R.I.P Terry Hall. Genuinely gutted when I found out this morning. I roadied on the first 2Tone Tour back in the day. Terry is, was, one of the sweetest, kindest, funniest men you could ever wish/ed to meet, even for a Man U fan ;-)

@grizcuz

Жыл бұрын

Let's not forget that he was a United fan who went to a lot of games in the 70's and 80's when they were winning next to nothing. He was a proper United fan rather than a plastic red who only supported them in the Fergie glory days. He should've had a minute's silence at Old Trafford as well.

@hugohackenbush1554

Жыл бұрын

@@grizcuz 100% correct. I think it was an awful move on the part of the Old Trafford set-up to sandblast him. Shame on them and may they never win the league again in my lifetime {which won't be that long as I'm well into my 60s nowadays and very ill}

@grizcuz

Жыл бұрын

@@hugohackenbush1554 I hope the supporters at OT at least make a banner for Terry at some point. Saw him in the ground frequently right through the 80's, I'm not really a Utd supporter but my family are and I've been to a lot of games over the years. Hope your illness is at least manageable and you're coping, all the best.

@hugohackenbush1554

Жыл бұрын

@@grizcuz Thank you so much for your kind words my friend. I always tell myself fist thing in the morning, “So what if I'm unable to do all the things I'd like to do, at least it's better than the alternative!”

@jp00349

Жыл бұрын

Fellow Specials and Groucho Marx fan here - wish you all the best and get friggin well soon - greetings from North London

What a brilliant performance. RIP Terry Hall LEGEND

John Bradbury, the King of 2-Tone ska drumming... his chops are still killer!

@MrCorfuz

7 жыл бұрын

Sadly, they are no more. Brad was the best.

@jonathanhadley2555

3 жыл бұрын

John Bradbury R.I.P

@mickmcdonagh1557

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated drummer he was brilliant RIP JB

@paulwoodward6251

2 жыл бұрын

Wernt well there n all,legend 🎼🏁🙏

@sprinklesthedrummer9731

2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace!

RIP John, Terry, Rico.......watching this its hard to believe they are gone

Forty years, I’ve been waiting for ska to break big in the USA, the way it deserved to. Ska has it all: superior musicianship, social commentary, fashion, dance, fun-loving, more hooks than a discarded Christmas tree, race inclusion. You deserved better. Especially you, Terry. Especially you. I feel like I owe you, personally, for all the joy you’ve given me. Maybe I will be able to thank you properly on the other side.

@edwardgiovannelli5191

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, but in the long run, if Ska had broken big, then who knows how it would have been warped and screwed up by the US music industry. I'm just as happy the way it worked out. That said, I got to see the Specials two years ago with my daughter who had just turned 18 at a small (classic!) old venue in Philadelphia, The TLA. They were superb! And to my amazement, she was singing along with 9/10 of the songs - I was so proud

Horace Panter killer bass solo leading into the trombone part is fantastic, great performance!

Incredible band,songs still as fresh as the day they were released.

@rars0n

Жыл бұрын

I'd argue that they're actually somehow MORE fresh than most mainstream music these days. Don't even get me started on rap.

RIP Terry. What a great performance.

John Bradbury you were a part of my childhood and my adulthood. RIP.

Best of British Ska!

@areagray

5 жыл бұрын

Live!

The legendary ska 2 tone drummer..RIP John Bradbury..beautiful 2tone drum kit

About Terry- he's open about having depression issues, and while he doesn't show it he says performing again and feeling the crowd's feedback has been good for him. Saw them in Vancouver and it was a fantastic, fantastic night.

@rmleider

2 жыл бұрын

must have been a great show

@arshk3612

Жыл бұрын

Rip Terry.. Heard news 1 hr.. 79 UK was fantastic and the Specials was a beam of light as the walls came down in UK..

Legends, no bullshit from these guys just brilliant!

