Heard this song alongside a beautiful teenager (me; too) in 1979 at lakeside northern Canada. Too bad she was someone's girlfriend, though she suggested otherwise! Love 'Em. Loved her. Loved the lake. Loved my friends.
Ahh, the days when working-class kids, be they black white or whatever, could get together, make their own music and speak as one. Those days need to come back.
I feel so lucky to have grown up with this. My youth was filled with perfect music, energy, style...gawd....so much.....I feel a little sorry for kids now...they'll never know the same kind of innocent freedom.
I rember this riding my Bike to work with a radio strapped to the handle bars I few years back ,Me and my cousin were walking through Cardiff city centre on a night out,Heard this comming from a small club and thought lets go in , it sounded just like Selector,Can you imagine the smile on our faces when we got inside and Selector were playing live on stage :-)
Saw The Selecter in 1991 & 1993 at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA. In '91 they headlined & in '93 they opened for the Toasters, Skatalites, & The Special Beat. WOW both great shows...talk about dancing!!!
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS AND GENRES EVER! 51 and still skankin' n' rankin'... so nice to hear the younger generations are diggin on it... it was a short era and I miss it something fierce. Those were the best days to me and I look back on them with melancholy fondness... never to be repeated, but also never forgotten.
Just imagine you like reggae in1969, BBC didn't play it, only got on top of the pops once with Dave & Ansell Collins, then like magic it was all over the place in 1979 when Madness and The Specials started selling lots of records. I was astounded when I saw Madness on top of the pops !
I don't know what the ska scene was like 2 years ago when you posted this comment but as of a week ago I can say it's quite comparable to what's heard here.
I was an absolute ska fanatic, rudeboy to the max back in the 2Tone days. The Specials were my favourites, but now looking back I think that the Selector were the tightest and most talented of all the superb bands of that movement and era. First class jam!
All the Ska bands out of the Midlands were fantastic... and had a special edge to them, compared to the dross from London, and you know who I'm talking about.
love you paulie... going back in my 80's .. lol... skinhead at the bbc... got up and danced...told not to moon stomp... and you said...let these boys dance...otherwise i'll go... wish i had the bottle to ask you out...you surely gave me some hope in life
The best thing about the TV programme , Death in Paradise is the music, I want to hang out in a hammock, drinking cold beer and listening to this music man. (and I'm 70)
whaaaaaaaa Same Old Show by Basement Jaxx was one of my favorite tracks in high school...just came across this and it's kind of blowing my mind. Go figure, I guess they were sampling this!
I'm going to the Great Northern Ska Festival in Manchester on 20th Aug 2016, The Selecter, The Beat, Neville Staple etc.. going to be one hell of a night.
When this song was new, I made a series of 90 minute tapes, starting with the most depressing song I knew, and went through to the happiest song I knew. Whenever I wanted to be happier, I would start the series where I was emotionally, and this song was almost at the end :-)
My brother grew up in this era. When I was growing up (in the 90's) I used to listen to all his old recorded mix cassette tapes. Songs like this made me the cool dude I am today.
I wish I could go back to Sunday night baths with the radio in the bathroom for a treat then jam on toast for supper. That's what this reminds me of. Happy days!
this was a part of a 'special' time in Coventry, you could go see top bands and a lot of local talent almost any night of the week.....Specials, Selector, and on and on, met a few other guys at the time from Bad Manners, Madness, and even Sting, Coventry was the place and now its just a 'Ghost Town' it was truly awesome for real music from real people, not like the 'pap' people call music now....memorys indeed....
Brings back some great memories, scooter rallys heading up to LA from San Diego. Kids think I'm crazy now and they think SKA is stupid but I tell them listen to the Riffs in NO DOUBT, SUBLIME and other bands today as you wil hear hints of SKA and Reggae and this music will never go away. Rude Boy forever.
