UB40 Food For Thought 1980

[breath888]

Played this one countless times. Always made me feel good and sad at the same time.

[tandooriman1]

lots of memories hit this tune, especially being indian , luved this type of music.. but at that time was callled national front music.. i was stupid 2 know better. still luv it.

[FBIagentNinja]

17 people are Lil Wayne listeners.

[MudCow33]

Some people dont realize what real regae is, directed toward the 17 jackasses

[gheeboeski]

I never heard this song before and I am just amazed that how good UB40 was back then!!! I have only listened this song once and it is already in my top favorites. The beat and lyrics is just so ahead of its time. Big ups to UB40 one of the greatests band ever!!!

[MrMichaelk1966]

Jr. High School '82 ~Destination»Virginia -Kendall Park . Cars full of smoke .

[sinaloa1323]

SUBLIME JUST THE BEST SONG EVER.



[TheSuffer260]

This dudes remind of MADNESS Pure killer shit!!!

[spytfire4792]

i'm in love with this dude....still!



[reddjonn68]

WoW

[rayzel83]

this is magic!

[sokmunkee]

God, they were so young!! As were we all.....Thanks for this one.

[Welshgirl38]

@ Thebettyboo ..... Ali Campbell hasnt been in UB40 for the passed 2 years, he left in 2008! I am going to see them tomoro, but know that its Robin (Ali's brother) who is singing instead of Ali. I cant belive u didnt know this!!!

[MrCodekilla187]

this song is dope wen ur puffn and laxn out

[lurvebutter]

Never has a band who started with so much promise end up so bloody awful.

[riotmaker7771]

@lurvebutter  why would you diss the sickest song

[lurvebutter]

@riotmaker7771 I'm not, I'm dissing the shite they did later.

[RashaTwain]

@lurvebutter what do you mean?

[MartaBtrp]

Good!

[TheBettyboo62]

Went to see UB40 last week in Glasgow, No Ali Campbell!!!!! Sorry, didnt cut the mustard! Waited 20(?) Years to see them, sad me.

[sonofsilence]

when UB40 used to be good

[TheAngryChav]

@sonofsilence so true.

[Dillboy]

Saw them in Glasgow & Edinburgh on the signing off tour,Edinburgh was a blast,It was in a bar,must have been 50 people there,absolutely amazing gig!

[SuperWowzaa]

Ivory Madonna,Dying in the dust!!

Waiting for the manna,coming from the west!!

[tghulett]

Love their old stuff....get off my lawn!

[borndutch71]

come on you spurs!!!

[skaworld509]

Brummies!!!

[Fritz3010]

Wunderbar memorys! :-)

[AndrewHurley69]

Saw UB40 on Monday (25.10.2010) in Liverpool, they were fantastic. Not a massive fan but they've achieved so much for British Music. To think they wrote this song about the famine in Africa, 4 years before Band Aid!

[silmaril76]

Smashin'!!

[deedas333]

those were the days young dumb and full of come , and stoned out of the head a bit like now :) met the band in cork city Ireland in the city hall a long time ago had a few splifs in the bar wat gr8 memories , wat a talented group still listen to them today and always will peace out . :):):)

[pigyob]

Pig ate all the crame buns

[skopex18]

tune man!

[Ajolee]

very good record when this came out

[ebonitetornado]

Where did I put this album???

[luluc1]

signing off classic 

[whitedust696]

this was ub40 at their finest........... i was a trainee sound engineer in pebble mill birmingham, and can say im proud of these brummie boys, who produced fine work with very limited equipment. LUV IT LUV IT

[FrankSidebottom]

tune

[millos928]

yes

[kinect19]

one of their best tracks...LOVE EM x

[tijuanalady76]

Ivory Madonna!! Fookin Class!! Killer Track!!

[crozwayne]

Just listened to this tonight on the Radcliffe and Maconie show on Radio 2, some on please tell me where the fuck these last 30 years have gone? these dudes were the business back then, then they sold out and turned to shite, still awesome album, signing off.

