What are your thoughts on SKA? Do you love it or hate it? If you love it, what's your favorite element of the genre? When did you discover it? Who are your favorite bassist from that era? Please let us know! Thanks for Watching, Liking and Subscribing!!!
I liked SKA but never really got into it. The Baseketball Soundtrack had Reel Big Fish on it and their music was cool. Sublime and No Doubt could be the two biggest widely known bands of the mid to late 90s SKA era. Pop Punk may be what took the light of SKA. It seems like 2000 was maybe the peak of SKA. Kind of like NuMetal, rock fans in general started to pivot to other types of rock.
@ Also, 97 or 98 is when Cumulus and IHeart became the two major owners of almost all radio stations. This effectively ended the listeners choice in radio and made a direct pipeline from labels to consumers.
I'm 65 and Ska still has a huge place in my heart. Back in late 70's - early 80's I used to buy every single LP that came out. I still listen to Ska to this day
It's hard to comprehend how big 2 Tone was in the UK between 79 - 81. It really captured the spirit of the times. Its amazing to think The Specials had two number one singles in the UK charts. Unfortunately most of those band didn't make it past 2 albums. Only Madness survived the 80s. 2 Tone burned brightly for a couple of years and it was gone. Great days.
Nice, I also started playing Ska when I was 14 and along with some friends we founded the most famous colombian Ska band of all times called “ La Severa Matacera” eventually I ended up moving to New York and I don’t play Ska anymore, but I can tell you that most of the things I have now as a bassist and musician I learned playing Ska and all those bass lines you are playing where my daily routine for many years, respect to you my friend, suscribed
Thank you for sharing your story and I appreciate the Subscription!! I tried to put together a Ska band when I was 18, but I couldn't find enough musicians who were into it. Please note that I'm in Georgia. I just started diving back into playing these bass lines again and forgot how fun and far ahead of their time these bassist were. One of my closest friends is from Puerto Rico and he's shared an unbelievable amount of Latin-based, experimental music, but it's so overwhelming that I can't recall any band names. Thanks, again for watching, commenting and subscribing!
@ yeah all those bassists were great and so underrated but for me they are the teachers, Horace Panter from the Specials, Lloyd Brevett from the Skatalites Joe Gittleman of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, another band that was a giant influence for me was Mephiskapheles I remember the bassist playing upright and fretless and the songs were really cool and unusual, good music never dies it might get lost a little bit because there is a lot going on now and people can’t find these artists easily but they would be meaningful for many people always, cheers from another bassist passionate about this and many other styles of music
Got to see Madness live just before they broke up in Australia, they played with Australian Ska-band The Allnighters (complete dance party). Never really got into the resurgence. I liked the well known stuff like The Mighty Bosstones and No Doubt but the punk-fusion thing didn't click with me. Trying to learn bass at moment and a big influence on that was David Steele. I just knew him as the cool bassist from The Fine Young Cannibals so now I'm looking at his earlier stuff with The Beat. The Specials grew on me, I appreciate them more now than back in the 80's.
Ska was the soundtrack of my youth. The way the rhythm guitar emphasized the upbeats, it fell to the bassist to really reinforce the melody and harmony, leading to some great bass lines. You missed out Bad Manners. If you don't know them, you must check them out.
Well said! I actually listed Bad Manners in this video, but like many of the bands mentioned, I didn’t play their music. I will definitely revisit this subject.
Another thing that I love about Ska is its versatility and that it isn't afraid of addressing social and political issues, such as Ghost Town (which you played), Too Much Too Young, Judge Dredd and so many more. Yet always (mostly) upbeat and danceable.
I remember hearing Ghost Town for the first time and was a fan of The Specials, The Beat and Madness etc I love ska because of the basslines and Fishbone were the next gen for me with the immense Norwood Fisher on bass. Although a band who cross genres in wild ways they have a lot of great ska influenced tracks especially in the early albums like Ma & Pa, UGLY, Party at Ground Zero etc. A brilliant live band too, probably the best I've seen.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! You make some awesome mentions about Fishbone and I totally agree! I owed them more than just listing their name along with other bands I didn't talk about. However, for the description you wrote is why I didn't talk about them. While Ska was in their beginnings, they obviously went on to do so much more, but they never totally left it behind. ie. Unyielding Conditioning. Their performance of that song on Jools Holland was amazing! I also had the pleasure of seeing them live and briefly met Angelo Moore before one of their shows back in 1994. Another reason I didn't dive into them is because I've already filmed a video about them and a few other bands that I plan on dropping this weekend.
@progrockjock I've met them too at the last tour of the UK. It's the 5th time I've seen them since 1993, and though the venues get smaller the performances are always huge. And yes they have retained ska within their eclectic and wonderful output. I'll check out your Fishbone video.
