[TheSpaz]

I do! I can't get enough of it. I know it died, but it's still alive to me.

Hit me up on iChat if you like Ska:

iChat Screen Name: justspaztik

[ambush]

I like!

But not an album of just that.. I like when it's incorporated in some songs on an album....

[ringo]

I liked the "Pave The World" album by the Blue Meanies, but I'm not a ska-lover in general.

[TheBadgerHunter]

What the hell is ska anyway?

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
What the hell is ska anyway?

You know reggae? Emphasis on the two and four (m - TCHAK - m - TCHAK-ka).

Ska: Double-time reggae (emphasis on the offbeats). Preferably with horn section. E.g. Madness. Very very early Bob Marley (that's actually more Rocksteady, but they're similar).

The British ska scene was the seminal ground for the birth of punk music, and there's still a mix of SHARP skins and punks at ska concerts, as well.

I don't actually listen to ska much, but I do play in a ska band (cuz it's lots of fun live, and the band gets around).

-s*

[phoenixboy70]

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
What the hell is ska anyway?

this is ska!

[Toutgood]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
You know reggae? Emphasis on the two and four (m - TCHAK - m - TCHAK-ka).

Ska: Double-time reggae (emphasis on the offbeats). Preferably with horn section. E.g. Madness. Very very early Bob Marley (that's actually more Rocksteady, but they're similar).

The British ska scene was the seminal ground for the birth of punk music, and there's still a mix of SHARP skins and punks at ska concerts, as well.

I don't actually listen to ska much, but I do play in a ska band (cuz it's lots of fun live, and the band gets around).

-s*

Yes, the Brits loved Ska and Reggae to death in the seventies. Johnny Rotten was a huge fan, for example. And naturally all those English Ska Revival bands started popping up - Specials, Beat etc...

Now there's loads of bands who call themselves ska, some quite good. But in the sixties in Jamaica there was an awful lot of this music being pumped out - before the whole Reggae - Rastafarian explosian. Rocksteady was basically slowing the tempo down.

Ska bands these days are usually fun live, true, often because they have fun stuff like trumpets and are usually infectiously upbeat.

[MilkmanDan]

To quote a t-shirt I've seen. 'Ska sucks.'

No comment on my part.

[GoGoReggieXPowars]

Yes.

[turtle777]

No(t me).

-t

[d4nth3m4n]

did anyone else laugh on the front page when they saw a thread about ska from a guy named TheSpaz?

i know i did.

and i've kinda come and gone on ska- there was a lot of toasters, perfect thyroid and early bosstones in my youth. i dont know why i stopped listening actually

[RAILhead]

I didn't even like it 10 years ago when it was popular.

Maury

[Zimphire]

SO what class would "Bad Brains" fall under?

[GoGoReggieXPowars]

Originally posted by RAILhead:
I didn't even like it 10 years ago when it was popular.

10 years ago? Guess you missed the Two Tone era of 1978-1985

Originally posted by Zimphire:
SO what class would "Bad Brains" fall under?

Punk. At least their 80s albums would, I gave up with them after "Quickness" sucked so bad.

[Toutgood]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
SO what class would "Bad Brains" fall under?

I liked Bad Brains! Not ska though. Now I have that song Re-ignition in my head. I'll have to see if I can download it or I'll go mad!

Oh and Desmond Dekker, the Skatalites and those Don Drummond, Jackie Mittoo type cats were pure 60's. Hey throw in Toots and the Maytals while you're at it.

And the only thing Mighty in my collection is the Mighty Diamonds. Those Bosstones are just too cute for my ears.

[RAILhead]

Originally posted by GoGoReggieXPowars:
10 years ago? Guess you missed the Two Tone era of 1978-1985

I was into ELO and Styx at that time.

"Mister blue, you did it right
But soon comes mister night creepin' over
Now his hand is on your shoulder
Never mind I'll remember you this
I'll remember you this way"

...those were the days...

Maury

[MrBS]

For the record, Reggae (which also rocks) is slowed down ska, not the other way around. Here's an up and coming ska band for those who want a sample.

~BS

ps. I'm vindicated that someone with a bush cheney sig doesn't like it. Say what you will about republicans but musical taste has never been one of their strong suits.

[ReggieX]

Originally posted by RAILhead:
I was into ELO and Styx at that time.

I got into them later on. At the time I was borrowing my brother's Alan Parsons Project and Queen records.