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[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Terry Hall (19 March 1959 – 18 December 2022) ❤️🌹🥀

[teresiel]

I was already feeling down today and hearing about Terry Hall solidifies my depressed state.

[queenbea-1610]

Terry Hall.

1959 - 2022.

Rest in peace. 🕊💔

Not my magazines by the way. ✨✨

[garadinervi]

Terry Hall (1959-2022)

♥

[lookninjas]

Happened upon another “Top 10 Terry Hall” songs list today, and got all excited like I always do, just to find that it was mostly songs from the Specials’ first two albums that he didn’t write and one that he didn’t even sing (on the album; he sang it live, but still), so fuck it.  Here’s my personal favorite top 10 non-Specials Terry Hall songs:

10,  Goodbye Sun Valley, the Colourfield

I’ve got the devil in me, not the devil I’d be in Sun Valley

You know, it’s a weird thing.  On an album vs. album basis, I’d argue that The Colour Field beats out the wildly inconsistent Deception, hands down.  But on a song by song basis, Deception just has those few songs that are so damn good.  This, for me, is one of the standouts, a playful music hall number replete with tinkling piano, jazzy clarinet and horns, accordion, and that ba-da-da chorus.  One of his better vocals, too.

9.  Suburban Cemetery, Terry Hall

They didn’t see the billboard that says ‘Stay away from my suburban heaven’

I’m not going to lie; there are moments on later Specials’ albums where I kind of miss Jerry Dammers’ poison pen.  Terry Hall wrote self-laceration like none other, but he sometimes pulled his punches a bit too much.  This particular nineties alt-pop confection, however, takes aim at mild-mannered middle-class bigotry and connects perfectly.  Sugary and scathing.

8.  Sugar Man, Silent Poets feat. Terry Hall

Some thought he would shine, others thought he would fade.

The thing is, there’s a reason so many dub/electronic/trip-hop artists wanted a Terry Hall feature back in the day.  It’s because it fucking works.  This gently melancholy track from Silent Poets, with its murmured spoken word verses and hypnotic chorus, is a perfect example of why.  The video somehow manages to capture the exact feelings of waiting at a bus stop, taking part in a performance art piece, and trying not to attract attention in a psychiatrist’s waiting room, which suits the song down to the ground.

7.  Life in General (Lewe in Algemeen), the Fun Boy Three

Run to where the money flows.  That’s life in general, I suppose

The Fun Boy Three is such a cohesive album that it’s difficult sometimes to pull out highlights.  This one marries a narrative of privilege, deprivation, and indifference to simple, chantlike vocals and dizzyingly complicated percussion, and the whole thing comes off perfectly. 

6.  Walk Into the Wind, Vegas

Before you taste another tear, my love, I know a place where rainbows end

Razzies, turn your location on.  I just want to talk.

Seriously, though, if it weren’t for the Showgirls connection, would anyone have anything bad to say about this song?  It’s a slice of saccharine nineties pop perfection that stands up there with the best of Savage Garden, and it’s got Siobhan Fahey.  There is nothing not to love about this song.  Unless you think it’s cool to hate.

(Sidenote:  U2 didn’t deserve the hate for “Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me” either, and I stand by that.  Their nineties glam phase is probably the most interesting thing they ever did.  Like Tom Cruise playing Lestat.)

5.  Our Lips Are Sealed, the Fun Boy Three

Pay no mind to what they say.  No one listens anyway.

A breakout hit for the Go-Gos and a UK top ten for the Fun Boy Three, this one makes all the lists for a reason.  Nicky Holland’s rearrangement on this keeps the tempo up but gentles the mood way down, taming the staccato guitar line with swirls of cello.  June Miles-Kingston’s vocals float above Terry’s in a lovely duet.  An 80s classic.

4.  The Hour of Two Lights, Terry Hall and Mushtaq

All that stands between us is the hour of two lights.

Everyone take a moment to thank Damon Albarn for introducing Terry Hall to Mushtaq.  The resulting album was absolutely nothing that anyone had planned on, with guest artists pulled in from all over the world to put their piece in, but it’s a fascinating, complicated thing.  This song is a distinct highlight -- a tangoish line for the cello and bass, floating violas and violins, intricate percussion and Terry’s vocal line, hushed almost to ghostliness.  Thanks again, Damon.

3.  A Room Full of Nothing, Terry Hall

And whoever said it was meant to be easy? Someone who knew how to cope.

Fun Boy Three’s “Well Fancy That,” saw Terry wedding lyrical devastation to a disorienting circus-like 6/8 time.  “A Room Full of Nothing” starts with a similar premise, but ratchets up the aggression with heavier organ lines and just the right amount of distorted guitar.  The vocals are smooth, confident, and mature; the lyrics are bitter and bleak.  It shouldn’t go down as easily as it does, but Terry always did wear his misery well.

2.  I Drew a Lemon, Terry Hall

I drew a lemon; I punched that gift horse in the mouth.

Terry’s wit at its absolute wickedest.  Ridiculously quotable from beginning to end, this self-deprecating ode to a divorce in progress shuffles along like its hangdog narrator, finding the funny side of all the misery.  At least he’s still got that Christmas bonus from the CIA to look forward to.

1.  Monkey in Winter, the Colourfield

We never touched.  We never kissed.  We never loved, but we thought we did.

It’s the lyrics for me on this one, honestly.  Don’t get me wrong -- this is one of the songs on Deception where the heavily 80s production really works for me.  I like how the synths sound like they were stolen from David Bowie’s spaceship.  I don’t even mind the vocal distortion.  But it’s the lyrics.  I close my eyes and I start to count the lonesome people leaving town.  It came and went the way things come and go.  What the eyes don’t see, you know the heart won’t miss.  It’s a perfect sepia-toned memory of something that might’ve been beautiful, if it’d ever been at all.  Gorgeous, gorgeous song.

