# Reggae or ska I can dance to?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggae-or-ska-i-can-dance-to/393168>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 22, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggae-or-ska-i-can-dance-to/393168 "2007-02-22T00:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggae-or-ska-i-can-dance-to/393168/41 "2007-02-27T20:48:20Z")

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[QUOTE=ZipperJJ]  
Erm…a bit of a woosh I hope?

Check out the [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska) it’s pretty good.  
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No, not meant to be a whoosh at all. Extreme sports is where I most often come across ska- it has been the background for skaters, surfers, mountain bikers, etc for years.

But I will apologize for my drive by answer- my biggest pet peeve on this board are pat or joke answers for legitimate questions, and I just committed that crime. I need to stop posting when on breaks at work and lurk unless I have more time to compose a response. Sorry.

But just to report on my attempt to introduce my friends to a little Jamaica- it was a bust. Each time a song with Caribbean influence came on, some dork would start speaking hack rasta. After the 5th “I need another drink, _Mon_” I realized that my guests were abusing rather than enjoying my efforts.

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