Ska is the "pineapple on pizza" of music genres

Ten year sentence for being fuckin' rad as shit.

I like both of these things AND prefer pepsi over coke. Bring it.

As do I, my friend.

Love ska but hate pineapple on pizza, is something wrong with me?

Also, it's older than Rock and Roll. It's from a time when big sound meant more band members, but the current music ecomony doesn't seem well suited to supporting acts with lots of members. I long for asignificant fourth wave ska revival.

Eh, kids shows are full of Ska, which makes total sense because it is impossible not to feel happy and excited when you hear it.

So if you have kids, you're probably exposed to more Ska music than you realize.

True, but so is pineapple pizza, I think OPs point still stands. I like pineapple pizza AND Ska.

OP likes ska and pineapple on pizza.

I used to think pineapple on pizza was weird. "Fruit doesn't belong on pizza!" I would say.

I was also 5 years old at the time and dumb as a brick. And had no idea what I was missing. Pineapple on pizza is so good

I think the idea is they’re equally polarizing lol

Everyone's entitled to their opinions, and it's all good. I absolutely love pineapple, just not on pizza. Hawaiian pizza is my wife's jam, while I'm a pepperoni and mushroom guy, so luckily a smart individual once upon a time invented 1/2+1/2 pizzas.

Now ska music? My absolute favorite.

One step beyond

So, in regards to that genre of music, you had to... pick it up?

For the record, I actually like ska., But as Propaghandi said:

Ska sucks

Ska revival isn't cool you stupid fuck

The bands are only in it for the bucks

And if you don't believe me you're a schmuck

But the trend will die out with any luck

You might be on to something...

Ska is simple, fun music that cares little for anything other than being fun, and is often gleefully immature. As such, teenage boys like it and pretentious music snobs love to look down their noses at it. Ska bands are aware of this fact and tend to lean into it, creating a self-aware and often self-parodying genre. It can be argued that it's not "good" music. But it is, without a doubt, fun and high energy music and a live ska show is a blast.

As far as cultural appropriation goes, nobody who matters cares, as all music is a collaborative effort that builds off of previous works. Music belongs to the world, and gatekeeping it as belonging to any particular culture is ridiculous. Ska in particular is a genre that loves to do covers, and often the sillier the better.

A lot of the early ska-punk crossover acts in Britain had people of west Indian origin in them, so if anything it was a victory for multiculturalism rather than cultural appropriation. I've never heard a west Indian moan about white ska acts either.

If we want to get technical, all rock and roll, rap, ska, punk, etc are cultural appropriation. Most modern music comes from black cultural music genres first.

But pizza predates Ska and pineapples predates music.

Edit: now that I think about, I don't know if any of that is true.

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