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jesus
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Posted: 2006-06-05 14:03 CEST | |
no one likes ska in my town. Is still alive?     
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Faulk
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Posted: 2006-06-05 14:27 CEST | |
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No way, Jose. No one likes ska in my town either, but there's still crazy local ska bands skankin around if you know where to look. I know...about 3 people who like ska (it goes without saying that the ska bands like ska) and I'm working on converting the rest of the state to ska. I was thinking of maybe starting a ska radio station...that would prolly work (there is NO SKA on the radio at the moment or really anything worth listening to). On the subject, does anyone have a spare $500K I can borrow?? It's hard to find, but ska is not dead. Maybe it's not as popular as metal or R&B but that's what makes it so cool. |
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skankin_toaster
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Posted: 2006-06-06 01:49 CEST | |
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I'n my school , about a year, ago, there were like, 2 people that liked ska, me and some other girl, and then she moved, so a while i was the only ska kid o.O, but scince then i've converted the majority of my friends to liking ska, not 100% of the time, like me, but they like it, and most of them are in the band that i've been trying to get on it's feet for the past while, but everywhere else in my town, ska is all over the place, kinda wierd actually, but yea, ska definatly is not dead, if anything, its becoming more and more alive
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varukers7
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Posted: 2006-07-09 06:03 CEST | |
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SKA IS STILL ALIVE!! Come down to orange county CA. You'll find ska-lovers all over the place!! RBF is even playing a show here in August.
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SoulRegatta
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Posted: 2006-07-12 18:03 CEST | |
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varukers7, they are playing w/ streetlight manifesto and i cant wait until they play in San Diego
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Kradrats
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Posted: 2006-07-17 00:39 CEST | |
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ska is a fad in socal. if you like streetlight, you're cool. Kind of sad, I stopped listening to them because of it (Yes, I know, immature) |
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SeverFire
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Posted: 2006-07-17 01:05 CEST | |
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Ska is pretty big where I am. The thing I don't like about it is that most of people who listen to it are weird people who dress stupidly (meaning the black with band patches all over themselves -- not ska dress) and only care about getting drunk, high, or laid. But whatever. There's still a lot of people who love the music for what it is that don't really fit a crowd of people... like me, I'm just a quiet band geek, but I appreciate the true musicianship of bands like SM and many other bands most people haven't heard of. (Also meaning I completely hate today's pop music, most of which could have been written by a 6-year-old in 10 minutes. But that's just my opinion.) |
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skaman31689
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Posted: 2006-07-17 05:53 CEST | |
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Ska is dead where I am. There are only a few people that have even heard what it is. As corny as it sounds, these people are my English teachers. Two years ago I had to write an introductory paper about myself and I mentioned ska in it. I got the paper back and there was a side note that said "-Love ska" on it. I was pleased. Then last year I let my English teacher listen to the Arctic Monkeys CD and I told him my favourite one was the last one, "A Certain Romance". It definitely had the ska going. And right when I was about to tell him why I liked it, he was like, "It's cool because it has the ska feel to it." I thought that was pretty cool. Where was I going with this... ah, yes. Ska is about to be revived, by the way. We've recently added another addition to the outragously versitile celebrity list. Not only is she a reality TV show member, a superficial usual stereotypical blonde, a porn star (inadvertantly), now she's a freakin' musician - but just your typical pop queen. That's right folks, Paris Hilton is now going into 'music'! And the scary part of it all is that her first song, as I read on www.skasummit.com, is a ska song. I figure with such a mainstream celebrity, it's only a matter of time before we have a pseudo-ska-revival. And it's bound to be a humiliation to all that is quality ska as we know it. If you want to hear the song, go to her site... www.parishilton.com You are now warned, listen to it before you watch the video. |
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Faulk
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Posted: 2006-07-17 11:08 CEST | |
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AAAAAGH! I listened to the song and actually, I don't really think that its ska. Yeah it's got the upbeats but its too slow and there's no horns, plus the bass line is fairly ordinary. I'd call it reggae-pop but even that's an insult to reggae. I wouldn't worry too much. She probably (hopefully) only did it for that one song and won't stick with the same rythmns. But man...don't do that...you scared the crap out of me. |
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skaman31689
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Posted: 2006-07-18 21:39 CEST | |
Let's hope that's the only song she has that's like that. I might go get previews of the rest of the CD on Amazon.com just to make sure. I don't want this going downhill!
