PickItUp-PickItUp-PickItUuuuuup!
| PickItUp-PickItUp-PickItUuuuuup! | |
| Created by: | bootylicious |
| Tracks: | 20 |
| Length: | 00:59:34 |
| Keywords |
1. ska 2. rudy 3. skank |
| Created on | 5/28/06 1:33am |
| Level | 5 |
| Points | 2435 |
| Total visitors | 155 |
| Unique visitors | 76 |
description:
This mix is for all you kids out there that are rudies at heart! If the title means something to you, if you know what skanking is, or if you may have, at one point, worn black and white checkered slip-ons.. this one goes out to you!
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| 1 | The Aquabats : Super Rad! |
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No great ska mix would be complete without something from the most fun ska band in the world! This song is "bouncy" and happy and just all around fun! The Aquabats know how to do it best.
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Track 1 from The Fury Of
Length: 00:03:04 Year: 1997 |
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No great ska mix would be complete without something from the most fun ska band in the world! This song is "bouncy" and happy and just all around fun! The Aquabats know how to do it best. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Less Than Jake : Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts |
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Less Than Jake is another great ska band that has become more popular recently.. unfortunately their newer stuff isn't really ska so much.. so here's a great song off one of their best albums to show off what they can really do.
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Track 2 from Losing Streak
Length: 00:02:49 Year: 1996 |
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Less Than Jake is another great ska band that has become more popular recently.. unfortunately their newer stuff isn't really ska so much.. so here's a great song off one of their best albums to show off what they can really do. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Voodoo Glow Skulls : Shoot the Moon |
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On a bit of the heavier side of ska here, more punk influenced is the Voodoo Glow Skulls. This song is fast and its a little harder to pick up on the ska rythm in the guitars, but its there, and its got the all-important horns as well.
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Track 3 from Firme
Length: 00:03:23 Year: 1995 |
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On a bit of the heavier side of ska here, more punk influenced is the Voodoo Glow Skulls. This song is fast and its a little harder to pick up on the ska rythm in the guitars, but its there, and its got the all-important horns as well. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Millencolin : Da Strike |
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Another fast-paced song, this song about bowling is much more obviously ska than the last song.
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Track 4 from Same Old Tunes
Length: 00:03:01 Year: 1999 |
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Another fast-paced song, this song about bowling is much more obviously ska than the last song. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | The O.C. Supertones : Supertones Strike Back |
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Normally I don't really condone listening to heavily Jesus bands, but I have to make an exception for the Supertones because they are just so darn RAD! This song has an epic sort of intro before it hits the telltale ska beat, and even though its all about God and Jesus, you can't help but get up and dance to this one.
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Track 5 from Supertones Strike Back
Length: 00:02:41 Year: 1997 |
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Normally I don't really condone listening to heavily Jesus bands, but I have to make an exception for the Supertones because they are just so darn RAD! This song has an epic sort of intro before it hits the telltale ska beat, and even though its all about God and Jesus, you can't help but get up and dance to this one. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Goldfinger : Superman |
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Recently I have realized that a HUGE portion of the music I love today can be traced back to several snowboarding/skateboarding videos and video games.. this is one of the songs that started it all.. straight off the Tony Hawk 1 soundtrack.. 7 years later I still know every word!
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Track 6 from Hang-Ups
Length: 00:03:07 Year: 1997 |
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Recently I have realized that a HUGE portion of the music I love today can be traced back to several snowboarding/skateboarding videos and video games.. this is one of the songs that started it all.. straight off the Tony Hawk 1 soundtrack.. 7 years later I still know every word! SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Cousin Oliver : Chuck |
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Cousin Oliver is a fantastic, little-known ska/punk band with only one album.. but it is one great album indeed. The songs are catchy and generally pretty funny. This Gem, titled "Chuck" is about a boy we all know quite well.. his name is Charlie Brown.
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Track 7 from (818)
Length: 00:03:25 Year: 1997 |
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Cousin Oliver is a fantastic, little-known ska/punk band with only one album.. but it is one great album indeed. The songs are catchy and generally pretty funny. This Gem, titled "Chuck" is about a boy we all know quite well.. his name is Charlie Brown. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Reel Big Fish : Beer |
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The first time I saw RBF in concert they played this song twice in a row and then once more in the encore.. because it kicks that much ass. A fantastic song by a fantastic band.. this song is about problems with a girl and drinking beer.. and don't we all know too much about both of those..
