The Specials - Alcohol (Official Music Video)

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15 жыл бұрын

Music video by The Special AKA performing Alcohol
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Lyrics:
An icy wind blows through the door
You feel like you've been here before
You tremble and you start to sweat
The symptoms of withdrawal
Alcohol
Why do you do it?
Why do you keep beating me?
You give some people a real good time
But you cause some untold misery
Heroin
Why do you do it?
I don't like what I've seen
You promise someone a real good time
And then you take them from their family
You tremble and you start to sweat
You don't want to withdraw
And when your flesh begins to crawl
You'd rather not be here at all
Alcohol
How do you do it?
Please don't do it to me
You give some people a real good time
But you cause some untold misery
Alcohol
Why do you do it?
You ain't gonna do it to me
You give some people a real good time
And you cause some untold misery
#TheSpecials #ChrysalisRecords

Пікірлер: 138

@griffinclark9718 5 жыл бұрын

Rhoda Dakar is a fantastic singer. She gives this song pain & life.

@stumagoo2395 5 жыл бұрын

Probably my favourite track from In The Studio album. Love the instrument arrangement and the atmospheric mood it creates. One of Jerry's finest.

@crunkaholic81 4 жыл бұрын

Ever since i got into ska and learned of the specials I love the original lineup but as i get older the specials aka are growing on me Jerry dammers was a genius in his own right cheer from the usa hope the reunion tour went well. Biggups

@croydonable Жыл бұрын

well said , but the Specials were never Ska , they were 2 tone

@renzopinto3836 Жыл бұрын

Wells said!!

@braedonmcknight154 3 ай бұрын

@@croydonablesame thing you goon, they started the 2 tone record label in 1979 together and played ska beats as a ska band

@croydonable 3 ай бұрын

@@braedonmcknight154 Oh dear , if you don`t know the difference between Ska and 2Tone maybe its better you don`t comment . It was Jerry btw who started the record label .

@braedonmcknight154 3 ай бұрын

@@croydonable oh dear it seems you’re still a know it all goon same as a year ago lol I said “they” as in the specials as in Jerry dammers who founded 2 tone record but 2 tone is still just another way of describing ska

@christopherjameslee3341 Жыл бұрын

Rhoda Dakar absolutely nails it here.

@elmorevandodewaard544 7 жыл бұрын

Dammers is great! Love this style and attitude..

@WorldBFree2006 7 жыл бұрын

Such a jazzy haunting tune...anyone who's been through DTs will feel this in the depths of their soul!

@alondathomas293 7 жыл бұрын

Whoa--never heard this one by them before. I'd better brush up on some Special AKA songs,then.

@ProjectMoff 8 жыл бұрын

I love the way that pink noise goes through the low pass filter, brilliant tune.

@ktwoa 5 жыл бұрын

Rhoda is marvelous!!

@metaren8829 7 жыл бұрын

I like the cajun New Orleans vibe this gives off

@mimim102 7 жыл бұрын

does someone else feel that this song was one of the first trip hop songs ever made or its just me?

@rc-my9tc 5 жыл бұрын

would love to see Portishead do a cover

@MrUndersolo 4 жыл бұрын

I hear it now...!🥃

@MrElectrodynamite 4 жыл бұрын

@@rc-my9tc hell yeahhhh

@anthonylangford8575 5 жыл бұрын

This song needs to be longer, an hour should do it.

@londonlore5881 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely spot on! 👍🏽

@PEPPERS777 2 жыл бұрын

*cough* right click, loop *cough*

@MrBongoagogo 4 жыл бұрын

Prince rim shot John Bradbury on vintage tangerine. Sparkle premier drum rest in peace sad loss. To specials fans and ska drummer a true legend. The guitar intro sound like the opening to callan, classic riff indeed from G G bongo b nz

@Oilisdeathtomany 10 жыл бұрын

Genius. I used to love "In the Studio" and had forgotten about it as it was from my vinyl listening days. Suddenly Nelson Mandela's dead and I'm on a musicastalgia fest.

@sharmannittolimusic1975 4 жыл бұрын

Another great song - your music timeless

@jamesdenilson776 3 жыл бұрын

jerry dammers IS the specials - simple as that

@danieleleno5885 5 жыл бұрын

Maravillosa Banda ...viva..!!! Los Specialssss...!!!!!!!

@julieday9140 7 жыл бұрын

One of my forgotten favorites.

@levylovits 7 жыл бұрын

i think this is my favorite from them, love it

@user-ch3or1mu2v 2 ай бұрын

genial! fantástico! sublime!

@Dick.C.Normous 8 жыл бұрын

An icy wind blows through the door You feel like you've been here before You tremble and you start to sweat The symptoms of withdrawal Alcohol Why do you do it? Why do you keep beating me? You give some people a real good time But you cause some untold misery Heroin Why do you do it? I don't like what I've seen You promise someone a real good time And then you take them from their family You tremble and you start to sweat You don't want to withdraw And when your flesh begins to crawl You'd rather not be here at all Alcohol How do you do it? Please don't do it to me You give some people a real good time But you cause some untold misery Alcohol Why do you do it? You ain't gonna do it to me You give some people a real good time And you cause some untold misery

@chassmash8903 Жыл бұрын

Masterpiece!!!

