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[ragudave]

The Maytals - Monkey Man (which was covered pretty by The Specials)

- how could I have forgotten Monkey Man !

Originally posted by less_than_stu:
Haha, I knew someone would say "Ska Wars". Come on, be an individual, go for 'Cousin Cleotus'. It's not necessarily BETTER, but it is a bit more fun to skank to.

true, CC is more fun to skank too, but Ska Wars is a better song overall.

[less_than_stu]

hm, I refuse to decide either way. How baout we just stick with 'Bitches and Nike Shoes'

Of course, we are forgetting Pound For the Sound, their other great album, with such classics as.....
*fails to remember tracklisting*
*fetches copy of the album*

-Faith No More
-Pound For the Sound
-An A-Political Stand of Reasons

Ain't listened to them in a while, but those three tracks are excellent!

indeed, i first heard Ska Wars on iTunes on a college computer, but it didn't name the artist (or the song for that matter), then i heard Faith No More on a HouseHoldName Records sampler. i couldn't find Pound For A Sound, so i bought Civil Disobedients and lo and behold, there was the song that i heard on iTunes.

i think CivDis is the better of the two albums, i really want the New Revolutanaries EP, but i can't find it in town.

[kirkt]

I reckon its hard to decide on the better album, Pound for Sound is a lot less ska I'd say but fantastic nonetheless...you should check out their split with Link 80, Scott! Another classic modern day ska/hardcore band...

I love Skinhead moonstomp and all of them songs that are found on GTA London...Message to Rudy is cool but wasn't originally a Specials song, I prefer the original (altho I forget the band name)

[allstardawn]

i preferred pound for the sound. civil disobedients was a bloody good album though

as for best ska song.. kid dynamite by lightyear. i've forgotten about lightyear actually. they are great. i love lightyear.

[less_than_stu]

ah, I htought I had hte EP you were looking for, but I don't I have the "Time For Change" EP, which came not long after they changed their name from SOAP. I also have both albums, but I bought Civil Disobedients in Lava and then managed to get htem all to sign it

I don't have the Link 80 split EP, but I have seen link 80 play at Lava, so that's just about as good.

[feeble!]

My favourite ska song is "Mr Smiley" by Mustard Plug.

Very jondous.

[Da Fat Porn Star]

Israelites by Desmond Dekker
Al Capone by Prince Buster
Three Minute Hero by The Selecter
Baggy Trousers by Madness
Lip up Fatty by Bad Manners
Tears of a Clown by The Beat

[Afro Droid]

Am I the only person who thinks every single ska song sounds identical? I quite like CapDown, but they're not necessarily *proper* ska are they? Ska just sounds so tremendously White to me.