Friday Jams Fest

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  by: Colorado Pols Fri August 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM MDT

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  1. SSG_Dan says:
    Fri August 17, 2012 at 4:56 PM MDT

    While it was cool that Madness got to open with their US hit, they’re a fun (but safe) ska band.

    The real deal – the Specials:

    And BTW, what ASSHAT at NBC cut out the Kate Bush performance?

    • AristotleAristotle says:
      Fri August 17, 2012 at 5:05 PM MDT

      Let’s not get all revisionist here.

      • SSG_Dan says:
        Fri August 17, 2012 at 5:19 PM MDT

        …setting the way-back machine for the 80′s, I used to buy every piece of vinyl by Madness from the long-gone Public Image Record store in Bonnie Brae. Their musically manifesto was all about having fun and playing for the thrill of it.

        The Specials, on the other hand, were always wading into the controversy of the moment:

        • AristotleAristotle says:
          Fri August 17, 2012 at 5:21 PM MDT

          but it doesn’t make them more “real.”

          • SSG_Dan says:
            Fri August 17, 2012 at 5:41 PM MDT

            …esp someone like me who’s a stupid slobbering fan who still has all of his vinyl from them.

            I’m just saying that the Olympics went with the “safe” ska band instead of getting the bands who invented the genre – The Specials, The English Beat, Eek A Mouse, etc….probably because the content of the songs was a bit too political.

            • CaninesCanines says:
              Fri August 17, 2012 at 6:12 PM MDT

              My favorite of the English ska-revivalist acts, bringing back the pre-reggae Jamaican sound.

              A song like “Gangsters” was incredibly prescient for its look at an emerging police security state.

              And The Specials blew The Police off the stage when The Specials opened for The Police at the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver.

  4. Diogenesdemar says:
    Fri August 17, 2012 at 7:51 PM MDT

    it’s a great day just to be alive . . . how many more of these are you gonna get?

    Like the man says, “don’t let another moment slip away” . . .

    . . . maybe learn to play some trombone?

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