Rest in Heavenly Peace Terry Hall 💔💔💔 Much Love you've given, Your Light will Shine Forever! #TheSpecials

Missing Terry and John - so great that David made a real effort to show his respect for the band - so glad I managed to see them twice in Vancouver

So many years later and tey still sounds GREAT

Great performance! I wish that Neville Staples was here as well though. One of the greatest bands in music history. The SPECIALS music is so youthful and infectious, that it will forever be influential and timeless. RIP TERRY HALL and JOHN BRADBURY. I WILL FOREVER MISS THE BOTH OF YOU!

@musicloverUK

10 ай бұрын

I've seen Neville Staple's band twice recently. Lots of energy, we danced all night, it was great.

Rip John Bradbury

@roybowers4315

8 жыл бұрын

+christian lopez thanks for knowing who he WAS lots of love a cov kid

Terry Hall will always be special. He's skanking in heaven now.

Terry Hall, timeless!

Watching this in 2022 is a revelation. As a teenager I was a suburban kid who wanted to be ska like my idols, The Specials. Saw this performance when it originally aired and thought "ah hell, they've sold out!" Watching this clip now I realize that they were simply a great band, and it was great music, and we all grow up... and out of things

@charleshanna5725

Жыл бұрын

I can tell you as a suburban youth I reckon I was ska, a rude boy for sure with my two tone dress, dancing in the aisles to Dance Craze at the midnight movie, I went the way of Oi and punk but never lost my love and true identity as a rude boy, all the same really, I will say yes I grew up but definitely did NOT grow out of any of it. Rudie skanking punk Oi! boy for life! 🖤🤍✌️

@rars0n

Жыл бұрын

I don't think they ever sold out, I think the band did go through some rough patches though. Seeing a band I like play on Letterman or any other late night show was always a pleasure for me, though. I always thought it was awesome that a band I liked was getting national recognition.

@rars0n

Жыл бұрын

@@charleshanna5725 "but never lost my love and true identity as a rude boy" There's something to be said about that. It's like there's a skanking bone in my body, and no matter what I'll always love ska.

Crowd has no idea what a lucky day it was for them

Very rare we get a glimpse at the bass soo of Sir Horace Gentleman. Gotta love the dancing!

RIP Terry The perfect voice to perform the British side of two tone music, sang with original accent makes the lyrics sound real and raw STEP UP AND TELL EM RUDE BOY KEEP THE FAITH 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Favorite from my youth. Still have the vinyl and some rare 7" (Friday Night...). R.I.P. Brad. he taught me to dance, along with Horace. Loved to finally see them live in Portland.

Great period 78-80, unity , great optimism and vibe on the streets... Specials played a key role.

@harveysmith100

2 жыл бұрын

You summed it all up in a very short sentence. It was a wonderful optimistic time. I am grateful to have been a young man when the Specials arrived.

That snare sounds awesome, damn. :)

Horace Panter is a killers in the bass

Terry sounds pretty damn good..

Still touring this year , all be it with 3 original members........,, I'm still going to see them though! RIP John Bradbury , so missed.

@theselector4733

3 жыл бұрын

I saw em a few yrs ago. WHAT A SHOW!!!!!! Danced so much I busted my meniscus. Was worth it!!!!!

@MarkLipka

3 жыл бұрын

*albeit

Just an amazing live performance, Rip Terry , So many great memories from the specials ,

Covs finest! Makes me proud to be Cov lad!

How good was that?!! great live version, R.I.P. Terry.

Legends, thanks for great teenage years. priceless

thanks for those fantastic tight beats that got me moving RIP

Saw these guys on "Saturday Night Live" and my mind was blown, four decades later.....

Still AWESOME

Horace is superb

how good is this !?? super tight the specials are indeed very special! x

R.I.P. Terry and John. Will never be forgotten.

I love this music so much :-)

Fantastic Band 😎

What a fantastic live show they put on! Loved the small attention to detail: e.g. the two tone drum kit and guitar sling. I also loved the fact they didn't change the words to appease the audience and kept it as raw as the original. Finally, every part of this song I empathise with and can fully relate to. So many times I have been in a night club and thought: what am I doing here? all the girls are slags and the beer tastes just like piss! These lyrics are so real, so spot on and so relevant!

