As cleche as it may be, I had to do a Christmas song this week. This is the second ska song that I have shared. I promise, I’m not some sort of rude boy wannabe, or something. It is just happens that this is one of my favorite (secular-style) Christmas songs. The last ska song, by the Beat, was a sample of British Ska. This time we are getting down to the Southern California brand of the genre with No Doubt. This was before Gwen shacked up with Gavin and got all weird. All of that is beside the point. This song tells a happy little Christmas story about how the punks and the skins weren’t getting a long. At one point they get into a roof brawl. Just when things are getting really ugly, God comes down on Christmas day, saying “Oi” to the punks and to the skins. By the end of the song, the punks and the skins are so caught up in Christmas spirit, that they go back to the bar and buy each other bourbon. I mean, if that doesn’t say Merry Christmas, I don’t know what does. Check it out—-
