Graduate -' Elvis Should Play Ska'

[johnfoyle]

Essential listening, of course.

http://toneandwave.blogspot.com/2007/12 ... y-ska.html



Graduate was not a ska band. They released only one album in 1980 before becoming Tears For Fears. This is the only ska song that either Graduate or Tears For Fears recorded. This single was in response to Elvis Costello complaining about how everybody seemed to be hopping on the ska bandwagon and nobody cared much for his sound at that time.

side A - Elvis Should Play Ska
side B - Julie Julie

http://www.sendspace.com/file/l0mkdu

[krm]

Essential listening, of course.

http://toneandwave.blogspot.com/2007/12 ... y-ska.html



Graduate was not a ska band. They released only one album in 1980 before becoming Tears For Fears. This is the only ska song that either Graduate or Tears For Fears recorded. This single was in response to Elvis Costello complaining about how everybody seemed to be hopping on the ska bandwagon and nobody cared much for his sound at that time.




side A - Elvis Should Play Ska
side B - Julie Julie

http://www.sendspace.com/file/l0mkdu

I especially like the "I don´t wanna go to Chelsea"-guitar solo on this one!!!!

[Mr. Average]

I am not sure what you categorize "So Young" as, but it sounds like Ska to me. And the bigger point: argumably on of the best Ska albums of the era was the debut by the Specials that Elvis produced, "The Specials". Remains one of my favorites to this day.