Under The Influence: 2 Tone Ska
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2015
- In the second episode of our series Under the Influence, we examine the late-70s ska revival in the UK, a movement built upon the fusion of punk rock and traditional ska. Led by the Specials, we look at how the cultural climate of the time period in the UK inspired the founding of 2 Tone Records and how that led to the ska movement in the 80s and 90s.
Under the Influence looks into some of the most important music scenes of our time, exploring the people, bands, and styles that changed the course of music forever. Narrated by modern day punk legend Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Operation Ivy, Transplants), Noisey delves deep into the worlds of New York Hardcore, British 2Tone Ska, and German Krautrock to find how these scenes were created, and how they continue to shape art, music, and culture today. Join us as we circle the globe to meet to everyone from x to y, to witness life under the influence.
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I'll never forget being introduced to Ska in 8th grade. This girl had Ska written on her notebook. I asked " what is skuh " she laughed said Ska and handed me her Walkman cassette player with an English Beat song playing. I still listen to a lot of Ska and i'm 50 years young. Ska !!!
"We weren't alien, we weren't exotic, We were their mates" That's true anti-racism defined for you lot here
Sadly that doesnt translate to anything, pocs still suffering
@@Veritas.0 telling someone who is suffering that they are suffering because of their mindset is to tell a person that you think their suffereing is their own fault and that they deserve it. This is just a cowardly way to avoid accepting the reality of things which you find uncomfortable to hear.
@@Veritas.0 Buddy, I'm quite successful, but I criticize your cowardice because I am a Christian and I believe that Christ told us to love our brothers.
I'm not successful because of my own merit. I'm fortunate and incredibly lucky. I didn't choose to be born the way I was, or with the advantages I have. I don't get any credit for that.
@@Veritas.0 unlike you I use my real name and I'm pretty easy to verify who I am and what I do.
But that's not the important thing. You're the one who tried to make this about my personal success. Except it isn't. It's about your lack of compassion.
@@Veritas.0 this is a legit new low for dumb bullshit I've read from people online. You can literally go check my public Facebook page. Ironic how you hide behind the "truth". (for reference for other commenters, is that the person I'm talking to: Veritas, their screen name is Latin for truth. A classic choice for dipshits who thrive on bad faith and sophistry (did you really think you were clever? 😂))
Literally go check it 🤣
2 tone ska is about the greatest argument for promoting and embracing immigration and integration that I have ever come across. Racial, cultural, ethnic, integration always seems to produce mind-bogglingly good and creative results, food, art, ideas. The kind nobody can even predict or imagine.
I lived in Britain during two tone, and you ate correct.
Word. Fucking quality.
Muslims won't want this. Windrush yes. Muslims no.
Seems kinda racist dude
Working class people are not the racist closed minded kinds the media will lead you to believe.
I grew up in SoCal and a cholo taught me how to skank at a yard show when I was in my teens. There’s never been another place that I’ve felt so accepted than in the ska community. They really just accepted anyone who wanted to be part of it, and I made lifelong friends going to those shows
Anyone coming back in 2020 and thinking we need a resurgence of this?
@@annedavis6090 Yup, that was kind of the point of the comment.
make ska great again.
@@danikoenig "Ranking come forward!"..🕴️🕴️🕺🕺✨
I hope some people watch this and get a history lesson!
@@JoshBeut some folks are so opaque, I see that I figured incorrectly here. I hope you are safe & well and I send you big oneLove..
"We grew up listening to music that was about helping you change your mind, not your fucking sneakers" Holy fuck, that quote. Can I have it on a shirt please?
I hope that's an ironic comment
LMAO , clever , size XL .Rude Boys 👍
6:55 "I heard this drummer playing reggae [but] he thought he was playing punk. All he knew was to hit it hard." is the purest definition
RIP Ranking Roger Rude boy. Legend.
In his Country of origin maybe!
Johnny Jabsco
RIP Ranking Roger 💜
@@robertroberts2666 In his country of origin and everywhere else that two tone hit.
Robert Roberts I can tell you Roger was very well known and respected in the USA in the early-mid 80s and beyond. Unless you were uncool.
