UB40 - One In Ten Reaction
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- In this video we're listening to another one from UB40. We're super excited to get into this one. We don't know enough from this band. The songs of theirs that really hit in Canada were mostly covers. We can't wait. Enjoy!
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Saddest thing is......the world hasn't changed a bit since this was released....in fact it's worse😔......Great song....Great reaction👍
Yep ! a proper shit show ! that is today , but u cant say that in case you might upset some one !
True.
I was on the dole at the time and I had a UB40 unemployed benifit card. This is the real UB40 political and musical 😢
Me too .. on the broo we called it up my way 😂👍
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Facts
I remember going into the job centre and id forgot my ub40 card, and the women behind the desk said"you've been very naughty, uve not got ur ub40" that cracked me up in the job centre😂
@@peat1971 lol I mind that card well .. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT form No 40
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They were well good because we got into the local swimming baths cheap etc etc 👽😉
Ha ! Yes ! Great band ! glad you gave this track a go , UB,40 were brilliant live , proper crisp , saw them live in 1980 ,and 1981 ! this Still sounds as good today as it did then .Cheers .
Like Ghost Town by The Specials, this was a song that defined the mood of the times. Unemployment was running at over 20% amongst school leavers where I grew up but at least the UB40 card was my free pass to the local leisure centre. I was poor but healthy.
The last time i saw THE SPECIALS when the intro to ghost town started a few thousand people turned to each other with the biggest shit eating grins and it was on skanking feet happy ears and happy people awesome BLOODY AWESOME 👍
If they started out today, they'd be labelled a "woke" band by the weirdos. 🙄
@@jase6709 your probably right but they'd be wrong
@@heathcornbeef I'm definitely right. Any respectful person is "woke" to the weirdos of today. They think it's an insult, but they haven't got brains.
@@jase6709 The was probably a word for it back then, but not said by anyone I would have been listening to.
This was easily their best song. One of the most profound songs ever written.
Thanks for the shout out guys :). This and Food for Thought, best of their songs. Brings back memories of school and the worries we all had about whether we’d get jobs when left. 1 in 10 people unemployed seemed scary as hell back then.
Their best album and the most creditable. Try the outstanding 'Burden of Shame' from here. There were a few songs at the time on the same theme. You've done 'Ghost Town' now have a look at 'Heartland' by The The and 'United Kingdom' by ABC
Agree
Named after Unemployment Benefit form UB40 during the hated Thatcher years. Formed in Coventry, Warwickshire. Still around despite Ali leaving the band. His brother is now the singer. They performed at Zebedees Yard in Hull, East Yorkshire just before Covid arrived.
Thatcher the milk snatcher
Well done it's Reggae Sunday here in the hills of the kiapara 👏👏👏 thank you everyone who requested this oh man I'd forgotten how good that SAX IS
Hi ! hope you is all good ,and enjoying a bit of UB,40 have a good one ,
@@ghichens3418 kia ora hello yip all good here cuzzie 4.50 am and off to work
@@heathcornbeef Have a great day , Im still trying to find out who this guy Reggie is !
Bit layed back by all accounts .cheers !
@@ghichens3418 and right back at ya ✌️
@@heathcornbeef Proper job ! Cheers
This was about the state of Britain in the late 70's especially, the midlands (Birmingham/Coventry) with the dying car and other industries. I was at senior school in Coventry and there was no motivation.
This is from their second lp in 81(?) and along with their first lp included quite a few jabs at one of the worst governments in my time. They pretty much turned to covers after their third lp with the odd original one thrown in.
Their first lp came out with a 12" with what must be one of the best tracks they ever did. "Madame Medusa" is definitely worth checking out. It's about Margeret Thatcher the Prime Monster of the time.
Yeah, Madame Medusa gets the point across pretty well, I'll definitely second that pick.
There has aways been poor disadvantaged people from the beginning of time. I was a British child living through the seventies when the unions held the Labour govenment to ransom and we sat as a family around a table with candles because there was no electricity. Sadly, as history shows, humans are not very good at ruling humans.