[JackDMC]

Bought this when i was 8 - still not bored - so gooooood..

[klnine]

best horn section ever !!!!!!!!! Better then EW&F

[papayankee69]

Its been thirty years since signing off came out and its gone so quickly,i was only 16 then...i remember listening to it round my mates house,he had the album and a job and i had neither...but what i did have was the yellow dole card that was the same as the album cover telling you what day you should sign on ,i think it was either tues or thurs at dod st in poplar.I dont look back and think it was a good time coz it wasnt,it  was shit gowing up in the 80s but we had the music thank god

[kirkwallboy]

@papayankee69 I first heard this on the John Peel show in January 1980. I was 19, earning shit money in a frankly shit job. The only thing that I looked forward to was the next bit of music. This hit me in the heart long before they had hits. They were brilliant until 1982 and then it was 1983 and they had kind of lost it, as far as originality and that spark goes.

[cbak12sg]

@kirkwallboy This WAS a hit, and a big one. It reached no 4 early in 1980, just after you heard it on John Peel's show. Few acts can boast of a debut hit single to match this for quality.

I always thought UB40 would not appeal to the US market, but Red Red Wine and Can't Help Falling In Love topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. In the case of Red Red Wine, it was five years after it reached no 1 in the UK that it repeated the job in the USA.

[MrRedPasty]

"ivory madonna"............

Legends , it's like any English kid who born in the 80's heritage and just as awesome !!! In the iPod between rancid & the vandals,

[welshexile1963]

Oh what memories!!! 1st 3 albums were great then they turned to s**t! This is classic!

[dikvanbilmusic]

I wasn't even born back then but I wish I had been there!!!

[fuckamericanidiot]

i love videos like this, it's the same when you watch any band that wasn't about the way they dressed, the band and the crowd both make it look like it could've been filmed last year. just ordinary teenagers, and i mean that in the nicest way :)

[fuckamericanidiot]

cheers dad :)

[pigyob]

Oy!Pig ate all the crame bunns!

[kmw1171]

DEN BÄSTA LÅTEN DOM HAR GJORT

[ashokatw]

White dudes and black dudes together playing some sweet reggae...I'd like the idea of it, even if the music hadn't turned out this well. It's just a bonus that this song kicks ass. I like this style better than their later synthesizer-based stuff...check out King as well, maybe their best song in my opinion.

[sortoflemur]

Early 1990's, cute Morris 1000, UB40 blasting, driving up the coast for you to spear- and crayrfish, carefree, laughing, smiling, singing ourselves hoarse, steak, carrot and chilli sarmies eaten while sitting on the concrete stairs to the tiny country shop ... PRECIOUS memories. THANKS MY WONDERFUL WAW! xxx Thousands of km's apart but only geographically. Always in touch! Best friends then, 2nd best friends now, as it should be. Love to your dear lady and son. See you soon. Mom

[krishan701]

who listnz 2 tis now??

[HaffoX]

GRAN TEMA

[LYT163]

this song is beautiful <33333333333333333333333333333­3

[dabsy71]

If Balsall Heath had a sound, this would be it !

[TheWelshtart]

class act in their time but hey so was Enoch Powell

[chanc8r38]

a timeless classic and the name of the band said it all i would hope that out of this human waste of the present we get a decent band that can tell stories of today as UB40 did in 1979 and on

[pogsboo]

Shame the same group did not write songs when New Labour was in power....But i guess they would have sung the prasies of Blair and Brown...The two people to fuck this country up after Slagging off Maggie....Some Food for thought...more Migrants claiming....thanks....

[RICKD790]

Brilliant! One of my dad's favourites, although he always sings " I'm a prima donna"

because he doesn't know the words

UB 40 have still got it, timeless indeed.

[crozzcity]

@RICKD790 hahaha im a prima donna.... thats funny

[82648947]

@RICKD790 .. I always thought it said "I'm a green madonna".. just found the real lyrics now.

[RICKD790]

@82648947 nearer than my dad anyway!!

