First Concert, Best Concert

I attended the Ska Concert in the Hampton Beach Casino, New Hampshire.
The three biggest ska bands were there, Reel Big Fish, Less than Jake, and Streetlight Manifesto were there. Thats a trio that means Best Concert Ever.

Not only are all 3 of those bands my favorite, they're all in one place, live.

I had a blast, this was the first concert I ever attended. I was in the pit for most of the play, and my glasses got knocked off and crushed. But luckily, my frame is the super kind where they don't bend easily, and my thick thick lenses were super scratch resistant.

What ended up happening was a bent frame that can be easily fixed, and a really gashed up right lense (it fell out when the frame hit the ground). The crowd was all over the place looking for my glasses and lense when they saw me groping the ground for them.

I bought Reel Big Fish's new album, and got it signed by the band's lead singer, Aaron Barette!

A 5-6 hour show with a bunch of friends, I also met at least 4 or 5 more people I knew who were all also going to the show. The ocean breeze was nice, it was cool and has that great salty air smell.

Totally worth the eye glass damage, the moshes (my teeth met someone's shoulder blade in the first few minutes), and the 3.50 USD 20 oz coke.

If you're into ska, and missed any of their tour area's, I feel bad for you.

I've never really been into ska, and in fact I've only heard of the genre a few times here or there, and never really heard and of the bands that are supposed to be apart of it.

Though, there is this Russian band, Leningrad, that was defined as Ska punk, and I like them, so... but it's Russian, haha, that may not count.

Claudette wrote:I've never really been into ska, and in fact I've only heard of the genre a few times here or there, and never really heard and of the bands that are supposed to be apart of it.

Though, there is this Russian band, Leningrad, that was defined as Ska punk, and I like them, so... but it's Russian, haha, that may not count.

Ska isnt big now, but it was huge a few years back. Probably a decade ago.
It needs a revival, Goldfinger and No Doubt when it was Ska might be familiar.

I do like Reel Big Fish, their renditions of old songs are the best.

Did I mention they made two random people french kiss on stage?

Sponson Light wrote:The three biggest ska bands were there, Reel Big Fish, Less than Jake, and Streetlight Manifesto were there.

Alright, that sentence made me chuckle.

I'm not really into Ska though. I like a couple of songs by Reel Big Fish though.

oldfinger and No Doubt when it was Ska might be familiar.

Ah, I'm a No Doubt fan! I liked most of their first few albums though, they started sounding a bit too... pop for me? No, not pop. I can't explain it. Rock Steady was a good album, but, eh. Then Gwen went and did her own tihng...

http://www.reel-big-fish.com/

They stream their music, so you can listen to the first few tracks on their new album if anyone is curious.
Party Down is especially good.

electricbluemonkey wrote:

Sponson Light wrote:The three biggest ska bands were there, Reel Big Fish, Less than Jake, and Streetlight Manifesto were there.

Alright, that sentence made me chuckle.

I'm not really into Ska though. I like a couple of songs by Reel Big Fish though.

Sorry, the excitment is still wearing off.
Quote: "This is a song about a girl, who left me... for another girl."

Maybe this thread's a good place to ask what the blazes is ska?

its.. a genre of music?
Like Emo is a genre, and rock.

It combines Reggae, Rock, and Big Band in my opinion.
It usually leads with horns and trumpets.

wiki/google

Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was a precursor to rocksteady and reggae.[1]

Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line, accented guitar, or piano rhythms on the offbeat, and in some cases, jazz-like horn riffs. In the 1960s, ska was the preferred music genre of rude boys (although many ska artists condemned the violent rude boy lifestyle). Ska was also popular with British mods and skinheads, which led artists such as Symarip, Laurel Aitken, Desmond Dekker, and The Pioneers to aim songs at those audiences. Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three waves indicating a revival in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and another revival in the 1990s, mostly based in the United States.

Well, I knew that ska was music, but I just didn't know the specifics.

Thanks for that.

I always find it hard to describe stuff.
Like my friends will ask me what Im drinking (usually something foreign, like an Aloe Drink or some sasparilla with chinese letters on the front) and what does it taste like.
How do I describe what a drink tastes like?
"Its sugary, and tastes like pepsi?"