Specials vs Fun Boy Three
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john eden
male pale and stale
It's got to be the Specials but the Fun Boy 3 are massively under-rated.
I think people dis them because of the Bananarama collab? Twats.
Here is a picture of Jerry Dammers at BASH playing some 'ardkore junglist bizness:
http://www.uncarved.org/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=264
I think people dis them because of the Bananarama collab? Twats.
Here is a picture of Jerry Dammers at BASH playing some 'ardkore junglist bizness:
http://www.uncarved.org/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=264
STN
sou'wester
Oh come on, fun boy 3 are awesome. Thumpy-thump drums, David Byrne on production etc etc. Easy to forget how weird the Specials sound though. I've probably heard the Specials too much, so I'm kind of being unfair. But nothing they've done comes close to The Pressure of Life Takes Weight off the Body for me.
crackerjack
Well-known member
No contest really.
Though waiting is a great album and Lunatics (and its b-sdie) a brilliant sniggle
you do realise including special aka and specials is gonna completely cock yourr vote up?
Though waiting is a great album and Lunatics (and its b-sdie) a brilliant sniggle
you do realise including special aka and specials is gonna completely cock yourr vote up?
STN
sou'wester
How so? Sorry, I'm not very good at stuff like this.
Client Eastwood
Well-known member
the specials for me. jerry dammers always so miserable to the point of making me smile. there's some pretty good footage from the old grey whistle test on the youtube. and as mentioned above he had cool hair. and the video to ghost town.
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
I went for the Specials without having heard Fun Boy 3, which is clearly a dick move as a voting strategy, but really, the Specials at their best are just fantastic, aren't they? Gangsters should be added to the bar-djing list I reckon, nobody can dislike that song.
Client Eastwood
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its all explained here in a fashion.
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crackerjack
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Cos I can't remember when the name changed. Sure they were AKA on Gangsters (tho I can't be bothered looking for my single to prove it), then just The Specials, then AKA again, after FB£ left - which means AKA were a Hall band for one single only.
Is tha right?
Christ, I've bored myself now.
To be honest, I've only got the Specials stuff and a few Two-Tone release, so I didn't vote. Just perfect summer records, aren't they?
Aside from Ghost Town, Gangsters and Rudy, Blank Expression and Too Much Too Young are the tunes for me, so the Specials proper win out over AKA for me (although I really dig the sound they get on that last record).
I've always been curious about Fun Boy Three though. Where is a good place to start with them?
Aside from Ghost Town, Gangsters and Rudy, Blank Expression and Too Much Too Young are the tunes for me, so the Specials proper win out over AKA for me (although I really dig the sound they get on that last record).
I've always been curious about Fun Boy Three though. Where is a good place to start with them?
STN
sou'wester
I think FB3 only did two albums, both worth having and (I'd imagine) cheap on amazon or somewhere.
The best of 'Really Saying Something' is pretty excellent.
If memory serves, I think it was Too Much Too Young and then they changed it back. Didn't the temporary name change have something to do with the controversy surrounding that song?
crackerjack
Well-known member
Waiting album and the Lunatics single (see above)
crackerjack
Well-known member
I've just sought guidance from my light and saviour (aka wiki) and Gangsters was AKA, the album wasn't, but TMTY was AKA again.
Now you see how fucking confusing it all is?
Just checked out some clips of Waiting. I was expecting more of a Beat vs. General Public level change in sound from the Specials, but it seems like a continuation of the Special AKA project. Is this the case or am I way off? I guess I was expecting it to sound more like Our Lips Are Sealed, which sounds kind of dumb as I type it. 
Sounds really good though!
Wasn't Horace Panter in both the Specials and General Public?
Sounds really good though!
Wasn't Horace Panter in both the Specials and General Public?
Yeah that is confusing. I didn't realize it was such an on and off thing. If I didn't feel qualified to vote before, consider me doubly intimidated now!
It reminds me of the whole BAD/BAD II/Big Audio/BAD thing.
Edit: Does that mean Gangsters and TMTY count as AKA in this poll?
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crackerjack
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Just checked out some clips of Waiting. I was expecting more of a Beat vs. General Public level change in sound from the Specials, but it seems like a continuation of the Special AKA project. Is this the case or am I way off? I guess I was expecting it to sound more like Our Lips Are Sealed, which sounds kind of dumb as I type it.
Sounds really good though!
Whcih Special AKA project?
I think the post-split Specials AKA went quite deliberately kitschy, esp. Girlfriend.
It was more the quality of songwriting on Waiting. Loved (with youthful nostalgia proviso) the one about the weed chain, We're Having All the Fun in particular, as well as OLAS.