It's Halftime!!!

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Genre: Ska
Topic: Seasonal

The Rules

1. Entry URLs to be posted onto this thread from the Amiright site

2. Entries must conform to both the topic and time specifications...if in doubt, ask.

3. On November 28th the entries close and the voting begins

4. Vote by replying to voting thread with your five favorites in order: 
Top choice gets 5 points, next gets 4 points and so on to 1 point for your fifth favourite.

5. You're not allowed to vote for your own song.

6. DKTOS, is not allowed as a comment whilest voting

7. Once you've posted a vote, you're not allowed to change it.

8. Voting continues until December 12th

9. By entering, you are agreeing to read and comment on all the other entries and vote.

10. Anyone who enters but does not both comment on all entries and vote by the deadline is 0-ed

11. If you miss a submission deadline, you will not be entered in that event, but WILL be allowed to enter the next event.
However, there will STILL be an expectation that you comment and vote in the event you are not participating in, unless you have a valid reason for not being able to.

13. Rule changes may be suggested by any participant in their entry post.  Changes are made only when a majority of that event's voters specify a "yes" vote along with their contest votes.

Scoring: Like the rules, the scoring is similar to the to the Ages, awarding the winner first place, with 11 points. Person who comes in 2nd,  Points and so on, and so forth...

HAVE FUN!!!

Submittions Are Due: November 28th

Information on Ska: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska

It appears my "trouser malfunction" line may have inspired your picture choice. . . Seasonal. . .any seasonal I presume or just Christmas (though I'll probably do Christmas regardless)

It appears my "trouser malfunction" line may have inspired your picture choice. . . Seasonal. . .any seasonal I presume or just Christmas (though I'll probably do Christmas regardless)


Any Holiday, or season you can think of...

-Trick-Or-Treating
-Raking Leaves
-Thanksgiving
-Easter
-The heat of summer

The possibilities are endless...

Our house/Has a lot of  Christmas lights/Our house, you can see it down the street

Here's a list of Ska artists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ska_musicians

Wow...I always knew that Toasters Concert I went to in college would come in handy someday!

Wow...I always knew that Toasters Concert I went to in college would come in handy someday!

Toasters?  Did they pop bread in the air at the end of their performance or something?  What an interesting band name that is.

Here's a list of Ska artists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ska_musicians


Hey Matthias, if you liked Tubring, you will probably also like Blue Meanies...they are more psycho-punk-circus music (a la Mr. Bungle) than ska, on the whole.

Our house/Has a lot of  Christmas lights/Our house, you can see it down the street


Is "Our House"--which is not a ska-rhythm number yet performed by a renowned ska band-- eligible? 

Hey Matthias, if you liked Tubring, you will probably also like Blue Meanies...they are more psycho-punk-circus music (a la Mr. Bungle) than ska, on the whole.


Ooooooh... I'll have to check them out
Mr. Bungle is also ska...
I'm going to have fun with some more disturbing music  ;D

Is "Our House"--which is not a ska-rhythm number yet performed by a renowned ska band-- eligible? 


Hmmmm.... Good question.
I would probably say no, because it doesn't have a trumpet, and isn't that the main requirement of ska?
Ska is pretty much punk with a trumpet, and if it doesn't have a trumpet then it's not ska.
At least that's what I'm used to with ska... There might be some without a trumpet that count as ska still, but I'm pretty sure the trumpet makes it.
So I would have to say "No" sorry Jack.

Hmmmm.... Good question.
I would probably say no, because it doesn't have a trumpet, and isn't that the main requirement of ska?
Ska is pretty much punk with a trumpet, and if it doesn't have a trumpet then it's not ska.
At least that's what I'm used to with ska... There might be some without a trumpet that count as ska still, but I'm pretty sure the trumpet makes it.
So I would have to say "No" sorry Jack.


Um. . .Your definition of Ska, while amusing, is not entirely accurate;)

that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was a precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line, accented guitar or piano rhythms on the offbeat, and in some cases, jazz-like horn riffs. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant musical genre of Jamaica, and it was also popular with British mods. Many skinheads, in various decades, have also enjoyed ska (along with reggae, rocksteady and other genres).  Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican ska scene of the 1960s, the 2 Tone ska revival that started in England in the late 1970s, and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s.

