Is it wrong to like Ska?

[echo wanderer]

I'm not sure how or what my life would be if ska had never been a part of it...

Now THAT is something I think we can ALL agree on!!!

Kudos lovely lady!!

[ch3]

The first gig I went to with mates as a teenager was ska. Unfortunately it also included first clash with boneheads, mate getting bottled and such - fun times, eh

[echo wanderer]

The first gig I went to with mates as a teenager was ska. Unfortunately it also included first clash with boneheads, mate getting bottled and such - fun times, eh

Oh!

HI!

[kidlogic]

I'm not sure how or what my life would be if ska had never been a part of it...

Now THAT is something I think we can ALL agree on!!!

Kudos lovely lady!!

x2

[donkey]

Actually it is true.It was basically Mento crossed with R&B and Jazz.Mento and Calypso were already well established Carribean styles LONG before R&B.Mento and Calypso were the foundations,then came the R&B and Jazz.And even THEN it was called Shuffle,which was the actual precursor to Ska.I see no mention of that in your rantings about R&B.

You really need to learn your facts and stop spouting your unfounded opinion that pretty much all 20th century music comes from R&B.I'm sorry,but even while I agree with you on some points on the R&B/Rock'N'Roll connection,you need to learn your history on Ska.I've spent years(and lots of money) listening to,studying,playing,and procuring Ska music(all three waves of it).I hate to break it to you,but you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

You,sir,are a prik for the sake of being a prik.You do it in almost every thread.And you obviously hate being schooled.If you want to talk R&B,chances are may or may school me(btw,my mother went out with Berry Gordy's nephew for 8 years,I have met the man personally,and I used to own some of Marvin Gaye's old suits as Anna Gaye[his widow] gave them to me personally,not to mention the fact that I have quite a few rare mint condition R&B albums of Motown,Stax,and Chess),then maybe start a thread about that.You obviously know your R&B,and I applaud you for that,so why not share your knowledge on that instead of trying to ruin a Ska thread with things you have no idea about.

I don't see how a discussion has turned into another 'you're a prik' response. It’s a sad state of affairs when people can’t have a decent discussion without being offended when someone doesn’t agree with them.

I am fully aware that mento had been around long before R&B, it was the Jamaican folk music with roots in the african folk music brought over by slaves, and I have a good sized collection (including some mento) and have done a lot of reading on the development of reggae.

Whilst I'm not denying that mento was influential in the development of ska, the main driving force was the desire to create local music in the style of R&B for the sound systems. If you listen to a lot of early ska it is pretty much R&B, of course there are exceptions, there always are.

"After World War II, Jamaicans purchased radios in increasing numbers and were able to hear rhythm and blues music from Southern United States cities such as New Orleans by artists such as Fats Domino and Louis Jordan. The stationing of American military forces during and after the war meant that Jamaicans could listen to military broadcasts of American music and there was a constant influx of records from the US.

To meet the demand for that music, entrepreneurs such as Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems. As jump blues and more traditional R&B began to ebb in popularity in the early 1960s, Jamaican artists began recording their own version of the genres. The style was of bars made up of four triplets, similar to that of "My baby just cares for me" by Nina Simone, but was characterized by a guitar chop on the off beat - known as an upstroke or skank - with horns taking the lead and often following the off beat skank and piano emphasizing the bass line and, again, playing the skank. Drums kept 4/4 time and the bass drum was accented on the 3rd beat of each 4-triplet phrase. The snare would play side stick and accent the 3rd beat of each 4-triplet phrase. The upstroke sound can also be found in other Caribbean forms of music, such as mento and calypso."

[dubluke]

guys can we stop all this "i know more about it than you so shut the fuck up" bullshit?

[dr ddd]

I'm not sure how or what my life would be if ska had never been a part of it...

Now THAT is something I think we can ALL agree on!!!

