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[–] 94 points 3 years ago (5 children)

I like both of these things. Judge away.

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  • [–] 70 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Ten year sentence for being fuckin' rad as shit.

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    [–] 54 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I don't get Ska hatred. It's fast, punky dance music for alternative clubs, you have to go out of your way to be exposed to it. It's not like its being continually replayed on "Billboard's top 20 hits" radio stations.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago

    Also, it's older than Rock and Roll. It's from a time when big sound meant more band members, but the current music ecomony doesn't seem well suited to supporting acts with lots of members. I long for asignificant fourth wave ska revival.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Eh, kids shows are full of Ska, which makes total sense because it is impossible not to feel happy and excited when you hear it.

    So if you have kids, you're probably exposed to more Ska music than you realize.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Although pineapple isn't my go to for pizza toppings, I always feel those who make comments like this have never actually tried it 🤷

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    [–] 21 points 3 years ago

    They're both awesome; correct.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 17 points 3 years ago

    So you're saying it's good.

    Gotcha

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    The best way I've ever heard third wave ska described was something like "the music that plays when your mom tells you she just made you and your friends mozzarella sticks"

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    In High school I had a crush on a girl that loved ska.

    I had to pretend to love ska in order to share headphones with her on the bus...

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Wait... there are people who hate ska?

    Why? For that matter, how? What's to hate?

    Granted, I'm GenX, so my concept of ska is rooted in the 80s, but I can't imagine that it's changed much since then.

    Wait a minute... is this one of those deals where it's trendy in some peer group to broadcast a hatred for something? Like anyone who wants to hang with the cool kids has to verify that they too hate ska?

    Which would be sort of like pineapple on pizza now that I think about it, so might well be the whole point here...

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    [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    I love ska, and hate pineapple on pizza. And I 100% agree with this

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Both delicious.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I admittedly know nothing about Ska, and music genres more generally, and whatever little searching I did upon reading this post have given me nothing that I can digest.

    However, I've read a discussion about hate for ska coming from cultural appropriation and being liked by teenage boys. Can someone walk me through this?

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Ska is simple, fun music that cares little for anything other than being fun, and is often gleefully immature. As such, teenage boys like it and pretentious music snobs love to look down their noses at it. Ska bands are aware of this fact and tend to lean into it, creating a self-aware and often self-parodying genre. It can be argued that it's not "good" music. But it is, without a doubt, fun and high energy music and a live ska show is a blast.

    As far as cultural appropriation goes, nobody who matters cares, as all music is a collaborative effort that builds off of previous works. Music belongs to the world, and gatekeeping it as belonging to any particular culture is ridiculous. Ska in particular is a genre that loves to do covers, and often the sillier the better.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    As a testament to the 'having fun' part, one of the most well known ska bands in recent time, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, have a member who is a dancer. He's been with them since their inception and tours with them. You'll see him on most live performances. His name is Ben Carr.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you. To be quite honest, I've had a roommate once who loved reggae and ska, and even though I don't know the names of the songs nor the artists, I kinda like the entire vibe of it. Not that I'd want to listen to it all day though, but a bit of it in a day's listening makes my day a bit brighter, if that even makes sense.

    I might have been guilty of wrongfully associating ska with reggae though, and to be fair, I couldn't even distinguish one from the other.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    A lot of the early ska-punk crossover acts in Britain had people of west Indian origin in them, so if anything it was a victory for multiculturalism rather than cultural appropriation. I've never heard a west Indian moan about white ska acts either.

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    [+] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
    [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ska actually predates the Hawaiian pizza so thos should be the other way around.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Ska defines who I am as a person and I will never turn my back on Ska! Hup!

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    Yes because both ate great!

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    I’m having a ska band for my wedding….and now I’m thinking I should have some pineapple on pizza as well!

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    I'm not into that but if that's what my friends want I'll enjoy it.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    When the waiter asks me if I want to hear the Specials I expect "Ghost town"

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    I disagree, because pineapple on pizza is actually good.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Some people love it, some hate, but most don't really have an opinion?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    TIL Ska is the name of the genre Ive always liked and never knew it's name.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Heading to The Buffalo Ska fest today and we were talking about what to get for dinner. It is decided now.

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