Ke lohe mākou i ka huaʻōlelo reggae, ʻo ka mea hoʻokani mua e komo i ka naʻau, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo Bob Marley. Akā ʻaʻole i hiki i kēia ʻano guru i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka kūleʻa o ka hui Pelekane ʻo UB 40.
Hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia kēia e ke kūʻai ʻana i nā moʻolelo (ma luna o 70 miliona mau kope), a me nā kūlana ma nā pakuhi, a me kahi helu nui o nā huakaʻi. I loko o kā lākou hana lōʻihi, pono nā mea hoʻokani pila ma nā keʻena ʻaha mele piha i ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me ka USSR.
Ma ke ala, inā he mau nīnau kāu e pili ana i ka inoa o ka hui, a laila wehewehe mākou: ʻaʻole ia he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kahi pōkole i hoʻopili ʻia i ke kāleka inoa no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pono hana ʻole. Ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, ua like ia me kēia: Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.
ʻO ka mōʻaukala o ka hana ʻana o ka hui UB 40
Ua ʻike nā kāne a pau o ka hui mai ke kula. ʻO Brian Travers ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i kāna hana, i mālama i ke kālā no kahi saxophone, e hana ana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻonaʻauao uila. Ma hope o ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna pahuhopu, haʻalele ke kanaka i kāna hana, a laila kono ʻo ia i kāna mau hoaaloha ʻo Jimmy Brown, ʻo Earl Faulconer lāua ʻo Eli Campbell e hoʻokani mele pū. ʻAʻole naʻe i ʻike maoli i ka pāʻani ʻana i nā mea kani, ua ʻauwana nā kāne a puni ko lākou kūlanakauhale a hoʻopaʻa i nā leka hoʻolaha o ka hui ma nā wahi āpau.
Ma hope koke iho, ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻana, ua ʻike ka hui i kahi haku paʻa me kahi ʻāpana keleawe. Ua kani ikaika, kūlohelohe a loaʻa mālie ke kani hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hana mua o kahi hui ʻoiaʻiʻo i hana ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 1979 ma kekahi o nā hale pāʻani kūlanakauhale, a ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe kamaʻilio kūloko i nā hana a nā kāne.
I kekahi lā, ua hele mai ʻo Chrissie Hynde mai The Pretenders i ko lākou kau aʻe. Ua makemake nui ke kaikamahine i ka pāʻani o nā mea hoʻokani pila a hāʻawi ʻo ia e hoʻokani pū me lākou ma ka paepae like. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo UB 40 e "hoʻomaʻamaʻa" i ka lehulehu.
ʻAʻole ʻo Chrissy wale nō ka manaʻo paʻa o ka poʻe "ʻaʻole hana", ua hoʻopili pū ʻia ka poʻe hoʻolohe i kā lākou ʻano hana maikaʻi. ʻO ka mua loa he kanahākūmālima, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Graduate Records, hiki i ka ʻehā ma ka pakuhi.
I ka makahiki 1980, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album UB 40 mua loa, ʻo Signing Off. ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mea i loko o kahi keʻena, akā i loko o kahi hale liʻiliʻi ma Birmingham. Eia kekahi, i kekahi mau mea pono e hoʻopaʻa i ke mele ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i loko o ka māla, a no laila ma kekahi mau mele hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i ke mele ʻana o nā manu.
Ua hōʻea ka moʻolelo i ke kūlana ʻelua ma ka papa inoa o nā album a loaʻa ke kūlana platinum. Ua waiwai koke nā kānaka kūlanakauhale maʻalahi. Akā no ka manawa lōʻihi ua "uwe lākou i loko o ke kapa" i ko lākou hopena ma o kā lākou haku mele ponoʻī.
Ma ke mele, ʻo nā album mua ʻekolu he "antediluvian" reggae, kahi ʻano o ka leo o nā orkestra kahiko o ka ʻāina Caribbean. ʻAe, ua hoʻopiha ʻia nā kikokikona me nā kumuhana pilikanaka koʻikoʻi a me ka hoʻohewa ʻana i nā kulekele o ka ʻaha Kuhina o Margaret Thatcher.
UB 40 ma ka lele
Ua makemake nā kāne e hoʻomaka i kahi hoʻomaka kūleʻa ma ʻEnelani a me nā ʻāina ʻē. Ua hoʻopaʻa kūikawā ʻia kahi diski me nā uhi o nā mele punahele a ka hui no ʻAmelika. Ua kapa ʻia ka moʻolelo ʻo Labour of Love (“Labor for Love”). Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1983 a ua lilo ia i mea huli e pili ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ke kani.