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Track 8 from Turn the Radio Off
Length: 00:03:31 Year: 1996 |
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The first time I saw RBF in concert they played this song twice in a row and then once more in the encore.. because it kicks that much ass. A fantastic song by a fantastic band.. this song is about problems with a girl and drinking beer.. and don't we all know too much about both of those.. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Five Iron Frenzy : Phantom Mullet |
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"Cuttin' it short on top/I want that for me/You're growin' it long in the back/So savage and so free" I know mullets are trendy, but I liked them way before that, and obviously so did Five Iron Frenzy. This song is so awesome, and fun.
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Track 9 from All the Hype That Money Can Buy
Length: 00:03:01 Year: 2000 |
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"Cuttin' it short on top/I want that for me/You're growin' it long in the back/So savage and so free" I know mullets are trendy, but I liked them way before that, and obviously so did Five Iron Frenzy. This song is so awesome, and fun. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Operation Ivy : Unity |
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No horns in this one, I could have used Reel Big Fish's cover if I wanted the horns, but its still got that ska rythm, and you have to give major cred to Op Ivy because they are such an amazing and influential band.. I couldn't NOT put Op Ivy on here, especially since they are another one of those bands that I have to credit with getting me into so much good music. I think many, many people today would be wise to listen to this song.. SHOW MORE
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Track 10 from Energy
Length: 00:02:15 Year: 1991 |
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No horns in this one, I could have used Reel Big Fish's cover if I wanted the horns, but its still got that ska rythm, and you have to give major cred to Op Ivy because they are such an amazing and influential band.. I couldn't NOT put Op Ivy on here, especially since they are another one of those bands that I have to credit with getting me into so much good music. I think many, many people today would be wise to listen to this song.. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | MU330 : Fat and Married |
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Like most of the other bands on this CD, a ska compilation just wouldn't be complete without these guys. Though the lyrics in this song are basically the same thing repeated over with little variation, its still a great song.. about why you shouldn't get married for comfort..
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Track 11 from Chumps On Parade
Length: 00:03:06 |
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Like most of the other bands on this CD, a ska compilation just wouldn't be complete without these guys. Though the lyrics in this song are basically the same thing repeated over with little variation, its still a great song.. about why you shouldn't get married for comfort.. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Fishbone : Ugly |
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Fishbone- yet another great ska band.. I love the way the vocals sound on this song.. almost like a certain oldie which one I can't quite remember. Plus its about the people we all hate and know should just stay home and never come out.. UGLY ONES. SHOW MORE
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Track 12 from Fishbone
Length: 00:02:52 Year: 1985 |
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Fishbone- yet another great ska band.. I love the way the vocals sound on this song.. almost like a certain oldie which one I can't quite remember. Plus its about the people we all hate and know should just stay home and never come out.. UGLY ONES. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Rx Bandits : Teen Idol |
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A great song by a great band about idolizing a slutty girl and wondering how to be like her. Because she looks so happy because she sleeps around. Brilliant.
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Track 13 from Those Damn Bandits
Length: 00:02:27 |
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A great song by a great band about idolizing a slutty girl and wondering how to be like her. Because she looks so happy because she sleeps around. Brilliant. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | The Hippos : Wasting My Life |
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Why are so many good ska songs about girls? Not quite sure, really.. this one is about a guy waiting around for a girl who hates him and is way out of his league.
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Track 14 from Heads Are Gonna Roll
Length: 00:02:39 Year: 1999 |
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Why are so many good ska songs about girls? Not quite sure, really.. this one is about a guy waiting around for a girl who hates him and is way out of his league. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Edna's Goldfish : Eventually, Anyway |
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Yet another great song, again about love and loss and girls who don't like you.. this is really becoming a trend on this CD.. don't worry it will break soon.
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Track 15 from Before You Knew Better
Length: 00:02:13 |
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Yet another great song, again about love and loss and girls who don't like you.. this is really becoming a trend on this CD.. don't worry it will break soon. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Buck-O-Nine : My Town |
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This is a great, chilled out ska song about the good nostalgic feeling of gettin' back to the old school and goin' back to your home town.. enjoying things like the good old days when everthing wasn't so complicated.
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Track 16 from Ska Trax: The New Generation
Length: 00:03:35 |
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This is a great, chilled out ska song about the good nostalgic feeling of gettin' back to the old school and goin' back to your home town.. enjoying things like the good old days when everthing wasn't so complicated. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | The Pietasters : Out All Night |
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Ok, that was a nice break, but now we're back to the girls. This time its an evil bitch who causes him to stay out all night cause he doesn't want to come home.. this is also a trend in these songs.
