This song remains a British masterpiece.

@danycharlish4878

Жыл бұрын

A world masterpiece

@unakennelly

Жыл бұрын

And it's Ireland's national anthem. 😉

RIP Terry Hall. I’m just gutted. The Specials were a band that just reached across generations. From my junior year in high school, to a girl I dated in the nineties, to a woman I loved for twenty years, and to my oldest child...we all connected over this amazing band.

@annaritaranalli1791

Жыл бұрын

Pretty original song for the eightys

@annaritaranalli1791

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Let's be real, this gives off Halloween Vibes in a specific way.

Always makes my hair stand on end - back then and now - superbly stirring.

@spud912

2 ай бұрын

I know what you mean .My mate introduced me to the specials The day Ghost town hit the charts ,I was hooked from that day 🎶👍

RIP terry hall. He was a genius. They were all quite quite extraordinary. This is still breath taking.

@thinghammer

Жыл бұрын

The unintentional Seinfeld reference...

Even after 40 years still such a haunting and relevant song.

@COOLKIDFIN

2 жыл бұрын

Big vibe

@Boilingfrogg

2 жыл бұрын

40 years? . My god!

@aranyos1056

2 жыл бұрын

It's so relevant now 40 years later as the new world order try to destroy our lives

@edharris2395

2 жыл бұрын

@@aranyos1056 I've recently turned 30-.. I'm lucky enough to remember a bit of life before 9/11. and I guess I'm lucky because I can just about remember what half the world's maniacs were trying to tear down, I feel sorry for my younger siblings that were born later- all they've known is.. terrorists trying to kill them, Russians launching chemical attacks on british soil, unelected bureaucrats offshore trying to control their futures ..Goldman sach profiting from misery - mass migration.. conservatives .. I mean I tear up a bit... I tear up a bt at the thought of people my age going into hospital with illnesses they shouldnt get till sixty while those in their 90s are still fighting to live longer and control more wealth.. Its truly mad..

I heard this a few weeks ago being played live in Oxford Street. It sounded absolutely amazing! Brought all my childhood back to me. The 80's were magic.

@BrendaDrumm

7 ай бұрын

Coventry born and bred it is now a and a shite hole I'm now a foreigner it's terrible

@jtb1245

7 ай бұрын

Big changes everywhere … Even in Ireland … class song 💥🌟💥

@EternamDoov

5 ай бұрын

'80s *

@marcellespencer124

3 ай бұрын

Native English and west Indian rules. Old school 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇯🇲🇬🇧

The best song to come out of my home town Coventry UK The Specials :)

@OnlyGoodMusic_

2 ай бұрын

Classic No. 1

I have to study this song as part of my GCSE drama, and let me tell you, I have never been more excited to do work

@mozart7074

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck

@katrinanevin2452

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck 👍

@JM-wt7rh

3 жыл бұрын

Topical!

@xandermoore

3 жыл бұрын

Is it your stimulus??

@dwhitman3092

3 жыл бұрын

Voodoo Reggae.

Who’s listening to this during the Coronavirus outbreak?

@va_rio845

4 жыл бұрын

@Patrick Currently mood here in Rome

@so9205

4 жыл бұрын

Right on the money son. Along with Talking Heads Life During Wartime

@felipepanos1648

4 жыл бұрын

@@va_rio845 Thessaloniki 15/3/2020 first saturday of bans.

@levonbenitez2069

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@grumpofitzgerald4350

4 жыл бұрын

Walked around the empty streets blaring this on a speaker

Literally the only good thing I ever got from MTV. RIP Terry. Thank you for opening my ears 40 years ago

I’m 51 and I remember back in the 1980s, on Sundays, the city of London where they filmed a large part of this video, apart from early mornings in Petticoat lane and Brick lane nearby, it really was a ghost town. You see, back than Sunday was regarded as a rest day, and I remember as a kid I could hear church bells ringing in Bethnal Green, which is very close to the city of London, and most of my neighbours kitchen windows were left open, cooking their Sunday roasts. Nowadays, we’re living in a different world, with masses of people congregating in those areas today on Sundays, just like any other day during the week... Musicians today don’t make songs like these anymore. Filming it when it was getting dark, using lighting at the right angle to light up their faces, sitting in their car, driving along inside the tunnel, while singing with spooky, mysterious voices. Pure genius for the time!

Timeless classic. RIP Terry Hall.

This hits hard. Terry's music was a large part of my youth. RIP.

This Town BBC is absolutely brilliant I implore you to watch it. You won’t regret.

Who’s listening to this right now?!?!?!?!

@stephenm8725

4 ай бұрын

me

@joerendell4133

3 ай бұрын

Me too!

