Remember ska?

[terry78]

Around the mid 90's, I think was when it peaked and crashed all at once. The ADD riddled guitar riffs, the background trumpets, the lyrics about nothing. The days of No Doubt before Gwen went ghetto, Reel Big Fish, Lucky Boys Confusion, and so forth. I was strictly a hip hop guy back during that time, but had classmates that were into the ska scene so I managed to hear stuff during stints after school and all that there.

 

[CyberFaust]

uh-uh

 

[Capt Throbberson]

It all kinda sounded the same

 

[Noir]

...SKA Sucked so bad.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Whoa, I never heard this:

The first person to record this 'ska' rhythm was Ernest Ranglin when performing with Cluet Johnson (Clue J.) and the Blues Busters

One day he was trying to get the guitars to play
something, and him say 'make the guitars go Ska!,
Ska!, Ska!' And that's the way the ska name was born.
(Bunny Lee in Johnson and Pines. 1982 .49)

Clue J was well known for greeting his friends with a call of 'Love Skavoovie'. Many believe the name of ska is a shortened form of this greeting.

Ska quickly became the most dominant form of music in Jamaica. Its success coincided with the independence and the departure of the English in 1962

 

[JP]

No Doubt.

 

[SWAT]

I like some of 'Reel Big Fish's songs...

 

[Space Moose]

Ska sucks because it can't progress. It all sounds the same and if you attempt to make a different beat, it isn't Ska anymore, it's something else.

 

[Prognosticator]

I remember when the kids trying to be cool/but never reached that potential would "ska dance".....it was really cheesy!

 

[Darthphere]

Hated it.

 

[PLAS]

ska is still a disease amongst any local scene here in Mexico

it's just like metal

 

[GunBlade]

Is 311 ska?

 

[PLAS]

Is 311 ska?

they had ska/dub/dancehall/reggea influences

 

[terry78]

I think Excuse Me Mr. from No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom's wax was a prime example...Gwen be getting down to biz-nass on that cut.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

they had ska/dub/dancehall/reggea influences

With a dash of "Homosexual Prog" thrown in to make it interesting.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Who is this "ska" person?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

No Ronny.
You make the guitar go "Ska...Ska...Ska" to show you Love Skavoovie the earholes.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Ohhhhhhh..

Ska music

What're we talkin' about? I've got a Ska band! Ska LIVES!

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I hate how spazzy it is.
I like lumbering, swaggering, cutting and crushing music.

 

[PhotoJones]

Ska died down considerably, but there is still a "scene" for it. I myself, hated the **** out of it.

 

[terry78]

Ohhhhhhh..

Ska music

What're we talkin' about? I've got a Ska band! Ska LIVES!

And you're that lone asian guy in the group that gives it a diverse flavor, right? Every ska band has to have one asian or latino guy.

 

[Darthphere]

I can't even watch 10 Things I Hate About You anymore because of this ****.

 

[Ronny Shade]

And you're that lone asian guy in the group that gives it a diverse flavor, right? Every ska band has to have one asian or latino guy.

Yeah, I'm the asian guy on trumpet

 

[Ronny Shade]

I can't even watch 10 Things I Hate About You anymore because of this ****.

Don't you want to subtly analyze the nuances of Heath Ledger's performance and then go on the message boards and talk about how you had this "great idea" of The Joker killing a guy with a drill and back it up by saying "we know Ledger can pull it off! (holding a drill, I mean!)"

What kind of fan are you?

 

[Asteroid-Man]

'TF is SKA?