Thanks so much for this great editorial story about this wonderful world of SKA music. This has enlightened my world and look forward to learning more about it.
BRAVO! I LOVE these linguistic mysteries, and among the many styles of music from the ‘New World’, I find the music of the Caribbean to be most mysterious of all, and captivating. When we listen to music that we like, and when we don’t exactly know the words but we need to sing, well, don’t we just put in what makes sense to us, and sounds right? I hear so often in Caribbean music VERY old uses of words that I thought were practically new inventions. I’ve heard the word ‘ska’ used (like skat) by the vocalists to reinforce the rhythm, probably there is more evidence still in old records. There’s always an older example still, and a story behind its evolution.
Hi! Rasorder . How are you? I never been to Jamaica before my Uncle has been Jamaica before. I know Mod subcultural love SKA music too. in 80s I was teenager I came a Mod, I love SKA music, this Documentary is very great, I love it. Mod Subcultural in Toronto, Ontario, Durham Region Ontario Canada came very big, Rude Boys, Rude girls, there was lot of us. SKA came to Toronto early 80s. I met Prince Buster son online, he sings too. He is Prince Buster Jr. Prince Buster Jr talks about his dad lot.
@@donhue4546 That's true. In Ska the horns are usually the ones playing the consistent 'ska', more than the guitar. The guitar is sometimes with them, sometimes keyboards and sometimes there's vocal percussion too, but always the horns... Different in Rocksteady & reggae where it's almost always the guitar...
I'm aa little taken a back, in that i'm trying to see the benifit of this conversation. When ska came about Byron Lee was uptown playing colypso,while trying to play mento. So that should tell us ska is downtown music. The sound of ska is an alpha boys school fusion. Listen to Ernie Ranglin, explaining about jamsican musicians trying to pley the new orleans sounds, put that together with the takes of King Stitt, Prince Buster Mrs Dodd. Her husband buster and stitt were all close friends. Put that together with the sound of Clue J & the master blaster band with the Skatallites then we all should see the meat of the truth.
Hi everyone out there, I just want to find out if any one have a link or page where I could watch the full documentary, I love ska and I feel the need to finish watching this documentary. Thanks in advance!
Very nice, pity they didn't source the many flyers and posters advertising ska dances that were all over Trench Town and Kingston prior to 1964.They all contained the written word 'ska'.
The Skatalites weren’t even a band until 1963. Prince Buster had been playing for years by that point and was already calling his music ‘ska’. So The Skatalites got their name from using Prince Buster’s term ‘ska’.
@@Illsamustache they formed in 1964,they took the word satalite and added the k from ska,and buster was calling his music boop boop music,the skatalites formed out of the baba brookes band,they were session players who got together and formed the skatalites in 1964
I don't believe nothing what they are saying about ska music,I believe that the word ska came from a African word.Ska was a African word named skatta,it means to moved.Sometime as a boy grewing up I useto heard many older people using it , when they were we quarreling with each other.They useto used the word skatta from here, that means you should moved.So they used the word ska to dance or to move around on the dance floor, so all of them is talking bullshit.My grandmother was born in 1896, and I useto heard her using the word skatta from here boy.That meant you should moved else she is going to whipped your ass if she catches you, so I strongly believes that how they got to used the word.I kinda of more believes Prince Buster about one of his friend Nick name skatta, because back into those days every boy has a nick name.I will haveto dismissed the rest of theories about how the word came about,it is a long time African word long before any of them was born.That white woman is talking bullshit, also Coxen wife is talking pure foolishness.They just not want to say it is an African word which was using for hundreds of years before any of them were born, they can only trying to fooled some people who does not know about the Jamaican culture.I born come hear my grandma, also my grandfather also the older people in my district using the word skatta from here.That how the word came from,none of them cannot what is the meaning of the word, and how it was used by the elder generation of Jamaicans.Everyone is very free to reply to my theory,my uncle was playing into a mento band long before any of them knowing about music. They just wanted to give the united States all the accolades about every music inventions, mento been around for hundreds of years by the slaves.The slaves used music to do their work,all of us grewing up and heard the elder generation singing songs what they learned from their parents.