@jenniferpardee4434

Ай бұрын

Me

@unclejake101

10 күн бұрын

Over and over again

I'm in a state of shock - Terry Hall dead at 63. No age at all. His music formed a major part of my adolescence. RIP

One of the most culturally significant songs in British music history. Genius.

@bingsinatra5283

7 жыл бұрын

Iain Park Amen to that, the only other at this level is God Save The Queen by The Pistols.

@iainpark150

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. That period from 1976 to 1982. When you left school with nothing to hope for only the dole queue. The country was on its knees. But out of this desperation came the energy of youth channeled into the greatest music. The kids today are still as great as we were but if they have everything what's there to protest about what's there to fight for. To seek being a part of something. Identity has become a twitter feed. Glad I was a kid then and not now. That's why there's no great music made, just mediocrity.

@bingsinatra5283

7 жыл бұрын

Iain Park Absolutely.

@Fa55akk

7 жыл бұрын

Iain Park i like too see that you agree with me, I'm 16. hand on heart id rather live and experience then than now: I enjoy everything about this era.

@leonbrown210

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Brilliant music with a simple but innovative tune which gets right into your head and under your skin. The lyrics are an incisive commentary on inner city Britain in 1981. By coincidence it went to Number 1 in July 1981 in the same week as Brixton, Toxteth, Moss Side, Glasgow were ablaze. This is social commentary of the highest order; as relevant to the 2010s and this era of austerity as they were to Thatcher's recession-scarred Britain.

One Of The Greatest Songs Of One Of The Greatest Bands Of All Time

Who’s watching This Town? Great show.

RIP Terry Hall,your music and lyrics will live forever 🙏❤ #TheMusicOfMyYouth 🎶

@rollomaughfling380

2 ай бұрын

Terry didn't write these lyrics.

Even an old heavy rocker like me can appreciate just how immense this was! RIP Terry Hall.

@paulmccarthy6545

Жыл бұрын

You're right man

@declan1278

Жыл бұрын

I'm the very same old now bit was a rocker but loved this tune

@danpeatey

8 ай бұрын

Good music is heavy

The 80's were much more fun than nowadays

When you have a zombie curse on your corpse so you come back from the dead and threaten to eat your friend's "brains" if they don't help you

One of the most unique songs I've ever heard. Still fresh in 2019.

@gkmcjose4494

5 жыл бұрын

SlabBacon yessirrr

@spaghetti2471

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, most definitely. I absolutely love this song.

@johnwick-vo7ig

4 жыл бұрын

Its depressing dated shit,only The Jam sound as good today!

@bryano6850

4 жыл бұрын

😎🕴🏁

@g13flat

4 жыл бұрын

And as relevant.

I was 11 when this came out. Written about inner cities going to shit, racial division, etc. I'm now 52 and it's still relevant. It's my most played track on Spotify...174 times this year. A top top top tune. Terry Hall was an underrated genius.

@louisemcbride-hogbin3212

Жыл бұрын

It's sad that it's still relevant, we haven't moved on......

@secretsquirrel7374

Жыл бұрын

I was 10

@gb5663

Жыл бұрын

Jerry Dammers wrote it

@alexvillegas8971

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I remember my big sister turned me on to the specials…

@FM-kd9vh

Жыл бұрын

Respect 🙏

Im 27 and i feel People too scared and self conscious to release music like this now..classics like this are real music just expression and sounds making people dance and ponder what ever is on their mind in the moment

This is THE Halloween song of Covid 2020.

@alancruz9607

3 жыл бұрын

Ayy lmao

@lillasander1703

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@marccmariani8907

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you understand fast , it's perfect if yoù are enof patient

@franciscopastenevaldes4657

3 жыл бұрын

se sabe

@Jas_girliegames

3 жыл бұрын

True

RIP Terry Hall. Responsible for some of the tunes of my 80s youth. Brings back those days so vividly

This track is timeless, scary and spot on. Every time I hear it, the greatness of this band grows on me.

The Specials hit it on the head with this tune. Timeless. Play.Rewind.Repeat.

This World will not be a ghost town because Ghost town will be played forever .. absolute classic what a incredible man Terry Hall.. rest in Peace Condolences to your band mates your family.. and your many fans around the World 🌎 .. legend

@JulieWallis1963

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully put.

@Lloydie38

Жыл бұрын

True.

This song still sends shivers down my spine. Nothing sums up the despair of that era than this track.

