Retro - Ska

Should this be in the "Retro" category? Isn't Ska popular now?

I think it fits the rock catigory more. There are still new popular ska bands for example King Prawn.

Id put it down next to reggae!!

"Buster he sold the heat to a rocksteady beat"

I love ska music, Prince Buster & Madness are my top acts!

I think there should be a new category for this, Jazz, Lounge et cetera...

Ska is a funny one, the early ska was very fast and then it slowed down into rocksteady (which a lot of people including myself call ska) then in the late 1960's it turned into fast reggae (which many people including myself call ska) then the fast reggae slowed down a little and became dub but as it sometimes used old ska tracks as backing you still see the relation, by the mid 1970's it was heavy dub and you really would be stretching it to call it ska.
Then there was two tone (british ska) which borrowed heavilly from the earlier jamaican music who had in turn borrowed from american music of the time!
It's all very confusing and iam away to lie down.

i think ska should defo be here as i do a ska punk reggae night but i have to advertise it on my page as a punk/reggae night cheers mary

ska is amazing why is it not on the list!?

Who knows? I suppose it's in your blood, to be honest a lot of the serious musical too bit chancers types who wax lyrically over the virtues of "lovers rock" and "jungle boy goldie, the brain dead oldie" get listened to by the Ollie's and the Barty's of this world, who pass their time away at the BBC, Guardian etc.
These same three time losers will sneer down their coke raddled noses at classics such as Madness's One Step Beyond and Prince Buster's Rough Rider.
Then there are the "Plastic" ska pundits such as Marc "Arsehole" Lamar and Phill "Bullshit" Jupitosser, who are about as much use as a chocolate tea pot.
If you have a spare tenner to spend in these most troubled of times, you certainly could do worse than to purchase a copy of the new Madness album "The Liberty Of Norton Folgate"