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Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-24-2006, 06:30 PM

Where did I say that Ska wasn`t influenced by American artists?

You didn`t say New Orleans had Ska , you said the U.S. did. Big difference.
A few immigrants in one city does not mean the U.S. can lay claim to it.

I said in my post that the UK became the first to embrace it as a country , nothing in your sources contradicts that at all.As I keep saying the UK takes influences & builds on it.The Jamaican ska acts came over to the UK where they got their audience which in turn led to 2-tone , which was all British. That in turn led the the American ska bands of today.
As Boo Boo said the Jamaicans should lay credit to Ska , but the fact is it came to a bigger audience with it`s success in the UK.

And please tell me where the credibility on my arguement on dance music fails.

03-24-2006, 06:30 PM	#500 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Where did I say that Ska wasn`t influenced by American artists? You didn`t say New Orleans had Ska , you said the U.S. did. Big difference. A few immigrants in one city does not mean the U.S. can lay claim to it. I said in my post that the UK became the first to embrace it as a country , nothing in your sources contradicts that at all.As I keep saying the UK takes influences & builds on it.The Jamaican ska acts came over to the UK where they got their audience which in turn led to 2-tone , which was all British. That in turn led the the American ska bands of today. As Boo Boo said the Jamaicans should lay credit to Ska , but the fact is it came to a bigger audience with it`s success in the UK. And please tell me where the credibility on my arguement on dance music fails. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.