GREAT song. If not "ska," per se (as I'm sure someone will let us know in the thread fairly soon), ska-core.

GREAT song. If not "ska," per se (and I'm sure someone will enter the thread to tell us so), ska-core, then.

Because i'm sure it isn't good
Thats the impression that I get
*skanks around the room*

Kiribub: GREAT song. If not "ska," per se (and I'm sure someone will enter the thread to tell us so), ska-core, then.

Yeah, I was gonna be that guy. This is not really ska. It's revival ska-core, at best, and not really even a great example of it.

Here, let me come in and argue the minutae of a genre noted for having one guitar rhythm as something to do in between slamming onto the distortion pedal.

Nothing irritates me more than people who mix revival ska-core with ska!!! NOTHING!!!!

Aw, damn. Now I'm definitely "that guy."

I don't think I've cared much about the state of ska since 1998, so let me preemptively concede every point to everyone here. I lose this thread.

Fair_Poopsmith: Aw, damn. Now I'm definitely "that guy."

I don't think I've cared much about the state of ska since 1998, so let me preemptively concede every point to everyone here. I lose this thread.

Stick to your guns. MMBT is to ska as Clapton is to blues.

Tabatha Static: Stick to your guns. MMBT is to ska as Clapton is to blues.

I still mean what I said; I just don't care enough to spend a thread defending it.

This is crap. Madness is like x10 better.

i don't care if they're ska, ska-core, or diddilydangdoofus-core. What they are is a pretty good live band.

The Rascal King (pops)

I'm a little confused here. This is a very good song by a very good band. Since this is fark, am I supposed to hate them?

Farkomatic: I'm a little confused here. This is a very good song by a very good band. Since this is fark, am I supposed to hate them?

yes and make fun of everyone who enjoys them. sen them live twice awesome live!!!!

And Dickey made a lousy DJ, too.

/Indie103.1

My god! I'm having a flashback to high school. I should go mallrat for a while, and break out my old chain wallet.

GREAT song. If not "ska," per se (and I'm sure someone will enter the thread to tell us so), ska-core, then.

I hope they never lose their wallets.

Huh. When I posted the original, it never went through. I posted the second, and that didn't go through. Now they're both there.

Still a GREAT song.

/Subby

Tabatha Static:
Stick to your guns. MMBT is to ska as Clapton is to blues.



so Clapton is blues-core?

I don't care what you want to call their style, but I've always liked the Bosstones. They were talented enough to stand apart from all the bands whose names were some variation of the word ska. In high school I saw them at a somewhat small club when they were touring behind this album, and Dickey hung out in the lobby whenever he wasn't on stage. Great songs and great performers.

/Reel Big Fish was pretty cool too.

They put Boston on the map!

Fair_Poopsmith: Kiribub: GREAT song. If not "ska," per se (and I'm sure someone will enter the thread to tell us so), ska-core, then.

Yeah, I was gonna be that guy. This is not really ska. It's revival ska-core, at best, and not really even a great example of it.

Tabatha Static: Fair_Poopsmith: Aw, damn. Now I'm definitely "that guy."

I don't think I've cared much about the state of ska since 1998, so let me preemptively concede every point to everyone here. I lose this thread.

Stick to your guns. MMBT is to ska as Clapton is to blues.


Ska has a lot of variation--and the idea that the Bosstones are about akin to Clapton vs the blues is disingenuous. Clapton's done some blues. Heck, Ministry's done an odd, but still fascinating cover of Friend of the Devil but does that mean that they won't be remembered for Land of Rape and Honey? Or In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up?

Ska has been around a long while, and in that time, it's spawned off reggae, Dancehall, and a few other forms. Much like rock spun off Industrial, Metal, and Folk-Rock.

The Bosstones came around at a time when ska was going through a new revival, and that Two Tone invasion met with the native American scene and then spawned the Third Wave, and it got mashed up a bit. Complain about that if you want, but it's not JUST the Skatilites and John Holt. Heck, Bob Marley put his own spin on things, and then went the reggae route instead. Then you got The Slackers and Hepcat, and The Hotknives who kept things a bit more traditional.

Doesn't make them less "ska" as opposed to keeping with the flavor of ska, which is to mash up the styles, keep the beats, and get folks butts moving. The Bosstones did that, and were a damn lot of fun.

It's always fun to see folks get their knickers in a twist about bands that helped set the scene because they weren't traditional, or worse, they got popular, so they "sold out" as opposed to languishing in obscurity. The only way to be "pure" is to be poor, apparently. Never mind the years that the Bosstones were under the radar. Never mind the work before Let's Face It and the discovery by Hollywood which got them their shot at getting some of their songs into films.

