Ska...

[Mishkin]

I'm making a compilation CD of just Ska music (punk music but with trumpets etc.) so could anyone (William, Lennon, Tom Green???) with a good knowledge of punk or ska please reccomend some really good ska songs for my CD.

So far I have...

Capdown - Ska Wars
Capdown - Cousin Cleotis
Less Than Jake - All My Best Friends Are Metalheads
Mad Caddies - Road Rash
Mad Caddies - I'm So Alone
Bosstones - The Impression That I Get (Knock On Wood)
Sell Out - Reel Big Fish

That's all so far but I'm trying to get up to about 15 songs.

Thanks,
Mishkin

 

[Gerrard 17]

Just add more Less Than Jake?

I dunno if you know their songs, but here are some of my favorites:

Al's War
Best Wishes To Your Black Lung
Boring Town (I think everyone knows this one tho?)
Great American Sharpshooter (Short song, but really cool)
Krazy Glue
Look What Happened

Check those out if you dunno them. You'll like em.

 

[Mishkin]

Thanks heaps for that Kader. I was going to say that I wanted a lot more Less Than Jake. I love 'All My Best Friends Are Metalheads' but I haven't really heard any of their other songs.
Is there any other program I can download the songs with because I don't think Kazaa works anymore.

 

[INFESTA]

Hey, you should get some 'Sweet Puppies'.

 

[QuikZilver]

Get some sublime and No doubt in as well.

 

[Tom Green]

You definitely need some Operation Ivy, get these:
Take Warning
Vulnerability
Freeze Up
Unity
The Crowd
Badtown

Also, get these:
Leftover Crack - Born to die
Leftover Crack - Atheist Anthem
Leftover Crack - Stop the insanity
Choking Victim - Five finger discount
Choking Victim - In Hell
Choking Victim - Crack Rock Steady
Choking Victim - Hate Your State
Against All Authority - F_ck the system
Against All Authority - Lifestyle of Rebellion
Against All Authority - Ska Sucks
Ska P - Welcome To Hell
The Clash - White man in hammersmith Palais
The Clash - Police and thieves
Mustard Plug - The Beer Song
Suicide Machines - New Girl
Suicide Machines - Break The Glass
Suicide Machines - No face
Common Rider - Classics of Love
Common Rider - Radiowaves
Sublime - Santeria
Sublime - Seed
Sublime - Same in the end
Sublime - What I got

 

[Lennon]

yeah, like Tom Green said you should get most of the stuff of Operation Ivy.

other songs:
Rancid - Time bomb
Rancid & the Specials- Hooligans
Goldfinger-Superman
Goldfinger- King for a day
Catch 22- American Pie
Catch 22- 1234 1234
Catch 22- Dear Sergio
Catch 22- Keasbey Nights
The mighty mighty bosstones- So sad to say
The mighty mighty bosstones- The impression that I get
Choking Victim- Suicide
Choking Victim- 500 channels
Choking Victim- Infested
Assorted Jellybeans- Braindead
Less than jake- The science of selling yourself short
The Offspring - Worst hangover ever
The Offspring- What happened to you?
Ripe Banana Skins - R.B.S.
Sublime - Seed ( already mentioned but it rules, so I'll say it again )

 

[-William-]

Well Andy and Lennon beat me already do you have some good stuff there.

Here are some personal favourite:
Mustard Plug-Mr Smiley
Catch 22-On and On and On
LTJ-CrazY Glue
Reel Big Fish-Beer

..and a bunch I cant remember that are on my PC

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Switch it up in the middle of the CD a lil' bit. Download a few songs by "The Specials", close to the founders of ska in the late 70's/early 80's. I'd recommend "Free Nelson Mandela" and "Nite Klub"

Of course if you're looking for "Punk with Horns" as opposed to actual ska, then take the advice of everyone before me.

 

[INFESTA]

Everyone but me.

 

[-William-]

in that case d/l also

Too Hot by The Specials

 

[Tom Green]

Originally posted by ShiftyPowers
Switch it up in the middle of the CD a lil' bit. Download a few songs by "The Specials", close to the founders of ska in the late 70's/early 80's. I'd recommend "Free Nelson Mandela" and "Nite Klub"

Of course if you're looking for "Punk with Horns" as opposed to actual ska, then take the advice of everyone before me.

Actually The Specials are ska-revival, the very first ska was played by a bunch of black guys in dancehalls in Jamaica in the 60s, Desmond Dekker and The Skatalites are good examples of this.
My favorite Specials song is definitely "A Message to you Rudy".

 

[Rayzor127]

Yes, as mentioned before, The Skatellites are the originators and still around today.

For modern punk/ska, try The Agents, The Skoidats or Inspector 7.

Peace

 

[Shindig]

Let's not forget Madness.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Originally posted by Tom Green
Actually The Specials are ska-revival, the very first ska was played by a bunch of black guys in dancehalls in Jamaica in the 60s, Desmond Dekker and The Skatalites are good examples of this.
My favorite Specials song is definitely "A Message to you Rudy".

Yes that's the first, but it is so close to reggae that I honestly don't think that I would label it ska if I heard it. You could play me a track by Desmond Dekker and I'd tell you it was 100% reggae.

English Beat also.