Two comments on UB40 – as the guys pointed out, don’t let their later stuff deter you, they were a solid voice for change in the darkest times of Thatcher. They also were truly passionate about the music that influenced them. Don Letts might have described them as ‘the Status Quo of reggae’ but they apparently weren’t aware that Red, Red Wine was a Neil Diamond song as they had only ever heard the Tony Tribe version growing up. Saw them at a festival last year (well half of them!) and they still call out respect to the likes of The Ethiopians.
Thx to Stu and Mark (and the researchers who actually put this stuff together) for helping me tick one off my list of ’50 things to do while I’m 50′.
Two comments on UB40 – as the guys pointed out, don’t let their later stuff deter you, they were a solid voice for change in the darkest times of Thatcher. They also were truly passionate about the music that influenced them. Don Letts might have described them as ‘the Status Quo of reggae’ but they apparently weren’t aware that Red, Red Wine was a Neil Diamond song as they had only ever heard the Tony Tribe version growing up. Saw them at a festival last year (well half of them!) and they still call out respect to the likes of The Ethiopians.
Thx to Stu and Mark (and the researchers who actually put this stuff together) for helping me tick one off my list of ’50 things to do while I’m 50′.