[Fiji Hill]

The Lion of Judah--Laurel Aitken & the Skatallites (1963)

[Fiji Hill]

Fellow Jamaican--Lloyd Clarke (1964)

[Army Air Corps]

Bookmark.

[a fool in paradise]

>>“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.

[PlateOfShrimp]

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”

[Fiji Hill]

Rise, Jamaica, Rise! Independence Time Is Here!--Al T. Joe (1962)

[Pappy Smear]

Here is a bit from the great but short lived TV show "Police Squad" with Leslie Nielsen. There was a shoeshine guy who always had tips on stuff. In this bit, Dick Clark stops by to ask about ska music. Appropriate for this thread.

Johnny, whadaya know about ska?

[SERE_DOC]

Christian SKA bands Supertones, Five Iron Frenzy, not many but out there.

[Prov1322]

These guys were just amazing live..

The O.C. Supertones - Who Could It Be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxbaKuAf-OE