The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Impression That I Get (Reaction!!)

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[@brentnorton1602]

Welcome to SKA

[@74artgrrl]

The perfect ska song to cover is Johnny Too Bad by The Slickers. I know other people performed it including the legend Jimmy Cliff but for a first time experience my vote goes to the Slickers.

[@closer2thewall]

@@74artgrrl I 1000% agree

[@mikemath9508]

i'm in like like with ska but hate hate reggae and dunno why.

[@jokervienna6433]

I love it all, but especially when the "crossbreeding" between Jamaican and British came. Stomp! :) The band Bad Manners is right there with "Lip up fatty". But there are more, and some where to come later. Reel big fish is nice (they play a lot of covers in Ska-mode) and of course Madness and of course The Toasters (especially "Don´t let the bastards get you down"). Happy music, makes me feel fine and that I can give most of the world the finger! :D

[@ceoofupfuckery.8561]

Ska det vara SKA? (ja, det ska vara ska)

[@WilliamFWhaley-uy2rw]

Ska is a combination of jazz, r and b, punk, reggae

[@darkphyn]

Realization of others' suffering, being grateful you haven't experienced it yet, compassion, anxiety... Such a great song. 💓

[@kikepineiro9130]

Love this band the sound,style,lyrics soooo dope Louis Armstrong in a ska band genius you can't front on the Bosstones son!

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

Wise interpretation of the song. I hope you’re doing well this fine crisp cool morning mam. Or you’re at least hangin’ tough 🤙🏽

[@1111nolanc]

One guy never plays an instrument, maybe a tambourine occasionly, and dances around. That was his job.

[@TreyBlythe]

Sometimes you just really want your buddy in the band.

[@Islam4Europeans]

@@TreyBlythe He's actually their producer.

[@josephschultz3301]

@@TreyBlythe I absolutely feel that.

[@HeyHeyDoYouLikeTacos]

Apart from the chorus, this part has always stuck with me: 'I'm not a coward, I've just never been tested I'd like to think that if I was I would pass Look at the tested and think "There but for the grace go I" Might be a coward, I'm afraid of what I might find out'

[@MarkArandjus]

This song is a lot. Like in a good way. Nobody is ready the first time how intense it gets when a literal dozen dudes just start singing/playing their heart out!

[@devinmahoney3777]

I enjoyed this song merrily as a youth and cry nearly every time hearing it as an adult. Great song

[@JackChapman]

❤

[@joeglinski4963]

Exactly! You start to smile when you hear a Bosstones song!!

[@jameskelly2559]

The bass playing in this song is outstanding

[@The_Kiosk]

So many great ska bands out there. Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, Planet Smashers, No Doubt, Goldfinger, Rx Bandits, Save Ferris, Dance Hall Crashers, just the ones I can name off the top of my head.

[@erikzacha]

I want to add Less Than Jake to your awesome list

[@ImpactPunk]

I love ska adding to your list 1. less than Jake 2. mad caddies 3. The interrupters 4. Rancid 5. Catch 22 6. Save Farris 7. Streetlight manifesto 8. Operation ivy 9. Big d and the kids table 10. Mustered plug

[@42Mrgreenman]

@@ImpactPunk Damn, I haven't listened to Catch-22 since high scool...oh those Keasbey Nights...

[@ImpactPunk]

That's a great album

[@noraa1991]

@@ImpactPunk thumbs up for mustard plug!

[@Cicero207]

Being from the 90's this was my wife and I favorite band. We saw them live in concert more than 40 times over their career. More Mighty Might Bosstones music please!!! Any song song the Bosstones is great to react to. 😊❤

[@tonygonzales3206]

I feel the same way but about 311. Still love the Bosstones though. I missed the eighties when I was growing up in the nineties when I grew up. Whatever is happening now we have strayed so far from our roots.

[@markshaffer6447]

The only band I know of with a member who’s sole role is to dance and hype up the crowd, LOVE the Bosstones!

[@Xenon0000000000001]

Bez was a dancer/hype man back in the late 80s/early 90s for the Happy Mondays (who were massive in the UK).

[@gutterpoet]

Ranking Roger of The Beat started out as toaster/hype man - quite common in ska

[@raeje]

It initially started because he was too young to get into the bar and see his friends play. So they told the bar he was their dancer. History was made.

