The Ska Thread - General - Facepunch Forum

[I]Jailhouse Stays Empty Rudy Gets Plenty Baton Stick Gets Shorter Rudy Gets Taller..[/I] Hola, i'm SilverHammer. Today i'll be teaching you about some classy fucking music. [img]http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/146/PP0162~Ska-Posters.jpg[/img] [B] The First Wave of Ska (Jamaica):[/B] [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e4AynyvE9mw/TTiV99pYq8I/AAAAAAAAACM/mrlKgOOOeeg/s1600/skatalites2.JPG[/img] Ska started in Jamaica in the 1950s. It's a combination of many genres, mostly blues and jazz. Ska songs typically include vocals, walking bass, A brass section, and skanking guitar that usually only plays on the offbeat. The BPM is usually kept low compared to today's standards, creating more of a relaxing atmosphere. It's through this atmosphere that the vocals resonate with you a lot better than they would otherwise. Lyrical Content for all three waves touches upon pretty much every topic under the sun. Social issues is a frequent topic for Ska songs. Love is another major topic. Songs about friends, songs about places, songs about times, songs about weed. There's something for everybody. [B]The Second Wave of Ska (Two-Tone):[/B] [img]http://www.everythingenglish.com/catalog/2tone_embpa.jpg[/img] 2-Tone is the second wave of Ska music. After the 1960s, Ska diversified into Rocksteady(Rocksteady later turning into Reggae) and 2-Tone. 2-Tone was pretty similar to the first wave. The instrumentation was kept the same, only intensified. The tempo was quickened a bit and everything had a bit more "bite". This was from the influence of the punk rock scene in Britain merging with the Jamaican Ska being brought into Britain at the time. This wave is labeled as "2-Tone" because most of the Ska bands during this era were signed to 2-Tone Records. Over this course of this time, Ska was making it's way farther into the world. Ska bands started appearing in the US. Leading to... [B]The Third Wave of Ska:[/B] [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3334336942_63146d5257.jpg[/img] The music of the British and Jamaican Ska bands had found it's way into the hands of impressionable American youth. They listened and incorporated it into their own sounds at the time, and so came about the Third Wave of Ska. This is the current wave we're in, and more importantly, the wave to bring Ska into the modern world. All of the diversity in music today has a place somewhere in third-wave Ska. It's such an easily malleable genre at this point that you can do just about anything with it. Distorted guitars are more common place than the previous two waves, as well as more abstract lyrical themes (not to say that third wave ska lyrics aren't blunt. They most certainly can be). California is a major scene for this wave of ska. Bands like Sublime, Reel Big Fish, and Fishbone all hail from California. As a Cali resident, let me tell you, Ska is alive and well out here. [B]Ska tunes from the Author:[/B] The Skatalites - Have A Good Time [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwPLeczyhKg[/media] The Slackers - Wasted Days [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jInfVlaZ_DE[/media] Bob Marley & the Wailers - Jailhouse (Quoted at the beginning of the thread, You've probably heard the Sublime cover before) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJI0OWlXVI0[/media] Mustard Plug - Mr.Smiley & Throw a Bomb [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyM6VqRGwCY[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY9j4LeDdzY[/media] Reel Big Fish - Trendy [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2NCF8PrK5s[/media] Sublime - Date Rape [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeMeDihwyrg[/media] This was gonna be a Ska/Reggae thread but I honestly am not up to snuff on my Reggae history. If I were to try i'd end up with a paragraph about how awesome Bob Marley and the Wailers are. You're still free to talk about it in here considering how similar it is to Ska. And that's my ska thread! also How to spot a Ska fan! [img]http://skablahblah.com/pics/RudeBoySux.png[/img]

SilverHammer, the lone Ska fan :(

You're not alone bro! NEEDS MORE 2 TONE UP IN HERE. The Specials - Gangsters [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0fQ_OCa9Ik[/media] The Selecter - On My Radio [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjKtQO3IPrk&feature=related[/media] The Bodysnatchers - Do Rock Steady [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JicW0JeiSQ&feature=related[/media] BAD MANNERS - LIP UP FATTY [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6fQnTyEniM&feature=fvwrel[/media] Madness - One Step Beyond [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-uyWAe0NhQ[/media] Also, Bob Marley and the Wailers may be awesome, but you should check out some more! Toots & the Maytals : 54-46 Was My Number [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjBiZSfM08[/media] Night and Day [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqLHv1ODhO0[/media] Pressure Drop [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rb13ksYO0s[/media] Pete Tosh : Reggae Mylitis [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6aB2xqVuZA[/media] Johnny Be Goode [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKtURqCt-JQ[/media] Bush Doctor [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcBnaA3LpZ4&feature=related[/media] Others to try Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQriZQbTcjk[/media] Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6oYyG0KcvQ[/media] Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ILjMmfAGXQ[/media] Max Romeo - I Chase the Devil (this one was in San Andreas :>) : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N505JczoEGI[/media] Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18EAqHx2lMk[/media] Desmon Dekker - Israelites (or my ears are alight ) : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o16YjS91HuI[/media]

You're my new favorite facepuncher lol

I love this thread i cant help but ska stomp to this! [Media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa_PbyWUZ4Q[/media]Bad Manners [Media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNpaaPHENE&feature=related[/media] The English Beat and my most loved Ska band so far The Selectors :[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTGemShG6Q0[/media]

