UB40 go thrash death metal and kill audience with sonic boom

[simon the viking]

I've committed far too many atrocities to Diamond pi**ed up on the Karaoke. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of being in tune with any song ever.

I'm not a fantastic singer but normally in tune... I used to run a karaoke so years of practice......

As I said I get most songs in tune, some songs I leave alone when I've had one too many..... because my ears think "I'm singing out of tune....." and my brain replies "And what do want me to do it about it?"

 

[raleighnut]

In fact... i have to thank you @vernon .... my Neil Diamond CD is on for the first time in ages, and being a self made 'best of...' there's not a bad tune on it

How come he gets the credit

 

[Crackle]

red, red wine

 

[ianrauk]

red, red whine

 

[Crackle]

[QUOTE 3030517, member: 259"]Genuine question - what is the point of going to a UB40 concert?[/QUOTE]

Tries again....

red, red wine after.

.....nevermind

 

[raleighnut]

In fact... i have to thank you @vernon .... my Neil Diamond CD is on for the first time in ages, and being a self made 'best of...' there's not a bad tune on it

I actually meant why does Vernon get the credit for the Neil Diamond comment

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Reminds me of a tee shirt a band I knew sold at gigs, it said 'If it's too loud, you're a sunt'. (I changed one letter to protect the more sensitive forum users).

 

[MontyVeda]

I actually meant why does Vernon get the credit for the Neil Diamond comment

it's was Vernon dissing Neil Diamond that inspired me to put the CD on... however no sooner it finished, I pressed play once more... so I'll give you the credit for the second listen... needy f*cker!

 

[fimm]

Reminds me of a tee shirt a band I knew sold at gigs, it said 'If it's too loud, you're a sunt'. (I changed one letter to protect the more sensitive forum users).

Haha.
So it is loud because it is loud because it is loud?
Fair enough.

 

[srw]

Haha.
So it is loud because it is loud because it is loud?
Fair enough.

As far as I can tell it's loud because if they turned it down everyone would realise quite how bad it is. That's not to say that classical music doesn't get loud - the sound of the Albert Hall organ or of a 60-piece opera chorus is overwhelming.

Ah well - when you and I are 60 and can still hear perfectly we can sit and look smug.

 

[Cycling Dan]

Genuine question - what is the point of UB40?

Genuine Question - What the hell is UB40?

 

[MontyVeda]

Genuine Question - What the hell is UB40?

i think that question belongs in this thread

 

[Moon bunny]

Genuine question - what is the point of going to a concert where the music is so loud that you have to wear earplugs? Aren't you there to hear the music?
(Honestly, I'm not trying to be funny or awkward, but I'm a classical music person myself, and the thought of wearing earplugs to a concert is, well, different...)

You might as well as the sort of person who likes curries and chilli so hot his gums bleed if he adds multimillion scoville units scotchbonnets or whatever because he appreciates subtly flavoured food.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 3030582, member: 1314"]I like UB40. I have a soft spot for them for the political stuff they did on their first couple of albums.[/QUOTE]

I bet you don't like them as much as this woman

I work in the neighbourhood, drink in the pub and always thought that Wibsey was an oasis of civilisation.

 

[raleighnut]

[QUOTE 3030800, member: 1314"]In fairness, UB40 covered Red Red Wine after only hearing Tony Tribe’s version. They didn’t realise N. Diamond on the credit was was Neil Diamond - so they say and I believe them.

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And regarding their pop commercial reggae stuff – well, a lot of the Jamaican stuff was just that and I believe they’re fairly well received in Jamaica. Not really my thing as I preferred the more political / edgy stuff (Jimmy Cliff –‘Many Rivers’ I know, Prince Buster etc) rather than the lovers rock / poppy stuff (Ken Boothe) but, hey, I still like it. It’s part of a thing. Wouldn’t see them live, mind you, too cabaret.[/QUOTE]
Apparently in Jamaica in the late 50s/early 60s they could only receive a couple of massively powered American AM radio stations so the local rock steady/bluebeat/ska bands did versions of these songs I've got some weird ones like Country roads (take me home) by Toots & The Maytals who ,incidentally, was the first artist to mention Reggae in a song (Do The Reggae)