@tonypuccio154

2 жыл бұрын

That’s for sure 💯

@mufccharliemufcglazersout

2 жыл бұрын

The tories were in government then same thing today nothing has changed

@dids3384

2 жыл бұрын

@@mufccharliemufcglazersout People stay bootlicking though even though the Tories have always been awful for the working class…

@KarlHamilton

2 жыл бұрын

...and also this era.

@spaceghost1480

2 жыл бұрын

@@mufccharliemufcglazersoutYup because other mainstream political parties have always made things better 🤦🏾

What a masterpiece. Just a brilliant song.

This video reinforces how Awesome this song is. 2023 Long live WLIR FM !!!💖🤸‍♂️♥️🇺🇸😎

A hauntingly beautiful sophisticated timeless masterpiece.

@michaelharris4651

2 жыл бұрын

Epic masterpiece love the specials !

@MsJp467

2 жыл бұрын

yes same here so fab

@carmencaamano9434

Жыл бұрын

Hola josh!!!you use hyperboles too much

@paulgreen5305

Жыл бұрын

Always

My sister was so in love with The Specials. She died 11 years ago today. I'm probably the only person on the planet that crys like a baby when she hears them. It sounds sad but I can not express hpw grateful I am for The Specials.

@johnsrome8459

4 жыл бұрын

Jessica Beverage: I'm so sorry to read about your sister and the distress that's evoked by this wonderful song. You obviously loved your sister. Don't be ashamed of your emotional responses. You're human. Life is bafflingly painful at times. I wish you all happiness. X

@staceymorales1624

4 жыл бұрын

Jessica you are not alone. I lost my brother to cancer 10 years ago and he was big on The Specials and Sublime so I regularly play their songs when I’m thinking about him. It doesn’t always make me cry but it definitely helps me feel like he’s still with me. Big hugs hon and hope it gets better for you ❤️

@AndreyaWryght

4 жыл бұрын

🌹💐🌹💐

@stevenj.montana3874

4 жыл бұрын

😔

@colddarkplanet

4 жыл бұрын

Bless you sweetheart xx keep going Jessica ❤️❤️❤️🤘🏻

Few songs capture the energy and despair of their time and place quite as well as this song does.

October 2023 and this is still the best Halloween song out there

@ellenkousoula743

6 ай бұрын

It's nearly December 2023 and I'm still listening to it and I bet I'm going to be still listening to it after 2025

As an irishman, I'm proud of my national anthem

@lucasdarlington4030

Жыл бұрын

The specials are from Coventry?

@mantymusic9109

Жыл бұрын

@@lucasdarlington4030 it’s a father ted reference

@ferdinand4026

Жыл бұрын

real

@kieranwhite6647

Жыл бұрын

The Spin Master!

@marcellespencer124

Жыл бұрын

West Indians and English whites together 🇯🇲🇬🇧🙏🏿

Rest in peace Terry Hall. The Specials were an iconic 80s band...no-one else looked or sounded quite like them. Instantly recognisable when their songs came on the radio.

This song is just so unique and always puts me in a trance. I am sad to know that Terry Hall has passed away, and I just found out reading the comments. I fell in love with them recently in October when my uncle played this while we carved pumpkins. He was still alive that month…then he went. RIP Terry Hall, you’ll always be a legend. ❤

Perfect song to reflect the state of local towns in 2023

@michaelwatson4239

4 ай бұрын

Local towns and city centres -

"Do you remember the good old days/Before the Ghost Town?" Heard this song back in 1981, just before the major riots took place around the country. Nearly forty years later, the theme of this song is an eerie summary of London right now due to the outbreak of coronavirus. There was hardly anybody about, when I went out yesterday evening. Still creepily brilliant after all these years.

@arseymcpherson

4 жыл бұрын

Why have you written this like a poem?

@sammiianne5295

4 жыл бұрын

The riots were around the Summer 1981 when this song was released

@imienazwisko6241

4 жыл бұрын

Forget about London, this is COV baby

@wleon4068

4 жыл бұрын

@@sammiianne5295 Yes, and they were all around the country.

@michaelmoran9602

3 жыл бұрын

This song is all about Coventry in the 80tees period the band were co Coventry City born and bred most of them were from the ends of hillfields just outside cov City centre consisting of about 12 Tower blocks and a front line strip where I lost many man's friendship to the eco of the gun shots sometimes over nutting and all the old back streets and the bits, so basically it was about the boom town entering the ghost town, me gone🇮🇪🍀🙏

Rest in power Terry Hall! Your music more relevant now than 40 years ago.

