GOOD OLD SKA. ska-punk is pretty rubbish, but still acceptable, eg "impression that i get" by MMB, "just a girl" by no doubt acceptable, legions of spotty 13 year olds doing "monkey man" less acceptable...
Can one of ILM's elders please explain to me what the appeal of Madness was supposed to be? I would have ticked that box for The English Beat alone, but Madness really really REALLY are bad, surely?
an old goat writes: ahem it is not just YOUNG poptimists who loathe the ghastly cockney salt of the earth knees up banter and baggy trousered whackiness of the camden cnuts
I agree with you about why Madness are bad and wrong, and it is entirely due to them that I hate all ska, because I cannot hear ska without being reminded of them.
the madness got better as they got older and gother bleaker (=until they became THE madness!)
THIS is a grebt lyric: My girl's mad at me I didn't wanna see the film tonight I found it hard to say She thought I'd had enough of her Why can't she see She's lovely to me? But I like to stay in And watch t.v. on my own Every now and then
(on the other hand so is this: when god save she queen she turn a white shale of pale)
one of the things i liked at the time about all the two-tones (inc.the beat and madness) wz their mix of bouncing around like crazy WHILE INSISTING that fun was often a bit rubbish
cf the way the beat perform a song w.the line "Drift gently into/mental illness" in it
Yes - "House Of Fun" being about the huge nerve-racking struggle to have the fun rather than the fun itself (which ultimately FAILS i think, doesn't he just end up buying a toothbrush or something?)
Madness canon! I think of them as two different groups really, the ska stuff and the music-hall stuff. Some of the latter is really impossible to listen to, I admit (although Must Be Love is not one of them)!
I've never understood why they were included in the big three or four of 2Tone. When did you see them live? Back in the day or on one of their recent revivals?
Ska does nothing for me, except Ghost Town and a couple of other songs. Also I hate the way everyone from Lady Sovereign to Lily Allen is adopting a ska sound to show how DIVERSE yet URBAN they are.
it seemed as if Ska was the branch of Jamaican music that crossed over to white British audience much more than the older genres, which may be a big factor. I could be wrong about this but it's a distinct impression I get. there are always people like Mark Lamarr and Phil Jupitus out there going on about how great it is altho they do rep for the other styles too, only not quite as much perhaps.
Ska is one of those musics where the idea of picking a track is very difficult (feels unnatural) for me. There's certainly there is very hooky stuff amongst the 2Tone groups, the songs that exert the most pull seem almost the least ska. Usually if I'm in the mood, I'll just put something on and not pay much attention to what it is.
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poptimists2006-05-22 11:30 am
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If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you
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who are these ppl who loathe ALL Ska?
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although specials and probably the beat were better
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Must Be Love, My Girl's Mad At Me = BOO+++
Madness canon to find out!
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must be love and my girl are also both ace.
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gotherbleaker (=until they became THE madness!)THIS is a grebt lyric:
My girl's mad at me
I didn't wanna see the film tonight
I found it hard to say
She thought I'd had enough of her
Why can't she see
She's lovely to me?
But I like to stay in
And watch t.v. on my own
Every now and then
(on the other hand so is this:
when god save she queen she turn a white shale of pale)
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Suggs used to have a very rich voice.
chas smash as the ur-bez!
cf the way the beat perform a song w.the line "Drift gently into/mental illness" in it
Re: chas smash as the ur-bez!
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Yes to
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The KILLAH! James Bond!
Re: The KILLAH! James Bond!
P.S. I would like to date your icon.
Re: The KILLAH! James Bond!
I would like to meet said icon and tell her how grebt she is, but wld probably turn into gibbering wreck like when I met Donna.
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The sukrat Ska Canon hurrah
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"Ultimate Ska Experience"
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