Reel Big Fish-Turn the Radio Off!-You will have to forgive
me, I grew up in the north east and ska was strong source of regional pride in
the late 90s. Mighty Mighty Boss Tones, Letters to Cleo, Bim Skala Bim, the old
school Dropkick Murphys-and the California based “Reel Big Fish”.
Turn the Radio Off may not be church based-in fact it has
several “not suitable for church” songs.
Those are also my favorite. “She Has a Girlfriend Now” is one of the funniest
songs in ska, in particular towards the end. “Trendy” has some of the best lyrics,
and is a surprisingly deep song “It’s not so bad being trendy everyone who
looks like me is my friend.” Could easily be read as a subtle dig towards the
Goth, hipster “In order to express myself I have to look like everyone else”
scene. Punk does the same thing, sadly. Few punks actually look or act like
authentic punks.
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