UB40
Jesus fuck a pig.

I remember the early 80s when UB40 were a group of angry young unemployed men from Birmingham, hitting out at the Thatcher government through brilliant songs like "Food for Thought" and "One in Ten". Signing off and Present Arms are iconic albums.

Then they got rich, did "Labour of Love" and they became nothing but a cheesy wedding covers band, committing the ultimate musical sin of becoming [Group] + Friends

"I've Got You Babe" remains a low point of the entire musical output of ALL MANKIND. Those behind it should be hung, drawn, quartered, turned into soup and the soup poured down the drain.

UB40: STOP IT, YOU CUNTS

I feel quite strongly about this
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Sat 1 Jan 2011, 11:27, 4 replies)

Oh yes I used to adore them
I actually liked the first Labour of Love. I thought it a fitting homage.

Shortly after they recorded it, The Face did an interview with Robin and Ali and Robin said that "We do not and will not ever write love songs. That is not what we are about. This album is a one off, a homage".

They went on to do Rat in The Kitchen and Geffery Morgan which imho were good.

When they did that awful song with Chrissie Hynde I forgave them that one discretion but feck, they were consistently awful after that.

The fact that they were once brilliant and are now so utterly diabolical makes it even worse.

Shame on them.

Edit: Ooh I am going to have fun with this QOTW. My spleen is going to be well and truly vented!
( Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Sat 1 Jan 2011, 11:41, closed)

UB40
Bagariddum
they did some proper tunes agreed, still play em to remind me of brum
It all got silly after they played villa park
Higher ground WTF
don't mention bitty
( Bobson, Sat 1 Jan 2011, 13:36, closed)

Couldn't agree more
their early output was fantastic.

Poor people make better music so by downloading songs for free from illegal file-sharing sites, you are doing music a favour.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Sat 1 Jan 2011, 13:38, closed)

Aye, they went shit quite quickly
They didn't even pass through the 'not very good' stage.
Homely Girl and Red Red Wine. Fuck's sake.
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Sat 1 Jan 2011, 21:20, closed)

I didn't think they were too bad
Until I realised that they were just a cover band, doing covers that were not as good as the originals, breakfast in bed being the perfect example, the original is a classic and has been covered by other bands well too.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:44, closed)