*FINALLY!*🎵 UB40 - Red Red Wine - REACTION 

Did not know he wrote this song. Learn something new every day

@@jrshelton3398 did you also know that he killed a drifter to get an erection?

@@mem1701movies who hasn’t? Lol

@@kenlangston3451 he did a whole bunch of messed up stuff on VH1 STORYTELLERS

@@mem1701movies Hmmm... No idea drifters carried erections. Now I know. ;-)

Thanks for the info. Interesting.

Would you call them a ska band? The word "toast" also comes to mind, which I think may just be another word for ska.

@@laurabrevitz3944 Ska started out as fusion of Calypso and Mento, two carribbean styles popular in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica respectively. It borrowed from rhythmic patterns that emphasized the upbeats, but were usually rather simple and repetitive. A two chord structure was utilized in the harmony (two-tone) and the bass-line was generally a simple walking pattern. The most complex part of traditional ska was the vocal part, which was usually complex in terms of harmony and lyrical construction. Essentially, early ska was a style wherein the rhythm section simply provided a backdrop for the vocalist to build off of. Bands like the Skatalites and second wave bands such as the Specials added horns to this, making the melodic part more complex while dialing back the importance of the vocalist. This lead to today's concept of ska simply being reggae with horns. Reggae, on the other hand, was the other development of ska wherein the commitment to the vocalist was retained. The term reggae comes from the band Toots and the Maytals, who recorded a song called "Do the Reggay". Toots and the Maytals had been a ska band until Toots went to jail for possession. While incarcerated, ska fell out of favor to a style known as Rocksteady, which was essentially the transitional phase between ska and reggae. Rocksteady overemphasized the rhythm section that was common in ska, giving the listener the feeling that the music was "rocking steadily" forward in time. Emphasis was still placed on the upbeat of each note (the skank) but emphasis was also placed on the 2 and 4 of the beat (as opposed to American rock music, where the emphasis is on 1 and 3). This added to the feeling that the music was falling forward, and made it slightly more attractive to dancers. Reggae evolved from this due to changes in the bassline to a more complex, syncopated pattern, and also a re-evaluation of the vocalist's importance. Reggae bears more resemblance to soul music than ska, and as ska evolved it began to learn more towards jazz and rock, influences evident in the second and third waves.

@@Dirk-Merkeldunk-CSR2 So this song is purely second-wave reggae, then? And is the term "toast" unrelated? Thank you for the info!

@@laurabrevitz3944 yes, 2nd gen reggae with a Brit twist. Toasting, chatting (rap in other parts of the Anglo Caribbean), or deejaying is the act of talking or chanting, usually in a monotone melody, over a rhythm or beat by a reggae deejay.

The video you all reacted to is wrong. This is NOT Bob Marley.

@@danielbullock1019 It's ok, they wanted UB40 audio, which this is. The person who made the lyric video put the lyrics on a picture of Bob which is why it's confusing.

@@hellopaule They seemed a little bit confused at first, then they got into the groove. I dig UB40. The original version of this song by Neil Diamond is good too. Anybody can just put up any video on youtube, even if what they're putting up is not accurate. Thus is the nature of the internet as a whole, I guess.

Thank you for the correction!! This is a version of a Neil Diamond song that was influenced by a reggae version by Tony Tribe from 1868.

Just like every parody being attributed to Weird Al

Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WT4iJ2jZv7M.html Now there's a track they should react to 🤩🤩 Here's another great version of Red, Red Wine by Jimmy James and the Vagabonds (c 1968) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xzhNRwsebfE.html

That's MISTER Diamond

UB40 all day the other are ok

Many Rivers to Cross is, to me, the best song on the album

@@TheRiconegro A cover of a Jimmy Cliff CLASSIC!

Was originally written by Neil Diamond ..

And, Not Bob Marley was the original name of The Toasters 😁. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Hopefully you know what I’m talking about.

Saaame!! Still just as relevant

There's somebody they haven't reacted to yet: Neil Diamond! "Sweet Caroline" is where they have to start, but so many other great songs!

Sardonicus! Nkomo a Go Go, Your'e Not The Army!

They never wrote king

Brad's, emotionless, side to side sway. Great comment! 😄

A smooth drinking song. Like George T. Song. But his rocks harder.

Bingo. Loves it cause it makes him forget his former love

I'm sorry but UB40's version is ruined by the over-mix of Bob Marley's spoken words. At least Ali Campbell sung it. It's a great tune but it should be sung, not just spoken.

@@jeffstevens4262 Maybe you and I listened to two different versions of it.

This sounds like a remix with what maybe a Jamaican artist rapping over the last half, but certainly not Bob Marley.

This is a UB40 version and the rap was performed by Astro, who is a bandmember of UB40.

Lots of people think Bob Marley wrote this. He did not. He never even sung it. Tony Tribe turned it into a reggae tune. Beat version imo.

Not any better in Boston . Palm trees and sandy beaches for me thanks!😜

@@carlroza102 Carl Roza me too bro me too lol

My working theory is that whoever made the vid theyre watching is confused.....The vidmaker more than likely thought this was Bob Marleys song....prolly since its Reggae and Bobs the only one they know of.....and hearing neil Diamond wrote it makes me question everything now.....life, existence, reality..... all that

Man I love Neil Diamond! But UB 40 is pretty awesome!

Up in da club.

I don't know why people say that that it's "common mistake" that you mistake it as a Bob Marley song, smh.

Only non reggae fans would say this is Bob Marley this doesnt even sound anything like Bob

Three six nine the goose drank wine.