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The Specials - Ghost Town (youtu.be)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Damn. Still sounds so great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This town

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is coming like a ghost town.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the B-Side, Why?

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=a8PoqDzQ5qs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's hard to overstate how much this track captured the zeitgeist of the moment. This was two years into Thatcher first term in office, when the whole country seemed to be crumbling, and though it was written before the race riots of 1981 it was released at the perfect moment to feel like a reflection of those tensions.

Also noteworthy is that the first B side, "Why?" was written about a racist attack that left the guitarist hospitalised.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Love this song. Takes me straight back to hanging around at Youth Club. Good times.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

no surprise that Duran Duran would cover this song. Such a baller.