Rediscovering my high school and ska roots. Have a few ska covers posted but I would really like to have a go at Less Than Jake: All My Friends Are Metalheads… not sure how to approach this beast of a song.
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I barely know what Ska is, sorry.
English Reggae? 
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Ska came before reggae. Its reggae at 2-3x the tempo with horns and keyboards.
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I like ska, it’s very punk adjacent.
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It’s basically Punk mod reggae.
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Which reminds me that I am still kinda bummed about Ranking Roger; I always liked him and Dave Wakeling.
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A message to you Rudy, The Specials
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“Mirror in the Bathroom” may be a better example of ska but always loved this one more, despite it being more new wave pop.
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Despite it being more new wave pop.
Radio tune…
Much of the ska era was a happy tune time, definitely lots good tunes and bands.
Ill be checking songsterr for some old favs.
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Yeah they went even more that way with General Public. Still great, just very different than early The Beat.
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I used to listen to a lot of ska when I was younger - and go to see ska punk bands like Voodoo glow skulls, Reel big fish etc 
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Not really Ska, but if it’s those sorts of bass lines you’re after I really really can’t recommend looking up some of the Clash’s stuff. strongly enough.
One of the few ska songs I can actually put a name on 
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Yeah!
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Awesome. Maybe a good definition of Ska is “any music you can skank to” then 
Except you can skank just fine to hardcore punk too, so maybe not.
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Two-Tone. Takes me back to my teenage years.
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Yes! I love some early ska, and some old rocksteady for that matter.
“Rudy, A Message to You” by the Specials is a great tune. Dandy Livingstone did the original, I believe.
Anyone like ska revival? This weekend I am off to Austin for some shows by the Slackers. Great band out of New York, I think. Three shows for $50. What a bargain!
Andrew.
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For me, this is the absolute original:
It’s from 1968, WTF?
Love the Slackers. I did a cover of Wasted Days a while back.