Saturday, August 3, 2024

The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKAugust

Reel Big Fish, "The Kids Don't Like It" from Why Do They Rock So Hard? (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)

Skammentary: 1999 was a seminal year, but also an ominous year. The Third Wave of ska had crested & was receding: In 1999, The Aquabats! released The Aquabats! vs. the Floating Eye of Death… & The Hippos released Heads Are Gonna Roll, both bands moving away from their ska sound. Just two years after my introduction to ska & the very year after Reel Big Fish released Why Do They Rock So Hard? & Less Than Jake released Hello Rockview, ska-punk was on the wane.
"Don't you know we tried to do something new?
It may sound real good, but I don't think were getting through!
Because the kids don't like it! (No, no!)
The kids don't like it! (No, no, no!)
The kids don't like it, no, they don't like it at all!
I said, the kids don't like it! (No, no!)
The kids dont like it! (No, no, no!)
The kids don't like it, no, they don't like it at all anymore…"

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