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1 posted on 07/01/2022 3:58:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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And it’s behind a pay wall, so why did you bother?

In any event, here’s the song they talk about.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4


2 posted on 07/01/2022 4:03:05 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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Great song. Great band. I grew up in the UK. This song, along some of their others, detail the problems at the time...UK is a pretty violent culture.


3 posted on 07/01/2022 4:03:15 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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Specials - Ghost Town
4 posted on 07/01/2022 4:03:24 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,407,000 active users on Truth Social)
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because ska was great


6 posted on 07/01/2022 4:06:51 PM PDT by mylife (when Jesus Christ superstar was crucified the Beatles were still making noise....)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOJSM46nWwo


8 posted on 07/01/2022 4:08:51 PM PDT by mylife (when Jesus Christ superstar was crucified the Beatles were still making noise....)
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Never heard it before. Listened to the song. Confirmed I wasn’t missing anything.


10 posted on 07/01/2022 4:22:28 PM PDT by ETCM
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The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
11 posted on 07/01/2022 4:37:27 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Original message to you Rudy by Dandy Livingstone.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7BwNgQ51hSI


12 posted on 07/01/2022 4:42:11 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

I liked that. Silly and fun.


15 posted on 07/01/2022 4:55:33 PM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: nickcarraway
Best Specials song, IMHO:

YouTube-Gangsters by The Specials
20 posted on 07/01/2022 5:14:48 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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The first Ska song to hit #1. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - “Israelites”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxtfdH3-TQ4&ab_channel=TrojanRecordsOfficial


22 posted on 07/01/2022 5:23:03 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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What an anachronism, back when white and black folks got along and shared a common economic misery... Maybe making a comeback (the misery)...


23 posted on 07/01/2022 5:35:02 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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Thank you everyone who posted songs from YouTube.

Here’s a Ska song that’s been on my playlist for decades:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zeU8Hlk3970

William Shatner by The Scofflaws


27 posted on 07/01/2022 8:13:55 PM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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