Yes, because the only way to be reet, is to NEVER be heard? Because any discovery by anyone else invalidates their existence and previous work.

Maybe I worked a wee bit too long in clubs, but that sort of reasoning always irked me. Hipsters and aficionados who only like a band so long as no one else knows about them--and as soon as they try to grow beyond when that hipster first heard them, then they "sell out."

Because, we can't actually see anyone grow and change can we? That might mean our taste might evolve as well...

1) NOT Ska but not bad.

2) I didn't know that Drew Carey was in the Bosstones!

3) Hubiestubert? Your post was one of the funniest things I've read
here in a long time; nothing like a parody of academic writing
to make my day! THANKS!

It is honestly difficult for me to believe that so many people like such a horrible, horrible, band.

mfaby: 1) NOT Ska but not bad.

2) I didn't know that Drew Carey was in the Bosstones!

3) Hubiestubert? Your post was one of the funniest things I've read
here in a long time; nothing like a parody of academic writing
to make my day! THANKS!

Yeah, I guess hanging out with Laurel Aitken before he died sort of colored my thinking of ska...

Hardly academic, just been in clubs and did years as a DJ. Saw Two Tone roll in, Third Wave, and then the latest iteration which hasn't been so much codified yet.

That ska predates what most folks associate as "rock and roll" and has spawned and influenced music styles across the globe is just often lost to American audiences who just remember when they first came in contact, and who rarely go back to the Trojan, Blue Beat, record days, or Prince Buster.

They put on a damn fine show.

My favorite one is the guy who dances around. How awesome would that be if that was your job?

Random Person: so what do you do for a living?
Dancing dude: OH, I dance around on stage with the Bosstones.

kth: They put on a damn fine show.

My favorite one is the guy who dances around. How awesome would that be if that was your job?

Random Person: so what do you do for a living?
Dancing dude: OH, I dance around on stage with the Bosstones.

See, as a bald man, I am limited to being the "Pick it up" guy...

PTMFUS!
PTMFUS!
PTMFUS!

Say what you will about the merits of Ska vs. "Ska-core", Hometown Throwdown was FUN.

I'm leaning toward their earlier stuff if I'm in the mood for some bosstones but impression isn't bad and they kick ass live
/sad that I couldn't get to Boston over the holidays
//hoping they have some Chicago shows in the works

hubiestubert: Yeah, I guess hanging out with Laurel Aitken before he died sort of colored my thinking of ska...

Hardly academic, just been in clubs and did years as a DJ. Saw Two Tone roll in, Third Wave, and then the latest iteration which hasn't been so much codified yet.

You are soooo amazing. Really.

hubiestubert: That ska predates what most folks associate as "rock and roll" and has spawned and influenced music styles across the globe is just often lost to American audiences who just remember when they first came in contact, and who rarely go back to the Trojan, Blue Beat, record days, or Prince Buster.

You are so right. All Americans are idiots. Not one of us could begin to appreciate "authentic" ska. You are so superior.

Color me impressed.

ska

frickinyeahyeahyeah: hubiestubert: Yeah, I guess hanging out with Laurel Aitken before he died sort of colored my thinking of ska...

Hardly academic, just been in clubs and did years as a DJ. Saw Two Tone roll in, Third Wave, and then the latest iteration which hasn't been so much codified yet.

You are soooo amazing. Really.

hubiestubert: That ska predates what most folks associate as "rock and roll" and has spawned and influenced music styles across the globe is just often lost to American audiences who just remember when they first came in contact, and who rarely go back to the Trojan, Blue Beat, record days, or Prince Buster.

You are so right. All Americans are idiots. Not one of us could begin to appreciate "authentic" ska. You are so superior.

Color me impressed.

Oh noes!

I have been burned by a Chicago Liter. Whatever shall I do now? How can I live down the shame?

frickinyeahyeahyeah: hubiestubert: Yeah, I guess hanging out with Laurel Aitken before he died sort of colored my thinking of ska...

Hardly academic, just been in clubs and did years as a DJ. Saw Two Tone roll in, Third Wave, and then the latest iteration which hasn't been so much codified yet.

You are soooo amazing. Really.

hubiestubert: That ska predates what most folks associate as "rock and roll" and has spawned and influenced music styles across the globe is just often lost to American audiences who just remember when they first came in contact, and who rarely go back to the Trojan, Blue Beat, record days, or Prince Buster.

You are so right. All Americans are idiots. Not one of us could begin to appreciate "authentic" ska. You are so superior.

Color me impressed.

jesus, what crawled up your ass and died?

