The Specials - Ghost Town Reaction

[@winnywin]

RIP Terry Hall. A legend.

[@paulbriggs5238]

His version of summer time was my all time favourite

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

This song sums up the early 80s in the UK. It sits glowering at us down the decades.

[@brooksysdead]

Seems like it's still relevant today in 2023 in North England and America 😔

[@richey4287]

Loved Ska and 2 tone music when growing up. The Specials were a 2 tone band with that genre named after their record label. I remember this track being No.1 in the UK charts in the 80s. It is pretty much a social commentary on what was going on back then with the growing wealth disparity and some towns just being left behind whilst others prospered. At the time, I just thought it was a cool song that reminded me of ghost trains and Halloween 😂 Too Much Too Young is another great track by The Specials.

[@ottodidakt3069]

they where also reacting to the violence brought by second generation skinheads (or boneheads to use a more correct term) that contrary to the orignal skinheads where racist and far more violent and would attack the dance floors, which had been mostly dispensing afro-american music for the last few decades (soul before the mods, then soul and RnB with mods, ska, reggae, 2 tone with the original skinheads, punks where heading in another direction musically but had crossovers, rockers .. well we al know the true roots of that music). All of these sub groups would fight back but not in an organised fashion so it was a mess for a while, and in fact had been already between mods and rockers so .... "too much fighting on the dance floors" and the inevitable consequences !

[@jacktar9567]

great song & sentiment.... prophetic too - seems like most towns in UK are becoming ghost towns... vape shops, tattoo parlours, poundshops, empty shops, too many rough sleepers, substance addiction..... etc etc....

[@cuchulainx3125]

This is the longer 12" version. The single, a No 1 hit in UK where they're from, skips the dubby trombone passages at the end. {Genius trombone player Rico Rodriguez R.I.P} For many Brits my age, it's also associated with widespread inner city youth rioting. Happy days

[@padresteve619]

Love the horn!

[@FredGarnett]

They are from Coventry, like Detroit a major car manufacturing city, Jaguar, Rover many more. It was flattened by German bombs in WW2 and car building declined after 1970.The Specials grew up when it wasn't a ghost town; then it was...

[@FryingScotsman-zc2zz]

One of the greatest songs of the 80's, as good now as it was then.

[@MegaRoyMac]

probably unfair to expect a review from across the pond without knowing the background to this song, brilliant song, great music and of course Mr Rico in the mix too

[@heathcornbeef]

Also when I saw THE SELECTOR Pauline Black was at the door doing merchandise and greeting her people as they arrived at the gig she signed my cd to my then first born baby boy.... TO BABY STRUMMER CLASH live long. My oldest son now almost 16 year's old is called Strummer Clash Palace

[@heathcornbeef]

R.I.P TERRY HALL 😥😭 thank you for your SKANKING GOOD BEATS and MEMORIES

[@petermizon4344]

THIS WAS WHEN WE HAD 4 MILLION UNEMPLOYED UNDER THATCHER, RUN DOWN CITIES ETC AND HERE WE ARE HEADING BACK THERE

[@hanierfamily]

yeah things are bad here too!

[@petermizon4344]

IM IN CANADA NOW FOR 3 MONTHS,

[@hanierfamily]

@@petermizon4344 how do you like it?

[@BrixtonTone]

Great stuff from a great band. along with The Beat (aka the English Beat) they were among my favourite bands of the early '80's.

[@stephenrobinson3681]

The song reflects the urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as the early 1980s riots that were occurring in British cities.

[@hanierfamily]

That kind of happened, to a lesser degree, in my hometown. The biggest labour force was wiped out when the local paper mill, and the kraft and groundwood mills they owned, were bought out by a Finnish company, and after a few years, was shut down. They only bought it because my hometown paper mill had contracts with some of the major American magazine distributors, and was killing their opportunity to distribute in North America. The population went from close to 30,000 to about 16,000 very quickly.

[@davidfaulds2960]

I was just about to post something saying the same thing, Britain back then was the pits,for most young people with no opportunities.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

In one sense, you had to have been in that place and time - I lived in Coventry a few years later and most of 2 tone was gone. In another, I suppose it's universal.

