Comments on: THE SPECIALS AND THE FIRST GREAT SKA REVIVAL http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: j-damn http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-368802 j-damn Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:50:35 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-368802 *If The Selecter are No Doubt, then The Specials were The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The highpoint of The Specials recording career was “Ghost Town”, a song about people not going out in Coventry anymore. Of course they weren’t going out anymore, all they were playing in the clubs was fucking Specials records. Oh - Coventry is like Detroit.* Oddly enough, the height of the MMBTs career was recording a cover version of "Detroit Rock City". I find it touching the way the devotees of the music you slam come in here screaming in all caps like a bunch of trained animals. *If The Selecter are No Doubt, then The Specials were The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The highpoint of The Specials recording career was “Ghost Town”, a song about people not going out in Coventry anymore. Of course they weren’t going out anymore, all they were playing in the clubs was fucking Specials records. Oh - Coventry is like Detroit.*

Oddly enough, the height of the MMBTs career was recording a cover version of “Detroit Rock City”.

I find it touching the way the devotees of the music you slam come in here screaming in all caps like a bunch of trained animals.

]]> By: Abingdon Pembroke http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-228688 Abingdon Pembroke Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:24:42 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-228688 yo dude you want balance go watch dancing on ice yo dude you want balance go watch dancing on ice

]]> By: Steve Kleenex http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-228670 Steve Kleenex Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:12:47 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-228670 Thats hardly a balanced article Tanya. You've presented a document that is biased, under researched and in my opinion childish. How old are you? 12! Lets remember that the Specials and other Two Tone bands not only had hit records in this country, but also started a very positive movement, that many people related to and gained a hell of a lot from. You're not talking about Milli Vanili here, you're talking about a band who made a great contribution to british music. There seems to be more than a trace of bitterness in the above article. Why is this? You make a lot of assumptions. You call Terry Hall an idiot, Buster Bloodvessel a thug and then state that the Specials did nothing for racial intergration in this country. This article is crap, you'll never pass your English GCSE like this Tanya. Whats more I feel that I've wasted part of my life, taking the time to read and reply to it... ___________________________________________________________ www.myspace.com/skaburlesque Thats hardly a balanced article Tanya. You’ve presented a document that is biased, under researched and in my opinion childish. How old are you? 12!

Lets remember that the Specials and other Two Tone bands not only had hit records in this country, but also started a very positive movement, that many people related to and gained a hell of a lot from. You’re not talking about Milli Vanili here, you’re talking about a band who made a great contribution to british music.

There seems to be more than a trace of bitterness in the above article. Why is this?

You make a lot of assumptions. You call Terry Hall an idiot, Buster Bloodvessel a thug and then state that the Specials did nothing for racial intergration in this country.

This article is crap, you’ll never pass your English GCSE like this Tanya. Whats more I feel that I’ve wasted part of my life, taking the time to read and reply to it…
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http://www.myspace.com/skaburlesque

]]> By: TOM VEAR http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-55208 TOM VEAR Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:46:25 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-55208 YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SKA MUSIC DO YOU? IF YOU WERE ABOUT IN THAT TIME, YOU DIDNT HAVE ANY FRIENDS AND STAYED AT HOME A LOT. YOU ARE A TOSSER. TANYA HEADON IS A TOSSER YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SKA MUSIC DO YOU? IF YOU WERE ABOUT IN THAT TIME, YOU DIDNT HAVE ANY FRIENDS AND STAYED AT HOME A LOT. YOU ARE A TOSSER.

TANYA HEADON IS A TOSSER

]]> By: TOM VEAR http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-55209 TOM VEAR Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:46:25 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2000/06/the-specials-and-the-first-great-ska-revival/#comment-55209 YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SKA MUSIC DO YOU? IF YOU WERE ABOUT IN THAT TIME, YOU DIDNT HAVE ANY FRIENDS AND STAYED AT HOME A LOT. YOU ARE A TOSSER. TANYA HEADON IS A TOSSER YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SKA MUSIC DO YOU? IF YOU WERE ABOUT IN THAT TIME, YOU DIDNT HAVE ANY FRIENDS AND STAYED AT HOME A LOT. YOU ARE A TOSSER.

TANYA HEADON IS A TOSSER

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