FIRST TIME HEARING The Specials - Ghost Town (Official Music Video) REACTION

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[@marymary5494]

Britain at the time was in recession, massive unemployment, Calous government, riots, strikes.....ah the sound of my youth. 👌💕

[@Diovanlestat]

Yea, we felt left out, so of course, we were forced to have an anarchist sit in when they tried sacking teachers. Think 5 people turned up, I overslept and missed everything.

[@ladykaycey]

Yeah, it was pretty grim for young people in the 80s. High unemployment, no money and nothing to do. I didn't like the song when it came out but now I see it for what it was. A true message about the feelings of hopelessness and depression in young people. The Thatcher years. The song says it all xx

[@januzzell8631]

*raises hand* - yep!

[@colinwilliams553]

Same here,MaryMaryI was brought up in that error.My youth!!

[@glyngasson8450]

An anti Thatcher song

[@richiep1713]

You cant listen to this without trying "Message to you Rudy" brilliant track

[@ChristopherGwinn]

This!!

[@calebclunie4001]

I heard a street performing circus play "A Message To You, Rudy", while they marched down the cobblestone streets of Edinburgh, Scotland, at 4:00 AM, August of 2001. They just materialized, and played as they dematerialized into the early morning fog.

[@richiep1713]

@@calebclunie4001 The Scots sure know how to party :) Love from Cardiff :)

[@josmith4173]

Love the Specials!! The msg is just pure 80s Britain! Please check out UB40 one in ten - same subject! 😘

[@richiep1713]

@@josmith4173 Signing Off is an awesome album

[@SM-js1dw]

I think you would like to hear Desmond Dekker singing the Israelites from the 60s

[@lawrencekelli]

What a great song it is...I love it!

[@bibakroll8999]

Yes! I know I'd like to hear it and his reaction.

[@Aurora2097]

Oh yeah, Desmond's the best! Israelites... great tune!

[@baylessnow]

"Ohhhh, ohhhh, me ears are alight!" Maxell Tape ad...

[@johickey3158]

so many bands used a bit of desmond for the beat, joy that you know him

[@gchristyer]

Ska ...madness , selector , specials , the beat , so many hits great tunes ! 😁✌️🇬🇧👍🙏

[@PsychoGallagher]

Have you checked out The Dead 60s? They carried this kind of music forward and had some terrific songs, too!

[@phoneboxchicken4108]

And The Selecter.

[@GedUK]

Don't forget Bad Manners!

[@mrsb3650]

You might want to check out a new young band called Death of Guitar Pop. They're a ska band. Its great to see youngsters loving the old music.

[@bigredfella13]

The British ska/two tone scene was massive, so many great acts

[@jimhsfbay]

Check out The English Beat for more ska. Mirror in the Bathroom, Tears of a Clown, I Confess, Save it for Later all great songs.

[@michaelpinkerton3834]

I have suggested The English Beat and General Public to Jayvee...Still waiting for him to check Them out...

[@Noobshire]

Did I miss something? Why are they 'The English Beat' now?

[@ajruther67]

Great suggestions. Man this stuff is taking me back to my teen years.

[@ComicalGrowler]

@@Noobshire They split in two with one band being still based in the UK and called The Beat and the other based in the US and in a deal had equal right to the music but had to be called The English Beat to differentiate.

[@denisemeredith2436]

@@Noobshire In the UK The Beat were called The Beat but in the USA they were called The English Beat.

[@lindastevenson9717]

Ghost town is good but you really should listen to The Specials - Gangsters.

[@marietheresahughes2911]

Definitely 💚💜💙💛

[@pumpwellington6631]

Yes, Gangsters is the one.

[@jeromevoigt1668]

And "A Message To You Rudy".

[@nickystammers1317]

Gangsters is my favourite Specials song..brilliant

[@Klas13Klas13]

Oh yes - Gangsters!

[@timpindar]

This song was about the decline of a city... think Detroit, but in this case it’s Coventry 😄

[@fausty150]

Haha love it

[@highpath4776]

@@fausty150 Strangely Filmed around the City of London (London Wall & Bank) in many parts, probably early Sunday or Saturday Morning before anyone , if any, creep out and about normally !

[@gpkelly75]

Coventry, the Detroit of England

[@benabel7326]

And a lot of Coventry still hasn't recovered.

