first single release after split - as the special A K A - with Rhoda Daker
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@Equinox1.52 жыл бұрын
Incredible, powerful track in every way. Just a note: the artist on this video should be labelled 'Rhoda Dakar with The Special AKA', rather than 'Specials'. 'The Boiler' was written and performed by Rhoda and The Bodysnatchers a couple of years before this version with The Special AKA was recorded.
@RudeBlue2 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree. Please give credit to the correct artist & fix the title for this song! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@F_NerdShark Жыл бұрын
I’m really glad this song captivated such a serious event. It wasn’t romantasized or dramatized, just a story that very well could have happened. It shows this event from the perspective of the victim, something a lot of people don’t understand, and I really appreciate it, as someone who’s never gone through it myself, but is very close to several people who have. To anyone out there who has lived through this kind of situation, you are valid and I believe in you. It isn’t your fault and never will be. I know it doesn’t matter much, but just note that even if no one in your life has your back, I do. 💙
@sunny70299 Жыл бұрын
It's very powerful. I wonder if this track helped give Terry Hall the courage to write the equally harrowing Well Fancy That on Fun Boy Threes Waiting album the following year. Which also tells the story of a rape (the rape of a child by a trusted adult) in a straightforward and unflinching way also from the victims pov. While Rhoda was telling a story of what happened to a friend of hers, sadly Terry was singing about his own rape. No one was having these conversations in 1982 and 1983, two incredibly brave and powerful songs which show different ways victims can react. Terry laying frozen not being able to shout or scream just as disturbing as those piercing screams. I truly believe rape is the worst crime a person can commit.
@salmanedy Жыл бұрын
Oh, god. Listening to this song is like opening up an old wound. My goodness.
@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын
I've always described it as the grooviest nightmare you will ever hear.
@salmanedy Жыл бұрын
@@NormAppleton I went and listened to it on my brand new earphones and my fucking god, the nightmare is beyond palpable.
@johnclark4486 жыл бұрын
They had some bottle, releasing this track Still scary to this day The nice upbeat organ playing against the dark subject matter
@NormAppleton5 жыл бұрын
As I said to a friend I shared this with 25 years ago "it's the grooviest nightmare you will ever hear" When Napster was under pressure, I made sure this song was there.
@NormAppleton4 жыл бұрын
It was pretty much banned in the early mid 90's. Then came Napster. Recorded this from the 7 inch and uploaded it.
@twitchygiraffe46363 жыл бұрын
Love the Specials don’t like Dammers! The talent had left after Ghost Town and formed fun boy three in my opinion!!!!
@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын
Bit more than that "John"
@brigadierstjohnblaster-sum159910 жыл бұрын
This song was PROHIBITED from being released for some years in the 80s. It raises the issues which have not been portrayed or discussed that openly (during the previous decades) which was one of rape! It seems that NO RECORD LABEL was prepared to actually consider this for their concern. But Janet Street Porter produced & presented a yewf affairs programme about the R word. It was the first time that SHE presented this song, as something to illustrate HOW FAR the British Establishment was prepared to keep such matters under wraps. Sad really, on many counts, that it got released too long after it was first recorded!
@rjjcms16 жыл бұрын
It was released and actually got to number 35 in the charts in early 1982 despite being banned from radio play. Very brave of them to cover such a subject,and pulls no punches in its harrowing nature. She does it brilliantly and it's lost none of its impact.
@rockvilleraven4 жыл бұрын
@@rjjcms1 Milo of WHFS at 102.3 in Bethesda, MD played the instrumental track as his theme song. The last night the station was on the air in Bethesda, he played the vocal version instead.
@ellee37277 жыл бұрын
I was 13 when I bought this, it still has the same haunting effect on me now, horrible!
@rjjcms16 жыл бұрын
+Elle Worsfold I was 17 at the time and I bought it just to hear what the fuss was about because it was - hardly surprisingly - banned from the radio. It spent 2 weeks in the Top 40 in January/February 1982. Well made as it was,I've never played it since that year or not long after because the subject matter is so uncomfortable,especially the screams at the end which is horrible to hear. I'm about to play it for the first time since then; I knew for a while it was coming up as I'm on a gradual chronological trawl gradually through the popular music of my college days. By ridiculous contrast the next single on the list after it is The Lion Sleeps Tonight (!),followed by a long-forgotten minor Stevie Wonder hit,Haircut 100 and Pigbag just to underline the randomness of it; immediately before The Boiler it was Japan,Daryll Hall and John Oates,XTC's Senses Working Overtime (great to hear that one again for the first time in donkeys' years),Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark,Gillan,George Benson and Stiff Little Fingers.
