Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to The Specials
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845135423 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pete said A fantastical and engaging story of a different age - for anyone interested in music.. In the early 80's I bought an imported vinyl (A fantastical and engaging story of a different age - for anyone interested in music. Pete In the early 80's I bought an imported vinyl (4 times the cost of everything else) from a long defunct record shop in Hawera, a small rural servicing town in the middle of New Zealand. And discovered a new world of music full of rhythm and underlying social and political messages.But all that was a long time ago. After reading Neville Staples' autobiography, the nostolgia returns as I think back to The Specials, The Beat (and all the variations!), The Selector, The Bodysnatchers and so many others - bads that others hadn't discovered singing about things we didn't know . times the cost of everything else) from a long defunct record shop in Hawera, a small rural servicing town in the middle of New Zealand. And discovered a new world of music full of rhythm and underlying social and political messages.But all that was a long time ago. After reading Neville Staples' autobiography, the nostolgia returns as I think back to The Specials, The Beat (and all the variations!), The Selector, The Bodysnatchers and so many others - bads that others hadn't discovered singing about things we didn't know . K. Weston said I Couldn't Put It Down. Excellent Read!!. In 1979, I first heard The Specials on college radio. As a lover of reggae and ska from the 60s, it was great to hear this music getting a revival. The Specials were an interracial band made up of seven individuals from various musical backgrounds brought together by band founder and leader Jerry Dammers who would go on to create the "I Couldn't Put It Down. Excellent Read!!" according to K. Weston. In 1979, I first heard The Specials on college radio. As a lover of reggae and ska from the 60s, it was great to hear this music getting a revival. The Specials were an interracial band made up of seven individuals from various musical backgrounds brought together by band founder and leader Jerry Dammers who would go on to create the 2-Tone label which attempted to bring racial unity to a socially and culturally-warring Britain in the late 70/early 80s with music (The English Beat, Madness, The Selector, The Body Snatchers, Bad Manners were all other ska bands also on 2. -Tone label which attempted to bring racial unity to a socially and culturally-warring Britain in the late 70/early 80s with music (The English Beat, Madness, The Selector, The Body Snatchers, Bad Manners were all other ska bands also on "I Couldn't Put It Down. Excellent Read!!" according to K. Weston. In 1979, I first heard The Specials on college radio. As a lover of reggae and ska from the 60s, it was great to hear this music getting a revival. The Specials were an interracial band made up of seven individuals from various musical backgrounds brought together by band founder and leader Jerry Dammers who would go on to create the 2-Tone label which attempted to bring racial unity to a socially and culturally-warring Britain in the late 70/early 80s with music (The English Beat, Madness, The Selector, The Body Snatchers, Bad Manners were all other ska bands also on 2. . Brilliant! Jane What a great read from start to finish.Thank you Neville for your memories. Coming from Coventry and growing up in the 80's with the ska music scene (Specials, Selecter, Madness etc) this brought back lots of great memories for me. Highly recommended read for anyone who remembers the music well.
He recalls the band's increasing tensions and eventual split; his subsequent foray into bubblegum pop with Fun Boy Three; and a newfound fame in America as godfather to Third Wave ska bands. But throughout there was music, and Nev reveals how he became part of the most important band of the 1980s. In 1961, five-year-old Neville was sent to England to live with his father, a man for whom discipline bordered on child abuse. He remembers sound system battles; the legendary 2 Tone tour with the Selecter, Madness, and Dexy's, and their clashes with white nationalist thugs. The unruly offspring of white boy punk and rude boy ska, the Specials burst on to the scene. As he recounts here, growing up black in the Midlands of the 1960s and 1970s wasn't easy, and his youth was marked by scuffles with skins, compulsive womanizing, and a life of crime that led from shoplifting to burglary and eventually prison. In 1979, Thatcher's Britain was a country crippled by strikes, joblessness, and economic gloom, divided by rac
Neville Staple was a frontman with The Specials and a member of the pop trio Fun Boy Three. He now tours the world with his ska act The Neville Staple Band. Pete Waterman is a record producer and DJ.. Tony McMahon is a journalist and TV producer
'A fascinating but harrowing tale of an uneasy life' -- Lois Wilson Mojo 'There's a charm -and often downright cheek- in everything this "Rude Boy -made-good" has done There's more than enough colourful behaviour to keep you smiling' -- Jake Kennedy Record Collector 'The book offers an insightful account of 1970s Britain; a time crippled by joblessness and economic gloom, but also uplifted by the new sound of the time: 2 Tone.' The Voice