Streetlight Manifesto

These guys are the very pinnacle of ska, yes? Don't they deserve any love?

For the record, I fucking love every track they've recorded.

 

they are incredible...i originally liked catch 22 a lot but after i read that kalnooky or whatever the singers name is left and was in streetlight and they even rerecorded keasbey nights i had to listen haha...im really disappointed i missed an amazing concert with them, reel big fish, and less than jake

 

While I love Streetlight Manifesto, and have seen them 7 times...I think you discredit the genre when you refer to them as the pinnacle of ska. Streetlight is hardly "ska" anymore.

Haha, sorry to be a ska tool...you should check out modern bands like The Slackers or Deals Gone Bad if you want to hear the current pinnacle of ska.

 

I don't really like 3rd wave too much most of the time, but I def. prefer S.M. to Reel Big Fish or anything like that.

I have their three albums and the acoustic tracks, as well.

Favorite song-that one punk-ish one from keasbey nights, whatever it's called.

 

I've got three of their albums, im not a fan of the Ska today known as third wave. I love traditional ska, but for third wave these guys are brilliant. Every track is brilliant.

 

I dig 'em

 

I love streetlight manifesto, Point Counter Point is a must at every part I attend. If you haven't already check out Leftöver Crack there grrrreat!

 

Point/Counterpoint is sheer fucking brilliance.

 

Seems like a band to check out :biggrin:

 

My thoughts exactly. You are the only other person in the world who seems to agree with me. They just hit the spot every time.

 

I'm not a big fan of Ska, but I do like Streetlight Manifesto. Their music has taken some getting used to, but now I think that it is pure awesomeness.

What actually got me into the band was one of the more recent songs "Would You Be Impressed?". I really liked the latin sound of it, but I have branched outward.

I especially love the way they use the saxophone. Way better than rock saxophone!

 

Every fan of Streetlight is a big fan of Streetlight, it seems. Until you go to a concert you feel like the only fan that knows every single word to every song but when you get there, the whole place is singing and skanking along.

Thats why I love Streetlight Manifesto so much, and A Better Place A Better Time is one of the best songs Ive ever heard.

Their first three albums all had a very different style to them. The first one being a more punk/ska feel, the second being a jazz tone, then the third being marching/latin like melodies. The marching style mixed with latin is what gives that pirate feel

99SOTR anyone? Thoughts on that?

 

There's too much ska and too much pop-punk for me. Too much balance between the two, and the sound just doesn't come off as appealing.

I like the Less Than Jake punk-with-horns, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones ska-with-punk-attitude; but Streetlight Manifesto just sounds awkward to me.

 

Im trying to figure out how there can be too much music

 

You've never heard a big band in a real small venue.

 

Biggest band Ive seen in a small venue actually was Streetlight Manifesto. Nothing is for everyone though. What I meant was Ive never heard of there being too much of a type of music xD

 

I definitely love Streetlight man!

 

Last night I got to see them live.

It was my first concert ever, and it was a different experience for me, but they were AWESOME. Just as good live as they are on the albums. That bari sax player is amazing. Really, they're all amazing, but I'm a huge fan of low woodwinds and that guy just really knows how to play!

I had a total fangirl moment when I walked up to the front of the venue and heard them practicing in there. "OMG! I can hear them... they're in there!!!!" lol.

 

anyone wanna throw up some youtube links or give me some good starting tracks for a streetlight manifesto noob?

 

Why, Id love to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2yeNzL7rTU"]YouTube - Streetlight Manifesto - A Better Place, A Better Time

Their greatest song, in my opinion