[@joshua.910]

Think of detroit, Coventry where this band is from was basically the British version of detroit, but has had money plowed into it in recent years.

[@MrGemmasteve]

Fantastic song it captures Britain in the early 80s it was released in 81 at the height of the inner city riots and high unemployment in Thatcher’s Britain but what a time to be young the Mod revival ska skin it was a great time I still ride my Lambretta to this day try listening to mirror in the bathroom by the beat

[@hanierfamily]

We know 'Mirror In The Bathroom' quite well. And it's a great song. Any other songs you would suggest from The Beat would be welcome.

[@MrGemmasteve]

Another to classic’s from the beat are tears of a clown or can’t get used to losing you a fantastic band the did some amazing work another band to look at is bad manners special brew

[@BrixtonTone]

@@hanierfamily try "Whine and Grine/Stand down Margaret" aimed at then then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

[@stevensprunger3422]

Oh yes mirror in the bathroom they gotta listen to that‼️‼️

[@hanierfamily]

@@stevensprunger3422 We know it. Whenever we do a review of a song it gets little attention. Maybe it's the way we do it. I'd review it if I could figure out a good format.

[@johnnyW1966]

A really great track from The Specials, for you to react to is "Too Much, Too Young". Well worth a listen, you'll love it.

[@garyschill7923]

I agree!!!

[@leslieturner8276]

I agree a classic track

[@sherbert500]

the proper version though!

[@damianreid2452]

Coventry lads. This song pretty much summed up inner city decay nation wide in Margaret Thatcher's Britain of the early eighties.

[@MrMassivefavour]

This was UK 2 tone. despite the quirky nature of the song, it was a very important piece of social commentary written during Thatchers 80s where communities were shut down and the working class were smashed and encouraged to fight each other. Rough, Rough time in the UK

[@nicensleazy1892]

track which still very much rings true in the UK.

[@karmannghiaman1041]

If you like your music political, you can't go wrong with very early UB40. One In Ten tells of life in Thatcher's Britain (Reagan's USA) with youth unemployment. Also, pretty unique is Billy Bragg, his Between the Wars ep is excellent with New England the most well known track (later covered by Kirstie MacCall).

[@freddyagain3843]

I guess you have to listen to the underrated and underestimated "Crass - Bloody Revolutions" or "Poison Girls - Dirty Work"

[@bryanforis1839]

Great music one best of all time great live music

[@marknewby9470]

the song is about mass unemployment with all the factories steel plants and car factories closed down under a right wing government who believes in capitalism also about the riots that took place in many inner cities in 1981

[@snuffcore9686]

One of the best riffs ever written. Sooo good. 😀

[@heathcornbeef]

Kia ora Snuffcore9 here here i second you on that statement love it. I'M SO BLOODY SAD ABOUT TERRY HALL'S DEATH BUMMED OUT BIG TIME ANOTHER GREAT VOICE GONE 😢😥😭

[@MrJonathanwant1972]

I love this song the trombone player was a man called Rico Rodriguez probably one of the greatest trombone players who ever lived

[@jamesrowe3606]

Yes indeed. Rico's album Man From Wareika is still one of my all time favourite records.

[@MrJonathanwant1972]

@@jamesrowe3606 that's a great album my favourite tack is the first This day dub my favourite Rico album is jamo Rico it was the first solo album I got from him I bought it around 1988 and love just as much now as I did then

[@jamesrowe3606]

@@MrJonathanwant1972 I never thought for a minute that one of my favourite musicians would be a trombone player, but Rico's licks were impeccable.

[@markhoward2811]

I actually learned to play Trombone after seeing him play live. I've loved the instrument since I was a young boy. I even had the same King model as him for quite a while and played in some SKA bands.

[@kevinmulligan9055]

Glad you played the extended version I ain't heard in in a long time.

[@tonyrantnrave6854]

About time too I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU! (see how it's all in CAPS) hope you found it interesting?

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

Always loved this one.

[@robertwands9185]

Oh in case you don,t recall Bryan Ferry is the lead for Roxy Music Celebrating thier 50 th anniversarry with a tour thru the states that I will be at in Austin Tx sept 21

[@aicy5020]

You two are very knowledgable and you love your music . Good for you

[@BattleMatt]

I live near Coventry, it hasn't changed much since The Specials were singing about it.

