Sting/Roxane/Ska
Paula Mickevich
Just saw Sting this weekend. He did a version of his old
Police song Rosane that really suprised me - even had a trombone
solo in it. Really very ska. Was nice.
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Paula Mickevich casi...@hq.lcs.mit.edu
Anarky Xx
I saw sting at the Arts Center in NJ, and it was great. But I myself
think that Roxanne hjas more of a regge influence than ska. Alot of
the Police stuff has that same influence also. Kinda like a
ska-reggae root to his older music
A X
balamw@balamw
IMHO the Police had a lot in common with the whole Two Tone thing. A lot of
the energy of Punk, with some reggae influences. The Clash also falls into a
similar category, I guess you could say that from a "ska purist"'s point
of view they were the equivalents of Goldfinger or No Doubt in the Two
Tone era. ;-)
The (English) Beat opened fo the Police at one point, and Sting is even
seen wearing a Beat T-shirt in one of the Videos from Zenyatta Mondatta.
I used to skank my ass off to "Canary in a Coalmine" and "Man in a Suitcase."
I think Stewart Copeland was responsible for most of the raw energy typical
of early Police. I love the stuff he SC did as Klark Kent.
There really hasn't been any real reggae influence in most of the music that
Sting has produced in the past 10 years, but he still manages to produce
some very good music with inluences from all over the map.
Anyhow... Back to ska!
I just moved from Boston to Santa Barbara, CA and am looking for Ska! Anyone
got any recommendations for record stores or concert venues? I had an urge
to pick up the new Toasters and couldn't find it in any of the stores I've
found to date. I miss Newbury Comics' prices (w/ coupon) and selection...
Balam
`[1;32;42mNet-Tamer V 1.05 - Test Drive
AvDrav (PBustah)
balamw@balamw wrote:
> I used to skank my ass off to "Canary in a Coalmine" and "Man in a Suitcase."
Those songs are damn awesome, no? The police did some especially
skankable stuff. Check out the album, Zenyatta Mendata (sp??).
av
dra...@pluto.njcc.com
Shu
balamw@balamw wrote:
>
> IMHO the Police had a lot in common with the whole Two Tone thing. A lot of
> the energy of Punk, with some reggae influences. The Clash also falls into a
> similar category, I guess you could say that from a "ska purist"'s point
> of view they were the equivalents of Goldfinger or No Doubt in the Two
> Tone era. ;-)
>
> The (English) Beat opened fo the Police at one point, and Sting is even
> seen wearing a Beat T-shirt in one of the Videos from Zenyatta Mondatta.
>
> of early Police. I love the stuff he SC did as Klark Kent.
>
> There really hasn't been any real reggae influence in most of the music that
> Sting has produced in the past 10 years, but he still manages to produce
> some very good music with inluences from all over the map.
>
> Anyhow... Back to ska!
>
> I just moved from Boston to Santa Barbara, CA and am looking for Ska! Anyone
> got any recommendations for record stores or concert venues? I had an urge
> to pick up the new Toasters and couldn't find it in any of the stores I've
> found to date. I miss Newbury Comics' prices (w/ coupon) and selection...
>
> Balam
> `[1;32;42mNet-Tamer V 1.05 - Test Drive
The number below is a Boston #.
Call it up and dial extension SHU.
That's my band. You can get gig info, buy a CD, or just listen.
Check it out.
Bob
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Shu
http://www.naples.net/~nfn03665/shu.htm
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to hear us/buy us call 617-739-0000 ext- shu
to book us call 518-761-3133 (Roger Sharp)
Andrew Finch
Sting (the Police) and the Clash have both said on numerous occasions that
they started out trying for a Punk/Reggae sound.
Harp
This is Ska
CTarvin190
My 4 year old cousin endeared himself to me by singing "man in a suitcase"
word for word while doing a cute little dance that was definitely
bordering on a skank. (Then it stopped being cute after he sang it
non-stop for 3 hours!)
Chuckles
In article <4tk9ld$g...@umbc9.umbc.edu>, cgu...@umbc.edu (Carlos) writes:
>I was driving around one day, listening to an old Police album ("Outlandos
>D'Amour", to be exact), and I realized that some of the songs sounded ska-ish.
>I think lot of early Police tunes could be easily re-done as fast ska tunes,
>and they'd sound pretty cool!
>
Yep, During this time period, the Police, and especially sting, were influenced
by both original Jamaican ska and the blossoming two tone era.
Andrew Finch
Carlos (cgu...@umbc.edu) wrote:
: I was driving around one day, listening to an old Police album ("Outlandos
: I think lot of early Police tunes could be easily re-done as fast ska tunes,
: and they'd sound pretty cool!
Sting and the Police have said on several occations that they were trying
to have a Punk/Reggae band.
Harp
This is Ska