I ka pau ʻana o ke kauwela o 1986, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album Rat In The Kitchen. Ua hāpai ia i nā pilikia o ka ʻilihune a me ka nele i ka hana (ʻo ka inoa "The Rat in the Kitchen" ke ʻōlelo nei nona iho). Ua hōʻea ka album i ka 10 kiʻekiʻe o nā palapala kiʻi album.
Pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia, inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi loa, a laila ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa i ka discography o ka band. Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka haku mele ʻo Sing Our Own Song ("Sing our song with us") i nā mea mele ʻeleʻele mai ʻApelika Hema e noho ana a e hana ana ma lalo o ka apartheid. Ua huakaʻi ka hui i ʻEulopa me nā ʻaha mele a ua kipa aku i ka Soviet Union.
Eia kekahi, i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hana, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi disc e ka hui Melodiya ma lalo o ka laikini o DEP International. He mea nui kēia: ma kahi ʻahamele ma Luzhniki, ua ʻae ʻia ka poʻe e hula i ke mele a me nā mele o nā mea haʻiʻōlelo ma ke kahua, he mea hou ia no ka lehulehu Soviet. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe kipa i ka hana he mau pūʻali koa, ʻaʻole pono lākou e hula e like me ko lākou kūlana.
Kaʻapuni honua band
ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hana ka hui ʻo UB 40 i kahi huakaʻi honua ākea, e hana ana ma Australia, Iapana a me ʻAmelika Latin.
I ke kauwela o 1988, ua kono ʻia ka poʻe "ʻaʻole hana" i ka hōʻike nui ʻo Free Nelson Mandela ("Freedom to Nelson Mandela"), i hana ʻia ma London's Wembley Stadium. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻahamele i nā mea hoʻokani honua kaulana i kēlā manawa, ua nānā ola ʻia e nā miliona mau mea nānā a puni ka honua, me ka USSR.
I ka makahiki 1990, ua hui pū ʻo UB 40 me ka mea mele ʻo Robert Palmer ma ke mele I'll Be Your Baby Tonight ("I'll be your baby tonight"). Ua neʻe ka pā no ka manawa lōʻihi ma ka MTV ʻumi.
Ua holomua ka album Promises and Lies (1993) ("Promises and Lies"). Eia nō naʻe, ua lohi iki ʻo UB 40 i ka huakaʻi a me nā ikaika ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua hoʻoholo nā kāne e hoʻomaha mai kekahi i kekahi, a ma ka hoʻi e hana i ka hana solo.
Ua hoʻopaʻa pololei ʻo Vocalist Eli Campbell i ka album Big Love (“Big Love”) ma Jamaica, a ma hope iki, me ke kākoʻo ʻana o kona kaikaina ʻo Robin, ua komo ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kā Pat Benton hit Baby Come Back (“Baby Come Back” ). I ka manawa like, hoʻomaka ka bassist Earl Faulconer e hana i nā hui hou.
ʻO ka moʻolelo hou loa o ka hui UB 40
I ka XNUMX mua, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Virgin i kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā hits na Young Gifted & Black. Ua piha ka ʻohi me kahi ʻatikala hoʻomaka e ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Robin Campbell.
Ua ukali ʻia kēia me ka album Homegrown (2003) (“Homegrown”). Ua hōʻike ʻia ke mele ʻo Swing Low, i lilo i mele Rugby World Cup.
ʻO ka album 2005 Who You Fighting For? ("ʻO wai kāu e hakakā nei?") loaʻa kahi koho Grammy no Best Reggae. Ma kēia canvas, hele hou nā mea mele i ka politika, e like me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā lākou ʻoihana.
I ka makahiki 2008, ua lohe ʻia ua manaʻo ʻo UB 40 e pani i ka mea hoʻokani leo mua. Eia naʻe, ua loaʻa mai kahi hoʻopiʻi ma hope koke iho.
Me Eli, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi disc o 2008, a laila ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi hōʻiliʻili ʻē aʻe, a ma ka album uhi o 2009 wale nō, ma kahi o Campbell maʻamau, ua ʻike ʻia kahi mele hou ma ka microphone stand - Duncan me ka inoa like (nepotism, akā naʻe. ) ...
I ka hāʻule o 2018, ua hoʻolaha ka poʻe Pelekane i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi huakaʻi hoʻomanaʻo o ʻEnelani kahiko.
