The whole 2 tone ska movement originated in my home city Coventry in England in the 1980s and it was all about black and white unity through music. It was such a great time to live through!
Reggae and ska with the rude boys and skinheads started in the late 60s and then re-emerged with ska reggae and punk in the late 70s and 80s and then the skinheads got recruited by far right parties then all this nazi skin shit happens when really without reggae and ska there is no real spirit of 69 skin heads
Two-Tone Ska was the shit !! Specials, Selector.... man it had pulse, meaning, dance to it all fkn night at clubs and gigs and UNITY - Black, White, you name it...best times at 19-20 when this hit... this was 2nd wave ska but got me into 1st wave Ska and Bluebeat ....... jammingAF tunes....
Really appreciate you reacting to my request guys. This song came out late 70,s. The Specials were a big part of the British Ska scene that ran from late 70,s to mid 80,s. The Specials in particular were a very political group and do have a lot of fantastic tracks. Also around this time most songs released as chart singles were around 3 minutes long due to restrictions on air time on the radio. Most album versions are longer.
More two tone please,specials madness selector the beat Two tone music =Jamaican ska & uk punk music combined a great genre great review you laughed when he sang dont interrupt while iam talking👍👌😂😂
There first bi racial band in the uk, during the time when that was a massive hot topic in the uk political scene, can’t tell you how important this band were
@@karlschneider9479 Yeah but that was after Ska music introduced itself into the British scene & what Eddy & his band were doing was not through a movement unlike what Two tone Music were doing.
This is ska music, it came out in the eighties in England, a mix between Jamaican and English music, the black and white flag stands for black and white. Some people these day's could learn a few things from this.
This is Second Wave or 2nd Generation Ska out of the UK which was heavily influenced by 1st Generation Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae out of Jamaican immigrants to England. Then mix in 70's era Angry Young Man Punk and you have their work. I'd add that 60's and 70's era Jamaican music forms had a very subtitle impact (but not always recognized) on 80's era Hip Hop (and New Wave). Mainly in the forms of Mix and Remixxing.
England, at this time, was in huge cultural/social turmoil & change. 1st generation immigrants, especially, but, not solely, from the Caribbean, had grown up in English working class environments & this putting together of different cultures created sparks. Sometimes, these sparks resulted in violence & racial tension, but, also fusion & friendship & from that came UK Ska (e.g. The Specials). These youth movements reacted to record levels of unemployment, war (Irish conflict - which brought bombings in England) & the destruction of old traditional industries, especially coal. At this time whole mining communities were crushed by the right wing Conservative government. England was basically in turmoil.
The whole 2 Tone Ska scene in Britain in the late 1970's and early 80's were mixed race bands opposed to racism with a common love of Ska music. A lot of UK punks bands who were also political and against racism took to playing some 2 Tone tracks themselves. The Specials had many hits whilst as The Special AKA in support of the boycott of the Apartheid South African G Government released Free Nelson Mandela. Sadly in the US free speech and having the freedom to boycott a system you disagree with in being made illegal by supporters of Israel's occupation of The West Bank and the largest open air prison in the world Gaza. I try to not buy goods from certain countries because of their actions that's my free choice but apparently its not okay to protest a nation breaking the Geneva Convention in America and its becoming illegal in universities whilst fair coverage in the US media is practically zero on this affair. Iran is a nasty theocracy but America and Israel's friends the Sunni dictatorships are nearly all far worse but you'd never know that watching tv, just look at the lack of coverage of Yemen.
this song here im guessing dont quote me on this but i believe either in the late 70s or early eighties when new wave music arrive onto the scene , great music came out of the eighties because the synthesizer became relevant and popularized
The whole 2 tone ska movement originated in my home city Coventry in England in the 1980s and it was all about black and white unity through music. It was such a great time to live through!
