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Post by American Idiot on Sept 6, 2020 21:14:16 GMT -5
Welcome to the SKAtastic SKAdown!
After finishing the second rankdown of my Forgotten 90's/00's Alternative Songs series, I wanted to do something different prior to the third rankdown.
Ska has been a genre that while never that popular in mainstream music, is one that I've been a huge fan of since I got into the third wave ska in the mid-late 1990's with bands such as Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones while in middle and high school.
You may be saying to yourself now and especially if you're young, "I've never even heard of ska. What the hell is it?" I'll give you a quick history lesson, kiddos.
Ska started in Jamaica in the late 1950's and was the lead for genres such as reggae and rocksteady to come. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues.
It had a revival in the late-1970s especially in the UK in which they called "2-Tone Ska." It fused Jamaican ska rhythms and melodies with the faster tempos and harder edge of punk rock forming "ska-punk."
Then came the third wave in which most of us would be most familiar with in the late-1980s and 1990s. Although some third-wave ska has a traditional 1960s sound, most third-wave ska is characterized by dominating guitar riffs and large horn sections.
You don't hear about many new ska bands today unfortunately, but The Interrupters did chart a Top 5 Alternative hit in 2018 with "She's Kerosene." I was hoping that would maybe spawn a fourth revival, but it doesn't look like it'll be happening.
Anyway, to make this list, I decided to use the Top 50 in Ranker's Greatest Ska Bands of All-Time's List as I felt that it had a good mixture of the different ska revivals over the years. I used one of the most played songs from each artist according to Spotify that weren't covers (as there are a lot of popular ska cover songs). You likely will know at least a few of these songs from Alternative Year-End Rankdowns or maybe some personal ones.
Chill out, relax, and let the ska take you over. There's nothing at all wrong with "skanking" to the fast-paced songs. That's the term that ska fans call dancing 
Get familiar with the list of songs below as you'll be ranking them from #1-50. #1 being your favorite and obviously #50 being your least favorite. When you're done, send me (American Idiot ) a PM.
This will be due on November 27th at 11:59pm EST.
I really hope that a bunch of you participate and have a great time listening & ranking. It's a super fun genre to get into and let your stress and worries go away.
There is a Spotify playlist below the list.
1) The Aggrolites - Free Time
2) Alton Ellis - I’m Still in Love
3) The Aquabats - Super Rad!
4) Bad Manners - Special Brew
5) The Beat - Ranking Full Stop
6) Big D and the Kids Table - Shining On
7) Bim Skala Bim - Step Up to Me
8) Buck-O-Nine - My Town
9) Catch 22 - Keasbey Nights
10) Dance Hall Crashers - Lost Again
11) Delroy Wilson - Better Must Come
12) Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
13) Desmond Dekker - (Poor Mi) Israelites
14) Fishbone - Ma and Pa
15) Five Iron Frenzy - A Flowery Song
16) Goldfinger - Superman
17) Hepcat - I Can’t Wait
18) The Interrupters - She’s Kerosene
19) Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful People
20) Laurel Aitken - Sally Brown
21) Less Than Jake - All My Best Friends Are Metalheads
22) Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Vasos Vacios
23) Mad Caddies - Road Rash
24) Madness - Our House
25) Mephiskapheles - The Bumble Bee Tuna Song
26) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
27) MU330 - Hoosier Love
28) Mustard Plug - Mr. Smiley
29) No Doubt - Spiderwebs
30) Operation Ivy - Sound System
31) The Pietasters - Out All Night
32) The Planet Smashers - Unstoppable
33) Prince Buster - One Step Beyond
34) Rancid - Time Bomb
35) Reel Big Fish - Sell Out
36) Save Ferris - The World is New
37) The Scofflaws - Rudy’s Back
38) The Selecter - On My Radio
39 Skankin’ Pickle - My Hair
40) The Skatalites - Funkey Funkey Reggay
41) The Slackers - Wasted Days
42) The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
43) Streetlight Manifesto - We Will Fall Together
44) Sublime - Santeria
45) The Suicide Machines - New Girl
46) The Toasters - 2-Tone Army
47) Toots & The Maytails - 54-46 Was My Number
48) The Untouchables - Tighten Up
49) The Upsetters - Croaking Lizard
50) Voodoo Glow Skulls - El Coo Cooi
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Post by Zach on Sept 6, 2020 21:22:12 GMT -5
Nice.
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 7, 2020 8:52:58 GMT -5
My apologies to anyone that my might have already started, but I made a few changes to the list just now. singingrulebritannia pointed out that a few of the songs were remastered versions in the Spotify playlist, which honestly sounded very unlike the originals. I figured that wasn't a good representation for the specific artists. I also apparently had a cover by Skankin' Pickle of "Special Brew" which was originally done by Bad Manners and was also in the rankdown lol. I chose "My Hair" for Skankin' Pickle instead. Also, took out Lee "Scratch" Perry's song and included his band The Upsetters with "Croaking Lizard" as I felt it was more represented of his sound. The list should be finalized now. I'd be shocked if anyone started already, but if you did, I'm super sorry. Thank you! |
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 11, 2020 10:33:37 GMT -5
6 more weeks to get your ska on!
Thanks to gates for sending in the first list. Even before I completed my own :o
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 18, 2020 8:54:00 GMT -5
5 more weeks to make this rankdown SKAtacular!
