Reggae, rocksteady, and ska fans?

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I like the Ska. And if you like that, try Zydeco and other Cajun music. And if you like that, you'll soon be saying, Cajun, Mexican, esp Banda, and Polka sound so similar. It's like, it's like it's all Ska, man :eek:
 
Zuljin said:
I like the Ska. And if you like that, try Zydeco and other Cajun music. And if you like that, you'll soon be saying, Cajun, Mexican, esp Banda, and Polka sound so similar. It's like, it's like it's all Ska, man :eek:
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Definitely some things in common, but I don't know if I'd go so far as to call them similar.
 
I've always been into Punk and Ska/Punk. I do like the traditional Ska style but I haven't been exposed to much. I like it a little more than Reggae just because the tempo is a bit faster and upbeat.
 
dudius said:
I've always been into Punk and Ska/Punk. I do like the traditional Ska style but I haven't been exposed to much. I like it a little more than Reggae just because the tempo is a bit faster and upbeat.
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I do love me some punk, but I'm not a huge fan of ska-punk. There's a few artists I don't mind, but I prefer to keep the genres separate.

I've been digging a lot more rocksteady than anything else lately. Love the (usual) vocal harmonies. But a lot of old skinhead reggae is plenty uptempo.
 
I grew up a child of the 70s, discovering ska in the 80s through Madness, The Specials, Blondie, and Evan Dorkin's excellent Pirate Corp$ comics! I didn't really like third-wave ska for a looong time, except a few random Offspring tracks, until I heard Save Ferris and my mind was changed.

When Madness put out their Dangermen album and I finally saw the roots of their music through those fantastic covers, I finally came around and started learning more about first-wave ska (which i didn't realize pre-dated reggae by about a decade). I picked up a couple compilations at the library and heard my first Desmond Dekker, Toots and the Maytals, and my new favorite ska single,
 
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indigo said:
I grew up a child of the 70s, discovering ska in the 80s through Madness, The Specials, Blondie, and Evan Dorkin's excellent Pirate Corp$ comics! I didn't really like third-wave ska for a looong time, except a few random Offspring tracks, until I heard Save Ferris and my mind was changed.

When Madness put out their Dangermen album and I finally saw the roots of their music through those fantastic covers, I finally came around and started learning more about first-wave ska (which i didn't realize pre-dated reggae by about a decade). I picked up a couple compilations at the library and heard my first Desmond Dekker, Toots and the Maytals, and my new favorite ska single, Mille Small's My Boy Lollipop
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Something about that song's vocals have always rubbed me the wrong way.
 
hells yeah! I used to catch a lot of crap from from a lot of the other guys about it. they thought it was Oi! or nothing. I love some great Oi!, but love the ol' moonstopin' just the same.
 
Check out Midnite. The following three albums are incredible...new stuff is not as good.

Unpolished
Ras Mek Peace
Jubilies of Zion

And

Sizzla
Black woman and child (classic)

Buju banton
Old stuff is good

Also, 10ft ganja plant and is dope!
 
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I love that song. Can't figure out if I like Cliff or Dekker's version better. I'd probably go with Dekker, but they're very similar. I've heard a few other versions over the years, but don't' remember offhand who did them.

 
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was listening to some of the Trojan Skinhead Reggae box set today. and the Skinhead Revolt comp while cleaning my basement. on merfrackin vinyl.
 
I don't remember who mentioned Supervillains a few pages back, but I looked them up when I first found the thread and liked their Careless Whisper cover (my brother showed me the Sexy Sax Man video so of course I had to check out the cover). It wasn't until this past weekend I looked through more of their music on Spotify and I found their album Robots. I'm in love with it, been listening to it a lot this week.
 
I liked a couple old posts from the first page that really mirrored my taste. I like slightly stoopid, rebelution, SOJA, etc. Very mellow.

As for Jamaican reggae, I like lover's rock. Check out Beres Hammond's song "rock away"-- its my favorite.

Others I like in reggae: Richie spice, Luciano, gyptian, sanchez, buju Banton. I Dont really like the dancehall or faster reggae. Or reggaeton.

KayaBrew said:
I haven't heard any of the new "Scratch". I do like old ska a lot, and a lot of the newer roots bands such as Midnite, Groundation, 10 Ft. Ganga Plant, etc.
I was really into John Brown's Body in the 90's. And if you've ever heard of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, I used to hang with those guys years ago. My sister was real good friends with them. The only thing I don't like is dance hall reggae and it's relatives. Just not for me.
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Saw those panda dub guys in concert with Rebelution. It was AWESOME.
 
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One of the greatest roots reggae bands that don't get enough love.

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Also been listening to a LOT of Phyllis Dillon lately. She's fantastic.
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She is really great.

I always enjoyed this cover...
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ICWiener said:
She is really great.

I always enjoyed this cover...
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I have a disturbing lack of the Gaylettes in my collection. I should probably pick some up.

The Gaylads are another story.

 
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The Gaylads are another story.
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Man, haven't heard that one in a long time.

Here's a classic. Actually got to see the Pioneers live back in 2001 (give or take)...

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One of my all time favorites. Love the Pioneers. Their early stuff was great. I love their later really soul-pop influenced stuff.

 
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That had a little bit of a gospel twang to it too. Very nice.

here's a rare cut. Not really rocksteady, but probably the quickest tempo dub burner I've heard. One of my favs.

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ICWiener said:
That had a little bit of a gospel twang to it too. Very nice.

here's a rare cut. Not really rocksteady, but probably the quickest tempo dub burner I've heard. One of my favs.

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That's interesting. Hadn't heard it before. But sounds like uptempo dub to me. Espeically if King Tubby is attached to it. Hah.
 
Gotta show some love for the crooners:

Sugar Minott, very underrated...amazing singer:
[ame]http://youtu.be/hU0g4p8J49o[/ame]

Gregory Isaacs, The Cool Ruler:
[ame]http://youtu.be/K6oYyG0KcvQ[/ame]
 
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