@@kadiummusic That's very true. I did the 70s in a wee toon just outside Edinburgh and it had it's pros and cons but it was a mining/fishing toon so it suffered.
Lyrics
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
But I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
My arms enfold the dole queue
Malnutrition dulls my hair
My eyes are black and lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I'm the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime?
I'm the child that never learns to read
'Cause no-one spared the time
[Chorus]
I'm the murderer and the victim
The license with the gun
I'm a sad and bruised old lady
In an ally in a slum
I'm a middle aged businessman
With chronic heart disease
I'm another teenage suicide
In a street that has no trees
[Chorus]
I'm a starving third world mother
A refugee without a home
I'm a house wife hooked on Valium
I'm a Pensioner alone
I'm a cancer ridden spectre
Covering the earth
I'm another hungry baby
I'm an accident of birth.
[Chorus]
I just remembered the Easy Star All-Stars are Canadian. They do reggae cover lps. So far they have done "Dub Side Of The Moon" and a second version "Dubber Side Of The Moon" (Pink Floyd), "Radiodread" (Radio Head), "Easy Star's Thrillah" (Micheal Jackson - Thriller) and their new one out soon "Ziggy Stardub" (David Bowie) which has a couple of tracks available on CZcams. The Dub Side and Ziggy Stardub are excellent.
I'm glad that I found your reaction to this. It's an important message, and an important song I think.
I love you guys how you understand and feel the message of songs you react to. I saw ub40 in Moseley before they were mainstream and I thought blimey they are good. Every politician should hear this song, but they won't actually listen -or change anything
Good song from a band which was great for about the first three albums then slumped into being a wedding band churning out cod reggae covers of other peoples songs.
The first song I remember about being on the dole I was 10 at the time I never thought it would happen to me but it did when I was 19, 4 or 5 years in a 11 year period .Fortunately I've not been in that position for over 21 years and I appreciate every bit of money I earn. Judging people is disgusting as to there upbringing ,education, secular situation there's a saying be nice to people on the way up because you might bump into on them on the way down . I've come close to becoming homeless but know where near homelessness in the real sense of the word. We all need to show Empathy and a little sympathy to everyone because as you both have said no one knows what is around the corner. Love your reactions and choices great stuff 👍
Oh, you went there. I am so glad! I often get gaslit when I call out the predator class. Kudos and respect from Albuquerque, NM. I have covered many protest songs on my YT channel
Loving how the lady is feeling the vibe of ub40... More power to you sister.
Great tune from a great album..
Great reaction to a great song 👍👏👏
That one in ten thing is a big reason i don't get bent out of shape when guys run off with ya smokes or bag's of food shopping it's annoying but doesn't mean I'll starve or be desperate for nicotine like the randoms who are waiting for an opportunity to eat or have some respite from nicotine addiction JUST HAVE SOME EMPATHY FOR OTHERS IT'S NOT HARD AND WILL MAKE YOU FEEL A BIT BETTER INSIDE AS WELL if no one is hurt or threatened LAUGH IT OFF and get on with life
Saw them back in the early 80's in Birmingham, when I left school and had a UB40 and got in free ❤
Such a great band, pity the main singer and group parted ways. From the start I've always loved the Hanier's reactions and it kind of hit me here. I'm in Scotland on the opposite side of the ocean and your damn decent, kind, heartfelt, intelligent approach to life is so similar to mine. It feels like we see the same moon and sun. Obviously at different times but you encourage that humanity with your reactions.
A fellow Scot! Hey there!
@@Sandy-dd4le Hi man.
Well said both, wise words indeed.
Classic UB40, they didn't get much better than this for my money.
The first couple of albums are great, i still play the Dub version of Present Arms a lot, after that my interest fades over time.
This is an excellent study of life in the UK at the time, it's up there with the likes of Ghost Town, by The Specials, it's the sound of Britain on it's knees.
Present Arms and Dub are pretty good. I did get a bit annoyed at Reggae clubs when punters would only ever ask for Bob Marley and UB40 but that was the times.
I think I only have the first 3 lps and a couple of 12"s in my collection now.
@@SPKdesign1 I'm going to say something some people find shocking, I love a ton of Reggae, but I think Bob Marley is severely ovverated.