As an old Metalhead i have to confess that i was listening to NinaHagen in my youth and classified it as Punk when i didn´t liked SKA music as i thought it was lame. Not much Punk in her music when i listen today.(if any) And who haven´t got "Our House, in the middle of the street" in the head.. Seems thou that there was SKA "before" Madness and all of the Bands coming up in the late 70ies.. Always nice to learn more about Music styles you thought you know everything about.. Thanks for some educating info..from Sweden.🤘☮
I was a nerdy kid, and I kept going up in scale whenever "Our House" got stuck in my head. "Our galaxy. In the middle of our local cluster." See? Nerd.
Tha 90s resurgence wasn’t so great. But the first wave ska?! Damn. So musical! It wasn’t just that sped up ska beat. There was a lot of difference to all the tunes. Esp like you mentioned ‘ghost town’. Excellent tune and it has a lot of different elements to the song. A really well crafted song.
I'm not a huge ska fan, but there are a couple ska bands from the 80s I do like. I really like Madness and Dexy's Midnight Runners, but those two I remember being played a lot on MTV. I just don't remember the other bands you mentioned, and I was an MTV junky throughout the 80's. I do remember the bands you mentioned from the 90s resurgence, but they just never connected with me. Except, for some odd reason, the Christian ska band the OC Supertones! I still have some of their CDs today and like to spin them every so often.
If we're talking about North American ska, my standard joke was "yeah, I always wanted to form a ska band, but I don't have enough friends." Because they were like 12-deep. Anyway I didn't like it -- if you're talking about The Upsetters and such, yeah, they were great. Don't know why reggae kind of kicked it off the map.
I listed Fishbone in text while editing, but I forgot to list The Untouchables. Either way, I rushed this video and was annoyed with myself for not at least talking about Fishbone, who I saw multiple times back in the day. Sometimes you just have to move forward and post. I appreciate your feedback and will do better.
What are your thoughts on SKA? Do you love it or hate it? If you love it, what's your favorite element of the genre? When did you discover it? Who are your favorite bassist from that era? Please let us know! Thanks for Watching, Liking and Subscribing!!!
I liked SKA but never really got into it. The Baseketball Soundtrack had Reel Big Fish on it and their music was cool. Sublime and No Doubt could be the two biggest widely known bands of the mid to late 90s SKA era. Pop Punk may be what took the light of SKA. It seems like 2000 was maybe the peak of SKA. Kind of like NuMetal, rock fans in general started to pivot to other types of rock.
Well said. You make great points here!
@ Also, 97 or 98 is when Cumulus and IHeart became the two major owners of almost all radio stations. This effectively ended the listeners choice in radio and made a direct pipeline from labels to consumers.
I'm 65 and Ska still has a huge place in my heart. Back in late 70's - early 80's I used to buy every single LP that came out. I still listen to Ska to this day
It's hard to comprehend how big 2 Tone was in the UK between 79 - 81. It really captured the spirit of the times. Its amazing to think The Specials had two number one singles in the UK charts. Unfortunately most of those band didn't make it past 2 albums. Only Madness survived the 80s. 2 Tone burned brightly for a couple of years and it was gone. Great days.
It is still in every heartbeat of my life
Nice, I also started playing Ska when I was 14 and along with some friends we founded the most famous colombian Ska band of all times called “ La Severa Matacera” eventually I ended up moving to New York and I don’t play Ska anymore, but I can tell you that most of the things I have now as a bassist and musician I learned playing Ska and all those bass lines you are playing where my daily routine for many years, respect to you my friend, suscribed
Thank you for sharing your story and I appreciate the Subscription!! I tried to put together a Ska band when I was 18, but I couldn't find enough musicians who were into it. Please note that I'm in Georgia. I just started diving back into playing these bass lines again and forgot how fun and far ahead of their time these bassist were. One of my closest friends is from Puerto Rico and he's shared an unbelievable amount of Latin-based, experimental music, but it's so overwhelming that I can't recall any band names. Thanks, again for watching, commenting and subscribing!
@ yeah all those bassists were great and so underrated but for me they are the teachers, Horace Panter from the Specials, Lloyd Brevett from the Skatalites Joe Gittleman of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, another band that was a giant influence for me was Mephiskapheles I remember the bassist playing upright and fretless and the songs were really cool and unusual, good music never dies it might get lost a little bit because there is a lot going on now and people can’t find these artists easily but they would be meaningful for many people always, cheers from another bassist passionate about this and many other styles of music
Got to see Madness live just before they broke up in Australia, they played with Australian Ska-band The Allnighters (complete dance party). Never really got into the resurgence. I liked the well known stuff like The Mighty Bosstones and No Doubt but the punk-fusion thing didn't click with me. Trying to learn bass at moment and a big influence on that was David Steele. I just knew him as the cool bassist from The Fine Young Cannibals so now I'm looking at his earlier stuff with The Beat. The Specials grew on me, I appreciate them more now than back in the 80's.
