"A Message To You, Rudy" is the first track on the eponymous debut album from English's hottest punk-ska band, The Specials. It was produced by Elvis Costello in 1979. It wasn't a single in the U.S. but it always had a potent message, never more so than in recent days. "Gangsters" was a bigger hit for them in the U.K. and this clip will give you a good idea of the infectious energy that made this ska band so popular among punk rockers in the late 70s.