There, I said it!
The only Marley I own is any and all Dub versions I've ever been able to find.....which isn't that much!
@@Sandy-dd4le He wrote a lot of great stuff and got the attention of a lot more people which was great but Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh are just as good. I don't think I have any Bob Marley in my collection apart from on comps or possibly a 12" or two. I have a ton of Prince Far I, Dillinger, Yellowman, Lee Perry, Revolutionaries, Jah Shaka and so on and never felt the urge to run oot and get any Marley.
@@SPKdesign1 yeah, good point, he did bring a lot of attention to Reggae. It kind of annoys me when people think thats all Reggae is.
Peter Tosh! I play Captured Live quite a bit, that cover of Johnny B Goode is incredible
@@Sandy-dd4le I don't generally do live reggae lps but the Peter Tosh one is great.
great song great reaction
No Governance.. people police themselves.
Cynthia is getting it totally
Respect you guys🙏
As you probably know ,but for those that don't ..UB40 was the signing on card for the unemployed .. and 1 in 10 was the % of unemployed at the time of Thatchers Government in the UK
A great band ..
Unemployment Benefit Form 40, I never found out how many there were! Clearly there were 39 before it!
The whole thing was, and still is, so dehumanising.
Yep ! too right
I love you guys. My growing up, part of my understanding of the world is and how it's unfair. I was 10 then and nothing has really changed. UB40 before the money bceame a ting.
Great voice, dig the beat and really reflected accurately that current time in the UK.
England in the early 80's was a bleak place for most. Everyone was on the " dole " .. Welfare. Thanks Maggie ..
I was on the dole but had a blast. You make your own entertainment.
@@SPKdesign1 If you were young & single with no kids or rent to pay .. sure it was like an allowance. If you had responsibilities or were not in perfect health .. don't think it was " fun "
@@davidellis5141 Very true, I certainly can't do now in my condition what I was able to do back then.
@@kadiummusic I was oot of school in '79 as well. I was on a YOP as soon as they came in.
Not everyone was on the dole. The ruling Labour party, held hostage by he unions, had bankrupted the country. There was no way, out, without radical change. Which Thatcher gave.
You could be living in South Africa in 2023. It has the highest unemployment rate in the world after its rate increased to 32.9% in the first three months of 2023, after another 179 000 people lost their jobs. All this, whilst their current President is sitting on a fortune of over $500 million.
Love this song, thank you
I love this band, sound track to my life...Ali is so unique with that distinctive voice, shame they all drifted apart, still one of the biggest selling reggea bands of all time..GWAN the Brummies
King was another of theirs from the same era and The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream a Lie plus My Way of Thinking all GREAT...
Back then UB40 were a great band with a great message! Then they became so watered done like a cheap glass of red wine.
Nice Pun ,boom boom
My way of thinking is another great early track by UB40 , keep going down the UB40 rabbit hole
Morena good morning my friends yeeehaaa this is a wicked one I've seen UB40 twice 👏👏👏👍
Another band I sadly missed.
@@SPKdesign1 stink one they are probably the best cover's band ever ether way they are so good live
@@SPKdesign1 another I've been lucky enough to have seen twice in my life time is TOOT'S Hibbert TOOT'S AND THE MAYTALS
@@heathcornbeef Damn, I'd have loved to have seen them.
Check out "Dole Age" (the 12" version) by Talisman. It's from the same time and about the same Government.
I like the class consciousness in the UK. Over the decades, I'm become a keen critic of lyrics and I like ones of empathy with the powerless. Instead of empathy for the Powerful ❤☮
They blame the wrong people . Well said , I m gonna use that one . Staight to the truth .
'Red, Red Wine' is a cover, written by your Neil Diamond.
i was on a YTS when this came out and we used our mates dole card to get 50p of the ticket as they were £2.50 without one. as i was on £22,50 per week to live on for 40 hours per week so brings back so many memories going to see them in the liverpool empire,
The only UB40 song I love - it's a shame that they became a covers band.
You two are sounding like anarcho punks - I agree and applaud you. Thanks for the discussion, much appreciated.
