Ska music

[super_smash_jesus]

MAD CADDIES seriously the best ska band there ever is or ever was. I highly recommend them to anyone that has said reel big fish or streetlight manifesto.



edit: here are some links to my favourite of their songs:

Last Breath - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baZ_blT12ig

backyard - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0IY9mKIHo

Leavin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoBMamwaWW8&feature=related

 

[randompasserby]

yeah not to be rude but, there is a huge diffrence between ska and punk.....

 

[minignu]

now its not that i dislike the fish but i have noticed alot of there music has tad bit of angst in it,

I thought I was the only one. I prefer Two Tone to that sort of ska meself.

Specials are awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjONGEeOSyQ&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr2HTUlUrDo&feature=channel

 

[minignu]

hey something just hit me, i have never seen a female singer in a ska band.....

Try the Selector.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKeseKn260o

 

[Neosage]

Streetlight manifesto, I found them on windows media player, back when you could search and liseten on it. Love it. I was only like 12 at the time.

 

[randompasserby]

i know thats 100% real ska, but thats not to say the others are bad i just prefer his type

 

[minignu]

Ska just sounds like punk to me.

It does these days, but the original stuff sounded more like Reggae. Check out the Skatalittes or Desmond Decker sometime

 

[randompasserby]

ok ill just say it 2-tone ska is better than third wave ska

 

[dwightsteel]

Ska just sounds like punk to me.
Doesn't mean I don't like it, I just don't like how 10 different names are made for the same-sounding genre. (Not just ska either, I'm talking music in general).

Ok, lets go to school shall we?

Punk: Anti-establishment music, done mostly with 2 Electric guitars, a bass and drums. Vocals are usually more nasal or shouted. Usually more raw, and much harsher than...

Ska: Big on the reggae influence, that, along with the same instrumentation as punk, also utilizes things like a brass section, sometimes woodwind. The music is more toned back, less "harsh" or "raw" (mostly. That's not to say there isn't quite a bit of ska that really does utilize more punk overtones).

 

[RetiarySword]

MADNESS!

"Our House, in the middle of our street" etc

Is that ska? What is ska?!

 

[randompasserby]

agreed

 

[S.H.A.R.P.]

*looks on his ipod*
- Froglegs
- The Kingpins
- Laurel Aitken (the Godfather of Ska!!!)
- Les Travailleurs de la Nuit
- Los Tres Puntos
- The Madness
- Mr. Review
- New York Ska Jazz Ensemble
- Rotterdam Ska Jazz Foundation (this and the former might not be a specific band though)
- Skalariak
- Skatoon Syndikat
- The Specials
- Ya Basta

Special mention goes to ASPO [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2XAYxzEQBU] (About Some Precious Oldies). This band's got both male and female singers by the way, the girl is absolutely awesome.

 

[Mozared]

Obviously Streetlight Manifesto, I've been listening to all their albums daily for about half a year now. That doesn't happen very often.

"Big D & the Kids' Table" have some really nice songs with Shining On [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oM_-K9rXY] being the most known one. Also, "The Planet Smashers" is a very good but not well known skaband. Songs like Blind [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyMubC9vgPc] are lovely to listen to. I'm mostly a fourth-wave-ska (if you want to call it like that) fan though, and I generally go for modern or progressive ska - the old waves have some great bands, but it's all not really my deal.

 

[randompasserby]

another thing, i have only listend to american, jamaican, and english ska.
do any other countries listen to it, and for that matter what would it sound like?

 

[Fingerprint]

hey something just hit me, i have never seen a female singer in a ska band.....

Try Sonic Boom Six

 

[Mozared]

another thing, i have only listend to american, jamaican, and english ska.
do any other countries listen to it, and for that matter what would it sound like?

I think mostly the language matters. 'Doe Maar' is a decent and famous Dutch ska band, if you care to give that a try.

 

[A Raging Emo]

The Specials!

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

What's ska music...?

 

[Fingerprint]

The King Blues
Howard's Alias
Capdown - (probably my personal favourite ska band)
Flogging Molly
Leftover Crack - (not all of its ska but there is some)
King Prawn
The Suicide Machines
Mad Caddies

 

[Cheesebob]

What's ska music...?

MADNESS!

"Our House, in the middle of our street" etc

Is that ska? What is ska?!

Ska is a combination of elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the offbeat.