All those years gone by still sounding brilliant as ever great performance

Just knew about Terry Hall's death... So sad. Hope Specials's music to be even more valued from now on.

I saw them on Hastings pier in 1980, supported by the Bodysnatchers and the Go-Go's, whose singer was one Belinda Carlisle. Great gig!

@AndysEastCoastAdventures

5 жыл бұрын

Terry collaborated with the go gos Jane Weidlin after the 2 tone era and they wrote "Our lips are sealed" which was released by the go-gos and fun boy three.

@agavehouse

4 жыл бұрын

Wow knowing the history of Hastings pier you are one lucky person !

@ant2312

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndysEastCoastAdventures he also wrote Rush hour with her which she had a hit with

@jonathanhadley2555

3 жыл бұрын

Andy's East Coast Thats interesting

great vibes from the 80's :-)

WOW. RIP Brad.

I used to go to Mr Georges in Cov - that very Club and stand in the Burges waiting for a taxi home.......

Bloody hell. Really good.

Class band,what i was into in my early teens,

Terry and Lynval Honorary Camdenites! RIP John. Taken too soon ❤️

I love this song. That bass! Also, I find it funny how they're allowed to call girls slags but not say the word 'piss'!

@MichaelCasanovaMusic

9 жыл бұрын

Because slag isn't in the lexicon over here. I find it odd that they would censor the word "piss". People say it on tv all the time, and this show is on very late at night anyway

@krissymarklewis1793

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed how that one slipped past them too ha.

@yendor9078

Жыл бұрын

All the girls are sluts and the beer tastes just like "piss"

just got my tickets for september in boston cant wait

Great video, great song and nice to see an uploader focused on bringing beautiful HD video to KZread (the deinterlacing looked fine) Thanks!

Brilliant

Amazing

OMG fecking love these guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Terry Hall went blinking mad at the end of the video.

Excellent!

Beautiful

a message to you rudy is one of the best songs ever!

what a great song - first time seeing this one, thru still had it even then - RIP Terry

Neville was absent as he was on Conan O'Brien fronting a Fun Boy Three revival.

@theselector4733

10 жыл бұрын

LOL.................

RIP, JB

Rest easy Terry Hall. The Specials = the best ska band outside of Jamaica.

RIP Brad.

LOVE IT !!!!!!!!! Gr8 sound hd

Great band

Oh Rest In Peace wonderful Terry Hall. Crossed over far too soon. A unique talent. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

So sad to hear Terry Hall has died. As a Coventry teenager, living in an era of race riots and pove try they were the voice of a generation. They are light years away from the manufactured pop of today and I don't think we will ever see their likes again sadly.

Great post GT

Saw a gig in Blackpool on that 30th anniversary tour 😎

RUDE BOYS RUDE BOYS!!

Good stuff! Memories. RIP Terry

It was bad enough when John Bradbury died but Terry... Gut-wrenching. RIP both. My working class, childhood heroes 💔

Outstanding. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Say what you will about their age, they STILL GOT IT! I'll be saying them in a few weeks for the first time ever, and probably only time, as they'll never be back to Chicago. That whole venue is gonna be moving.

Terry is seriously good as are the band.

Dave wearing the black and white wingtips for the occasion! Nice!

Glad to see Letterman had the right shoes on 😎

Fantastic.

Even tighter than they were in 1980.

Great performance, hard to believe with all the shit on TV they actually censored the lyric "piss" wow.

@mickmcdonagh1557

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah agree shame

What a band! Fucking great'

Fantastic😊

Nice to see Dave enjoying them at the end.

God bless you Terry❤

Wow that was amazing

and Letterman even wore two tone shoes as a tribute

great band great muziek amen

Grandes two tone forever

The beer tastes just like, we’ll never mind that. The Specials are the best!!

The lads from up the road...:-)

lo mejor del mundo del ska

Seeing them this Sept.. It won't be the same without JB but I'm still looking forward to it!

Still a great band.

Terry RIP❤❤

RIP Keep Singing Terry.....

Keep the flame!