Romantic V-day song

djBC sez, "For Valentine's Day. Ska/Punk brats Big D and The Kids Table grow up and invent 'Stroll Music,' a fusion of classic R&B, ska, reggae, jazz, and rock. This tune reminds me of the best things about 'Exile On Main Street' - it's a paean to the healing power of travel, adventure and instant relocation. The video was made on a shoestring budget (the flashing lights outside were controlled by kids flicking light switches in time with the music), but they was somehow able to wrangle an airplane, and much of it was shot in the same building as Saw 2 (!). Favorite quote: 'You're much happier when you sing / about how much you dig everything.'"

BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE - We Can Live Anywhere (Thanks, djBC!)

• [philoponia]

  One of my favorite bands! What a great video to go with the great CD. It is sort of weird to have seen Big D grow up right in front of my ears.

• [Anonymous]

  Dead Can Dance – Black Sun
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVNQBZMVSe0

• [ZombyWoof]

  And now for a little trite music… If these people can live anywhere, may I suggest one of the Lagrangian points (preferably L3), it’ll do wonders for their sound. I am all for self produced and distributed music, but give me something with just a little bit of edge, inventiveness, or complexity please.

• [koolboy9]

  o its great

• [pKp]

  Okay, guys, protip : when you make a song with a verse and a chorus, try not to use the same chord for both. Blandest, most boring song I’ve heard in a long time.

• [kslaboca]

  Warmed-over 80′s pop, yawn.

• [Anonymous]

  If you don’t think this is a new style of music, you have to listen to the whole album, “Fluent in Stroll”. Then you’ll understand. This one song might lean towards rock/pop, but there more to the style.

  Thanks Cory, for highlighting one of my favourite bands!

• [Anonymous]

  did she touch his screen?

• [dfornika]

  Stuff White People Like: The Musical!

• [Rob]

  It’s not bad, catchy, but wouldn’t say it “invented” anything. Ska is automatically Jamaican + Jazz + R&B… and pop/rock ska was around at least as early as Smash Mouth, who this reminded me of…

• [leebenningfield]

  I’m just amused to recognize the opening scene as taking place on Commonwealth Ave in Back Bay. If I lived in one of those brownstones I’m not sure I wouldn’t be in a hurry to move to the middle of nowhere.

• [Anonymous]

  the songs a little boring for my tastes, but i’m happy to see the girls from Dance Hall Crashers singing background :)

• [thequickbrownfox]

  There is a big difference between the indie music scene and the Godawful DIY wannabe scene, and this offering perfectly illustrates the distinction.

• [ill lich]

  ‘Stroll Music,’ a fusion of classic R&B, ska, reggae, jazz, and rock.

  It’s a nice tune and a a well done video, but don’t get pretentious; ultimately it’s just a rock song (I can’t imagine anyone randomly hearing this and saying “wow, that’s a whole new style of music!”)

• [takeshi]

  Oh, but djBC says it’s a whole new style of music, so I wouldn’t be so sure.

• [Anonymous]

  @ #2 thequickbrownfox:

  I kind of agree with you, but in the early 2000s my friends toured all over with Big D, they definitley have put in their due amount of work to be a high polished pop-band. I don’t like their new style particularly but I feel they earned their wings as a real band. And they definitley did it themselves.

• [thequickbrownfox]

  The Middle East – ‘The Darkest Side’

  http://whothehell.net/archives/5090

• [thatbob]

  I just hope when the “stroll” sound breaks big and has its own subculture that The Waterboys and Poi Dog Pondering will be considered the godfathers of “proto-stroll”, since they were making music that sounded exactly like this 20 years ago.