I'm 53..was bang into 2 tone as a teenager...The Selecter are still one of the very best bands I've ever seen live.Pauline and Gaps still rock any venue..Missing Words..Too Much Pressure..as relevant in 2022 as it was in the early 80's...The best ska band bar none..and that is no disrespect to the wonderful Specials..both bands resonated with a council estate kid from Essex..
@CrybabyArtist Жыл бұрын
Hammersmith Odeon, saw them open for Ian Dury and the Blockheads, I yelled out "hit me with your rhythm stick... when everyone else was quietly waiting for the concert... differences between a concert in the USA and English scenes I guess... everyone looked at me like I was nuts and scowled and Dury even said something like.. Is this going to be an issue... I swear to GOD! I was like is this the royal Philharmonic here? I never felt so out of place...
@dazzyboy7416 жыл бұрын
Saw the Selecter live in 2004. They were excellent. Pauline said at the gig this was her favourite Selecter song.Remember drunkenly asking for her autograph and she told me to buy it on e-bay. Then she laughed and signed my flier. Great gig and my favourite band on the 80's
@MrDannyboy300112 жыл бұрын
Mate my daughter is 10 and shes a massive Ska and Two Tone Fan, brings a tear to my eye sniff!!! Proper skankin !!!!
@Enoch0014 жыл бұрын
She still into Ska?
@naomirose47914 жыл бұрын
Good man x
@MrJimbaloid3 жыл бұрын
That's a beautiful thing mate. My 14 yo daughter is into the smiths but also loves Elvis Costello.
@edwardcarloni63563 жыл бұрын
You raised her properly
@TheMusicianTom2 жыл бұрын
I was a young teenager when 2Tone broke. I loved the Selecter and the Specials and have never stopped loving their songs and the image. I liked Madness, the Beat and Bad Manners too, but not to this extent. Always wanted a fender bass like Charley’s. A few years ago I started a ska cover band and we were fortunate enough to play gigs at the Hootananny, including support slots to Pauline Black one night and Bad Manners another.
@Velvetstud6615 жыл бұрын
Pure class,SKA will never die.
@edwardcarloni63564 жыл бұрын
It's 2020 now and I have been into Selecter for 40+yrs . Still Great.😎📻🎷🎹🎸🎺🎤🎵
@s.e.wagger38883 жыл бұрын
1981 for me. Had never heard of Ska until someone played the "Dance Craze" album at a party (piss up). I'm in my 60's now and still singing along with all the tracks. Had it on vinyl, then cassette, then CD. It's now on my 'Puter as a WAV file. Cheers Brutha!!!
@edwardcarloni63563 жыл бұрын
@@s.e.wagger3888 You may have been listening to SKA Music long B4 you realize. Millie Smalls version of My Boy Lollipop '63 and Desmond Decker's Israelites. But I did get to see the movie Dance Craze in a theater at a midnight showing. When have you ever seen people dancing in the movie theater.? Over the years I have become friends with English Beat and Bad Manners. I'll fill you in if you want. The 2tone scene in NYC was great. Toasters, Urban Blight and so many others. I highly recommend a band out of the Boston area called Bim Skala Bim. I got lots of stories about SKA, even met the Satellites after seeing them in concert. Look for mixed SKA CD's, one I picked up is called SKA for SKA's sake, great mix. The O. C. Supertones are great too. So put on your dancing shoes and Lip Up Fatty!!!
@sistaflo84313 жыл бұрын
Big the Selecter! Love you
@markjlovelady4831 Жыл бұрын
Such a deep and moving song. Do we all read between the lines when we enjoy this masterpiece?
@barnowl0129214 жыл бұрын
An absolute classic! Love this song.
@paulfoskett151911 ай бұрын
63 years of age, still dancing to this music, the best ever, and what a beautiful woman, Pauline was....
@therealsoulproduct12 жыл бұрын
I remember being in high school in the late 90's and discovering the infectious sound of 2-Tone. My life changed after that.
@DD-ev2dt Жыл бұрын
The legend that is Pauline Black & SELECTER .... "Missing words" classic 😎✌️.