Kudos lovely lady!!

x2

hehe thanks guys...

actually, as I just walked into work I thought of two things.....




a) if ska had never been a part of my life i suspect there would be a lot less check in my wardrobe (in fact I may have to dig out some photos.. hehehe)

b) it is very wrong to like ska... it is very right to love it



Here in Brighton, as the summer starts in earnest, we have these all day Skafests on the beach once a month... all ages, all day for a fiver - The Beat headlines regularly and you get all different flavours- old and new. I get my 13 yr old neice to visit for the weekend and we go down for a skank out


*looks at ch3 for when she's next over.... - game lady?! If we're lucky it may fall on a dubpressure weekend as well

[dr ddd]

oh Kas - FYI - this is the skafest that started it to give you an idea


http://www.realbrighton.com/story/205

[ch3]

*looks at ch3 for when she's next over.... - game lady?! If we're lucky it may fall on a dubpressure weekend as well

Skanking on the beach? With you? I'm so in

[echo wanderer]

I don't see how a discussion has turned into another 'you're a prik' response. It’s a sad state of affairs when people can’t have a decent discussion without being offended when someone doesn’t agree with them.

I am fully aware that mento had been around long before R&B, it was the Jamaican folk music with roots in the african folk music brought over by slaves, and I have a good sized collection (including some mento) and have done a lot of reading on the development of reggae.

Whilst I'm not denying that mento was influential in the development of ska, the main driving force was the desire to create local music in the style of R&B for the sound systems. If you listen to a lot of early ska it is pretty much R&B, of course there are exceptions, there always are.

"After World War II, Jamaicans purchased radios in increasing numbers and were able to hear rhythm and blues music from Southern United States cities such as New Orleans by artists such as Fats Domino and Louis Jordan. The stationing of American military forces during and after the war meant that Jamaicans could listen to military broadcasts of American music and there was a constant influx of records from the US.

To meet the demand for that music, entrepreneurs such as Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems. As jump blues and more traditional R&B began to ebb in popularity in the early 1960s, Jamaican artists began recording their own version of the genres. The style was of bars made up of four triplets, similar to that of "My baby just cares for me" by Nina Simone, but was characterized by a guitar chop on the off beat - known as an upstroke or skank - with horns taking the lead and often following the off beat skank and piano emphasizing the bass line and, again, playing the skank. Drums kept 4/4 time and the bass drum was accented on the 3rd beat of each 4-triplet phrase. The snare would play side stick and accent the 3rd beat of each 4-triplet phrase. The upstroke sound can also be found in other Caribbean forms of music, such as mento and calypso."

Yeah.I know the website that's quoted from.But it was nothing most people into Ska didn't already know.

Not once did I ever say R&B had no place in the creation of Ska.And I only said that Mento was the foundation,that R&B and Jazz fused with it.

However,you do seem to adhere to a belief that R&B is the beginning and end of all modern music.I do agree that modern R&B is not the same as it used to be,but it's still rooted in R&B,regardless how much it sucks.Just like there was crappy 3rd wave Ska,but as Logic said,it's still Ska.

You do have a lot of knowledge about Ska,but you don't know it all,and I'll never say that I know it all.What's funny though,is that you say it's a sad thing when someone gets offended by your opinion,yet you seem to get offended when someone comes back at your opinions with facts.I am almost willing to bet dollars that you had to look Mento up,just to try and prove me wrong.That was a very important detail about Ska that you didn't bring up.And anyone who really knows Ska music would have mentioned Mento straightaway,not just the R&B.

As for the prikness,I think a good start would be in your sig alone.And I have found that you are also prikish in a lot of your 330+ posts you've managed to accrue in the 3 weeks you've been on here.A good thing to remember in life is "Don't want to be called one?Don't act like one."Period.

