I am sure that I have written about this before. But I love SKA and I really do love all the cycles of SKA from 1st wave to 3rd wave. There is not type of music that can bring a smile to my face and a tapping to my toes. There is just something about it. I also feel like it is the perfect summertime music. It is a great experience to take nice long drive and just have the SKA blasting as you go.
Return of the Ugly - Bad Manners
This is basically a late 1st wave early second wave SKA band but they also were considered a skinhead band but not a racist skinhead band.
Ska All Over The World - Jimmy Cliff
This is just really, really good 1st wave SKA and Jimmy Cliff in general is so good. Such a great song.
Melancholy Sally - Loafers
Another solid 2nd wave SKA band. They appeared after the Two-Tone Movement of the late 80's. The bouncy beat is great as well as the horn lines in this song.
To Much Too Young - The Specials
One of the greatest of the Two-Tone revival bands and this song is about safe sex basically. It is a solid song.
The 3rd wave of SKA had a far more punk aspect to it and while there is some controversy because some old school SKA fans just do not care for the 3rd wave stuff, I think some great bands came out of the era and I still enjoy listening to them today.
The Final Countdown - Frank Furillo
This is a SKA cover of the Europe classic "The Final Countdown" I really enjoy it. But I realize that it may not be for everyone.
Somebody Hates Me - Reel Big Fish
This is a 3rd wave band that lots of people really, really did hate. I liked their first couple of albums but after that they kind of went downhill in my opinion. But when I saw them in concert they were very cool to me and we hung out for a bit after the show.
Sunday Morning - No Doubt
This band, when it broke, had a much more pop then SKA sound but the SKA elements were still their. The cool thing about this album Tragic Kingdom is that the majority if not all of the songs were written by Gwen Stefani after she had broken up with the band's bassist Tony Kanal. I can't imagine being in his shoes and touring the world night after night playing songs about how much you suck.
That is it for today. I hope you enjoyed the look back at the world of SKA.
Return of the Ugly - Bad Manners
This is basically a late 1st wave early second wave SKA band but they also were considered a skinhead band but not a racist skinhead band.
Ska All Over The World - Jimmy Cliff
This is just really, really good 1st wave SKA and Jimmy Cliff in general is so good. Such a great song.
Melancholy Sally - Loafers
Another solid 2nd wave SKA band. They appeared after the Two-Tone Movement of the late 80's. The bouncy beat is great as well as the horn lines in this song.
To Much Too Young - The Specials
One of the greatest of the Two-Tone revival bands and this song is about safe sex basically. It is a solid song.
The 3rd wave of SKA had a far more punk aspect to it and while there is some controversy because some old school SKA fans just do not care for the 3rd wave stuff, I think some great bands came out of the era and I still enjoy listening to them today.
The Final Countdown - Frank Furillo
This is a SKA cover of the Europe classic "The Final Countdown" I really enjoy it. But I realize that it may not be for everyone.
Somebody Hates Me - Reel Big Fish
This is a 3rd wave band that lots of people really, really did hate. I liked their first couple of albums but after that they kind of went downhill in my opinion. But when I saw them in concert they were very cool to me and we hung out for a bit after the show.
Sunday Morning - No Doubt
This band, when it broke, had a much more pop then SKA sound but the SKA elements were still their. The cool thing about this album Tragic Kingdom is that the majority if not all of the songs were written by Gwen Stefani after she had broken up with the band's bassist Tony Kanal. I can't imagine being in his shoes and touring the world night after night playing songs about how much you suck.
That is it for today. I hope you enjoyed the look back at the world of SKA.
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