I lived just down the road I live in Leamington I got to see these at tiffany's back in the day Brrrraaaaaaa
Reggae and ska with the rude boys and skinheads started in the late 60s and then re-emerged with ska reggae and punk in the late 70s and 80s and then the skinheads got recruited by far right parties then all this nazi skin shit happens when really without reggae and ska there is no real spirit of 69 skin heads
@@James_I_Archer "boots and braces don't make you a racist"
2-Tone Ska is the genre! All about unity among races in a class war
@@throwabrick true mate , they have been watching to much channel 5
RIP the specials drummer .John Bradbury
Two-Tone Ska was the shit !! Specials, Selector.... man it had pulse, meaning, dance to it all fkn night at clubs and gigs and UNITY - Black, White, you name it...best times at 19-20 when this hit... this was 2nd wave ska but got me into 1st wave Ska and Bluebeat ....... jammingAF tunes....
The genre is ska, which started in Jamaica during the 1950s
Really appreciate you reacting to my request guys. This song came out late 70,s. The Specials were a big part of the British Ska scene that ran from late 70,s to mid 80,s. The Specials in particular were a very political group and do have a lot of fantastic tracks. Also around this time most songs released as chart singles were around 3 minutes long due to restrictions on air time on the radio. Most album versions are longer.
2 tone legends memories of 1979
We were never closer to true racial harmony than we were back in the 80’s!
More two tone please,specials madness selector the beat
Two tone music =Jamaican ska & uk punk music combined a great genre great review you laughed when he sang dont interrupt while iam talking👍👌😂😂
Laurel Aitken the Godfather of Ska was my mentor and vocal coach.
R.I.P terry 👍
This is from 1979 when ska/2Tone music took off in a big way in the UK. Being in my early teens at the time I got into the movement big time.
1979 and running around in my harrington jacket and Dr Martins to ska .great time.
You and me both mate.
Don't forget the suit and porkpie hat God I miss those days.
great music, takes me back to my teens in south london. good times
Me too hitting the Brixton academy , & the Rock against racism gigs. Good times indeed
There first bi racial band in the uk, during the time when that was a massive hot topic in the uk political scene, can’t tell you how important this band were
Very cool.
Actually Eddy Grant and the Equals were the 1st multi racial band in the U.K.
@@karlschneider9479 Yeah but that was after Ska music introduced itself into the British scene & what Eddy & his band were doing was not through a movement unlike what Two tone Music were doing.
This is ska music, it came out in the eighties in England, a mix between Jamaican and English music, the black and white flag stands for black and white. Some people these day's could learn a few things from this.
This is Second Wave or 2nd Generation Ska out of the UK which was heavily influenced by 1st Generation Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae out of Jamaican immigrants to England. Then mix in 70's era Angry Young Man Punk and you have their work. I'd add that 60's and 70's era Jamaican music forms had a very subtitle impact (but not always recognized) on 80's era Hip Hop (and New Wave). Mainly in the forms of Mix and Remixxing.
The Specials were (and sadly still are) unusual because they were multi-racem which is still so uncommon.
There wouldn’t have been hip-hop (as we know it) without King Tubby
The style is two-tone, and this song came out in 1980
the original was done by prince buster al capone guns dont argue.gansters was based on that it came out 1979.
Gangsters is a reworking of an old Prince Buster Ska hit called Al Capone.
England, at this time, was in huge cultural/social turmoil & change. 1st generation immigrants, especially, but, not solely, from the Caribbean, had grown up in English working class environments & this putting together of different cultures created sparks. Sometimes, these sparks resulted in violence & racial tension, but, also fusion & friendship & from that came UK Ska (e.g. The Specials).
These youth movements reacted to record levels of unemployment, war (Irish conflict - which brought bombings in England) & the destruction of old traditional industries, especially coal. At this time whole mining communities were crushed by the right wing Conservative government.
England was basically in turmoil.
