red red by UB40
Duration : 0:3:52
Dec
25
Dec
14
I have just recently obtained a new job after a long time searching and thought i would do a tribute video about unemployment and as a farewell to the good ol’ days of lounging around watching telly.
The video has a selection of photos of the unemployed and from job centres as well as a few cartoons about job hunting.
It ends with a short clip of Rab C. Nesbitt landing a job at the jobcentre.
Now there is a man who knows all about work ! LOL
The song “Red red wine” is the original version by Tony Tribe who sings it much better than UB40.
For those too young to remember UB40 are named after the old unemployment form, the UB40.
Duration : 0:5:12
Dec
12
UB40 es un grupo inglés de música pop reggae y dub formado en Birmingham, Inglaterra en 1978.
Sus ocho componentes son amigos desde la infancia, de varias razas y procedentes de la clase obrera: Ali Campbell, James Brown, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Michael Virtue y Astro. Compraron sus primeros instrumentos con el dinero que Ali recibió como compensación por una pelea que tuvieron en un pub, aunque algunos de ellos todavía no sabían tocarlos. Sacaron su nombre del formulario de petición de pago del seguro de desempleo, Unemployment Benefit Form 40, (Formulario de beneficios por desempleo 40) debido a que los ocho miembros del grupo se encontraban en paro.
Grabaron una maqueta que fue emitida por una emisora de radio y comenzaron a tocar en algunos pubs y clubes nocturnos, hasta que Chrissie Hynde, la vocalista del grupo The Pretenders los vio tocar y les ofreció acompañarla como teloneros de su grupo durante la gira de 1979. En 1980, publicaron su primer álbum Signing off y crearon su propia compañía discográfica DEP International con la que publican Present Arms in Dub
En 1984 y con el lanzamiento de su propia versión del famoso Red Red Wine de Neil Diamond (incluido en el que se dice que es su mejor disco Labour of Love) obtuvieron su primer éxito y posterior salto a la fama.
En 2008 la formación continúa activa y realizando conciertos internacionales.
UB40 - RED RED WINE(1983), Lyrics
Red, red wine goes to my head,
Makes me forget that I still need her so
Red, red wine, it’s up to you
All I can do I’ve done
Memories won’t go, memories won’t go
Life is fine every time,
Thoughts of you leave my head
I was wrong, now I find
Just one thing makes me forget
Red, red wine, stay close to me
Don’t let me be alone
It’s tearing apart my blue heart
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine,
You keep me rockin’ all of the time
Red red wine, you make me feel so grand,
I feel a million dollar when you’re just in my hand
Red red wine, you make me feel so sad,
Any time I see you go, it make me feel bad
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine,
Monkey back and ease up on the sweet deadline
Red red wine, you give me holy pahzing
Holy pahzing, you make me do my own thing
Red red wine, you give me not awful love
Your kind of lovin’ like a blessing from above
Red red wine, I loved you right from the start,
Right from the start, and with all of my heart
Red red wine in an eighties style
Red red wine in a modern beat style
Yeah
Give me a little time, let me clear out my mind
Give me a little time, let me clear out my mind
Give me red wine, the kind make me feel fine
You make me feel fine all of the time
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine
Monkey back and ease up on the sweet deadline
The line broke, the money get choked,
Bunbah, ganjapani, little rubber boat
Red red wine, I’m gonna hold on to you,
Hold on to you ’cause I know you love truth
Red red wine, I’m gonna love you till I die,
Love you till I die, and that’s no lie
Red red wine, can’t get your off my mind
Wherever you may be, I’ll surely find,
I’ll surely find. Make no fuss, just leave us
Duration : 0:3:2
Dec
7
“RED RED WINE” - Released 1983. UB40, are a British reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008, the band placed more than 50 singles on the UK charts, and achieved considerable international success as well. Their #1 hits (which are all covers) include “Red Red Wine” (#1 US/UK/Canada/NZ/Holland), “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (#1 US/UK/Australia/Sweden/Holland), and “I Got You Babe” (#1 UK/Holland). The band members began as friends who knew each other from various colleges and schools across Birmingham. The name “UB40″ was selected in reference to a paper form issued by the UK government’s Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) at the time of the band’s formation for claiming unemployment benefit. The designation UB40 stood for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40. Before any of them could play their instruments, Ali Campbell and Brian Travers travelled around Birmingham promoting the band, putting up UB40 posters. The band purchased its first instruments from Woodroffe’s Musical Instruments with £4,000 in compensation money that Campbell, who would become the lead singer, received after a bar fight during his 17th birthday celebration. Their first gig took place on February 9, 1979 at The Hare & Hounds Pub in Kings Heath, Birmingham for a friend’s birthday party. UB40 caught their first break when Chrissie Hynde noticed them at a pub and gave them an opportunity as a support act to her band, The Pretenders. UB40’s first single, “King”/”Food for Thought” was released on Graduate Records, a local independent label run by David Virr. It reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Their first album was titled Signing Off, as the band were signing off from or closing their claim on the unemployment benefit. It was recorded in a bedsit in Birmingham and was produced by Bob Lamb. Norman Hassan said of the recording: “if you stripped my track down, you could hear the birds in the background.” This is because his tracks were recorded outside in the garden. Signing Off was released on September 6, 1980, and entered the UK Albums Chart on October 2nd 1980. It reached as high as No. 2 in the UK and spent 72 weeks in total on the chart. Signing Off is now a Platinum album. Despite great success in the UK, UB40’s popularity in the United States was only established after they released Labour of Love, an album of cover songs, in 1983. The album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Top 200 in the US. The album featured the song, “Red Red Wine”, a cover version of a Neil Diamond song (in an arrangement similar to that of Tony Tribe’s version). Their most successful worldwide single release is the cover of the Elvis Presley ballad “(I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You” which was the main title to the 1993 Sharon Stone movie Sliver and was a number one hit across Europe and in the U.S. UB40 live in Wellington, New Zealand in 2004.
