Best 2tone Ska Record Ever

[Dave the OAP]

What is the best ever 2tone ska song?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What's that tune with the best sax solo in the history of the world ever? And the best 2-Tone writing ever, er, written:

Mirror in the bathroom
recompense
For all my crimes
of self defense.
Cures you whisper
make no sense
Drift gently into
mental illness.

 

[unnameable]

Too Much Too Young, by The Specials.

 

[aftershavedave]

Too Much Too Young, by The Specials.

is the right answer

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Too Much Too Young, by The Specials.

Nah. Too simplistic. Too 'The STREETS'

 

[aftershavedave]

Nah. Too simplistic. Too 'The STREETS'

get away

 

[Dave the OAP]

i also like "gangsters" by the Specials

 

[Trufflehound]

Stand Down Margaret

 

[The Auditor]

Stand Down Margaret

i said i see no joy
i see only sorry
i see no chance of your bright new tomorrow
so stand down Margaret
stand down please

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Ghost town - the specials

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

get away

C'mon, THINK man. Anybody who got fired up on punk, MUST have found 2Tone a poor 2Dimensional substitute, if punk meant anything at all. The Specials were hyped by the NME beyond all reason. As Terry Hall went on to prove in the Fabulous Bingo Brothers with their one smash single 'Ma Brought The Donkey In From The Yard'. Dopey FunBoyThree dull twattwattwattwat that he was. The Selector were unlistenable. No tunes whatsoever. Madness were comic book patronisers of skinheads. The Beat were one-hit wonders with the most GLORIOUS hit 'Mirror In The Bathroom'. still cherish that 12 incher to this day. A beautiful classic.

And... RELAX

 

[Monkster]

Ghost town - the specials

Is the correct answer

 

[aftershavedave]

still cherish that 12 incher to this day

you sound more and more like les by the minute

 

[scooter1]

Ackee 123

 

[adammicheal]

This thread has made me dust off a couple of cds and at a quick look

Desmond Dekker & The Aces -Israelites
Or
The Piranhas- tom Hark
or
The Pioneers-Long Shot Kick De Bucket

But there are loads more it could be

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

you sound more and more like les by the minute

Is it cos I has 'fed the injured crow'?

 

[chez]

Ghost Town by a country mile!!!

 

[Stinky Kat]

if we are talking 2 tone then Gangsters is the top track

Ska in general theres so much good stuff, today my favourite is Prince buster -freezing up orange street


i am really looking forward to the new Beat album - a version of rock the kasbah which is ace

 

[Trufflehound]

A resounding 2-0 so far...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

i am really looking forward to the new Beat album - a version of rock the kasbah which is ace

Sounds a tad dodgy. I'd maybe shell out for a Beat version of Rock The Kasbah, but only after having listened to it first. And a new Beat album a quarter century after their first lacklustre effort? REALLY don't think so somehow