So who or what is Ultravox? Here's what Wikipedia had to say:
"Ultravox (formerly known as Ultravox!) are a British new wave band, formed in London in 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980–86, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was their 1981 hit "Vienna".The band has been led by two different frontmen who never played together in the band at the same time. From 1974 until 1979, singer John Foxx was frontman and the main driving force behind Ultravox. Foxx left the band to embark on a solo career and, following his departure, Midge Ure took over as lead singer, guitarist and frontman in 1980 after he and keyboardist Billy Currie worked in the studio project Visage. Ure revitalised the band and steered it to commercial success lasting until the mid-1980s. Ure left the band in 1987 after establishing his own solo career and the group disbanded for a while. A new line-up, led by Currie, was formed in 1992, but achieved limited success.The band's best-known line-up of Currie, Ure, bassist Chris Cross and drummer Warren Cann reformed in 2008 and performed a series of reunion shows in 2009 and 2010 before releasing a new studio album, Brill!ant, in May 2012. In November 2013, Ultravox performed as special guests on a four date UK arena tour with Simple Minds".
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| From left to right: Billy Currie, Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann (1985) |
Ultravox was one of the first synthpop bands that I listened to growing up, again through the power of VH1 Classic on television, but this time I was 16, and the video was 'Vienna'. So I'm kind of a newbie to the group. No prizes for guessing that. I will always be eternally grateful for channels like that for their existence. Like I said in my last post about George Michael and Wham! God knows what I would be doing if I had never discovered or had been introduced to these bands. Not only did I find Midge Ure pretty handsome when I watched it, but I found the song was very catchy. It wasn't long before I was raiding my mum's vinyl collection to see what treasures she had in store. She had almost the entire 80s U-Vox anthology on LP. Thank god I had been given a record player that Christmas! I find U-Vox very easy to listen to and would definitely recommend it. I haven't heard a bad song yet by them.
So, as an Ultravox fan page owner, I get frequently asked a lot of questions about the group. Here are just a few of them.
1. Who is your favourite member/which member in your opinion is the fittest?
Hmm...that's a hard one. My favourite member would have to be Billy Currie as I think he is a very talented musician, being able to play violin and synthesisers very well to create an eerie effect. As for the fittest, I would have to go with the most obvious answer and select Midge Ure...
2. What inspired you to open your fan page?
In short, I really wanted to share my passion about the group with the band and others I have listened to during my teenage years. I knew there was more fans around the world so my mission was simply to connect with them.
3. Who's your favourite frontman?
That's easy. Midge Ure. I am only just getting into the John Foxx era and my overall impression so far is good, so watch this space...it may change!
4. What's your favourite music video?
Love's Great Adventure. Love how they kept that little blooper of Midge stopping to catch his breath then carrying on. It's very amusing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPwmoLl60nc
5. What is your favourite album?
Easy. Vienna. I love every song off of it!.
6. What is your favourite single?
Reap the Wild Wind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwMLFXaeZvE
So with all that being said, Ultravox is one of many other 80's groups I adore, and there will be plenty more posts like this, I can assure you of that!
Coming up next, a couple of quotes for Tuesday motivation.
Until then, I'll see you soon.
Sigourney
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