Ska bass lines are AWESOME

[waynepunkdude]

Current faves.





What's yours?

Edited July 10, 2010 by waynepunkdude

[Raggy]

Am getting in to this lot at the mo

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgOeOUcgcRg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgOeOUcgcRg[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEjAqEnG4wU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEjAqEnG4wU...feature=related[/url]

[Wil]

[EvilSmile]

Anything by streetlight manifesto really but my favourite is:

[thisnameistaken]

I used to just dislike it but now I am starting to really hate that f***ing goofy American ska sound. If I ever bump into Reel Big Fish I will punch each of them in the face.

[Raslee]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='891483' date='Jul 10 2010, 06:18 PM']I used to just dislike it but now I am starting to really hate that f***ing goofy American ska sound. If I ever bump into Reel Big Fish I will punch each of them in the face.[/quote]
+1 - Trojan, Studio 1 etc = Ska - real ska rude bwoy!!! - 'The amount of bands i gwan see at a festi billed as ska band, i see dem, dem na ska' (Spoken as if Lloyd Brevett was beside me!)

Edited July 10, 2010 by Rasta

[parker_muse]

I can't stand any third wave apart from some sublime, which is much more melodic and harks to the more 2tone aspect. Second wave is my favourite, The Specials debut album being one of my all time favourites. Nite Klub has a gorgeous bassline. If i knew how to link i would but i'm sure you skaheads know it!

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='Rasta' post='891491' date='Jul 10 2010, 06:27 PM']+1 - Trojan, Studio 1 etc = Ska - real ska rude bwoy!!! - 'The amount of bands i gwan see at a festi billed as ska band, i see dem, dem na ska' (Spoken as if Lloyd Brevett was beside me!) [/quote]

Innit. Not much swingin' going on hereabouts, so...





Riiiico-oooo:



& one that crosses the fence in my opinion:



Groove=Word.

Edited July 10, 2010 by Bloodaxe

[Hot Tub]

That James Bond theme is fab! Thanks for posting!

[waynepunkdude]

Bit of Save Ferris

[lee4]

Gangsters.An absolute peach of a line.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='lee4' post='891603' date='Jul 10 2010, 09:05 PM']Gangsters.An absolute peach of a line.[/quote]


Nice

[ThomBassmonkey]

I've started to listen to some US Ska recently, mainly because we have a gig coming up with Streetlight Manifesto (Derby date on their next UK mini tour) and I've never really heard of them. Capdown's Pound for the Sound is a good tune, plus lots of Streetlight Stuff.

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='parker_muse' post='891578' date='Jul 10 2010, 08:27 PM']I can't stand any third wave apart from some sublime, which is much more melodic and harks to the more 2tone aspect.[/quote]

It's really obvious that Sublime were listening to a lot of the old '60s classics and a lot of dub and a lot of west coast rap which is why they sounded different to everybody else. Whereas it's really obvious that the American 'ska' bands were listening to other white American ska bands. And perhaps childrens cartoons.

They give ska a bad name, it really bothers me that that's what people think ska is now.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='891483' date='Jul 10 2010, 06:18 PM']I used to just dislike it but now I am starting to really hate that f***ing goofy American ska sound. If I ever bump into Reel Big Fish I will punch each of them in the face.[/quote]

Have you listened to the Streetlight Manifesto vid? Nothing 'goofy' about it just plain good musicians playing great music.

[Wil]

Streetlight can't really be called ska these days though - they tend to throw in calypso, funk, all sorts.

Jamaican ska and modern 3rd/4th wave ska really are different genres tied togther by skanking guitar, so I can relate to liking one and not the other.

[waynepunkdude]

[url="http://www.myspace.com/talanuk"]http://www.myspace.com/talanuk[/url]

These guys are also awesome.

[Ou7shined]

As a nipper in the late '70s early '80s I was massively into the 2 Tone thing. These are a 2 of my favourite bass lines from then that I still fart about with today.

simple but effective


exquisite P tone

[parker_muse]

Little Bitch is super simple but effective too. I love ska!!!