#2-tone — Public Fediverse posts

Thought I'd better get in quick with this classic for #jukeboxfridaynight #stereotypes

The Specials - Stereotype

😁

#2tone

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2CbiitRoULg&si=OYPr9rX9gtEQP8EZ

Thought I'd better get in quick with this classic for #jukeboxfridaynight #stereotypes

The Specials - Stereotype

😁

#2tone

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2CbiitRoULg&si=OYPr9rX9gtEQP8EZ

#ArthurHendrickson #Gaps

We challenged racism, sexism, hopelessness, and all prejudices.

#TheSelecter #2Tone #Ska #UK
#Reggae #Coventry #Music #Interview #Socialmedia #tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgaufyu9W2g&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4&index=29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E0C79Z4KRY&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4&index=20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzsnhiYU2I0&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrP3MrWaQDU&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMJ00wBR5U&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4&index=13

#ArthurHendrickson #Gaps

We challenged racism, sexism, hopelessness, and all prejudices.

#TheSelecter #2Tone #Ska #UK
#Reggae #Coventry #Music #Interview #Socialmedia #tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgaufyu9W2g&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4&index=29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E0C79Z4KRY&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4&index=20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzsnhiYU2I0&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrP3MrWaQDU&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMJ00wBR5U&list=OLAK5uy_mrPU6HdJjC_CugAPUNvyGLGNYTxhxX6B4&index=13

#TerryHall

..All you can offer is love...respect , and be kind to people, and hope that they give it back. They sometimes don’t but they sometimes do. But there’s that sense of hope. What else have we got?

#TheSpecials #Ska #2Tone #Reggae #UK #Punk #Coventry #Interview #Music #Socialmedia #tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-fEr0kv-E4&list=RDEMPrTAaE2UAtSMcEUOnY5fCQ&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co&list=RDlgCZN1rU5co&start_radio=1

#TerryHall

..All you can offer is love...respect , and be kind to people, and hope that they give it back. They sometimes don’t but they sometimes do. But there’s that sense of hope. What else have we got?

#TheSpecials #Ska #2Tone #Reggae #UK #Punk #Coventry #Interview #Music #Socialmedia #tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-fEr0kv-E4&list=RDEMPrTAaE2UAtSMcEUOnY5fCQ&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co&list=RDlgCZN1rU5co&start_radio=1

#BusterBloodvessel

Nous nous sommes tous rencontrés à l’école.

#BadManners #Ska #TwoTone
#2Tone #UK #London #Reggae
#Punk #Interview #Music #Socialmedia #tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0y_j5bTCXE&list=RDN0y_j5bTCXE&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYjyRznug_U&list=OLAK5uy_nTthitrl0BE2bMpW3yBN0cqEXfAoB_Xzc&index=8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ-nKs3-0lE&list=OLAK5uy_kT-NBFkmrr8S9oF5oGbKSurd9ditYfYro

#BusterBloodvessel

Nous nous sommes tous rencontrés à l’école.

#BadManners #Ska #TwoTone
#2Tone #UK #London #Reggae
#Punk #Interview #Music #Socialmedia #tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0y_j5bTCXE&list=RDN0y_j5bTCXE&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYjyRznug_U&list=OLAK5uy_nTthitrl0BE2bMpW3yBN0cqEXfAoB_Xzc&index=8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ-nKs3-0lE&list=OLAK5uy_kT-NBFkmrr8S9oF5oGbKSurd9ditYfYro

Now, a bit of #2tone for #JukeboxFridayNight #DareToBeDifferent

🎵 People say to me, just be yourself
It makes no sense to follow fashion
How could I be anybody else?
I don't try, I've got no reason 🎵💜

#music

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=10JwCjVhsLw&si=-zs29W72xELIlmQD

Now, a bit of #2tone for #JukeboxFridayNight #DareToBeDifferent

🎵 People say to me, just be yourself
It makes no sense to follow fashion
How could I be anybody else?
I don't try, I've got no reason 🎵💜

#music

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=10JwCjVhsLw&si=-zs29W72xELIlmQD

Released 47 years ago today
Gangsters, the first single by the Special A.K.A. (The Specials).

