Ska

Lorelli!

I know a bit of Madness and The Specials but don't know much else about Ska. It has a soft sound and its nice to dance too.

It originated in Jamaica but with different cultural influences and apparently evolved in waves. Was anyone part of this scene when it was at its peak or even, is there a current scene today that anyone is part of? I kind of like the style, it's sort of smart/casual

riffmongous

It's one genre I never got into so far, I don't see the link between a lot of the examples people suggest, beyond the basic guitar rhythm style that's played in the OP video, you here it in some Police songs too

DEFTLEFTHAND

Ska punk was something I got into.

An American band called Sublime in particular.

Always loved this tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmadSGJCzo8

dd972

Over here in England most people who are big into Madness and Bad Manners tend to be lumpen idiots, that's the pop end of it, The Specials and The Selector are where the quality is at. Like Punk, the late 70's Ska scene was short lived and people like Terry Hall got out when all the yob element were seen to be identifying with it.

Lorelli!

I thought maybe Squeeze were Ska but no, Wikipedia says New Wave, Power Pop, Pop Rock, Post Punk! Whatever that means

riffmongous

The Specials are quality? So Father Billy O'Dwyer was on to something..

PARlance

Lorelli! wrote: »

I know a bit of Madness and The Specials but don't know much else about Ska.

Not a whole pile to know about it really, for a popular genre there wasn't a massive amount of bands. It's fairly easy to break it down, for me it's:

Jamacian Ska, original 50's/60's: good
UK Ska, two tone, late 70's/80's: good
US Ska, late 80's/90's: no thank you and cheers for influencing all that US poppy punk in the 00's

You'll find a few nights around Dublin anyway, not sure about elsewhere.

selwyn froggitt

riffmongous wrote: »

The Specials are quality?

The Specials: not many bands in modern history can possess a name so goddamned apt, considering the sheer compact neatness of their collective output. Most excellent indeed. Always loved them - and that's for nigh on 38 years now!!

Hilly Bill

Tramore has a ska fest around easter and there is another in a field somewhere. There is a decent ska scene in Dublin.

suicide_circus

Pick it up!

philstar

Buster Blood Vessel :P your friendly skinhead

md23040

As an early teenager there was a whole mod revival around 1980 that came from the likes of the Jam, The Who with Quodrophenia etc, and two tone came on the scene too with Selector, Specials, the Beat etc. It was a perfect wave and there was a fantastic cultural scene from about 1980 to 1983 with loads of clubs playing current music that held up so well compared to 1960's music and also a young teenager always fancied the really cool but sexy modettes look.

inajock

Trojan records is were its at..I seen a young lad on Friday about 18 years old..14 hole oxblood docs,combats,flight jacket and a number 2 ragging I didn't go over and have a chat with him.

Lorelli!

suicide_circus wrote: »

Pick it up!

I had to google that and then I came across this kids ska song which is actually quite good

philstar

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

i wish my parents chastised me like that

Arthur Daley

The Beat are another. The Beat, the selector, bad banners play the likes of the academy every few years. Good old nights, good value.

Of course the god father who influenced msmy in the UK scene through the 60s, 70s and 80s died last september, another victim of 2016. Mr Prince Buster.

MonsterCookie

Ska for me is mostly about the jamaican stuff that came out in the early 60s and the original/ best being the skatalites...still on the go today but most of the old boys have passed on.

Peanut vendor is a cover, like many of their best tunes, sounds great live.

check out the circular breathing of the trumpet player...very impressive.

PraxisPete

Arthur Daley wrote: »

The Beat are another. The Beat, the selector, bad banners play the likes of the academy every few years. Good old nights, good value.

Of course the god father who influenced msmy in the UK scene through the 60s, 70s and 80s died last september, another victim of 2016. Mr Prince Buster.

The Beat and The Selector are playing there together in April. Should be a good night.

Cianmcliam

Toots and the Maytals

Tom Mann Centuria

PraxisPete wrote: »

The Beat and The Selector are playing there together in April. Should be a good night.

Ranking Roger the only one left, or are any of the others still in The Beat? I know Dave Wakeling is in the US with The English Beat.

KERSPLAT!

