UB40 - cultural appropriation?
A bunch of white guys who got rich making reggae pop?
Or is music styles open license?
I love UB-40. Excellent lubricant.
shareI use it on my yard tractor and all of my gardening equipment, nothing beats it
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Should have gone to Specsavers, Adolf
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While we're at it I'm fairly convinced that the Fine Young Cannibals were neither young nor cannibals (they may have been 'fine' but I'll leave that up to the Ladies and a couple of the guys here to judge)
shareGood God man you’re right! How very dare they!!!
I have it on good authority that A Flock of Seagulls were not in fact seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari, most closely related to the terns or distantly related to auks, skimmers and even more distantly to waders.
The fucking liberty!
I know right?!
While we're on the subject The Eagles were in fact just a bunch of dudes, not majestic birds at all!
I was very disappointed when I found out about this
True that. Although I would argue that Don Henley was quite a good looking rooster in his younger years.
But that’s a debate for another Intothenight thread, if you know what I mean, wink wink nudge nudge say no more…
Ultimate all weekender: -
The Partridge Family
Raven
Atomic Rooster
Baby Bird
Owl City
A Flock Of Seagulls
The Housemartins
Nick Drake
Eagles Of Death Metal
Them Crooked Vultures
The O’Jays
Counting Crows
The Black Crowes
The Doves
The Byrds
The Yardbirds
Hawkwind
Sheryl Crow
The Eagles
I'd make this statement before The Supreme Court of these here United States, not a single one of them were actual birds
What a bunch of liars!
I think seagulls should give their name to pelicans who live by the sea and have the defining feature of a large gull. Don't you agree?
Seagulls should be renamed chip thieves.
elvis would never have happened.
shareGive it a break dude
shareGreat band
shareYes, because they added absolutely nothing to reggae; all they did was basically spit out karaoke cover versions of preexisting songs for a white bread audience.
Just to show you what I'm talking about--
Bob Marley version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Yx4tRM61Q
UB40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXt56MB-3vc
The UB40 song is not a "cover." It's the exact same song, just sung by different people.
Now, Snow ("Informer") on the other hand, he was the real deal, not some poser cashing in on a trend. Jim Carrey made fun of him on In Living Color as another Vanilla Ice but you can hear that he had a legitimate affection for reggae and R and B.