Nothing for Something, "Ska Kids" courtesy Sergeant Ska (The Last Angry Rude Boy)
Skammentary: Not long after the Summer of Ska, the broader public moved on, searching for the "next big thing" to embrace & then abandon. But ska had touched the souls of a few of us, who eventually recognized ourselves as ska kids, even as we became old farts. I will always be grateful for the Summer of Ska, for the fleeting spike in ska's popularity, because otherwise I might never have learned of this most treasured of musical genres, but it made altogether more sense for ska to go back to being a wacky, obscure subculture.
"Well, many guys will leave the show tonight
With a little girl in tow (alright),
For us it's always just dance, dance, dance,
And we never will get a chance.
"'Cause ska kids, we never get laid (Hey!),
And ska bands, we never get paid (Hey!),
Oh no, oh no, oh no…"
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