https://youtu.be/hMhEzd9Bsb4
If you let me stayyyy
https://youtu.be/hMhEzd9Bsb4
If you let me stayyyy
I used to play that album to death,i prefer the the songs not released as singles on there he had a great voice..
I have Introducing the Hardline as well, not played it for many years.
Should have had a much longer time in the limelight than he did.
He was never the same after Hughie Green's daughter had her evil way with him, and look what became of Michael Hutchence and one of her daughters died so young.
Saint Bob seems to have got away with being cursed by her though.
Always felt sorry for Bob geldof,amazed he hadn't topped himself after what he's been through...
Off to see The Specials at Glasgow Barrowlands on Thursday with the missus. Trying to hold my general dislike of being in the same place as lots of other people in check so I can enjoy myself - it's later than you think.
A great band. Love them. Probably helped by the fact that I knew Neville well in my younger days and saw the band several times before they made it.
I hadn't noticed they were touring. I must get tickets.
Ghost Town was a good tune tbf and things not improved much 38 years on
This town (town) is coming like a ghost town
Why must the youth fight against themselves?
Government leaving the youth on the shelf
This place (town) is coming like a ghost town
No job to be found in this country
Can't go on no more
The people getting angry
Apparently they are refusing to play ghost town. Quite right too there are loads of great songs to choose from but all you ever hear is ghost town.
I'm hoping for pearl's café myself...
Good point; it was certainly the first one I thought of.
The Specials without Jerry Dammers on the bones, isn't really The Specials, imo........it's the main reason why I've never gone to see the reformed band.
As for their tunes, Rat Race was their best single imo, and off the two albums, It's Up To You (Specials) and Man At C&A (More Specials) probably my two favourites.
Hope you enjoyed it, simmo.
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"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
It's tonight, so I still have it to look forward to.
The missus is the driving force - she's a huge Terry Hall fan - have you noticed the similarity in face structure that he shares with Ryan Gosling? Though like us all, he's getting a bit fat in his old age.
Some of Terry's solo stuff was amongst his best-ever work. 'Home' is an absolutely brilliant album.
Enjoy tonight then!
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
No Farmyard Connection?
Pleased to say it was an excellent gig. Must have lost half a stone in sweat but I could do with that!!
Sadly no pearl's café but they opened with an excellent version of man at c&a.
I was a fan of the two-tone music back in the day, but I was shocked to find out how many of the hits were straight imitations, not even covers, of the original versions made in Jamaica. You'll see what I mean from the examples below, but The Specials did produce some fine material of their own as well.
Blondie (The Time Is High): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXqkiKXiHc
UB40 (Kingston Town): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvDZ8U-7A1A
Madness (One Step Beyond): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3DAHAPLaVI
The Specials (Message To You Rudy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb8jkjlP89M
This was one of the greatest gigs I ever attended, back in the day. My Irish buddies won't have to be reminded what happened at the venue three weeks later.
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"And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.
And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."
Judging from your photo you must have been awfully young at the time. If you were a skinhead it can only be because your hair hadn't started growing yet.
https://youtu.be/BliAPzEsao0
So bad that it's sik