Bad Manners: Don't Knock the Bald Heads:English 80's ska revival band Bad Manners play a concert in 2004 in a small venue in Essex. That's it in a nutshell.
If you don't know ska, it's a Jamaican precursor to reggae, generally a lot faster and more horn driven. The English did it in a special way in the 80's - loopy fun with a Jamaican cockney accent. Bad Manners was one of the goofier bands, fronted by a fat bastard called Buster Bloodvessel.
In their current incarnation, they have drums, bass, guitar, congas and organ, with a horn section of baritone sax, trumpet, trombone and bass trombone. Someone plays harmonica too. That's a lot of music. Buster is enormously fat, with a shaved head and a tongue like a slab of beef's liver. When the crowd chants "You fat bastard!", he tells them they are too kind.
They do all their old hits (that I know about), starting with "My Girl Lollipop" and ending with their hit "Lip Up Fatty". Along with ska anthems like "King Ska-Fa" and "This is Ska" and originals like "Skinhead Girl" and "I Love You Fatty", they mangle standards like "Pipeline", "You're Just Too Good to Be True" and the Can Can.
Disclaimer: I saw these guys sandwiched between Skanking Pickle (representing 90's neo-ska) and The Skatalites (original Jamaican ska) at the Edge in Palo Alto ca. 1992. Great show. If you haven't seen them, this is the next best thing.
In conclusion, there are a bunch of interviews and extras that I didn't view.
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