Shame he was never invited into the Johnathan Ross show...
"WE HAD MORE SIMILARITIES THAN WE HAD DIFFERENCES"
RIP Terry Hall, always in our hearts
“You wear your best stuff, cause you don’t wanna look like a hippie.”
theugliestamerican that’s why i became a skin
Never Trust a Hippie. Pistols live album.
Although let’s be honest, myself included, hippies raised a lot of punk kids.
@@theugliestamerican yes they did.. its all that damn rock n roll baby🖤
creating and defining opposition is the refuge of the fearful
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
I’ve never met anyone who dislikes “Ghost Town”. From the opening bars to the eerie clarinet sound and the banshee backing vocals this song is so desolate and still relevant today.
Never more relevant than when the lockdowns hit…this song was waaay ahead of its time.
This town is scary like a ghost town 💯 classic
THANK YOU Noisey, Camera guy Sam, Elvis Cortez and Tim Armstrong, plus everyone else that worked hard on this awesome documentary! It was an honor to be mentioned along side all these legendary musicians. Mad respect and much love! -Happy Drunk Cartel
Saludos cabrones 🏁
happydrunk Cartel that’s right y’all! Getting the props y’all deserve. See y’all soon! 🔥💯
#happydrunkcartel
Nice work on the documentary!🤟
Great to see Pauline Black in this video.. I loved her in the 80's and still love her today.. so talented and such a lovely and charming woman
She's aged (hardly at all) amazingly well too. Still a brilliant live performer.
2 tone music became part of the Mod movement in the UK , which is still alive and kicking today . It will never leave , IT`S A WAY OF LIFE
It was Jamaican ska that became part of the Mod movement during the 60's
What an amazing trip! From Jamaica to the UK from Long Beach to Chile ( my motherland) I guess Ska means more tome than I thought. Our band had the privilege to open for Maldita Vecindad a couple of times and it was amazing. Great people mi gente Mexicana
Man, it's still going on, spreading the message. I'm 59 and just got turned on to "The Interrupters". "Babylon" brings me to tears sometimes. And then there's old songs like "For What It's Worth" from "Buffalo Springfield".
What a great programme. I grew up in the UK when Two Tone started and can confirm the more than any other musical style it appealed to everyone. Two Tone was the soundtrack to much of the anti racist action in the 80s.
I feel like modern Japanese ska is sort of the next evolution of the genre. Bands like Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Cool Wise Men, The Miceteeth, Beat Sunset etc. It seems that Japanese ska has a strong jazz influence but other genres too, and yet it still has an old school kind of sound somehow. Ska hasn't developed much in the West over the last 15 years, at least for now.
Hey thanks for the tips. I'm going through the list right now.
@@QualeQualeson Another band I just happened to remember is Cubetone. Another band with a sort of classic ska feel plus a smooth jazz element. That's why I like these bands in particular and it's in a lot of Japanese ska it seems.
It’s not supposed to. It is and always will be Jamaican Black music.
Many thanks for that, love TSPO but don't know the others.
Awful tripe
R.I.P Ranking Roger. Thanks for everything,
I was part of the 3rd wave of ska founding 2 Davis, CA bands: Affirmative Action (mid-1980s) & Punch the Clown (mid-1990s). We put out several albums and played with many of the bands featured here. It was fun to revisit those days via this doc. Thanks for posting!
Love love love. Thank you xx (I’m a grandma born 1971 - I’ve been skanking all my life)
Ska music is proletary and feels so good!!! Work class, we are mates of life!!!! With style and great sound for fun and tell all our problems about life & society...... Love this doc of Ska!!!! I can view this a million times!!!!! Big love from Argentina to all!!!
Fabulosos Cadillacs, Intocables, Todos tus Muertos, Sumo & many more!!!! Cheers and keep Ska playing at your stereo car!!!!
There's an amazing music scene in Beijing, and people of all scenes seem to get along quite well. Brilliant to see them represented here!
