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Ska?
The Viz:
--- Quote from: ViolentDove on 29 Nov 2007, 20:13 ---Wait, what?
There's a band called Catch-22?
Do all their songs consist of paradoxical and temporally disjointed narratives?
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Catch 22 was a really good band once. They made on album, then their songwriter left, and the band only made one good EP and one good album after that. The rest of their catalogue is mediocre at best.
The songwriter of their first album, however, went on to form Streetlight Manifesto, which is ten times better than Catch ever was.
Other than Streetlight, my main ska squeeze is the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, whose first show after a four year hiatus I shall be attending this December. A few other ska bands I love are Reel Big Fish (obviously), The Toasters, MU330, and the LI-based Homecoming Queens, who are only local right now but they deserve to get big so bad.
Ska is no different from any other genre. It has good bands, bad bands, and bands that rip off both. It's okay if it's not really your thing, but don't go bashing it just because it's different from your taste, the good bands have some very solid music. The ska scene is better than the other scenes though. Hardcore shows are just a bunch of pissed off kids kicking each other's asses and indie shows tend to be populated by pretentious assholes who are more concerned with looking superior to others than listening to the music onstage (which can be phenomenal). At a ska show though, everybody is there to have a good time. Yeah, uber-ska-kids can get really annoying. A lot. But I have more fun with them on the train home than fanboys and fangirls of any other genre.
r2knee2:
Catch 22 was good, I agree. Then they became Streetlight Manifesto, which astounds me more and more with every listen. Not only did they start out strong with their first CD, but with the coming of Somewhere in the Between, they got better (in my opinion, of course). I can't stop listening to my copy of the CD. Basically, I recommend it to all ska fans out there. It's good. Really good. Perhaps too good.
As for ska in general, I can't get into everything, but I like most of the basic stuff. I agree with the above about ska having good and bad bands. Also, if you start listening to ska without any clue of what to expect, it is sometimes overwhelming and hard to get into (I've seen this happen with a lot of people). But first impressions aren't everything. Sometimes going back and listening after some time has passed completely changes your opinion. It's the same way with a lot of genres, but especially so with ska.
The Viz:
Definitely. One of my favorite bands (not ska) is the Flaming Lips, and they were really tough for me to get into. I'm a big fan of listening to an album once and then listening to it again after a month or so, helps it seep in.
Ernest:
--- Quote from: asyluman on 29 Nov 2007, 15:10 ---The deviation of Ska from normal music is minimal. It's really just an emphasis on the off-beat and horns and shit.
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What is "normal music?"
ImRonBurgundy?:
From the wording of his post, I think we can deduce that it's anything that isn't ska.
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