@johnmorrison14485 жыл бұрын
WELL NOW YOUR FOURTEEN YOUR ALL GROWN UP
@johnmorrison14485 жыл бұрын
BY THE WAY IT WAS SO HAUNTING YOU THOUGHT I'LL LISTEN LOOK SEARCH COMMENT REPLY THINK AGAIN 😂
@johnmorrison14485 жыл бұрын
AS YOU ARE CHILDREN WHO'S PAYING YOUR BILL HOW ARE YOU ALLOWED HERE YOUR OMMENTS AND TIME IS TO LATE FOR CHILDREN SOFT KIDS I'M REPORTING YOUR SITE HOW YOUR MUM ALLOWS CHILDREN LIKE YOU LOOK COMMENT REPLY POLICE
@johnmorrison14485 жыл бұрын
THIS IS A MUSIC SITE FOR OVER 12S YOU SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED YOUR PARENTS ARE I'M REPORTING YOU
@spacenodule3 жыл бұрын
This is extraordinary. I’ve not heard this before. It’s a good record - maybe even a great one - but I never want to hear it again.
@chetknight30715 жыл бұрын
Such a brilliant track, from concept to writing, and arrangement to recording. I bought this single over 20 years ago, and I still can't listen to it all the way through!
@johnmorrison14485 жыл бұрын
LIAR
@renderizer012 ай бұрын
What's your feckin' problem, mate?
@RogTex3 жыл бұрын
So here we are in 2021 and after what happened in Clapham last night, I despair. How can this still be so relevant. WTF is wrong with our society?
@VIISASSUSI7 ай бұрын
This song opens old wounds.
@uziouttherari5 жыл бұрын
This is the most harrowing song ever created
@NormAppleton4 жыл бұрын
I always called it "the grooviest nightmare you will ever hear"
@twitchygiraffe46363 жыл бұрын
It’s not really a song more of narrative blow by blow account of a bad rape and one woman’s low self esteem about herself!!!!
@uziouttherari3 жыл бұрын
@@twitchygiraffe4636 alright chill
@homelesshannah502 жыл бұрын
No A Psychopath is
@salmanedy Жыл бұрын
Frankie Teardrop edges this song out slightly. But... can you imagine what would happen if Rhoda Dakar and Alan Vega joined in on a disturbing scream match? I wouldn't sleep again.
@michaelbutcher35635 ай бұрын
Track got into the lower reaches of the charts in early 1982, and was not played on the radio. Always wanted to hear it but never did
@agathokakologic48422 ай бұрын
This was my outro every time I djed in the 80s.
@elowenelo97674 жыл бұрын
Chilling but it’s the cold reality of what happens.
@NoliTange12 жыл бұрын
thank you for posting this. it must have been over 30 years since I last heard it.
@madcolor2 жыл бұрын
Rhoda Dakar. Don't forget it!
@kevingrant74862 жыл бұрын
Was actually credited as Rhoda with the Special AKA , without Rhoda this song is nothing.....
@1pilate8 жыл бұрын
if the scream's at 4.49 dont get you there is an issue!
@Mr1DanSmith8 жыл бұрын
+1pilate No man, you're wrong...the screams give people some terror in their inestimably ordinary lives.
@Death-Dott4 жыл бұрын
There's an issue...
@jennytaylor3324 Жыл бұрын
@@Death-Dott 😂
@PirateRadioArchive11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant ~ not heard it since 1989
@scruffyp94806 жыл бұрын
Fuck me that took a dark turn
@danielmiyahara3205 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who almost cries when her voice starts breaking up
@pobbinista4 жыл бұрын
No
@hermit62084 жыл бұрын
I'm good.
@NormAppleton3 жыл бұрын
I cry every time
@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын
You are not
@jasonmacdonald40489 жыл бұрын
Great tune, haven't heard this since...must be early 80's?... heavy... don't think I'll post it on FB just now... glad I found it again though
Thank you for sharing this, it has always been one of the most important 45s I have. Please, though, could you edit the info here? It should be credited to “Rhoda with The Special AKA.” Proper credits matter. Thank you!
@widbear37036 жыл бұрын
I often play this right until it goes very dark, as I just love the backing tune. I have only listened to it all the way through twice though, as it is just horribly disturbing (and it was meant to be).
