À la fin des années 70, dans une Angleterre frappée par la crise et les tensions raciales, le ska jamaïcain rencontre l’urgence du punk. Des Specials à The Selecter, de Madness aux Bodysnatchers, on raconte l’histoire du 2 Tone : un son dansant, engagé et toujours aussi contagieux.
Prince Buster — One step beyond
Madness — One step beyond
Prince Buster — Al capone
The specials — Gangsters
The selecter — The selecter
Dandy Livinston — Rudy, a message to you
The Specials — Rudy, a message to you
The Clash — Wrong’em Boyo
The Specials — Concrete jungle
Madness — Shut up
Madness — The Prince
The beat — The tears of a clown
The Specials — Ghost town
The selecter — On my radio
Roda & The Specials — The Boiler
The Specials — Too much too young
MAdness — Rise and Fall
Madness — Our house
The Bodysnatchers — Let’s do rock Steady
Joe Jackson — Pretty Boys
Bad manners — Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu
The Police — Canary in a Coalmine
Dexys Midnight runners — Geno
Oingo Bongo — Nasty Habits
Vladimir Cosma — L’inspecture La bavure
Elvis Costelo — Girls Talk
The swinning cats — Mantovani
Madness — Baggy trousers
The Akrylykz — Smart Boy
The Appolinaires — The feeling’s gone
The loafers — Skankenstein
MAdness — Money money money
Rancid — Time bomb
Operation Ivy — Unity
The dead 60’s — Riot Radio
The dead 60’s — You’re not the law
Sublime — Santeria
Catbite — Healthy body
Fat dogs — King of the slugs
oakwood — I’m Still Cheering For the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team