@petecernan14163 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe she is 67 just saw her on tv looks great!
@JP1971Hammer14 жыл бұрын
great tune back in the day, still listen to at least a couple times every week
@Digginbehindthedikes2 жыл бұрын
Awesome tune by an awesome band!!
@lupo014413 жыл бұрын
The greatest thing about Ska and Two Tone is the people like us! I'm 41 and I have a apprentice with me in work and his life has been transformed by my massive collection of awesome Two Tone music on the I Phone that I play through the stereo in the van.........He's like a kid in a sweet shop! lol
@Bjaminny12 жыл бұрын
Quality tune. LOVE The Selecter! Loved this era. I was only 7-8, big brother had the music. I listened to it over and over again.
@fourkneekate16 жыл бұрын
Bought the vinyl for well under a pound when first released,still got it,what a brilliant record a timeless classic.
@peterandrewsinclair14 жыл бұрын
I have had this on the car for the past two weeks! great in the sunshine with the windows down, yours truly, a child of the eighties!!
@66bgrs12 жыл бұрын
the drummer in this band is amazing!
@CarolDubiel6 ай бұрын
My favourite Selecter song, wish we could go back to the eighties, best decade❤
@omanmc4 жыл бұрын
I was there when it happened, On my radio truly rocked my world.
@wendybooth54243 жыл бұрын
Anyone heard of Leicestershire Lumpy and the ska beat. I was in a new relationship in 1999 with a Portuguese keyboardist who joined this couples new band, they might have been from Anstey. They were playing around UK. Think we're 5 altogether.
@chillmorte13 жыл бұрын
Best thing about ska and two-tone is that it doesn't age. My stepdad brought me up on ska so I'm a 23 year old girl begging for concert tickets every christmas for The Specials, The Selector, Madness, The Beat and Bad Manners. Last year I got The Specials. This year I got The Selector. Just one week to wait to see these guys! (again!)
Really and truly, one of the best songs of the 1980s.
@WelshIron6 жыл бұрын
Love The Selecter. Since the 80's when I first heard them and up till recently when they played live in my town. Ska'd for life, keep it up xx
@JJ_Marriott17 жыл бұрын
What a song, I saw these back in the mid 90's Amazing.
@guada7116 жыл бұрын
Great Raw Sound! this is giving me goose bumps and send me back in time! Pauline Black you legend.
@GreekCommander15 жыл бұрын
They dont make music like this anymore. Thats very sad. This song rocks.
@foremanjohn30907 жыл бұрын
I last saw bad manners live in 1982 I was 14 and hogmanay 2017 I'm seeing them again live 37 years have past I'm now 50 years old and can't wait
@mathias64ful12 жыл бұрын
Well...maybe the best ska-song forever.Classic.Brings back so much memories 1981....
@BlesamaSoul16 жыл бұрын
first single I ever bought, i have been taken back in time by listening to this, still got it superb band great times and still wish i kept my vespa!! thanks for sharing this vid!
@imreallyrotten10 жыл бұрын
Ah my Pauline crush way back then, a band that I feel was never given enough kudos as to how well they played that SKa
@linpo26854 жыл бұрын
Pauline was the deal! Fck gwen stefanie. Not even in the same galaxy.
@lawrencefeldman77442 жыл бұрын
Drop Dead Gorgeous! The song,band,and front woman! Pauline!!!!!
@imreallyrotten2 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencefeldman7744 When music was music.
@steamsearcher9 жыл бұрын
Pauline was in our year at the Poly and was at an early concert with the Specials. Lovely to revisit old memories!!! David.
@domoreilly34519 жыл бұрын
steamsearcher She used to come into Warwick Uni and watch the bands while I was there. She always seemed friendly and down to earth. Lovely indeed to revisit old memories.
@steamsearcher9 жыл бұрын
A lovely walk out from Coventry even to a strange building!! A friend as desperate as me called it a cattle market as you could look down on girls from above!!!!
@lookingatthemarkets6 жыл бұрын
Great and underappreciated band.