The Specials (The Special AKA) - Gangsters (1979) • TopPop

#punkrock #ska #skalegends #skabands #2tone #thespecials #theselecter #history #skahistory

Released 47 years ago today
Gangsters, the first single by the Special A.K.A. (The Specials).

The Specials (The Special AKA) - Gangsters (1979) • TopPop

#punkrock #ska #skalegends #skabands #2tone #thespecials #theselecter #history #skahistory

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 The Beat - Tears of a Clown

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#VortexWave #TheBeat #2Tone #Ska #70s

Chocolate City Moonstomp

29.05.2026
Beginn: 22:00
Blau, Mannheim

https://geisterstadt.eu/concerts/chocolate-city-moonstomp

#blau #mannheim #2tone #nighter #punk #reggae #ska #soul #neuaufgeisterstadt

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 The Specials - Ghost Town

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#VortexWave #TheSpecials #Ska #2Tone #80s

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 The English Beat - The Tears of a Clown

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#VortexWave #TheEnglishBeat #2Tone #Ska #80s

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
──────────────
🎵 The Specials - Ghost Town

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#VortexWave #TheSpecials #Ska #2Tone #80s

🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
──────────────
🎵 The Specials - Too Much Too Young (2002 Remaster)

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#VortexWave #TheSpecials #Ska #2Tone #80s

Reggae'n'Soul Night

16.05.2026
Beginn: 21:00
Kulturraum, Freiburg

https://geisterstadt.eu/concerts/reggaensoul-night

#kulturraum #freiburg #2tone #nighter #reggae #rocksteady #ska #neuaufgeisterstadt

Reggae'n'Soul Night

16.05.2026
Beginn: 21:00
Kulturraum, Freiburg

https://geisterstadt.eu/concerts/reggaensoul-night

#kulturraum #freiburg #2tone #nighter #reggae #rocksteady #ska #neuaufgeisterstadt

In memory of the great and unforgettable Terry Hall 💔

March 19, 1959 – December 18, 2022

The Specials – Too Much Too Young

#punkrock #ska #skalegends #skabands #skamusic #terryhall #thespecials #2tone #history #punkrockhistory #otd

In memory of the great and unforgettable Terry Hall 💔

March 19, 1959 – December 18, 2022

The Specials – Too Much Too Young

#punkrock #ska #skalegends #skabands #skamusic #terryhall #thespecials #2tone #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Remembering Terence Edward Hall, English musician and lead singer of The Specials, born on this day in 1959, Coventry, England.

Photo by Eugene Adebari

#punkrock #ska #skalegend #thespecials #2tone #terryhall #history #skahistory #otd

Remembering Terence Edward Hall, English musician and lead singer of The Specials, born on this day in 1959, Coventry, England.

Photo by Eugene Adebari

#punkrock #ska #skalegend #thespecials #2tone #terryhall #history #skahistory #otd

sonando The Specials🎵 🎶
#2tone

#AmyWinehouse

Le seul véritable échec, c'est de trahir nos aspirations, nos rêves et de ne pas être fidèle à ce que nous croyons au plus profond de nous-mêmes.

#Ska

#Rocksteady

#ClassicSka

#JamaicanMusic

#2Tone

#ReggaeRoots

#Jamaica

#RudeBoy

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS-24H0LzAE&list=RDDS-24H0LzAE&start_radio=1

#AmyWinehouse

Le seul véritable échec, c'est de trahir nos aspirations, nos rêves et de ne pas être fidèle à ce que nous croyons au plus profond de nous-mêmes.