[skopex18]

oh man i love this song! saxphone is nice!

[MasterBattor]

its been 30 years already?? but who cares! good tunes are timeless anyway.

[777Cortez777]

OMFG !!!

Rick Roll plays Sax 0_o

[lalahanley]

@777Cortez777 hahaha!

[martaanjos1]

Ilove this song! I love UB40!!!

[andyprovo]

Never gets old, great song, great music

[panesit0]

gran cancion!!

[Mordadella]

When i was 15...i love this Sound and have smoke mutch stuff and now im 45 and i make and love the same :-))))))

[Mininemi]

@Mordadella

yep...

and giv me back them eighties!!!

;)

[zynn92i]

the instrumental was so striking !!

i love that shit man

I hear from my 10 years and is still as good as a joint hemp

[cilldroichid]

When UB40 meant something, brilliant.

[Slaptucker]

just the start takes me back to school days. mods, punks, fred perry shirts and doc martins. harrington jackets! Man the times were simpler then

[malcolmbryant]

@Slaptucker You been lookin in my wardrobe? Ha ha!

[cantonadenmark]

classic

[chrisobee1]

How stupid can some people be..? This is a brilliantly written song, in the UK reggae style, with a message. UB40 made some great music. I've just listened to the track King, and it is a really beautiful piece of music.

[rickylee369]

after a while ub40 became a glorified lite cod reggae covers band with weak beats... but this is chronically cool as is the earth dies screaming... two great albums followed by a decade of dross... viva ub40 for t decency to split before they got even worse

[beastybikes]

Makes me want to smoke dope again just like in the summer of 1980 in south Bermondsey SE16 ,and what was that pub called near Somerfield House ?

[MrCdiaz71]

I love this song! the melody is mesmerising!

[pupizzo99]

...is shit and not is the shit.

Try to improve your english before to express in a depth concept like your ; I wonder if You are conscious concerning this song are speaking about.

I'm afraid not but I think this is not the true problem. :)

[kevintheshedend1976]

@pupizzo99

'''try to improve your english before to express in a depth concept like your''??????!!!

It's the irony I find hilarious

[KrissyGall]

dont disrespect the ub40 cos they are the greatest band that ever lived u wanker

[ralcock]

their best

[pupizzo99]

Fantastic song in outstanding album; out of time...... but with heavy contents abt. political environment of first 80ty.

[sumanos]

I get what ppl are saying about them selling out & doing covers. I used to think the same way until I saw a documentary about them & how they give a large cut of the profits to the original artist. Basically they were sacrificing their credibility to get these guys back in the West Indies the financial rewards they deserved. Of course they probably did quite well out of it themselves but at least they had some philanthropic reasons for going commercial & didn't completely abandon their ideals.

[Lionne11278]

This song is the shit!!!

[tisjoje]

brings back gr8 memories lol top band top song xxx

[partaliii]

:)))))))

[Jasperzeszeszes]

Great song!!!

I dont know why, but it relaxes me..a lot...hmmmm

thx for inspiration guys!!

[mcspeed2000]

Politician`s argue sharpening their knives.

Drawing up their Bargains, trading baby lives.

[KittensGotTalent]

UB 40 had SO much promise and SO much to say in their first 4/5 years and then ruined it all by becoming a covers band... what a waste!

[kirkwallboy]

Yeah, the first few years until 1982 were so life changing. I like your SO. They did have a few gems among the later tatters. Some were really good, almost reaching their best. But by then they were almost like a different band, with a spent energy and different needs, emerging into a different era between cover version fits and starts, into a second hand sunrise. A lost sunrise, really.

[maxLeifermann]

Wonderful song, but one of the saddest ever...

[maxou1000065]

people who don't like this jam don't know fucko about music!

[oloseti]

you can see in this vid that these guys got what it takes. this song is raw.

[ospTube]

This and KING are the classic UB40 songs IMHO.