@EstebanPochintesta 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Every thing in here is ok!

@thorleurs3898 4 жыл бұрын

Świetnie zrealizowany videosong. Thank you 🍀

@rafaeljosenunezlares1089 10 жыл бұрын

awsome

@billyirvine70 10 жыл бұрын

Chill time

@damorshia 13 жыл бұрын

I luv ths song

@josealmirdeliraalmir867 6 жыл бұрын

The Specials uma das bandas mais originais q ja existiu, bons músicos,bons arranjos, melodías únicas boa de mais essa banda....

@michelnegrao3287 4 жыл бұрын

c gosta

@luispedropinzonrosales2565 3 жыл бұрын

Increíble banda. Saludos desde Guatemala, tierra de la eterna primavera!!

@stumagoo2395 3 жыл бұрын

Could you imagine Terry Hall singing this or Nelson Mandela 😂

@michellebabicz2143 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. This is Rhoda’s.

@thespecials 4 жыл бұрын

More music from The Specials: TheSpecials.lnk.to/Listen

@RAWDernison1 3 жыл бұрын

So it's 2795 beers and 51 non-alcohol drinks ... coming up, sir.

@TheMightyMonarch1970 8 ай бұрын

Oh how I love this song like a dear friend

@tidepoolbay 10 жыл бұрын

Nice! Woof!

@dundee520 9 жыл бұрын

class tune 4 recovering alcos

@toomuchinformation 11 жыл бұрын

I had the cassette of their album 'in the studio' when it first came out. I'd forgotten just how good they were, especially rhoda dakar, who excels vocally on this track and Stan Campbell on others I think that special aka were criminally underrated. Their album didn't do very well, esp when compared to the specials. I thought that this album was better though. And it just confirms that jerry dampers was the driving creative force behind the specials. I mean fun boy three??!!!

@stumagoo2395 5 жыл бұрын

The Special AKA were way ahead of Fun Boy Three lyrically, vocally and instrumentally but unfortunately not commercially.

@calebrush3833 6 жыл бұрын

oh Rhoda! Rhoda!

@josealmirdeliraalmir867 6 жыл бұрын

Melodia fantástica gosto muito dessa banda....

@davidyusteleiva Жыл бұрын

Great Rhoda Daker (Bodysnatchers) Amazing !!!

@stephenwalker2924 Жыл бұрын

This sounds like Portishead. Wow.

@mikeokeeffe4692 6 жыл бұрын

This Brandy is tasting pretty good and warm on my throat as I listen

@gresolivier4192 8 жыл бұрын

un des meilleurs morceaux , l' accord parfait voix , orchestre et piano !!! superbe !!!

@kucam12mischablue 7 жыл бұрын

et le titre va parfaitement avec l'atmosphere que cette morceau donne.

@nervigesabschalten 9 жыл бұрын

So schön 🎧

@helloworldliberationforall 3 жыл бұрын

The best song of all time if you have probčems with drinking.

@joaoriecken9598 Жыл бұрын

one love

@JuJu-sn7wo 3 жыл бұрын

Big up from France 🇫🇷

@MattsTrax 4 жыл бұрын

Still excellent in 2020

@danielmelendez3551 8 жыл бұрын

tsss de lujoo :)

@Replicachile1 9 жыл бұрын

salud!

@fromthedoor 11 жыл бұрын

wow

@user-ch3or1mu2v 2 ай бұрын

esto es solo para quien sabe apreciar la música de verdad!

@agussulistyo9632 7 жыл бұрын

good musik

@p0sn 11 жыл бұрын

It's not a good idea to listen to this when you're really drunk.

@MrElectrodynamite 4 жыл бұрын

how about stone jajaja

@patkelly8309 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrElectrodynamite HJGFGFGFGFGFGFZDTMKyhzdtryxhmsdxg

@toiletpaper5770 3 жыл бұрын

Insightful. Chron Gen was very insightful too

@rezaperdanaputra 10 жыл бұрын

listening to this while roll a fat morning weed

@komehana642 5 жыл бұрын

I respect Jerry Dammers !! "The Special A.K.A. " is so much special !! (^^)

@geinikan1kan Ай бұрын

This is slow ska!

@Yickbob 12 жыл бұрын

This whole album (In the Studio - Special AKA) had some amazing tracks (this, Break Down the Door, etc). I think it was just some weird timing thing (or maybe because Terry & some of the others had left), but it never got the airplay it deserved, except of course for the massive impact of 'Free...Nelson Mandela' (it helped make it happen, eventually...).

@stumagoo2395 5 жыл бұрын

It was possibly the topics of the songs which radio stations would rather avoid playing. Radio 1 used to cut short the last line of too much too young and stereotype was only aired late at night as it was about a bloke catching VD.

@filougoutu8397 3 жыл бұрын

Jerry Dammers incarne un pianiste solitaire et souffrant de troubles hallucinatoires.

