Specials - the boiler

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deekomodska65

Күн бұрын

first single release after split - as the special A K A - with Rhoda Daker

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@Equinox1.5 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible, powerful track in every way. Just a note: the artist on this video should be labelled 'Rhoda Dakar with The Special AKA', rather than 'Specials'. 'The Boiler' was written and performed by Rhoda and The Bodysnatchers a couple of years before this version with The Special AKA was recorded.

@RudeBlue 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree. Please give credit to the correct artist & fix the title for this song! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@F_NerdShark Жыл бұрын

I’m really glad this song captivated such a serious event. It wasn’t romantasized or dramatized, just a story that very well could have happened. It shows this event from the perspective of the victim, something a lot of people don’t understand, and I really appreciate it, as someone who’s never gone through it myself, but is very close to several people who have. To anyone out there who has lived through this kind of situation, you are valid and I believe in you. It isn’t your fault and never will be. I know it doesn’t matter much, but just note that even if no one in your life has your back, I do. 💙

@sunny70299 Жыл бұрын

It's very powerful. I wonder if this track helped give Terry Hall the courage to write the equally harrowing Well Fancy That on Fun Boy Threes Waiting album the following year. Which also tells the story of a rape (the rape of a child by a trusted adult) in a straightforward and unflinching way also from the victims pov. While Rhoda was telling a story of what happened to a friend of hers, sadly Terry was singing about his own rape. No one was having these conversations in 1982 and 1983, two incredibly brave and powerful songs which show different ways victims can react. Terry laying frozen not being able to shout or scream just as disturbing as those piercing screams. I truly believe rape is the worst crime a person can commit.

@salmanedy Жыл бұрын

Oh, god. Listening to this song is like opening up an old wound. My goodness.

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

I've always described it as the grooviest nightmare you will ever hear.

@salmanedy Жыл бұрын

@@NormAppleton I went and listened to it on my brand new earphones and my fucking god, the nightmare is beyond palpable.

@johnclark448 6 жыл бұрын

They had some bottle, releasing this track Still scary to this day The nice upbeat organ playing against the dark subject matter

@NormAppleton 5 жыл бұрын

As I said to a friend I shared this with 25 years ago "it's the grooviest nightmare you will ever hear" When Napster was under pressure, I made sure this song was there.

@NormAppleton 3 жыл бұрын

It was pretty much banned in the early mid 90's. Then came Napster. Recorded this from the 7 inch and uploaded it.

@twitchygiraffe4636 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Specials don’t like Dammers! The talent had left after Ghost Town and formed fun boy three in my opinion!!!!

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

Bit more than that "John"

@spacenodule 2 жыл бұрын

This is extraordinary. I’ve not heard this before. It’s a good record - maybe even a great one - but I never want to hear it again.

@chetknight3071 5 жыл бұрын

Such a brilliant track, from concept to writing, and arrangement to recording. I bought this single over 20 years ago, and I still can't listen to it all the way through!

@johnmorrison1448 4 жыл бұрын

LIAR

@ellee3727 7 жыл бұрын

I was 13 when I bought this, it still has the same haunting effect on me now, horrible!

@rjjcms1 6 жыл бұрын

+Elle Worsfold I was 17 at the time and I bought it just to hear what the fuss was about because it was - hardly surprisingly - banned from the radio. It spent 2 weeks in the Top 40 in January/February 1982. Well made as it was,I've never played it since that year or not long after because the subject matter is so uncomfortable,especially the screams at the end which is horrible to hear. I'm about to play it for the first time since then; I knew for a while it was coming up as I'm on a gradual chronological trawl gradually through the popular music of my college days. By ridiculous contrast the next single on the list after it is The Lion Sleeps Tonight (!),followed by a long-forgotten minor Stevie Wonder hit,Haircut 100 and Pigbag just to underline the randomness of it; immediately before The Boiler it was Japan,Daryll Hall and John Oates,XTC's Senses Working Overtime (great to hear that one again for the first time in donkeys' years),Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark,Gillan,George Benson and Stiff Little Fingers.