[StuartVideoWorld]

I just love this song

[jackblackledge]

14 ppl voted dislike? i dislike them

[poromise]

That sax player looks like Rick Astley :O

[drning68]

heavy lyric

[cenagod]

ub40 sucks...no talent at all...their music is just substandard.

[whaaq2]

des fullas be mean........good ol skool roots ............gunni them all bouncing round raging it up mean maori mean!

[donkey1888]

First reggae record i ever bought i love it

[psyne000]

This is a depp tune, the lyrics are very poignant....really beautiful.

[charlenenz]

just amazing!! brillant!! nothing bad to say about this!!

[vinnothelizard]

good!!

[fredque123]

FAZUMA

[Marileah907]

Love love love love this song!!!!!!!!

[caxtonman]

Oh the halcion days...anyone who is in their early forties now will get a warm glow of nostaglia from this song......!

[dommaztam]

@caxtonman agreed the best track they made IMO

[kevintheshedend1976]

@caxtonman

Yep. takes me back to the 4th year

[sistasueakamilli]

Ha any1 who say dis song dont tak yr soul must b dead, Ha 1 of dem song

where you dont hav 2 talk jus pure vibes, pure luv, not many can achieve dat!

[sistasueakamilli]

1 of the Best Reggae Songs ever!

Pure choooonnn!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[thekillasquirrel]

@fanduBOSS

what are you on about? this song is amazing, you cant just say this song sucks and leave it at that, you obviously have no idea what this song is all about, and blatently fuckin far too ignorant to give a shit.. do some homework you complete spanner

[MultiSmithy69]

@thekillasquirrel i love this song ali is fantistic brill reggie tunes

[DJmaoriDMW]

@thekillasquirrel well, you can say whatever you want on here. it's an american free speech thingamee. If i was you, instead of succumbing, and getting all angry about it, you could, just, ignore it. You know, the guy that wrote "this sux" actually won because he made you get so upset that you started swearing and going on. The song is awesome man, just calm down, and let shit slide... Something to think about / Food for thought

[thekillasquirrel]

@DJmaoriDMW true..

[azerlec]

MERCI POUR LE PARTAGE DE LA VIDEO DE ub40 1980 ça remonte tout ça( ma jeunesseç (lol)

 je te croyais déjà parti c est quand exactement bisous bonne soirée

[DroffilcRenevac]

It brinds back memories Fred perry t shirts and stay prest trousers. Me and sharon ballinger snogging at a disco. Fanshawe school Ware.

[millsy333]

Love ub40!

[oldmacisback]

Such a melancholy sound. Of its time. They were great before they started to do Neil Diamond covers.

[kirkwallboy]

Agree, all their stuff until 1983 was melancholy, and great. They were kind of life affirming, in these early days.

[facefavour]

There's nothing wrong with doing covers if you do them well, we all know UB40 are talented we can see here. Don't know why doing covers makes them bad? So what? At least they can play there instruments and can hold a live gig, covers are a complement to the original artist anyway.

They covered the songs they liked and did them justice, anyone who can make a cover that sounds better than the original is talented.

[seeth09]

UB40 were telling it how it is...signing off.....present arms...pity the people on capital gold haven't got the bollocks to play these timeless classics

[Matista19]

yes it's right

[loboramsgate]

@seeth09 Pity ub40 sold out and died a totps death!

[mainface]

fuck all that dancing in time bollocks , this is how to dance in a music video

[ivansetux]

buen reggae

[RobDeManc]

The singer looked like my uncle back then.

[leviatanxy]

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[VicJLo]

This song makes me high

[kirkwallboy]

I remember hearing this on John Peel in January 1980. It was one of those "holy shit "moments. Graduate records. Still have the bit of cardboard I scratched the name of the song, the band and the label in blue ink on, somewhere. And then I got the single and the album. At the time, they were so on the button.

[jammma516]

thats awsome man, i love this band and im 25. aint they like the most sucsessful cover band of all time?And didnt the not write anything of thier own?