I recently discovered The Interrupters, I like them quite abit
Ska was the soundtrack of my youth. The way the rhythm guitar emphasized the upbeats, it fell to the bassist to really reinforce the melody and harmony, leading to some great bass lines.
You missed out Bad Manners. If you don't know them, you must check them out.
Well said! I actually listed Bad Manners in this video, but like many of the bands mentioned, I didn’t play their music. I will definitely revisit this subject.
@progrockjock sorry for not paying full attention 🤦. Keep it up with the great vids 👍
Thank you! It's no problem. I'm in the same boat.
Another thing that I love about Ska is its versatility and that it isn't afraid of addressing social and political issues, such as Ghost Town (which you played), Too Much Too Young, Judge Dredd and so many more. Yet always (mostly) upbeat and danceable.
I remember hearing Ghost Town for the first time and was a fan of The Specials, The Beat and Madness etc
I love ska because of the basslines and Fishbone were the next gen for me with the immense Norwood Fisher on bass. Although a band who cross genres in wild ways they have a lot of great ska influenced tracks especially in the early albums like Ma & Pa, UGLY, Party at Ground Zero etc.
A brilliant live band too, probably the best I've seen.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! You make some awesome mentions about Fishbone and I totally agree! I owed them more than just listing their name along with other bands I didn't talk about. However, for the description you wrote is why I didn't talk about them. While Ska was in their beginnings, they obviously went on to do so much more, but they never totally left it behind. ie. Unyielding Conditioning. Their performance of that song on Jools Holland was amazing!
I also had the pleasure of seeing them live and briefly met Angelo Moore before one of their shows back in 1994.
Another reason I didn't dive into them is because I've already filmed a video about them and a few other bands that I plan on dropping this weekend.
@progrockjock I've met them too at the last tour of the UK. It's the 5th time I've seen them since 1993, and though the venues get smaller the performances are always huge.
And yes they have retained ska within their eclectic and wonderful output.
I'll check out your Fishbone video.
Listen to the Beat.
As an old Metalhead i have to confess that i was listening to NinaHagen in my youth and classified it as Punk when i didn´t liked SKA music as i thought it was lame. Not much Punk in her music when i listen today.(if any)
And who haven´t got "Our House, in the middle of the street" in the head..
Seems thou that there was SKA "before" Madness and all of the Bands coming up in the late 70ies..
Always nice to learn more about Music styles you thought you know everything about..
Thanks for some educating info..from Sweden.🤘☮
I was a nerdy kid, and I kept going up in scale whenever "Our House" got stuck in my head. "Our galaxy. In the middle of our local cluster." See? Nerd.
Tha 90s resurgence wasn’t so great. But the first wave ska?! Damn. So musical! It wasn’t just that sped up ska beat. There was a lot of difference to all the tunes. Esp like you mentioned ‘ghost town’. Excellent tune and it has a lot of different elements to the song. A really well crafted song.
MUDSHARKS ... are my favorite Ska band.
All the songs on the Crackin' Porcelain album are great and have interesting bass lines.
Let's Go Bowling!!!
I'm not a huge ska fan, but there are a couple ska bands from the 80s I do like. I really like Madness and Dexy's Midnight Runners, but those two I remember being played a lot on MTV. I just don't remember the other bands you mentioned, and I was an MTV junky throughout the 80's. I do remember the bands you mentioned from the 90s resurgence, but they just never connected with me. Except, for some odd reason, the Christian ska band the OC Supertones! I still have some of their CDs today and like to spin them every so often.
Ska turned into rocksteady which turned into reggae.
The english ska from the late '70s/early '80 was a ska revival.
True
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Have you ever listened to Skindred? if not check out the song "Nobody". Jamaican heavy metal sound.
Never hear of Skindred, but I’ll check them out.
@@progrockjock You will not be disappointed.
I'd rather it stay forgotten.
I understand. I had a lot of friends who couldn't stand Ska. Thanks for respectfully sharing your opinion.
If we're talking about North American ska, my standard joke was "yeah, I always wanted to form a ska band, but I don't have enough friends." Because they were like 12-deep. Anyway I didn't like it -- if you're talking about The Upsetters and such, yeah, they were great. Don't know why reggae kind of kicked it off the map.
Funny you neglected to mention the untouchables and fishbone …
I listed Fishbone in text while editing, but I forgot to list The Untouchables. Either way, I rushed this video and was annoyed with myself for not at least talking about Fishbone, who I saw multiple times back in the day. Sometimes you just have to move forward and post. I appreciate your feedback and will do better.
It sucks if you miss just listen to reggaeton😂
I always liked Calle 13
Why play that, you have an Iron maiden poster. Play some Steve
I have and I will again. I appreciate your love for Maiden. I just wish more people would embrace Metal whenever I post about it.