The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKApril

Melbourne Ska Orchestra, "Lygon Street Meltdown" from Melbourne Ska Orchestra (The Last Angry Rude Boy)

Skammentary: Ska, as a genre, covers a range of musical styles & influences; the Melbourne Ska Orchestra (M.S.O.) falls squarely within the jazzy end of the genre. The M.S.O. also lives up to the orchestra moniker, boasting up to thirty-four members.) "Lygon Street Meltdown" upholds ska's venerable tradition of beseeching rude boys to amend their wayward ways while there is yet time.

"…Gangland wars in town,
Here come the Lygon Street meltdown.

"He recalled his mother's words:
'Crime will never pay,'
You cross the line,
Then you will suffer.

"Lygon Street meltdown!
Lygon Street meltdown!
Lygon Street meltdown!"

According to my research, Lygon Street is the heart of Melbourne's Little Italy.