[mainface]

@jammma516 they wrote a fair few , and covered a few too

[kirkwallboy]

They wrote all of their own stuff, as far as i know, in the early days, probably until 1982. And then they did a few cover versions. Which, unfortunately, for me as an original UB40 fan, buyer, whatever, were hits. Shit hits.

[TheBettyboo62]

Brilliant song. It takes me way way back? UB40 have stayed the test of time and are still making music, how many bands from then are still together?

[redhotsuperskunk]

makes you laugh man , i love UB40 to bits and that video shows why , they were awsome in thier day , why have they changed thier music and style so much ? there was no need !

[Faivans86]

Love to smoke to this nice music hehe:) Peace and love to everybody!

[topbluffa1]

why did every girl in the 80s seem to have that good girl next door look.

its to sexy.

[tracegnet]

the best!1

[ganjasyndrome]

best UB tune !

[seylaNZ]

being 18 in 1980 was simply the best time, music was live; clean and lyrics were meaningful; and didn't it seem like it was always summertime.. loved it; and love this group still :-)))

[Zeggle]

me 2 loves you :-_)

[ilovedilmar]

damm, i wich i was 18 whit you! am born to late!!

[mrblack4026]

great song glad to be 18 in 1980... we had it all....never forget

[MrBirminghamcityfc]

i love this song it is amazin to hear it being sang out round st.andrews kro ub40

[RodStewartFanGal]

I love UB40 so much, ever since I was little :) I found an old tape in my drawer a few months ago, and it brought me back to listening to them. Whenever Im feelin down I just play a good feel-good tune from UB and the blues just melt away! Its incredible how their music, old AND new, is almost completely ignored by the radio; it's sad. I dont know how things will go over in Labour of Love IV w/o ALI, but Ive got faith that it will still be amazing :D And good luck to ALI also

[MrBirminghamcityfc]

i love to hear this being sang round the blues it really cheers u up

[janeythebrit]

aaahhh....still LOVE it !!

[ladyjanus]

NEVA BEATEN!!

[happentodie]

the old days have died ,replaced by corporate radio friendly shit , proud to be signing on for my ub40 still!!!!!

[DaSelekter]

Amazing!

[SzokkozS]

...sooooooooooo cool! Good old dayz! :)

[Nesto76]

one word "AWESOME" ... old is gold ...

[Nesto76]

i love this sooong man been looking for it ,,,, thnx for posting

Dubai ,

[SANTIAGOCARRERA183]

con este tema, cuanto licor

[rossi220680]

old is best

[rs8080]

Great music. The lyrics are simply awesome, and straight to the point. I first heard this song when it was released about 30 years ago, but it's only in recent years that I've understood what it is about.

[jaseywasey49]

The musical intro is now sung by Birmingham City football fans!!.

[brummygaz]

0114owl, I couldnt agree more... 98% of new music is soleless.. idiots who cant sing or write just put on stage as they look good...... A bunch of self taught Brummies world famous as they had Tallent...........

[9328283]

ya alla Love ub40 reminds me my aunt - when I was 13 - she used to put the records of ub40 & terence trent d'arby and many more great artists...that song bring me back to that period - I have the ub40 cd - with that song, red red wine & 1 in 10 - love it - great music.......jasmine - Israel

[renoa2000]

hehe the sax man is the sex man

[THCmuzicalmasta]

yes yes go on my selectah with the original betamax rip!! either its betamax or a very old vhs played over bad head's.... but yeah they sounding like that when they were pissed and high on coke too ;) ..., gwaan birminghams very own talent!

[beanabeaner]

signing off ....best thing they ever did !

[BARMYPANTS]

unequalled and unsurpassed. I grew up on this in the early 80's and nothing in the genre has come close since...pure gold

[TheArizonadream]

Encore un Superbe tub, qui ne prends pas une ride

[rorz32]

BCFC SOTV KRO

[traceduserpent]

I used to get so high on this tune ...

[Madskull2]

Used to??

[mainface]

lol aye wtf?

[haagsuh]

best 1 ever !!!

[forestgumpaed]

i saw them when they were promoting this song,all those years ago.