19 November 1984
This information spans every significant relationship I ever had. Back before Spotify, before iTunes, Apple Music and CDs; we used to make mix tapes for our girlfriends or for parties we were either hosting or attending. Without fail, the first track on my first tape would always be the first 30 seconds or so of UB40's D.U.B Dub. There was just something about it that set the whole tape up and ensured its place as the opening song on side A. At nineteen I was still a teanager when I first heard it and I hadn't heard it in the ...read more
