Alt Rock Revivals Part 2: Ska
b'Certain types of music have been around forever\\u2026jazz, for example, has been with us for over a hundred years\\u2026classical music goes back at least six hundred years\\u2026and then there\\u2019s religious music which can date back a thousand years or even more\\u2026\\n\\nIf you study this sort of thing\\u2014it\\u2019s a form of ethnomusicology\\u2014you\\u2019ll see that revivals happen all the time all over the world with all kinds of different music\\u2026\\n\\nIf type of music lasts that long, it\\u2019s gotta be always there in the background\\u2026it can\\u2019t ever have actually died off\\u2026and it really helps if these old sounds experience periodic comebacks\\u2026you know, just to give things a boost from time to time\\u2026\\n\\nMusic revivals can be defined as social movements where a segment of the population decides that a specific era or musical system needs to be restored\\u2026they\\u2019re tired of what\\u2019s happening in the mainstream and look for something from the good old days to soothe their souls\\u2026\\n\\nAnd revivals have an interesting side effect\\u2026when a form of music comes to the fore again, it has a chance to renew, to regenerate, to evolve\\u2026\\n\\nThis is where we encounter one of the most durable and regenerative music of the last hundred years\\u2026this is chapter two of alt-rock revivals\\u2026and this time, we\\u2019re going to talk about Ska\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'