The Specials, Chrysalis Records, 1980

WXRT played a lot of the Specials when this came out, especially A Message to You, Rudy, which I really liked. I got the record and found that the rest of the record was okay. That’s how it goes sometimes. I like ska, I like sticking it to the man, I like unifying the punks, natty dreads, mods, rockers, hippies, and the skinheads. But this didn’t get me going into clubs, much less going into the streets. It was me, not them. The songs do warn of the folks who want to paint the town gray, which is a good line.