[@m.ericwatson968]

Have seen them live once, incredible show and the crowd were off the rails dancing, skanking and having a blast, prolly some hands thrown too but that comes with the Ska/Punk territory, it's all for fun

[@paulhagger3895]

​@@Xenon0000000000001yep. 10 years before these guys had their 15 minutes

[@RaeRaeOR]

Ska is such a phenomenal musical genre and these guys do it justice ❤

[@Briekout]

Synccpated rhythms are a wonderful thing when used well. Bosstones did it better than most. Love them!

[@RaeRaeOR]

💯💯💯

[@NickTheSheep1379]

Unexpected! Bravo for continuing to expand and expose whole generations to practically forgotten music.

[@rompofotters]

That whole album is killer.

[@14gamecock]

Yes! Love that album!!

[@hadoken95]

pull it out every summer, great vibes

[@SnoBear626]

No doubt about it!

[@paulinedengler6465]

Love this album!

[@bretthemminger6133]

the 90's had such an eclectic combination of awesome music, what an amazing era.

[@stephaniegeer1691]

This song has always been a JAM!!! The Ska vibe is so much fun!!🎶❤✌

[@trishajackson9678]

This song makes me happy. I can't be still and do my best Benny impression.

[@duanem.5738]

Such a great clean tune. As a dad I appreciate the music I can listen to with my kids!

[@l3adl3oyl2ick]

That was the 90's... the alternative genre was the greatest genre because it included a bit of everything. The same radio station would follow it with Tool... then play Pearl Jam.... the 90's truly were the last great hoorah in music. Other than a few bands... it's been downhill since.

[@ninja_tony]

100% agreed. Alternative in the 90’s really did include anything and everything, and it was GLORIOUS getting to grow up in that era.

[@TheDudeAndStuff]

Agreed

[@nando19751]

hell yeah that was the best era. Not because I'm a fellow gen x trying to look down on other generations but the music was very diverse and different but it was all similar.

[@mikemath9508]

love ska. anything with happy lyrics and sad music, or happy music with sad lyrics, it tricks me into liking it.

[@asdband888]

I was a teenager in the 90's in a burb of Boston. This was on WFNX all the time! Very fun to cruise around and sing along with. A lot of great local Boston bands from that era. Glad you liked it!

[@katherinemurray8841]

FNX!!!!!

[@dmanton300]

"We need a Ska day" "You mean a spa day?" "I absolutely do not"

[@jayadelman5705]

I still believe the 90s had the best music for a decade. I was a teen and early 20s and all the music I liked is still fire today.

[@a_true_hyena]

This is THE best band live!!! They are simply incredible live man and steal any show they’re on.

[@a_true_hyena]

PS…they are in the movie Clueless as the Prom Entertainment

[@maxmorgan3370]

One of my favorite bands ever, was fortunate to see them live before they retired.

[@RaeRaeOR]

Lucky!!!

[@heatherhobbit2931]

The Boss tones Where Did You Go is my favorite song by them!

[@conflictmagazine]

3rd wave Ska…gotta love it…my mother got me into the first wave with The Israelites…then Two Tone came around on my watch…a great catalog of music that gives hope and inspiration to those of us who realize we are better together than apart fighting each other.

[@lesliedavis2185]

Big Desmond Dekker fan here, and th. Wave 2 the specials. Oh yeah , skanking

[@georgewilliams4258]

Got into SKA during the second wave.The Specials, The Beat Madness awesome stuff.

[@digitaldorothy]

OMG I LOOOOOVED this song in high school! Excited to see what you think!

[@Sparxeb]

Same here it’s crazy how music takes you right back to the bleachers in school. Now I’ve got a son going into high school! 😅

[@knuckleicecream631]

This whole album was incredible and still has a place as my summer soundtrack

[@matthewford5094]

90s ska was hella fun. If you're really feeling horns, check out Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, they had a sound so powerful, it could turn goat piss into gasoline. (also the band played on Amy Winehouse's debut)

[@riffgroove]

In the 90's when the movie "Swingers" came out, a massive swing dance craze hit all the bars and clubs. The Bosstones were king.

[@Justin-td4bb]

This band pretty much models themselves on probably the best and most significant band in this genre is a band called Madness.

[@Mis3ryMach1ne]

This whole album is worth every second of your time spent listening to it!!

