Reply With QuoteDamn. Ghost Town and Our Lips Are Sealed were absolute classics. RIP, Terry, and sorry life was so hard for you.
Legend.
Gutted 😢
Sad news indeed,
RIP.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
RIP
Band sound familiar, but check of a song Message to you Rudy I knew and remembered the band
Just seen this on the news, a bit of a shock.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Sad news. So many happy memories of listening to his music.
RIP
Rip Terry
Memories of misspent teenage years - some really excellent tracks - just love the video for ghost town
I’ll be up in the loft today for my old FBT vinyl
I was unaware of his teenage trauma - very sad
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Too young. Very sad. RIP
Very very sad loved their music :(
“The Specials” was the 1st album I bought from of all places Penny Lane Records.
I vividly remember the wait to get home to play it then playing “Gangster” & “Ghost Town” over and over until getting shouted at to turn it off.
Terry was unique so were the whole band.
R.I.P. Terry I shall be annoying Mrs H with every track today.
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So many tracks of my teenage years. The Specials really caught the zeitgeist of that era.
Did he drink his age in pints?
Gutted.
Wow! RIP Terry.
I had a night on the tiles with him many years ago. He was great fun - all dry humour and laconic wit.
Another legend laid to rest.
Bloody hell.... same age as me too.
My 1st gig was original 2 Tone Tour , Oct 30th 1979
Blackburn Mecca, Golden Palms, happy days.
Loved that genre of which Terry and the Specials were very special. RIP Terry. Ghost Town in my all time top ten.
Very very sad and far too young. Part of the soundtrack of my youth.
Wow, shocked to hear that. R.I.P.
Sad news RIP Terry.
Another one gone, much too young. RIP Terry.
FTFYOriginally Posted by Thewatchbloke
I’d forgotten just how good his music was, RIP.
I'm glad you twigged!FTFY
I’d forgotten just how good his music was, RIP.
The thought of what he was subjected to at the age of 12 (or any age for that matter) and being unable to tell anyone about it, or to talk about it until much later in his life. It just breaks your heart.
Just seen it on the news.Too much too young. RIP Terry. The loss of a complete legend.
Another passing of amazing talent, gone too soon. RIP Terry.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Had his demons, but managed great artistic success and escaped the grim fate of becoming a Coventry City fan.
RIP Tel.
“Curtain has fallen, now you’re on your own,
I won’t return, forever you will wait.
You’re wondering now. . . . . . . . “
RIP Terry Hall
Really shocked to hear this. I still listen to the first 2 Specials albums, takes me back a few years. Currently playing the first album on vinyl at rather high volume, an absolute classic. Can’t believe it’s over 40 years since this came out, makes me wonder where the years have gone.
Edit: The production and mastering on the original vinyl edition of ‘Specials’ is excellent! Forgotten just how good it sounds, even to my old ears.
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Listened to Vegas a lot back in 1992... his collaboration with Dave Stewart.
Fantastic musical legacy but no age at all.....
Check the BBC iPlayer for a few nice shows he wes involved with.
From January 1981.
I was really sad to hear this last night. I was never a fan of The Specials although I do maintain a certain nostalgic affection for Too Much Too Young and Ghost Town. I liked Fun Boy Three. But I thought The Colourfield were brilliant, especially the first album which I played to death back in 1985.
I saw him briefly once, browsing records at Our Price in Covent Garden in the late '90s. But I didn't say hello.
I seem to spend too much time lately digging out music of people who have just died :(
I was a 6th former at Warwick School when Ghost Town came out, it was recored in Leamington where we use to hang out at the weekend, which made it extra poignant.
RIP Terry.
Fun Boy Two..
Not fun!
I didn't know this!
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64039245
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