This SONG rocks I got to dance on stage one year at skavoovie to this song in atlanta. Then i got kicked out of the masquerade for underage drinking GOD those were the days :)
I've compiled a load of Cd's from early Autumn 79 when I just turned 18, through the whole of 1980, that way I am back in those days when I play them in the car driving to and from work etc. Its a REAL pity that this music hasn't made a come back; but, I can live in hope. Something has got to give.... fingers crossed!!
got a pic of me on stage with selecter....in TJ'S Newport,UK. 2004..i think,i went along on my own,cos there was another gig going on,it was one of the best nights of my life,got all the ladies in the pit to come up on the stage and skank,there were loads of us,it was truley the most memorable night ever......................i am soo grateful that i experi
I am no expert, but we owe an awful lot to these bands in the 80`s such as the Selecter, Bad Manners, Madness, Fun boy three / The Specials etc.... a lot of the bands today take inspiration from previous generations, so the sound will live on in one way or another, just remember where it came from!
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I love Pauline black brilliant singer and still singing today 🤩😊😎🤗
Man I grew up in the wrong decade (24) and the wrong country (USA) lol. Love this music.
Heard this song alongside a beautiful teenager (me; too) in 1979 at lakeside northern Canada. Too bad she was someone's girlfriend, though she suggested otherwise! Love 'Em. Loved her. Loved the lake. Loved my friends.
SKA for ever...
Remembers from France 25 years ago...YEAH !!!
Ahh, the days when working-class kids, be they black white or whatever, could get together, make their own music and speak as one. Those days need to come back.
Aye very fking soon mate
I feel so lucky to have grown up with this. My youth was filled with perfect music, energy, style...gawd....so much.....I feel a little sorry for kids now...they'll never know the same kind of innocent freedom.
I rember this riding my Bike to work with a radio strapped to the handle bars
I few years back ,Me and my cousin were walking through Cardiff city centre on a night out,Heard this comming from a small club and thought lets go in , it sounded just like Selector,Can you imagine the smile on our faces when we got inside and Selector were playing live on stage :-)
Best, most under rated SKA band, Y'All!
iam 48 years old.and i wish them days were here now.music was about being happy and not about being white or black.it was about being happy
Two tone music always she is a icon for the music I am glad I was in the age to experience the water become rude boys 👌🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
My dad loves this sort of music so I grew up listening to it :). This is proper music unlike that shite we have nowadays!
Still gets me moving after all these years.
Still gets me moving as well.👍❤❤❤
Best music ever..SKA..makes everyone feel like dancing their ass off..
When Pauline Black and Selector were in the charts with this amazing song. I was working in London the best place on gods earth.
Wow, did I have a crush on her. When I was 15. In 1978. When things were cool
I was 9 when this came out loved it then, still love it now!
I love this kind of music. It was made back in the day when black Brits were doing their own thing and not just copying what black Americans do.
I first heard this On My Radio, in 79
Saw The Selecter in 1991 & 1993 at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA.
In '91 they headlined & in '93 they opened for the Toasters, Skatalites, & The Special Beat.
WOW both great shows...talk about dancing!!!
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS AND GENRES EVER! 51 and still skankin' n' rankin'... so nice to hear the younger generations are diggin on it... it was a short era and I miss it something fierce. Those were the best days to me and I look back on them with melancholy fondness... never to be repeated, but also never forgotten.
I went to see these in about 1980 & was lucky enough to get up on stage & dance next to Pauline Black
you wish you were born in that era, im 16 and stuck with the shit in the charts, 60's/70's/80's is proper music!
Just imagine you like reggae in1969, BBC didn't play it, only got on top of the pops once with Dave & Ansell Collins, then like magic it was all over the place in 1979 when Madness and The Specials started selling lots of records. I was astounded when I saw Madness on top of the pops !
Wow..! Hard to believe Pauline will be 60 later this Year. Still looking wonderful.
I accidentally downloaded this song a few years ago...it was an awesome accident! I loved it...
Pauline Black: a rare precocious talent. Bless you darling
pauline black: respect always
What the begining of the 80s was all about, Just pure class..!!!
AlJeffersonA1 sent one back, and your wrong . Great start Darling.
Thank God I was born in the Sixties and not today. This is magic!
