See also:
- All Music Guide: Ska* - Introduction to the genre, with representative artists, albums, and songs.
- The Attempted Ska Page* - A popular source for Ska skanking.
- Burnin' Vernon's Original Ska Page* - A short history of 1960s Jamaican ska.
- SKA Spot* - A comprehensive ska music portal and mashup with a large directory of bands, podcasts, videos and links to other ska resources.
- SKA Summit* - A social network for ska fans and bands that includes blogs, videos, photos, audio, and other ska resources.
- SKA Toob* - A ska media sharing website where users can share ska related videos, audio, photos, and blogs.
Noun
ska
- A style of Jamaican dance music combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues.
Derived terms
Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line, accented guitar or piano rhythms on the offbeat, and in some cases, jazz-like horn riffs. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant musical genre of Jamaica, and it was also popular with British mods. Many skinheads, in various decades, have also enjoyed ska (along with reggae, rocksteady and other genres). Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican ska scene of the 1960s, the 2 Tone ska revival that started in England in the late 1970s, and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s.
What's the difference between SKA and PUNK ROCK?*
Q. What's the difference between SKA and PUNK ROCK?
Asked by grungie - Mon Aug 14 16:39:17 2006 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. The instruments are nearly the same, but there's one difference. In a ska-band there's a trumpet or saxophone or such thing and in a normal punk rock band there isn't. The lyrics are mostly the same and the rythms too. Ska punk cames from the original ska music which got nothing to do with punk rock. Reggae for example came out of ska. The guitars in a ska punk song sound like they do in reggae. greetz, lizPS.: Sorry for my bad English, I'm austrian ;) Answered by Liz - Mon Aug 14 16:53:03 2006 What are some other upbeat ska punk songs?*
Q. I have "Superman" by Goldfinger, "Beer" by Reel Big Fish, "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake, and only a few others. I've always been big into punk, but I'm getting into some ska punk now. What are some others that sound upbeat like the ones I mentioned? They remind me of some sort of relaxing vacation at some beach resort. So if you have songs that kind of fit that description, let me know. Thanks.Oh yeah, and I have a ton of The Suicide Machines.
Asked by Bill M - Tue Feb 12 21:57:15 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. Try SPAM by Save Ferris (it's literarly about spam-- the meat!), Kicking Pigions by [spunge], The Aquabats are fun, as are the hippos, capdown, Big D and the Kids Table, Dance Hall Crashers, Meganoidi, the Planet Smashers, the Specials, 88 fingers louie, catch 22, five iron frenzy, operation ivy, long beach dub allstars, mad caddies, mest (to some extent their eariler stuff is ska), MU330, early no doubt, squirell nut zippers, and Madness Answered by The Nikki - Tue Feb 12 22:20:45 2008 What do the letters "Ska" on cars mean?*
Q. I have been driving around town and seen Ska '07 written on the back windows of cars. I am curious as to what the "Ska" actually indicates/means.I have been driving around town and seen Ska '07 written on the back windows of cars. I am curious as to what the "Ska" actually indicates/means. I think that it might have something to do with high school seniors and their graduation.
Asked by claudia c - Sun May 13 23:39:33 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. i don't know about that in particular but ska is a genre of music derived from the roots reggae in jamaica and a bit of rock, usually political?... Answered by Nikki - Sun May 13 23:43:38 2007
South Africa ramps up SKA preparatory work as friendly ...*
unknown
2008-05-08 20:00:00
The 1,5-billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) international radio telescope project has now started its Preparatory Phase, known as PrepSKA for short. And South Africas own, but SKA-related, R900-million MeerKAT radio telescope array ...
Random Background*
James
2008-03-29 06:29:03
Is your resolution 1440 x 900? If so, youre in luck! I made a new background; I might make this into a T-shirt.
Maj 22, 2008- Bensinpriset kar- koldioxidskatten ska snkas*
Bjrn Fridn
2008-05-22 21:05:00
Statsminister Fredrik Reinfeldt (m) vill snka koldioxidskatten i takt med att bensinpriset gr upp. Kan inte de gemensamma resurserna lggas p ngot klokare n subventioner av priskningar fr fossila brnslen? Media: Veckans Affrer, ...
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The Lowestoft Journal | Last Orders at the Tap*
The Lowestoft Journal, UK - Mar 28, 2008
SIX-PIECE classic ska reggae band Last Orders will be performing at the Brewery Tap tonight. The band, who are celebrating 19 years together, have performed ... |
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vej til s opm lingen i Gr nland Fra april 2007 vil opm lingsfart jet SKA 16 erstatte den forliste SKA 11 i den fortsatte kortl gning af de gr nland-ske farvande. S opm lingsfart jerne SKA 15 og SKA 16 ses her i Kalundborg i 2002.
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 ska-p - legalizacion music video*
toos inc
5 min - Jun 15, 2006
no acostumbro escuchar ska pero el desocupe lo pone a uno en situaciones poco frecuentes, bueno aki les va mi video d la famosa kncion d ska-p, legalizacion en morrakitos paint jajajaj me demore tres dias haciendolo y es mi segundo trabajo asi q no jodan si los muecos no les gustan
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 New York High - Episode 5*
26 min - May 10, 2008
Tensions are high as Fuyu and his ska band, Standpipe Siamese, prepare to play a gig in Toyko. Back at LaGuardia, Eliza and Raff prepare for the school drama festival. Eliza struggles in a role requiring her to be drunk and suicidal. Sophomore Ray has already had a major part in a movie, but is brought back down to earth when he auditions for the school musical and is cast in an unexpected role. This 13-…
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 Ska-P Cannabis*
Pahint
4 min - Jan 18, 2006
La famosa cancin de Ska-P
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