Ska Punk: Difference between revisions

Also of note is that ska-punk caught on outside the U.S., more so than it did outside [[Jamaica]] or the U.K. during the first or second wave; while it didn't get as popular anywhere else as it did in the U.S., there was no backlash against it, either. In parts of [[Latin Land|South America]], the third wave of ska never really ended.

 

* [[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.