THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
372-The Specials-Ghost Town.
1981-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 1.43.The song was hailed by the contemporary UK music press as a a major piece of social commentary.All of the top three music magazines of the time awarded ‘Ghost Town’ the accolade of ‘Single of the Year for 1981.’
The Specials(see also best songs 924) founding member and keyboardist Jerry Dammers was inspired to write the song after touring British city’s with the band and seeing decline in such places as Liverpool and Glasgow as well as the bands home town of Coventry.
The lyrics ‘All the clubs have closed down,’referred to the ‘Locarno’ in Coventry.The site is now the city library.
This was the last song recorded by the seven original members as Neville Staples,Lynval Golding and Terry Hall all left to form The Fun Boy Three.
‘Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town,we danced and sang as the music played in any boomtown.’
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