Surely this has to happen every home game if RVN gets the job (25 Viewers)

[deleboshanker]

‘A message to you Rudy’ being belted out before kick off.

25k + jamming to this is giving me serious vibes

 

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[Torquay Sky Blue]

Do you really think it will happen or is what we hope will happen

 

[deleboshanker]

Do you really think it will happen or is what we hope will happen

The bookies are a decent starting point to gauge

 

[rob9872]

Jack Rudoni
Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Just need Ruud Gullit for assistant then it Rudi, Rudi Rudi

 

[deleboshanker]

We need a man like Antonio Rudiger at the back

 

[CovValleyBoy]

‘A message to you Rudy’ being belted out before kick off.

25k + jamming to this is giving me serious vibes

Never rated the Specials. Seen them live even bought a couple of singles
But no......Message to you Rudy ... awful song.

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

Never rated the Specials. Seen them live even bought a couple of singles
But no......Message to you Rudy ... awful song.

Amazed to hear that.
I liked them when they started, saw them twice in 1979 at Tiffanys and next time 2019 in Catherdral. An absolutely incredible band.

Have you listened to their lyrics? Songs are just as relevant 45 years on in fact even more so with the racism in society being encouraged by some of the political parties in UK.
'Message to you Rudy' is actually one of my favourites too.
Everyone has their own taste admittedly.

 

[CovValleyBoy]

I saw them at Tiffanys .Madness & Selecter also on that night.
Best Specials track prob their first hit.
Ah well Maybe it was because Terry Hall supported Man Utd

Amazed to hear that.
I liked them when they started, saw them twice in 1979 at Tiffanys and next time 2019 in Catherdral. An absolutely incredible band.

Have you listened to their lyrics? Songs are just as relevant 45 years on in fact even more so with the racism in society being encouraged by some of the political parties in UK.
'Message to you Rudy' is actually one of my favourites too.
Everyone has their own taste admittedly.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

‘A message to you Rudy’ being belted out before kick off.

25k + jamming to this is giving me serious vibes

Wouldn’t you need 25k+ liking the specials?

there’s so significant portion of our fanbase who weren’t even alive when they were about

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Wouldn’t you need 25k+ liking the specials?

there’s so significant portion of our fanbase who weren’t even alive when they were about

Best stop singing Twist n Shout then too.

 

[fatso]

Never rated the Specials. Seen them live even bought a couple of singles
But no......Message to you Rudy ... awful song.

Stop your messing around

 

[Elliott_Cov]

Never rated the Specials. Seen them live even bought a couple of singles
But no......Message to you Rudy ... awful song.

They covered it, it’s not their song?

 

[Otis]

They covered it, it’s not their song?

Yeah, originally from 67 or 68 I think.

I love it. Great song.

 

[Elliott_Cov]

Yeah, originally from 67 or 68 I think.

I love it. Great song.

It’s a belter

 

[Elliott_Cov]

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Best stop singing Twist n Shout then too.

Good point. But to be fair the specials are pretty niche. The Beatles were a much bigger deal and remain a much bigger deal.

I’d imagine most people could identify far more Beatles songs than specials

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Good point. But to be fair the specials are pretty niche. The Beatles were a much bigger deal and remain a much bigger deal.

I’d imagine most people could identify far more Beatles songs than specials

You could say that about the Beatles versus any other group/band that's ever existed.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

You could say that about the Beatles versus any other group/band that's ever existed.

The comparison was to twist and shout

 

[Brylowes]

Wouldn’t you need 25k+ liking the specials?

there’s so significant portion of our fanbase who weren’t even alive when they were about

Best stop singing Twist n Shout then too.

Whatever will be, Will be (Que Sera Sera ) is definitely out then.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Whatever will be, Will be (Que Sera Sera ) is definitely out then.

It’s also football-wide, there isn’t many football teams relating to the specials

 

[skyblueelephant76]

The bookies are a decent starting point to gauge

They're really not

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

They covered it, it’s not their song?

