We have this music box for our 1yo and there are a lot kid songs in different pop music styles and she loved “the one with the trumpets”. I never really was into ska so I’m asking the collective for the best ska songs they know so I can surprise her with a playlist.
edit: sorry its been hectic and I couldn’t get to this “project”, thank you all so much for your suggestions!
Madness is one of the bands that popularized the genre in the western world back in the '70s and '80s. Their 1st album One Step Beyond is still one of the genre landmarks.
Around the early '90s Ska got picked up by Punk bands all around the world, breathing in the genre new life and appealing to new audiences, but in my opinion few of them managed to get it right as the Spanish band Ska-P. I’m particularly fond of their 4th and 5th albums: Planeta Eskoria and Que Corra la Voz
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Ghost Town - The Specials
Nightboat to Cairo - Madness (anything by madness really)
To hop on the Japanese Ska bandwagon: Yum!Yum!Orange are just pure happiness and light. Catchy AF https://youtu.be/LwV6JiXUON0
Bite Me Bambi:
Video Games
Strippers on a SundayNever Meant - American Football Ska Punk Cover
i just think it’s funny
Sublime - 1. Santeria 2. Wrong way 3. What I got
Reel big fish - sell out
Rancid - time bomb
That’s a few but keep exploring from there and find out what she likes
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You should search @[email protected] 's posts for the word ska. They’ve got plenty of good stuff.
“When they come for me i’ll be sitting at my desk with a gun in my hand and a bulletproof vest singing my, my ,my how to the time does fly when you know you’re gonna die by the end of the night. say hay.”
Has been living in my brain since they were Catch 22. https://youtu.be/EVdXsA_2OXI
Fuck yeh man. I prefer the catch 22 version of this album because it sounds more raw less polished but that bit better for it in my opinion.
I was going to mention that in my original post but OP wanted ska to get into it. :D
Related is the bandits of the acoustic revolution
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Seconded-also my favorite is “a moment of silence”
I find the chorus really relatable though so maybe I’m biased.
If you’re looking for original Ska from the 50’s/60’s, this about the best album going. It includes a song from the then relatively unknown “Robert Marley” :) Also, lots of trumpets.
Mad Caddies - Quality Soft Core Goleta and Bell Tower are real good from what I remember
The Specials - The Specials - A Message to you Rudy is classic, my fave is Concrete Jungle
Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop 54-46 (That’s my Number) is my fave on this album
Too much too young is such a banger i have to dance every time it plays.
Hell yeah, first wave Ska is usually in heavy rotation for me all summer
I never considered them ska, but they are one of my favorite bands in general.
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Bop (Harvey)!
