The Specials, performing in 2011
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The song ‘Ghost Town’ by The Specials, a band from Coventry, reached number one on UK singles chart in 1981. Though it was recorded nearly 30 years before readers of this magazine were born, ‘Ghost Town’ is still relevant and highly worthy of study today:
■ The song lyrics capture a moment in time when deindustrialisation and the cycle of urban declinewere negatively impacting Coventry and other British cities during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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