i can see where you think they sound the same, which they do, but there are slight differences in rhythm in the horn line. which in turn means they are completely different songs. i guess it's sort of similar to the mc hammer and vanilla ice debac...
Big D may not have been my intro to ska, but they were part of the lineup of my first ska show. It was on my cousin's 18th birthday, and we ended up meeting Dave McWane. We both are casual friends with Dave now. not super close, but close enough that he would recognize us and take time to converse