Skanking

jackhammer · 02-13-2009, 05:35 PM

I'm sorry but I much prefer this MMB track:

**Janszoon** · 02-13-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I'm sorry but I much prefer this MMB track:

Yeah, that's a good one too. Is it a cover of a Slapshot song? If so, I was never aware of that before.

jackhammer · 02-13-2009, 05:43 PM

No. It's an original as far as I know and from their best album: More Noises and Other Disturbances. It's a lot edgier than later releases.

**Janszoon** · 02-13-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

No. It's an original as far as I know and from their best album: More Noises and Other Disturbances. It's a lot edgier than later releases.

Yeah, I've owned More Noises and Other Disturbances for years, but the image on the YouTube video seemed to imply that "What's at Stake" is cover of a Slapshot song. If it is, that's news to me but I wouldn't be surprised since both bands come from the scene at the same time.

I dig More Noises and Other Disturbances but I have to say I disagree about it being their best. My favorite is probably their first album Devil's Night Out, the album "Hope I Never Lose My Wallet" is from.

EDIT: Ah, according to Wikipedia it is a cover of a Slapshot song. I never knew that!

BoopieJones · 02-16-2009, 09:42 AM

I prefer Beeswatting, ;P

~~LeftInCompany~~ · 02-27-2009, 02:12 PM

I've been to ska shows though im not an avid listener... I always saw it moving in circles kinda like skipping stutter step. I'd like to try it next time im @ a ska show.

Roemilca · 02-28-2009, 12:32 PM

Skank N' Go Nutts

Dimebagblues22 · 03-03-2009, 09:20 AM

Lol, I never heard of skanking before.

Lisnaholic · 05-16-2018, 06:26 AM

(http://www.musicbanter.com/games-lis...litz-game.html)

Strangely enough, this is the first MB thread I've come across that's devoted to dance. Is that just me, or does MB under-represent dance ?

Anyway, if you want to try legitimate skanking, you gotta learn some steps, I guess - otherwise, as someone said on page one, it's just dancing.

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Originally Posted by right-track

What was it the skinheads used to dance to 'MADNESS'.
Was it the - nutty dance?
The one in which two skinheads would dance, face to face and repeatedly head butt each other.

^ This sounds so much like the opposite of fun, but never having tried it I can't say for sure.

Neapolitan · 06-21-2018, 12:57 PM

^The background music in the video isn't what I expected.

It reminds me of two things, one: the Pony, & two: how they use to dance in Ska bands. I am not sure when and where the term originated. But it seems it evolved and cross genres. Ben Carr from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones has been accused of "skanking," but I don't know if that is what they called it back in the 70s.

In Ska, I guess it can range from the very subtle (like Ranking Roger) to more elaborate ways (like the whole Selecter band). The Mighty Mighty Bosstones always seem like a Two-tone revival band, and took everything they could from those bands, even their dance moves. I guess it takes America a decade and half to wake up to what's happening in the UK? nah j/k ("I kid, I am a kidder.")

The Beat - Tears Of A Clown (Top Of The Pops 1979)

The Selecter - On My Radio (1979)

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Skanking is just dancing. It goes as far back as the original dance hall days where people would dance quite normally to the music, quite well but quite normally.

^ This could be the "Shimmy."

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

It is not, as all-nite said, running in place & flailing your arms. Its also not what you do in a circle pit. Its just dancing, pure and simple.

^ This could possibly be the "Windmill."

02-13-2009, 05:35 PM	#21 (permalink)
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02-13-2009, 05:43 PM	#23 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	No. It's an original as far as I know and from their best album: More Noises and Other Disturbances. It's a lot edgier than later releases. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

02-28-2009, 12:32 PM	#27 (permalink)
Roemilca Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 412	Skank N' Go Nutts __________________

03-03-2009, 09:20 AM	#28 (permalink)
Dimebagblues22 Groupie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: in the woods Posts: 10	Lol, I never heard of skanking before. __________________ "I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me." -Jimi Hendrix

02-16-2009, 09:42 AM	#25 (permalink)
BoopieJones Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SI, NY Posts: 54	I prefer Beeswatting, ;P

02-27-2009, 02:12 PM	#26 (permalink)
~~LeftInCompany~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15	I've been to ska shows though im not an avid listener... I always saw it moving in circles kinda like skipping stutter step. I'd like to try it next time im @ a ska show.