# Ska makes me want to be out having fun **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126 "2014-10-01T20:55:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126/21 "2014-10-03T20:10:05Z")
[Bim Skala Bim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrgKNO1RVSk) played at Umaine my freshman year. Outdoor show right next to my dorm. Friggin awesome show. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126/22 "2014-10-03T20:16:43Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > When I listen to Sublime’s catalog, I hear punk, ska, rap, and reggae. Great band. > > [Date Rape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeMeDihwyrg) is definitely a good Ska example, as is [All You Need](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f7HHS35YLs). That’s the thing. I hear Sublime described as a ska band, but the were much more than that. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126/23 "2014-10-04T11:16:50Z")
80s 2Tone Revival Ska is my Ska - [Madness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_srIE-YAb8), [The Beat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbUW2EY4KE), [The Selecter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_oaxBHxPNI) , [The Specials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgk7pjrzKFQ). Often a sense of fun, but also some social messages and quite a great raw musicality - as much a child of punk as of original ska. One side thing I love is how racially mixed the bands often were (besides Madness) ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126/24 "2014-10-04T11:34:56Z")
Skatalites are coming next month; I am so fucking there. And **Mr Dibble** , you missed the mighty [Bad Manners](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufIZaxYR7j8). ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126/25 "2014-10-04T11:43:49Z")
The Skatalites, [Guns of Navarone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtESlTKBa4s). ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126/26 "2014-10-04T11:48:59Z")
And now I’m on to The Clash covering Pressure Drop, which is not strictly ska but fuck it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126/27 "2014-10-04T12:04:31Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > 80s 2Tone Revival Ska is my Ska - [Madness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_srIE-YAb8), [The Beat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbUW2EY4KE), [The Selecter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_oaxBHxPNI) , [The Specials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgk7pjrzKFQ). Often a sense of fun, but also some social messages and quite a great raw musicality - as much a child of punk as of original ska. > > One side thing I love is how racially mixed the bands often were (besides Madness) This, for me, exactly, word for word. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126/28 "2014-10-04T13:22:48Z")
I have a CD recorded by local ska band The Planet Smashers. I had the CD on when I was trying to do some work, and the music kept making me want to dance! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ska-makes-me-want-to-be-out-having-fun/700126.md?page=1)