[@BardOfAndromeda]

Lived in Coventry for a few months in '92, a decade or so after this song. It was still pretty depressing then! :)

[@cici7333]

"A Message To You Rudy", please.

[@susannewitt6112]

1st supporter!

[@oakfront]

I third that, and also a must is Too much too young, i am from Coventry and i went to see The Specials live in the early 80's when they and a few other grouos stsrted the Two Tone movement. Brilliant!!!

[@etc7070]

I looove the Specials! "Ghost Town" is especially appropriate for these times O_O Check out "Message to You Rudy," it's a pretty iconic look as well.

[@CoffeeConnected]

I'd say most of their songs are still socially relevant today. Notwithstanding a few references and anachronisms here and there which will obviously be out of date.

[@surlechapeau]

J, this band was my intro to Ska. You'll like their livelier "Rat Race", "Nite Klub" and "A Message To You Rudy"

[@KaMui_AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs]

I always say that you people from the UK brought and still bring some splendid sounds in all different genres. Important for the ska scene, the breakbeat and rave scene, the punk scene and much much more. All the love from Germany/Berlin to you!

[@gpreactions3194]

Classic tune from the summer of 1981 about the disfunction of the UK. UB40's one in ten which was out at the same time also dealt with the social issues of that period. Both really powerful songs xx

[@highpath4776]

Probably asked on the main vid, but was this out before the Brixton and Toxeth Riots or just after ?

[@Diovanlestat]

@@highpath4776 Google says same year, but I think before. We weren't really angry yet.

[@gpreactions3194]

@@highpath4776 the Brixton riots occurred in April and Toxteth riots in July so sandwiched in between them was the Specials and UB40 with tracks relationship to the situation in the UK. You also had Stevie Wonder's gentle reminder of Martin Luther King and Hazel O'Connors IRA inspired Will you, The Jam's Funeral pyre, all in the same period. And then a couple of months later there was The Police with Invisible Sun. And yer, these songs were so well crafted that they could be enjoyed as great tunes, and you didn't necessarily have to engage with the lyrics on a deep level to appreciate them. And the strange thing about this year was that even though it was steeped in socially conscious songs, there was enough brightness in other great tracks to lend a balance to the music scene. We were in full flow with the New Romantic trend and sometimes the harsher reality gets, the more colour and escapism we need in life. The following year, 1982, felt like a lot lighter and colourful, but again even though essentially the UK was involved in a major military conflict, the music scene decided that the year was going to be one big colourful party. There were still politically angled songs but the battles of 1981 felt like a distant memory even though the issues still remained, and indeed we were reminded of these issues in the fantastically filmed The Boys From the Blackstuff.

[@willrichardson519]

Great heartlands midlands music scenes

[@johickey3158]

i was 9, so baggy trousers was more my thing at the time, but now, its specials for the win :)

[@nicolasmiley7181]

J💝Y you need to play “the selector” Pauline Black’s voice is so distinctive. The selector and the specials are from a city called Coventry 🇬🇧 they have a tiny museum about ska and two tone music, it’s run by volunteers 👏👏👏

[@susannewitt6112]

I strongly support this wish. Pauline is dope.

[@wencireone]

Hey your 'Missing Words' 👍

[@eclark3849]

Spot on

[@nickmc934]

review The Specials -Too Much Too Young

[@ninagray4441]

Live version way outstrips the studio one.

[@traceys5592]

What a tune. The Specials were the soundtrack to my youth.

[@Tom81196]

The Specials were one of the more important bands in the U.K.'s Ska movement of the late 70's as well as one of the founders of Rock Against Racism. Their label was called Two-Tone to reflect the racial diversity of their members and the songs were not only catchy as all hell but were politically forward. They're still one of my favorite bands even though the catalogue is fairly small and they broke up a long time ago.

[@alisonmlewis4825]

True, although most of the band are still touring as The Specials (with the exception of Jerry Dammers, the keyboard player who wrote most of their original songs).

[@sallycrane6317]

This song came out when the UK was going through a bad time.3 million people unemployed when I left school and lots of unhappy young. Bars and clubs closed down so the town's did feel like ghost towns.

[@glynarchie5765]

Just like now

[@alangould1465]

True but at least we didn't have the PC,liberal,snowflake woke mob like now making everything even worse? Or did we,just under a different guise-maybe we've always been stuck with them?

[@iamrol.]

