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RULES:
This isn't funny and I'll tell you why. Have you ever been close to tragedy? Or been close to folks who have? Have you ever felt a pain so powerful, so heavy you collapse? No? Well, I've never had to knock on wood, but I know someone who has. Which makes me wonder if I could. It makes me wonder if I've never had to knock on wood, and I'm glad I haven't yet. Because I'm sure it isn't good. That's the impression that I get.
I see you like gambling on upvotes or downvotes. From me, you get an upvote!
You know, I think we'll be good friends. I say, let's have ourselves a beer.
Bravo sir.
Yes agreed. Don't Speak, I say. I know just what you're saying, so please stop explaining.
Should have read before posting same song. Great minds wired alike
Where's my fellow Streetlight Manifesto fans at? That's the good shit right there. Beautifully written songs played by incredibly talented musicians.
And yes, technically they're not ska and Tomas Kalnoky will tell you as such, but they might as well be. Especially in the earlier albums.
There's a new album coming out this fall, three tracks were already released.
And honestly even if it gets delayed, what's another 6 months at this point
Streetlight albums never release on schedule, so I'm sure we'll be waiting a while yet lol. But one thing's for sure, whenever it does come out it's going to be fucking magical. Streetlight never disappoints when they do eventually deliver.
I was just looking for Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution last week, and was very confused when I found Streetlight with the same songs, but way faster than I remembered. I knew Bandits was the guys from Catch 22, but I never knew of Streetlight Manifesto, or don't remember being aware.
Pickituppickituppickituppickituuuuupp!
... What kind of ska are we talking about? Because I've learned that Americans seem to have a very different idea of ska.
Because the actual ska is the kind of music you'd do classy dance to... But what you guys call ska is something I'd expect to hear from a drunken crowd in a pub.
We call a few different styles ska. Original ska is closer to reggae, then there's second wave, which picked up the tempo, and then there's 3rd wave or punk ska, which the other responder is referencing. That's pop punk with upstrokes and horns, and fedoras, like this.
It was a huge musical fad in the late 90's, early 00's, along with Swing, which was a similar modern hybrid style.
I honestly enjoy all forms of ska, from the old to the new, it all depends on my mood. Want to relax? Pop in some old ska or reggae. Want to party? Blast something new and ridiculous.
Yes, me too. I grew up on punk, and was a big ska kid, but I love pretty much any of it.
HERE I AM, DOING EVERYTHING I CAN...
As a ska enthusiast myself, I wish I could say this isn't absolutely true.
Ska generally means 3rd wave, and Ive no idea how those first two waves really releate to 3rd wave, but yea punk and reggae are like very different siblings of the same family.
But yea black and white checkered vans, skanking, all that stuff. Its just punk rock with a horn section. And yea, some is more pop/mainstream than other, but its the same with punk or any genre thats been around for more than 15 minutes.
Dont get me wrond, the joke is still accurate.
Aren't you describing ska-punk? I thought ska was a spinoff of reggae. (It sure sounds like reggae to my ignorant ears.)
Reggae is a spinoff of the original ska, which itself is a very Caribbean style coming from Calypso and jumpblues. Look for Desmond Dekker or Toots & the Maytals for some typical examples.
Today's ska is closer to punk rock with a sprinkle of horns.
What you are calling ska punk, old heads used to tell me thats 3rd wave ska. The reggae spin off, they claimed, was 1st and 2nd wave. I dont know for sure, and Iv seen contradicting things online since. I never really got it.
Reggae comes from Ska as I recall. The Wailer’s early work is Ska.
The relate via Two-Tone
You don't see how? It takes the horns and basic upstroke pattern and speeds it up like tenfold.
This song is a bit more 2nd wave.
I also want to tear the system down when I see what capitalism in the US did to mozzarella
In Europe we have laws against that sort of shite. Having met one of the people doing the controlling, I gotta say it's kinda nice to know there are true believers fighting to keep our food good.
First time I heard ska must've been playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2. Goldfinger - Superman.
Third Wave is skankalicious. I have a comp called Skankaholics Unanimous, it's gotta ve my all-time fave album of Ska. Seriously get a copy from Discogs.com if you can. Buford O'Sullivan "I Gotta Do It Someday" is the closing song, man do I love it.
The fact that people only know third wave ska makes me sad. There’s so much more to it.
https://youtu.be/lLLL1KxpYMA?t=12
I don't know which wave Madness is, I know it's before pop ska, and it fucking rocks.
If you wanna get really old ska check out Toots & The Maytals. They did a ton of songs like “54-46 was my number” that turned into ska standards
If you want to go back even further I recommend
And
Prince Buster who is the grandaddy of the genre
He wrote that song that Madness covers.
And don't get me started on rock steady.
oh yeah, that song is familiar. Not sure why you didn't link to it :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtGPpYJOFH4
Obviously I'm more into Madness since I'm a complexity and speed addict, but it's still a great source to place my example, and as a part of the history of the genre.
People need to spend more time on !ska@lemmy.blahaj.zone ... third- and second- wave ska is ok, but there's nothing quite like first-wave...
No reason to stop at first wave. Keep going further back to mento!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr3FjfiFQdA&list=RDQMpu7ij0zC8kU&start_radio=1
Will do. Thanks much.
This also explains the hypeman constantly hopping around.
Channeling that cheesey excitement.
