[ProtectOurFreedom]

I don’t use Sirius. I don’t listen to 80s New Wave and never have. I don’t listen to “ska.”

Three strikes, I’m OUT!

[jjotto]

Give this ska a chance:

‘Jamaica Ska’

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xK2—2TrJRg

[nickcarraway]

Ska was a Jamaican music from 1960's. It was influenced by U.S. popular and jazz music as the 50s, as well as Mento, a Jamaican folk music, related to Calypso.

If you ever saw the James Bond movie Dr. No, some of the music was by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires , and it's kind of between Mento and Ska. Kingston Kalypso - Three Blind Mice from 007 Dr.No

Also, Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker had a top ten hit in the U.S. in 1969: Desmond Dekker- "Israelites" 1969 [The Old Testament is a common them in Jamaican music]

[plain talk]

Don’t feel bad. He was one of many songwriters and contributors to music over the years that few have heard of. May he RIP.