#terry-hall — Public Fediverse posts
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"Our Lips Are Sealed" is a song co-written by #JaneWiedlin, guitarist of #theGoGos, and #TerryHall, singer of #theSpecials and #FunBoyThree. It was first recorded by the Go-Go's as the opening track on their first album, #BeautyAndTheBeat (1981), and was released as their debut single in June 1981. The single eventually reached the top three in Australia and Canada as well as the top 20 in the United States. Originally written and performed with three verses.
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“The bottom line is, respect each other, and love each other. It’s a bit idealistic, but it’s all that there is.”
Remembering Terence Edward Hall, who was born today 19th March 1959, today would have been his 67th birthday
#terryhall #music #photography
📸 Gered Mankowitz
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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
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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
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AlternateFridayMusic
Jan 2 2026
We start the year with #HopeThe 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
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Remembering Terry Hall #poetry #poem #music #terryhall
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6 Music is bringing the Cov Kid out in me with all the #TerryHall tributes 💙
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I’ve always been a bit of a loner, and that’s where the songs come from."
Remembering Terry Hall who died today 18th December 2022
#terryhall #photooftheday #ClassicRock #photography #music
📸 Gered Mankowitz
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In memory of Terence Edward Hall, British musician and lead singer of the 2 Tone band The Specials and later a member of several other groups and musical projects
Hall died of pancreatic cancer 3 years ago today on December 18, 2022 at the age of 63
📸 David Corio
#punk #punks #punkrock #ska #skapunk #terryhall #thespecials
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"Our Lips Are Sealed" is a song co-written by #JaneWiedlin, guitarist of #theGoGos, and #TerryHall, singer of #theSpecials and #FunBoyThree. It was first recorded by the Go-Go's as the opening track on their album #BeautyAndTheBeat (1981) and was their debut American single in June 1981. The single eventually reached the top 5 in Australia and Canada, and the top 20 in the United States. Originally written and performed with three verses.
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The Fun Boy Three, The Fun Boy Three, 1982 on Chrysalis
The Fun Boy Three (Terry Hall, Neville Staple, and Lynval Golding) were a spin-off / outgrowth of The Specials. This was their debut, self-titled album with guests Bananarama on four tracks, including a cover of “It Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do it),”
Also features “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)” which I love. The album cover back side presents the credits like a movie poster for a film shot in glorious stereo FunboyScope: “Gasp, Wonder, and Thrill to the Sound of the 80s.”
There’s a great BBC documentary—2 Tone The Sound of Coventry—which features lots of interviews with Hall and Staples, though it is more focused on The Specials.
My copy—via A1 records in NYC—is an early 80s Terre Haute pressing which was sealed, with the original hype sticker.
#1980s #1982 #Bananarama #Chrysalis #FunBoyThree #LynvalGolding #NevilleStaple #Specials #TerryHall #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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"Our Lips Are Sealed" is a song co-written by #JaneWiedlin, guitarist of #theGoGos, and #TerryHall, singer of #theSpecials and #FunBoyThree. It was first recorded by the Go-Go's as the opening track on their album #BeautyAndTheBeat (1981) and was their debut American single in June 1981. The single eventually reached the top 5 in Australia and Canada, and the top 20 in the United States. Originally written and performed with three verses.
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Oh how much I wish I loved the human race
https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1268-ba83-8cdf-5c5270603949
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Zoo - and a special guest troupe of Moroccan tumblers - do their gymnastics to "Big fun" by Kool and the Gang.
"Summertime" - The Fun Boy Three
Their take on George and Ira Gershwin's jazz standard. Is it only a year since "Ghost town"? So much has changed for Terry and the band.
#TOTP #KoolAndTheGang #OneForTheDads #FunBoyThree #TerryHall
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"Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown"11th July 1981 The Specials are No1 in the UK singles chart with "Ghost Town"
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"The Specials have always been about protest"
Remembering Terry Hall on what would have been his 66th birthday, he was born today 19th March 1959
#terryhall #photography #music
📸 Steve Rapport
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Remembering Terry Hall, English musician and lead singer of The Specials 🖤
March 19, 1959 - December 18, 2022
The Specials - Too Much Too Young
#punkrock #ska #skalegends #skabands #skamusic #terryhall #thespecials #2tone #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Remembering Terence Edward Hall, English musician and lead singer of The Specials, born on this day in 1959, Coventry, England.
Photo by David Corio
#punkrock #ska #skalegend #thespecials #2tone #terryhall #history #skahistory #otd
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Moin.
Ich freue mich schon darauf, diese Doku über The Specials heute Abend zu Ende zu schauen. Fängt in der aktuelleren Zeit an, geht aber auch in die Anfänge zurück und zur Produktion des ersten Albums mit Elvis Costello.English with German Subtitles:
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/120615-000-A/the-specials-a-message-to-you/◼️◻️◼️◻️◼️
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"Thinking of you" - The Colour Field
Performed on a luscious pink stage - it is Valentine's Day, after all. The female co-vocalist is Katrina Phillips, she puts in a more assertive performance, just about stealing the show from Terry Hall.
But it's Terry Hall's song, calm and reflective, and hopeful. And yeah, one for my squeeze over the way...
