tinnitus photography Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 ska really is a terrible genre... so few bands did it well, and the creative territory to explore is minimal. The Specials and The Selecter had it all mapped out decades ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Ska was around quite a bit before bands like The Specials changed it up to include "Punk" rhythms and basically change the genre. I've heard some of the earlier "Ska" stuff from Jamaica roots and it's pretty different.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I think that the problem with punk-ska is that the band that (kinda) invented the genre--at least the hardcore version of it--did it so perfectly and so well that every other band attempting the style just sounds like a pale imitation.Yes, I am talking about Operation Ivy. And, no I am not certain that they invented it, but they seem to be the earliest band that had any sort of a lasting influence on the sound. Listen to Energy and even the haters can see the appeal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I never minded that Tim guy from Operation Ivy/Rancid..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Bad ska shows at bars were always fun in the early 90's while at school at SIU (Carbondale, IL). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 2nd wave ska > 3rd wave ska. 2 Tone is where it's at. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Bad ska shows at bars were always fun in the early 90's while at school at SIU (Carbondale, IL).Who are you?!I was at SIUC in the early 90s. And I was at quite a few of those bad ska shows at the Hangar and whatnot.I wrote for the Nightlife and DJed at IDB, too.I was also in a (terrible) band down there called Rufus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 2nd wave ska > 3rd wave ska. 2 Tone is where it's at. True, and that ain't blasphemy, it's gospel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 This thread has made me grateful I don't have to listen to ska. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I still think they would have been bigger than the Kid Rock + Limp Biskit + Korn+15 other ones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 This may not be the most original statement, but I think the Devil's fiddle solo was better than Johnny's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Ha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 this weekend I went on Spotify and checked out Eric Clapton's solo inventory from the beginning until some point in the 80s when I couldn't take it anymore. My conclusion is that Clapton (solo) recorded about half a dozen great songs. The rest are largely blues filler. While I enjoy listening to his guitar work, and he does a good job at fusing and/or emulating some of the blues men before him, he is a remarkably over-hyped musician and artist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 this weekend I went on Spotify and checked out Eric Clapton's solo inventory from the beginning until some point in the 80s when I couldn't take it anymore. My conclusion is that Clapton (solo) recorded about half a dozen great songs. The rest are largely blues filler. While I enjoy listening to his guitar work, and he does a good job at fusing and/or emulating some of the blues men before him, he is a remarkably over-hyped musician and artist. Agree on all counts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Outside of Cream or Derek and the Dominoes, Eric Clapton's best work, IMO, is the record he played on with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 My conclusion is that Clapton (solo) recorded about half a dozen great songs. The rest are largely blues filler. While I enjoy listening to his guitar work, and he does a good job at fusing and/or emulating some of the blues men before him, he is a remarkably over-hyped musician and artist. 'tears in heaven' is one my favourite songs of all time, but he's not 'god' hell, i love Promises... no one else does! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 John Mayer's Bluesbreakers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Outside of Cream or Derek and the Dominoes, Eric Clapton's best work, IMO, is the record he played on with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. I like those and the Blind Faith record, and a small number of songs from his solo career, but when it comes to his solo era, he's earned a lot by accomlishing very litte. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 461 Ocean Boulevard was a grrrrrreat record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 461 Ocean Boulevard was a grrrrrreat record.Yes, yes it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I don't think there's anything special about the guitar playing of Randy Rhoads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I don't think there's anything special about the guitar playing of Randy Rhoads. Have to respectfully but completely disagree. Eddie Van Halen gets all the credit for masterful use of dimed amps but Rhoads had just as much control in my opinion. Extremely fluid and creative and drew on a classical background in a way that fit in perfectly with Ozzy's material. Ozzy's first two albums would not have materialized the way they did without Rhoads, and everything he did in the studio he could pull off live (or enhance it). The guy was really gifted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I absolutely HATE Kiss Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Have to respectfully but completely disagree. Eddie Van Halen gets all the credit for masterful use of dimed amps but Rhoads had just as much control in my opinion. Extremely fluid and creative and drew on a classical background in a way that fit in perfectly with Ozzy's material. Ozzy's first two albums would not have materialized the way they did without Rhoads, and everything he did in the studio he could pull off live (or enhance it). The guy was really gifted. I have to agree with this. Randy had a way of playing in that classical style but with so much feeling. I have to turn that Over the mountain solo up to 10 every time it comes on. Goodbye to romance has a great solo. Listen to the volume swells he does in "tonight" off Diary of a madman (right after the "now I'm back out on the street again" for example). He had more subtely than people think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I absolutely HATE KissYou're not alone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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