Hmmmm.... Good question.
I would probably say no, because it doesn't have a trumpet, and isn't that the main requirement of ska?
Ska is pretty much punk with a trumpet, and if it doesn't have a trumpet then it's not ska.
At least that's what I'm used to with ska... There might be some without a trumpet that count as ska still, but I'm pretty sure the trumpet makes it.
So I would have to say "No" sorry Jack.
Ok, was just an idea anyway

    * Laurel Aitken
    * Prince Buster
    * Desmond Dekker
    * Clement "Coxsone" Dodd
    * Don Drummond
    * The Ethiopians
    * Justin Hinds
    * Judge Dread
    * Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
    * The Melodians
    * Jackie Opel
    * Millie Small
    * Derrick Morgan
    * Eric "Monty" Morris
    * The Paragons
    * Lee "Scratch" Perry
    * The Pioneers
    * Duke Reid
    * Ernest Ranglin
    * Rico Rodriguez
    * The Skatalites
    * Symarip
    * Toots and the Maytals
    * The Wailers
    * Bad Manners
    * The Beat (also known as The English Beat)
    * The Bodysnatchers
    * Madness
    * The Selecter
    * The Specials (known at some points as The Special AKA)
    * Special Beat
    * Against All Authority
    * The Allstonians
    * The Aquabats
    * Area-7
    * The Arrogant Sons of Bitches
    * Assorted Jellybeans
    * Athena
    * Big D and the Kids Table
    * Bim Skala Bim
    * Blue Meanies
    * The Bruce Lee Band
    * Buck-O-Nine
    * The Busters
    * Capdown
    * Catch 22
    * The Chinkees
    * Choking Victim
    * Citizen Fish
    * Critical Mass
    * Dance Hall Crashers
    * Desorden Público
    * The Donkey Show
    * Downfall
    * Fishbone
    * Five Iron Frenzy
    * Goldfinger
    * Hepcat
    * The Hippos
    * The Insyderz
    * Johnny Socko
    * King Django
    * King Prawn
    * Leftöver Crack
    * Leningrad
    * Less Than Jake
    * Let's Go Bowling
    * Link 80
    * Mad Caddies
    * Mephiskapheles
    * The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    * Monkey
    * Mr Bungle
    * Mu330
    * Chris Murray
    * Mustard Plug
    * Los Olvidados
    * No Doubt
    * The O.C. Supertones
    * Operation Ivy
    * Ore Ska Band
    * Panteon Rococo
    * Pepper
    * The Pietasters
    * The Planet Smashers
    * La Resistencia
    * Reel Big Fish
    * Ruder Than You
    * Save Ferris
    * The Scofflaws
    * Ska-P
    * Skankin' Pickle
    * Slightly Stoopid
    * The Slackers
    * Slapstick
    * spunge
    * Streetlight Manifesto
    * Sublime
    * Suburban Legends
    * Suburban Rhythm
    * Suicide Machines
    * Tijuana No!
    * The Toasters
    * Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (ska jazz & ska punk)
    * The Uptones
    * Voodoo Glow Skulls
    * The W's
    * Westbound Train

that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was a precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line, accented guitar or piano rhythms on the offbeat, and in some cases, jazz-like horn riffs. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant musical genre of Jamaica, and it was also popular with British mods. Many skinheads, in various decades, have also enjoyed ska (along with reggae, rocksteady and other genres).  Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican ska scene of the 1960s, the 2 Tone ska revival that started in England in the late 1970s, and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s.


Thus a trumpet.  :D

I want the Trumpet used in American Pie 2

Ooooooh... I'll have to check them out
Mr. Bungle is also ska...



Do "EGG", I DARE ya.  :D

Thus a trumpet.  :D


I just always thought of ska as faster reggae.

I want the Trumpet used in American Pie 2


I'll take the flute.  ;) :-X

I'll take the flute.  ;) :-X


;D

Bonus! I've actually had an idea for a parody that would fit in this round ever since I played the song for my solo in Term 2!

Be on the lookout for 'These Bad Presents That I Get'!

Wow. Another tough one. I guess I must be musically deprived because the only artists I know of from all those lists is Madness and No Doubt. I know, pretty bad. So I guess I'll have to do one of them!

