#1
mrs h wrote:
Posted on Sun, 30 August 2009 at 07:13
#2
fatboy wrote:
I’m seeing the REAL band in November
Posted on Tue, 1 September 2009 at 16:53
#3
mrs h wrote:
That IS the real band :rolleyes:
Posted on Tue, 1 September 2009 at 17:16
#4
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
why is a big deal being made over the specials now for no reason? they played to about 50 people in swansea a few years ago and no one cared, now theyre playing arenas
Posted on Tue, 1 September 2009 at 20:03
#5
Simon (Simon) wrote:
Because for a while a couple of old members were touring as the specials. Now the original line up have got back together.
Posted on Tue, 1 September 2009 at 20:57
#6
Cuchulain wrote:
just a noise the brain makes. wrote:
why is a big deal being made over the specials now for no reason?
Heathen !! May thunder strike you. Twice !
Posted on Tue, 1 September 2009 at 22:17 in reply to an earlier post
#7
Taunty Dan wrote:
Divers wrote:
Because for a while a couple of old members were touring as the specials. Now the original line up have got back together.
almost the original line up. ;) Don’t forget poor old Jerry.
Posted on Tue, 1 September 2009 at 22:19 in reply to an earlier post
#8
g (Does everything start with destruction?) wrote:
maybe its an age thing but i dont see whats all that great about them?
i seen one of them live, the black fella, neville was it? and he was boring though i did quite like that message to you rude boy song off that advert on tv.
Posted on Tue, 1 September 2009 at 22:24
#9
Simon (Simon) wrote:
Taunty Dan wrote:
almost the original line up. ;) Don’t forget poor old Jerry.
Haha he will be back if they decide to record a new album… he did write all the songs ;)
@ Grant… guess it depends on what you like and maybe it is an age thing. They were very influential an broke barriers with a mixed race bands, i always liked them as they had that good mix of punk and reggae but in a good old school way not in a rancid way.
Posted on Wed, 2 September 2009 at 09:57 in reply to an earlier post
#10
fatboy wrote:
mrs h wrote:
That IS the real band :rolleyes:
Sorry, I take it back, but can’t wait to see them.
Posted on Wed, 2 September 2009 at 11:09 in reply to an earlier post
#11
mrs h wrote:
just a noise the brain makes. wrote:
maybe its an age thing but i dont see whats all that great about them?
I think that’s generally the case - bands that are ground-breaking can only be truly appreciated at the time. Other bands will take what they have done and develop it, so people much younger they will grow up knowing loads of bands that are doing similar things and will rarely understand what is so special about the originals.
It’s like with the Sex Pistols, they were shockingly bad but they were still truly original and formed the basis for a brilliant new genre. The Specials were just as refreshing at the time - really politically vocal and the blend of ska and punk was appreciated by punks, skinheads, black and white alike so it really brought people together on a scale that had never happened before. It’s a cliche, but you had to be there ;)
I was going to say that the same is bound to happen with the bands that have been ground-breaking for your generation, but in truth I find most contemporary music very similar, and I don’t know whether that’s because it really is like that or because I’m just too old to understand the differences!
Posted on Wed, 2 September 2009 at 19:10 in reply to an earlier post
#12
mrs h wrote:
fatboy wrote:
Sorry, I take it back, but can’t wait to see them.
I hope you recognise them! :p Seriously, have a good time.
Posted on Wed, 2 September 2009 at 19:13 in reply to an earlier post
#13
Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
here’s a question from someone who can’t be arsed to Google it:
How come the Free Nelson Mandella track was credited to Special AKA..? What was the deal there…? Was it not the full Specials? An offshoot? ex-members…?
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 18:20
#14
Taunty Dan wrote:
Hadn’t mardy arse Hall and a couple of the others fucked off to the further their artistic credibility with, ahem, fun boy three by then?
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 18:52
#15
Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
Ah yes. Fun Boy Three!
I remember them!
Shit, weren’t they?
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 18:53
#16
Taunty Dan wrote:
Well put it this way, i fail to see where the “fun” part came into the equation. Unless it was Hall putting streaks in his hair and “teasing” it a bit. Clearly fun for him. Cuntish to the rest of us.
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 19:03
#17
Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum was…um…okish..
and I DID buy the one they did with Banannannanananarama.
I was about 7 at the time, mind
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 19:05
#18
Taunty Dan wrote:
Hmmm…that might be a legitimate excuse to you mate, but at 7 i was already on a UFO, Michael Schenker, Scorpions, and Led Zeppelin binge. Yeah.
And ELO.
So, you see, WHOS the credible one??
*blushes. Gets coat.*
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 19:08
#19
mrs h wrote:
I loved the Fun Boy 3 version of Summer Time or whatever it’s called. You know the one - “The fish are jumping and the cotton is high …”. It was great.
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 19:47
#20
mrs h wrote:
Mind you, I was about 56 at the time …
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 19:48
#21
mrs h wrote:
Taunty Dan wrote:
Hadn’t mardy arse Hall and a couple of the others fucked off to the further their artistic credibility with, ahem, fun boy three by then?
They were Special AKA first, then The Specials. I think after Terry left the rest of the band went back to using the old name through choice, but maybe it was a legal thing?
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 19:55 in reply to an earlier post
#22
Taunty Dan wrote:
Yeah, wasn’t Gangsters released as special AKA? In fact wasn’t the Too Much Too Young single Special AKA as well?
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 21:30
#23
fatboy wrote:
Loved Fun Boy Three’s Tunnel of Love, but doesn’t hold a light to Ghost Town or Gangsters.
And if I remember rightly, Ghost Town is banned is certain States…hmmmm
Posted on Thu, 3 September 2009 at 22:05
#24
Simon (Simon) wrote:
They were the special aka in the start.. so the first few singles were under that name and then they changed it when the album came out.. and then when the singers left they went back to it. No legal trouble from what i can remember.
Posted on Fri, 4 September 2009 at 09:04
