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Your keyboard playing will need to be up to scratch to "get a go go" to this fast-paced song. | Your keyboard playing will need to be up to scratch to "get a go go" to this fast-paced song. | ||
=== beatmania CS / APPEND YebisuMIX Music Column site === | |||
==== [[Hiroyuki Togo]] ==== | |||
At the request of package designer [Takashi] Kinbara, the subject this time is ska.<br> | |||
The word "ska" comes from phrases like "''ska''valier," "''ska''lent but deadly," "''ska'' le vie,"... oh, ''ska''-rry, was that lame? (Ba-dum, tss!)<br> | |||
... Those aren't related to that word at all, I think; actually, I don't know its etymology. But apparently it got its name from the sounds made when mouthing the rhythm of the music: "s ''ka-'', s ''ka-'', s ''ka-''"... (that's probably not true). If you really mouth the rhythms though, it certainly sounds like "s ''ka-'', s ''ka-'', s ''ka-''" (try saying it with an accent on the "ka-")! | |||
Reggae is another genre where the accent of the rhythms is on the upbeat; it's said that ska is the actual original form of reggae (this much is true). Indeed, play a reggae tape on fast-forward, and it does sound like ska (albeit only "like" it). If you've got free time, give it a try (it's not that exciting, though). | |||
Nevertheless, ska itself is said to have been born out of Jamaican musicians imitating American R&B. A lot of music does come from mimicking things from the past (even rock derives from the blues and R&B of black musicians mixed in with the country of white musicians). It's strange how even though ska has a bit of a metropolitan, "Caucasian" beat to it, the reggae that came after it has more of an indigenous aura... is this an example of "returning to where you came from"? | |||
Artists who are representative of the genre include The Skatalites and, in the case of Japan, Ska Para (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra).<br> | |||
In the '80s there were The Specials and Madness (back then, their music played in Honda car commercials), and even early works by The Police incorporated elements of ska.<br> | |||
Even past hit songs in Japan incorporated ska beats. Some that come to mind are ''Minna no Uta'' by Southern All Stars in the mainstream, JITTERIN'JINN during the Ikaten band boom, and so on.<br> | |||
If you're interested, listen to them to your heart's ''ska''ntent! | |||
''Until next time, have a wonderful BEAT PLAY LIFE.''<br> | |||
''(Hiroyuki Togo, Composer & Sound Director for ''beatmania'' on PlayStation)'' | |||
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