The Specials: Ghost Town
Background and historical contexts Read this excellent analysis from The Conversation website of the impact Ghost Town had both musically and visually . Answer the following questions 1) Why does the writer link the song to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition? The music creates a "lyrical landscape" and also "reflects and engenders anxiety". 2) What subcultures did 2 Tone emerge from in the late 1970s? Mod and Punk subcultures. 3) What social contexts are discussed regarding the UK in 1981? Skinhead nights and riots were breaking out in urban area's. Deprived places were taken over by young unemployed black and white people. Places like London and Liverpool were a riot ground between these youngsters and the police. 4) Cultural critic Mark Fisher describes the video as ‘eerie’. What do you think is 'eerie' about the Ghost Town video? It sits outside of the pop convention s. It doesn't point its listeners to one specific political v
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