 THE SPECIALS vs MADNESS, Second Wave SKA battle |
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 Dec 11 2006, 09:01 PM
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No more smiling.  Group: Senior Members Posts: 8,025 Joined: 25-October 05 From: Good ole Germaniah Member No.: 4,601  |
Specials.
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Dec 11 2006, 09:39 PM
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Dreaming my life... Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,593 Joined: 3-October 04 From: Lots of different places. Member No.: 2,336 |
A tough dessision for me. 'Ghost Town' is a better song than anything madness ever produced. However Madness introduced me to that sound... and I know more of their songs... & they're in the young ones... which was cool....
So,.. yeah... Madness. |
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Dec 11 2006, 11:57 PM
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Ade Flanders Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 14,204 Joined: 2-October 04 From: the moment I could first write, I KNEW that I wanted to be an internet forum moderator... Member No.: 2,296 |
Always been a Nutty Boy meself. I don't for a minute dislike the few songs I know of The Specials, but I've never felt compelled to acquire any of their albums.
QUOTE (Starscream`s Ghost @ Dec 11 2006, 06:21 PM) More of a Madness man myself. I always found the Specials a bit too hardgoing, if that makes any sense at all.  Yes. Yes it does. Verily. QUOTE (sleeping_pirate @ Dec 11 2006, 08:57 PM) I love their appearances in The Young Ones  I think that adds to the reason why I voted for them.Heheh. That kind of tipped the balance for me also. Rik: Do you know Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard? Suggs: You hum it... I'll smash yer face in. This post has been edited by Ade: Dec 12 2006, 12:02 AM |
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Dec 12 2006, 12:02 AM
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Toasty Group: Senior Members Posts: 9,759 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Hell-Lay Member No.: 2,939 |
QUOTE (Jon 79 @ Dec 11 2006, 01:39 PM) 'Ghost Town' is a better song than anything madness ever produced. "Night Boat to Cairo" comes awful damn close, though. Shit, now I'm second-guessing my answer. |
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Dec 12 2006, 12:04 AM
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Ade Flanders Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 14,204 Joined: 2-October 04 From: the moment I could first write, I KNEW that I wanted to be an internet forum moderator... Member No.: 2,296 |
QUOTE (thirtyhelens @ Dec 12 2006, 12:02 AM) "Night Boat to Cairo" comes awful damn close, though. Shit, now I'm second-guessing my answer. Mr Sostie really is setting some tricky blighters lately, in't he? |
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Dec 12 2006, 12:26 AM
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Toasty Group: Senior Members Posts: 9,759 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Hell-Lay Member No.: 2,939 |
QUOTE (Ade @ Dec 11 2006, 04:04 PM) Mr Sostie really is setting some tricky blighters lately, in't he? He's cackling at us as we speak. |
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Dec 12 2006, 01:09 AM
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I'm Daisy - "writer." Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,069 Joined: 15-July 05 From: West of the Oz. Member No.: 4,220 |
Madness for me. Without a doubt.
Loved the performances on The Young Ones. |
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Dec 12 2006, 07:46 AM
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Learning to walk again Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,525 Joined: 24-February 06 From: Where everybody knows your name Member No.: 4,956 |
Another band I grew up with, Madness all the way. I fuckin' love 'em. I've even got a bumper sticker on my wardrobe that says "HONK IF YOU LIKE MADNESS".
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Dec 12 2006, 09:37 AM
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"Mus" à gauche, "TANG" Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 15,567 Joined: 11-November 04 From: London Member No.: 2,740 |
Like a lot of people, Madness are the band you grew up with, so I have a soft spot for them. They made loads of great singles (though if I hear any of their tunes at a club/party again I'll scream) and did the cheap and entertaining video better and before everyone else. On the downdised, when I saw them live, I'd never been in a crowd full of so many dicks.
The Specials get my vote. Specials and More Specials are two of the best albums of the 80's. They were doing what The Streets and Arctic Monkeys are lauded for decades before they existed. Without the Specials I would never have heard of Madness, and more importantly, discovered Ska/Trojan. And Terry Hall....what a cool dude. |
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Dec 12 2006, 10:13 AM
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Four Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 578 Joined: 24-December 04 Member No.: 2,974 |
Hate both. Sorry - ska is one of those genres that not only does nothing for me, it actively causes me to reach out for the skip button.
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Dec 12 2006, 11:42 AM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,405 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Leeds, UK Member No.: 4,256 |
'the specials', no contest...
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Dec 12 2006, 12:20 PM
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your typical selfish, back-stabbing slut faced ho-bag  Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 28,277 Joined: 2-October 04 From: Norf London Member No.: 2,309 |
QUOTE (dandan @ Dec 12 2006, 11:42 AM) 'the specials', no contest... What he said. |
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Dec 12 2006, 01:11 PM
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The Specials, because they were better and more important at the time.
However, Madness often get stuck away in this 'fun pop band' category when they actually wrote some bloody good songs, and on fun themes such as apartheid, depression, homelessness and terrorism. I tend to think of them as the successors to The Kinks in the narrative pop song sense. But still it's The Specials, but not by much. |
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Dec 16 2006, 04:43 PM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 8,533 Joined: 16-February 05 From: La-La-La-London, UK Member No.: 3,423 |
Well I love me 2Tone but I've gone for Madness, who started out on 2Tone anyway. They just have the edge in this vote only as they had, and still do, a sense of pure fun with their music while The Specials/Special AKA had that harder political edge, though I actually like them both fairly equally.
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Dec 17 2006, 12:30 AM
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I'm a poncey thrush. Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,602 Joined: 30-March 06 From: Undisclosed Member No.: 5,057 |
My vote goes to Madness.
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