@johnmorrison1448 4 жыл бұрын

WELL NOW YOUR FOURTEEN YOUR ALL GROWN UP

@johnmorrison1448 4 жыл бұрын

BY THE WAY IT WAS SO HAUNTING YOU THOUGHT I'LL LISTEN LOOK SEARCH COMMENT REPLY THINK AGAIN 😂

@johnmorrison1448 4 жыл бұрын

AS YOU ARE CHILDREN WHO'S PAYING YOUR BILL HOW ARE YOU ALLOWED HERE YOUR OMMENTS AND TIME IS TO LATE FOR CHILDREN SOFT KIDS I'M REPORTING YOUR SITE HOW YOUR MUM ALLOWS CHILDREN LIKE YOU LOOK COMMENT REPLY POLICE

@johnmorrison1448 4 жыл бұрын

THIS IS A MUSIC SITE FOR OVER 12S YOU SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED YOUR PARENTS ARE I'M REPORTING YOU

@brigadierstjohnblaster-sum1599 10 жыл бұрын

This song was PROHIBITED from being released for some years in the 80s. It raises the issues which have not been portrayed or discussed that openly (during the previous decades) which was one of rape! It seems that NO RECORD LABEL was prepared to actually consider this for their concern. But Janet Street Porter produced & presented a yewf affairs programme about the R word. It was the first time that SHE presented this song, as something to illustrate HOW FAR the British Establishment was prepared to keep such matters under wraps. Sad really, on many counts, that it got released too long after it was first recorded!

@rjjcms1 6 жыл бұрын

It was released and actually got to number 35 in the charts in early 1982 despite being banned from radio play. Very brave of them to cover such a subject,and pulls no punches in its harrowing nature. She does it brilliantly and it's lost none of its impact.

@rockvilleraven 3 жыл бұрын

@@rjjcms1 Milo of WHFS at 102.3 in Bethesda, MD played the instrumental track as his theme song. The last night the station was on the air in Bethesda, he played the vocal version instead.

@uzifrr 5 жыл бұрын

This is the most harrowing song ever created

@NormAppleton 3 жыл бұрын

I always called it "the grooviest nightmare you will ever hear"

@twitchygiraffe4636 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not really a song more of narrative blow by blow account of a bad rape and one woman’s low self esteem about herself!!!!

@uzifrr 3 жыл бұрын

@@twitchygiraffe4636 alright chill

@homelesshannah50 Жыл бұрын

No A Psychopath is

@salmanedy Жыл бұрын

Frankie Teardrop edges this song out slightly. But... can you imagine what would happen if Rhoda Dakar and Alan Vega joined in on a disturbing scream match? I wouldn't sleep again.

@NoliTange 11 жыл бұрын

thank you for posting this. it must have been over 30 years since I last heard it.

@RogTex 3 жыл бұрын

So here we are in 2021 and after what happened in Clapham last night, I despair. How can this still be so relevant. WTF is wrong with our society?

@michaelbutcher3563 2 ай бұрын

Track got into the lower reaches of the charts in early 1982, and was not played on the radio. Always wanted to hear it but never did

@PirateRadioArchive 11 жыл бұрын

Brilliant ~ not heard it since 1989

@agathokakologic4842 5 күн бұрын

This was my outro every time I djed in the 80s.

@1pilate 8 жыл бұрын

if the scream's at 4.49 dont get you there is an issue!

@Mr1DanSmith 8 жыл бұрын

+1pilate No man, you're wrong...the screams give people some terror in their inestimably ordinary lives.

@Death-Dott 4 жыл бұрын

There's an issue...

@jennytaylor3324 Жыл бұрын

@@Death-Dott 😂

@elowenelo9767 3 жыл бұрын

Chilling but it’s the cold reality of what happens.

@jasonmacdonald4048 9 жыл бұрын

Great tune, haven't heard this since...must be early 80's?... heavy... don't think I'll post it on FB just now... glad I found it again though

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

Hey dickhead, if anything says facebook feed, it's this. Fucking Putz!

@danielmiyahara320 4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who almost cries when her voice starts breaking up

@pobbinista 4 жыл бұрын

@hermit6208 4 жыл бұрын

I'm good.

@NormAppleton 2 жыл бұрын

I cry every time

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

You are not

@sijag68 11 жыл бұрын

Great tune, with a message.

@sijag68 12 жыл бұрын

yonks since I heard this, meaningful lyrics, and a little scary. Shit like this still happens, when will we learn??

@danielgoulding4623 2 жыл бұрын

been looking for this !!

@BeaconAve1173 10 ай бұрын

masterpiece of every era

@sarahcain9577 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this, it has always been one of the most important 45s I have. Please, though, could you edit the info here? It should be credited to “Rhoda with The Special AKA.” Proper credits matter. Thank you!

@scruffyp9480 6 жыл бұрын

Fuck me that took a dark turn

@patrickhicks9880 2 жыл бұрын

it's a brilliant song

@WhereIsMySock03 4 жыл бұрын

Found this because of a thread about disturbing songs. I thought she was gonna kill him or something. Not this though... The PIT in my stomach at those screams, yikes.