[@gokusondbz]

Ska is Awesome ❤ The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Sublime Smash Mouth Reel Big Fish Early No Doubt 😊

[@gonsumir]

***big hug for the big man***

[@chriswhinery925]

The Bosstones are a great band, I've seen them live a couple of times and their shows are SUPER fun.

[@tammyparsons5656]

Man that takes me back, I haven't heard this one in a while. 🎉 Polo you had a small smile the entire song 😊

[@michaelgwisdala]

I love this song because it takes me back to 1997 when I was 20, and when I became a born-again Christian. It has been a good 26 years!

[@kdean30]

Amen!🙏

[@tamilee9462]

This is one of my favorite songs. I love watching you facial expressions.. "How many guys in this band????" New subscriber

[@JBAKER97]

One dude in the bands job is to run around dancing. 😂Fun band to see live.

[@aprilrawls5162]

Love love love Dicky Barrett always ❤

[@oldhead2769]

Saw these guys in bozeman, mt when they were poppin..must have been 97 or so. One of the best live shows i ever saw. 🔥🔥🔥

Love the “dancing man”.

[@Parduck365]

'Devils night out' by the MMBT was one of the first ska-metal mash-ups. Blew my mind waaay back when.

[@TheSpacemannspiff]

SkaCore is the subgenre , Ska mixed with elements of Hardcore Punk

[@smahring]

Sad they called it quits.. definately trail blazers of the 90's and their legacy will last an eternity! The best feel good summertime music on the planet!!!

[@w.c.orielly9059]

GREAT SONG.......... TY 4 THEE RE-ACTION PEACE

[@lindasalaki9404]

Here is a hug for the Polo 😊, Loved the song😊

[@kirktown2046]

Great track, huh? Man, radio in the 90's was something else, so many alternative hits, everything felt different and the amount to of positive vibes was surprising. Nostalgic AF, thanks for reacting brother.

[@skapunker21]

fantastic reaction to the bosstones. they have sooo many great songs. this one was off of their first major label album, so it sounds a lot cleaner than their older stuff. it's a shame they broke up.

[@worldfamouslanglois4805]

Love me a horn section.. Reel big fish, specials, english beat and so many more .. even early Chicago Ska and old rock and big band.. I freaking love a horn section thanks mate

[@nsm484]

1997, Vans Warped Tour, Jacksonville, Fl... the Bosstones played in, what is essentially a metal barn. No AC, Full Summer heat, They all were on stage with full suits, Rocking the entire crowd, while the entire crowd, myself included, were jumping throughout their entire performance. It was one of the best experiences I ever had watching a band.

[@scrossman27]

God, I miss those days!!!

[@nicoleh5532]

Saw them at the Milk Bar in Jax same year, I think! Kicked Ass!

[@beatnpotatoes]

One of the most memorable concerts I’ve seen back in the day. They opened for Primus. They even did a punk rock wedding. That’s were you pull a hot girl out of the crowd, and the singer and the girl both say I love you and then run full tilt into the audience of the stage. Awesome.

[@vawlkin1644]

Amazing band and song! Live these guys

[@thefaithslayer2553]

As one of my favorite bands of all-time, may I recommend these other tracks from The Mighty Mighty BossToneS: - Someday I Suppose - The Rascal King - Everybody's Better - Simmer Down - Royal Oil

[@almightylsama]

Welcome to ska music! These guys and Reel Big Fish are so great.

[@poxous3854]

This was a great song at the time in the 90s. Us 70s babys where in a weird world. Our dads/uncles/men around us went through Nam. We were becoming men and there was not a challenge right? I mean our Grandfather fought WWII. Civil rights happened before us. We lived in the age of skateboards, Nintendo, and live was easy mode if you did volunteer for desert storm. But there was that feeling if the world challenged us we could step up...knock on wood. Great song.

[@caseymisssarah1757]

This song was in the Kevin Smith movie Chasing Amy

[@SWHAF]

this song came out when i was in high school, i remember everyone singing along to this at school dances.

[@canineh2o227]

I haven’t listened to this song in YEARS & this shows up on my feed.

[@syx3s]

i'd hug the polo with a bonus handshake at the same time.

[@randibray6086]

I love this band! This song takes me back. Thank you!

[@thecrye6798]

I was in Boston in the '90s and this song - and ska in general - was everywhere.

