Death Metal: RAARRRAOARAAAGHHH (booklet with the lyrics probably says “world is broken let’s fuck shit up” )
Alternatively, “if you piss blood it’s a symptom of kidney issues”.
That’s my buddy’s grindcore combo’s name!
“i like CWD-positive meat”
world is broken let’s act accordingly
Furries: OWO Notices your broken world
Open question to the floor: what is the most “Ska” song I could send to someone? Like the most iconic or the most stereotypical “Ska” a song could possibly be.
Edit: I’ve got some listening to do, thanks for the responses, keep them coming! I’ve never heard of half these bands, and while Ska isn’t usually my thing I definitely vibe with some of them.
None of these are stereotypical but I think I covered part of the range.
The Science of Selling Yourself Short, Less than Jake
For the 90s ska revival, I think Reel Big Fish takes the cake for most ska-ish ska band
It’s not the best ska song by a country mile, but it’s definitely the most ska song. At least as far as third wave goes.
Definitely the first one I thought of. If you’re going by most well known, and recognizably ska, then yes this.
surprised this isnt #1. Def the most stereotypical and well known ska song
for the lazy, it’s The Impression that I get
Millie Small’s ‘My Boy Lollipop’ from 1964 is the original ska song that made the genre popular outside Jamaica.
Of the second-wave aka two-tone ska: The Selecter’s ‘On My Radio’, Madness’ ‘Night Boat To Cairo’, The Specials’ ‘A Message To You Rudy’.
Streetlight manifesto is probably one of the more popular ska bands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOqenYis1iQ
Streetlight fucking slaps. I can’t name a bad song of theirs.
We’re getting a new album sometime totally soon, for real this time, and they still won’t have a bad song
To me, madness - one step beyond is definitive ska
It’s a cover, btw.
Modern Ska i’d say
Flying Raccoon Suit afterglow
We Are The Union Out Of Patience
Half Past Two Barrier For Entry
of the older stuff, a few greats i havent seen mentione yet would be
Against All Authority All Fall Down
Link 80 enough
AAA and Link80 are very much not “the most ska”, they are very hardcore leaning ska, which is really a few steps too far from The Specials or Toots and the Maytals to be a good introduction to ska.
AAA and Link 80 were my intro to ska in the late 90s. someone tossed 17 reasons, all fall down and question the answers in my lap and was like “this is your music, im sorry”. so skacore is just where it starts in my brain. then it skirts around the gross pit of anything tim armstrong touched and moves to 2tone, then new tone.
little surprised JER and bad opperation didnt pop up in the comments here. but i suppose it’s comment thread about ska in a shit post community, not a music specific one.
Varies by generation of ska.
- first generation: “Keith & Ken with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires - Jamaica Ska” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhLjOgUXut8
- second generation: “Madness - One Step Beyond” - https://youtu.be/SOJSM46nWwo?t=29
- after that idk
One Step Beyond
Which is a cover of Prince Buster’s track from 1964.
Commenting both to track these Ska recommendations, I fucking love Ska. But also to recommend Life Sucks…Let’s Dance by Reel Big Fish, to my that song really hits the nail on the head in a cliché way. I constantly tell my wife, who reminds me I tell her that every time we are listening to it lol
Not what you asked for but https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uPRG6klixus
Legalization by skap
Brings back memories.
Decent recommendations here, but I will always suggest the ska version of I Wanna Riot for playlist purposes.
I’ve always wanted to see a high school band cover this, and every year I just want that more.
Nu metal is bipolar. Its either “the world is broken but ignore it with the help of a song that has no right to be this groovy” or “the world is broken and thats why im setting the whole fucking place on fire including myself”
Its either “the world is broken but ignore it with the help of a song that has no right to be this groovy”
Also, “I’m broken, here’s a sad and angry song about it that has no right to be this groovy”. Nu metal was/is big on introspection and personal tragedies instead of societal tragedies, though introspection =/= wisdom.
As a former nu metal fan this definitely sums up the genre perfectly
Damn, now I need to learn about Nu Metal! Who do I listen to in the first batch?
Uhh thats kinda hard to answer cause nobodys gonna be happy with it. Nu metal is a kind of contraversial genre because nobody agrees on what it is exactly and every artist seems to say that theyre not actually nu metal. My top five would be Korn, deftones, limp bizkit, slipknot, system of a down. The most famous is probably linkin park which you definitely know but they are kinda their own seperate entity. Rage against the machine is also kinda seperate tho still kinda nu metal. As for songs i recommend to get s feeling for the genre: Freak on a leash, blind, break stuff, change, be quiet and drive, aerials and eyeless.
Country: the world is broken but so is my pickup
Country: the truck is broken and there is an odd beauty in family parts.
Ska is what plays in a 13 year old boy’s head when he finds an extra mozzarella stick.
Noise: lol noise
Ska is basically: the world’s on fire, but we’re still bringing horns and a two-step. Honestly… fair.
trve black metal: bizarre rooster sounds
cockadoodle
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Where is the beauty in billionaires taking over the world and fucking everybody?
In the cracks left behind where plants can still grow
A good kiss
Your baby’s words
Lots of beauty to find, plenty of life to live
Sadness is rebellion
Just different stages of grief. The world is broken. Maybe we can fix some parts of it but nobody is going to singlehandedly fix everything. Trying to fix it is the bargaining stage of grief. Being upset that you can’t do anything is the depression stage. Embracing it is the acceptance stage. Can’t change the world but we can change our attitude.
Industrial: The world is broken and has been for a while so let’s go to the abandoned husk of the inner city, throw a party, and make insane music before it crashes down around our ears.
It all sounds so dated now… I used to listen to all this stuff.
These all represent the good old days to me. Almost like we were manufacturing our own angst because things were relatively nice.
IS there a variation of emo music where it’s like “The world is broken, but that’s okay - I’m fighting to deal with the broken parts”
