Is it wrong to like Ska?

[kidlogic]

This 3rd generation ska-pop-punk stuff I really don't like, and it's a complete bastardisation of the genre 'ska' as 'r&b' now is.

No, its a pretty direct lineage, just with more distortion and at faster tempos. Just because you dont like it doesnt necessarily mean it has no merit.

Check out the band The Stubborn All Stars, made up of players from all these so called 'no talent' 3rd wave bands like Rancid and the Bosstones, but doing more traditional 1st wave stuff. Excellent.

Im not gonna deny that some of it is horrid, but I wont deny that some of every genre of music is horrid either. To call it a bastardization of ska is a little far fetched though in my opinion. If you dont like it, you dont like it, but most of these bands are far more skilled than your average pop punk band and the shows are off the hook.

Your loss really.

[donkey]

It's only wrong to like Celine Dion

Some of my favourite original Jamaican Ska

The Ethiopians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf69KPPcumI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdNKfUVH-o4

The Paragons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXUMZuAjKc

Prince Buster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6YLHRsieAg

The Skatalites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bczs6vS5 ... re=related

Desmond Dekker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wUfmhtOL-k

Lord Tanamo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yJ9-f8N5EM

Tommy McCook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxOBM4yT ... re=related

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83moRmQvdbg


Clancy Eccles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UWYQ6RY32I

We have a little overlap in out selections, I was just too lazy to prefix mine

funnily enough, train to skaville is actually a rocksteady tune!

[kidlogic]

It's only wrong to like Celine Dion

Some of my favourite original Jamaican Ska

The Ethiopians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf69KPPcumI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdNKfUVH-o4

The Paragons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXUMZuAjKc

Prince Buster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6YLHRsieAg

The Skatalites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bczs6vS5 ... re=related

Desmond Dekker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wUfmhtOL-k

Lord Tanamo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yJ9-f8N5EM

Tommy McCook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxOBM4yT ... re=related

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83moRmQvdbg


Clancy Eccles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UWYQ6RY32I

DAMNIT! On the day youtube gets blocked at my work... thanks though Baron, will have to check these at home

On a related note, there is a sick mix floating around the board from last summer...

Flow and Fhex's Ska mix... very, very good. Ill see if I can find the thread.

[donkey]

This 3rd generation ska-pop-punk stuff I really don't like, and it's a complete bastardisation of the genre 'ska' as 'r&b' now is.

No, its a pretty direct lineage, just with more distortion and at faster tempos. Just because you dont like it doesnt necessarily mean it has no merit.

Check out the band The Stubborn All Stars, made up of players from all these so called 'no talent' 3rd wave bands like Rancid and the Bosstones, but doing more traditional 1st wave stuff. Excellent.

Im not gonna deny that some of it is horrid, but I wont deny that some of every genre of music is horrid either. To call it a bastardization of ska is a little far fetched though in my opinion. If you dont like it, you dont like it, but most of these bands are far more skilled than your average pop punk band and the shows are off the hook.

Your loss really.

It is wrong to call it 'ska' though, which was my point. And I have more than enough good music to be finding out about, so it is not really a loss at all.

[kidlogic]

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.p ... =flow+fhex

Boom! This was on heavy repeat for me last summer... good bbq vibes.

[dr ddd]

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.p ... =flow+fhex

Boom! This was on heavy repeat for me last summer... good bbq vibes.

ergh i just went through every single one of those links and none of them work

[kidlogic]

This 3rd generation ska-pop-punk stuff I really don't like, and it's a complete bastardisation of the genre 'ska' as 'r&b' now is.

No, its a pretty direct lineage, just with more distortion and at faster tempos. Just because you dont like it doesnt necessarily mean it has no merit.

Check out the band The Stubborn All Stars, made up of players from all these so called 'no talent' 3rd wave bands like Rancid and the Bosstones, but doing more traditional 1st wave stuff. Excellent.

Im not gonna deny that some of it is horrid, but I wont deny that some of every genre of music is horrid either. To call it a bastardization of ska is a little far fetched though in my opinion. If you dont like it, you dont like it, but most of these bands are far more skilled than your average pop punk band and the shows are off the hook.

Your loss really.

It is wrong to call it 'ska' though, which was my point. And I have more than enough good music to be finding out about, so it is not really a loss at all.

I dissagree. It has all the same essential markers as ska, just faster and with distortion. The horns are still there, the skank is still there, the vocals are still similar...

