2 Tone started in Coventry and changed everything. A sound that mattered, a movement that proved the horn section was never going anywhere.
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@blowquality.com2 Tone started in Coventry and changed everything. A sound that mattered, a movement that proved the horn section was never going anywhere.
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From my school days 1976-1988 | 22 of 30
Another song I taped from radio, in the early '80s, in my early teens. And that I later often listened to on my cassette player, instead of on my radio:
"On My Radio" by The Selecter (1979 single)
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From my school days 1976-1988 | 21 of 30
I taped a lot of 2 Tone songs from the radio, in my early teens, the early '80s. Including this:
"Can't Get Used to Losing You" by The Beat ("I Just Can't Stop It", 1980; original by Andy Williams, 1963)
@blowquality.comMajor label deals meant something different in 1977. The money was real, the stakes were higher, and the music had to justify it.
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🎵 General Public - Tenderness
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From my school days 1976-1988 | 16 of 30
Another song that I remember being very popular when I was 12…
"House of Fun" by Madness ("Complete Madness", 1982)
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Madness “The Prince” One Step Beyond…, 1979
A tribute track to Jamaican ska pioneer Prince Buster, whose song “Madness” is covered on the B-side.
It reached No. 16 in the UK and launched the band's career
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@blowquality.comThe Clash proved from day one that punk and reggae weren't enemies, they were neighbors. That's the sound that changed everything.
@blowquality.com2 Tone was a lightning bolt. The fact that it came from one city, one year, one moment of refusal to accept the world as it was handed to you, changes everything about what's possible.
@blowquality.comOne record changed everything. When Jamaica's sound reached number one in the UK, the whole world started listening to the island's rhythm.
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09.07 | Race / Run
"You'll be working for the rat race
You know you're wasting your time
Working for the rat race
You're no friend of mine"
"Rat Race" by The Specials (1980 single)
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