@widbear3703 5 жыл бұрын

I often play this right until it goes very dark, as I just love the backing tune. I have only listened to it all the way through twice though, as it is just horribly disturbing (and it was meant to be).

@DingleDongDaddy 5 жыл бұрын

There was an instrumental track on the flipside. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamfgs2c2LPUeYU.html

@widbear3703 5 жыл бұрын

@@DingleDongDaddy Cheers for that :)

@NormAppleton 2 жыл бұрын

@@DingleDongDaddy No point of that. Take the song or don't

@javakidnyc1 2 жыл бұрын

@@NormAppleton fwiw the instrumental was the b-side of the original 7''. it's best listened to knowing that it's set against dark and violent subject matter because there is nothing "fun" about this song.

@bluecanary1note 2 жыл бұрын

Scared the shit out of me when I first heard it.

@michaelpickersgill5665 8 ай бұрын

It's harrowing. This song should be played to all schoolchildren. Maybe some of them will learn.

@madcolor 2 жыл бұрын

Rhoda Dakar. Don't forget it!

@salvadorcasado6424 5 жыл бұрын

Dramática historia Magnífica interpretación de Chica y SPECIALSSS!!!

@NormAppleton Жыл бұрын

Bueno!

@christopherfox7539 4 жыл бұрын

never heard this before. I like

@patrickhicks9880 2 жыл бұрын

they don't even attempt to do anything edgy like this anymore

@BLINDTUBEMARES 9 жыл бұрын

Thatcher Thatcher, milk snatcher

@RF_Burns 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@64214Jose 4 жыл бұрын

Por fin la encuentro después de tropecientos años.

@VIISASSUSI 5 ай бұрын

This song opens old wounds.

@artmanxxx 2 жыл бұрын

Def Rhoda with the Special AKA on the label and sleeve of my single.

@stuartfraser6860 Жыл бұрын

LADIES SHOULD BE SAFELY ON THE STREETS

@kevingrant7486 2 жыл бұрын

Was actually credited as Rhoda with the Special AKA , without Rhoda this song is nothing.....

@stevenmeakin9711 9 жыл бұрын

Class

@ash-fu9ml Жыл бұрын

groovy 😃🧍‍♂️

@jellyintheattic7323 5 жыл бұрын

First time I ever heard this song... and probably the last time too. Not because it's bad, not at all, but because it's _too real_

@capitol7950 4 жыл бұрын

It's a harrowing listen that's for sure

@youngamericanferret422 2 жыл бұрын

I remember I first heard this when I was about 7. We heard it in a cafe and the screams we heard I remember getting confused. I thought it was about a lorry and the lady was saying before the screams " oh no! It is a lorry! I hate lorries! But now I know what it is actually about.

@ultimatejigglypuff5675 Ай бұрын

You heard this in a café what kind of fucking café are you going to bro?

@youngamericanferret422 17 күн бұрын

@@ultimatejigglypuff5675 I couldn’t really remember now. It was very long ago.

@guidixest 2 жыл бұрын

Pesada demais! É desconcertante porque você pensa em dançar ao ritmo do ska e não consegue por causa da letra chocante e reflexiva. Na época deve ter sido pior.

@fannycraddock99 6 жыл бұрын

Still terrifying and always will be.

@TheArpomni2 Жыл бұрын

The arrangement and style of this is so much like Ian Durys Razzle in my Pocket, two totally different stories I know

@jyminy2323 3 жыл бұрын

This is one rough listen

@jjdecani 9 жыл бұрын

OH I AM SO TRIGGERED RIGHT NOW

@evanstj5 2 ай бұрын

How do I delete it from my playlist/?

@StaffsTransport 6 жыл бұрын

Rhoda ♡♡♥♡♥♡♡♡♡

@NormAppleton 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the Napster days...98,99 made damn sure this song was shared. I grinned whenever somebody downloaded it. It's so scary but so enlightening. Also, as I've described it...the grooviest nightmare you will ever hear.

@garycogan8684 2 жыл бұрын

Please credit this correctly. It is Rhoda Dakar with the Special AKA. Considering the content, it is especially tasteless to get this so wrong. Disturbing but amazing track.

@carlosferrer2508 7 жыл бұрын

did you hear Phil Manzanera´s version? Great!!

@dillongstaff5625 3 жыл бұрын

bizarre choice for a follow up to a Number 1 (Ghost Train).

@stribs1 2 жыл бұрын

It's Rhoda Dakar and the Special AKA not just the Specials.

@johnmcginty8830 12 жыл бұрын

had to play this quietly,so my parents and neighbours wouldn,t hear it. then i did play it loud, people about ..shit themselfs 80...