MEGADUMP: Prepare to skank! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBeDwvFu8jo[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqLz6LqMsU[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i71NC9-s__A[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9dWMhSJq0c[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OurGZr5EGLY[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU62Oo2d3GM&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDxu0WESuLM&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77O6iqThpRQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdE7x0W3j9g[/media] this one's a little more reggae, but [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbv-LcdLY-Y[/media]

Oh btw The Specials are playing on my birthday so im going to be 16 at a Specials gig woo! Chernzobog i think i love you ! This is awesome...Skankin' till ma creepers wear-out. [editline]1st April 2011[/editline] [Media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLuHE-82o40[/media] Lets slow it down a bit.

[QUOTE=EliteMohawk;28937328]Oh btw The Specials are playing on my birthday so im going to be 16 at a Specials gig woo! [/QUOTE] Lucky ! I went to see them in 2009 at the Brixton Academy, it was the best fucking show EVER. They're amazing live.

Thats good to hear my 16th is going to be amazing!

I love Streetlight Manifesto [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XKs8TsY3XI[/media]

Anyone heard of I Voted for Kodos? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8pe7hsRQ10[/media] Who doesn't wish they were Aaron?

Ska is great, got into it when I discovered Fishbone and The Specials. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK640dPPhXE[/media]

[QUOTE=SilverHammer;28949405]Anyone heard of I Voted for Kodos? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8pe7hsRQ10[/media] Who doesn't wish they were Aaron?[/QUOTE] Those guys were awesome. Here's some more third wave since you guys seem to be saturating the thread with second wave :buddy: Planet Smashers [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGR0IbTd6IQ[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMBFi590CMk&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDBGEbg96-8&feature=related[/media] Five Iron Frenzy [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QgSuVJ7Jpg[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Az__Uv3TY[/media] Suburban Legends (These guys are always supporting the big-name bands on tour, and they're fun to watch) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJqXzBlfNsk[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvsRRUrY3ug&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ6XJf8e7YI&feature=related[/media] Mad Caddies [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tkyjEGbiPQ[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0IY9mKIHo&feature=related[/media] Fuck SME because most of the Mad Caddies videos are blocked in amurikka. Buck-O-Nine [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykn4pbV6JBA[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY2EcwpaVuc[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkQFhitYPAY[/media] [editline]2nd April 2011[/editline] Big D and the Kids Table [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I0GtIXvoDw[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oM_-K9rXY[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WObp7N9WQ2Y[/media] Less Than Jake (Only non-live version on youtube, don't judge me) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPjWlMvatxs[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F-ipYpd53I[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on7ho3ebK0s[/media]

I got to study ska at school, I love the skatalites

I love this thread :3

I love you for making this thread! [editline]2nd April 2011[/editline] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyvhlGXA5Go&feature=BF&list=MLGxdCwVVULXeEUyV9W4OGu9dGIOxovJZm&index=14[/media]

Thread needs more love for Reel Big Fish (I saw them a week ago; so fucking fun) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO4MPhIaHhg[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ9YVF-wyho[/media] And A LOT MORE for Operation Ivy [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVGqpcLG5z0&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dMVHxFzNK4[/media]

[QUOTE=Handsome Pete;28963249]Thread needs more love for Reel Big Fish (I saw them a week ago; so fucking fun) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO4MPhIaHhg[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ9YVF-wyho[/media] And A LOT MORE for Operation Ivy [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVGqpcLG5z0&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dMVHxFzNK4[/media][/QUOTE] You were at RBF too? I was right by that last table that collapsed. That show was so amazing.

I'm in a ska band! Check us out [url]www.takehometreats.com[/url]

Streetlight Manifesto is all I've been listening to for a while now.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcpGGoQLzVk[/media] I've got a funny feeling

Filibuster is Sublime without the brodudes and the heroine. I kinda think they're a bit more talented, too. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cysscm5spOs[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8jbjl2tCkg&feature=related[/media]

Where's Save Ferris in hurr? :( [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCzWPBR30Nk[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GDZp0bPRcU[/media] And Home Grown offcourse! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kIwK-E5l1I[/media] Goldfinger too! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfwsxoo_FL8[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLqCpPpB4rI[/media]

You guys are providing me with so much Ska right now lol :love:

SPANISH SKA The Locos: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_te5zcOS_M[/media] Ska-P: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yahbbV_g_s[/media] PICK IT UP [editline]8th April 2011[/editline] Also, for you English speakers The Suicide Machines: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WHPg3UuKyc[/media] The Skatastrophes [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlg1IdXWg[/media] [editline]8th April 2011[/editline] The Toasters: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSo-_TavE1U[/media] The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0[/media]

Pizza Day - The Aquabats [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-YLI894wH0[/media] The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - So lets go Nowere [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKTqkrDYnwM[/media] The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - The Guy from Subway [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGLTfrhZO6g[/media]

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The only ska I hear is Streetlight Manifesto. I'm not that big a fan of the genre, but I like their music.

The only ska band I know is the all female Japanese band, OreSkaBand. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-9pV46mmlk[/media] Probably shit compared the rest of the genre, but I like them.