#Ska

#Rocksteady

#ClassicSka

#JamaicanMusic

#2Tone

#ReggaeRoots

#Jamaica

#RudeBoy

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS-24H0LzAE&list=RDDS-24H0LzAE&start_radio=1

#TheParagons

#Rocksteady

#Ska

#JamaicanMusic

#2Tone

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItLZIU9PkM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXqkiKXiHc&list=PLPWk2-WmiJsWWABFSRuOoY86YsjOmL4lI&index=2

#TheParagons

#Rocksteady

#Ska

#JamaicanMusic

#2Tone

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItLZIU9PkM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXqkiKXiHc&list=PLPWk2-WmiJsWWABFSRuOoY86YsjOmL4lI&index=2

#PrinceBuster

#Ska

#Rocksteady

#JamaicanMusic

#2Tone

#ReggaeRoots

#Jamaica

#RudeBoy

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k614Yh8Wl60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51CMIu0J_8g&list=PLE-JAaA3FPSUMJ6PfJ9EsuyvNKIf9Ylnq&index=4

#PrinceBuster

#Ska

#Rocksteady

#JamaicanMusic

#2Tone

#ReggaeRoots

#Jamaica

#RudeBoy

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k614Yh8Wl60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51CMIu0J_8g&list=PLE-JAaA3FPSUMJ6PfJ9EsuyvNKIf9Ylnq&index=4

#TheSelecter

#PaulineBlack

Le multiculturalisme est la voie à suivre pour toute société, pour toute société civilisée, et si nous pouvons le défendre à travers la nouvelle musique que nous créons, alors je pense que c’est fantastique.

#2Tone

#Ska

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLLvHtkz0U&list=OLAK5uy_laENNNv6qJABC3-Tl6CqsQVfQDSmb2jUQ&index=13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPTlqisNpRE&list=OLAK5uy_laENNNv6qJABC3-Tl6CqsQVfQDSmb2jUQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83UIWA525KU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZmWGJDsBWs&list=RDEMPrTAaE2UAtSMcEUOnY5fCQ&index=2

#TheSelecter

#PaulineBlack

Le multiculturalisme est la voie à suivre pour toute société, pour toute société civilisée, et si nous pouvons le défendre à travers la nouvelle musique que nous créons, alors je pense que c’est fantastique.

#2Tone

#Ska

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLLvHtkz0U&list=OLAK5uy_laENNNv6qJABC3-Tl6CqsQVfQDSmb2jUQ&index=13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPTlqisNpRE&list=OLAK5uy_laENNNv6qJABC3-Tl6CqsQVfQDSmb2jUQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83UIWA525KU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZmWGJDsBWs&list=RDEMPrTAaE2UAtSMcEUOnY5fCQ&index=2

#TheSpecials

#Ska

#2Tone

#PunkSka

#Punk

#Reggae

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10JwCjVhsLw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MURiLpmi1Dc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co&list=PLQfsT3gUJhZFJj_ErnSKAJLCKrlgUWLRo&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9U-tXagwRQ&list=PLQfsT3gUJhZFJj_ErnSKAJLCKrlgUWLRo&index=5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOa7OrV6sWs&list=PLQfsT3gUJhZFJj_ErnSKAJLCKrlgUWLRo&index=2

#TheSpecials

#Ska

#2Tone

#PunkSka

#Punk

#Reggae

#Music

#Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10JwCjVhsLw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MURiLpmi1Dc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co&list=PLQfsT3gUJhZFJj_ErnSKAJLCKrlgUWLRo&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9U-tXagwRQ&list=PLQfsT3gUJhZFJj_ErnSKAJLCKrlgUWLRo&index=5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOa7OrV6sWs&list=PLQfsT3gUJhZFJj_ErnSKAJLCKrlgUWLRo&index=2

Punk Rock History (@punkrockhistory.bsky.social)

https://bsky.app/profile/punkrockhistory.bsky.social/post/3mc4nu5b6fk2a

> 46 years ago today Too Much Too Young - The Special A.K.A. Live! is a live EP by the Specials with Rico Rodriguez, released January 11, 1980 #punk #punkrock #ska #skamusic #thespecials #2tone #toomuchtooyoung #history #skahistory #otd

