A Brief History Of Ska

[niekolas]

Operation Ivy, the band that revived punk and Ska with one album!

[esp4toni]

You should hear ska-p, a spanish band which is getting quite known in europe

[iluvwatermelons]

guys just wondering: how do you pronounce ska? is it like scar or just skah? how would you say it in an english accent? (I'm english)

[BUZZSEA]

NEW SKA ON JUNE 1ST 2012. GO TO TWITTER @BUZZSEA OR BUZZSEA.TUMBLR.COM ITS TRILL SKA.

[shadezofblack69]

Ska still sucks.

[TheChesterification]

@shadezofblack69 piss awf

[iluvwatermelons]

@shadezofblack69 go away then

[purpleater01]

It's no where close to dying! Anyone who suggests it is should head out to a show.

[greendaykicksass1101]

where the fuck is op ivy?, and less than jake?

[fionavanh]

and to lost memoires op ivy is punk with a ska twist so there a punk band not a ska band

[fionavanh]

best 3rd wave song ever is spy market by lets go bowling

[thejoerice]

Ska is such a powerful force. So much that humans can't handle it resulting in a recursion of waves.

[zinc890]

Who gave the black guy a gun?

TROLOLOLOLOL

[0rland0mtz]

@zinc890 hahah thats what i was about to say

[bluematter54]

BOSSTONES FTW



[SoulPeaceFeast]

Ska/reggae music right here. Go to soulpeacefeast

[iVerFz]

someone please give me the name to the first song!

[Icreamsickill]

if i ever had enough money i would throw the worlds biggest ska concert in San Francisco, California. Cause if there was anybody in the US of A that could appreciate ska this gods gift to humanity by him, himself those people would go all out!

[NoShittyMusicAllowed]

Streetlight is pioneering the Fourth Wave as we speak. I'm very sad to see Reel Big Fish getting older, but it's great that they keep going. We can't let ska die!

[JarnoldEnterprises]

There's a whole new generation of Ska as we speak! This Ska-core shit got real sweet at the turn of the century.

[CarmenGFX]

I'm 17 and I miss Ska, may the 90's Rest in Peace.

[jsaurman]

You forgot Aggrolites, they are the bomb!

Oh and you spelled Skatalites incorrectly in the credits, not good.

[TheAssesKicker]

Ska-punk for the fucking win!

[diazc51ext]

u completey forgot about bad manners

[MrPerfectSpeed]

Ska is cool, in the usa it is shite, leave it too the originals please.

[kingontopbob]

Five Iron Frenzy, Streetlight Manifest and Reel Big Fish are still around so I can feel a fourth wave building up =D

[tabbyjt]

3rd wave me fuckin arse, who ya trying to fool. U.S speeded up bullshit, thats not ska......

[HCchris818]

next wave is skacore

[BustyCops0]

Where the hell are The Slackers in this? No bueno, senior.

[Roobstaaa]

RBF FTW

[tridentextra]

what song is that by the specials?

[WorldOfLedzebra]

@tridentextra think it's this :) /watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co

[ryanfoe311]

@tridentextra the first one is called gangsters and the song during the credits is called ghost town

[skaterpunktop3]

LONG LIVE SKA!

[Dethklokrules202]

good ol mighty mighty bosstones

[IIIDIGGERIII]

The Selecter!!!



[gullhjertet]

What had Ska been without Fats Domino !?!!

[momakesgoodmeatloaf]

I <3 fucking <33333333333333 the specials. that is the ultimate definition for me and 311, the expendables

[Ninjatimelord]

Ska.. dead? Check out TheSquealingSquids ! New Ska/2Tone band :D

[dseeff]

Original Fishbone member Chris Dowd's new band the Ultra Infidels has brand new music up on youtube. Look up Ultra Infidels Sampler Platter...

[malky2583]

i remember well the ska scare of the 90s, when we feared it would become popular in the pop scene and we'd have to listen to it for more then a song or two a day.... phew. lols

[jackerx5]

@malky2583 are you saying that they would have played ska too much? or that ska would be considered a type of pop music?

[malky2583]

@jackerx5 As in I didn't like it, didn't want to hear it.

[jackerx5]

my ska!

[opgonzo28]

what are the songs being played throughout the whole video? especially the first one

[cclemon49]

what is the name of the first two background songs?

[05Skinny]

acutally the "2nd wave a ska" is called ska punk and is a mix between ska and punk rock but is considered another form of punk and streetlight manifesto falls under this category not a 4th wave of ska

[TheXTRAPSI]

4390116 when you down with sublime you get..........

