Ska Punk: Difference between revisions

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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The ska pun started with one of the early '60s bands, the Skatalites, but it got really ridiculous in the '90s, when it seemed like every other band name or album title was one. A couple of the worst: Flux Skapacitor, Mephiskapheles

* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: A complete set of examples would probably fill a page on their own. This trope was practically a trademark of the genre. In short: most Ska Punk songs have bouncy, upbeat music and superficially sound extremely happy, but if you actually pay attention to the lyrics they are some of the most cynical, sarcastic, snide and/or self-deprecating songs ever written.

* [[No Hit Wonder]]: Many of the better known groups managed to be successful without getting many actual hit songs. They were either this or a...

* [[No-Hit Wonder]]: Many of the better known groups managed to be successful without getting many actual hit songs. They were either this or a...

* [[One Hit Wonder]]: Reel Big Fish and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have only really had one charting hit each: "Sell Out" and "The Impression That I Get," respectively. However, both bands have major cult followings.

* [[One-Hit Wonder]]: Reel Big Fish and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have only really had one charting hit each: "Sell Out" and "The Impression That I Get," respectively. However, both bands have major cult followings.

** Reel Big Fish even had a song about it ("One Hit Wonderful").

* [[One of Us]]: Curiously enough.

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