Punk Rock History (@punkrockhistory.bsky.social)

https://bsky.app/profile/punkrockhistory.bsky.social/post/3mc4nu5b6fk2a

> 46 years ago today Too Much Too Young - The Special A.K.A. Live! is a live EP by the Specials with Rico Rodriguez, released January 11, 1980 #punk #punkrock #ska #skamusic #thespecials #2tone #toomuchtooyoung #history #skahistory #otd

46 years ago today
Too Much Too Young - The Special A.K.A. Live! is a live EP by the Specials with Rico Rodriguez, released January 11, 1980

#punk #punkrock #ska #skamusic #thespecials #2tone #toomuchtooyoung #history #skahistory #otd

46 years ago today
Too Much Too Young - The Special A.K.A. Live! is a live EP by the Specials with Rico Rodriguez, released January 11, 1980

#punk #punkrock #ska #skamusic #thespecials #2tone #toomuchtooyoung #history #skahistory #otd

AlternateFridayMusic
Jan 2 2026
We start the year with #Hope

The Specials, “We Sell Hope” from “Encore” (2019)

The Specials were the cornerstone of UK second-wave #ska, with mastermind Jerry Dammers founding 2Tone Records.
They came together in the late 70s and splintered in the early 80s, coming back together in a variety of permutations with members of their 2Tone label mates and others, but came closest to a true reunion after reuniting for a 30th Anniversary tour in 2009, with Terry Hall back on vocals, albeit sans Dammers.

The Specials always had a social conscience, being vocally anti-racist. My sense was they looked around in the late twenty-teens and saw they were needed, delivering their message via their first studio album of new material in many years (depending on how you define "they"). With Terry’s passing in 2022, it became their last.

The title of this track shows their sardonic wit had not dimmed, underlining the chorus giving a litany of Orwellian doublespeak. The down-stepping melody of the verses feels ominous, but by taking the tone of a warning, suggests hope to me; only where there’s hope would a warning matter, and indeed the verses turn sincere, using decidedly sweet vocals to give prescriptive measures for arresting our slide into dark times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KYo8CY8Uw

#TheSpecials #Specials #ska #TwoTone #2Tone #JerryDammers #TerryHall

#AlternateFridayMusic
Jan 2 2026
We start the year with #Hope

The Specials, “We Sell Hope” from “Encore” (2019)

The Specials were the cornerstone of UK second-wave ska, with mastermind Jerry Dammers founding 2Tone Records.
They came together in the late 70s and splintered in the early 80s, coming back together in a variety of permutations with members of their 2Tone label mates and others, but came closest to a true reunion after reuniting for a 30th Anniversary tour in 2009, with Terry Hall back on vocals, albeit sans Dammers.

The Specials always had a social conscience, being vocally anti-racist. My sense was they looked around in the late twenty-teens and saw they were needed, delivering their message via their first studio album of new material in many years (depending on how you define "they"). With Terry’s passing in 2022, it became their last.

The title of this track shows their sardonic wit had not dimmed, underlining the chorus giving a litany of Orwellian doublespeak. The down-stepping melody of the verses feels ominous, but by taking the tone of a warning, suggests hope to me; only where there’s hope would a warning matter, and indeed the verses turn sincere, using decidedly sweet vocals to give prescriptive measures for arresting our slide into dark times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KYo8CY8Uw

#TheSpecials #Specials #ska #TwoTone #2Tone #JerryDammers #TerryHall

#2Tone The Sound of #Coventry #documentary -

#musichistory #music #nusicians #twotone 🔳⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️🔳

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1sv_gQGxw

#2Tone The Sound of #Coventry #documentary -

#musichistory #music #nusicians #twotone 🔳⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️🔳

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1sv_gQGxw

Released 45 years ago

The Specials debut album featuring this song 'Too Much Too Young'

#ska #skalegends #thespecials #2tone #toomuchtooyoung #punkrockhistory

Released 45 years ago

The Specials debut album featuring this song 'Too Much Too Young'

#ska #skalegends #thespecials #2tone #toomuchtooyoung #punkrockhistory

The Special AKA, Nelson Mandela, 1984 on Two Tone

Extended version 12″ single from The Specials (Special AKA), produced by Elvis Costello. One of my favorite early 80s ska protest songs. Now dated in its reference but hey – never forget: Mandela was in prison for 27 years but would go on to be the president of South Africa. It’s an amazing story in which the song is just a footnote, but was very compelling, real, and timely in 1984.