Bonus:  The Man at C&A, the Specials

I’m just saying, if we have to put a classic Specials cut on every list, “The Man at C&A” is right there.

[thecreativemillennial]

R.I.P. to the late Terry Hall, lead vocalist of The Specials, who recently passed away at the age of 63 from pancreatic cancer

[michelleplayswithfire]

These are only about a third of my record collection that I had kept (and survived) over the years. Some are lost through the process of moving, and the damage of having it out in a fucking hail storm (not my choice, but my roommate's at the time -- long ass story), but the ones that are listed on my Discogs are the most accurate because I keep track of them on there AS SOON AS I get them in my hands.

These are the collective ones: 1. Depeche Mode 2. Nick Heyward and Haircut 100 3. China Crisis 4. Hubert Kah 5. Duran Duran 6. Pseudo Echo (some are missing) 7. Terry Hall (Specials/Fun Boy Three/Colourfield/Terry, Blair, and Anouchka) 8. The Cure and New Order

[wikiuntamed]

Top 5 @Wikipedia pages from a year ago: Tuesday, 20th December 2022

Welcome, fáilte, добре дошли (dobre doshli), ongi etorri 🤗 What were the top pages visited on @Wikipedia (20th December 2022) 🏆🌟🔥?

1️⃣: List of most-liked Instagram posts "This list of most-liked Instagram posts contains the top 20 posts by number of likes on the photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram. The most-liked post as of December 2023 is a carousel of the Argentine footballer Lionel Messi and his teammates celebrating the 2022 FIFA World..."

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2️⃣: Lionel Messi "Lionel Andrés Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the..."

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3️⃣: Avatar: The Way of Water "Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 American epic science fiction film. It was co-produced and directed by James Cameron. Cameron co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver from a story the trio wrote with Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. Distributed by 20th Century Studios, it is the..."

4️⃣: Kylian Mbappé "Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the France national team. Regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is renowned for his dribbling abilities, exceptional speed, and..."

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5️⃣: Terry Hall (singer) "Terence Edward Hall (19 March 1959 – 18 December 2022) was a British musician who came to prominence as the lead singer of the 2-tone band the Specials, and later recorded with groups such as Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka, and Vegas.He released two solo studio albums and..."

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[capenafuerte]

Terence Edward Hall (19 March 1959 – 18 December 2022) was a British musician who came to prominence as the lead singer of the 2-tone band the Specials, and later recorded with groups such as Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka, and Vegas. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp9qlo1u0wC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gone2soon-rip]

TERRY HALL (1959-Died December 15th 2022,at 63.Pancreatic cancer).British musician and the lead singer at various times of the Specials, Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka, and Vegas.He is best remembered as the frontman of the Ska band The Specials,who were groundbreaking and iconic for their time,in having a multiracial line-up,often termed as Two Tone,which infused ska rythmns with the frenetic energies of punk,and whose best known song,was Ghost Town,the No.1 1981 hit.He released two solo studio albums and also collaborated with many artists including David Stewart, Bananarama, the Lightning Seeds, Sinéad O'Connor, Stephen Duffy, Dub Pistols, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, D12, Tricky, Lily Allen and Shakespears Sister..  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hall_(singer)

[julio-viernes]

Versiones chocantes/arriesgadas de Terry Hall: “Maggie´s Farm” de Bob Dylan por Specials; “The End” de los Doors por Fun Boy 3; “The Hammond Song” de las Roches, “She” de los Monkees y “Little Things” de Bobby Goldsboro por Colour Field; “Love Will Keep Us Together” de Captain & Tennille por Terry, Blair & Anouchka; “She” de Charles Aznavour por Vegas; “I Saw The Light” de Todd Rundgren por Terry Hall; “Trouble Every Day” de Frank Zappa por Specials (2). 

[radiomax]

In Memoriam: Terry Hall (1959 - 2022)

In Memoriam: Terry Hall (1959 – 2022)

Terence Edward Hall (March 19, 1959 – December 18, 2022) was an English musician and the lead singer of the Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He released two solo studio albums and also collaborated with many artists including David Stewart, Bananarama, The Lightning Seeds, Sinéad O’Connor, Stephen Duffy, Dub Pistols, Gorillaz, Damon…

[apwmagazine]

Terry Hall Illness Before Death: Did Lead Singer Of The Specials Die In The Hospital?

Terry Hall Illness Before Death: Did Lead Singer Of The Specials Die In The Hospital?

Terry Hall’s Illness concerns many people as they try to find the reasons behind his illness. People are trying to discover the details behind Terry Hall’s Illness as they want to discover what ails the superstar.  As the lead singer of the Specials and previously of Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka, and Vegas, Terence Edward Hall was an English musician.  He collaborated…

[jamieroxxartist]

Happy Birthday. Today, Mar 19, 1959 – Terry Hall, English singer-songwriter ( #TheSpecials, and formerly of #FunBoyThree, #TheColourfield, #TerryBlairandAnouchka and #Vegas) was born.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Hall_(singer))

[punkrockhistory]

Happy Birthday to Terence Edward Hall, English musician and the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas, born on this day in 1959, Coventry, Englsnd #ska #skalegends #terryhall #thespecials #history #punkhistory #skahistory #historyofpunk https://www.instagram.com/p/B95nCqRqhSy/?igshid=i7ayl0d7aa2i

[capenafuerte]

Terry, Blair & Anouchka – Ultra Modern Nursery Rhyme https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm4-TeaPnJ6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=