@DingleDongDaddy6 жыл бұрын
There was an instrumental track on the flipside. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXTSgJ2hqLKjf7M
@widbear37035 жыл бұрын
@@DingleDongDaddy Cheers for that :)
@NormAppleton2 жыл бұрын
@@DingleDongDaddy No point of that. Take the song or don't
@javakidnyc12 жыл бұрын
@@NormAppleton fwiw the instrumental was the b-side of the original 7''. it's best listened to knowing that it's set against dark and violent subject matter because there is nothing "fun" about this song.
@bluecanary1note2 жыл бұрын
Scared the shit out of me when I first heard it.
@Estcentury Жыл бұрын
masterpiece of every era
@sijag6812 жыл бұрын
yonks since I heard this, meaningful lyrics, and a little scary. Shit like this still happens, when will we learn??
@stuartfraser6860 Жыл бұрын
LADIES SHOULD BE SAFELY ON THE STREETS
@WhereIsMySock034 жыл бұрын
Found this because of a thread about disturbing songs. I thought she was gonna kill him or something. Not this though... The PIT in my stomach at those screams, yikes.
@sijag6811 жыл бұрын
Great tune, with a message.
@michaelpickersgill566511 ай бұрын
It's harrowing. This song should be played to all schoolchildren. Maybe some of them will learn.
@patrickhicks98803 жыл бұрын
it's a brilliant song
@salvadorcasado64246 жыл бұрын
Dramática historia Magnífica interpretación de Chica y SPECIALSSS!!!
@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын
Bueno!
@patrickhicks98803 жыл бұрын
they don't even attempt to do anything edgy like this anymore
@NormAppleton4 жыл бұрын
Back in the Napster days...98,99 made damn sure this song was shared. I grinned whenever somebody downloaded it. It's so scary but so enlightening. Also, as I've described it...the grooviest nightmare you will ever hear.
@BLINDTUBEMARES9 жыл бұрын
Thatcher Thatcher, milk snatcher
@RF_Burns5 жыл бұрын
lol
@jellyintheattic73235 жыл бұрын
First time I ever heard this song... and probably the last time too. Not because it's bad, not at all, but because it's _too real_
@capitol79504 жыл бұрын
It's a harrowing listen that's for sure
@youngamericanferret4222 жыл бұрын
I remember I first heard this when I was about 7. We heard it in a cafe and the screams we heard I remember getting confused. I thought it was about a lorry and the lady was saying before the screams " oh no! It is a lorry! I hate lorries! But now I know what it is actually about.
@ultimatejigglypuff56754 ай бұрын
You heard this in a café what kind of fucking café are you going to bro?
@youngamericanferret4223 ай бұрын
@@ultimatejigglypuff5675 I couldn’t really remember now. It was very long ago.
@fannycraddock996 жыл бұрын
Still terrifying and always will be.
@jjdecani9 жыл бұрын
OH I AM SO TRIGGERED RIGHT NOW
@danielgoulding46232 жыл бұрын
been looking for this !!
@johnmcginty883012 жыл бұрын
had to play this quietly,so my parents and neighbours wouldn,t hear it. then i did play it loud, people about ..shit themselfs 80...
@stribs12 жыл бұрын
It's Rhoda Dakar and the Special AKA not just the Specials.
@TheArpomni2 Жыл бұрын
The arrangement and style of this is so much like Ian Durys Razzle in my Pocket, two totally different stories I know
@stevenmeakin97119 жыл бұрын
Class
@guidixest2 жыл бұрын
Pesada demais! É desconcertante porque você pensa em dançar ao ritmo do ska e não consegue por causa da letra chocante e reflexiva. Na época deve ter sido pior.
@jyminy23234 жыл бұрын
This is one rough listen
@blitzshriek9993 ай бұрын
This is sheer brilliance, and it's either a horrible venting that knows no equal or one hella amazing bit of psychodrama...😮😮 mayb a bit a both - however 35 years later the me-too movement was never stronger, and where was THIS kind of representation? Just curious
@dillongstaff56253 жыл бұрын
bizarre choice for a follow up to a Number 1 (Ghost Train).
@christopherfox75394 жыл бұрын
never heard this before. I like
@garycogan86842 жыл бұрын
Please credit this correctly. It is Rhoda Dakar with the Special AKA. Considering the content, it is especially tasteless to get this so wrong. Disturbing but amazing track.
@ash-fu9ml2 жыл бұрын
groovy 😃🧍♂️
@evanstj55 ай бұрын
How do I delete it from my playlist/?
