The musicians look crammed into a truck rolling down a deserted city. There appears to be destruction, just solitude in streets that are scary. One assumes that its inhabitants are locked up at home, terrified, hiding a horror that lurks know that.
Meanwhile, members of Specials narrate that feeling in his song "Ghost Town" (1981). Intriguing and distressing. They seem to find a loophole, a way out before both silence of terror. But no. Limited to just see and tell what happens. They are the only ones that cut through those avenues, they leave behind the fear and paralysis that resigned.
It was a difficult time Britain. Increasing prices were higher, while unemployment figures were increasingly disturbing. In this context it emerged everything.
"You went from city to city and what was happening was terrible. In Liverpool, all the shops had the blinds, everything was closing. You'd see if you walked up and down out there. You could see the frustration and anger in public. In Glasgow there were old ladies selling their family belongings, their cups and plates on the streets. It was incredible. It was clear that something was very, very bad, "said Jerry Dammers keyboardist, according to Efe Eme review.
It was also times of racial unrest, clashes, chaos. Undoubtedly, all this spirit of catharsis and denouncing Specials inspired from across the world to bands like Public Disorder, who a few years later would become known for songs that had the same objective.
Meanwhile, in Britain, the group was instructed to make a classic, a reference for other groups of ska and other genres.
The overall feeling I wanted to convey was imminent ruin. There were minor chords rare: some members of the band and the song bothered them preferred the simple chords that used to play on the first album. It's hard to explain how powerful it sounded. Had almost given up for lost and 'Ghost Town' fell from the sky, "said Dammers the same medium.
