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SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:07 am
by 1967redrider
Probably a dumb question . . . but who's into SKA and Punk? I'm currently listening to this YouTube compilation, #6 in a series.



I also like the Punk-O-Rama series and Hell Cats's Give 'em the Boot series, also available on YouTube. I was in marching band in highschool, SKA bands use a lot of brass instruments, I guess that's what catches my musical interest. πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ€πŸŽΆ

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:12 am
by 1967redrider
I saw these guys at Anthem in DC last month, Irish Folk/Punk with a Pirate flare. ☠️



Thick, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and Violent Femmes opened for Flogging Molly, it was a cool show and nice to be at a concert again.

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:22 am
by 1967redrider
I'm sure a couple of you have heard this song, it was in The Departed which I thought was a really good movie.

Dropkick Murphys-


Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:28 am
by 1967redrider
My favorite, you can't go wrong with banjo-


Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:02 am
by XX Case XX
I don't know if this qualifies but here it is: The English Beat. Later changed to "The Beat".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bM0wVjU2-k
___________
Mike

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:26 am
by Mumbleypeg
1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:07 am Probably a dumb question . . . but who's into SKA and Punk? I'm currently listening to this YouTube compilation, #6 in a series.

I also like the Punk-O-Rama series and Hell Cats's Give 'em the Boot series, also available on YouTube. I was in marching band in highschool, SKA bands use a lot of brass instruments, I guess that's what catches my musical interest. πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ€πŸŽΆ
Haven’t paid much attention to SKA but Punk isn’t far from some I like. Try Reverend Horton Heat, Hank 3 (Hank Williams III) and Wayne Hancock. They all venture into punk, country punk, and rockabilly. Hard to say what’s different between them, at least to me.

Ken


Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:42 am
by 1967redrider
Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:26 am
1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:07 am . . . Try Reverend Horton Heat, Hank 3 (Hank Williams III) and Wayne Hancock. They all venture into punk, country punk, and rockabilly. Hard to say what’s different between them, at least to me.

Ken, I saw him once at a little concert venue in Arlington, VA. He's very entertaining. It's Martini Time! 🍸

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:54 am
by 1967redrider
XX Case XX wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:02 am I don't know if this qualifies but here it is: The English Beat. Later changed to "The Beat".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bM0wVjU2-k
___________
Mike
Mike, I would call that New Wave, from the 90's. But I like it!

John

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:09 pm
by jerryd6818
Y'all go on ahead without me. I'll just stay here stuck in the mud.

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:33 pm
by 1967redrider
jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:09 pm Y'all go on ahead without me. I'll just stay here stuck in the mud.

GIve that compilation a try, Jerry. The up side is the songs are usually 2 minutes long or less, so if you don't like one just give it a minute. πŸ˜‰ I can pull up YouTube on my tv, which definitely improves the sound, much to my neighbor's chagrin. πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ€

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:01 pm
by jerryd6818
John, I sampled all that were posted. My apologies. I should have kept my opinion to myself.

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:49 pm
by 1967redrider
jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:01 pm John, I sampled all that were posted. My apologies. I should have kept my opinion to myself.


::rotflol:: ::rotflol:: ::rotflol:: ::rotflol::

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:24 pm
by Mumbleypeg
jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:01 pm John, I sampled all that were posted. My apologies. I should have kept my opinion to myself.
Jerry, does this kinda sum it up for you? (warning, PG-13 lyrics) ::sotb::

Ken


Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:31 pm
by jerryd6818
Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:24 pm
jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:01 pm John, I sampled all that were posted. My apologies. I should have kept my opinion to myself.
Jerry, does this kinda sum it up for you? (warning, PG-13 lyrics) ::sotb::

Ken

That'll do it. Ooh Rah MoFo.

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:25 pm
by BFORSE
I can appreciate both, as I listened to both growing up.
My very first CD I ever purchased was the BLACK FLAG, DAMAGED album. Not much heavier than that album as far as punk rock goes IMO.

For SKA I liked Operation Ivy.

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:28 pm
by BFORSE
1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:42 am
Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:26 am
1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:07 am . . . Try Reverend Horton Heat, Hank 3 (Hank Williams III) and Wayne Hancock. They all venture into punk, country punk, and rockabilly. Hard to say what’s different between them, at least to me.

Ken, I saw him once at a little concert venue in Arlington, VA. He's very entertaining. It's Martini Time! 🍸
I saw the reverend Horton heat in Houston back in β€˜94.
I usually don’t like it when band would banter with the crowd in between songs, but he was very entertaining.

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:12 pm
by 1967redrider
BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:25 pm I can appreciate both, as I listened to both growing up.
My very first CD I ever purchased was the BLACK FLAG, DAMAGED album. Not much heavier than that album as far as punk rock goes IMO.

For SKA I liked Operation Ivy.

I'm a big Op Ivy/Rancid fan.πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘



Crane Fist


Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:03 pm
by BFORSE
1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:12 pm
BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:25 pm I can appreciate both, as I listened to both growing up.
My very first CD I ever purchased was the BLACK FLAG, DAMAGED album. Not much heavier than that album as far as punk rock goes IMO.

For SKA I liked Operation Ivy.

I'm a big Op Ivy/Rancid fan.πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘



Crane Fist

Too bad they only had that one album.

Also, for punk, Bad Brains! I think their best album was the Omega Sessions.

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:08 pm
by 1967redrider
BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:03 pm

Also, for punk, Bad Brains! I think their best album was the Omega Sessions.

I saw them open for someone once, within the last several years (I think). In Dave Grohl's Lost Highways documentary he talks with the front man I think, in his DC visit. It was an HBO series.

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:15 pm
by BFORSE
1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:08 pm
BFORSE wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:03 pm

Also, for punk, Bad Brains! I think their best album was the Omega Sessions.

I saw them open for someone once, within the last several years (I think). In Dave Grohl's Lost Highways documentary he talks with the front man I think, in his DC visit. It was an HBO series.
Yeah HR, that guy is out there

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:33 pm
by 1967redrider
I like Tim Armstrong, lots of talent, but Lars knows how to thrash!-

(Jerry's gonna love this one 🀭)


Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:43 pm
by 1967redrider
This one's for Ken-




🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸 🍸

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:54 pm
by BFORSE
Agent Orange is good if you like your punk rock with a twist of surf music. Check out their song β€œBloodstains”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ1RecSXXZ8

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:30 pm
by Old Folder
1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:12 am I saw these guys at Anthem in DC last month, Irish Folk/Punk with a Pirate flare. ☠️



Thick, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and Violent Femmes opened for Flogging Molly, it was a cool show and nice to be at a concert again.
Well....I never thought that Iris Folk music would ever meet Punk.
Sandy Denny (RIP) of "Pentangle" must be turning over in her grave. ::facepalm::

I'm undecided and trying to digest. ::shrug::

Dan

Re: SKA and Punk

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:51 pm
by Steve Warden
I had never heard of SKA until the mid 90's when the kids in church were listening to the O.C. Supertones, a Christian SKA band.
Not my cup o' tea.