[Nhia89]

very intresting, never knew what ska was till now

[PizzaBoxForum]

what the name of song by the skeletones?

[Crex1818Productions]

sublime :)

[bekka22211]

hey wat about sublime??!!!!!!

[miaxmeme]

What were some of the bands from the first wave

[sabresfn2661]

youtube(dot)com/musicbywildcar­d

[SomeDudesFishing]

No Aquabats or LTJ?!

[lorabayville]

@SomeDudesFishing its 6 fucking minutes long jesus if you want them make your own fucking movie

[SomeDudesFishing]

@lorabayville I'm just pointing out two bands that I like. Jesus Christ calm the fuck down

[lorabayville]

@SomeDudesFishing sorry, i was having a bad day

[lorabayville]

@SomeDudesFishing sorry man i was having a bad day

[hardtopickname1]

@SomeDudesFishing Same as to lostmemoriesrule. Name the bands, I'll dig them up and place them.

[RimshotsOffbeats]

@Trasta419 I agree, but I think Sublime is less considered "pure" ska than RBF.

[RimshotsOffbeats]

Awesome video! Ska lives on!

[TheAxeMixa]

Reel Big Fish is to Ska what Blink 182 is to Punk. An utter disgrace.

[farneymusik]

@TheAxeMixa blink 182 isnt a discrace to punk there first two albums in the early 90s were punk rock go on itunes and listen to them

[TheAxeMixa]

@farneymusik I just listened to there first albums and they still sound shit. Look up Circle Jerks and the Dead Kennedys for true punk gods.

[MultiChannelZero]

brilliant video ska lives !

[PizzaBoxForum]

can someone give me the name of the song by the skeletones at 3:48

[Trasta419]

I think we are in the middle of the fourth wave right now with bands like pepper, slightly stoopid, and lots more. I don't understand why this video has reel big fish mentioned but not sublime. In my opinion, and I'm sure others agree that sublime is the biggest ska band to hit the stage. Their live performances was unmatched.

[ythehelluwatchin]

Brilliant vid from a true fan !!!!

[lostmemoriesrule]

YOU FUCKING FORGOT OPERATION IVY!!!!! >:O

[polarbearoughey]

@lostmemoriesrule

Operation Ivy doesn't even have a horn section they are more important to alternative punk rock than to ska punk.

[macco66]

@polarbearoughey /watch?v=j6EVwQJN3oA



[hardtopickname1]

@lostmemoriesrule Nope. The list is building. Keep the suggestions coming!

[gasmaskboi19371945]

i know Roddy out of specials

[ironmanslayer13]

yea who the fuck said ska is dead?? it still lives in the great SAN FERNANDO VALLEY!!!!!

[bobfari]

Whats the name of the song at 3:02?

[digablesoul]

@bobfari The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Someday I Suppose.

[GreasyRockabilly]

Dam im in love wid dis music! has a nice jazzy/reagea beat

[nightshift142]

Ska is not a ghost town at all....you just have to go to Japan or Latin America and you will find the 4th wave....... :) :3

[MyGuitarIsMankiw]

There's this 3rd wave Ska Punk band, Suburban Legends - they are awesome. They never cease to put a smile on my face :)

[DrummerGrrrl]

It's too bad that in this video with The Specials, the black dude isn't playing an instrument, it's just the lilly white boys. Ooops, wait. He does, towards the end. My bad.

[DrummerGrrrl]

It's too bad that in this video with The Specials, the black dude isn't playing an instrument, it's just the lilly white boys. 

[skabudgie]

Awesome. Absolutely awesome! The skatalities, street light manifesto. ReelBigFish is good if you don't mind it has a punk mix.

[gullhjertet]

You forgot to tell about Fats Domino and most importent : "Be My Guest" , in the history of Ska!! Aint that a shame ?!

[wellergurl]

AHHHHHH!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVED IT. GREAT JOB. I'M DANCING IN MY SEAT WHILE WATCHING AND SMILING!!!!

[hoss3233]

this was highly accurate except for a few details ska origionated closer to the 1930s from a native jamaican music called menitone i thinks thats hows yous spells it lol. and the origional skin heads were black women who were being dragged into allys and such places by there hair and being rapped and beaten.

[prinznevsky]

@hoss3233 "Mento"



[ninjainthebasement]

//hipsters

[zero6gg]

you missed the whole underground ska/punk scene but its good lol

[714nanuloks]

Ska isnt deaad theres a show tonight at the House of Blues here in Anaheim (:

[Yggdrasi7]

Anyone can tell me the names of the different tracks in this documentary? they are pretty awesome

[Bachac88]

SKA FOREVER!!!!!!!

