Does anyone still listen to Ska?

[Instinct Blues]

Ska isn't really my cup of tea anymore, but when I was twelve it was the shit.

 

[Polock]

SKA!

Long live it. I have all RBF, Catch 22, and Streetlight albums, and have pandora stations with The Toasters, Mighty Might Bosstones and etc.

 

[Tarakos]

Yeah, I'll occasionally listen to Ska. Mainly the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish.

 

[Shock and Awe]

I listen to some, mostly Streetlight Manifesto.

 

[twaddle]

i wasn't b4(didn't even know wat the bloody thing was truthfully)but thanks to you guys i'm into it now. Now reply to me with a few bands that i should listen to (list plz)

 

[natster43]

I like Ska a lot. I listen to Reel Big Fish, Catch 22, Less Than Jake, and Streetlight Manifesto.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

It's frustrating, particularly because while two tone 2nd wave stuff to me anyway felt like a pure exchanging of musical culture, 3rd wave (a LOT of it, but not all) felt to me like...simply appropriation. No real respect shown to the forbears so much as ripping it apart and using its legacy. Again, not all.

Yeah but part of that was that late Island and early TwoTone were contemporaries so exchange was possible. TwoTone bands could check out the latest Island sounds and vice versa. Third wave pretty much came along after both Island and TwoTone had become obscure, 'dead' genres. They had very few contemporaries from within the genre so their exchange was with other genres.

 

[jmoore4ska]

I play in a ska band! We're starting a tour this week!

Snip. (I'm quoting you so you can see the upcoming list of bands)

Also, of course, i listen to a lot of ska. My favorite is Streetlight (mentioned in this thread a lot), but you can't forget the bosstones, the specials, Big D and the Kids' Table, Less Than Jake, the Blue Meanies, Mephiskapheles, the aquabats, RX Bandits, Catch 22, the Skatalites, the toasters, mu330, voodoo glow skulls, reel big fish, and, like the OP mentioned, some swing-oriented bands like the Cherry Poppin Daddies and Squirrel Nut Zippers. And that's only some of the big names!

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

i wasn't b4(didn't even know wat the bloody thing was truthfully)but thanks to you guys i'm into it now. Now reply to me with a few bands that i should listen to (list plz)

1st Wave/Island:

Toots and the Maytals
Laurel Aitken
Prince Buster
King Tubby
Desmond Dekker


2nd Wave/TwoTone:

The Selecter
The Specials
Strange Tennants
The Beat (British Beat/International Beat)
Bad Manners


3rd Wave/Modern:

Streetlight Manifesto
Sublime
Reel Big Fish
Less Than Jake
Mustard Plug



Also:

Voodoo Glowskulls (skacore), Citizen Fish (Ska-Punk), Operation Ivy (Ska-Punk), Choking Victim (Ska-Punk)/Leftover Crack (Crackrocksteady), The Porkers (Ska/Ska-Punk).

 

[Contun]

Primarily Reel Big Fish, but yeah, Ska owns.

Spoiler: Sell Out.

Spoiler: Beer.

Spoiler: Don't Start a Band

 

[Klepa]

I defined Less Than Jake as Ska during high school, and nearly got the shit kicked out of me, by some LTJ fans.
Anyone know what that was all about?

I don't really listen to Ska that much, assuming that Bob Marley doesn't count.

 

[Angryman101]

I LOVE ska! It's one of my favorite genres.

 

[theSovietConnection]

Yeah, into some Planet Smashers at the moment.

 

[Lord RagnarawK]

Ska is awesome, Give Streetlight Manifesto and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones a try. My friends know about it too, but it isn't popular anymore, cause there aren't many big ska bands.

 

[Axle_Bullitt_19]

Yeah, I like Ska music. And seeing as how Less Than Jake has yet to be listed, I will do so now.

I love that song

Spoiler: As well as this one

I also listen to

Spoiler: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Spoiler: Dance Hall Crasher

Spoiler: Smash Mouth

 

[Echo136]

Ive been listening to a lot of Streetlight Manifesto lately

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UTPKL-UGY

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I absolutely love ska. One of my favorite genres of music. I'm going to Warped this year mainly to see Reel Big Fish and Streetlight Manifesto. There's actually a local ska band that I love called Filippenko and this [http://www.myspace.com/filippenko] is their MySpace. Great band and I've seen them live twice.

 

[NuclearPenguin]

That is all.

 

[bak00777]

tbh i have no idea what Ska is, i know its a genre of music, but i don't know what it sounds like etc

 

[ultimaavalon]

Thing with Ska is there's two kinds. Really good Ska and really bad Ska, and it's near impossible to distinguish the two.