Then who this is Jamaica an England making 2 tone... Jamaica made ska
Ska is huge n Medellin, Colombia. Alive in young culture as it can be
Eso perra, yo también soy de Medallo. Que pesar que ya no hay buen ska en la radio. Por ahí escuché que la Moji volvía a tocar, voy a estár pendiente. En la buena loca.
It's great with cocaine!
Got to see Ska-P play there in '08, was so ridiculously good to come across the globe and find my people still
@@sebasagudelo50 ¿Con esta música también atracan y consumen allá en Medellín?
looking forward to it when I come to visit
*Clicks on video* *Op Ivy plays in the first 2 seconds*...well I guess I'm watching this
Boston was alive with it. So many bands everywhere. They would come and stay at folks apartments and local hangouts. We had such a great time. The city has changed some the music fades but still strong in the hearts of those that lived it.
I loved the Specials.... I wish there would be some of that on today's charts...I'm in Canada now, since 1975
What does being in Canada since 1975 have to do with it?
@@kadewilliams3301, I should have written that differently. We left England, where I lived, in 1975. I remember Ska music being out prior to that. When we came to Canada, it was strange not to hear it on the radio here.
The Specials latest album was no1 2 years ago
@@emeraldscorpio in 2019 they had a record.
@@Mr.Truxton aye it came out in Feb 2019 2 years ago
Wow. Not sure why this never popped up in my recommendations until now. One of the best music docs!!!! Also, RIP Rankin Roger. Still see the English Beat every couple years and brings back some great memories. So glad that Roger and Dave kept the music alive on both continents!!!
RIP Ranking Roger. The (English) Beat were such a big part of my youth that I listen to "Just Can't Stop It" and BAM I'm back in high school again.
Half gentleman half working-class!
love that , almost the best quote innit.
@@Coldcut '...That's what a harmonious society should be like' . That guy is so cool.
It was an honor to be in this documentary even for one second! 4th generation revival!
RIP ranking thanks for 70s good music we will miss you
I know old farts always say the old days were better, but anybody who was growing up in the late 70s/early 80s certainly had many good times on offer.
Better? We were bloody spoilt! I didn't have much when I was a kid but I definitely had the best music.
Ska was big in the 80s and 90s, but seemed to largely fade out of the mainstream in the 2000s. It still has a devoted worldwide following.
México y Latinoamérica presentes!
since hearing my dad play Prince buster Al Capone all them moons ago i was hooked
thank you for re-telling the story of the fight for freedom in the UK n re-illuminating the youngsters of the horrors and impacts of imperialism around the world and explaining why its fall was inevitable and just! We SHARPS love this! Learned a lot!
RIP Roger. What a legend. Gone too soon.
It was an honour to meet and talk with Ranking Roger last year when him and The Beat played in Bristol. I love that you got him in the series, he is a living legend as are the rest of the true 80s Coventry ska bands.
This was Awesome. In the credits, it states that "A Message to You Rudy" was written by the Specials. Actually that was written by Dandy Livingstone and covered by the Specials.
Read again (33:41) Music: "A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY" Written by: DANDY LIVINGSTONE Performed by: THE SPECIALS
@@o.b.7217 no! It’s was originally written, recorded and performed by Dandy Livingston in 1967!!!
And then rereleased in 1971 on the Trojan records label.
IT WAS NOT WRITEN FOR OR PRODUCED BY THE SPECIALS!
Great band as they were I must say!
@@djdefk2 that is what the comment is saying
@@djdefk2 released on ska-beat label 1967 and its rock steady,not ska
What a beautiful piece of history. Working class human beings coming together to create a cultural ripple.
Best 34 minutes I have spend on the internet ....
"it's okay. have fun." So true. Ska was a revelation to me starting to high school in the middle of grunge and gangsta.
Check out the Dutch ska band Doe Maar who were part of the second wave of Ska, they had songs with political content such as "De Bom" (The Bomb) about the atomic scare of the cold war. Or "Rumah Sajah"(My home) which is about indonesean people living in the netherlands having a tough time adapting. (Doe Maar vocalist and keyboard player Ernst janzs is from Indonesian heritage But also "Nachtmerrie op hol" (Nightmare on the loose) amd "Dansen met Alice" (Dancing with Alice) where they put themselves on one par with those English bands but never broke big outside the Netherlands or Belgium because of their choice to sing in Dutch.
