BIG D *

Big D and The Kids Table is a ska/ punk band. They are not too popular but that is because their genre is not very popular. They are considered an underground band, like most ska/ punk bands including Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish. Big D came together ten years ago when the band met in a college in Boston. They put on insane live, local shows in dorms, halls, clubs and basements all over New England. Big D formed their own label, Fork in Hand Records to put out their first album, Shot by Lemmi in 1997. The band has built a very vibrant punk/ska scene around themselves.
"Steady Riot" is the opener of Strictly Rude, which was released on March 20, 2007. The song is said to be dancy while it also has a few poetic qualities. "Steady Riot" is a very optimistic ska/ punk song. I involves the narrator praising his friends despite their downfalls: "My buddy Johnny, he can never get up, but it's him who should be admired not those fame driven shmucks". The narrator clearly admires his friends even though they are not perfect. The views of this song are extremely poisitve: "It's easy to get down when you view life as a stray, but my man he brings me up. I should tell him one of these days". These statements are very ironic. The chorus of this song is just one sentence, but it is a metaphor: "Music, a steady riot in my soul". Also, the name "Steady Riot" is a paradox. A riot is defined as noisy, violent, disorder caused by a group of people while steady means free from change or interruption. Clearly, these two things conradict eachother.
Big D and the Kid's Table is a very creative ska/punk band. They do a good job both intsrumentally and lyrically. Their songs seem very simple but when analyzed, their lyrics, surprisingly, hold some poetic value.