@@glynarchie5765 nothing like now

[@WHNorthcote]

Don't you wish we had that time back. Police beating up black people for just being there. Youth getting smacked round the head for looking at a police officer. Scumbag councils and landlords. Strikes and inflation. DSS not caring how you lived as long as you did not challenge the Government or dressed in the wrong way. Social disorder. Riots. Far Right trying to take over the UK with lies and that "Rivers of Blood" speech. I sure do miss that time and the fear of nuclear war. Makes you wonder why I have anxiety now.

[@danewood2309]

@@alangould1465 we did it was the PC brigade

[@Diovanlestat]

This is my teenage years. If you play "One In Ten by UB40" I'll stick a trilby hat on your head, take you home and call you an English man They are copying what they heard around them, music from the Jamaican immigrants. We were lucky, we grew up multicultural. Black and White together, as family, dancing and playing. So they listened to Jamaican music and we listened to white rock glam and the like. They are talking about the British 1980 recession, when we were all poor and there were no jobs, everywhere began to shut down.. But the music was great. Play one in ten. We black people misunderstood and thought it was a lovers tune. lol

[@TayNStu]

The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom Desmond Decker - Israelites

[@memcm7213]

Stuart McCallum 94 great suggestions

[@surlechapeau]

In the US and Canada they were known as the English Beat. Good song!

[@macker33]

Bad manners.

[@Irene-lf4fr]

The Dualers do a great version of this aswell

[@Irene-lf4fr]

@@macker33 Lip up Fatty always gets me moving🤣

[@claireboddey3273]

This is my husband’s favourite song, it’s my ringtone when he calls me! You absolutely need to listen to more Specials, especially Free Nelson Mandela

[@wolfeflambe]

The Specials are local to me from Coventry. This track was recorded at my hometown of Leamington Spa.

[@fibrown444]

Terry Hall (the singer) is a genius. His other band, Fun Boy Three, have a good song called 'The lunatics have taken over the asylum'.

[@michellewilkins8206]

That came up on spotify when I was driving home from work today. Best song ever. 😊

[@AnUnseenRuler]

Also wrote Our Lips Are Sealed. Love his version over the Go-Gos

[@MisAnnThorpe]

@@dlmdee They've always been in control of the asylum.

[@hotlush]

@@AnUnseenRuler co-wrote it with Jane Wiedlin, both versions have their merits and quite interesting how they both made exactly the same song suit two quite different bands.

[@doctorbuzzard10]

@@AnUnseenRuler him and Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s wrote that song about the relationship they had when they toured together apparently

[@jamesrigby789]

This song reminds me of Father Ted when they had a raffle and they brought a DJ but he only brought that record and when Ted said please arise for the national anthem and then Ghost town plays, funny

[@numptyfreak]

I can't hear this song any more without thinking of Father Ted!

[@K1987-t5e]

Same. Craggy Islands national anthem

[@shanegooding4839]

Never seen that episode, but sounds hilarious. Will check it out, Thnx!

[@astralbluefish]

@@shanegooding4839 check it out, it's great and very funny.

[@pauloneill623]

“Please stand for your national anthem” lmao classic comedy

[@harrykearns4753]

Great to see you listening to the specials! Rat Race, too much too young and a message to you Rudy are all worth listening too!

[@sionhughes9090]

This song sums up what it was like to be young in eighties Britain.

[@gpkelly75]

For Ska look no further than Toots and the Maytals. The Specials cover some of their songs too. God rest the late Toots Hibbert.

[@la666e]

Oh yeah!

[@tonyfranchitto639]

The Specials ,Message to you Rudy , or The English Beat , Mirror in the Bathroom ,

[@StephenCurtis63]

1981 UK..... The Specials took on ska/reggae/and Punk influences which became known at the time as 2 Tone, which was a record label that featured them, along with a few others such as The Selecter. The Car they were driving in can still be found at the 2tone village museum in Coventry, England. Well worth a visit!

[@johnpatrickmcaleer7374]

This place is coming like a ghost town, sounds like parts of the uk at the moment🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mickyt7045]

It's a commentary on the recession in the 80s and your right it could be very applicable today thru the pandemic

[@gpreactions3194]

1981 was an amazing year for music but a bad year for poverty and unemployment, which sometimes is sadly a vital element for great music. I remember the riots in this year, but was too young to appreciate how poorly society had gotten.

[@highpath4776]

I was in Brixton the day before everything kicked off. A big disconnect between govt, the people and the police, yet all was quiet and normal yet you got the feeling the system had to crack somewhere.

