What is this 80s reggae song?
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There's like a high haunting vocal line at the end of the chorus, lyrics might be "I don't want to stay' or "I don't understand" or something like that, followed by a slow brass arpeggio with two quick notes a semitone apart, like C E G Ab G.
It's UB40ish, not traditional Carribbean reggae, medium slow, male vocal, pretty sure it was an 80s chart song as I just heard it in a supermarket. It's not Ghost Town by The Specials, more polished sound than that.
Alan Whicker rendition - https://voca.ro/17rXg5cBZKBw First three quarters is the vocal, then brass line, then goes back into a normal reggae best.
It's driving me up the wall.
It's UB40ish, not traditional Carribbean reggae, medium slow, male vocal, pretty sure it was an 80s chart song as I just heard it in a supermarket. It's not Ghost Town by The Specials, more polished sound than that.
Alan Whicker rendition - https://voca.ro/17rXg5cBZKBw First three quarters is the vocal, then brass line, then goes back into a normal reggae best.
It's driving me up the wall.
I've just spat my tea out
UB40 eh? I did a lot of their production, programming and key-playing up to about 2000.
So you could say I know their music quite well, and from a "molecular" level.
Yet I couldn't decipher the tune from your uploaded rendition
I can't decide which is more awkward - the "tuneless" request, or my p1ss-poor analytical skills
All in jest before the "butt-hurt Karens" come out.
Glad you got it sorted though - nothing worse than a feckin mind-worm to obsess over
Dan
UB40 eh? I did a lot of their production, programming and key-playing up to about 2000.
So you could say I know their music quite well, and from a "molecular" level.
Yet I couldn't decipher the tune from your uploaded rendition
I can't decide which is more awkward - the "tuneless" request, or my p1ss-poor analytical skills
All in jest before the "butt-hurt Karens" come out.
Glad you got it sorted though - nothing worse than a feckin mind-worm to obsess over
Dan
DanoS4 said:
I've just spat my tea out
UB40 eh? I did a lot of their production, programming and key-playing up to about 2000.
So you could say I know their music quite well, and from a "molecular" level.
Yet I couldn't decipher the tune from your uploaded rendition
I can't decide which is more awkward - the "tuneless" request, or my p1ss-poor analytical skills
All in jest before the "butt-hurt Karens" come out.
Glad you got it sorted though - nothing worse than a feckin mind-worm to obsess over
Dan
Sounds fine to me - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1enQO8gJlNy3IMrDX1... - must be your ears, no wonder UB40 gave you the boot. UB40 eh? I did a lot of their production, programming and key-playing up to about 2000.
So you could say I know their music quite well, and from a "molecular" level.
Yet I couldn't decipher the tune from your uploaded rendition
I can't decide which is more awkward - the "tuneless" request, or my p1ss-poor analytical skills
All in jest before the "butt-hurt Karens" come out.
Glad you got it sorted though - nothing worse than a feckin mind-worm to obsess over
Dan
Yes, I had You Give Me Some Kind Of Magic by Dollar as an earworm for a while, the reggae one was infinitely more enjoyable!
in my defence, I'd clicked on the link above next to the Alan Wicker thing and well, umm, I have lots of tech, but none of it could polish turd
And I'll have you know I did my level-best to bring the band's career down from the inside - takes surprisingly little talent to do that
Dano
And I'll have you know I did my level-best to bring the band's career down from the inside - takes surprisingly little talent to do that
Dano
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