The offbeat guitar chop built ska, not the horns. But we're handing you a kazoo anyway. Come play.
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@blowquality.comThe offbeat guitar chop built ska, not the horns. But we're handing you a kazoo anyway. Come play.
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1980 | 9 of 20 | not ranked
"Do Nothing" by The Specials ("More Specials", 1980)
@blowquality.comThe Clash broke every rule and still couldn't crack the US charts until they went full reggae. What does that tell us about radio and horns?
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@kill-bait.bsky.social@blowquality.comThe horn section kept ska alive through every era. If you're in Eugene Oct 23, there's a brewery on every corner and live music that night. Go for both.
@blowquality.comSka is not background music. It is a call to action. Every upstroke, every horn line, every moment asks you to move.
@sierkje.bsky.social#5CoverSongsEvens #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 3 of 5
"Echo Four-Two" by Bad Manners ("Loonee Tunes!", 1980; original by The Laurie Johnson Orchestra, 1961)
@blowquality.comThe Paradox at Fayetteville Amphitheater, Sep 26. Two-tone royalty. Go early, eat something good, make a night of it.
@georgiosmasman.bsky.social#OnThisDay 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣0️⃣ #Madness released their 2nd album Absolutely. The album reached No. 2 in the UK album charts & spawned some of the band's biggest hits, most notably "Baggy Trousers" UK#3, "Embarrassment" UK#4 & the instrumental "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" UK#7.
@blowquality.com2 Tone started in Coventry and changed everything. A sound that mattered, a movement that proved the horn section was never going anywhere.
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From my school days 1976-1988 | 22 of 30
Another song I taped from radio, in the early '80s, in my early teens. And that I later often listened to on my cassette player, instead of on my radio:
"On My Radio" by The Selecter (1979 single)
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From my school days 1976-1988 | 21 of 30
I taped a lot of 2 Tone songs from the radio, in my early teens, the early '80s. Including this:
"Can't Get Used to Losing You" by The Beat ("I Just Can't Stop It", 1980; original by Andy Williams, 1963)
@blowquality.comMajor label deals meant something different in 1977. The money was real, the stakes were higher, and the music had to justify it.
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From my school days 1976-1988 | 16 of 30
Another song that I remember being very popular when I was 12…
"House of Fun" by Madness ("Complete Madness", 1982)