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- From: montas@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Hubert J Montas)
- Subject: Re: Foreign ska (kind of?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.054245.3967@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Dec21.215706.3700@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 05:42:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.215706.3700@netcom.com> cliftonr@netcom.com (Pope Clifton) writes:
- > Wondering if anyone else has listened to Mano Negra (Franco-Spanish
- >band -- 'King of Bongo', 'Putas Fever'), and if so, do you think it is ska-
- >influenced. The first song I heard of theirs (forget what it was) I
- >immediately asked the friend who was playing it, 'Is this French SKA?'
- >Then I heard some other cuts which are more like straight rock, rap, etc.
- >It's pretty hard to classify, but some of it sure sounds like French
- >and Spanish ska. Whatever it is, it's good.
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- Agreed man, la Mano is pretty good. I wouldn't call them ska though. Can't
- think of any song out of Puta's Fever or King of Bongo that really sounds Ska.
- Check out Ludwig Von 88, Houlala II-La Mission if you can. The song William
- Kramps is kind of fast-Ska!
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- Hubert.
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