Sting cited them as a band he cosidered to be formidable.
thanks for sharing! cheers
I was a little late to Operation Ivy and other ska bands, I was born in '82. My best friend's older brother played us the music in the 90s and we were hooked. To this there is always some ska on my playlist.
God bless Terry, the man who had the foresight to start it all, RIP
That 2 Tone movement was so good. Look was cool and the music even better.
As kids, race was irrelevant for us. We never saw skin colour. These were just groups that we loved, full of incredibly talented people, that we rightly admired.
And Jerry Dammers, is the real deal.
Next level genius.
Ska came to life in my hood, shy south of Oakcliff - in the borders. Heavy tirals man. Kids man, fighting for our right to live and love and be with our friends, fighting gangers and goose steppers - Heavy crip lifestyle there, but dirty south ideals.
Ska got the punks and they came to us like, hey man, lets get together and make a space we can survive in.
Kids stop seeing colour when their parents are struggling together, too. We all had it. I rep oakcliff every day, but not the anarchy so much as the unity. people fighting to work together.
Nothings wrong with acknowledging skin color dude. It’s seeing it that helps actually, it’s pretending it doesn’t matter that doesn’t help.
I just want to thank Tony hawk Pro skater for introducing me to Ska🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
The Beat....the best 2-tone creation of them all, by a mile & one of the best bands of all time, full stop (no pun intended!)
when I was 15 I was a 2-tone freak, around then mojo (?) put out a 2-tone special mag and I inhaled everything in it.. this was around 2005 and mom wouldn't buy a computer. Nice to hear some of the greats speak.
RIP Terry Hall - thinking of you :(
Love their 2-TONE since 1980, we could buy most of this records in Yugoslavia
The Untouchables were left outof the Cali segment. They were there in the early 80's. They are in the movie Repo man too.
Rusty Pelican, Is that a bar in Oceanside?
Mandingo!!!! A real mean dude. Mandingo!!!! The rudest of rude.
@@MrSpikebender I think I remember a restaurant called the Rusty Pelican in Long Beach in the 80's
@Michael Savin Yea!!!! at least the long term is still firing. LOL
RIP Roger...thank you
Turned off my news
turned up some SKA
and im better for it.
Damn good.lesson for me too. Dont go for the low hanging horror fruit. See who or what has been documenting music
This show brought a whole new meaning after my child watched Yo Gabba Gabba since this first came out. I found myself shockingly recognizing the Aquabats and other artists featured on that show.
Everyone danced to Dance Craze at the cinema. Saw it 3 times in one day. I was exhausted by the end of it. Totally worth it. Skankin'.
R.I.P Ranking Roger
I'm so fucking glad Vice is using their money to make awesome pieces/series like this.
They went in on this episode, seems to be no interview spared... Traveling all around the world for a 20 second clip.
Loved it
... Never knew this beautiful music I grew up on has such a history
So Don Letts is why I like dub reggae ... Kool !!! Thanks Don .
remember the original SKA fae the 60s was brilliant i didnt know the 60s at the time but i love the 60s SKA
"Narrated by Tim Armstrong"??? Now I've seen everything.
johnnyconsumer much more understandable while speaking
thought he was a perfect for this
No. Two Tone is English. It's like asking some nob head like Danny Dyer to narrate a Doors documentary.
I got that impression also. I will definitely have to memorize this now too fml. I love mimicking that voice. His Mr grinch is the highlight of his career.
@@johnnyjabsco1999 Two Tone is English? The documentary heads to Los Angeles at about the 13 minute mark.
i nearly cried at the end there. r.i.p also to john bradburry and every other rude boy that passed on
The Beat were my favourite band of the era. Their influences were all there to see but what came out of them was something most excellent and original, very musical.
Just the best music scene. Happy to be a kid at school when two tone broke. Ska'd me for life.
The music is just as relevant today as it ever was.
