Rock History 101 - Ska

[488rudeboy]

you know what? A ska band could form tommorow moning and they'd be still part of the third wave. yes,that wave has been a very long slow one... I hate to be so pessimitic but its true. oh btw, listen to some dandy and watch the vid for night boat to cairo for godsake.

[kidsuckit95]

im glad that the fourth wave is underground and pretentious pricks like these people can't do there little history lesson

[emmamckeown]

Lies

[philliesomasound]

sublime

[nalgaface123456789]

ska influences

[dadibbels1]

well the fourth wave does exist

[seamaj34]

two tone was a record label that signed ska bands & skinheads listened to it. before you say anything i said skinheads not neo-nazi eeejits who stole the skinhead look there have & always will be black & white skinheads without us there would be no second or third wave of ska

[posen123]

Toasters running right through The world

[posen123]

The toasters - running right through the world

[SimplyScooby]

@posen123 That's it!! Thank you soo much man!

[SimplyScooby]

song @ 1:33? anyone know?

[mkingy1]

@SimplyScooby Mustard Plug 'you'

[SimplyScooby]

@mkingy1 Thanks so much for answering, but unfortunately I don't think that's the song, it plays in the background from 1:27 - 1:47 if annnybody knows...

[gooddaver]

Bullshit! Not a single mention of skinheads! Without the traditional skins(and the generations to follow), ska would never have been brought to the masses. Unfortunately, most people still confuse us with boneheads!

[HenHouseSuprise]

CJ is such a babe.

[2000sMusicSux]

she has a preety smile

[mxmill]

4th WAVE!!! Oi!

[DarkimaruSS]

skalavera.......lo mejor de chile

[str84ever]

0:42 what's that song? sounds familiar!

[GayWhoReadThis]

@str84ever Madness - One Step Beyond

[skabron7]

The next wave should be a dark ska punk wave. I hate happy ska bands.

[FLIPPERPWNAGE]

@skabron7 try streetlight manifesto

[corvetteeagleverizon]

@skabron7 hey, not cool those are the best ska bands!!

[blardosplats]

I love the voice of the one bringing me theses ska lessons.

Oh, and IMHO, ska like everything else that we used to know has been co-opted and sold into some mutant nothingness by the Corporates.

But true ska, like true rock and true country, blues,jazz 'classical' or any other music, can't be pigeonholed (i.e; explained).

Not even the music of the voice of the one bringing me these ska lessons.

[Nomanisrdy]

i hate the 3rd wave of ska.

[jimmypopali12]

how dare she not mention sublime

[ErikVaughnDillinger]

Not many people consider sublime Ska, if anything they were punk/Reggae... very little ska.

[secondsense1]

Sublime was totally a ska band, but they had a-lot of punk influences. But still considered a ska band. Reggae came from ska.

[FLIPPERPWNAGE]

@ErikVaughnDillinger they had a lot of ska songs what are you talking about.

[GwaiiEagle1]

Sublime?!

She never mentions Prince Buster!

[Oblivion232]

ska is changing throughout the us... it is different in every country and changes over time... the us ska base is faster and has more punk in it but is still ska nonetheless..... i love all ska and expect every other rude-boy to feel the same

[ThundercatsHYO]

Why are WE, of all people, arguing? Ska fans are supposed to reflect what the WHOLE culture is about: unity, peace, and good times. Ska isn't about pot, waves, or any of that.

P.S. Streetlight is AWESOME, but Tomas Kalnoky has said himself that he never intended to be under the ska genre. Can't lie though, they have an AMAZING sound and message.

[949883]

what so you're against weed? you're anti marijuana? is that right? fucking reationary

[ThundercatsHYO]

I could care less how you waste your free time. If you smoke, that´s your decision. But ska isn´t about pot. I never attacked pot in the first place.

[will12444]

i agree with you ska is supposed to be about haveing fun not the waves or anti pot or any of that bullcrap

[AnanaMango]

@ThundercatsHYO Amen, man. X]

[RadientProductions]

Why doesn;t everyone just shutup, roll a joint, and sit back and listen to the beautifull sound of ska and not argue about all this wave bullshit?

[metrodash]

It Mek is more rock steady

[clegrady]

great video.

[penguinx9]

the music is good but this history is phoney, false and looks like it was not researched at all. almost as if they want to belittle the culture of the time, as the the media generally do when creating the phoney history of 60s counterculture, which by definition the mass media was completely unaware of at the time because it was underground

[LuvsPot305]

so if all the infor is incorrect, what is the "real" history of ska and how does the media what to belittle a culture?? no offense, I really want to know! thanx

[Deckardpr]

THIS INFO IS WRONG 100%

BTW

united states Ska sucksass & fucks everything.

[WinstonsHitman]

Love Madness

[BKsFiNeSt08]

I'm noticing the unity of Ska in this conversation. I'm a younger person getting into ska now. Wanna test out this genre because I love all the songs that were inspired by ska might as well cut out the middle man.

The message of 2tone ska is superb. The spirit of ska lives on.

[WAFFLEPJS]

Sellout by Reel Big Fish was played during a beach volleyball game in the Beijing Olympics. Ska lives on!!!

[Zahrakills]

I don't get what you guys are talking about ska appears to be bigger then ever where I live and from what I know of other places and the scene in general.