+Martin Peacock same here 1967
Me 1962 :)
Martin Peacock 66
I don't know what the ska scene was like 2 years ago when you posted this comment but as of a week ago I can say it's quite comparable to what's heard here.
But it was 2015 when you watched this.
......how could anyone not like this? From my school days in England
I was an absolute ska fanatic, rudeboy to the max back in the 2Tone days. The Specials were my favourites, but now looking back I think that the Selector were the tightest and most talented of all the superb bands of that movement and era. First class jam!
All the Ska bands out of the Midlands were fantastic... and had a special edge to them, compared to the dross from London, and you know who I'm talking about.
excellent vidéo,excellent song for an excellent group.the power of ska revival.thank you very much.
great track back in 1979. Now a Legend here in 2016 !
Loving it. played it in '79 still playing it now 37 yrs on its still great !
love you paulie... going back in my 80's .. lol... skinhead at the bbc... got up and danced...told not to moon stomp... and you said...let these boys dance...otherwise i'll go... wish i had the bottle to ask you out...you surely gave me some hope in life
Good old day's of ska, rocksteady and reggae, ......
iam 48.god bless you and your girfiend.i miss those days
All time SKA fan, love the cultural mix, Black and White unite!
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damn you needed bouncy knees those days, i was like 17yrs old and thankful for the great music around at the time
Less than jake is a personal favorite, I think they are the best at what they do.
Ah ah ah ! Great remember !!!! mmm mmm mmm On My Radio !
The best thing about the TV programme , Death in Paradise is the music, I want to hang out in a hammock, drinking cold beer and listening to this music man. (and I'm 70)
Thank God my dad's cool af. Grew up on this. It's the music of my soul.
ska will never be rubish!!!! i dont know what kids youve been talking to but i love ska and reggae!!
I've been listening to this song for 30 years now, And it's still brilliant! Just never get sick of The Selecter.
Never gets old this SKA forever
Was there ever a tighter band than The Selecter? Wonderful!
Used to love watching this lot in Cov when I was a kid. And Specials!
Gildas Jones I grew up in Leamington but was often seen trying to be cool in Coventry
The first record I heard where I "got" SKA, will never forget it.
Pauline black legend
What a voice and energy
I always say the saddest ska song will still make you happy!
BRINGS BACK SO MANY GOOD TIMES, GREAT BAND GREAT RECORD.
whaaaaaaaa
Same Old Show by Basement Jaxx was one of my favorite tracks in high school...just came across this and it's kind of blowing my mind. Go figure, I guess they were sampling this!
The music scene at that time was really exiting. You couldn't help but like Ska, brilliant!
saw them in 1978 and will be at the town hall on the 18th nov still class.
First 2-tone record I ever bought. Pauline Black looks really sexy in this. Excellent timing and musicianship.
I'm going to the Great Northern Ska Festival in Manchester on 20th Aug 2016, The Selecter, The Beat, Neville Staple etc.. going to be one hell of a night.
i need to move to the uk for ska lol
I was working in London when this came out the perfect tune in the perfect town
I was born in the 80 but love the music that was produced before me.
Indeed!!!! Great music indeed!
seeing them tonight in brum there supporting the levellers should bring back a few memories
Saw these peeps at Birmingham support the levellers a bit back fantastic night .
Always listening to my radio ...with my single ear phone and a radio as a size of a brick .......
When this song was new, I made a series of 90 minute tapes, starting with the most depressing song I knew, and went through to the happiest song I knew. Whenever I wanted to be happier, I would start the series where I was emotionally, and this song was almost at the end :-)
My brother grew up in this era. When I was growing up (in the 90's) I used to listen to all his old recorded mix cassette tapes. Songs like this made me the cool dude I am today.
Saw Pauline in July on stage with Nev Staple's band in Camden after Madstock.. still looking great & sounding fantastic... She's the No.1 Rude Girl
I wish I could go back to Sunday night baths with the radio in the bathroom for a treat then jam on toast for supper. That's what this reminds me of. Happy days!
