The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKApril XVI

Blondie, "The Tide Is High" from the The Tide Is High single (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)

Skammentary: Welcome to SKApril, an April tradition since 2011!

I first heard "The Tide Is High" last summer, & immediately recognized it merited the SKApril limelight. If I ever heard "The Tide Is High" prior to last summer, it left no impression. We have always taken a very liberal view of ska in SKApril: "The Tide Is High" was originally recorded by The Paragons in 1966 as a rocksteady song, rocksteady being the intermediate stage between original roots ska & reggae.