[@hanierfamily]

Really? You'd think, after all these years, that there'd be some sort of improvement.

[@paulbriggs5238]

It was the eighties, mass unemployment and everything was closed

[@kibadanghi]

This is the extended version, in which you can hear Rico Rodríguez's majestic trombone solo

[@andrewheale4738]

The horns of Rico Rodriguez just blows you away.

[@paulockenden4278]

This song and Town Called Malice by the Jam pretty much sum up early 80s austerity Britain

[@philproffitt8363]

Memories!! This was the 2nd 7" vinyl single I ever bought...but I never heard this extended mix. Awesome. A great eclectic channel you have. To continue the vibe, with trip-hop rather than ska, may I suggest 'All Mine' by Portishead. Audio only...don't be distracted by the MV. Enjoy the superb bunny-boiler vocal :-)

[@martinbobfrank]

Damn, that brought so many memories back! Thank you.

[@007JHS]

This song is a comment on Thatcher's Britain... she destroyed industries, created mass unemployment, was going to let Liiverpool rot into oblivion on the banks of the Mersey...Oh! And she even stole milk from kids at school. Still resonates and the Thatcherite Tories are stillat at it.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

The Specials (known as The Special A.K.A. in their early days) were part of the revival of the 'Mod' movement from the late '70s through to the mid '80s, in the UK, there were a lot of Ska and Two Tone groups around that time, The Specials were one of the earlier ones to make a breakthrough, as 'The Special a.k.a.' with their track 'Gangsters', which borrowed heavily from 'Prince Buster - Al Capone' an original Ska track.

[@declanpower1810]

It wasn't a mod revival,it was a ska revival, bands like the specials, madness, the beat plus others were playing the same type of music,mod music is different even though they like ska also

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@declanpower1810 I'm sorry but you're wrong, it was a Mod revival kicked off by the film 'Quadrophenia' by 'The Who' in 1979 which was about a gang of Mods, I was 19 in 1979 in the UK where it started so, I lived through it, yes, the Ska thing was happening at the same time and had a strong presence, but that didn't influence the fashion, scooters, etc, then the two things did blur into one thing after a while but it was the Mod revival which started. Here is the evidence: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_revival#:~:text=The%20mod%20revival%20was%20a,its%20influence%20lasted%20for%20decades.

[@declanpower1810]

@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. no it's not,go look again,ska were rude boys, not mods,mods music is a complete different seen,

[@declanpower1810]

Matter of fact, the jam were originally a punk band, so go and get your facts right about your mod scene

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@declanpower1810 Yes, I know about the difference between Ska, Rude boys and Mod music, as I'm a DJ and have been since the '70s, but you said that it was a Ska revival not a Mod one, but it was a Mod one, I produced a link to explain it to you, as well. The fact that Ska music was popular at the time isn't the issue, again you said it wasn't a Mod revival but it was as you can see if you read the information in the link. The Two Tone movement was kicked off by the Mod revival and incorporated Ska music in it, that why you had new bands with Ska type music forming under that movement and label, otherwise why did people dress in the Modernist style, ride scooters, etc, if it was just Ska? I haven't denied that there Ska music became popular again around that time. All you have to do is read the article that I gave you the link for and it explains what was happening.

[@daves3893]

Great song about my home town of Coventry.

[@seandoyle2983]

This song is timeless.

[@heathcornbeef]

That's the thing with great music it stand's the test of time trend's come and go But great music will always find a new audience to keep it's beat beating r i.p Terry Hall. TOOTS. Joe Strummer. Polystyrene. Pete Shelly Chris Cornell Bradley Nowell David Bowie Lux Interior Lou Reed and it just goes on and on STOP IT NO MORE DIEING..... PLEASE 🙏

[@EllakGr]

@@heathcornbeef Exactly my thoughts too. Hard times but their spirit lives on in their music 🙏

[@heathcornbeef]

@@EllakGr yip it lives on but i want to see JOE STRUMMER LIVE IN CONCERT AGAIN

[@MrUndersolo]

Still a masterpiece!

