The Specials and the Selecter had their hearts in the right place
but I put it to you that their actual records were shite, especially when held up against the proper Jamaican ska which inspired them.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:12, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Indeed. Their best songs were covers.
Jerry Dammers would make my list, but not the others, as he refused to join in the reunion rehashing of former glories preferring to look forward rather than backwards, with his Spatial AKA Orchestra.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:15, Reply)

Have you seen him lately?
Boy needs a dentist big time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:16, Reply)

He always did IIRC!

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:17, Reply)

It's now critical.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:20, Reply)

Sadly the fluoridation of Coventry's water supply came a little too late for our Jerry.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 9 May 2012, 9:18, Reply)