Wow. Another tough one. I guess I must be musically deprived because the only artists I know of from all those lists is Madness and No Doubt. I know, pretty bad. So I guess I'll have to do one of them!


I'll likely be doing No Doubt also, though I have heard of a lot of the others--I've always liked No Doubt

I'll definitely be doing something by Save Ferris...I LOVE those guys! :)

Wow. Another tough one. I guess I must be musically deprived because the only artists I know of from all those lists is Madness and No Doubt. I know, pretty bad. So I guess I'll have to do one of them!


Try Reel Big Fish, Sublime, Mighty Mighty Bosstones...those will be also up your alley, based on your experience. Some of these referenced artists will NOT be found easily on Youtube or on lyric sites.

The Specials will ring in the New Year with a new version of "Too Much Too Young..." ;)

Despite how busy I am through the holiday season, I will do my best to have my entry for this soon. I don't want to miss out, this is the only contest I've commited to every round to so far!

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Sandy Sandals

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These Bad Presents That I Get

YouTube vid for 'The Impressions That I Get'

Back from Thanksgiving weekend, here it is...1 month and a week early...
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http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thespecials0.shtml
Danny's First New Year's Party

DKTOS? Crash the party here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHcx7FO8nI&feature=related

Ugh,Eddy Grant WHY are you not ska also?

Ill be do a shopping themed parody to What I Got by Sublime

Mine will be up tomorrow. . .

Some beads got in the way of it's intended release date

Sorry:(

I'm going to go with Ska-Punk...
The band Smash Mouth to be exact......

"North Pole" to "All Star" to be extremely exact...


So we can do Smashmouth if we want? 'Cause if we can, I can sooo do this.
Also, is the deadline Tuesday at midnight or Wednesday at midnight? Inquiring minds want to know.

So we can do Smashmouth if we want? 'Cause if we can, I can sooo do this.
Also, is the deadline Tuesday at midnight or Wednesday at midnight? Inquiring minds want to know.


Wednesday morning? So Tuesday at Midnight...

Wednesday morning? So Tuesday at Midnight...

Damn, I'm still writing mine, I'm not sure If I'll have it up for tomorrow night. damn my busy schedule! :-\\

I'm still writing too... Hopefully you're not doing an "All Star" parody about Christmas as well....

Nope, I'm using 'Then The Morning Comes'. But it is about Christmas. I'm about half way done, so if it doesn't go up for tomorrow and I still submit it by tomorrow night, can I still get in this round? Pretty please??? ::)

Nope, I'm using 'Then The Morning Comes'. But it is about Christmas. I'm about half way done, so if it doesn't go up for tomorrow and I still submit it by tomorrow night, can I still get in this round? Pretty please??? ::)


Yeah... That would be Wednesday morning  ;)

Thanks Matthias!! Thankfully I don't have any Christmas paintings to do tomorrow night, so I should hopefully have it done.

My entry will be submitted for tomorrow's postings.....title is "Santa's Sometime House Of Fun"

Just struck me that I've not posted my entry.. to the only Ska song I know that isn't Madness:

Me ears are like ice (to "The Israelites" by Desmond Dekker).  I saw Desmond Dekker play in Oxford, 15 or so years ago... must have taken about ten minutes to get past the first line of this song (not that I'll really say he was milking it, but...)

Mine'll be up tomorrow...

OK I submitted my entry tonight but It's not up on AmIright yet.

But when it is, my entry for this round is...

"Christmas Morning Comes"
(to Smashmouth's Then the Morning Comes)
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Thanks!

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/thetoasters0.shtml

St. Patty's Day

(Cupid's Lament)

"Valentine's Sucks" to the song "Everything Sucks" by Reel Big Fish should be coming today...

Okay...here's my Ode to Halloween, to Save Ferris' "Come On Eileen"

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/saveferris1.shtml

(Cupid's Lament)

"Valentine's Sucks" to the song "Everything Sucks" by Reel Big Fish should be coming today...
What happaned with North Pole to All Star? That one's great though

What happaned with North Pole to All Star? That one's great though


I didn't want to be among the same holiday as Kristof... I mean... Once Kristof does something it's impossible or at least very hard to top it.

I didn't want to be among the same holiday as Kristof... I mean... Once Kristof does something it's impossible or at least very hard to top it.
Very extremely true!