[@MKR5210]

The 80s generally was the greatest decade for music ❤️

[@doctorbuzzard10]

Goosebumps every time. Greatest British number 1 in my lifetime

[@ArthurRChan]

Another vote for reacting to the English Beat: "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Twist and Crawl", and "Save It For Later", and great covers of "Tears of a Clown", and "Can't Get Used to Losing You."

[@patkelly3966]

This is the second wave of Ska which in UK at time was called Two Tone. Mainly because of the name of record label which sold most of it but also because Black and White came together through the music. Original Ska is of course, from your birthplace of Jamaica. Even Bob Marley and the Wailers started off as a Ska band. ( Original Ska approx 1959 - 1966, UK 2nd wave approx 1979 - 1982 ) Peace.

[@Chris-rl6zy]

Some Toots and the Maytals would be great if you want some more ska/reggae, especially since lead singer sadly passed away this week

[@stevemorris6855]

I grew up in the 60s, but I think this is the most iconic social comment song ever. Love the big old Vauxhall Cresta!

[@mollywoodcock5444]

this band was on a small label called 2 Tone, run from a 2 bedroom house in Coventry. They had early Madness, the Selecter, the Beat and others on it. This UK ska was also known as 2 tone :)

[@balloonfarm5903]

Madness “ one step beyond “ the whole album is great, man.😎✌🏽☮️🎸

[@rippog1]

for ska go back to madness "the prince"

[@odd-looking-dude]

Or further to Prince Buster’s “madness” . In fact, check out plenty Prince buster - you’ll recognise all the covers done in the 80”s. It’s all good shit, whichever era you hearing 😀

[@foxmulder8139]

There was a boom in the late 70's/early 80's UK of reggae and 2 tone ska based bands (UB40, The Police, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, Bad Manners) that came after the big wave of 70's punk music. Most clubs and the folks who were into the punk movement listened to mostly reggae and 2 tone ska music at the time. It's a cool lil rabbit hole to go down as there was some great music to come from that time.

[@TrapperJohn72]

Loved the Specials, but the best band of that era was the Jam. Give ‘Town called Malice’ a listen top tune. 🇬🇧

[@bertiew6771]

God like genius of Jerry Dammer's orchestration. Timeless.

[@juniper728]

This song is on my "pandemic" playlist

[@juliebowness3299]

Remember my first time going to the supermarket after isolating for weeks and the streets were so empty, this song was constantly in my head. Great song which seems to have taken on a new meaning lately. Gangsters next please J

[@rak8024]

My dad is in a band with Horace, the bass player from the Specials, they are from my home town of Coventry!

[@peterabbott3156]

I’m glad you like Our ska!. and ordinary people getting together!.. J. Keep up the good work!❤️😃👍

[@Msnando09]

This is the British cultural song of 1980’s Thatcher’s Britain. Mass unemployment for youth, closing down manufacturing.

[@hrhsparklessebaceoussnatch4928]

Stand down Margaret!!! The Beat 🕴

[@jazzx251]

When she died, there were street parties in Glasgow .. "Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead!" An awful woman ... the "Donald Trump" of the UK, causing and presiding over a disaster with mass casualties. And seemingly proud of it.

[@regfenster]

@@jazzx251 Where did you learn that? let me guess in a UK indoctrination facility known as a University. I lived through this period and Thatcher did to the trade unions what needed doing as they had more or less bought this country to its knees, never mind the fact they were deep in the Kremlin's pockets, you do realise that at one point prior to Thatcher this country almost ended up with a military dictatorship due to how bad things were becoming? but hey don't worry, no doubt your education focused more on feels than facts.

[@jazzx251]

@@regfenster no. I lived through it.

[@VictorKibalchich]

@@regfenster lol, I lived through this period too, I remember the unemployment, the riots, the racism, the state endorsed homophobia, as for military dictatorships, you on about Thatcher's mate Pinochet?

[@deirdremacnamara9885]

Very appropriate for what's happening now. I've been to Coventry several times. Great city. I have relatives there 🎶. The specials were great. Check out their other stuff. 🎵

[@michaeldunn5526]

British Ska music. Love the 80's, my teen years and what a scene in the UK when we were recovering from the plight the Labour government left the country in. Superb 👌

[@indigosharples3887]

It was the results of the thatcher government dear, utter misery. Mass unemployment, loss of all our industry, shutting the pits, taking school milk out of the mouths of our babies, people unable to pay their mortgages or bills, homelessness, and much more.