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Track 17 from Willis
Length: 00:03:16 Year: 1997 |
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Ok, that was a nice break, but now we're back to the girls. This time its an evil bitch who causes him to stay out all night cause he doesn't want to come home.. this is also a trend in these songs. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Bim Skala Bim : Pete Needs A Friend |
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One of my all time favorites, I just love the sound of this song. Its got a great ska rythm, excellent horns, great vocals and great lyrics.. fairly catchy as well. Also a great song to skank to.. much like the next. SHOW MORE
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Track 18 from Universal
Length: 00:03:28 |
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One of my all time favorites, I just love the sound of this song. Its got a great ska rythm, excellent horns, great vocals and great lyrics.. fairly catchy as well. Also a great song to skank to.. much like the next. SHOW LESS
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| 19 | The Gadjits : Beautiful Girl |
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Another one of my all time favorites, this song again has a great ska rythm, great lyrics and vocals, awesome guitar, and some sweet-ass keyboards goin on!
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Track 19 from At Ease
Length: 00:02:48 Year: 2004 |
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Another one of my all time favorites, this song again has a great ska rythm, great lyrics and vocals, awesome guitar, and some sweet-ass keyboards goin on! SHOW LESS
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| 20 | The Specials : A Message to You Rudy |
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This is a great song to end a fantastic ska mix on. With this song we go back to the old-school.. while everything on this CD so far has been third-wave ska, this song takes us back to second-wave.. Its bands like The Specials that influenced, without a doubt, every single other band on this CD, as well as so many other great non-ska bands such as The Police, The Clash and even Elvis Costello. SHOW MORE
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Track 20 from Specials
Length: 00:02:53 Year: 1979 |
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This is a great song to end a fantastic ska mix on. With this song we go back to the old-school.. while everything on this CD so far has been third-wave ska, this song takes us back to second-wave.. Its bands like The Specials that influenced, without a doubt, every single other band on this CD, as well as so many other great non-ska bands such as The Police, The Clash and even Elvis Costello. SHOW LESS
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The Lotto Badge
How appropriate! Backstreet & Yute Rockers on Friday, I'll be sure to warm up to this. :)
10/31/07 1:57pm
The Yay! Badge VII
Big points for "Super Rad!" alone. *holds decoder ring in the air
9/20/07 3:26pm
Team Robot Member
I was brought up on original ska from Prince Buster on, loved the two tone thing back home in England, and I don't know many of the bands you mention, but because of you, I will! Thanks! +++
9/20/06 11:34am
The One Year Anniversary Badge
SKA!! you have some great tracks on here, loving The Aquabats and Reel Big Fish
8/7/06 6:28pm
The Level 21 Badge
dude, my mix is pretty much exclusively third-wave ska, except for the specials at the end, which is second-wave. maybe youre too elitist for the third-wave but thats the ska that i grew up on. and you pretty much cant make a third-wave ska mix without having most of it be ska-punk bands.. since thats pretty much what third-wave is. ska is built on a fundamental rythm, which all of these bands use.. i would never define ska as anything that has horns, and i havent. if you listen to my mix you will notice that every song is built off the same rythm, whether it has horns or not. they all have the same elements of ska in them.
my point is, you cant say this mix is not ska.. it might not be the oldschool second-wave ska like the specials or even first-wave like the skatalites, but it is still ska.. every one of those bands was influenced by bands like the specials and the skatalites, and they developed their own style of ska which became the third-wave.
my point is, you cant say this mix is not ska.. it might not be the oldschool second-wave ska like the specials or even first-wave like the skatalites, but it is still ska.. every one of those bands was influenced by bands like the specials and the skatalites, and they developed their own style of ska which became the third-wave.
7/29/06 10:46am
The 1000th Track Badge
So...this is probably going to sound pretty elitist. But what the fuck. How in hell did you make a ska mix pretty much exclusively of pop-punk bands with horn sections? I mean seriously, one would think you'd have slightly more actual ska on there...
7/29/06 12:57am
The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
Ska rules! Don't know any of these bands apart from The Specials but I mainly know old school ska bands like The Selecter and Special A.K.A.
7/14/06 11:50am
The Riot Badge
i've liked the voodoo glow skulls since i was like 9 years old, my mom got me into them. Points for that alone!!
6/15/06 9:46pm
The Yay! Badge VI
there are very few things i hate more than punk. ska is one of them. +1 for effort
6/13/06 1:26am
The Beta Badge II
there are few things I hate more than ska-punk.
i'll be nice and put aside my genre-hate and give a neutral rating.
i'll be nice and put aside my genre-hate and give a neutral rating.
6/7/06 12:42am
The 6/6/6 Badge
I can't stand ska, but looks like some thought was put into this +1, and an additional +1 for managing to break the page with your long one word name.
5/29/06 9:15am