Scatter is English* - it means scatter ! - all peoples take words from other languages just like they adapt their foods & anything else they like...*the English got it from the Norse..Plenty of West African words made it into (eg) Jamaican English. Nyam is Fulla or Peul & means what it means in Jamaica - I don't know if Sizzla Kalonji knows when he sings wi suma ndeye that he's speaking Wolof - It means Oh my mother, people in Senegambia say it all the time..
@@duearklar5795 What? What is "Wi suma ndeye?" I'm sure that's not what sizzla is saying though it may sound like that to you because you don't understand patois. The previous poster is incorrect. Scatter is English with our accent it's scatta it doesn't change the word we just change the "er" to "a". Nyam is also English it's basically comes from the sound made when eating.
Thanks so much for this great editorial story about this wonderful world of SKA music. This has enlightened my world and look forward to learning more about it.
Yeah for antedating! Ska, Ska, Ska, Ska! Beats etymology! The anecdotal was correct! Gleaner proved it. Big up Jamdown!
the rif from the sax goes ska ska ska
Walking down Orange street a few weeks ago, I feel the SKA! Ahhhhhh Down Town.
Since Prince Buster was really the first ska singer/songwriter, I tend to believe him.
ok,so what was the first ska song ??? maybe call it boop boop music as he claimed,lets be honest ska was like 1963
I'll take it from which it come, by Prince Buster. Move!
BRAVO! I LOVE these linguistic mysteries, and among the many styles of music from the ‘New World’, I find the music of the Caribbean to be most mysterious of all, and captivating. When we listen to music that we like, and when we don’t exactly know the words but we need to sing, well, don’t we just put in what makes sense to us, and sounds right? I hear so often in Caribbean music VERY old uses of words that I thought were practically new inventions. I’ve heard the word ‘ska’ used (like skat) by the vocalists to reinforce the rhythm, probably there is more evidence still in old records. There’s always an older example still, and a story behind its evolution.
@CLEKTRONIK You are so right, that is why historical records at times are so distorted.
'Balderdash & Piffle'....i keep missing this one, glad someone record it. thnx for sharing
Hi! Rasorder . How are you? I never been to Jamaica before my Uncle has been Jamaica before. I know Mod subcultural love SKA music too. in 80s I was teenager I came a Mod, I love SKA music, this Documentary is very great, I love it. Mod Subcultural in Toronto, Ontario, Durham Region Ontario Canada came very big, Rude Boys, Rude girls, there was lot of us. SKA came to Toronto early 80s. I met Prince Buster son online, he sings too. He is Prince Buster Jr. Prince Buster Jr talks about his dad lot.
Ska its, big respect for the upload
As a preschooler in Jamaica 63, I was always told the name came from the sound of the guitar. I guess we were told correctly. .
i tent to believe its in the drumming and horn section
@@donhue4546 That's true. In Ska the horns are usually the ones playing the consistent 'ska', more than the guitar. The guitar is sometimes with them, sometimes keyboards and sometimes there's vocal percussion too, but always the horns... Different in Rocksteady & reggae where it's almost always the guitar...
I'm aa little taken a back, in that i'm trying to see the benifit of this conversation. When ska came about Byron Lee was uptown playing colypso,while trying to play mento. So that should tell us ska is downtown music. The sound of ska is an alpha boys school fusion. Listen to Ernie Ranglin, explaining about jamsican musicians trying to pley the new orleans sounds, put that together with the takes of King Stitt, Prince Buster Mrs Dodd. Her husband buster and stitt were all close friends. Put that together with the sound of Clue J & the master blaster band with the Skatallites then we all should see the meat of the truth.
skatalites were 1964
yes! a most skalarly work =)
Hi everyone out there, I just want to find out if any one have a link or page where I could watch the full documentary, I love ska and I feel the need to finish watching this documentary. Thanks in advance!
Damn six years and no response
@@KamoyR do reseach,what do you wanna know ???
