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oneirophreniaI love oldskool ska. I'm most certainly NOT talking about that punkified garbage like Reel Big Fish that was so popular, briefly, back in 1997 and 1998...I'm talking about the classic Two-Tone/3rd Wave British ska sound exemplified by The Selecter, Madness, Judge Dread, and the like. The real oldskool ska is relentlessly bouncy, fun as hell, oftimes very political and intelligent, and just plain ol' enjoyable, and now, I bring you some of that joy--
Big 5 - "Shame"
Click the link to download one of the happiest, bounciest, funkiest, and just flatout AWESOME little-known ska jams of all time. This song is so unbelievably happy that there is no chance on earth that you can be in a bad mood when listening to it. I once went over to a buddy of mine's house the day after he had to shoot his dog for being bitten by a rabid squirrel, his father had been killed in a freak vacuum-cleaner accident, his girlfriend had dumped him for a Venezuelan mime, and Jesus Christ Himself had come down from Heaven to take a dump right the only extant copy of his master's thesis...and I played Big 5's "Shame" and he was, like, flippin' out and skankin' like a total rude boy! Of course, after the song was over, he shot himself, but for that two minute and fiftyseven seconds he was on top of it.
So share the love, people. Grab the above jam and get ready to boogie around in your offices, apartments, or prison cells.
Big 5 - "Shame"
Click the link to download one of the happiest, bounciest, funkiest, and just flatout AWESOME little-known ska jams of all time. This song is so unbelievably happy that there is no chance on earth that you can be in a bad mood when listening to it. I once went over to a buddy of mine's house the day after he had to shoot his dog for being bitten by a rabid squirrel, his father had been killed in a freak vacuum-cleaner accident, his girlfriend had dumped him for a Venezuelan mime, and Jesus Christ Himself had come down from Heaven to take a dump right the only extant copy of his master's thesis...and I played Big 5's "Shame" and he was, like, flippin' out and skankin' like a total rude boy! Of course, after the song was over, he shot himself, but for that two minute and fiftyseven seconds he was on top of it.
So share the love, people. Grab the above jam and get ready to boogie around in your offices, apartments, or prison cells.
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Date: 2005-12-21 02:18 pm (UTC)