My copy—a UK pressing on 2 Tone labels with Chrysalis copyright and marketing and a picture sleeve—via Antone’s Records in Austin TX.

#1984 #2Tone #AntoneSRecords #AustinTX #ElvisCostello #ska #Specials #TheSpecialAKA #TwoTone #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Snow is falling all around...

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1068-bbb4-5ed9-883789493969

Tired of the same old same old when it comes to music? Then skank it up by ska-ifying it all! I just love ska as a music genre! It's so festive and lifts my mood. Skameleon has taken it upon themselves to make every song better by ska-ifying it. Thank you, you crazy Germans, for the fun you bring!

#ska #skamusic #skameleon #skaifying #skank #upstroke #2tone #skarevival #germanmusic #hornsection #skapunk #rudeboy #coversongsska #festivemusic #moodlifter #VeroMusic https://vero.co/seb_tmg/WrDz-Q4fDnCXxXc1fvfcdpLf

Really excited to see The Beat live on stage at the #BermondseyCarnival tomorrow afternoon. One of my favourite #2Tone #ska bands. Entry is free.

More info here:
https://www.bermondseycarnival.com/

#BostonWeekend 2/x
Thu #SKA 4 bands, doors at 7, show at 8, $20, all ages “It’s the time of the season for Skaaaa. Join us for a night of community, joy, and skankin’ as we bring some of the area’s finest ska bands to lift your hearts and your feet to vibin’ beats.” https://therockwell.org/calendar/summer-of-ska/
#BostonMusic #Boston #SomervilleMA #TheRockwell #2Tone

#BostonWeekend 2/x
Thu #SKA 4 bands, doors at 7, show at 8, $20, all ages “It’s the time of the season for Skaaaa. Join us for a night of community, joy, and skankin’ as we bring some of the area’s finest ska bands to lift your hearts and your feet to vibin’ beats.” https://therockwell.org/calendar/summer-of-ska/
#BostonMusic #Boston #SomervilleMA #TheRockwell #2Tone

In visit 173 of The Groove Yard We have some Motown, Some Pub Rock, Some Two Tone and lots more.

Playlist: https://grooveyard.mataroa.blog/blog/visit-173-playlist/

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/groove-yard/id1732120555

AccessMediaNZ: https://accessmedia.nz/programme-page?PID=bd513235-08f8-4f47-a358-02a2230dd55e

#Radio #Podcast #Podcasts #Music #CommunityRadio #Motown #PubRock #2Tone #Rock

TV-Tip : arte : Madness

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/120467-000-A/our-house-in-the-middle-of-our-street/

#ruderthanrude #ska #madness #arte #mediathek #2tone #skinhead

The Selecter, Celebrate the Bullet, 1981 on Chrysalis

The Selecter were a Coventry band on 2 Tone; Celebrate the Bullet was their second album, following Too Much Pressure. Neol Davies, Pauline Black, and Arthur Hendrickson did most of the songwriting here, with production by Roger Lomas.

My copy—via Lucky Records in Reykjavik—is a 1981 Santa Maria pressing.

#1980s #1981 #2Tone #Chrysalis #Coventry #LuckyRecords #NeolDavies #PaulineBlack #Reykjavik #RogerLomas #TheSelecter #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Released 46 years ago today
Gangsters, the first single by the Special A.K.A. (The Specials)

The Specials (The Special AKA) - Gangsters (1979) • TopPop

#punkrock #ska #skalegends #skabands #2tone #thespecials #theselecter #history #skahistory