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Favourite ska song?

107 replies

SamE1995 · 02/03/2023 19:40

Currently listening to 'the prince' by Madness and interested to know..

What is everyone else's favourite ska song?

OP posts:
Bicyclista · 02/03/2023 19:48

54-46 was my number. Toots and the Maytals

Restinggoddess · 02/03/2023 19:52

Long shot kick de bucket - by The Pioneers

DialSquare · 02/03/2023 19:54

So so many. Skinhead Moonstomp, Al Capone, 54-46 (as previously mentioned), On My Radio, Too Much Too Young, to name a few.

thefirstmrsrochester · 02/03/2023 19:56

A Message To You Rudy.

DialSquare · 02/03/2023 19:58

Not sure if you are aware but The Prince is a tribute to Prince Buster who sang Al Capone (and many other songs including Madness and One Step Beyond)).

Findyourneutralspace · 02/03/2023 19:59

Doesn’t make it alright - the Specials
Embarrassment - Madness
54-46
Bombscare - the Selector

Then some older first wave stuff

Girly girly - Sophie George
Perfidia - Phyllis Dillon

Clickncollect · 02/03/2023 19:59

@thefirstmrsrochester I also came on to say A Message to Rudy - great track!

Lottapianos · 02/03/2023 20:00

'A Message To You Rudy.'

Maybe the best sunny day song ever!

gettingolderbutcooler · 02/03/2023 20:02

Silly games

Breezycheesetrees · 02/03/2023 20:02

Oooh love "Perfidia"! Also "Fu Manchu" by Desmond Dekker, amazing vocals.

DorritLittle · 02/03/2023 20:04

Too Much Too Young.

DialSquare · 02/03/2023 20:04

gettingolderbutcooler · 02/03/2023 20:02

Silly games

That was the first single I ever bought!

MuchuseasaChocolateTeapot · 02/03/2023 20:05

I know it was a cover but my first ever single was “Can’t get used to losing you” by The Beat, great song

AsanteSana · 02/03/2023 20:06

'Bam, Bam' by Sister Nancy, though it could be argued that it is more reggae than ska

LucyLeave · 02/03/2023 20:07

Silly Games
Ghost Town
Mirror in The Bathroom

HotSauceCommittee · 02/03/2023 20:08

Bicyclista · 02/03/2023 19:48

54-46 was my number. Toots and the Maytals

❤️

Nat6999 · 02/03/2023 20:09

Concrete Jungle
Too much too young
Monkey Man
Gangsters
All by The Specials

Splcam · 02/03/2023 20:12

Do Nothing by The Specials. 7 inch single bought by my older brother. Played on a Dansette style mono record player in our dining room and me trying to skank at 7 years old. 🙂

Theimpossiblegirl · 02/03/2023 20:14

So many.
Ghost Town is a fave.
I'm really enjoying Captain Accident atm. Playing Field from the Badpress album was part of my lockdown playlist.

Millicentmargaretamandaholden · 02/03/2023 20:16

Anything by The Beat: Drowning, Too nice to talk to, twist and crawl, save it til later
Loads by the specials you’re wondering
Toots and the mytals monkey man, monkey girl 54 46
sweet and dandy, you can get it if you really want jimmy cliff
Special Brew bad manners

I love ska!

MichelleScarn · 02/03/2023 20:17

No Doubt - Bathwater, would it count?

Doublevodka · 02/03/2023 20:21

Message to you Rudy
Too much too young
54 46

Ska always makes me want to dance

AccidentallyFabulous · 02/03/2023 20:21

thefirstmrsrochester · 02/03/2023 19:56

A Message To You Rudy.

I feel I often pop up on these threads to say that A Message To You, Rudy is a cover of a track by Dandy Livingstone, who not only had a brilliant name, but a beautiful voice.

(I do love The Specials but was excited to discover this as I'd had no idea it was a cover).

AsanteSana · 02/03/2023 20:34

@AccidentallyFabulous, concur with you regarding Dandy Livingstone's voice and 'Suzanne, beware of the devil' is one of my al time favourites

DialSquare · 02/03/2023 20:37

I've got both versions on my playlist @AccidentallyFabulous