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? by littleclum
I'm very tentatively going to send this message out - I have no idea what response I'll get - please no ranting though lol!

anyway yeah, did any1 see the dead 60s, no comply or capdown at reading/leeds? whatd y'all think??
littleclum | 02 Sep '05, 23:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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oh right yeah and if any1 has any recommendations of ska groups to see/check out music wise I have no restraints on combinations with other genres eg. ska-punk! if so, please fire away! =-)

-Cal
littleclum | 2 Sep '05, 23:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Less Than Jake.

That is all.
Adrian_Denial | 2 Sep '05, 23:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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woah that it? thats not impressive, LTJ are ok granted, but theres better stuff out there!
littleclum | 2 Sep '05, 23:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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There is i guess, but ska sucks balls and they have the only vaguely ska-punk album i'd be willing to listen to. not a fan of the specials or madness myself. go buy that rockville album LTJ did.
Adrian_Denial | 3 Sep '05, 00:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The two albums before Hello Rockview are better IMHO. Shit I haven't listened to LTJ in years. Or ska in general for that matter.
chiaroscuro | 10 Sep '05, 11:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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the foamers
the toasters
farse
lubby nuggett
zen baseballbat
mighty mighty bosstones
catch 22

are all pretty ska-punk. and no where near as good as less than jake.
wishpig | 3 Sep '05, 00:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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catch 22 have one song i like. some lyric about blowing your head off at a desk i think?

also check out the Goldfinger version of "99 Luftballon" by Nina, it's ace, and in english as well
Adrian_Denial | 3 Sep '05, 00:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Skatalites
The Beat
Bad Manners

Less Than Jake are the best, though.
homesick_alien | 3 Sep '05, 00:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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furillo
discopie | 4 Sep '05, 23:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Aaaah wishpig you dark horse. I used to love Farse. And Catch 22. Incidentally many of the members of Keasby Night's era Catch 22 are now in Streetlight Manifesto, which sounds kind of similar.

My recommendation is Ye Wiles - kind of folk/ska/punk on Household Name - very...unique sounding, with a fiddle, (but not like Yellowcard)
chiaroscuro | 10 Sep '05, 11:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Ordinary Boys
wrightylew | 3 Sep '05, 00:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Shed Seven
Martbowski | 3 Sep '05, 00:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I think Shed Seven are alright actually.
wrightylew | 3 Sep '05, 00:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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... Severe lack of backlash. I'm disappointed.
wrightylew | 3 Sep '05, 00:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I've only heard two songs (Chasing Rainbows and She left me on a Friday). They're pretty good.
Martbowski | 3 Sep '05, 00:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i have the best of shed seven album. its not bad actually.

they're not ska though by any stretch of the imagination.
utm_usic | 3 Sep '05, 00:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Yeah I know, just making a "joke"
I apologise.
Martbowski | 3 Sep '05, 00:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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you're clinically dull and try too hard to be funny.
wishpig | 3 Sep '05, 00:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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"liek woah I'm wishpig liek lolololollol see i'm taking the piss out of people who over use lolololol. i'm so random.lolol. liek yeah. wham bam summerslam liek yeah lol"
Martbowski | 3 Sep '05, 00:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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was that another one of your "joke"s then.

go you.
homesick_alien | 3 Sep '05, 00:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Ooo hark at you with your all so hipster chic music taste. You're nothing mate, just another boring twentysomething with nothing to gain in life.
Martbowski | 3 Sep '05, 00:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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yeah I guess.

such a pity your wonderful site of hilarious rants got hacked.

maybe it was maddox, he wanted his jokes back.
homesick_alien | 3 Sep '05, 00:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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that was rubbish. you can't even be me right.
i'm very disappointed.
wishpig | 3 Sep '05, 00:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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You always go "wham bam summerslam".

Martbowski is DiS' very own Allistair McGowan.
monpot | 3 Sep '05, 00:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Less Than Jake, easily the best, but Capdown are fucking excellent, so were Lightyear (sob, still having trouble coming to terms with them splitting, they were awesome).

A lot of people i know say Reel Big Fish, who are good, but i just prefer LTJ somehow cos i got into them first. Plus they don't repeat all their songs on every album they release, like RBF do.

