Posted on 06/27/2021 4:37:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The evidence that we are in the midst of a ska revival is plentiful. Indie-punk phenomenon Jeff Rosenstock managed a critical hit with “Ska Dream,” a reimagining of his 2020 album “No Dream.” The genre thrives online, where the Ska Tune Network has more than 200,000 subscribers and ska cover versions rake in the views, including a version of Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” by Los Angeles band the Interrupters that has 5 million and counting. This year sees the release of two major books, one a 400-page oral history of American ska and the other a spirited defense of the often-maligned genre. And with We Are the Union, there’s a band with genuine breakout potential; the group’s new album focuses on singer Reade Wolcott coming out as a trans woman.
There’s only one argument against the idea that we’re in the midst of a ska revival, and it’s a simple one — ska never went away.
The classic British ska outfits that first brought upstroke guitar playing to the Billboard charts have existed in various stages of restoration, anniversary celebration and short-lived hiatuses since the first George Bush was in the White House. Bands like Less Than Jake, Fishbone and the Slackers found varying levels of success in the ’90s and never stopped touring and never fired their horn sections. Ska disappeared from the radio in the ’90s, giving way to the much less upbeat sounds of nu-metal, but right on cue 20 or so years after that, we’re all rushing to catch up with what the rude boys, rude girls and rude non-binaries have known all along.
“I see it as a continuation. I mean, rock continues — nobody talks about rock revivals, do they?” says Pauline Black, singer of the Selecter, the British ska band that recorded the
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Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra!!!
They ROCK!
Ska Guns of Navarone.
Lupin’s song.
They are awesome.
Pride of Lions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcWGdkoo0Fs
Skaravan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPOeGWl6x4E
Almighty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk3ihzv9g20
Pride of Lions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcWGdkoo0Fs
Skaravan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPOeGWl6x4E
Almighty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk3ihzv9g20
The Godfather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFldyPyuk8o&list=PL-loOQtsuBZ_2KKsSA-Hifv5R_2SSXjgA
Bookmark.
Ska me crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsC1UTNGnV4
Look at that crowd!
These guys are musicians!!!
Cute blonde, but I have no idea who she is.
Classic! That video brings back memories of high school.
Madness is the only band that comes to mind when I hear the word “ska”
Ska punk masterpiece according to many music critics. Their only album. https://youtu.be/ABbp6AoMCik
What about the The Mighty Mighty Bosstones from the 90s?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0
>>“I see it as a continuation. I mean, rock continues — nobody talks about rock revivals, do they?” says Pauline Black, singer of the Selecter, the British ska band that recorded the
Rock is dead. It’s off the radio and off “the charts”.
There are still practitioners but they don’t have cultural impact as they once did.
The Skatalites are still touring.
It doesn’t always have any original members in the lineup (only a couple remain living).
Guns of Navarone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtESlTKBa4s
They still tour as well.
That’s right - I remember that one, too.
Writer submits to Vice(sux) and Pitchfork
https://twitter.com/ZacharyLipez
Don’t know if he’s a millennial
I saw English Beat with REM as the opening act many years ago. Amazing show. But my favorite ska band is the OC Supertones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BTEhPm7-F0
“How will you stand if you don’t understand? Fight like a man, scriptures in hand”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFQKequLo3A
“The problem isn’t Hollywood, the problem isn’t Washington, the problem is a weak divided Church of schismed Christians”
They even became bumper music for the Rush Limbaugh Show
Thanks for the link. I never heard of Operation Ivy before.
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