Black and white. We are one. Never forget. Love this!
absolutely,been listening to this music for over 30 yrs regardless of any advert
Finally find this song. My brother used to play this when he was in senior high school. I miss him. We'll see in heaven, my bro.
my teenage years,fantastic.
The ultimate Ska Band..Love these so much...X :)
Can't stop dancin' to this !!!
This is just so good... Pauline black kicks ass... Love it
This is music at its best; The John Lewis advert brought back so many memories.
Oh yes! Anyone else here during lockdown 2020? 👊🏻
this was a part of a 'special' time in Coventry, you could go see top bands and a lot of local talent almost any night of the week.....Specials, Selector, and on and on, met a few other guys at the time from Bad Manners, Madness, and even Sting, Coventry was the place and now its just a 'Ghost Town' it was truly awesome for real music from real people, not like the 'pap' people call music now....memorys indeed....
I love this song! Reminds me of my youth.
Love the dancing!
I still dance to this.... big style!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a Wonderful song a big hello from Coventry band the eyes of Isabel
Man, Lots of GOOD memories. And yes my 14 year old son, we used to dance like that. :-)
I left school in 1980,this was in the charts and its as good now as it was then,brilliant guaranteed to get you up dancing
Brings back some great memories, scooter rallys heading up to LA from San Diego. Kids think I'm crazy now and they think SKA is stupid but I tell them listen to the Riffs in NO DOUBT, SUBLIME and other bands today as you wil hear hints of SKA and Reggae and this music will never go away. Rude Boy forever.
This SONG rocks
I got to dance on stage one year at skavoovie to this song in atlanta. Then i got kicked out of the masquerade for underage drinking GOD those were the days :)
Just seen them in Sheffield. Went absolutely crazy to this one.
good old SKINHEAD days bring em back!!!!!!!!
Great song from a English ska band and the line it's the same old show on the radio is very specific.
saw them at BEAT-HERDER fest...... LOVED THEM TO BITS IN THE SUNSHINE!!!!!
I've compiled a load of Cd's from early Autumn 79 when I just turned 18, through the whole of 1980, that way I am back in those days when I play them in the car driving to and from work etc. Its a REAL pity that this music hasn't made a come back; but, I can live in hope. Something has got to give.... fingers crossed!!
@BMXBOBBY96 your a top bloke listening to real music , glad you enjoy it
kid with the harrington jacket,quality!!! only thing that made me cool back in th day
classic convertry ska music there good days man
waay got Pauline's autograph while working at the scabour festival, ones of the nicest women ever
tuneeeeeeeeeeeee . lol i can remember watching this as a kid and my dads eyes popping out his head wen my mum told him the lead singer was a woman lol
class, as good today as it ever was
can't get better dance music than that..
Best ska tune ever
+Peter Heinen Great, and a classic, but I don't know that it even would make my top 50.
+Peter Heinen Bring back such happy memories for me .....loved (and still do) all the 2tone bands.....happier times and happier days
+Peter Heinen It's not better than a few Specials' tracks, but it's up there as a fun (not trivial) song.
I can't find this recorded version on record or digital download anywhere.
The studio versions just...lack something I guess.
depends on what ska genre your into, I prefer the old stuff but this very good, as were the specials.
got a pic of me on stage with selecter....in TJ'S Newport,UK. 2004..i think,i went along on my own,cos there was another gig going on,it was one of the best nights of my life,got all the ladies in the pit to come up on the stage and skank,there were loads of us,it was truley the most memorable night ever......................i am soo grateful that i experi
Just seen them at Loopallu festival..Ullapool Scotland. .absolutely fantastic..place was bouncing to all their songs
thanks for that when it was released i think i bought a copy of the lp every week for about 7 weeks still got them
I am no expert, but we owe an awful lot to these bands in the 80`s such as the Selecter, Bad Manners, Madness, Fun boy three / The Specials etc.... a lot of the bands today take inspiration from previous generations, so the sound will live on in one way or another, just remember where it came from!
God. Loved this song. Loved this band