@64214Jose4 жыл бұрын
Por fin la encuentro después de tropecientos años.
@Hanx10 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like I found one of the samples pulled by The Dust Brothers soundtrack for Fight Club (@ 0:13)
@wevans201210 жыл бұрын
tOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS TRACK. wICKED
@NormAppleton2 жыл бұрын
lIVKE RILLY FUCK FACE IT'S ABOUT YOU
@VespaT52 жыл бұрын
This is Rhoda Dakar with the Specials, not the Specials.
@carlosferrer25087 жыл бұрын
did you hear Phil Manzanera´s version? Great!!
@Kapricorn1 Жыл бұрын
First time ive heard this, this song is brutal, but those screams at the end..fuck
@StaffsTransport6 жыл бұрын
Rhoda ♡♡♥♡♥♡♡♡♡
@DuwangKaizer3 жыл бұрын
This song is Nightmare Fuel...
@newkdf032 жыл бұрын
This is Specials AKA with Rhoda Dakar, not the Specials.
@javakidnyc12 жыл бұрын
almost - it's Rhoda Dakar with The Specials AKA
@normalnorman412 жыл бұрын
It’s not The Specials it’s Rhoda Dakar With The Special AKA, please get it right
@chrischarla4242 жыл бұрын
This is Rhoda's song, not The Specials' song.
@garymichael74258 жыл бұрын
love her accent
@dazauto1400 Жыл бұрын
Yes a London accent.
@jacobjames11718 жыл бұрын
This is sad.
@darrionlewis1232 жыл бұрын
Here because they said Kendrick got his idea from them
@renitawilliams67592 жыл бұрын
Me too . This is my first time hearing it and I will never listen to it again and it’s a shame because the music is dope
@andylelliott659512 жыл бұрын
dont often hear this 1 as it was banned
@NoliTange12 жыл бұрын
yes..because it supposedly offended Mrs.Thatcher
@natashagerson28017 жыл бұрын
Yes because the police were wonderful and wouldn't allow that kind of thing to happen, besides, girl that went out with strange men deserved all they got for leading them on and the only guiltless rape victims were those that were raped by strangers in brought daylight while wearing a ski suit. Such was the attitude to date rape in the day. Rhoda was a really brave woman and this song led to discussion and disclosures
@widbear37035 жыл бұрын
Shows her priorities - the message about the absolute horror of rape is not one that can be overstated.
@homelesshannah502 жыл бұрын
@@natashagerson2801 Maybe not lead him on but she should have NEVER followed him then made it seem like she was interested after telling him no.
@akegan6 жыл бұрын
#metoo
@mikaelgarletti82106 жыл бұрын
hummm)
@neweightiesgirl59835 жыл бұрын
oh shit man im scared
@dazauto1400 Жыл бұрын
The Bodysnatchers original version from the 1980 Peel Session is far superior.
@DeepestCoconuts3 жыл бұрын
Velvet underground/shangrilas type
@funkirsty3 жыл бұрын
Is it just me who feels like this a piece of femist history (HERstory)?
@Ihiggins5 жыл бұрын
Fucking hell...
@capitol79505 жыл бұрын
Hard going to listen to
@MalcNedd624 жыл бұрын
This is a very uncomfortable listen.
@Death-Dott4 жыл бұрын
Then don't listem to it you pussy
@Death-Dott4 жыл бұрын
@@achintobe5410 I do have a problem. I have a problem called 'unless it's something happy my reactions are minor.' Some people were planning to gang rαpe me at a streetlight. Didn't really react. So yes. I do have a problem with emotions and reactions.
@achintobe54104 жыл бұрын
@@Death-Dott sorry to hear that. I just mean that it's ok that he found in uncomfortable
@Death-Dott4 жыл бұрын
@@achintobe5410 ye it is. I was just telling him to not listen to it if it made him uncomfortable. (though looking back I could've been less... I dunno... Rude, about it)
@BLINDTUBEMARES9 жыл бұрын
No one would rape Thatcher
@angusshield66484 жыл бұрын
H
@mr.aviation29995 жыл бұрын
bruh this is disturbing i get the subject matter but why make a song about it and play the acted sounds of a rape its just feels wrong...
@blitzkriegazteca6424 жыл бұрын
Its to shock you, as much as the real thing would, if you witnessed it.
@artmanxxx2 жыл бұрын
Def Rhoda with the Special AKA on the label and sleeve of my single.