@blitzshriek999 12 күн бұрын

This is sheer brilliance, and it's either a horrible venting that knows no equal or one hella amazing bit of psychodrama...😮😮 mayb a bit a both - however 35 years later the me-too movement was never stronger, and where was THIS kind of representation? Just curious

@Hanx10 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like I found one of the samples pulled by The Dust Brothers soundtrack for Fight Club (@ 0:13)

@jacobjames1171 8 жыл бұрын

This is sad.

@andylelliott6595 12 жыл бұрын

dont often hear this 1 as it was banned

@Kapricorn1 Жыл бұрын

First time ive heard this, this song is brutal, but those screams at the end..fuck

@DuwangKaizer 3 жыл бұрын

This song is Nightmare Fuel...

@darrionlewis123 2 жыл бұрын

Here because they said Kendrick got his idea from them

@renitawilliams6759 2 жыл бұрын

Me too . This is my first time hearing it and I will never listen to it again and it’s a shame because the music is dope

@garymichael7425 8 жыл бұрын

love her accent

@dazauto1400 Жыл бұрын

Yes a London accent.

@wevans2012 10 жыл бұрын

tOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS TRACK. wICKED

@NormAppleton 2 жыл бұрын

lIVKE RILLY FUCK FACE IT'S ABOUT YOU

@VespaT5 2 жыл бұрын

This is Rhoda Dakar with the Specials, not the Specials.

@newkdf03 2 жыл бұрын

This is Specials AKA with Rhoda Dakar, not the Specials.

@javakidnyc1 2 жыл бұрын

almost - it's Rhoda Dakar with The Specials AKA

@mikaelgarletti8210 5 жыл бұрын

hummm)

@normalnorman41 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not The Specials it’s Rhoda Dakar With The Special AKA, please get it right

@neweightiesgirl5983 5 жыл бұрын

oh shit man im scared

@akegan 6 жыл бұрын

#metoo

@chrischarla424 2 жыл бұрын

This is Rhoda's song, not The Specials' song.

@Ihiggins 5 жыл бұрын

Fucking hell...

@DeepestCoconuts 3 жыл бұрын

Velvet underground/shangrilas type

@NoliTange 11 жыл бұрын

yes..because it supposedly offended Mrs.Thatcher

@natashagerson2801 6 жыл бұрын

Yes because the police were wonderful and wouldn't allow that kind of thing to happen, besides, girl that went out with strange men deserved all they got for leading them on and the only guiltless rape victims were those that were raped by strangers in brought daylight while wearing a ski suit. Such was the attitude to date rape in the day. Rhoda was a really brave woman and this song led to discussion and disclosures

@widbear3703 5 жыл бұрын

Shows her priorities - the message about the absolute horror of rape is not one that can be overstated.

@homelesshannah50 Жыл бұрын

@@natashagerson2801 Maybe not lead him on but she should have NEVER followed him then made it seem like she was interested after telling him no.

@angusshield6648 4 жыл бұрын

@dazauto1400 Жыл бұрын

The Bodysnatchers original version from the 1980 Peel Session is far superior.

@capitol7950 5 жыл бұрын

Hard going to listen to

@funkirsty 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me who feels like this a piece of femist history (HERstory)?

@BLINDTUBEMARES 9 жыл бұрын

No one would rape Thatcher

@MalcNedd62 4 жыл бұрын

This is a very uncomfortable listen.

@Death-Dott 4 жыл бұрын

Then don't listem to it you pussy

@Death-Dott 3 жыл бұрын

@@achintobe5410 I do have a problem. I have a problem called 'unless it's something happy my reactions are minor.' Some people were planning to gang rαpe me at a streetlight. Didn't really react. So yes. I do have a problem with emotions and reactions.

@achintobe5410 3 жыл бұрын

@@Death-Dott sorry to hear that. I just mean that it's ok that he found in uncomfortable

@Death-Dott 3 жыл бұрын

@@achintobe5410 ye it is. I was just telling him to not listen to it if it made him uncomfortable. (though looking back I could've been less... I dunno... Rude, about it)

@mr.aviation2999 5 жыл бұрын

bruh this is disturbing i get the subject matter but why make a song about it and play the acted sounds of a rape its just feels wrong...

@QueensSpeechUK 5 жыл бұрын

It slaps you right in the face with the reality of rape, that's its purpose. You wouldn't get blatantly, angrily political music like this nowadays, sadly

@blitzkriegazteca642 3 жыл бұрын

Its to shock you, as much as the real thing would, if you witnessed it.