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Ska?
Mattzors:
Less than Jake got me into the ska scene years ago. They're a bit more on the punk side (and their last album leaning towards emo...) but that's where it started for me. After that I went onto some more third wave bands, and eventually came across New Yorks 'The Slackers.' The Slackers are more on the reggae side of things, and have some amazing songs. In my own opinion, they don't get enough credit in the ska community.
These two bands are definitely my favorites in this genre.
The Viz:
The Slackers are totally underrated, definitely. Less Than Jake...I'm not a fan. I mean, most of their album's are pretty good...Anthem and Hello Rockview are great...but when I saw them live they played way too much shit off their crappy new album (which is pop-punk with a few horn parts, not ska at all), and made a point of being assholes about it ("Hey, we're gonna play some songs off our new album...because most of you hate it!"), repeated the same unfunny jokes after every song, and were too busy sucking their own cocks to give the audience what they paid for. I still moderately like them, but I can't really respect them anymore.
r2knee2:
I saw Less than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish, and some other band that I can't remember the name of that I had never heard of before over the summer in one amazingly ska-tastic concert. It was so wonderful. LtJ was my least favorite of the those three, though. They ran their portion of the show as a "The Price Is Right" parody, and while it was entertaining, it kind of felt like their act was more about the gimmick than the actual music.
Speaking of such types of shows, I'm going to see Streetlight Manifesto in January and I am OHMYGOODNESSSOEXCITED. I'm going with a few of my friends, including one who does not really know much ska music and I have taken it upon myself to introduce him to ska music via mix CD (partially because I can, and partially because... well... he asked). So now I'm trying to make the ultimate introduction to ska music in preparation for someone going to a Streetlight Manifesto concert in a little over a month. So now, I pose this question: what songs should I put on the CD?
ImRonBurgundy?:
--- Quote from: Mattzors on 06 Dec 2007, 17:35 ---They're a bit more on the punk side (and their last album leaning towards emo...)
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*titter*
Blank_Jebus:
streetlight songs to include in a mix cd would be
Somewhere in the Between, Would you Be Impressed, Watch it Crash, 40 days, We Will Fall Together, A Better Place A Better Time, Here's to Life, Everythingt WEnt Numb, If and When WE Rise, A Moment of Silence, A Moment of Violence...no in this order.
if you wanna get them hooked on to Tomas Kalnocky then you can also add the songs from Streetlight's version of Keasbey NIghts like 1234,1234, As the Fotsteps Die out Forever, Supernothing, on & on & on,
or you should just make them listen to the album "Somewhere in the Between" because that albums freakin rules...
one more idea...put all the streetlight on your computer on a playlist, hit random and what ever order they come on put those on the playlist
hope this helps
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