This is what they call the two tone days group
The b-side to this was Selector by Selector 👌👌👌
The specials..ub40..the beat..fine young cannibals all from Birmingham..great stuff in the 1980s in uk
“ I like the black and white”. Double entendre.
This Song is a tribute to "Al Capone" from Prince Buster
2 tone ska was massive around the late 70s early 80s in the UK. Acts like these, Madness are still going strong, selector.
Don't forget Bad Manners they are still at it.
The specials- madness =bad manners 1978 this song big in the 80s this group with skinheads
The best concert I ever went to. BTW, the genre is Two-tone Ska.
When punk and reggae collide you get 2tone a new ska
Sla is so ace :-). A full revival is needed. Thanks Peter from 80s UK. 2 Tone Records have a great following
The whole 2 Tone Ska scene in Britain in the late 1970's and early 80's were mixed race bands opposed to racism with a common love of Ska music. A lot of UK punks bands who were also political and against racism took to playing some 2 Tone tracks themselves. The Specials had many hits whilst as The Special AKA in support of the boycott of the Apartheid South African G Government released Free Nelson Mandela. Sadly in the US free speech and having the freedom to boycott a system you disagree with in being made illegal by supporters of Israel's occupation of The West Bank and the largest open air prison in the world Gaza. I try to not buy goods from certain countries because of their actions that's my free choice but apparently its not okay to protest a nation breaking the Geneva Convention in America and its becoming illegal in universities whilst fair coverage in the US media is practically zero on this affair. Iran is a nasty theocracy but America and Israel's friends the Sunni dictatorships are nearly all far worse but you'd never know that watching tv, just look at the lack of coverage of Yemen.
Based on Prince Buster's Al Capone from early sixties ska music. Check it out.
Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat. It was developed in Jamaica in the 1960s
It was developed way before the 1960's over in Jamaica, it was brought over to England in the 1960's during the windrush era
The version of this song heard in Mystery Men was a later cover of this version.
Still got this on record awesome tune
Got to review the Special AKA, Free Nelson Mandela.
The song was released in early 1979.
Lots more Ska reviews please 🙂
this song here im guessing dont quote me on this but i believe either in the late 70s or early eighties when new wave music arrive onto the scene , great music came out of the eighties because the synthesizer became relevant and popularized
ITS British ska ,all kids grew up listening to Jamacan Reggae and ska .
SKA! 😍
Rude boys and skinheads (real skins ain't racist). Check out skinhead moon stomp by symaryp (Jamaican group)
React to skinhead reggae yes of skins like jamaican music the originals trojan records
You talked through the whole thing.
Spoiled the whole record by talking over it, very rude and an insult to the band !
genre: "SKA"
Cant beat a bit of Two Tone/ska
Instead of listening and watching the video, you talk too much. Thumbs down, NEXT !
ska music originated in jamaca
Check out another great Ska band, Selector and their song 'Cruel Britannia'.
The song is a cynical look at record labels and contracts. Read the lyrics, and I nee say no more. The lyrics will make sense.
A message to you Rudy, howayman
I told your mum that you talk through the songs.👀🤣
Loved the song.Maybe you would too if you stopped talking over it all the time.
Christ on a bike.......
It’s weird seeing Americans listening to british music
I grew up on two tone in the corner fields if Illinois. Specials belong to everyone.
Sshhhhhh
please react to XTC-BALLAD OF PETER PUNKIN HEAD
How on earth could you react to that song when you constantly talked over it ! Listen first talk after !
genre would be ska
IT CAME OUT IN 1979 AND YES, YOU TALK WAY TOO MUCH THROUGH THE SONG.
Bro this is lsd music
Try Metallica - For whom the Bell tolls
It's on the list. We got you. Give some time.
lsd music? gtfoh
Pay attention, you might learn something.
React to De La Soul - Itzsoweezee
Weirdos!!!!
Less chat ,more music
Very annoying reaction . It ' s not fun at all talking and talking over the clip you twos . Make ammends in future , please .