remember the good old days when guys got dressed up to play ska?

[kentauros]

Oh wait... they always dress up!

[In_The_Wind]

1. ha cha cha

[kentauros]

2. "That's the beatest beat!"

[Arctic Dave]

3. More Ska

[kentauros]

8. Hey, thanks for that!

I'm no authority on ska, I just like it!

[Arctic Dave]

4. Another from The Untouchables

[Arctic Dave]

5. The Specials

[OffWithTheirHeads]

6. No! What's ska? Does Bonnie Raitt or Jonie Mitchell play it? If not,

I'm not interested.

[kentauros]

7. Who? ;-)

Here, watch the Specials on Saturday Night Live, circa 1980

[OffWithTheirHeads]

12. No! The Who was a rock band! They did good shit! Probably not ska though.

[kentauros]

13. Yeah, probably no ska from them.

Fishbone on the other hand...

[OffWithTheirHeads]

14. Oh God! That hurts! Why?

[kentauros]

15. Okay, have some calming music then:

[OffWithTheirHeads]

16. Good God, give me some Jimmy or some Janis anyday

I must be getting old!

[kentauros]

17. How about some Keith, then?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

18. Seriously? No thanks! I'm sorry you think this is music, but, whatever.

[kentauros]

19. Well, I did want to tell you

that the majority of my music tastes are the "fault" of a local Liberal radio station, one of the five original Pacifica stations. My journey through their crazy dj talents began in 1977, and I ended up as one of them for a while.

Sure, I don't care for the majority of the popular music of the 60s and 70s, but I'd never take back what I was exposed to back then and since! If I had stuck with the standard (low quality) commercial stations, I'd never have heard Philip Glass' "Einstein on the Beach", P.D.Q. Bach, King Crimson, Be Bop Deluxe, Bill Bruford, Dev-O, Oingo Boingo, negativland, X T C, the genres of ska, acid jazz, fusion, progressive rock, or "art rock". I also never would have heard the brilliant radio theater creations from ZBS such as The Adventures of Jack Flanders, not to mention never hearing Firesign Theater on commercial stations

So, while you may recoil in utter horror at the examples I've playfully given, it all represents a fraction of the kind of musical spectrum I enjoy on a daily basis

[OffWithTheirHeads]

20. You're a better man ( or Women) than I am.

I lost almost all interest in contemporary music with the advent of Disco. There are a few musicians that still appeal to me like Norah Jones, Diana Krull, etc. but now I mostly listen to classical and Flamenco. Flamenco! Now there is guitar art! Leona Boyd, The Spanish Album, may be the most incredible guitar I have ever heard. It sounds like five people are playing and it's just her! Really hard to believe that one persons fingers can move that fast!

[kentauros]

21. I probably would have been in the same fix due to disco

if it hadn't been for public/community radio. I learned so much about the whole spectrum of music that way. And with the Internet, I have discovered that much more, such as this download site. The first album is Flamenco, just beware of their redirect ads. If you have a blocker, make sure it's working. (I use Opera and don't have a problem with the site.) I've gotten much of the Middle Eastern music I like from there, and then gone on to buy almost full catalogs of those artists I liked the most

The Meet-Up group I'm in locally for belly dance (as a fan of the art) also includes shows for Flamenco, and I've seen a few. There are some excellent dancers in Houston

[kentauros]

9. Madness - One . Step . Beyond!

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. Good ska is one of the few things that will get me up and onto a dance floor.

[kentauros]

11. It would probably do the same for me,

simply because I can't hold still even in my chair listening to it!

[nomorenomore08]

22. No English Beat?

I mean, sure there's a million old-school Jamaican artists I could've mentioned instead, but these guys were probably the best of the second-wave British bands.

Speaking of which, Tony Tribe - "Red Red Wine" (1969) :

[kentauros]

23. Thanks for the reminder!

Now I've got some more good music to perk me up for what's left of my evening

And keep posting stuff as you remember it. Ska is one of those genres I could truly lose myself in, even if my collection is minimal.

[nomorenomore08]

30. More Beat:

Bad Manners:

I could practically go the rest of my life without hearing Marley again but I always loved this:

[KurtNYC]

24. The Beat -- Jeanette

I love all the sax in Ska.

[lame54]

25. Ska Sucks by Propaghandi...

Ska sucks.
Ska revival isn't cool, you stupid fuck.
The bands are only in it for the bucks.
And if you don't believe me you're a schmuck.
But the trend will die out with any luck.

Rudy, a message to you Rudy

a message to you Rudy

a message to you Rudy

a message to you Rudy


... Fuck you Rudy!

[kentauros]

26. Okay, as I have to find other venues for video than youtube

I got to hear that, though I don't get it. Who's Rudy? And is Propaghandi a ska band making fun of itself, or what?

[lame54]

27. A mesage to you Rudy...

Is one of the most recognizable Ska songs
originally by Dandy Livingstone
Made popular when covered by The Specials

Propaghandi is a political punk band

Ska Sucks is covered by many ska bands

[kentauros]

28. Thanks :)

I'm no expert in Ska. I just like the sound and the few bands I know (Madness, The Specials, Skatellites)

[progressoid]

29. Toots and the Maytals!

Toots and the Maytals "Monkey Man" 40 years later...