...your argument is like saying that anything after Chuck Berry isnt Rock n Roll, if I am to use your mention of RnB and how it compares to Rythym and Blues as an indicator as to what you mean.

[kidlogic]

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.p ... =flow+fhex

Boom! This was on heavy repeat for me last summer... good bbq vibes.

ergh i just went through every single one of those links and none of them work

Damnit... sorry dddddddddddd... didnt mean to get your hopes up.

[BaronVon]

funnily enough, train to skaville is actually a rocksteady tune!

Really?? I have this tune on a the Trojan Records Ska box set.
Maybe your right though and they just wanged it on there because it had Ska in the song name.
I am pretty rubbish at differentiating between the two. I would say Engine 54 sounds more Rocksteady than Train to Skaville though??
Slower pace more soul orientated vocals

[donkey]

It is wrong to call it 'ska' though, which was my point. And I have more than enough good music to be finding out about, so it is not really a loss at all.

I dissagree. It has all the same essential markers as ska, just faster and with distortion. The horns are still there, the skank is still there, the vocals are still similar...

...your argument is like saying that anything after Chuck Berry isnt Rock n Roll, if I am to use your mention of RnB and how it compares to Rythym and Blues as an indicator as to what you mean.

erm, chuck berry was rhythm and blues

[donkey]

funnily enough, train to skaville is actually a rocksteady tune!

Really?? I have this tune on a the Trojan Records Ska box set.
Maybe your right though and they just wanged it on there because it had Ska in the song name.
I am pretty rubbish at differentiating between the two. I would say Engine 54 sounds more Rocksteady than Train to Skaville though??
Slower pace more soul orientated vocals

it is one of those tunes pretty much at the turning point, not as slow as quick as ska, or as slow as later rocksteady.

there is a cracking double cd trojan retrospective that is essential..so many good tunes.

[kidlogic]

It is wrong to call it 'ska' though, which was my point. And I have more than enough good music to be finding out about, so it is not really a loss at all.

I dissagree. It has all the same essential markers as ska, just faster and with distortion. The horns are still there, the skank is still there, the vocals are still similar...

...your argument is like saying that anything after Chuck Berry isnt Rock n Roll, if I am to use your mention of RnB and how it compares to Rythym and Blues as an indicator as to what you mean.

erm, chuck berry was rhythm and blues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry

[donkey]

It is wrong to call it 'ska' though, which was my point. And I have more than enough good music to be finding out about, so it is not really a loss at all.

I dissagree. It has all the same essential markers as ska, just faster and with distortion. The horns are still there, the skank is still there, the vocals are still similar...

...your argument is like saying that anything after Chuck Berry isnt Rock n Roll, if I am to use your mention of RnB and how it compares to Rythym and Blues as an indicator as to what you mean.

erm, chuck berry was rhythm and blues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry

tbh that is something that has been retrospectively applied to him as a pioneer, when at the time he was making rhythm and blues, as were carl perkins, elvis presley etc. It may be seen as the precursor to rock 'n roll but it wasn't seen like that at the time.

[theevilgirl]

i love ska...

im gonna listen to some ska right now.

[kins83]

No. No it isn't.

[donkey]

A Little Bit Of Heaven http://dancecrasher.podomatic.com/enclo ... -07_00.mp3

This Is Thunder - Baba Brooks (Gay Feet)
The Cat - Roland Alphonso (Pyramid UK)
Too Young To Love - Freddie McGregor (Island UK)
A Little Bit Of Heaven - Tommy McCook (Dutchess)
Song Of Love - Roland Alphonso (Doctor Bird UK)
Rules Of Life - Clarendonians (Island UK)
Mr Flint - Soul Brothers (Island UK)
Our Man Flint - Baba Brooks (High Note)
Exclusively - Beverleys All Stars (Beverleys pre)
Spread Satin - Roland Alphonso (Studio One pre)
Ska Lite - Baba Brooks (Gay Feet pre)
Musical Sermon - Baba Brooks (Gay Feet)
Good Good Rudie - Wailers (Doctor Bird UK)
Green Callie - Roy Richards (Coxsone)
I Love You - Soulettes (Doctor Bird UK)
007 - Soul Brothers (Soul Jazz CD)
James Bond - Roland Alphonso (Island UK)
James Bond Girl - Soul Brothers (Ska Beat UK)
From Russia With Love - Roland Alphonso (Doctor Bird UK)