[CaptClassic]

She's hot. and 100% right :P

SKA'D FOR LIFE

[batcommandar]

Here you go, one invisible internet win medal that I didn't really give to you because the internet is in the way.

[batcommandar]

You deserve a medal, sir.

[rudesprut]

fuck rock, only original early ska!

[msangh2003]

The specials have reformed and touring, tickets sold in hours. Ska will never class is for life. The specials are planning a tour of the states

[kicknbazz1615]

everyone just sit tight for another wave to come.......its coming

[anarchygoat]

its already here, Streetlight Manifesto is pretty much the fourth wave, they are making ske music thats never been heard before

Ska is DEAD because we want it that way, underground, non-mainstream DEAD, trust me its a good thing =)

[CaptainAmerica7770]

I love streetlight, but the music is barely ska at this point. I don't wanna see bands change what wasn't broken and call it new ska to the point where no one knows the roots anymore

[949883]

i agree with you, i mean, most of the third wave bands dont have nothing to do with ska culture, with exception of a few like VGS (wich has a lot of original ska influence mixed with hardcore), MMBT, skakin pickle etc

[nalgaface123456789]

i dont need a fucking wave

[themilkman01001]

ska is alive in its true fans. this genre will never die

[lilyvonschtump]

check out the Dualers, a London Ska Duo, there are loads of clips and tunes on You Tube

[LBCWestside]

SKACORE FOR LIFE! LOS ANGELES vive.... Ska will never die

[NinjaJedi]

Protip: Skacore is the reason Ska is dead.

[ilovetubedisasters]

no, ska core has helped to keep sk alive. and it isnt dead, look around, its still there. think its dead and it will die

[bummpah]

once again Raped of our belongings

but still our race is hated pick upon simply because of jealousy!!!!!

Because our nation is blessed

1 Love XXXXxxx

[pinotto85]

what's the name of toaster's song???

[justlikeataris]

Blue Beat + Trojan

:)

[rebelcounty77]

fail

[cobrasatan]

What about the skinheads?!?

[lookatdoor]

3rd wave sucks...mostly.

[VernianProcess]

Hey at least she got the roots right.

[oramikleepunk]

SKA is the only music that will say underground 100%.

[Dressingtothe9s]

this comments board is full of 3rd wave fags, fail, and AIDS.

[tylerSkin]

I 3rd wave sucks. Most of it is to popish for my taste

[oramikleepunk]

I agree with you on the 3rd wave...I loved the first wave of underground Ska only.

[sirrudeboy]

very hep.  thanks for posting.

[leg444]

Ska in spanish is sick.

[DeLarge88]

no es cierto

[Chileprimero]

There are many great spanish ska groups like: Obrint Pas, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, King Chango, los intocables, and others like Skalariak.

Chack out 'Gerard et les stars' ... they're from France. They're awesome!

[Dressingtothe9s]

"The Beat(s)" wtf

that cunt needs to shut up.

[aquafanatic]

she said the beat. not beats. and in england they were called the beat. they have the name, the english beat, in america because there was already a band named the beat here at the time. so i see no reason to call her a cunt or for her to be shutting up.

[Dressingtothe9s]

She obviously said "the beats"

I know my roots, so don't go admonishing me. After all, you're a silly aquabats fanboy.

I was referring to the fact that this broad obviously had no affiliation with the core of any Jamaican ideas and that she seemed so scripted that it was painfully obvious.

Your inadequate history lesson was not only insulting to me, but the culture as well.

Fail rock 101 whore is fail.

[brandonha]

She said the beat.

[FanZinGD]

blue beat

[rudigrrl354]

SKA will never die.

we need to keep alive the roots,what the hell is ska-core???

iuucc

stay rude!

[skamatt1]

they are called 3rd wave simply because when and where they started playing....4th wave, well they way i think of it, is when bands combine two or more genres; the mighty mighty bosstones can be called 4th wave because they were the first "ska-core" band

[skasez]

hepcat 3rd wave? must be joking! They play classic jamaican music, a new 4th revival wave is here dude

[Skibz777]

Waves are classified by year rather than sound. Although Hepcat and similar bands are first wave revival, they were formed in the beginning of the third wave era, i.e. 1989. And no, the fourth wave is NOT here.

[Schmidthorst69]

Haha - the first song isn't traditional ska - it's traditional Rocksteady. Those mistakes happen when rock music people want to tell you about ska!

[RhinoGen]

i was thinkin' the very same.

Lame.

[BrainStewBS]

this video had a lot of good information in it, im surprise they didn't talk about why rude boys always had black and white on, it had a lot to do with the racial unity in the world.

[nickarni]

ska'd for life

[sgrlwlohh]

I think when they mean rock history in this sense, it's good info anyway (especially 2nd and 3rd wave incorporate rock shadings), and I feel like rock is a general term these days to mean non-classical music post-40s. It's not correct, but I'd rather have this added to the show than pulled just because it's not the correct category. R&B influenced everything anyway.

[jgege]

ska isn't rock...:) the 2-tone have some punk fusion and the 3. wave more but ska have nothing to do with rock:D

[Tauraunt]

I take offense to categorizing ska as rock. Its debated whether Trad Ska was influenced by the US, or if, as the story goes how it began with the instruction to "Switch Beats", referring to the emphasis placed on the upbeat.

[arranmc182]

SKA is not Rock still this is cool

[lokiclysm]

nice