Mastodawn

Digits Dec 20, 2022

Eric K Dec 19, 2022

Some records really do change your life when you hear them, and this was one for me. That voice with that groove was unlike anything that came before, and is still truly unique.
When The Specials reformed I got to see a band that I'd loved when I was way too young to get into gigs, and finally be able to dance to their truly awesome songbook. I don't think I've ever been happier in a gig crowd, singing along to every word, memorised years before.
#RIP #TerryHall #music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is6P7IU7cMI

Gangsters - The Specials - TOTP 30.8.79

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Digits Dec 20, 2022

joe mcalinden Dec 20, 2022

I feel compelled to hear him laugh. Makes me smile… every time.
Now is as good a time as any.
God bless you Terry Hall x
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zL6uvdPskiY&feature=share
#music #hero #terryhall

The Colour Field "Little Things"

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Digits Dec 20, 2022

Jyoti Mishra Dec 20, 2022

The first time I ever saw The Specials on telly - #TOTP 1979.

They blew my 12yo mind. Tbh, they still do.

https://youtu.be/uWv4LyvrXC8

#TerryHall #TheSpecials #Gangsters #TwoTone #Ska #Coventry

The Specials - Gangsters - TOTP - 1979

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Digits Dec 20, 2022

Joy Press Dec 20, 2022

RIP Terry Hall of the Specials & Fun Boy 3, gone much too young.
I once interviewed Terry Hall when he was in Colour Field as part of a college media round table. He quickly lost patience w/ half-assed college kids’ questions & just began sarcastically skewering them. It was so perfectly Terry Hall, I wanted to hug him https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/19/terry-hall-lead-singer-of-the-specials-dies-aged-63

Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

The Guardian

Digits Dec 20, 2022

Defiance!Dec 20, 2022

Terry, Blair & Anouchka

Formed shortly after the dissolution of Terry's previous musical project the Colourfield.

All three members shared a love for '60s pop, as well as kitschy mainstream pop, as evidenced on the trio's cover of Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouu01Hm9wdM

Terry, Blair & Anouchka - Love Will Keep Us Together (1989) (Audio)

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Digits Dec 20, 2022

Steady State Sounds (Brian)Dec 20, 2022

#TerryHall also featured a barely pre-fame #SinéadOConnor as lead vocalist on The Colourfield B-side "Monkey In Winter"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e18v76yWt8

Sinead O'Connor & Colourfield - Monkey In Winter

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Digits Dec 20, 2022

soulshenanigans Dec 19, 2022

Aw feic! Rest well Terry Hall! Thanks for being! Thinking of you always! https://youtu.be/178ojX0Q4QA

The Colourfield - Thinking of You (Official Music Video)

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Digits Dec 19, 2022

Ned Raggett (has moved!)Dec 19, 2022

If you've never heard #TerryHall's own version of That Song he cowrote, do yourself a favor. A brilliant demonstration how the same song can work in different ways via different hands. #music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhVhK-VVeXo

Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed (Official Music Video)

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Digits Dec 19, 2022

Andy Lewis Dec 19, 2022

Oh bloody hell. Terrible news about Terry Hall. So many wonderful tunes, but I'm going with this one because it used to go down a storm at Blow Up https://youtu.be/DRka1VYrSto