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Terry Hall RIP

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  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,255
    Horrible news to wake up to. I wasn't a big Ska fan and drifted there in later life, but Too Much Too Young, Ghost Town, Our Lips are Sealed.... It's part of the soundtrack I grew up with, and Terry Hall' deadpan style was part of that.
    Taken Too Soon. RIP
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    RIP
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 912
    Sad news, saw him three times with The Specials, always great shows.

    RIP
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    edited December 2022
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    stonemuse said:
    Ghost Town video … Terry Hall in the car going through Rotherhithe Tunnel … one of the greatest songs and videos … seemed perfect for him 
    https://youtu.be/RZ2oXzrnti4

    Brilliant song and video...
    And that’s my car they’re driving. a 1962 Vauxhall Cresta.
  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    edited December 2022
    Very sad news. First band I got into properly when about 7 or 8 watching there music vids on the virgin red button channel that used to exist. Also are a big fan of bits of Fun Boy Three and The Colourfield.

    I also remember taking A Specials CD to school in Year 4 and playing it in the playground which we could. Stood up to those who didn't like it.

    RIP Terry.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    The golden age of youth cults, me a young rockabilly, many mates were "skins" or briefly mods who latched on to Two-Tone. The music was generally good time stuff, with a cutting edge - The Specials embodied that. They transcended the boundaries, everyone seemed to like them along with Madness and the others. Terry Hall was always a brooding, menacing character - he meant what he sang. Sad that he has been taken so young. RIP Terry.  
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    RIP
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    RIP
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Gutted to hear this. RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    RIP.  Saw The Specials at the Lewisham Odeon in the day.  
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  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Terrible news. Great singer and lyricist and the music is as poignant now as it ever was. I was at a Specials gig about 5 years ago or so at the Troxy that is one of my all time favourites, it was just an all out party.

    Been a shit year for losing people. RIP Terry.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    Wrote some great songs and had a unique performing style. 
    A sad loss. 
    RIP. 
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,583
    Sad news, always liked The Specials RIP Terry.

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    sillav nitram said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    stonemuse said:
    Ghost Town video … Terry Hall in the car going through Rotherhithe Tunnel … one of the greatest songs and videos … seemed perfect for him 
    https://youtu.be/RZ2oXzrnti4

    Brilliant song and video...
    And that’s my car they’re driving. a 1962 Vauxhall Cresta.
    The original car from the video is on display at the Coventry Music Museum in the 2-Tone village.

    Gutted to hear this, am a big fan of The Specials. 
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,048
    colthe3rd said:
    Terrible news. Great singer and lyricist and the music is as poignant now as it ever was. I was at a Specials gig about 5 years ago or so at the Troxy that is one of my all time favourites, it was just an all out party.

    Been a shit year for losing people. RIP Terry.
    Did both nights there, one with family and one with mates. Always brilliant live nights. Going to miss him so much. Up there with Weller for me for their impact on my life 🕴🏻
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,443
    TelMc32 said:
    colthe3rd said:
    Terrible news. Great singer and lyricist and the music is as poignant now as it ever was. I was at a Specials gig about 5 years ago or so at the Troxy that is one of my all time favourites, it was just an all out party.

    Been a shit year for losing people. RIP Terry.
    Did both nights there, one with family and one with mates. Always brilliant live nights. Going to miss him so much. Up there with Weller for me for their impact on my life 🕴🏻
    Terry Hall and Paul Weller are my musical heroes. Terry did so much good stuff during his career and wrote some great lyrics. I think he was hugely underrated and never really got the profile he deserved.

    He was a uniquely British talent and a great loss. 


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  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    Sad news - Specials, Fun Boy Three, and he got to shag Jane Weidlin! RIP Terry
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,602
    Just 💔
    Sound of my youth club.
    Start of getting into real music.

    https://youtu.be/PqcDcepREfA
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,443
    edited December 2022
    KBslittlesis said:
    Just 💔
    Sound of my youth club.
    Start of getting into real music.

    https://youtu.be/PqcDcepREfA
    https://youtu.be/PqcDcepREfA

    A really great cover. Both troubled souls when it came to mental health issues.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,621
    DaveMehmet said:
    sillav nitram said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    stonemuse said:
    Ghost Town video … Terry Hall in the car going through Rotherhithe Tunnel … one of the greatest songs and videos … seemed perfect for him 
    https://youtu.be/RZ2oXzrnti4

    Brilliant song and video...
    And that’s my car they’re driving. a 1962 Vauxhall Cresta.
    The original car from the video is on display at the Coventry Music Museum in the 2-Tone village.

    Gutted to hear this, am a big fan of The Specials. 
    RIP a huge talent - I regularly listen to The Specials in the car

    As an aside, am I correct that the car in the Ghost Town video was - at the time - owned by a Charlton fan ??
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  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    RIP Terry. 
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,284
    Lordflashheart said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    sillav nitram said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    stonemuse said:
    Ghost Town video … Terry Hall in the car going through Rotherhithe Tunnel … one of the greatest songs and videos … seemed perfect for him 
    https://youtu.be/RZ2oXzrnti4

    Brilliant song and video...
    And that’s my car they’re driving. a 1962 Vauxhall Cresta.
    The original car from the video is on display at the Coventry Music Museum in the 2-Tone village.

    Gutted to hear this, am a big fan of The Specials. 
    RIP a huge talent - I regularly listen to The Specials in the car

    As an aside, am I correct that the car in the Ghost Town video was - at the time - owned by a Charlton fan ??
    @sillav nitram said it was his a few posts back
  • RedRedRoosta
    RedRedRoosta Posts: 211
    So, so sad. :'( Such a talented and genuinely nice and humble fella. Taken far too soon. What a cool legend Terry was. R.I.P <3
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,673
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    KBslittlesis said:
    Just 💔
    Sound of my youth club.
    Start of getting into real music.

    https://youtu.be/PqcDcepREfA
    https://youtu.be/PqcDcepREfA

    A really great cover. Both troubled souls when it came to mental health issues.
    Dont suppose this helped.

    How The Specials frontman Terry Hall was abducted by 'paedophile ring' aged 12 | Daily Mail Online

  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,443
    R0TW said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    KBslittlesis said:
    Just 💔
    Sound of my youth club.
    Start of getting into real music.

    https://youtu.be/PqcDcepREfA
    https://youtu.be/PqcDcepREfA

    A really great cover. Both troubled souls when it came to mental health issues.
    Dont suppose this helped.

    How The Specials frontman Terry Hall was abducted by 'paedophile ring' aged 12 | Daily Mail Online

    Think it scarred him for most of his life.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,443
    edited December 2022
    https://youtu.be/rA2-6ZlOXeg

    Enjoy yourself

    Brilliant footage - seems like yesterday...
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Shocked. RIP
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    Saw The Specials at Rochester Castle in the summer. He was on great form and very funny. Really shocked by this.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    One of those bands that gave birth to modern Britain. What a talent. RIP. 
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,048
    Watching the Sky Arts recording of their 2014 Isle of Wight gig at the moment.  Not one I was at, but have been to so many Specials gigs over the years and always a brilliant night. He really has been an icon as front man of one of the most important groups of the last 40+ years. 

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