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 26, 2020 17:16:34 GMT -5
4 more weeks to send in a list for this SKAmazing rankdown!
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 3, 2020 12:34:50 GMT -5
3 more weeks to send in a list for this SKAtonishing rankdown!
I've only received one submission so far, so hopefully more come in soon.
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 9, 2020 22:29:15 GMT -5
2 more weeks to send in a list for this SKAcredible rankdown!
Thank you to wrip for sending in another list. Hopefully... at least seven more of you can send one in too? ;)
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 16, 2020 15:25:41 GMT -5
I'm going to push this back another week. I've been really busy with work lately and still have to reveal for my 2020 Q2 Rankdown (hopefully I can do so this weekend).
Your new due date is on October 30th in 2 weeks.
Thank you to macattack for sending in another list, so we're up to 4 now. I hope to get a total of at least 10 participants, so please send a list in if you're interested in this SKAtravagant rankdown!
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 19, 2020 8:11:12 GMT -5
I'm actually going to push this due date back even more to November 13th.
I didn't get a chance this past weekend to reveal for my 2020 Q2 Rankdown and I realize since my schedule is so hectic during the week, I'll likely only get to do reveals for that over the course of the next three weekends.
Hence why I changed the due date for this rankdown. That gives anyone interested a lot more time to send in a SKAlorious list. I'm seriously running out of adjectives here in this thread to use SKA with.
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 23, 2020 8:48:17 GMT -5
3 more weeks!
We're still at 4 participants. Now that I've extended the due date, I'm really hoping that some more lists come in soon.
I promise that it's not just fun. It's SKAcinating!
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 27, 2020 12:55:57 GMT -5
Since this is still currently stuck at four lists, I figured it's time to put a reminder out there. 2 1/2 weeks left to submit!
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 31, 2020 9:22:35 GMT -5
About 2 weeks left to submit!
I haven't received a new list in two weeks, so hopefully a lot of you get your SKA on soon!
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 3, 2020 17:31:58 GMT -5
I figured that it was about time to make another reminder as we're 10 days away from the due date.
I've still only received 3 lists other than my own. If you would like to participate and need more time than the November 13th due date, I'll be happy to make an exception. Just please let me know!
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 6, 2020 16:36:02 GMT -5
1 more week!
This is still at only four participants. I'd prefer not to extend the due date overall again.
If you would like to send in a list, but need more than a week, please let me know. I'll be willing to wait for ya
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 8, 2020 9:18:21 GMT -5
5 more days!
Thank you janinho for sending in another list, so we're up to five. Can I get five more por favor by the due date?
This is not a hard deadline. As I've been saying, if you plan to send a list in and think you might need more time, please let me know!
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 10, 2020 9:37:23 GMT -5
3 more days!
We're still at five participants. A rankdown is more fun with more lists! I hope to get at least five more.
If you need more time to finish a list after the deadline, please let me know. I'm certainly willing to wait for ya.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 11, 2020 10:09:56 GMT -5
2 more days!
No new lists since yesterday, so we're still stuck at five participants.
Once again, if you'd like to send in a list and need more time, please let me know!
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 12, 2020 10:13:30 GMT -5
1 more day!
Still at five participants, but would like at least ten to close this out. Anyone else want to send a list in?
If you can't send one in by tomorrow night, I can grant more time. Please let me know!
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Post by chanman on Nov 12, 2020 10:36:11 GMT -5
I'm in. Sending later today.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 13, 2020 9:00:43 GMT -5
Thank you to chanman and aerodynamite for sending in lists to bring this up to seven participants! I'm hoping to get to a minimum of ten.
The due date is technically today. If you would like to participate and need more time, please let me know. I'm in no rush to close this that soon.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 14, 2020 11:14:18 GMT -5
So sorry, but I'm going to be making daily reminders to please send a list if you're interested. Feel free to take your time as I can wait.
Still at seven lists. I'm hoping for at least three more before closing this out.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 15, 2020 11:28:45 GMT -5
Just sending out my daily reminder to please send in a list if you're interested in participating in the SKA Rankdown!
Still stuck at seven participants. I'm in no rush to close this out until it gets to at least ten lists.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 16, 2020 10:21:36 GMT -5
Your daily reminder to please send in a list if you're interested in participating in the SKA Rankdown!
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 17, 2020 9:24:23 GMT -5
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 18, 2020 10:07:51 GMT -5
Thanks a ton to peacebone and Daryl for sending in lists, so we're now up to nine participants! I'm hoping to get at least one more to close this out.
Please send one in if you're interested. If you are, please let me know your expected finish time.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 19, 2020 12:19:45 GMT -5
Another day. Another annoying reminder for you all. One more participant makes ten. Then, I can start to close this one out.
Please send me a list if you're interested. Thank you!
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 20, 2020 16:29:20 GMT -5
Alright. I'm putting a due date on this in a week from now on November 27th at 11:59pm EST.
I'll just make bi-daily reminders until then. I feel bad enough for making so many daily reminders over the last two weeks.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 22, 2020 13:55:43 GMT -5
5 more days!
Thanks a ton to jamesflame for sending in a list to now make ten participants :)
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 24, 2020 10:50:12 GMT -5
3 more days!
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