The Skluttz, "Ska Police" from the Confidence Is Key E.P. (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)
Skammentary: "Ska Police" lampoons the divisions & snootiness that afflict even the ska community. SKApril has always taken as broadminded a view of ska as is possible for your highly opinionated narrator. Over these ten years we've highlighted bands as diverse as Desmond Dekker & "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Specials & The A-OKs, Potshot & Sublime, not to mention Reel Big Fish, Prince Buster, Streetlight Manifesto*, The Specials, & The Interrupters.
"I always wonder why they want to run us out of town,Wow, ten years of SKApril! That's three hundred different songs by eighty-four bands. Stick around for the SKAfter Party, & here's to the next ten years of SKApril. Don't stop skanking, rude boys & girls.
Like loving certain bands will make you better than the crowd,
If you love first wave, 2-tone, third wave, reggae, dub, ska-punk,
Just let the people have their music, like, who gives a fuck?
"Do you like ska?
"Oh, I love ska!
"So, what's your favorite ska band?
"I love Reel Big Fish.
"Ugh. Well, actually—"
"If there's a ska show, then you know I'm gonna wanna go,
It doesn't matter if there's horns or if it's northern soul,
But at the end of the night you know someone's gonna say,
'I bet Prince Buster must be rolling over in his grave!'
"Is this ska?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
Didn't reggae come first?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
You wear too many checkers!
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
What wave is this again?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
Now here come the Rudies and they look a little meaner,
If you like *Streetlight it's a Class A misdemeanor!
"So many people with so many tastes, can't please them all.
So many differnet sounds that all seem to unite in ska.
But all these different sounds they always seem to cause a furor,
Get at a ska revival feuding over who is right.
"Do they even have a horn section?
"Man, seven people and not one Fred Perry shirt!
"This, you know, this is, this is really more reggae than ska.
"The only good song they played is a cover.
"If we could come together, set aside our differences,
No one would have to feel ashamed about their preferences,
So have your first wave, 2-tone, third wave, reggae, dub, ska-punk,
The only thing that really matters is we pick it up!
"Is this ska?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
Didn't reggae come first?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
You wear too many checkers!
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
What wave is this again?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
Now here come the Punks and they look a little meaner,
If you listen to The Specials it's a Class A misdemeanor!
"Is this ska?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
Didn't reggae come first?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
You wear too many checkers!
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
What wave is this again?
(Ska Police are coming for you!)
Now here come the Mods and they look a little meaner,
If you like The Interrupters it's a Class A misdemeanor!
"Ska Police are coming for you!
Ska Police are coming for you!
Ska Police are coming for you!
Ska Police are coming for you!
"(Woah-oh-oh) Ska Police are coming for you!
(Woah-oh-oh) Ska Police are coming for you!
(Woah-oh-oh) Ska Police are coming for you!
(Woah-oh-oh) Ska Police are coming for you!
"This band is basically Smash Mouth."
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