Pocket Guide to Ska
- Author: O'Shea, Mick
Pocket Guide to Ska
- Author: O'Shea, Mick
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With its walking bass lines and accentuated offbeat cadences, Ska was music made for dancing. Originating in the late-Fifties, Ska’s ‘First Wave’ was soon washing up on Britain’s shores, where it would take root. Years later, in Coventry, a disaffected art student named Jerry Dammers fused Ska’s up-tempo melodies with the harder elements of punk to create music that took Britain by storm. This book tells the story of Ska’s birth in Jamaica to its rebirth and beyond in Seventies Britain.
Contents
- 1. It's All In The Rhythm
- 2. Kingston Affair,
- 3. Prince Far Out,
- 4. Rockin' Steady,
- 5. BlueBeat Pop,
- 6. A New Era Dawning,
- 7. Where The Living Is Harder,
- 8. Bernie Rhodes Knows,
- 9. Time To Straighten Out,
- 10. Living In Gangster Time,
- 11. They Call It Madness,
- 12. No Gimme No More Pickni,
- 13. Going From Town To Town Making Disturbances,
- 14. 2-Tone Taking Over,
- 15. 2-Toning Amerika,
- 16. Too Much Pressure,
- 17. It's Later Than You Think,
- 18. No More Specials,
- 19. New Trends and Old Friends,
- 20. Top 100 Ska and Ska Punk Songs