COOL Video Mellow. Where was early No Doubt tho'?

[drobson876]

I dislike Third wave Ska

[loldude83]

@drobson876 I agree, it's definitely ska, but there's something, I don't know, 90's-sarcastic-asshole about it.

I liked the happiness of 1st and 2nd wave, it's nice and light, really tropical island music. I know the darkness was always there, but to have it be so overwhelming; it's not very fun.

[drobson876]

@loldude83 it's to americanised! though i like the fact English bands/ex bands still have that 2Tone feel to them e.g The Dead 60's, Ordinary boys and New bands like Kid British :)

[OhMyOrangeCats]

ska isn't dead.... i'm 13 and i love it :D

[BoredYouthCrew]

Why'd you skip operation Ivy, or ska-core bands like choking victim?

[ttimothyp16]

3:33 morgan freeman on the left?

[dauphian]

There's a nifty up-and-coming band called "The Seven Dollar Sunglasses" I just found, y'all should check em out.

[rockdeleste]

where's sublime?

[PhilFoxNJ]

@rockdeleste sublime did have some ska influences, such as date rape, but they were more of a reggae band.

[RaveyDave99]

thank you mellowdeeska, at last some who knows, we are are not all mindless "skinhead" thugs......

anyone reading this shoud try "fat freddys drop", awesome band.....

[kJustsoup]

Would The Police be considered ska?

[Robbob9933]

@kJustsoup Just heard of Ska myself and find it a genre I want to listen to more. Need to be politically incorrect here. Ska has a problem of being racially neutral and of the working class. Music has, since the 40s, done more to erase the racial divide than any political movement. The powers in music and politics appear to need a racial divide. This is Ska's problem in the US. Nothing will ever get resolved until race baiting and class warfare is stoppped.

[kJustsoup]

@Robbob9933 political correctness... some dumb shit. If you got somethin to say, I say, say it. Just dont be a douche.

[WugLife]

What is the music at the VERY BEGINNING of this video? The DO DO DO DO DO DO DO, DO DO DO, BEFORE "I'm gonna give you news to tell you're a man"?

I've been trying to find out what that music is for four years.

[JJoYTRTR]

SUBLIME !!!!!

[dseeff]

Anyone interested in hearing new music from ex-Fishbone member Chris Dowd's new project The Ultra Infidels, type "The Ultra Infidels" and "Stop!" into youtube...

[JohnDeathMetal]

was there any hardcore punk ska?

[Dtthedestroyer1]

@JohnDeathMetal search up mighty mighty bosstones hell of a hat

[dauphian]

@JohnDeathMetal "Streetlight Manifesto." Nuff said.

[skamaster21]

@JohnDeathMetal yes there are skacore bands out there

[JohnDeathMetal]

@skamaster21 can you tell me some?

[skamaster21]

@JohnDeathMetal just search up skacore in google. i personally don't like skacore i prefer first wave ska, second wave, and the third wave. and also j -ska 

[skamaster21]

@JohnDeathMetal but sure ill post some

[skamaster21]

@JohnDeathMetal i know one good Spanish ska band called ska-P they have some pretty hard rocking songs. one's called Intifada. they sing in Spanish tho but there a pretty bad ass band for some ska/punk music

[Suph373]

Maybe Europe will have another go with ska. Irie revoltes anyone?

[bleedingxxaurora]

Ska never dies.

This is just the transition between waves and generations.

[metaldeatherax]

THE 5TH WAVE!!!

[ihugbigdirtybears]

Great video. I love learning anything I can about the best music in the world!

[ESPguitarist1969]

Streetlight Manifesto is the 4th wave of SKA!!!

[threezeldasandapit]

@ESPguitarist1969 or still 3rd wave? I don't think the 3rd has ended yet, little bubbles of ska keep bursting into mainstream every so often though.:D

[blakefoster937]

@ESPguitarist1969 nah theyre definitely third

[Iliekchoocolatye]

@ESPguitarist1969 NO because that band is gay as fuck. If anything, skacore is.

[MrStinkoMalinko]

REEL BIG FISH!!!!!!!!

[25geto52]

it's great to learn about ska, but what about ska in latinamerica?? Here in Mexico ska is alive and hitting hard as always.

[fatboy123123123]

watched the first minute..then skipped to 5:20.. then went to 2:48.. then i thought this needs reel big fish.. then skipped to 4:03 and shit my pants,,

[punkmom08]

wow you guys totally skipped new england ska... Bim Skala Bim was before the Reel big fish stuff...

