Skanking (dancing, dance, punk, reggae, shows)

Chicken And Waffuls · 09-05-2005, 11:00 AM

Ahhhh skaking.....My favorite form of dance. Every show I go to I have to break down into skaking. The best thing about skaking is that there is no wrong way to skank. Me, I like to put one hand behind my back and swing the other hand while im going around in the pit.

So what are some ways you guys skank? No wrong or right answer.

Discuss.

All_Nite_Dinah · 09-05-2005, 12:33 PM

Wrong there is a wrong way to skank. And if your doing it at punk shows I have this strange fee;ling your doing it wrong. Flailing your arms and running in place isnt skanking. Its just flailing your arms and running in place.

SATCHMO · 09-05-2005, 12:39 PM

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. 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.

Chicken And Waffuls · 09-05-2005, 03:57 PM

Chill out guys. I know what it is. But do you have any variations on the way you skank?

SATCHMO · 09-05-2005, 04:00 PM

Generally I try to find the biggest dopiest skinhead at the show and run in place behind him while punching him repititiously in the kidneys. That usually shakes things up a bit.

right-track · 09-05-2005, 04:18 PM

^ Haha.

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.

All_Nite_Dinah · 09-05-2005, 11:01 PM

There isnt really any style to skainking. Its about letting the natural rythm go through you. Its not like theres specific moves. Why is it thst every so often someone comes along and makes one of these threads without ever knowing what skanking is?

pooch · 09-06-2005, 10:04 AM

yeah, having heard all those points, i would say theres a bad way to skank, it goes

putting your left arm and lag up at the same time, and then putting your right arm and leg up at the same time, in a kind of retarded march
i ****ign love a good skank, but i can't that long for my smoke infested lungs

weezer4life · 09-07-2005, 06:31 PM

Hehe. I love to skank. But I'll admit I'm not the best at it. It's just something with my legs. They don't want to move right or something. At school dances me and my friends will try skank to something that isn't even ska. It's funny.

Sophisattic · 09-18-2005, 01:45 PM

Je l'avoue! I'm a "retarded march"er. But its still classed as skanking because its any form of dancing to reggae/ska music.

If bouncing around like a strange little reptile is wrong, I don't want to be right!!

09-05-2005, 11:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chicken And Waffuls Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 326	Skanking Ahhhh skaking.....My favorite form of dance. Every show I go to I have to break down into skaking. The best thing about skaking is that there is no wrong way to skank. Me, I like to put one hand behind my back and swing the other hand while im going around in the pit. So what are some ways you guys skank? No wrong or right answer. Discuss.

09-05-2005, 12:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
All_Nite_Dinah Not Impressed Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 741	Wrong there is a wrong way to skank. And if your doing it at punk shows I have this strange fee;ling your doing it wrong. Flailing your arms and running in place isnt skanking. Its just flailing your arms and running in place. __________________ If I cant dance I dont want to be part of your revolution. DEATH TO FALSE DUDES!

09-05-2005, 11:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
All_Nite_Dinah Not Impressed Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 741	There isnt really any style to skainking. Its about letting the natural rythm go through you. Its not like theres specific moves. Why is it thst every so often someone comes along and makes one of these threads without ever knowing what skanking is? __________________ If I cant dance I dont want to be part of your revolution. DEATH TO FALSE DUDES!

09-05-2005, 12:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	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. 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.

09-05-2005, 03:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chicken And Waffuls Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 326	Chill out guys. I know what it is. But do you have any variations on the way you skank?

09-05-2005, 04:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Generally I try to find the biggest dopiest skinhead at the show and run in place behind him while punching him repititiously in the kidneys. That usually shakes things up a bit.

09-05-2005, 04:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	^ Haha. 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.

09-06-2005, 10:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
pooch Groupie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Mills Posts: 39	yeah, having heard all those points, i would say theres a bad way to skank, it goes putting your left arm and lag up at the same time, and then putting your right arm and leg up at the same time, in a kind of retarded march i ****ign love a good skank, but i can't that long for my smoke infested lungs

09-07-2005, 06:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
weezer4life Groupie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 5	Hehe. I love to skank. But I'll admit I'm not the best at it. It's just something with my legs. They don't want to move right or something. At school dances me and my friends will try skank to something that isn't even ska. It's funny.

09-18-2005, 01:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sophisattic Groupie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I physically live in England Posts: 22	Je l'avoue! I'm a "retarded march"er. But its still classed as skanking because its any form of dancing to reggae/ska music. If bouncing around like a strange little reptile is wrong, I don't want to be right!!