@joohop4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Video Bless Up Star
@francisgoodall12878 жыл бұрын
classy song from the great ska period xx
@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b13 жыл бұрын
Saw them in NYC (guessing 1979 maybe 1980 age 16) at a small venue around 42nd street. A nerd friend got the tickets, I had never heard them before, that was a great concert! I was at the stage looking up at Pauline rock out. Got to love chicks who can dance and rock! Too bad they didn't stay around long at the time. I doubt I'd like them now that they are old and I want to keep those youth memories alive. BTW great video at a time when most bands made crap vidoes! Thanks for sharing it with us.
@robertmcafee468011 жыл бұрын
13 seconds in and my head is nodding already, great times, great band , where are my tonics?
@zoewilding18456 жыл бұрын
Pauline Black, amazing...best two-tone band ever
@Greasebat10 жыл бұрын
OMG I Love this band... great style guide video too!
@jimthething16 жыл бұрын
Great song! Takes me back to the days of discos at the youth club: loafers, fred perry shirts and braces lol :)
@mrmouse76425 жыл бұрын
Happy days but hard times
@potatoehead6414 жыл бұрын
I had the great privilege of meeting Pauline Black last year, being a support band where she was playing. Really down to earth and friendly lady who commented on how cool my beard is!
@nwlman13 жыл бұрын
why dont you get great music like this anymore, and great bands, glad I was a teen when all this was happening, nowadays its all Simon Cowell acts and boybands, perhaps the late 70s/80s were the last era for proper music.
@wolvesboy6614 жыл бұрын
I saw Pauline last year in Brisbane. She looks better now than then and she rocked!
@66bgrs12 жыл бұрын
the drummer in this band was one of the best ever
@MINISTRYOFPIPS12 жыл бұрын
It's all about sharing the love. Well done, and keep banging the tunes out to the next generation.
@Enoch0014 жыл бұрын
I enjoy this song
@MTwain0014 жыл бұрын
So do I
@IONIESKYE16 жыл бұрын
I've been told they sound just as good live as they do here, now that's talent & a love 4 music 2 the fact they're still touring... WOW!!!
@steveaston51611 жыл бұрын
love grace jones, love the selecter, what a great idea my freind.
@wendy05076613 жыл бұрын
the selector were great i remember them back when i was in comprehenshive school between sept 79-may 82.great songs.
@ZEVAN987 жыл бұрын
Loved the Selector! Good memories! 💕
@petekelsall4299 Жыл бұрын
I met Pauline quite a few years ago, lovely woman, She never seems to have aged since the 1970’s, I asked if She would sign an album for Me, and She was more to happy too.
@robertbuchan92984 жыл бұрын
We danced and had our day in the sun that's something they can't take away from us RUDE BOY FOREVER
@jenniferaaparo10 жыл бұрын
Great memories!!
@kevingreene62kg12 жыл бұрын
You are so right MrSteviedan, I can see her in my minds eye performing this!
@maxiemark16 жыл бұрын
GR8 days, takes me back to good old west LONDON........
@BenNewton-c6z11 ай бұрын
If you are a fan of the Selecter - in 2024 - check out the band's performance live on Belgian TV from 1980 on KZbin. The band at its very best !
@mathias64ful14 жыл бұрын
love this song too! Brings back so much memories.....
@chapahOusefactOr15 жыл бұрын
nice uplOad .... goOd classic music !!!
@BarryAllenMagic14 жыл бұрын
Great comment Leah - and it's refreshing to see someone so young appreciates decent music and isn't allowing themselves to become brainwashed by the media into believing dross such as JLS, Bieber, etc. are muscially talented.
@jefferyvnelson7144 Жыл бұрын
I was wondering why I never saw this on MTV, then I realized it was an all black group with a token white guy and MTV didn't air black artist for its first few years. Great song!
@pikapal9174612 жыл бұрын
My first 2 tone CD was a Selecter one! I got into 2 tone in the late 90s.
@StarhillOlymp10 жыл бұрын
now this is some very cool music...
@poodlegal7014 жыл бұрын
this song comes from an era when music WAS music...great song....