I’m a child of the 90s so obviously didn’t experience this in it’s hey day but my Mum is so passionate about The Specials and all things 80s since she was a teen then. This song has stuck with me. It’s just as good each time you listen to it, as it was the first time you heard it. It’s such a masterpiece. One of the best things you could ever hope to hear in life

@charismagold819

10 ай бұрын

She wanted u to know cool music 😜

the song is timeless

"bands won't play no more Too much virus on the dancefloor"

@melgrant7404

4 жыл бұрын

😊😊

@skylagentle4880

4 жыл бұрын

Helarious

@FPSPRINCESS

4 жыл бұрын

I just sang that then saw your comment 😂😂😂😂

@sharonbarry8878

4 жыл бұрын

Funny.

@simonwillis1529

4 жыл бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂

Just discovered this song. I’ll never forget it either. An absolute masterpiece.

@penguinuprighter6231

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to 1980

@patrickgilgun9751

Жыл бұрын

Absolute Madness!! Lol love it 😜

@patrickgilgun9751

Жыл бұрын

@@penguinuprighter6231 Again... lol.

@carlyrennae3963

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you imagine you could have never heard the awesomeness of the Specials better late than ever my friend!!

@Gizmo_69

Жыл бұрын

discover more at the playlist against algorithms channel..... We are the reason the music wave was started. Come hang out leave the mainstream by itself to rot.

Number one from 1981 and great too. Thank you.

This is good...reminds me of when I would go see The Crazy 8's in Portland Oregon back in the late 1980's😎

RIP Terry Hall, this song will always have a special place in my heart and soul!!

Ghost Town is a musical masterpiece. Lost for words at the loss of a beautiful human being and a phenomenal musical talent. RIP Terry Hall.

"Why's it called The Winchester? Because there's a rifle at the bar."

I was a fresh-faced 19 when this hit the charts, I'm 60 now. It puts things into perspective how old these songs are, but they were great days for alternative/independent music. So long Terry, thanks for the tunes.

@slimytoad1447

Жыл бұрын

You're so right,a unique sound still iconic. Rest in peace Terry x

@apollocobain8363

Жыл бұрын

Me too and I still have a thin black tie

@davidkoplitz1969

10 ай бұрын

❤

Rest in Peace, Terry. Legend forever.

A very appropriate song during the COVID outbreak

speaks for the people then and speaks for the people now

how crazy is the fact that they wrote this song basically talking about thatcherism but it's still relatable during a pandemic crisis

@MrKillerkid55

4 жыл бұрын

Given it was written in 1981 in response to thatcher policies and their effects, yea lol

@nigelcharlton-wright1747

4 жыл бұрын

@Scottswimmer69 Folk seam to forget the Wilson/Callaghan government. I have to say I preferred living in the 1970's, early '80's and some of the '90's after that it became more bland. And to think my father was a scab, when the teachers went on strike in '79, he rented a church hall and continued teaching his pupils. He was not perfect, but who is… but he cared for his fellow man rather than the me mentality of today. Didn't the people who went on strike back in the '70's think about the future of the UK thus we make very few items compared to the good old days before the ghost town?

@mrdeathgaming1457

4 жыл бұрын

coincidence...or control?

@Cyclon32289

4 жыл бұрын

In my country a Rock band wrote a song criticizing a politician that ruled a curfew. 20 years later they allegedly voted for the party that politician was in.

@DaSkonk

4 жыл бұрын

@@nigelcharlton-wright1747 "Didn't the people who went on strike back in the 70s think of the future of the UK thus we make very few items compared to the good old days before the Ghost Town." And whose fault do you think that is exactly - the people who went on strike to protect their jobs, rights and working conditions? Or the successive Tory Governments, that privatised all the public services, outsourced and offshored all the jobs; and destroyed the social safety net, in furtherance of a policy of "managed decline"? You'd want to go read a few books and inform yourself properly; because you're blaming the wrong people, to put it mildly!

One of the coolest sounding songs ever.

When it comes to music, Britain rules the airwaves. Each generation spawns something new and very Special. Although, I can't speak for what passes for music these days,maybe that's a good thing. I've always loved the Specials, the two-tone era was amazing,the Specials were my favourites

This song really scratches every itch in my brain in the most unbelievable way possible

Saw the Specials last night in Brighton. What a performance, such a tight band. Lynville is 70 and still manages to perform his vocals as well as cover for the absent Neville, just brilliant. Terry's voice was pitch perfect and sounded just the same as the albums over forty years ago, incredible. His dry sense of humour was wonderful too. Horace's bass lines were a joy. "Nobody is Special." But they were, Very Special.

@patrickgilgun9751

Жыл бұрын

We all special ❤️ ain't dat da truth 🤣...I

@elainejlawrence7931

Жыл бұрын

Just reading of Terry Halls passing. Fun Boy Three /The Specials- sounds of my Youth

@elainejlawrence7931

Жыл бұрын

RIP Terry Hall RESPECT✌🏼💯

I wonder how many people are playing this at the moment?