[@kadiummusic]

Oh no.... found your channel in the niddle night and now it's morning! Damn you! 😎

[@hanierfamily]

Well, we hope you had fun, at least.

[@ventule]

This plays at the start of Shaun of the Dead. That movie has a lot of good music.

[@hanierfamily]

I (Chris) never actually watched that movie. I never did like anything about zombies. I don't know why.

[@ventule]

@@hanierfamily Shaun of the Dead is like 20% zombie movie 70% comedy and 10%Love story. 10/10 recommend.

[@hanierfamily]

@@ventule I figured as much. I'll have to sit down one night and watch.

[@davidwaite9122]

Absolute masterpiece.

[@tonyfordgolf9438]

Mirror in the Bathroom, by the Beat another great English ska band!

[@hanierfamily]

We know that one quite well. If you have a suggestion we haven't done yet on the channel, we'd love to check it out. The Beat are great!

[@tonyfordgolf9438]

@@hanierfamily Thanks for the reply! Love ur Channel! Here's one you may have missed, Sunday Papers by the king of White Reggae Joe Jackson, an English guy was big in the UK late 70s early 80s. Off the Album Look Sharp.

[@theekatatonixplanet2343]

I love this band and song

[@TimothySmiths]

My Favorite song by the Specials ..great early 80's ska

[@robertwands9185]

Haniers I have a special poetic Bryan Ferry song that is of his romantic nature It is off his solo album "In Your Mind" and the title track "In Your Mind " Is the song Turn the lites down low lites the candles for this one.

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

Always loved this song, but in the early days of Covid, it took on a whole new depth. On your Ska dive, there's a regional band in Houston called, Los Skarnales, that is worth a listen - "Bomba 48," "Una y Otra Vez," "Mariquita"...

[@Pstephen]

That episode of Father Ted where they have a disco to raise funds and the 7" version of this is the only record the DJ has brought...

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

I have the 7" vinyl sleeve of this signed by 3 original members of The Specials! Roddy Radiation, Neville Staple and Horace Panter. Hopefully getting the founders Jerry Dammers next. - C

[@mradriankool]

It was too good for many of us when it was released. I liked it, but was a kid living in a seaside town in the uk. We had no idea about urban city decay of the 80’s

[@sirslice7531]

I remember, back in the day, when London was going through all this. ABC's 20/20 did a story on London's racial problems and the played "Ghost Town" and how it described the situation. In my opinion, that extended LP had great songs on the flip side... including , "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" which includes the line, " I wish I had lipstick on my chin, instead of piss stains on my shoe."

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Saw 'em twice,these were the political punks of ska! ♥️🇬🇧♥️🇬🇧♥️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@alanstrom2221]

I recommend that people listen to "The Boiler" by Rhoda Dakar & The Specials. It's about a woman who knows she's not much to look at, she calls herself an old Boiler several times during the song. Rhoda describes how a man chats her up, buys her new clothes and takes her to a Nightclub. He insists that she stay the night at his place, she resists, then gives in to his demands, he then drags her along at a brutal pace up a lane way. It's then that Rhoda Dakar gives one of the more convincing vocal performances in music history. If there was an award category, then she would win it. She paints a picture that I don't want to visualise

[@paulhorgan6152]

Coventry was in the 80s was a deprived County love the Specials love ❤❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😊😊😊

[@KevinPugh-bk1bv]

Coventry UK 1979, the whole economy had collapsed . . . The centre of the city was empty after 6pm . . . A ghost town is 2 tone, a style of music.

[@TheeHitch]

Great track, the riff is based on the Prince Buster track Seven Wonders of the World from ‘67

[@mikefiftynine]

Love the Ant-Man t-shirt. Long live Kirby!

[@geoffwright3692]

It's really a wider view of the social problems that were affecting the UK back in the late 70's and early 80's. When they speak about "people getting angry", it would have been reference to the racial tensions, high unemployment and poverty,

[@paulharrison8379]

The video for this song is very good and helps to explain the song.

