if you dont mind sharing, what are some of your favorite ska songs/bands?
I will admit I am not a huge band person I tend to be more of a "pick whatever random songs sound good" person, so I can't recommend any good bands. I also listen to Ska Punk, which is a subgenre of Ska... and Punk. So I am not a good authority on Ska songs to listen to I am just someone who is banned from being passed the aux cord...
But some of my favorite songs include:
No Children - Ska (cover)
Quinto Patio Ska
Everything Went Numb
S F D D
And songs by Reel Big Fish tbh. I know I just said I don't listen to specific bands but Reel Big Fish has some pretty good songs like...
Sell Out
And their Take on Me cover
Here's my disclaimer, though: I am not into music subcultures I just listen to whatever sounds good (and jazzy punk with horns sounds good), so I could be giving absolutely awful music recommendations that anyone who is especially into Ska (and more specifically Ska Punk) might find egregious. I personally just grab whatever song sounds good and add them to my forever long playlist.
Also the Jabberjaw (Running Underwater) song from Pain used for the Cartoon Network Boomerang Groovies is probably the reason I enjoy Ska punk so much, and it has been in my playlist for years now:
If nothing else in this list interests you, I require everyone by law to listen to Jabberjaw Running Under Water by pain and watch the Cartoon Network Boomerang Groovie video of it. I used to watch Boomerang a million times, and this was probably the only Groovie I really enjoyed watching and didn't go to the bathroom during.
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Toumyu Hanakoyomi 8&9
For something different from usual (no fancy picture because the Hanakoyomi is a drama cd and so doesn't have one), I'd like to give you all the 8th and 9th Hanakoyomi episodes! It's not very likely I'll be posting the rest of the Hanakoyomis, as it's very likely the episodes will be released on CD and I'd like to prevent folks substituting the tls for the actual episodes ^^;
The choice of Hanakoyomis is not at all because I'm biased noooo
Hanakoyomi 8 - Higanbana featuring Minamoto Kiyomaro, Nagasone Kotetsu, Kogitsunemaru, Suishinshi Masahide, Hachisuka Kotetsu
Hanakoyomi 9 - Cosmos featuring Onimaru Kunitsuna, Daihannya Nagamitsu, Kogitsunemaru, Tomoegata Naginata, Heshikiri Hasebe
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It's hereeee and it's so good (not that I ever doubted that)!!! I think that's now my favourite album from Imminence, banger after banger! 😩👌
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MY ZENMARKET PACKAGE CAME INNNNNNNNN AUGUGHHGGHGHHHHH😭💖💖💖
Thee ingo and emmet figures (FOR 75 BUCKS TOTAL)... the chandelure and mudkip figurines ive wanted for so long!!! joltik hair clips, miniature clay polymer foods, chillmatsu choro keychains, and a matsu orb keychain!!! IM SO HAPPY IM GONNA COMBUST
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shit it says they don't allow mp3 players at my new job either lol only cds.
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As a fan of both Folie and The Holy Bible, I feel like there’s more to this line in 20 Dollar Nosebleed than I ever see people discuss, including Mr Wentz himself:
(The picture is cropped because it contains blood but you can see the full thing here.)
I think Pete Wentz related to Richey Edwards for these reasons: (tw for brief discussion of suicide/self harm/eating disorders)
1) The most glaringly obvious reason is Richey Edwards' struggles with ill mental health. Struggling with an eating disorder and depression, he was open in interviews about his self-harming. Now presumed dead, he mysteriously dissapeared in 1995, making him part of the '27 Club.' While he was alive, many people fixated on his mental health issues and he even once recieved a set of knives from a fan, along with a note saying "Look at me while you do it."
Pete Wentz also recieved both praise for being open about his struggles with mental health, especially his suicide attempt, and a weird obsession, writing on Don't You Know Who I Think I Am? "There's a world outside my front door that gets off on being down." Throughout Folie, there are many lines referring to wanting to disappear, including "sometimes I want to quit this all and become an accountant now," like in The (Shipped) Gold Standard, and pretty much all of the song 27 (a reference to the 27 Club, which Edwards is a part of).
2) Richey Edwards was the ideas man of the Manics first and rhythm guitarist second. In fact, it wasn't a secret that he would mime playing, either turned down or just unplugged, especially early on. The band famously had grand plans for their first album, claiming that they would release a debut album that would be the "greatest rock album ever," selling incredibly well, and would then be followed by them splitting up.
3) The Manics were questioned for their authenticity. During an interview with an NME writer, Richey Edwards took a razor (from where, no one's sure) and carved the phrase "4 Real" into his arm. The picture that Pete Wentz chose to include is of this incident. Richie Edwards needed many stitches afterwards and they had to cancel a show on the following day.
4) Richey Edwards and Nicky wire would write lyrics and the other half of the band, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore, would write the music. Perhaps this reminded him of his creative relationship with Patrick Stump and the rest of Fall Out Boy? Both bands had roots in heavier punk but grew into a more distinctive rock sound.
I feel there are a fair few parrallels between the two, including one or two I didn't mention. Maybe he thought so too.
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