When was food for thought ub40 released

I'm going to keep songwriting by reminding myself that overflowing emotions can be relieved when I write them down or sing them out. The songs. My best mate and I have been writing songs together for just under a year and we've just released our 1st single! I am so. I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene.

I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with. Primary Mobile Navigation. UB40 in Next Article Interview: Moya. The fact that there are starving people in Africa and here we are all sat around eating our Christmas dinner and praising the Lord.

That was our songwriting routine… pretty arse-backwards really compared to other people! The parent album was called Signing Off which was also a reference to the whole band coming off unemployment benefit and actually beginning to earn money. We eventually went to South Africa once apartheid was banished, and we played three nights, to 70, people each night — which is still the record in South Africa. It confused me initially as to whether their debut album, which was called Signing Off , was an error or just a play on words.

Ian died in aged The UB40 sound was that of lead singer Ali Campbell who left the group in stating that for many years he had been unhappy with the business practices and managers of UB40 and launched an investigation into the financial handling of the business. Add Your Thoughts 9 Comments.

General Comment How could this song be about the famine in Ethiopia in when it was released in Was Nostradamus on sax? No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment This song is about the famine in Ethiopia in about Manna is the food that miraculously appeared in the desert to feed the Israelites, now Western aircraft promise miracles, but death is the certain harvest.

Politicians sharpening their knives - at the time of famine, there was also war within Ethiopia, in which foreign countries US, USSR as was also played a role. Ethiopians usually have a very beautiful dark and fine skin. So we might consider them "ebony" rather than "ivory".

But maybe the unfortunate woman appears white through the paleness of near-death, or maybe from the dust. Many Ethiopians are Christians, belonging to one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, and are very religious. Food for thought at Christmastime of , and now too. Even now, there is near starvation in parts of Ethiopia and Somalia - while the US encourages Ethiopia to invade Somalia.