[@Tapac78]

Sing-a-long bar song is EXACTLY what this song was.... good 'ol college days in the bar

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

THE GROUP MADNESS IS SIMILAR...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 GHOST TOWN OUR HOUSE

[@DadBodDrumming]

Now you gotta listen to Royal Crown Revue "Barflies at the Beach" and Squirrel Nut Zipper "Hell"... All great songs that will have you wanting to sing and dance.

[@mimim8532]

I was in peace corps- girlfriend of drummer- we all hung out! Magical. Big SKA fan…would go to other countries and hear more SKA-Japan was cool with that style….. many years ago……many many years ago 97-99 Niger.

[@sleepyheadluke]

ah, the memories ❤ God bless punk rock girls

[@heatherhobbit2931]

Skaaaaaaa 🎉🎉🎉🎉 yessss! Go back farther, though! Desmond Dekker, the Specials, the Selecter! The history of ska is interesting, too! Best US ska band is Skankin Pickle, Thick Ass Stout!

[@BestofItMoviedoc]

Love these guys! I saw them play in LA and while filming in their hometown of Boston. I also saw a cool show with the reformed Lemonheads that included Bosstones Nathan Albert who originally left the band at their height to get a degree in political theory from Brown University. This band has so many dope little side stories and fun facts.

[@BamaGuyInWashington]

Sing along bar song. I love that analogy. It most definitely is👍👍😍😍

[@TheTechReactor]

Ska is so great dude, it's a punk reggae fusion where you just invite all your band friends to come rock out in your garage with whatever instruments they play.

[@lostonfrancis]

I swear its like a bunch of coworkers at a marketing firm formed a band with a few buddies from highschool to jam with on the weekends and accidentally turned out awesome.

[@joefrank5274]

One of the pillars of the early to mid 90's ska/punk 3rd wave. Hardcore guys from Boston playing such catchy music. Their live shows are legendary. Last time I saw them live was at Thompkins Square Park in NYC, and they owned the place. If i may suggest, "Someday I Suppose", another tune from their earlier repertoire. Awsome reaction brother!

[@alexandru5369]

This song is not only fun but has a great message without smacking you in the head about it

[@Ricksdaname]

Boss tones!!! Love them, since '95.

[@tylerharris2689]

I agree completely that horns add a depth to music.

[@benf1111]

I forgot how much i loved these guys

[@ryanrivers1259]

I sing this at Karaoke every time.

[@heathcornbeef]

These guy's are bloody awesome live I've seen them here in Aotearoa New Zealand 💪👍✌️👏👏👏

[@starrfoxx7998]

That whole album

[@novakruss510]

96 and still slaps today

[@wichitadisciple9874]

Good song 🎵 The 90’s were so much fun!!

[@livc1981]

Love them!!!! 💗💗💗💗

[@smftv]

This brings me back... (I wish "literally") but I'll take this little dose of Nostalgia.

[@kev25811]

I miss when you used to talk about lyrics and give your interpretation. That was always my favorite part because you're a smart guy and often opened a new angle to look at songs from.

[@poloreacts27]

I’m not a smart guy. I just play one on TV.

[@npc2071]

I love sincere lyrics like this

[@seangalbraith6837]

I love that one of the band member’s sole job is to dance

[@m0oshie8558]

Sending hugs caring hugs,this is a no knock on wood gift😅❤

[@vjamie69]

Nice guess..awesome band!!,

[@corycooper9878]

BOSSTONES BABY!!!!

[@lesliehagemann5755]

I saw this band I think like three times in the 90s at least! Always a fun time and I kinda miss those ska days. ❤

[@davidmaholchic6146]

Crazy good song always loved the energy here love you

[@doubledeuce2355]

Man I love the fact that I was in my prime during these times in music. Yup old guy talk lol.

[@jasonb3908]

Yeeeeeessssss!! So more Ska!!! There was a brief moment in the late 90s where Ska made a huge comeback and all was right with the world! Need to do some Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, and Save Ferris!

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

I love it By it I mean both the song and the reaction. Thanks ✌🏽

[@thorne1239]

Ska, in many ways, encapsulates the best of rock music. It has the rebelliousness of Punk, with the scope of big band music. It could be played in full blown suits, or cut of shorts coupled with neon green dreds. It was super inclusive and progressive. I think because of the horn elements, it also attracted a different type of musician that raise the quality of the genre overall. Music was better, when ska was a thing.

[@AdamJay510]

Amazing 90’s song and song in general!!

[@jasonstrasser1735]

That band has a litany of good tracks.