Pick your 2-Tone favourite

The BBC in the Coventry region is celebrating the ska era with a contest asking listeners to pick their favourite 2-Tone track. The options:

Ghost Town - The Specials
Gangsters - Special AKA
Message to You - The Specials
Mirror in the Bathroom - The Beat
The Prince - Madness
Too Much, Too Young - The Specials
Missing Words - The Selecter
Night Boat to Cairo - Madness
Tears of a Clown - The Beat
On My Radio - The Selecter

You can vote here. The special show will be broadcast Feb. 5.

Comments

[Alan]

I visited family in 1980 just as I had in 1977 when I learned about punk at 14. I still have my EP of "Too Much Too Young" and, although it is a difficult choice, that has to be it. The second wave of ska was a great thing to experience as a late teen. I have already instilled the love with the elementary school kids in this house.

[Bill Doskoch]

Given that the list doesn't contain Madness's 'One Step Beyond,' the list is not worth talking about.