Random YouTube Friday The Specials - A Message To You, Rudy

The reunited Specials (minus Jerry Dammers) from Later with Jools Holland. Terry Hall's been at the pies from the look of it, but still manages to exude that effortless sense of joie de vivre that has been the hallmark of his personality for nearly 30 years. All good fun, and the band's debut and the "Ghost Town" single are absolute classics, but the reunion feels somewhat pointless, particularly for a band whose music at its strongest was inextricably rooted in current events. I'd go and see them mind, if only to hear Hall sneer gems like

I won't dance in a club like this

All the girls are slags

And the beer tastes like piss