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Post by roddy byers on Apr 19, 2008 11:28:41 GMT
I wonder who that was Hugh?
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Post by stevo on Apr 19, 2008 14:24:46 GMT
I wonder who that was Hugh? I'm sure their will be no prizes for the correct answer! |
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Post by roddy byers on Apr 19, 2008 17:03:40 GMT
Yes i fing it intriging trying to work out who the people are on the Specials site.
the factions are at war*
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Post by stevo on Apr 21, 2008 20:28:11 GMT
Some Girls was the last for me. But both the records on the charts by them and the Specials are old toons. The problem with the Stones is that they rely to heavily on the back catalogue, every time they tour they put out a live CD of inferior versions of old songs. They have lost the fire, "Bigger Bang" was generally considered to be weak. That said I do have a soft spot for keef's 1st solo LP "Talk is Cheap" it's not all good but it is miles better than some of the crap the Stones put out in the 80's. Mick could have had a good solo LP with Rick Rubin producing. Rick Rubin's idea was to hook jagger up with The Red Devils a very good chicago sounding blues band (Who included in thier number Blasters drummer Bill Bateman and occasional Blaster keyboard player Gene Taylor) and record old blues tunes but after a couple of days Jagger decided he wanted to do his own songs and thus gave us "Wandering spirit" his worst ever selling record. You can hear some rather rough versions of the Red Devils and Jagger here : members.home.nl/h.heikens/cd_jagger.htm |
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Post by stevo on Apr 21, 2008 20:35:43 GMT
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Post by Hugh on Apr 21, 2008 21:00:05 GMT
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Post by roddy byers on Apr 22, 2008 5:29:37 GMT
Never seen the Stones live and i guess never will?
But what staying power! i cant imagine the Specials ever touring for as long or for as many years.
Shame imagine the Specials message of black and white unity reaching millions instead of a few thousand Ska diehards*
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Post by stevo on Apr 23, 2008 18:02:46 GMT
Yeah, it would be good if someone in the Stones camp put out some of the better Stones performances, I'm pretty sure they must have a big vault full of the stuff. But don't hold your breath! |
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Post by stevo on Apr 23, 2008 18:05:43 GMT
Never seen the Stones live and i guess never will? But what staying power! i cant imagine the Specials ever touring for as long or for as many years. Shame imagine the Specials message of black and white unity reaching millions instead of a few thousand Ska diehards* Not when the ticket prices for the last tour was £100 plus..... |
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Post by roddy byers on Apr 24, 2008 6:27:52 GMT
Maybe we could pay the people to come?
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Post by jabberwocky on Apr 24, 2008 8:33:47 GMT
what kind of ticket prices will the specials be looking at for their concerts at the end of the year? are you going to keep the prices deliberately low, like you did for the 2-tone tour? apparently in those days, you could the specials, the selecter and madness for £3:00 at the Electric Ballroom. would prices be comparable?
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Post by roddy byers on Apr 24, 2008 10:48:10 GMT
Well i think £3 is a bit steep! only jokin*
But if i get any say? we should charge less than the going rate whatever that is.
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Post by ghosttownie on Apr 24, 2008 14:32:17 GMT
tix in the US cover a huge ballpark:
$15-$20 for dave wakeling plus 2toners, bad manners, stiff little fingers, gang of four, squeeze, crowded house...etc
$45-$75 for police, elvis costello, joe jackson, b-52s...etc
for myself and all the others on these two boards: all 7 of you folks together = PRICELESS!
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Post by jabberwocky on Apr 24, 2008 19:25:38 GMT
Found the link below. Apparently it was in a Coventry newspaper column called 'Backbeat'. Whose idea was this? Is it working? <<A Special chart request IT'S nice to see an album chart with two Coventry bands in it (the Enemy and the Specials). However, there is a campaign to get the Specials in the single charts again with their original debut hit Gangsters. So to do your bit go to the link below and download Gangsters. It only costs 79p for goodness sake. www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/digitalProductDetails.do?ctx=-1;8;-1;-1&productId=6277521 |
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Post by Hugh on Apr 25, 2008 15:02:44 GMT
We used to just phone the radio station and request it be played, for goodness sake.
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