They were called The Specials because they were.
Man, this is really great. Between the NYHC & this 2Tone doc, you guys are really covering really great scenes. These were the scenes of all the older kids I looked up to and 2 tone and nyhc really defined whom I am and what I stand for. Cheers Noisey you guys are doing it right. I want to see a revival of ska punk and hardcore. I want to see kids dealving into the 80's scenes and embracing them, and keeping the spirit alive. Oi! Oi! Oi! from the Lower East Side. STAY RUDE STAY REBEL
I've seen this like 5 times. I regret nothing
I bought The Beat's debut album in 1980 and still love it to this day.
Much of my influence on my way of being is because of Harcore music.
So thank you so much to all the bands that I've heard since my youthful days. Most of them are represented here. Pride in enjoying this kind of sound.
Until death. I learned from the old school in the 80's. Best regards to the Hardcore Mafia of the World.
HARDCORE STILL LIVES !!!
Do an under the influence documentary on the original first wave industrial music scene.
this series is so well made - thanks dudes!
Dave Wakeling on "Stand Down, Margaret" .. "ended up being the longest serving Prime Minister in British history; all my fault!" lol.
I love Dickie Barrett, love that they spoke to him. What a great documentary.
The bosstones were my first favorite band. I was born in 1990. By '93 my 26 year old dad was driving around blasting 'more noise...' and I fell in love by repetition if anything. They were also the first band I saw live when I was 6 years old right after 'lets face it' came out, which was my own first cd.
Guys! Do you happen to know what song is playing while he speaks ?
Fell in love with ska when I first took pills at home with my roommate.we thought we would jump around listening to trance music but no. The ska playlist we had squeezed our seratonins out of our brain. That’s when I know ska music will be in my veins forever
That was a great video on the influence of 2 Tone and SKA. Thanks for sharing!
Love how you credit the great Don Letts and his influence on British multi culturalism Punk and the Two Tone Ska revival.
Superb !!
Man.... LOVED this!! Nice to relive the past! And your interviews were amazing! Thanks so much for putting this together🙏
Rest in peace Ranking Roger you will be missed
Heartbroken
@@tani4ana8 same i just shared this video like rest in peace ranking roger i loved his story he was a punk no white mates cared he was a punk
@@tani4ana8 don letts = epic i love his pronunciation of punk rock
You're thinking of Ranking Roger... Raking Roger is the gardener. 🤣
Chesterette yeah i spelled it wrong lol
I loved it when musicians made depressing songs with upbeat and bouncy sounding music to back it up. I believe that catches more attention than being one dimensional in terms of mood. A lot of 2 Tone sound similar, but it's always fun.
what's so depressing about baggy trousers? MC Hammer made a fortune with them.
Awesome job Noisey! It's my favorite music - started listening to it late 70s, early 80's - and still to this day!
Brilliant documentary - thank you to all the creators and participators! Salute!
Thank you, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for making this and showcasing how huge ska is in latinamerican culture from the US to the rest of the Americas. You have no idea how ingrained in our popular youth culture it is and our resistance to oppresion.
Skank till ya rank and bop till ya drop... KEEP SKA ALIVE😎
Maldita vecindad presente!!!!! Siguelo siguelo!!
Music is an amazing force that joins all races in peace
RIP Ranking Roger, x
This was a pretty rad documentary
It's super rad
everytime i watch this i just cry and cry it's so good. they nailed it pretty much.
Noisey!!! Thank you for this special. It brought memories and happiness. Rude Boy for life.
LOVED THIS! i grew up on ska in 90's so-cal, it was my identity as a teenager
Better late than never😂
i love horns in punk, like maldita vecindad they got energy!
i'm a biker and i love two tone i never want to lose it thank you x
Thank you for sharing with the class Tim
REST IN PEACE LEI JUN
MR.DON LETTS!!!!! KING
Absolutely loved this! We are so diverse and amazing.
Best Ska-umentary ever. The history,style,Tim Armstrong, political relevance and transcendance of cultures all over the world.Ska s Not Dead! Loved it thank you thank you so much.