I saw Bionic Rat one night in The Turks Head, absolutely fantastic! One of the best nights ever! Haven't seen them again unfortunately but I hope to soon

Cianmcliam

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Ranking Roger the only one left, or are any of the others still in The Beat? I know Dave Wakeling is in the US with The English Beat.

I think Ranking Roger is indeed the only one left.

When The Beat broke up himself and Dave started another band together I think, General Public. The rest of the guys left from The Beat got a singer and made a fortune as the Fine Young Cannibals.

Tom Mann Centuria

Cianmcliam wrote: »

I think Ranking Roger is indeed the only one left.

When The Beat broke up himself and Dave started another band together I think, General Public. The rest of the guys left from The Beat got a singer and made a fortune as the Fine Young Cannibals.

The finest wobbly legged dancer in music. Andy Cox.

harry Bailey esq

selwyn froggitt wrote: »

The Specials: not many bands in modern history can possess a name so goddamned apt, considering the sheer compact neatness of their collective output. Most excellent indeed. Always loved them - and that's for nigh on 38 years now!!

Couldn't have put it better
Reggae has its roots in the Jamaican bluebeat stuff,look up 'bob marley rudeboy' not a dreadlock to be seen, just a mixed race teen with a skinhead.Amy Winehouse rip brought it to the kids of the noughties,long may prince busters legacy live on!

harry Bailey esq

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

I saw Bionic Rat one night in The Turks Head, absolutely fantastic! One of the best nights ever! Haven't seen them again unfortunately but I hope to soon

Fairly regular gig for them,done one recent enough with king sativa.The seven deadly skins are,were and always will be rightfully be at the top of the pile of the many great Dublin grown ska outfits.

gammygils

Dead 60's & Rancid - decent ska outfits from the 90's & 00's

Hilly Bill

Rancid?

harry Bailey esq

inajock wrote: »

Trojan records is were its at..I seen a young lad on Friday about 18 years old..14 hole oxblood docs,combats,flight jacket and a number 2 ragging I didn't go over and have a chat with him.

Think i seen the same chap meself in some boozer down along Eden Quay somewhere?
Wasn't a ska night either.

biko

Prince Buster died about 4 months ago or so

Arthur Daley

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Ranking Roger the only one left, or are any of the others still in The Beat? I know Dave Wakeling is in the US with The English Beat.

Ranking usually has his son ranking junior with him now. Indeed they are back 5th may in the academy with Pauline and the selector. Can't go wrong a bit of ska on a friday night. Get your porkpie on eh.

PraxisPete

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Rancid?

Rancid definitely introduced a lot of teens in the late 90's to ska music. Operation Ivy were my favourite band when I was 16 and at that stage I was heading in to see Bad Manners, the Selector, Roddy Radiation with my fake id in Whelans. Happy days for me.

theteal

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

I saw Bionic Rat one night in The Turks Head, absolutely fantastic! One of the best nights ever! Haven't seen them again unfortunately but I hope to soon

I make it my business to hit the Foggy on the Sunday night every time I'm back in Dublin. Afaik they're playing the festival in Camden this year too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbj6e9Qe0kc

readytosnap

Hilly Bill wrote: »

and there is another in a field somewhere.

Only in Ireland

Dr Crayfish

Toots and the Maytals, love them.
That band Sublime, God, they have a cult following in North America and Aus/NZ, someone would always put the f*cking CD on at parties. Can't stand them.

Outlaw Pete

I was a Ska for about a year and a half. Spent a mint on buying all the clobber.

Then I heard Rebel Yell and became a rocker.

I'm fickle like that.

readytosnap

Love The Beat, The Specials, Madness.

Help!!!!

Jimmy Cliff, Lee " Scratch " Perry, Desmond Dekker, The Ethiopeans, The Specials, Madness, Sublime, Less Than Jake, No Doubt

whoopsadoodles

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Toots and the Maytals, love them.

Saw him at Electric Picnic.

Pure Class!

Dublin tend to have good Ska nights. Bionic Rats are fantastic, they play Turks Head and Foggy Dew I think. There's a Ska weekend on in the Grand Social on 26th April!

RasTa

These compilations are great

Rockers, Dancehall, Ska, DJ's etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMgQvAoQN-c

biko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlWxvlQ8Zy4