UB40

[AustinBlue]

not my cuppa either but I am sure they have a following that would consider them cool. Not the worst put on accent I have heard.

Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins pretty much locked that up for a lifetime

 

[bluethrunthru]

Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins pretty much locked that up for a lifetime

there is also Terry Christians oh so Mancunian accent - born in Manchester and to prove it his accent is uber Manc to the point where it seems made up or Guy Ritche - a Hertfordshire lad from a posh background that defined the mockney accent.

Special mentions to Schmeichel and Molby too for totally weird accents

 

[Mike N]

Rag in ma kitchen

Proper lol!

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

Decent band back in the day, King and The Earth Dies Screaming were top singles. Recently saw a good BBC4 documentary on band and the two post split factions are still doing the rounds, both laying claim and playing the original songs: those original band members minus Ali Campbell as UB40; those including AC as UB40 with Ali Campbell.

Probably the reason for the split right there.

 

[super_city_si]

Fond memories of "Food for thought" playing on the tape deck whilst enjoying some Moroccan in the afternoon sun in Ibiza in the late 80s

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

They may as well have made one album and then just put the same one out 20 more times. And Red Red Wine is on the list of mutable songs that includes such dreadful ear pain as Angels, Summer of 69, Mustang Sally, Dont Stop Believing, and any Abba song

 

[yeseye]

'Signing Off' is a classic album.

First album i purchased or Present Arms maybe.
Loved them, plenty of memories of lock-ins in Hulme late 80s with UB40 on the jukebox haha.

 

[PinkFinal]

I wonder how much of their early stuff they do live [either version]
Or is it just a greatest hits set. According to the BBC4 documentary they should all be seriously wealthy. Massive record sales but cash disappeared.
They really had it in their early years.

 

[NantwichBlue]

Rag in ma kitchen

Brilliant!

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44212628

Still cool??? You never were!!

A white man with a Ja-fake-an accent doesn't do it for me.

First two albums were good. All started going down hill once they plumped for the safety of cover versions like “Red red wine”.
Here’s “Silent Witness” from when they were good.....