RIP Terry Hall

[MillisleBlue]

"This should have been our next single but they wouldn't play it on the radio, this is called Too Much Too Young"

Another hero of my teenage years gone far far too soon.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

 

[threespires]

The ghostly flute and organ, the warning brass, and the mournful bass, Ghost Town remains an incredible piece of music. It sounds different today, almost cartoonish, but when you heard those opening bars in 1981, they had a sinister air of menace. RIP.

Its time at #1 was bookended by Shaking Stevens and Michael Jackson - it was utterly different and utterly brilliant.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

My younger brother hasn't popped his clogs just yet.
In fact he's in very good health and just returned from 2 weeks in Barbados .
I was just pointing out that he was born the day after Terry Hall and 2 days after Irene Cara.

Good to hear it.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

 

[mexico1970]

Loved the music they made but typical of Bragg to just not concentrate on the sound that everyone (well near everyone) liked. At the time I thought they were brilliant without the political angle and I still think they are brilliant.

 

[chaddblue]

I heard he lived in New Mills for a few years. Don't know about Bramhall, though.

I was told by somebody yesterday that he lived in Hadfield near Glossop, but can't personally vouch for that

 

[Gabriel]

Loved the music they made but typical of Bragg to just not concentrate on the sound that everyone (well near everyone) liked. At the time I thought they were brilliant without the political angle and I still think they are brilliant.

Bragg doesn’t mention ‘political’ in that tweet, only cultural, and most of the artists releasing via 2-Tone were making a strong socio-cultural statement. I guess it’s difficult for us now looking back to disentangle the political from the socio-cultural, but at that time the whole sound and look was radically different.

 

[Legal Alien]

RIP Terry Hall, another sad loss.

They’re happening a bit too frequently for my liking.

 

[mexico1970]

Bragg doesn’t mention ‘political’ in that tweet, only cultural, and most of the artists releasing via 2-Tone were making a strong socio-cultural statement. I guess it’s difficult for us now looking back to disentangle the political from the socio-cultural, but at that time the whole sound and look was radically different.

I really was old enough to notice mate but again I just liked the music, the one thing that pisses me off about music is the overthinking of it, you either like it or you don't it's a personal thing taste.

 

[PinkFinal]

It'd be great to get Gangsters or Ghost Town to number one in tribute.

Terry was kidnapped and raped by a nonce as a kid
Recounted in this song

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Too much,too young ???

Not so much these days :(

 

[manclad]

Not so much these days :(
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Brilliant.
All us FOCs on Bluemoon like this post !!

 

[super_city_si]

RIP. Gave us some great tunes.

 

[West Yorks Owl]

As a 9 year old the first Specials album had a massive influence on me, and is still my favourite ever album to this day.

RIP Sir :(

 

[Don Karleone]

Worth a watch

 

[Scaley]

If you haven’t already have a go on this, really good insight into the band, covers all sorts from the band’s beginnings, touring with the Go-Go’s, Terry’s relationship with Jane Weidlin. The Special’s was the first Album I ever bought and weirdly enough I had it on in the car on the way to work on Sunday. RIP Terry, thanks for the tunes at least you’ll have some company with Brad.

 

[tonea2003]

happens all to often people from my youth passing
gets you thinking of your own mortality
do what you can while you can

 

[nw42]

happens all to often people from my youth passing
gets you thinking of your own mortality
do what you can while you can

Same here re the people of our youth, I'm 63 in Feb, so Terry's death is one that really does resonate, saw them at Deeside Leisure in 78/79?, brilliant band that summed up the mood of the youth at the time.

As for your last line, right on, we're a long time dead.

 

[Postman Pep]