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Researcher 556780 Started conversation Feb 1, 2005
Geo bought me a cd for my birthday which was Saturday just gone...and...AND...
UB40 are still magic 
I so want to go to another concert...
I've been to loads already..and can never get enough of their music.
Live music is the best!!!
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Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Feb 1, 2005
Many happy etc etc.
I'm afraid I have to admit a loathing of UB40, though. As you'll see from my PS, Reggae is a passion for me, so I know how it's *meant* to sound
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Researcher 556780 Posted Feb 1, 2005
Hey....
Reggae is more of an offbeat to a sound..
I like all sortsa reggae, even Lee 'Scratch' Perry and the Upsetters and of course old ska...like..Long Shot Kick De Bucket...etc..ever heard of Little Boy Blue? 
I still like UB40.
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Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Feb 1, 2005
Ok - since you've mentioned The Upsetter, I'll let you off. He's my reggae god.
And I assume that the title...'Homegrown'....refers to the ideal accompaniment?
I had a pleasant experience this weekend. I went along to Oddbins (note to non-UK readers: quirky chain of wine stores staffed my young, knowledgeable oenophiles) buy my usual bottle of Chilean red (anything by Concha y Toro can be relied on). Not only was there a particularly gorgeous new assistant 
- but they were doing a tasting AND the other assistant was playing Horace Andy/ King Tubby.
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psychocandy-moderation team leader Posted Feb 1, 2005
Happy belated birthday!! 
Sorry I missed the actual date.
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Agapanthus Posted Feb 1, 2005
Was it your birthday? Belated Happy Birthday 
and a 
of hand-knitted socks, which seems to be my present ot everyone these days.
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abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein Posted Feb 1, 2005
Happy Belated Birthday wishes! 
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Researcher 556780 Posted Feb 1, 2005
King Tubby - yays!!!!! Respect to King Tubby...
Speaking of The Upsetters, my fave was always Curly Dub.
RE: Homegrown is the title of the album, and has these odd looking green plants on the front...perfeck accomp....yes of course..
Thanks for the birthday wishes...Trin, Pc, Aga and Abbi 
Sitz back and puts feet up on desk, clad in hand knitted socks...yays..
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Feb 1, 2005
Happy Birthday MV
I don't mind UB40 but I've always tended to think of them as easy listening.
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Researcher 556780 Posted Feb 2, 2005
Yes SR, RL birthday...29th January, 1971... 
Thanks Bc yeh, they are easy listening with predictable harmonic toons.
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zendevil Posted Feb 2, 2005
Te he, UB40 are good RL mates of mine, back in sunny Brum. i was "priveleged" enough to be teaching in a classroom merely yards away from the bedsit they started first practising in, ye gods, it may be easy listening now, but bloody hell, it took a lot of painful practice to get there, believe me!!!!
Hippo late late barfday greetings vix. I am reliably informed foxes in captivity need to eat cotton wool sandwiches to keep their fibre levels correct, so i advise you to nibble on those woolly socks in the meantime.
Oh, Ok then, you are a civilised vixen, go on then, have some and
zdt
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Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Feb 2, 2005
That's true about the cotton wool. In fact...I'm just off to repeat that on the Useless Facts convo.
Also...pigeons need to eat gravel to help break down their stomach contents.
Bonobos, on the other hand, thrive on a diet of Chilean red wine 
and Budvar 
.
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Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Feb 2, 2005
By the way...the best definition of Reggae I've ever heard: 'Rhythm and Blues played backwards'.
The early Jamaican pioneers like Toots Hibbert were trying to do cover versions of African-American songs - but traditional Nyabinghi rhythms crept into the mix. Anyway...it's more than just a back beat. It's a lot to do with which beats are stressed, and the way they slightly delay their time intervals. Golden rule for dancing (sorry - skankin' ) to reggae - dance on the off beat.
Can blue boys play the whites?
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DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! Posted Feb 3, 2005
Happy birthday, MV! (For last Saturday.)
UB40 - I really liked their music back in 1980, but that's probably the more mainstream accessible stuff.
Many happy returns, as my old Dad and Mum used to say. (There's ajoke in there about radishes, but I can't quite remember it.)
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hellboundforjoy Posted Feb 3, 2005
Happy Birthday, MV! 
I like UB40, but have to admit not too familiar with their output.
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Researcher 556780 Posted Feb 3, 2005
Hey Terri Cotton wool sandwiches...
Ed, you stop encouraging her!!!! 
Zen Ca-Ca?
Rhythm and Blues played backwards...yes I like that 
as a definition.
Thanks Adela
Thanks Hellie
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