Duration : 0:6:28
Tony Tribe
Nov
22
Another one I took from WEED100.
Nov
19
After some obnoxious chick screamed out UB40 for the 5th time,
The Beef Curtains answered back with a improvised tribute to Tim and Eric Awesome Show. Great Job Guys!
Duration : 0:0:32
Nov
8
Red, red wine
Go to my head
Make me forget that i
Still need her so
Red, red wine
It`s up to you
All I can do, i`ve done
But memories won`t go
No, memories won`t go
I`d have thought
That with time
Thoughts of her
Would leave my head
I was wrong
And I find
Just one thing makes me forget
Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don`t let me be alone
It`s tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart
—red red wine rap section—
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
You keep me rocking all of the time
Red red wine you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollars when your just in my hand
Red red wine you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go it makes me feel bad
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line
Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing
Redred wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart
Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah
(chorus)
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me red wine because it make me feel fine
Mek me feel fine all of the time
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla on the sweet dep line
The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad rizla pon him little rowing boat
Red red wine i`m gonna hold to you
Hold on to you cause I know you love true
Red red wine i`m gonna love you till I die
Love you till I die and that`s no lie
Red red wine can`t get you out my mind
Where ever you maybe i`ll surely find
I`ll surely find make no fuss jus` stick with us.
(chorus)
Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart
Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing
Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah.
Duration : 0:3:53
Nov
6
White dogg slow wine im tring to get the lyrics
Nov
6
Its not about the video, its all about this big tune !
Lyrics:
Verse:1
ETHIOPIA she now stretch forth
To king SELASSIE I nuh more rocking a di boat
Tings a get red inna di western coast
A nuff a dem a dead yuh might tink seh a joke
Dem have di money and still dem cyaah float
I come fi separate di sheep from di goat
Look inna di heep fi see a who bust di throat
Give dem di chalice and dem end up a choke
Cyaah burn di herb dem run gone snort coke
If i a di fiyah den a who a di smoke
Give di yute di culture cause a it mi a promote
Dem must come togetha RASTAFAR I a nuh joke
Nuh tek nuh talk
Chorus:
Yuh nuh si seh dem a gaze
Dem come fi stir it up and corrupt
What di BINGIMAN create
Tell dem open up dem ears
Ghetto yute unuh hurry up
Because a king SELASSIE man a praise
Yuh nuh si seh dem a gaze
Dem come fi stir it up and corrupt
What di BINGHI yute create
SELASSIE open every gate
BINGHI yute unuh hurry up
Because mi nuh come yah…
Verse:2
Be still cau mi know dem gone
JAH give di earth mi plant food and corn
Di yutes come first so mi naah left di farm
I till di dirt den wha mek dem a scorn
Babylon be still unuh lo mi mek mi gwone
Upon di hill nuh dutty wuk mi nuh perform
Trod dem yah journey get redda dan warm
Di yutes stop cut all di slave masta lawn
Nuh do nutten fi get di bloody money inna wi palm
Wi naah (s)tan(d) calm
Chorus: Red Red Wine…
Verse:3
Do i dis honour give di yutes di betterment
Educate dem right fi dem upliftment
I nuh settlers nuh give i no settlement
I run di place dis a bigga judgment
What’s di result from yuh conference
No solutions yuh confuse you and yuh frens
Babylon laws come to an end
Babylon di fake going down again
Lightening message slap england
Bun dem to ashes dem a pollute JAH land
Lightening message drop inna di pentagon
Fight dem a fight fi king SELASSIE position
Tek dem yah message to do ITHIOPIAN
Tell dem EMPEROR SELASSIE is di almighty man
Lightening message fi every nation
To king SELASSIE I bows di generation
Mi tell dem seh
…
Duration : 0:3:38