what's the most romantic ska or ska-punk songs you guys know?

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I really really hope one of y'all uses it, because I'm too old to start a new ska band now lol. All I want in return is merch, and maybe a cameo in your first music video.

Are you ready for it?

The Atomic Defibrillators.

That's it. That's the band name.

Another banger from the Ska Mailman

I just watched Pick it Up! For nostalgia reasons, and something struck me.

How are we gonna talk about Less Than Jake being the sound of Good Burger, yet complete ignore Reel Big Fish's contribution to Basketball?!

If you've never seen either, give them a go.

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Chris Murray, aka Venice Shoreline Chris, prior vocalist for King Apparatus, put out this low budget album called “The 4-Track Adventures of Venice Shoreline Chris” in 1996. Incredible minimalist acoustic ska. Here is my personal favorite track off that album:

https://youtu.be/7VkKzJWnQd0?si=oKw3r0hBTT8RXeCV

Was an amazing time!!! Reese remembered most of the lyrics, he jumped off a (7 foot) balcony onto the stage and maintained only minor injuries! The band had great energy! Things Repeat was a great opener! And I got the last hug Reese gave out after the show! Portland is in for a treat!

I knew the name Danny elfman, I had no idea about oingo boingo, and yeah I've heard a lot about groups like the police and Elvis Costello being ska or ska influenced, but seriously watch the oingo boingo music video for nothing bad ever happens, and tell me it's not an homage to night boat from Cairo by madness.

So, listening to some slightly older-than-new stuff, Vampire Weekend... and their track Holiday came on.

Listening now, I can hear some obvious ska timing in the instrumentals...

What do others think?

I’m the Ska Mailman and I wanted to say that Ska is pretty cool 😎

Hey folks, I know this topic has been done to death at this point, but I recently started dating a great girl from Venezuela. We were talking about music the other day, and when I mentioned ska, I told her how a lot of Latin American bands have fully embraced the ska-punk sound.

I’d love to introduce her to some good Spanish ska, and if possible, specifically Venezuelan bands. Given the current political state of the country, they don’t have to be based there, but it’d be cool to find something with roots in Venezuela. Any recommendations? Off the top of my head, I can only think of VGS but I know I’ve heard so much more than them.

***edit: holy crow I wasn’t expecting this to get so many responses so quickly. Keep em coming if you can think of any more, but I’m super excited to come back with this long list already! Thanks everyone!

I've never moved on from my love for this music and I was so glad to finally find one of the bands that stoked that fire early on somewhere on the internet (I probably have the original disc stored away somewhere in the garage).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLnxczBBBzBeFBoDnisvzR6eik_eiKJIw

I’m not sure who needs to hear these words in today’s crazy political climate but these guys have a lot to say.

https://youtu.be/pJ0yIX7GcxM?si=dJf0F8hmafO2vpAW