[tcb] Re: Bulligras: Proposed Campfire Topic
- From: "Shelby Shook" <sloweyefasthand@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:01:00 -0600
Ska fo life!
On Jan 29, 2008 8:54 AM, ATX BUS <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> *Ska* is a music genre <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre> that
> originated in Jamaica <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica> in the late
> 1950s and was a precursor to
> rocksteady<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocksteady>and
> reggae
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae>.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska#_note-Britannica>
>
> Ska combined elements of Caribbean<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean>
> mento <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mento> and
> calypso<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_music>with
> American <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>
> jazz<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz>and rhythm
> and blues <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues>. It is
> characterized by a walking
> bass<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_bass>line, accented
> guitar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar> or
> piano<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano>rhythms on the
> offbeat <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_beat>, and in some cases,
> jazz-like horn <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_instrument>
> riffs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riff>.
> In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant musical genre of Jamaica, and it
> was also popular with British<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom>
> mods <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_%28lifestyle%29>. Many
> skinheads<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinhead>,
> in various decades, have also enjoyed ska (along with reggae, rocksteady and
> other genres).[2]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska#_note-0>[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska#_note-1>
> [4]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska#_note-2>[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska#_note-3>Music
> historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the
> original Jamaican ska scene of the 1960s, the 2
> Tone<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Tone>ska revival that started in
> England <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England> in the late 1970s, and the
> third
> wave ska <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_wave_ska> movement, which
> started in the 1980s.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: j duncan <whocanduncan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:44:36 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Bulligras: Proposed Campfire Topic
>
>
> Did I say, "Brou ha ha?" I meant I ya who ska.
>
> Whoska? Youska. We all ska.
>
> WTF?
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