@francespenn7810

4 жыл бұрын

i am

@mrdeathgaming1457

4 жыл бұрын

As quick as a virus multiplies?

@richardscott3442

4 жыл бұрын

Me. With the covid this popped in my mind. It's so real after all these years.

@jeremyshewell2445

4 жыл бұрын

Bad ass music.Hang right!Be Strong♥️

@bootchop88

4 жыл бұрын

been playing this song most everyday since SXSW was cancelled

To find this song i typed into google “spooky reggae song”

God, I miss the early days of MTV when videos like this could transport you to another time and place ~mysterious streets lost forever..........

All rise for the national anthem...

@richey761

7 жыл бұрын

ghost town !!!!!!every cunt from everywhere is desperate to get in!!!!!

@kencotic8496

4 жыл бұрын

Good song for a raffle.

@dollcefina

4 жыл бұрын

@@richey761 Into _Coventry_ ??

@Eleventhearlofmars

4 жыл бұрын

Diorama Jedi because their gaffs are already ghost towns.

@hensmithers9687

4 жыл бұрын

How many raffle tickets??...I'll take 2000

This is probably the most timeless song ever written. As relevant today as is was then. "People getting angry" I truly believe that many of today's issues are because successive governments have left youth, both white and black, on the shelf

@davidhanley248

3 жыл бұрын

Same in Ireland same in most places id say.

@farzanamughal5933

3 жыл бұрын

@@palhein-reim7430 ?

@fanneboom

3 жыл бұрын

@@farzanamughal5933 keep it with youth - color does not matter to us - he's wrong to call it race tho, 'cause there is no race with humankind, all the same just some dif and mixed up colors

@robwatts9437

3 жыл бұрын

During covid 19 it looks like they driving during lockdown, clubs closing , people getting angry sounds like 2020 and 2021

@gaspanda

3 жыл бұрын

@@palhein-reim7430 some might say that's exactly the reason why people don't "shut up" about it.

I remember buying the single when it came out. I helped to get it to Number One in the charts. Still love this even now on my late fifties 😎

This is my favorite Halloween song

RIP Terry. One of THE best things to EVER come out of Coventry, bar none!! Would be fitting for this song to be charting again, not only due to the god awful circumstances of the loss of Terry, but the state of the UK at the moment to be fair.

RIP Terry. Remember hearing this on radio 1 back in the day and it blew my mind and the words are so true especially in today's world. Will miss you Terry Hall

I always remember they're from Coventry, which has so much history. They're an amazing addition.

This is what it is like now in this era a ghost town no one around anymore

i was born in the 80s bt my cousin got me into Ska in my teens. I don't think we'll see music like this again because social mobility has been stopped. Feels like the end of an era and very sad. Incredible music, incredible songwriting and voice, RIP Terry Hall.

1981: life is shite under Thatcher. 2020: Hold my hand sanitiser...

@90sbaby1

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao shut up. But finally there's ONE comment on what this song is ACTUALLY about. Broken Britain for blacks and whites and Asians coming in taking over hence the Asian sound and singing in the background.

@BB-gx7gc

3 жыл бұрын

Quite right this was in response to that Dreadful woman’s policies which we are now still feeling the repercussions of. It was her that fuelled the housing crisis that we have now by buying votes to gullible council tenants at ridiculously low prices then they think because they have their own house they must now be Tories.

@adamyoud6934

3 жыл бұрын

Salty Queen Except the specials are an exceptionally diverse group, and this song as the original poster correctly identified is in response to urban decay, and skyrocketing unemployment under Thatcher, that was already at 3 million by the time this song was released and would only grow to 3.5 million later in her first term

@90sbaby1

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamyoud6934 I could do a whole paper on the Specials in regards to classism and socioculturalism in correlation to the history of ska and two tone music and the spawning of racist skinhead Punk and hooligan Oi and grime raps contribution to today societal decay. But never mind, you ain't ready. You just wanna be a brain dead lefty playing devils advocate.

@nativeartcherry

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but she even worked Saturdays!!!!

Even more of a ghost town now that you're gone Terry. SKA'd for life😢

One of those nice little hooligan anthems for all the broken GenX kids like myself.

@michelebruschi9221

Жыл бұрын

I was in UK for an English course in Eastbourne in 1981 when this hit came out ! I'm a GenX kid too

What a F@@@ing masterpiece.

This band has done more to combat racism than any government will ever do. RIP Terry Hall

@whitedove2352

10 ай бұрын

So true.