...and she still sits atop that throne!

Phyllis Dillion: hold my roots tea

True that!!!

Definitely

@@morelife6508 True but Pauline is the Queen of British Ska..

great, here's some words in case you missed them: LEAVE IT IN THE DAMN GROUND!

@@eightiesmusic1984I'm 54 too, was a big fan of 2 tone at the time and even more so when I was 16 to 18 when the period 79 to 81 seemed like a lifetime ago. I saw the Selecter in the early 90s twice, at one gig I got up on the stage during Missing Words and kissed Pauline on the cheek to the amusement of the middle aged career skinheads in the crowd. She didn't miss a beat, a few seconds later she was singing 'You got a problem baby!' and pointing to me to further amusement. Talk about thinking on your feet. Yes 2 tone was definitely about unity and anti racism and there certainly was a fair amount of racism in those days. Sometimes I wonder though if the anti racists of that era - Jerry Dammers, Paul Weller etc take a look at the blatant racism against white people now in social housing allocation, what's taught in universities, public sector employment, at how white people have become minorities in British cities and often targets of racial violence and murder (Kriss Donald etc), the shocking levels of crime in black communities in the UK etc and wonder if perhaps in hindsight they could have had a bit more loyalty and solidarity with their own people

the main people in the Selecter were Pauline Black & Noel Davies.

@@jamesmcnellis7457 but Compton and co made the all round sound - and the sheer energy collectively was so so good

And to be aged 16 again, great song and memories :)))

Yeppers

Should be Selecter !

Me too,Pauline is one of the most honest and loveliest person in this mad world we live in 2024.