@grantorourke6796 Жыл бұрын
Timeless style such great music !
@drewlawrence6965 жыл бұрын
Nice to see a line-up actually featuring Aitch on drums !
@mudfries14 жыл бұрын
saw them live and they were fucking fantastic, they had the place jumping. pauline sighned a flyer for me and i still have it, what a warm and decent human being she is.
@spicy6983816 жыл бұрын
Awesome tuneage. Takes me back to when I was 15 sitting at home on my PC because noone I knew was into Ska :( Much better now, that im sitting...Ohhh
@segsways53394 жыл бұрын
John Peel favourite, played often..👍
@CustomJ13 жыл бұрын
Saw them in Bedford a couple of months ago. They've still got it you know. Tight.
@ProbTron6 жыл бұрын
It is still amazing today :)
@dazzyboy7416 жыл бұрын
1979-1981 - 2-tone era. Best times ever!!
@flemwad15 жыл бұрын
I saw her not too long ago in concert. A guy in the audience shouted to her 'come on darling'. Without missing a beat she said 'Don't call me darling with ears like that.' He did look like a wingnut hahahahahahaha.. Yep and she still has it :)
@frank8769810 жыл бұрын
Super Ska raggae !! My memories of my summer school in London of 1990 ,I also discovered Fischer Z in those times .
@RishonaCampbell17 жыл бұрын
This is SO AWESOME! I can't believe I was 1 year old when this came out. :-P
@frankgoodall68856 жыл бұрын
Coventry the new city of culture...about time too...Tunnnnnnne....XX :)
@buckeyeboy511410 жыл бұрын
fantastic 80's mixed tape staple.
@andy19126614 жыл бұрын
you are right to look up to pauline she is very very bright and did fabulously and was much admired across the board in a time where men were still largely in power. as weel great voice great band.
@bluecheckeredhat16 жыл бұрын
I hadn't heard of this. Now I'll definitely have to pick it up. Thanks!
@annemariemarcais90744 жыл бұрын
best translastion in french! les mots me manquent! vive le Ska!
@tdotjazzberryram614 жыл бұрын
Jezzus, missing this in.2020, no original music really since 70s 80s, 90's Pushing on, 40+ yrs later hip hop/ rap is old, too old And destructive. Sorry, not sorry ! Love you Ms. Black & company. 🇯🇲
@treacle17 жыл бұрын
Loved it..still do.
@JohnnyLovely214 жыл бұрын
my favorite band along with the specials and madness
@pigyob16 жыл бұрын
1st album I bought,it's got a special place in my heart
@mikenichols39652 жыл бұрын
I forgot how good this one is!
@Praqsita17 жыл бұрын
iiiiiiiii love it!!! the selecter play the best SKA!
@DanniRudie13 жыл бұрын
reminds me of when I was a kid, so soo pleased I got brought up with this...keep it going! 2:23!!!
@picky39696 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday to Pauline! You rock! ❤️🌺✌🏻
@leeperryismerry16 жыл бұрын
Cool bassist, cool bass!
@tonyally85054 жыл бұрын
A classic Coventry song a big hello from Coventry band the eyes of Isabel
@Kevin-19694 жыл бұрын
Are you the diver
@tindrum16 жыл бұрын
neol is the coolest, and remains so, brilliant!!!!
@PabloEscobarsGhost9 ай бұрын
I love Pauline Blacks vocals, such a great singer
@paulselkirk23452 жыл бұрын
They are so good I love this song 🤩😊😎🤗
@robertmcafee468011 жыл бұрын
That's really funny, as soon as this song came on, I was tapping my feet then I saw your comment , I was really into Two Tone, I'm 45 now, it was a great label
@EvansSt8315 жыл бұрын
Wow, This song is really catchy! I like it!
@rupowell28212 жыл бұрын
What a song!! proper rude boy!!
@66bgrs11 жыл бұрын
the drummer in this band was on of the best ever
@smudgsmith12 жыл бұрын
Too much Pressure 1980 album get it ... its fantastic. I have seen the Selecter 6 times since 1980 and they are fantastic