ska
(skɑː)
[Origin unknown, perh. echoic.]
A kind of popular music of Jamaican origin, characterized by a fast tempo and emphasis of the off-beat. Also, a dance to such music. Cf. reggae, rocksteady.
| 1964 [see game n. 3 b]. 1969, etc. [see rocksteady]. 1971 Guardian 25 Feb. 10/4 West Indian ska or blue beat music, latterly taken up by skinheads. 1980 Rolling Stone (Austral.) 26 June 16/5 ‘We don't see it as a ska revival,’ Davies says, ‘because we don't play pure ska.’.. The group is also quick to point out the differences between the various ‘ska’ bands. |