You make man a do work ya now
not yet seen this ,,,great stuf !!!!!thanx for sharing panter
s c a t t e r, I have come
Very nice, pity they didn't source the many flyers and posters advertising ska
dances that were all over Trench Town and Kingston prior to
1964.They all contained the written word 'ska'.
there were some from 1963
"What name?! - ORANGE STREET!!!!!!!" ;-)
yes ORANGE STREET
Pronounced:
Haringe, no really !!
21 seconds into the video is he the crazy frog ringtone
Pueden colocar subtitulos al español??? POR FAVOR!!!!
Subtitles to spanish please!!!
can i like copy and paste my music assignment here and someone fill in the answers for me
HigH!
AWESOME!!!!!!!
mantap
interesting
I HAVE A FLYER WITH THE WORD "SCA" NOT "SKA" FROM BEFORE 1964 IN JAM.
Publish it, very important
Please contact me so I can see a copy or Ras Jim Marshall who runs the Ethiopian Archive.
@@margatemod3156 theres 7 inch singles from j.a that have ska on them,ie natal ska flip side of call me/p buster
@@donhue4546 I think you mean Prince Buster's My National Ska (1964): ua-cam.com/video/DvA-bTUpAvk/v-deo.html
Here is the fact. Ska is the abbreviation of the word Skatalites. The creators of the art form. This from Roland Alphanso himself.
The Skatalites weren’t even a band until 1963. Prince Buster had been playing for years by that point and was already calling his music ‘ska’. So The Skatalites got their name from using Prince Buster’s term ‘ska’.
@@Illsamustache they formed in 1964,they took the word satalite and added the k from ska,and buster was calling his music boop boop music,the skatalites formed out of the baba brookes band,they were session players who got together and formed the skatalites in 1964
what’s the name of that tune playing from 2:37?
Freedom Ska by the Skatalites :)
SkA a way of life 🕴️🛵🕴️ Dublin lreland 🍀🇲🇱🇻🇦🇨🇮🍀 🕴️MODS 🕴️ keep the faith 🇬🇳🇻🇦🇮🇪🍀real music
its a dance and a music from 1963 till 1965
I don't believe nothing what they are saying about ska music,I believe that the word ska came from a African word.Ska was a African word named skatta,it means to moved.Sometime as a boy grewing up I useto heard many older people using it , when they were we quarreling with each other.They useto used the word skatta from here, that means you should moved.So they used the word ska to dance or to move around on the dance floor, so all of them is talking bullshit.My grandmother was born in 1896, and I useto heard her using the word skatta from here boy.That meant you should moved else she is going to whipped your ass if she catches you, so I strongly believes that how they got to used the word.I kinda of more believes Prince Buster about one of his friend Nick name skatta, because back into those days every boy has a nick name.I will haveto dismissed the rest of theories about how the word came about,it is a long time African word long before any of them was born.That white woman is talking bullshit, also Coxen wife is talking pure foolishness.They just not want to say it is an African word which was using for hundreds of years before any of them were born, they can only trying to fooled some people who does not know about the Jamaican culture.I born come hear my grandma, also my grandfather also the older people in my district using the word skatta from here.That how the word came from,none of them cannot what is the meaning of the word, and how it was used by the elder generation of Jamaicans.Everyone is very free to reply to my theory,my uncle was playing into a mento band long before any of them knowing about music. They just wanted to give the united States all the accolades about every music inventions, mento been around for hundreds of years by the slaves.The slaves used music to do their work,all of us grewing up and heard the elder generation singing songs what they learned from their parents.
Scatter is English* - it means scatter ! - all peoples take words from other languages just like they adapt their foods & anything else they like...*the English got it from the Norse..Plenty of West African words made it into (eg) Jamaican English. Nyam is Fulla or Peul & means what it means in Jamaica - I don't know if Sizzla Kalonji knows when he sings wi suma ndeye that he's speaking Wolof - It means Oh my mother, people in Senegambia say it all the time..
@@duearklar5795 What? What is "Wi suma ndeye?" I'm sure that's not what sizzla is saying though it may sound like that to you because you don't understand patois. The previous poster is incorrect. Scatter is English with our accent it's scatta it doesn't change the word we just change the "er" to "a". Nyam is also English it's basically comes from the sound made when eating.