[Buzzardboy09]

Hey, a GREAT ska song is Superman by Goldfinger

[1337CL4N]

i typed in ska and got here

[andydude30]

Awesome video! I learned alot. I didn't know bands that combined punk and ska existed since the 70s hahaha. Ska for life!

[evaporia]

VIVA SKA!

[munkymusikrocks212]

what song is that at 1:20 ?

[blaydonracez]

the specials - gangsters @munkymusikrocks212

[munkymusikrocks212]

waaa!! ^.^ thank you for sharing this with the world. my brain is happy now :D

[Frostytheraverkid]

homegirl mexicans keep that shit up and were really fucking good at it i still go to ska shows and its mostly all mexicans

type in (dona canchis) and the song is (enganada) its skacore its pretty cool

[dasheekybubba]

@Frostytheraverkid Siiick my plays at the LA ska scene I would say ska is making a comeback but more brutal and more real

[kdawg3485]

ska doesnt die it just regenerates like the doctor

[WeeMackinsie]

Ghost Town - The Specials

[Supermushiman]

song at the end?

[KingUniverso]

streetlight manifesto???

[nalgaface123456789]

gtfo

[kdawg3485]

@KingUniverso hell ya!

[localfixed]

can anybody please tell me what the name of the track playing that starts at 3:03-3:45? chur. love.

[ihugbigdirtybears]

@localfixed Someday I Suppose by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones! One of my favorite songs by them!

[stratman06]

The Richardson Maneuver - The Joker

[gramville]

This ignorant Yank quite enjoyed this video.

[1davejake]

3 waves , BOLLOCKS ! must have been put togethor by an ignorant Yank.

[dibona360]

is this a joke?

[ManRazThe]

all ska fans, check out the band PapaFish from southern california. just discovered them and i highly recommend. :)

[BritishPoliticansex]

my favorite wave of ska is all of them

[bobthetoewinkle]

what is the song at the start

[sacbibit]

lets start the 4th wave of ska!

[LambOfJesus360]

It's A crime that you didn't mention Sublime, Catch 22, or Slightly Stoopid. P.S. There's a popular Ska band from Hawaii called Pepper and they sound sort of like Sublime.

[Xematu]

Spanish Ska is not dead

[babycherio1]

who said ska is dead..????fuck off....

[DynastyLuminous46]

@babycherio1 Personally I don't believe music can ever die.

[boazandjiacinth]

@babycherio1 for real, who said ska is dead.. they must be braindead, i agree, fuck off!!!! ;)

[babycherio1]

@boazandjiacinth thanks mate



[babycherio1]

oi! oi! ska!!!!

[Simuertos]

I think there were more than just 3 waves. If you count the 4th wave of ska, being bands like the Busters, Braces, Napoleon Solo, Toasters, NYCitizens, Let's Go Bowling, etc. You also should have added Symarip, Phyillis Dixon, Prince Buster, etc. I don't count bands like Sublime as a ska band, because they had ska influences did not neccessarily make them a ska band. I could add a few other bands to that list, Ska Flames being one of the better bands.

[Simuertos]

I think there were more than just 3 waves. If you count the 4th wave of ska, being bands like the Busters, Braces, Napoleon Solo, Toasters, NYCitizens, Let's Go Bowling, etc. You also should have added Symarip, Phyillis Dixon, Prince Buster, etc. I don't count bands like Sublime as a ska band, because they had ska influences did not neccessarily make them a ska band.

[MrCoolyoman]

where is sublime?

[koolaid56789]

@MrCoolyoman wheres your dick?

[aThousandSeasons]

you forgot!!

EAST LOS ANGELES SKA!!!

SKACORE!

[Bpr1976]

scandal ska the skatalites the opening track brilliant from 1965

[Bpr1976]

ska rules

[phatnatyouknow]

Ska aint dead ! SKA FOREVER !!!!!!!!

[PorchMonkeyBoysBack]

Good post

Cheers mellowdee

[TheCatsrule10]

I see people all over the world listing to SKA and they don't even knowi t!

[Lifetimereggae]

We are a reggae/ska band from Colorado!!! Check us out and let us know what you think.

[yogaza2]

@Lifetimereggae Yeah Colorado! Where in Colorado are you guys from?

[Lifetimereggae]

@yogaza2 Colorado Springs

[Lifetimereggae]

@yogaza2 We are from Colorado Springs, but we're soon to be out of Fort Collins.

[giveusascream]

Fun Boy three - It' you

[ris4radgirl]

BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE!!!

SUBURBAN LEGENDS!!!

I love you ska