[Atomica08]

hi everyone

just wondering who was the artist of the mix of our house which chris played
this morning its english something , any help?

cheerrs

[Ed Pummelon]

Close.
Kid British.

[Atomica08]

cheers dude

[Ed Pummelon]

You're welcome man.

[drewbarrymore]

Not a remix though, at this risk of being pedantic it's just using the sample from Madness.

[SCornelius7mufc]

Sounds like a classic song ruined.... maybe its a grower ?

[Yudster]

I thought it worked well. And at that stage in their careers nothing Madness did could be described as classic, by then they had turned into a novelty act which relied on Suggs pulling faces and doing daft dances. I suppose they still had some lyrical integrity but the stuff they were putting out was pap compared to the material they started with.

[Lactating Man Nips]

Ska just generally exploded then died in three years with this being their last big one (not exactly twotone though). I saw them touring One Step Beyond with the Specials - Wow the crowd was mainly skinheads (the good type!). Thereafter they failed to to even get on the radar. I still often see Terry Hall at Coventry Rail Station catching the London train.

[Yudster]

The Specials were brilliant and they managed to maintain it for a while longer than Madness did - but they went the way of all things eventually too. I mean, Bananarama?!

[chrysostom]

Why is it that when someone puts a twist on a song outside of the genre it's intended for, it's described as ruining it? Surely its making older material accessible for a new generation, encouraging their curiosity in older music. Music it timeless, it doesn't belong to a generation.

[Lactating Man Nips]

I wouldn't say it was ruined although some people are very protective of a legacy - which is fair enough.

Timeless? well their style was a fusion of west indian/punk/pop so was very much a product of the times - zeitgeist even. Of course it should be rediscovered, there's enough of everything for everyone. I just generally dislike the ironic reclamation of any oldies because its cool to be uncool.

[S4B]

The Specials were brilliant and they managed to maintain it for a while longer than Madness did - but they went the way of all things eventually too. I mean, Bananarama?!

Some friends of mine played at the Specials after show party last month.

[Lactating Man Nips]

The Specials were brilliant and they managed to maintain it for a while longer than Madness did - but they went the way of all things eventually too. I mean, Bananarama?!

Well, Terry Hall went to Fun Boy Three. Bananarama were borne of the Nipple Erectors.

[Yudster]

They were with Stock, Aitken, Waterman for pete's sake! Just because in a previous incarnation they had a name that made it sound as though they were a subversive punk band doesn't mean they were.

[Lactating Man Nips]

They signed with SAW in 1986. They did a ton of stuff beforehand. Okay, smack-me-bum and call it quits.

[Yudster]

They did, and none of it of any worth. And the reason they signed with SAW was because they wanted to sound like Dead or Alive. Nuff said.

[Lactating Man Nips]

Robert DeNiro's Waiting and Cruel Summer were pretty good pop records for the time. They don't bear replaying nowadays though.

I Heard A Rumour and Love In the First Degree sound nothing like Dead or Alive so something went awry there.

[Yudster]

Pete Waterman said they would have to drink far too much vodka to get close apparently.

[English Bob]

Kid British....meh, another British 'rapper' yelling in some regional accent about some 'life is tough on the street' story. Jamie T clone really.