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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 95 16:45:26 EDT
From: Winston Campbell
Subject: RUDI, A MESSAGE TO YOU by The Specials
The whole basic bassline for the whole song is:
C F G
G -----------------------||
D ----2------------------|| (this is repeated ad infinitum throughout
A -3--------3----------2-|| the whole song)
E -------------1----3----||
So basically the chord changes are C, C, F, G. The lyrics are:
Stop your messing around
Better think of your future
Time is stritting right out
Creating problems in town
Rudi, a message to you
Rudi, a message to you
Stop your fooling around
Time is stritting right out
Better think of your future
Or else you~ll wind up in jail
Rudi, a message to you
Rudi, a message to you
Stop your messing around
Better think of your future
Time is stritting right out
Creating problems in town
Rudi, a message to you
Rudi, a message to you
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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adrian Average |
#1 by adrian zamora at Jun 28, 1970 at 2:15 AM EST |
| Yeah, Rudy (or Rudi or Rudie, however you choose to spell it) does refer to "rude boys/girls." During the early ska (well, more to the rocksteady time at this point) years in Jamaica, there was a lot of unemployment, and as such many turned to a life of crime. Wearing suits and such, they were dubbed "rude boys." Later, when Jamaican ska became reggae, ska started up in the UK during the second wave, or "two-tone" era. They adopted the rude boy image with the suits and such, and checkered pattern to go a long with 'two-tone,' which also applied to their goals of racial equality. Heh, ok, I'll shut up now with the history lesson and go sleep or something... anyway, great song. And check out Rudi, What Happened To You? by the awesome ska band, Secret Agent 8. It pays homage to this and other two tone songs, plus it just rocks with layered horns and such. uh... yeah. | |
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Jesse Wanna Be |
#2 by Jesse Seibel at Apr 1, 1986 at 4:11 AM EST |
| eh. i think they are talking about Rudy as in rude boys/girls. as in ska kids. propagandhi has a great song thats kinda parody of this. go look for it. its called ska sucks. | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#3 by Ben Formica at Apr 17, 1987 at 7:22 PM EST |
| Gamzilla0 and neverSOULEDout are dead on. im a skinhead. coming up on 5 years now. and skins came from the rude boys so dont even try to think im a nazi. go educate yourself id u do. if not for rudeboys there would not be as much if any ska,regge, and 2tone depending on artist and who you ask. great song. greater band | |
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Ulti` Average |
#4 by Ulti` 89 at Nov 7, 1987 at 3:20 AM EST |
| I don't think there's much deep hidden meaning to this song. Unless Rudy is an imaginary friend. Or maybe, maybe the singer refers to himself as "Rudy." And he's talking to himself. But that's not hidden meaning, it's only lies I made up. And it's not like anyone's going to post anything more intelligent for this, anyway. | |
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David Average |
#5 by David Tims at Dec 25, 2000 at 7:37 AM EST |
| this is like the official rude girl/boy anthem, the specials are gods! | |
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isaac Average |
#6 by isaac fritsch at Jan 13, 2004 at 12:56 PM EST |
| wow, all you people are so uneducated in ska history, As a modern rude boy, let me enlighten you...In the 60's alot of ska artists werent supportive of rude boys, alot of them looked down on them, because of there criminal nature. this song is just about how the rude boys need to calm down because theyre going to wind up in jail. and this song IS NOT the "RUDE BOY ANTHEM" whoever it was that said that should be shot. this is a 2-tone song , If there even WAS a ANTHEM for rude boys it would of been somethine more Traditional. Because 2 tone music in essence was not entirely ska, it was merley a genre with heavy ska roots. | |
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