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better than The Specials
innit?
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Re: better than The Specials
It's great, but it's not better than Ghost Town.
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Re: better than The Specials
Nah, that sounds like a David Essex B-side.
Like fast-moving clouds casting shadows against a hillside, the melody-loop shuddered with a sense of the sublime, the awful unknowable majesty of the world.
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Re: better than The Specials
This is probably the best track from "Virgins & Philistines" :
But the whole album is tremendous.
They may not have bettered "Ghost Town" individually, but I think I'd take that album over either of The Specials two.
But the whole album is tremendous.
They may not have bettered "Ghost Town" individually, but I think I'd take that album over either of The Specials two.
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Re: better than The Specials
I don't have that album, but I'll track it down.
I just have a couple of Terry Hall comps that feature half a dozen Colourfield songs each.
I just have a couple of Terry Hall comps that feature half a dozen Colourfield songs each.
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Re: better than The Specials
I like all the Special offshoots Terry Hall was involved in. His 2003 album with Mushtaq of Fun-Da-Mental is very enjoyable.
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Re: better than The Specials
It's alright..a bit drippy. There are many Specials tracks I'd take above it and a fair few from The Funboy Three too.
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The Modernist wrote:It's alright..a bit drippy. There are many Specials tracks I'd take above it and a fair few from The Funboy Three too.
It's probably the weakest track on the album.
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Diamond Dog wrote:The Modernist wrote:It's alright..a bit drippy. There are many Specials tracks I'd take above it and a fair few from The Funboy Three too.
It's probably the weakest track on the album.
Of course it is.
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Re: better than The Specials
Do you have the album?
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Re: better than The Specials
I don’t, no.
Why don’t you post all the tracks here and we can have an adult debate about which is the weakest?
Why don’t you post all the tracks here and we can have an adult debate about which is the weakest?
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Re: better than The Specials
You can look it up on You Tube.
And then you'll probably be in a position to comment.
Watch out for the far reaching chords though, won't you now.
And then you'll probably be in a position to comment.
Watch out for the far reaching chords though, won't you now.
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Diamond Dog wrote:...."Virgins & Philistines".... I think I'd take that album over either of The Specials two.
It is a great album, but it is not even close to the Specials debut.
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Re: better than The Specials
Nah, it’s ok light pop but it’s not anyway better than GT or a lot of what the Specials did.
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Tom Waits For No One wrote:Diamond Dog wrote:...."Virgins & Philistines".... I think I'd take that album over either of The Specials two.
It is a great album, but it is not even close to the Specials debut.
Ummm.... maybe I was being a bit contrary....
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Re: better than The Specials
Specials piss all over that tune.
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Re: better than The Specials
Thinking of you is quite good, but not as good as most of the specials' singles. Terry Hall's album with Mushtaq is ace, however.
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Re: better than The Specials
Terry's every LP is sprinkled with fairy dust. I love them all.
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Re: better than The Specials
I love it but it ain't as good as FB3, let alone the Specials.
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Re: better than The Specials
It's a nice track. Ideally suited for the musical number on Pebble Mill at One.
As The Colourfield he did do some more interesting numbers but, as my learned colleagues say, it's 3rd down the list to The Specials and FB3
As The Colourfield he did do some more interesting numbers but, as my learned colleagues say, it's 3rd down the list to The Specials and FB3