@democratiedirectedemocrati2268 4 жыл бұрын

wow...wow.........wwwwwwwoooooooowwwwww

@alemaoriginal1981 Жыл бұрын

Alcohol because that im here!!!!!

@lennyweb3178 Жыл бұрын

Jerry looks like Gary Oldman right at the start of this.

@mcknightdoesitright 10 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Nelson Mandela

@TheKinoEye 3 жыл бұрын

Ska? Swing Jazz? Chicago Blues? Idk. It's brilliant though!

@trebor7499 2 жыл бұрын

Just skazzggae forever and ever amen...

@michellebabicz2143 2 жыл бұрын

It’s just a Dammers. Enjoy!

@p0sn 13 жыл бұрын

Awesome tune, shit that there must be adverts! haha

@zandybelle Жыл бұрын

50% Jerry Dammers + 50% Terry Hall, Neville, Rody, Bradbury, Horace and Lynval = The Specials.

@paulrond5145 6 жыл бұрын

I just smashed 30 Flügels, then KZfaq puts this in my suggestions. Sweet!

@jacobware1912 6 жыл бұрын

Red red wine

@alemaoriginal1981 Жыл бұрын

God sendo me here!!!

@JANXDPDX 9 жыл бұрын

1984

@x3disalive 11 жыл бұрын

Al & Jane.

@MrUndersolo 4 жыл бұрын

I suddenly need a drink... 🍸

@LeshaAnn 3 жыл бұрын

...or a shot. 💉

@davidyusteleiva Жыл бұрын

Alcohol & Heroína is better than Jerry Dammers hahaha

@DGSE 11 жыл бұрын

i'm hearing this and i'm drunk...

@leroyjones1781 7 жыл бұрын

Heroin Heroin that's the problem today

@kevinryan4236 3 жыл бұрын

A bit tired now xx

@Sinprovenzalita 11 жыл бұрын

Is that Rhoda Dakar?

@kevinryan4236 3 жыл бұрын

Harley jol

@esojaloerra174 4 жыл бұрын

Gil Scott heron brought me back here.

@Jungleland33 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I look at Rhoda all I think about is Stargate.

@alanfox4172 8 жыл бұрын

With songs like this no wonder jerry dimmers never got invited to the specials reunion

@williammurphy2245 5 жыл бұрын

With out Dammers there would be no Specials or 2Tone. He was the driving force. And they all owe him.

@stumagoo2395 5 жыл бұрын

@@williammurphy2245 Dammers was/is the soul of The Specials. Anything without Dammers is just The Specials in name only.

@michellebabicz2143 2 жыл бұрын

@@williammurphy2245 Damn straight!

@rootsbeforeriches5602 11 жыл бұрын

IM SO HIGH

@NETSY296 4 жыл бұрын

There is a vast difference between alcohol and heroin and wifebeaters will be wifebeaters. I know this.

@NoRiceNoLife_ 8 жыл бұрын

Thid is same the specials who sing "a message to rudi"?

@stonedmole2351 8 жыл бұрын

no they are the specials aka

@Nextlitic 8 жыл бұрын

Yes and no

@supm8958 7 жыл бұрын

can someone be more specific please

@Nextlitic 7 жыл бұрын

Lol heard of Google or Wikipedia ? It is the same Specials technically but with several new members, this incarnation lasted for a few years and the. It changed again. It happens with some bands. Seriously Wikipedia has the whole story.

@MsNooneinparticular 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the 3 lead singers had left to form Fun Boy Three so they replaced them with Rhoda Dakar & a male singer whose name I forget. Still a great album in its own right.

@jonathanzavala6435 5 жыл бұрын

What's the name of the singer?

@mikesherman1260 7 жыл бұрын

Are these the same guys that played "Rudy Cant Fail"?

@KillSanchezVol.1 7 жыл бұрын

No. Those were The Clash.

@mikesherman1260 7 жыл бұрын

lmestanza I was actually thinking of Message to you Rudy?

@KillSanchezVol.1 7 жыл бұрын

Then the answer is yes :-)

@mikesherman1260 7 жыл бұрын

lmestanza thanks!

@freethebaseiliesse4126 7 жыл бұрын

+lmestanza are there other songs sang by a woman from the specials?

@KIMJONGIL567 8 жыл бұрын

somehow i don't think this song is about alcohol

@jasonpfinch 8 жыл бұрын

+KIMJONGIL567 I know what you mean.

@stevemcniel5513 8 жыл бұрын

+jasonpfinch well i dont explain!

@obamanator27 8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Mcniel I don't know specifically what he was referring to. However, I could see this song as a metaphor for a girl he loves but left him. I say it's most likely still about alcohol but either interpretation works.

@MrUndersolo 4 жыл бұрын

There is more under the surface than just the booze...

@ktwoa 5 жыл бұрын

I miss JB

@MrUndersolo 4 жыл бұрын

Jim Beam? 🥃

@stumagoo2395 4 жыл бұрын

C'mon Jerry, please give up the dj'ing and release some new music. Even if it was "Jerry plays The Specials" with just you playing the organ to old Specials tracks many of us would buy it in a flash. It'd be almost tragic if you never release any music ever again.