[@joe2tonepringle352]

I was brought up with punk / ska /Reggae brought a nation together ❤ SKA'D 4 LIFE

[@michaelgrabner8977]

Ghosttown is about how Margareth Thatcher´s "Anti - worker´s class policy" destroyed the jobs and lifes of many working class people and their cities became therefore more than less a kinda like "Ghostown" Nice that you find the way into british "2Tone Ska"..there are some very nice bands and tunes to listen to. By the way it´s the other way around because Reggea developed out of Ska..So Ska has no Reaggea elements - Reggea has Ska elements.

[@softshallow7435]

Thus is music video filmed in my hometown Coventry, England, U.K filmed by the band from the City of Coventry, England, U.K. they were from the twotone revolution or SKA bands of the 80’s. This was about the recession in u.k.

[@ally_bally6728]

Kinda song for today. Seems they were before their time. Really impressed you know about ska and really pleased to here you like our British groups. May be biased but I think we have some of the best music in the world.

[@LoveBaseballLove]

You're biased but you're also correct lol.

[@hellsbunniestv584]

I adore ska. Ska is people, living together and as such, sharing music, lives and just about everything. I think that today it could be seen as cultural preparation but only by people in isolated ethnicities. When you are living together, you are one people. Regardless of colour, race or creed. Ska is unity. :)

[@mandysmith1756]

The early 80s was a grim time economically and politically for a lot of people in the UK but we had some great music to get us through. It's even worse now - and where are the great songs to help us?

[@hsdsaunders]

Theres still lots of good music out now reflecting these crappy times, but not so much 2tone but British rap and DnB is where its at at the moment

[@leestockton9367]

Good music died at the end of the 80's

[@leob4403]

@@hsdsaunders british rap was better before aswell, The Streets for example

[@hsdsaunders]

@@leob4403 "in my day it were grand" 😂.

[@mattwhitcher]

Driving an Oxford, through London, pretending it's Coventry. Great track. And Coventry is my home city.

[@dantofthegenxfamily9529]

English Beat :Hands off she's mine, if you want to hear a song that will get you moving

[@Julia-ov7zy]

This song is very unusual and I really like it. Need to check few more from this band.

[@K1987-t5e]

This song always makes me think of Father Ted

[@simongill4715]

I remember when this was #1 in charts

[@jenwendy7]

I see folks already gave you the history. Talent was everywhere back in the day and ska bands were trying to do something new. Ska influenced Gwen Stefano btw. I'm so glad you appreciate this!

[@Sobig315-k7k]

An absolute classic!.. 🎶🕺🎶🕺🎶🕺🎶🕺🙌🙏👌

[@melaniesmith2917]

Ooh one pf my favourite songs EVER. From one of my fav bands ever I think this made #1. That two tone ska scene from the early 80s produced alot of good music. too young to go see them in concert tho

[@melaniesmith2917]

Oh and my (other)fav Specials song is Do Nothing.

[@nickbenke3306]

If ever a song represented 80's Britain - This.Was.It! Jerry Dammers was a Genius and wrote so many outstanding tracks! As well as This one 'Do Nothing' is my favourite.

[@derianjones1730]

Sounds like something Tarentino may put in one of his movies.

[@toffee2547]

Guy Richie used it in Snatch.

[@adrianmcgachie]

I love your balanced and fair reviews!! Makes me feel old though, ha ha! Loved it on release; I knew then it was special!

[@malcolmjcullen]

If you like this, you should listen to some Toots (RIP)

[@jamtalawah2231]

Or some Prince Buster "Madness", "One step beyond" or "Wash Wash' comes to mind.

[@highpath4776]

To go with this, try listening to the first episode on Radio 4 of The Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy, the same kind of backdrop, but with a different take on effectively (urban and mental) wastelands.

[@navin2112]

Glorious days of ska!

[@handsomestik]

this song was running through my head here in Reno when this pandemic thing hit

[@karendooks6244]

Ghost town is cos everything is shutting down due to recession in 1980s. It's very much a reflection of the times.

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

Welcome to Ska. There's also a terrific band out of Houston called Los Skarnales that gives a TexMex ska vibe.