SIR COXSONE DODD SKA
A ska mix featuring the productions of the great Sir Coxsone Dodd.
http://ska_nick.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-06-07T15_55_50-07_00.mp3

1) Sampson - Tommy McCook
2) You Bend My Love - Delroy Wilson
3) I Don't Know - Lacelles Perkins
4) Never Get Weary - Lee Perry
5) I Love You - Winston & Barbara
6) Scrap Iron - Don Drummond
7) Peace And Love - Lester Sterling
8 ) Lena Belle - Eric Morris
9) Hello Honey - Maytals
10) Treat Me Bad - Maytals
11) There's A Reward - Higgs & Wilson
12) Get On The Right Side - Mighty Vikings
13) Christine Keeler - Roland Alphonso
14) Cleopatra - Don Drummond
15) The Lord Is With Me - Jackie Opel
16) Play Boy - Wailers
17) Hooligan - Wailers
18 ) Message To My Girl - Gaylads
19) Searching - Delroy Wilson
20) I Am A Fool - Ken Booth

DUKE REID SKA
This is a selection of Jamaican 45s that were produced by the all powerful Duke Reid the Trojan.
http://ska_nick.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-05-04T19_10_51-07_00.mp3

1) Mad World - Baba Brooks
2) Fight For Your Right - Justin Hinds & Dominoes
3) Run Joe - Stranger Cole
4) Temptation - Eric 'Monty' Morris
5) Alcatraz - Baba Brooks band
6) Twilight Zone - Baba Brooks
7) Over The River - Justin Hinds & Dominoes
8 ) Corner Stone - Justin Hinds & Dominoes
9) Running Around - Owen & Leon
10) Nightmare - Baba Brooks
11) Rocket Ship (2 takes) - Tommy McCook & Baba Brooks
12) Ally Pon - Don Drummond
13) Garden Of Love - Don Drummond & Duke Reid Group
14) Down Down - Clive & Naomi
15) Samphey Man - Rio Grandes
16) Koo Koo Do - Stranger Cole, Owen & Leon
17) Love Not To Brag - Sensations(Cornell Campbell)
18 ) Gold Finger - Tommy McCook
19) Storm Warning - Lynn Taitt
20) Knock Out Punch - Lynn Taitt

[kidlogic]

It is wrong to call it 'ska' though, which was my point. And I have more than enough good music to be finding out about, so it is not really a loss at all.

I dissagree. It has all the same essential markers as ska, just faster and with distortion. The horns are still there, the skank is still there, the vocals are still similar...

...your argument is like saying that anything after Chuck Berry isnt Rock n Roll, if I am to use your mention of RnB and how it compares to Rythym and Blues as an indicator as to what you mean.

erm, chuck berry was rhythm and blues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry

tbh that is something that has been retrospectively applied to him as a pioneer, when at the time he was making rhythm and blues, as were carl perkins, elvis presley etc. It may be seen as the precursor to rock 'n roll but it wasn't seen like that at the time.

Stop being so contrary for the sake of it. Every title is applied in retrospect. No one comes up for a name of a kind of music before its ever made. It all has to start somewhere as something else.

Dubstep wasnt called dubstep until a few years ago even though the pioneering tracks far predate the term.

[donkey]

I dissagree. It has all the same essential markers as ska, just faster and with distortion. The horns are still there, the skank is still there, the vocals are still similar...

...your argument is like saying that anything after Chuck Berry isnt Rock n Roll, if I am to use your mention of RnB and how it compares to Rythym and Blues as an indicator as to what you mean.

erm, chuck berry was rhythm and blues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry

tbh that is something that has been retrospectively applied to him as a pioneer, when at the time he was making rhythm and blues, as were carl perkins, elvis presley etc. It may be seen as the precursor to rock 'n roll but it wasn't seen like that at the time.

Stop being so contrary for the sake of it. Every title is applied in retrospect. No one comes up for a name of a kind of music before its ever made. It all has to start somewhere as something else.

Dubstep wasnt called dubstep until a few years ago even though the pioneering tracks far predate the term.

I am not being 'contrary' sorry for having an opinion that differs from you.

A lot of the reason for the classification of chuck berry et al as rock n' roll is that a lot of the english bands - the stones, beatles, yardbirds etc - covered a lot of r&b on their early records. It doesn't make it rock n roll, despite having a clear influence.