But the insults stem from "I am right and everyone else is wrong" attitude.Kid Logic made some very good points about 3rd wave Ska,only to be blasted with smugness by you.I could care less if your opinion on 3rd wave Ska is that it sucks.I can deal with opinions just fine.Most people do.But it's all in the delivery.When you state your opinons as fact and pass off other opinions as rubbish,then you are insulting people.This thread was most likely supposed to be a Ska apprecation thread,but you've somehow hijacked it into being a "Donkey knows everything about all music because it all comes from R&B" thread.I never once saw Logic insult you.But,for example,comments like this are insulting and dismissive,no matter how nice you try to put it:

I could go a lot more into this but frankly I can't be arsed, and I am going out. You seem to fail to grasp what I was saying, so there isn't a lot of point.

Anyway...

My honest opinion?I think you are a troll.There's been quite an outbreak here lately.And for some strange reason,it seems like you are unnaturally stalking Blizzard,as he is the one who started this thread and you seem to pop up wherever he posts.

But that's just my opinion.And I figure tit for tat,since we've all had to hear yours.

[echo wanderer]

guys can we stop all this "i know more about it than you so shut the fuck up" bullshit?

You shut the fuck up!

[echo wanderer]

a) if ska had never been a part of my life i suspect there would be a lot less check in my wardrobe (in fact I may have to dig out some photos.. hehehe)

Yes.Pics.Please.

Skinhead girls and Rudegyals in checks are hot...

[dr ddd]

a) if ska had never been a part of my life i suspect there would be a lot less check in my wardrobe (in fact I may have to dig out some photos.. hehehe)

Yes.Pics.Please.

Skinhead girls and Rudegyals in checks are hot...

hehehe! there are some on my spizzzz (back when i was blonde - warning, some are a bit scary;) ):

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... ID=1309128

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... ID=2528494

"hello, my name is dara and i have a small fixation with all things ska and check... i am even wearing a check hairband and check socks today... "

my snowboarding goggles have check on them....

i am currently designing a tattoo in honour of ska and how it makes me feel, but it's killing me trying to work out a perfect design... one of the trickiest to date - i've been working on it for about 4 months

[echo wanderer]

Nice pics!

Too bad I can't see them because they are set to private.

EDIT:I Can't believe I've never tried to add you!!!!

Mea culpa...

[concept_]

dara get a tattoo like one of those little bosstones labels they had in the jacknife to a swan album sleeve. They are actual tattoo designs but im sure you can get some inspiration of of that maybe.

besides, i obviously like ska the most out of anyone here so STFU everyone serial

[echo wanderer]

besides, i obviously like ska the most out of anyone here so STFU everyone serial

I saw what you did there!

[donkey]

My honest opinion?I think you are a troll.There's been quite an outbreak here lately.And for some strange reason,it seems like you are unnaturally stalking Blizzard,as he is the one who started this thread and you seem to pop up wherever he posts.

But that's just my opinion.And I figure tit for tat,since we've all had to hear yours.

If smugness equates to posting rationally and with a strong opinion, then call me smug if you wish, it’s all interpretation anyway. As for 3rd wave ‘ska’ I said I didn’t like it, that was all. Funnily enough, people sometimes have different taste in music.

As for the influence of R&B and ska, that was in response to another post that mentioned a similarity and I agreed, I didn’t think it worth mentioning Mento in that context.

If you saw my original post in here, it was to post some youtube links of some of my favourite ska tunes, it was irrelevant who posted the thread. If you actually look back, it has been Blizzard who has been ‘stalking’ my comments. Check back if you wish.

And for your information, this is a forum, which normally involves discussion. I have seen no trolling since I’ve been here, you really need to lighten up and not take things so seriously. It’s only a forum.

[dr ddd]

ur added echo - but only cos u like ska n dress all dapper like

and ch3 - it's A DATE!!!!!! i'll let u know when the next one's up

[echo wanderer]

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... ID=1309128

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... ID=2528494

I would SO ask you to dance if we were in a dancehall and you were wearing that dress...

[dr ddd]

hehehehe

and concept - cheers i did think along those lines originally- but I just really want something that manages to cover all of its influence over my life from a small child till now... its a bit of a challenge tbh