[@richardw4336]

Would love to see you react to some reggae that was popular in the UK from around the time. Things like Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going , Janet Kay - Silly Games, Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs, You Don't Love Me - Dawn Penn - Greetings - Half Pint. I've a feeling you'd like them.

[@Diovanlestat]

Love him to do Silly Games, cause that's British reggae and very different from the classic tunes.

[@raymondcpl]

Some Steel Pulse, Aswad, etc

[@stevi-h7c]

One of the greatest bands to come out of the uk 👌

[@lindawinchcole9962]

This song is still relevant today 😟

[@briwire138]

Iconic song from the great recession of the early 80s in the UK. Factories closing daily, tens of thousands on the dole every day, myself included. Very apt now with the pandemic.

[@joolzessam1824]

This song was in the middle of a serious countrywide recession with very high unemployment.

[@rb7007]

At last, a reactor doing 2 tone/ska! 😄😎 My favourite from them is “A message to you Rudy”.

[@amyk9175]

Big Audio Dynamite - E= MC^2, pretty please

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

I have the 7" vinyl signed by 3 original members of The Specials!

[@juliedaly9897]

Was good to hear this again...... Love a song with a message. ❤️

[@se254eva]

Chooooon ❤️ South London 🇬🇧 Rotherhithe tunnel, Bermondsey early doors. Back in the day when Black and White were united, in all walks without the political, woke divisive nonsense of modern times 😩 We’re more divided now than we were back then!!!!!! Take us back please 🙏🏻

[@RinniePere]

The Specials!! 🏁

[@simonacres528]

listen to the extended version the trombone solo at the end is spine tingling

[@pidgewidge942]

Iconic two tone ska band

[@jonathanmelia]

There’s a longer version on the 12” version with an extended trumpet solo. It’s on Spotify...

[@alangriggs6355]

Another great London band from the eighties

[@pitmatix1457]

They're from Coventry

[@alangriggs6355]

@@pitmatix1457 never knew that 👍

[@robbie007]

Probably your thinking of Madness

[@fin1131]

From Coventry, home of SKA

[@alangriggs6355]

Not going to argue, great music and Coventry great city

[@sheikyebouti184]

The Specials were an awesome band. When they first appeared there was nothing else like them, and whilst their studio release were good, you couldn't beat them for pure live energy. If you can find live footage of them, checkout 'Do the Dog' 'Too much, Too young' 'Nite Klub' 'Monkey Man' and 'Gangsters'

[@yvetteadshead4212]

Message to you Rudy - please

[@chris-rfs]

The video was made in parts of derelict south London which has now been rebuilt and is a prime area for property.At the time of shooting the video a lot of London was in need of rebuilding and unemployment was very high.The music is very atmospheric and ghostly,hence the title.A lot of London was a ghost town back then.This track truly reflects what some of London was like back in the early 80s.

[@jaymcd8577]

It's eerie how relevant this song is again today

[@philfedora495]

They were driving through a part of London called the City of London, ironically its the richest part of London, if not Europe. Its always like that on a weekend though, thats why they were probably filming there.

[@samcan1]

Dam we grew up with some fine tunes. I miss those happy old days.

[@antonybrent6232]

Loved the reaction. More specials please bruv 👌👍👌👍

[@etherreal5347]

Love these guys! Ska was my favourite dance music. Check out the British beat's rough rider and mirror in the bathroom. Plus check out specials message to Rudy.

[@harveysmith100]

Ska in the UK started with the Specials and some other bands in the late seventies. In the Fifties and Sixties there was a huge wave of immigration from the Caribbean. The children of these immigrants and their white friends grew up listening to the old Ska music that came with the immigration. They then started making their own version of it with a bit of punk thrown in. If you want to listen to the music that influenced this sound, look up Trojan records and particularly the album "Monkey Business."

[@traceyreid4585]

The UK in the 1980's ...looking around today in the Uk, it seems like not much has changed - Sadly! Please check out 'The Lunatics have taken over the Asylum' great song to follow this one

[@Kurtbornie]

Love The Specials, love this song. Thanks for reacting to it.

[@sharongustafsson512]

Spot on. England in the 1980’s. Great song.

[@Stiglr]

Very interesting parallel between today's pandemic and the 1970s/80s Britain. Huh; I never thought of that.... British ska will always occupy a special place in my heart (and ear). Mek you fe lissen to some English Beat, like "Ranking Full Stop" "Mirror In the Bathroom" and "Stand Down Margaret"!!! Go deh!!!