When i was younger 1979-84
I loved ska especially....Madness,specials,The selector,
Bad manners,etc
My fav songs....A message to you rudy,lip up fatty,one step beyond
etc
What was your fav group amd fav songs
Your thoughts please
2007-01-16 13:21:48 · 11 answers · asked by Zenlife07 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
forgot to mention....on my radio
2007-01-16 13:25:51 · update #1
I was always a fan of the Specials' "Pressure Drop" and "Ghost Town"
To me it wasn't a style or fad or anything, it was and is still music that reminds me of my childhood - when MTV first came on the air, and we were just learning what "cool" music was out there beyond our borders.
2007-01-16 13:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by The Gal w/the Camera 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Specials will always have a place in my heart...
especially for those songs with a social conscience...
"Nite Klub"; "Too Much, Too Young"; "Blank Expression"; the awesome "Ghost Town"; "Stereotype" and "Free Nelson Mandella" spring to mind.
The fantastic mix of Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staples, Roddy Radiation, Sir Horace Gentleman, and John Bradbury was dynamite on stage... and a cracking combo on vinyl too!
Madness were not exactly Ska - but not exactly not Ska either... just a whole bunch of fun... and "Night Boat To Cairo" is a classic, and "One Step Beyond" is just a mad dance-floor filler - even thirty or more years on!
A agree with the earlier caller that there is not much going on Ska-wise now... but Reel Big Fish are pretty cool - and Bedouin Soundclash are superb. Check out "Rude Boy Abroad" and "Shelter" from the 'Sounding A Mosaic' album.... nice stuff.
2007-01-16 21:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by Colin A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love it all too, Madness are my Faves
Love it so much that I am now in a ska band
We do covers (Night boat, Message to Rudy etc) and some originals
2007-01-17 03:34:14 · answer #3 · answered by Great Eskape 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love madness, but now days american ska is good, like Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, Less Than Jake, i do like the british band The Holloways tho
2007-01-16 21:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by im2jaded04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Desmond Dekker
Toots & The Maytals
"Get Up Edina","Barbed Wire(In His Underpants)","Long Shot(Kick The Bucket)","Red,Red Wine".
2007-01-17 02:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by johnnysheartbreak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Specials !! Ghost town and Too much too young
Songs that represented a britain on the brink of youth meltdown !
Saw them and madness live "back in the day!" awsum !!!
2007-01-17 05:57:22 · answer #6 · answered by Red5 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of stuff by the Skatelites, The Slackers, and The Specials.
2007-01-16 21:25:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People seem to forget about "The Beat", great songs like "Mirror in the bathroom", "Hands off she's mine". Love this lot saw a VH1 special about them reforming for a one off gig. Nice bunch of lads.
2007-01-17 02:14:55 · answer #8 · answered by Ramirez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
madness.. first group i ever saw live, at pompey guildhall.. i was 17! and sooo scared! they werer supported by the belle stars.
i love all the madness songs.. esp-house of fun..
like the specials ghost town too..
happy memories
2007-01-17 04:34:11 · answer #9 · answered by tiny_lou1965 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im 14 and there arent really many ska bands out there right now that i know of. the only one that i know is called Bedouin Soundclash. they are great. they are one of my favorite bands
2007-01-16 21:27:13 · answer #10 · answered by b2wideout 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