Brilliant ub40
Ub40 and pato banton baby come back is a brilliant song
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B side Earth dies screaming is a great track
1981 and Maggie Thatchers Britain! I was 18 and working under her new "Job creation scheme" which paid you £20 for a 40 hour week when the standard weekly wage was £65 or there about!. The incentive was to stick it out and hope your employer takes you on full time when he generally got 6 month free Labour out of you and then showed you the door! 3 million unemployed by 81 and she'd only been in power for 2 years!
How did it go from this to becoming a cover band? Loved the first three albums and so glad to have seen them live at that time.
would love to see your reaction to "Guns in the Ghetto" by UB40 with lyrics. i have been listening to the song for years and never knew what the singer was actually saying but i have come to appreciate it more even bringing me to tears now that i understand what he was actually saying.
. One in Ten - One person in ten in the UK at that time was unemployed. at this time, the prime minister of Uk was Thatcher - enough said
Superb,first two albums are the best,take anything from the Signing Off album, it's all quality🙂👍🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶❤️
"Divide and Conquer."
they had powerful lyrics in their early songs ,before they got lazy and started to record covers .
I forgot how good ub40 are
A real commentary about the unemployment situation at the time. These guys didn't hold back
Hey, you could be living in South Africa in 2023. It has the highest unemployment rate in the world after its rate increased to 32.9% in the first three months of 2023, after another 179 000 people lost their jobs. All this, whilst their current President is sitting on a fortune of over $500 million.
Forget the rest,their first two albums are the only ones worth listening to.
Everything before rat in the kitchen is good,
Signing off is one of the five albums i'd bring to a desert island.
Wicked song.... Still true today
Back to when UB40 were a terrific band, provocative and rootsy - listen to the first 2 or 3 albums before they decided to go all commercial
During Tharcher error the lady with an iron fist.
ANOTHER GREAT REGGAE SONG FROM 1994 IS BY DAWN PENN YOU DONT NEED ME, THINK ITS CALLED, CHEERS
This was when they were very new , very radical , very current , very tuneful and worthy …. Within a couple of years they had went down the chicken in a basket , cocktail, covers route and they had no credibility after that which was a terrible shame as they had a massive effect on young teenagers like myself . Sorry if that upsets their fans but I’m only being honest . I shudder with excitement when I hear The earth dies screaming , and I die screaming when I hear Red Red Wine ffs 🤦♂️
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But while They don't care,We do.
Their first album still sounds as fresh and angry now, not a great fan of much beyond the second album, which is where this track came from.
red red wine is one of their worst imo commercial songs (neil diamond of course) this song of Present Arms a must have album is full of bangers
Great song UB40 was a unemployment card that you had take to social security office to sign on for your dole money, you probably knew that but just thought!
Great song from my UB40 days signing on in 1981,but crap hammer-the-message-home video made by someone with too much time on their hands. I'm sure there's a band performance official video out there.
We had hoped that the one where they were in the stadium would sound good. But this one sounded best.
@@hanierfamily Ahh,okay. Yeah,that’s the version I know. I have the video hits somewhere on DVD I think (did have the VHS version at one time).
the sight of the song is still here to day in fact the song could have been written next week next year and so on of course the bands name comes from the form you would claim benefit from the UB40 form
Possibly their greatest single when they had something important to say rather than what they became, naff white man pop reggae and bang on Cynthia, everyone being encouraged to blame the wrong people by the people who cause all the problems.
Only got worse, now it's a 9 in 10 ...sad world we are creating ...
Not a fan of the slideshow, the original video is way better,
Loved this song from the first time i heard it.
UB40 was so much more than the commercialised rubbish that they became, try fight fe come in or two in a one next!
I love you both, that out of way what to you say to the dubliners that an African muslin stapped 3 young Irish kids 5 n under and the kindergarten helpwho got hurt putting her own life at risk for them what!! So I say Irish lives matter I don't care about them
Such a shame that UB40 gave up intelligent lyrics and more roots sound to focus on insipid, emasculated cover versions.
What a shame that this is a tacky lefty video ruining a very good song.