Big shout out to the Toasters as well, they rock!
Also, check out the Pietasters, saw them live 2 years ago, awesome set, the sound was crystal clear one of the best live bands i have seen!
blingblingbling | 3 Sep '05, 10:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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wishpig, please can i have "wham bam summerslam" as my new catchphrase?
commandercool | 3 Sep '05, 10:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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okay, but you'll have to pay me royalties.
wishpig | 3 Sep '05, 13:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Couldn't we just say like:

..... Wham Bam Summerslam! (Copyright Wishpig 2005)
tom_from_sparks | 3 Sep '05, 13:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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yeah that'd do.
:)

wham bam summerslam!
wishpig | 3 Sep '05, 13:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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okay how's this:

wham bam summerslam (c w2005)

i'm all about the speed.
commandercool | 3 Sep '05, 13:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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actually, i'll make it so that superhero lovers don't have to do the copyright thing.
i'm so generous.
wishpig | 3 Sep '05, 13:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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hooray for wishpig!!

wham bam summerslam!!

:D
commandercool | 3 Sep '05, 13:14 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Yay!!! :-)
tom_from_sparks | 3 Sep '05, 13:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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aw hey cheers guys thats a lotta bands down now - class!! =-) as for 'wham bam summerslam', well thats a pretty neat phrase. Did ska arrive before reggae? or (as I think...) vice versa? and from what I've 'learnt' rock n roll arrived as a result of ska and reggae, though Im probably wrong in saying that...
littleclum | 3 Sep '05, 11:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Ska pre-dates reggae but not rock 'n' roll.
JDTraynor | 3 Sep '05, 13:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Yeah ska was a progression into a reggae just as rock steady and mento were a progression into ska. But when reggae took hold it kind of died down and then recieved a resurgance with "two tone" and "ska pop". So yes in theory ska predates raggae but in the context of the bands mentioned on this thread, they came long after the heyday of reggae.
smallpox_champion | 10 Sep '05, 12:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Jimmy Cliff is still writing, recording and performing - no-one is as talented as he is.
JDTraynor | 3 Sep '05, 13:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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oh ok, so how'd rock n roll evolve?

and who the hell is jimmy cliff?!
littleclum | 4 Sep '05, 22:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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A legend...
tom_from_sparks | 4 Sep '05, 22:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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no-one has mentioned madness or sublime yet?
or jesse james, worth it just for "shoes"
spairammo | 4 Sep '05, 23:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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"it's those shoes you wear, it's your shoes that turn me on"

so, so true.
wishpig | 4 Sep '05, 23:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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hehe! ok well this is probably Illegal on this site but if any1 is interested my friend has set up a forum especially for ska, 2 tone, dub and reggae (along with all their subclasses of course) I (and she) would really appreciate it if anyone could check it out =-) its growing quickly and we're on the lookout for new members all the time ~ www.skaforum.com ~

anyway thanks to everyone who posted on this topic - I personally appreciate it massively and for those who went to Reading rock fest this year - wasnt it class?!?!?! =-D

peace

- Cal
littleclum | 5 Sep '05, 01:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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LittleCLum i'm arresting you for a shameless plug. You do not have to say anything, but anything you do say...etc.
Suicide_Medicine | 5 Sep '05, 01:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Ska Punk is generally pretty awful. Maybe check Operation Ivy - I seem to remember them being pretty pivotal in that scene, although I could be wrong. They were on Lookout records with Greenday in the late 80's / early 90's. Maybe check them out.

But really, check some proper Ska. I'm not generally an advocate of 'best of' albums, but the Trojan Ska collections are excellent. They're 3 CD sets and you can get them in HMV for 7-8 quid - bargain. I think there's 2 volumes - buy both and thats a really good start. Plus loads of it is stuff that you can only get on vinyl or shit thats out of print.
TheIntelligentHoodwinker | 5 Sep '05, 18:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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ok cool! thanks dood! you truly are an intelligent hoodwinker!

anyway once again Itd be class to have some of you drowned in sound peeps on our forum, we need intelligent music lovers such as yourselves to support the scene which many believe is 'dieing'.

Anyway, keep Ska alive and join the revolution by visiting

WWW.SKAFORUM.COM

thanks once again, any1 interested in having a look is more than welcome =-)

Well apparently Im under arrest so I'll so you guys when I'm out of the cell...

L8rs!

- Cal aka LittleClum on skaforum.com
littleclum | 10 Sep '05, 04:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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There is a nice little Melbourne band called Comissioner Gorden. Google them.
MaryMary | 10 Sep '05, 10:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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When I was in Italy a few years back, the brother of the girl we were staying with always had Ska-P on in his car. They're Spanish, but the songs are really good. And if you know a bit of Espanol, you can decipher naughty words like 'shit'.
Rolypoly | 10 Sep '05, 20:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Ska-PE are ace! I have only heard one song, but then again, it is called 'Legalizacion'... ;-)
ex_cynic | 11 Sep '05, 15:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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