Twist and Shout was also a cover by the Beatles, so does that not make it their song?

 

[Peter Billing Eyes]

Good point. But to be fair the specials are pretty niche. The Beatles were a much bigger deal and remain a much bigger deal.

I’d imagine most people could identify far more Beatles songs than specials

Niche? You could say the same about The Enemy? The wider fanbase seem to have embraced them….

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Niche? You could say the same about The Enemy? The wider fanbase seem to have embraced them….

And that goes back to my original point that the majority of the fanbase will know them. Given they were only 13/14 years aho

 

[David O'Day]

And that goes back to my original point that the majority of the fanbase will know them. Given they were only 13/14 years aho

Nah, they were not that big and there's plenty of people who sing that song who wouldn't be able to name another song of theirs.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

I think most Cov kids that were into music would know the Specials.

 

[David O'Day]

Also more people would know the Specials version of Rudy than a 2nd rate landfill indie song from 17 years ago.

 

[StrettoBoy]

With Haji Wright out for months I’m just praying that RVN is match fit.

 

[David O'Day]

I think most Cov kids that were into music would know the Specials.

You'd be shocked, I'm of the right age and inn to music but they were never as big as people seem to think they were.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I think most Cov kids that were into music would know the Specials.

Nah - I’ve heard of them, but apart from Ghost Town and Message to you Rudy, couldn’t tell you any more.

I’m 35 and id put good money on most people under my age being apathetic to the specials and two tone in general

 

[Sick Boy]

Im nearly 40 so wasn’t around then but I’ve never understood the hype either.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

Granted it was a very short time but between 1979 and 1981 they were very big. They were featuring at the top of the music charts when people bought a serious amount of records. It's what a lot of people outside Coventry positively associate with us.

Even if you want to discount the music, the 2 tone movement and the anti racist message it sent out is something we should be proud originated from our town. I've never understood the need by some to denigrate them. I guess in football terms it could be argued that it follows from our history of slating homegrown players from Bobby Gould, through Andy Blair, Marcus Hall, Gary Mcsheffrey and now Josh Eccles, and that there will always be elements of bitterness to local boys done good..

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Granted it was a very short time but between 1979 and 1981 they were very big. They were featuring at the top of the music charts when people bought a serious amount of records. It's what a lot of people outside Coventry positively associate with us.

Even if you want to discount the music, the 2 tone movement and the anti racist message it sent out is something we should be proud originated from our town. I've never understood the need by some to denigrate them. I guess in football terms it could be argued that it follows from our history of slating homegrown players from Bobby Gould, through Andy Blair, Marcus Hall, Gary Mcsheffrey and now Josh Eccles, and that there will always be elements of bitterness to local boys done good..

It’s not slating though is it, music tastes change. Two tone was big as you said for 2 years. The message is fine.

the music just isn’t popular, when you consider that you lead into 80s with more popular nationwide and world wide acts following into the 90s where you got bands like Oasis, Blue, Spice Girls, Take That etc

 

[Sick Boy]

Granted it was a very short time but between 1979 and 1981 they were very big. They were featuring at the top of the music charts when people bought a serious amount of records. It's what a lot of people outside Coventry positively associate with us.

Even if you want to discount the music, the 2 tone movement and the anti racist message it sent out is something we should be proud originated from our town. I've never understood the need by some to denigrate them. I guess in football terms it could be argued that it follows from our history of slating homegrown players from Bobby Gould, through Andy Blair, Marcus Hall, Gary Mcsheffrey and now Josh Eccles, and that there will always be elements of bitterness to local boys done good..

It’s for nothing to do with that whatsoever, some people just don’t like their music as much as others. Our fanbase doesn’t slate homegrown players either.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

It’s for nothing to do with that whatsoever, some people just don’t like their music as much as others. Our fanbase doesn’t slate homegrown players either.

Not our entire fanbase granted, but all the specific examples I gave faced abuse from elements of our support.