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skankin_toaster
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Posted: 2006-07-22 17:35 CEST | |
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Eveeryones all spazzing out about how Paris is going to popularize ska/reggae music, but no matter how hard she tries, it's not going to happen. Band such as Bedouin Soundclash and Matisyahu have already brought ska and reggae to much music and radio. Also, odds are the few people that like Paris's song like it for the vocal line, not the reggae influence, the second they here Streetlight or Reel Big Fish or actual ska bands, they won't like it, and go back to listening to the music that they usually listen to. Now, back on the topic of ska being dead. As I mentioned before, BAnds like Bedouin Soundclash and Matisyahu are bring ska/reggae to the popular music outlets such as Much Music/Radio and MTV, so ska is becomeing more and more popular, but from the hands of good musicians |
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widby
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Posted: 2006-07-23 14:29 CEST | |
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i think that there'll be a revival. it's just dormant at the moment. the national touring scene is dominated by just a handful of bands, so naturally the whole ska-scene is dormant. i think that should it wake up, it'll be a good thing. sure it'll be harder to get into gigs, buy cds, and we'll argue about who's sold out, but atleast there''ll be more sax players and bassists and t-boners, who play more than just jazz standards |
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mr smiley
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Posted: 2006-07-25 02:58 CEST | |
| I hope ska is revived. Then I'd be in the money bitches!!$_$ My ska band would be the coolest of cool, and i'd start touring with streetlight manifesto and making millions because all the wiggers and crap would turn into rude boys and then i'll have millions of fans, on the same level as mike soprano and even playing with him occasionally. yeah... | ||
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skanking max
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Posted: 2006-07-27 08:08 CEST | |
| I've found that most ppl in my town like ska if they've ever listened to it, it's just that most of them haven't. | ||
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widby
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Posted: 2006-07-30 22:57 CEST | |
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hmm, most of the local bands (kids from school, and 20s) are either metal or ska-punk. we had a good scene, but now everyone just plays all american rejects or the like at gigs. it comes and goes, damn i wish someone played trombone here. then i could start a band |
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Silent Rip
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Posted: 2006-08-01 21:58 CEST | |
| I like how ska is right now. There is enough people that like it so that it's not completely dead, but it's not so big that all the posers are in on it and ruining all the fun (at least where I am). So I kind of like how it is. | ||
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twotonemasta
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Posted: 2006-08-15 17:00 CEST | |
| Yeah i do think that ska will make a comeback lets hope it doesnt get to big though. All we need is for every teen movie in the world to have a ska band in it. Again. bosstones clueless, save ferris 10 things i hate about u. I mean if there is a comeback lets hope it keeps its soul. O and as for getting rich of ska yeah. Royalties split 8 ways dont quite pad the wallet | ||
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surfhorn
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Posted: 2006-08-20 08:26 CEST | |
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Ska is still one of my favorire styles of music and I'm old and a pro musician. In what other genre of music can a trumpeter play and have fun thrasing around on stage?! I've just started a new 9 piece band and will be intrioducing ska songs into it.....original ska (Man on the Street) to Third Wave and beyond. But it will de different. Band make up is: 4 trumpets; tenor sax; trombone; valve bone; tuba; kit drummer or somethimes a snare drummer and a bass drummer. Its based on a New Orleans street bands but with with pro musicians who are surfers. It will be interesting. |
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widby
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Posted: 2006-08-23 12:40 CEST | |
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sounds cool. what's a valve bone? and i've changed my mind, i think that it would be good if ska got a bit more popular. sure it'd be a test for the present bands to keep their horn sections just as vibrant and even bring back some of those upbeats which i think, are fading away slowly, ah well. and it might even inspire more people to pick up horns and saxes and bones and so on. there'd be more gigs, some amazing bands will rise through the rubbish that will inevitably be made (like now)and the scene will be a richer place for that. where i live, we struggle for good sax players (they only play jazz or classical--except me and another who is already in a band), there aren't any trombonists, the trumpeteers are all in one jazz band, the guitarists all play metal and the majority of bass players are in the metal bands. so if ska revives, brings fresh bands and inspires kids to play this style then i'm happy. screw being alternitive, take a look at the checkered banner and tell me what it means. |
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skaman31689
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Posted: 2006-08-24 04:17 CEST | |
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Unity. You're right. There is a good point you made: there would be an uprising of inspiration to play a wider variety of instuments and the possibility of some decent bands to come out of it. I just know that Kalnoky has inspired me to take up an instrument along with Mr. Keith Douglas mainly because they were able to produce quality music and keep it underground for such a long time and perpetuate a longstanding group of people who are wholeheartedly dedicated to the music, not just listening to it because the rest of the crowd is. The underground inspires creativity and the idea to find yourself without the pressure of trying to be like everyone else. There are upsides and downsides to every situation, though. You can't prevent the bad. If ska goes big, you'd just have to accept it and if it doesn't, better for me at least. |
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skanetic
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Posted: 2006-09-01 02:13 CEST | |
People at my school like ska especialy us bandies. Soe don't even realize wtf they are listening to but are like "this is cool" and then i have to try and explain what genra they are listening to and it always ends up as rock with horns 
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Edwise
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Posted: 2006-09-01 17:16 CEST | |
| Ska is big where i am, thrn again i live near the birth of 2-tone (Coventry, UK) | ||
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Pepino
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Posted: 2006-09-02 07:27 CEST | |
| Id say long island has one of the biggest, youngest, ska scenes in the usa. | ||
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Trumpet_Crumpet
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Posted: 2006-09-02 18:00 CEST | |
| i have like a few of kids at my school that actually heard of ska. but 2 of my friends actually lisen to it so i can trade new songs with them. but i want to start a ska band and one of my friends plays drums but my other friend doesn't play an instrument so im gonna try and teach him trombone since i used to play that when i was younger. but i play trumpet now. I wish more of my friends liked ska | ||
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awesome-possum
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Posted: 2006-09-22 01:16 CEST | |
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Same here,none of my friends like ska.I mean the only people taht i can talk to about bands and stuff is my brother(pat)and his best friend (Stef).
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