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...event, sponsored by The Crimson and free to all students, provided the bands with a chance to play music ranging in style from ska to heavy metal. Each band played a 20-minute...
Continuum Record's most recent ska compilation Ska: The Third Wave, although probably unnecessary for any die-hard fan, is for other audiences a valuable introduction to the wonderful world of ska. It features fourteen songs from ten bands, including songs from such legendary acts as The Toasters and The Scofflaws...
...Scofflaws' ode, "William Shatner," is another prime example of the gleeful nature of ska. Dedicated to the actor of Star Trek fame, the few words of the song not suprisingly treat William Shatner as a mere synonym for Captain Kirk: "He's got a fine tan shirt with an emblem on the chest/ The interstellar girls all like him the best." MU330 from St. Louis also show their wackiness with the song "Stuff." Described playfully in the liner notes as being "a hopeless romantic sort of thing, really," this tune contains such memorable lines as "I'm just so tired...
...Ska: The Third Wave does have some weak spots. The Insteps' "Shotgun Jimmy" and Ruder than You's bizarrely serious "Swallow Blood" stand out as slightly inferior tunes. But even these songs are not bad, they are just not as strong as the rest of the album...
Overall, Continuum Records has managed to put together a remarkable collection of tunes, which will hopefully initiate more people into the realm of ska. Too many of us are set in our musical views these days, and ska is certainly worth a try. The frantic, danceable nature of ska may not be ideal for the common room, so the thing to do is to look for posters in the Square and go to a ska show. It will probably set you back a total of five dollars and a couple hours. A close second would be to pick...