[@heathcornbeef]

Kia ora (hello) from Aotearoa new zealand. Hay I've seen THE SPECIALS twice here in Aotearoa the last time they played here when the intro for GHOST TOWN STARTED thousands of people turned to each other with the BIGGEST SHIT EATING GRINS IT WAS AWESOME. THAT OFF BEAT GOES INTO YOUR EARS AND STRAIGHT TO YOUR FEET SKANKING HAPPY FEET. I'VE SEEN THE BEAT twice THE SELECTOR THE SKATALITES STRANGER COLE BAD MANNERS THE AGGROLITES THAT'S ALL THE INTERNATIONAL SKA BAND'S and dozens of Kiwi Aotearoa new zealand ska band's MY FAVOURITE FLAVOUR IS PUNKROCK then SKA and REGGAE

[@innercircle341]

You appear to be doing the music of my young adulthood

[@wearmouth3770]

Watching all the "raction" videos, the way in those days was to protest through songs. It hard with all of us as we had nothing, no aspirations, no jobs, just music

[@skadforlife3817]

Ska'd for life ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️🕴

[@antscott4922]

Here we go again! Feel sorry for the new mob, at least we were free, and able to skank around without being watched while we danced to these radical tunes.........Natty!

[@delorangeade]

There aren't many songs as evocative of their times as this one. It's inextricable from the lived experience of many of us watching our towns and cities being devastated by the ripping out of traditional industries, and the growth in unemployment, a sense of hopelessness and anger.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

The Specials were centered on Coventry 🇬🇧 bombed in WW2 and it was a car making town in collapse at this time.. despite its long engineering history.. Joke was at the time if you went out in Coventry youd be searched for weapons... and if you didnt have one they wouldnt let you in... Not guns BTW.😉 Brilliant track...

[@delorangeade]

@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 I live on the other side of the West Midlands, and when this was released I was just about to leave school and destined for the dole. The town I grew up in never really recovered.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@delorangeade Blackcountry rock could be my theme tune ...lol. Friends from Cov. The one city where a Moonlight Sonata isnt a piece of Music...the German Code name for the bombing operation on the old City.😬 Like Plymouth what the Luftwaffe missed the post war Town planners and Car companies finished...

[@delorangeade]

@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 I've seen the the burned out church in Plymouth, that and the bus station, which is all I've ever seen of Coventry. It didn't really inspire me to get out and explore. Darlaston, where my parents came from, also had its church bombed in WW2. Seems to be a common theme here.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@delorangeade Coventry's grown and been cleaned up a lot from then ...its still got a few problems and theyve messed with the road system again which isnt popular .. Plymouth has also finally reached a finished state but the old Sutton fishing Harbour is now locked off and is a Marina. As is a large part of what used to be the old Admiralty docks and stores. ⛵

[@Bearfacecat]

It's about Coventry

[@raineramelung7380]

I love old and New Ska.. Try to check some german stuff "Broilers - harter Weg"(ska/punk,, about broken dreams)..

[@Welshwolf62]

this song is all about the thatcherite movement.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Milk snatcher! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@nickgrazier3373]

The UK has been through huge changes in the roots of music, this was two tone, this rode with Ska as the themes at that time, the 80’s. Margaret Thatcher was the boss lady of the UK and her upheaval of the all powerful unions fighting for the coal mines, trying to change the urban sprawl of dark and dingy to bright and happy modern UK didn’t please a lot of people, it’s reflected in a lot of this genre of music.

[@petermizon4344]

TRY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BY PRINCE BUSTER, BIT NAUGHTY BUT GOOD DRIVING BEAT

[@heathcornbeef]

TONY RANT AND RAVE Kia ora hello my fellow RANTER hay I've got one of the highest RPMs in the world RANT'S PER MINUTE 👍✌️😜 . Hay brother this song live when the intro started the gig changed up a gear thousands of people turned to each other with the biggest shit eating grin's and it was on SKANKING FEET HAPPY EAR'S HAPPY PEOPLE AWESOME BLOODY AWESOME 👍

[@angelachicken4141]

Went to live in Coventry area in 1980. The place had been really messed up by the end of certain industries and Tory policies. Heartbreaking.

[@AndysEastCoastAdventures]

The whole Midlands and the north in general were in decay after the closures of the pits, mines and other major industries. Britain was in a bit of a mess in general but anything north of the Watford gap copped it the worse.

