Monday, August 27, 2018

The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKAugust

Reel Big Fish, "S.R." from Turn the Radio Off (The Last Angry Rude Boy)

Skammentary: In the salad days of 1998, when I'd espied barely the tip of the iceberg of ska, I had no idea that influential & much beloved ska bands had already come & gone. Suburban Rhythm broke up three years before their only album, the appropriately self-titled Suburban Rhythm, was released. At the time, when I first heard "S.R.," I had no idea who Suburban Rhythm were, though I intuited the basics from context clues.
"What ever happened to Suburban Rhythm?
Why did Ed and Scott quit?
Please don't go, Suburban Rhythm,
All the other bands are just shit…"

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