{"id":2101,"date":"2016-07-04T10:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T10:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skamonics.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2016-07-03T22:15:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T22:15:19","slug":"a-return-to-croydons-oval-tavern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skamonics.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/04\/a-return-to-croydons-oval-tavern\/","title":{"rendered":"A return to Croydon’s Oval Tavern"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was our second gig at the Oval tavern in Croydon – and it was as good as our first.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to pin down why this is such a good venue, but it has a lot to do with good sound (thanks Gavin), what is clearly a great community pub and an enthusiastic crowd.<\/p>\n

One family group, who all got up to dance, told us they had members in their 80s, 70s, 50s and 20s. That’s one of the great things about ska – it appeals across the generations.<\/p>\n

We played two new songs. Our ska’ed up version of Mad World<\/em>, which went down particularly well, we put in the first set.<\/p>\n

And in the second set we played It Must be True Love, <\/em>a Toots and the Maytals tune which is not that well known. We have been asked to play it at a wedding gig soon, and it’s a lovely song.<\/p>\n

This is what we played:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Chinatown<\/li>\n
  • Guns Of Navarone<\/li>\n
  • Latin Goes Ska<\/li>\n
  • Tide Is High<\/li>\n
  • Mood For Love<\/li>\n
  • My Baby Just Cares for Me<\/li>\n
  • Alley Cat Ska<\/li>\n
  • Mambo Number 5<\/li>\n
  • Mad World<\/li>\n
  • London Calling<\/li>\n
  • Enola Gay<\/li>\n
  • Price Tag<\/li>\n
  • Red Red Wine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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