Musicological banter

While checking out these  Intensified early ska compilations they list all the musicians involved in the recordings and the name that jumped out was a drummer listed as Drumbago which quite frankly is just the coolest nickname ever. 

Turns out Arkland Parkes aka Drumbago was a key figure in the development of Ska, he performed on what is widely accepted as the first recorded ska song, “Easy Snapping.”

Nice write up on him here

https://skabook.com/2014/03/14/drumbago/

Credits on Jamaican music? That’s positively demented.

Going down the rabbit hole here is the record considered the first ska song

Theophilus Beckford - Easy Snapping - 1959


https://youtu.be/Mo7UEK2OKsA

i know hard to believe but you can see on Discogs the back of the albums where they listed who played on the songs

https://www.discogs.com/release/1392231-Various-Intensified-Original-Ska-1962-1966

https://www.discogs.com/release/11407562-Various-More-Intensified-Original-Ska-1963-67-Vol-2

Yada wrote:
https://everynoise.com/

this is really cool - tho i question some of the regionally-specific genres identified… ukrainian phonk?  south african pop dance?  italian folk metal?  malaysian tamil rap?  rock curitibano?  idaho hip hop?  seriously???

my new favorite genre: unblack metal (so… white metal?  colored metal?!?)

That every noise site is great
There are some footnotes on how it was built and how Spotify keeps making it difficult

I needed this bit of musical trivia to make my day smile.

I just discovered there's a band out there that does covers of Grateful Dead songs, while completely in drag.

walk, wrote:
I just discovered there's a band out there that does covers of Grateful Dead songs, while completely in drag.

haven't we all suffered enough

walk, wrote:
I needed this bit of musical trivia to make my day smile.

I just discovered there's a band out there that does covers of Grateful Dead songs, while completely in drag.

Does the Bob Weir guy perform in short shorts?

SeriousSideFX wrote:

walk, wrote:
I just discovered there's a band out there that does covers of Grateful Dead songs, while completely in drag.

haven't we all suffered enough

POTW

grateful dead drag band is called bertha and they played the kennedy center for free last year during the honors weekend. that is one reason trump took over the kc. bertha is playing the atlantis later this month.

Justin wrote:

walk, wrote:
I needed this bit of musical trivia to make my day smile.

I just discovered there's a band out there that does covers of Grateful Dead songs, while completely in drag.

Does the Bob Weir guy perform in short shorts?

and open toed shoes!

Julian, wrote:
Fiona Apple’s Discography Ranked In Order of Passord Strength

that you misspelled password made that link so much more interesting
I was like, what is a passord

SeriousSideFX wrote:

Julian, wrote:
Fiona Apple’s Discography Ranked In Order of Passord Strength

that you misspelled password made that link so much more interesting
I was like, what is a passord

That’s what we call in the journalism world, “a hook.”

Ahead of their comeback concert, Foo Fighters have surprised fans with a cassette tape labeled "1995/2025 Playlist"

SeriousSideFX wrote:

Ahead of their comeback concert, Foo Fighters have surprised fans with a cassette tape labeled "1995/2025 Playlist"

Who could possibly give a shit about this. I made a playlist last week too.

Gouge Away was pretty excited about making the tape!

It’s like when President Obama makes his lists of summer reading or end of year best music.

hutch wrote:
It’s like when President Obama makes his lists of summer reading or end of year best music.

Thats ridiculous too.

We do not talk enough about what an untalented shithead Dave Grohl is.

Julian, wrote:
We do not talk enough about what an untalented shithead Dave Grohl is.

There's a thread for that:
https://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=1791.msg28117#msg28117