The Specials-The Singles Poll

[sheothebudworths]

I love them all loads, but Do Nothing is one of my best tracks ever also one of the first 7" I ever bought myself (it was the first...just along with 4 others - I'd saved up see ).

Best non-angsty angst song ever - and it's got their version of 'Maggie's Farm' on the b-side too.


We passed Terry Hall in Upper Street 3 or 4 years ago....I shoved heo hard in the side and mouthed 'Look! It's Terry Hall! ' and he saw me and I was quite fucking mortified that I hadn't been mouthing something more original, ffs.

He had a light grass green courdroy jacket with elbow patches on.

 

[badseed]

I heart The Specials
I went for Gangsters as it was the blueprint for what was to come and still sends shivers.
Ghost Town is a classic sign of the tunes tune, as is Do Nothing to a lesser extent.
Why are a few b-sides listed as singles?

 

[schnewsweb]

So Pressure Drop wasn't a single then? No, I just checked. It's their best though, better than the original IMHO.

 

[STFC]

Bernie Rhodes knows, don't argue! Has to be Gangsters for me. OK, so it was hardly original, being a rehash of Al Capone, but it kick-started the whole 2 Tone movement - the dawning of a new era, if you like!

 

[STFC]

Ive not included any of the Specials AKA singles so I could squeeze all the Specials singles in.-and its not in any way the definitive list!

Not strictly true. Gangsters was released under the name of The Special AKA.

 

[danny la rouge]

So Pressure Drop wasn't a single then? No, I just checked. It's their best though, better than the original IMHO.

Better than Toots and the Maytals? are you real?

 

[k_s]

nite club - it sums up the very experience of sticky floored provincial clubs far better than anything else...

And it has very excellent bass playing

 

[badseed]

So Pressure Drop wasn't a single then? No, I just checked. It's their best though, better than the original IMHO.

*Rubs Eyes*

 

[spoone]

rudy

 

[Kaka Tim]

One of my all time favourite bands.

I went for gangsters - mainly becasue it seems to sum up everything that 2-tone was about; an alchemy of 60s ska, punk edge and late 70s social crisis which created something new and vital.

On another day I might have gone for Ghost Town - probably the finest example of pop music as instant social commentary and protest; all the fear and anger and despair of the summer of riots condensed into a fantastic 3 minute pop song.

IME The Specials legacy and music gets more impresive as the years go on.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

So true from kaka tim about how it gets more impressive with the passing of the years.

The other day listening to more specials i was thinking what mainstream british pop band is doing stuff like this now? Fucking nobody

 

[Chuff]

He drinks his age in pints.....

 

[Leon]

Too Much Too Choose.

All they're frickin songs are great, I wouldn't want to choose one over another.