[@hanierfamily]

History and politics drives a lot of music. We like to talk about what bothers us.

[@jeffreyscissorhandz]

i know this song because of the Prodigy cover. for sure check it out

[@davidchalk8883]

It's a social comment song same as UB40s "one in ten"

[@kevhanson1262]

Try" Rat race" by the specials and the video gets you thinking about about life after school

[@hanierfamily]

We did that one already :)

[@davidblack6290]

Terry hall very good song writer

[@Purewalite]

The extended version is so much better and I haven't seen a reaction of it.

[@hanierfamily]

This one was over 6 minutes. How long is the extended?

[@Purewalite]

@@hanierfamily no, you played the extended version, which nobody else has done before 👍. I should have worded that better initially.

[@glastonbury4304]

Love SKA!!!!

[@johnparker4826]

Have a listen to Fun Boy Three, Terry and two of the boys reformed. Try "The lunatics have taken over the asylum" it gets stuck in your head.

[@stevensprunger3422]

Beautiful couple you are a beautiful Be certain listen to MADDNESs… Madness they call it madness we call it gladness…

[@brendonmcqueen3593]

Review 'Start -The Jam' best song by them ever!

[@ronaldmilner8932]

I like your channel and your reactions. Please react to Blondie's song "Sunday Girl"! Your subs will love it!

[@Johonnac]

I love the video for Union City Blues!!!

[@Geezy5018]

Stan walker - ultralight beam cover - new zealands best singer wont dissapoint🙏🏼

[@marksandsmith6778]

She knows ska 😲

[@markthomasjones9520]

Another group I've seen live tbh they are great live but for me THE JAM are the best I've seen live 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@stevemoppett2759]

Whatever you do, don' t buy a ticket for the raffle; you'll never win that Escort.

[@josephhunt1620]

👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻

[@colingregory7464]

Not ska, but have you listened to any Bob Marley some real classics like I Shot The Sheriff (reggae)

[@hanierfamily]

We know most of the hits. Cynthia went to a predominantly Jamaican secondary school in Brampton, so she's experienced Bob Marley. I'm not as well versed, because of where I was raised.

[@twitswim1173]

please do Soda Stereo, the best rock band in the history of Latin American, song "la Ciudad de la Furia", they were from Argentine, a massive latin fan will show ha ha,

[@unitedmad9580]

Great ska band. But you need to check out the better ska band: The Beat. They’re so good. Check out their song “Mirror In The Bathroom”.

[@hanierfamily]

We know and love that song

[@unitedmad9580]

@@hanierfamily Good to hear. You any more familiar with that band? If not, I’d recommend the song “Save It For Later”.

[@robertwands9185]

guys what do you need Ii undrstand you have issues Iii may be able to help

[@billbollins]

You mean the Irish national anthem...

[@krs181067]

If you’re doing requests. Try fun boy 3, our lips are sealed. 3 members of the specials are in this band. The go gos did a version, not as good in my opinion.

[@hanierfamily]

But, isn't it their song? 🙂

[@krs181067]

Wieldin(go gos) and hall(specials) co wrote it. Both had hits, but fun boy 3 is better.

[@hanierfamily]

I'll have to check it out.

[@krs181067]

Other tips. Gary Numan-are friends electric, Joy Division-love will tear us apart, talk talk-living in another world, Japan-quiet life, wonderstuff-its yer money I’m after…and more if you’re interested in uk stuff

[@billlane755]

You really need the video that went with the song to properly appreciate it in all honesty

[@amxen1]

wtf so watching ppl listening to music is a thing . what has this world come to

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Americans waking up.to Ska

[@hanierfamily]

Canadian, thank you. :) We've known of Ska. But it was just before our teen years. You know how teens are, only hearing what's current. It missed us by about 2 years. But, we did know of it.

[@markhamer7220]

Please do a wedding present react. Octopussy or dalliance.

[@Edward1312]

You sound like Canadians to me!

[@hanierfamily]

And we feel Canadian too.

[@Edward1312]

@@hanierfamily Do you want Canada to keep the Monarchy?