Here's hoping you get cancer.

not a bad song, but christ, I remember this song being played like every 5 minutes everywhere.

SockMonkeyHolocaust: Here, let me come in and argue the minutae of a genre noted for having one guitar rhythm as something to do in between slamming onto the distortion pedal.

This is what people who are interested in music do. The same thing applies to anybody who is passionate about something (i.e. car geeks, sport geeks, literature geeks, et al). Get a hobby (aside from trolling) and get over it.

theurge14: PTMFUS!
PTMFUS!
PTMFUS!

I think you can see the back of my head in that shot.
St. Louis FTW

xrayspx: Say what you will about the merits of Ska vs. "Ska-core", Hometown Throwdown was FUN.

Yep. Travelled 14 hours to see them in Boston for the reunion. Best 4 days (didn't see the last show) of 2007 by far.

lead singer looks a bit like Capitan Jack for Doctor Who.

I love Ska. It's just farkin' fun music.

Checkout Streetlight Manifesto, I've been diggin' them a lot lately.

hubiestubert: Yes, because the only way to be reet, is to NEVER be heard? Because any discovery by anyone else invalidates their existence and previous work.

By that logic I have the best band ever. It is the greatest, most genius band in the world--because none of you have ever heard its music. Nobody ever has. Nobody ever will. I guess that makes my music the greatest ever.

/kidding
//you elitist indie-rock pricks need to lighten the fark up

I didn't like the Urge, but their show was the first time I saw MU330, who I loved dearly and saw dozens of times after that.

I always came home from ska shows exhausted, sweaty and happy.

I bought "Let's Face It" back in hs cuz I heard "The Impression that I Get." Didn't know much about them otherwise...but I still, to this day, love the whole album. It graced the cd player on my move across the country a couple months ago, in fact.

Such a stupid tune. Even the most insipid love song can be distilled as "I love you" or something. WTF is the message in this song? 'No one ever questioned my veracity, of which I am glad, because I've heard that would be bad'.

GDamn, all you ska lovers of this song, go ahead and defend this pop piece of crap.

Love the Bosstones, have probably seen them 10-15 times live... The impression that I get is probably my least fav. album though, like the earlier stuff better...
2 fav. Dickie B. moments,
/Dickie crowd surfs to the bar at the end of their show at the Filmore in SF
// Me in fanboy mode: Play chocolate pudding tonight.
Dickie: Kid, we don't remember that song! (now avail. on there newest release on Amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com/Medium-Rare-Mighty-Bosstones/dp/B00117AZS8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1 ?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1203831855&sr=8-1

Captain_Creampuff: Tabatha Static:
Stick to your guns. MMBT is to ska as Clapton is to blues.



so Clapton is blues-core?

Revival Blues-core, to be precise.

I used to love MMBT, even bought Let's Face It. "Impression That I Get" & "Rascal King" were probably my favorite songs off the album, also liked 1-2-8.

c'mon, subby, there's way better ska out there than a bunch of assholes from boston.
let's try for some Desmond Dekker next time, or even Toots and the Maytals or early Bob Marley.

I learned a lot about bass playing from "Let's Face It". Their basslines on that album are killer.

kth "They put on a damn fine show.

My favorite one is the guy who dances around. How awesome would that be if that was your job?

Random Person: so what do you do for a living?
Dancing dude: OH, I dance around on stage with the Bosstones.

Beau Beau from AVAIL.

He has WAY more fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA1nUh1sUdA

theurge14

GO INSIDE AND GET MY PICKLE!

All of my old URGE cds were stolen and I've been searching forever for ANYONE that might have copies.

Fat Babies in the mix, Babckbone back, Bust me dat Forty, Gift of Flavor, Magically Delicious, Master of Styles... all gone.

Too much stereo I still have because it wasn't in the car. Never listened to it a second time it was that bad.

Back to the subject...

Bosstones I always enjoyed, as I did Fishbone, Hepcat, THE URGE, friggin Op-IVY or anything else that rocked guitars on the UPBEAT.

Fun to play, fun to move to, fun to watch.

I always wanted to start (for fun) a Death Metal Ska band, planned to call it "SKADAVER" and have Bari Sax, Tuba, maybe a Baritone... really LOW horn section.

Play really low, slow, and doom-ish or something. I'm strange, I know.

submitter: A little Saturday Ska:

while they may venture towards ska generally, this song is basically jump swing. And not bad either.

Great band, powerful and fun stuff.

I love ska. From the original ska to two tone to the third wave. Some is good, some isn't. One thing I know - when I put that stuff on the stereo people start to move. My kid loves it, my GF wasn't too much into it at first, now her iPod has a nice selection of ska.