Texas King Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Great synthpop tune with classical influence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I Great synthpop tune with classical influence.Featuring heavy metal guitarist and former Thin Lizzy man Midge Ure! :haz: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Eyes Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 A beautifully reflective song. New wave produced a number of great, elegant songs like this one. This kind of thoughtful music is largely extinct from the charts these days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I love that whole album. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc4gd Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 This means nothing to me!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 From Circus Magazine - November 30th, 1982 Rush's Simpler 'Signals' Rush's last three LP's have gone Top 10, quite a feat for a band whose music is so atypical of most commercial successes. Signals (Mercury), their 10th album overall, should be their biggest yet. On this record, even more so than on last year's Moving Pictures and 1980's Permanent Waves, the music's jagged edges have been softened and the rhythms are less frenzied. Synthesizers replace what normally would be solo space for guitarist Alex Lifeson, who enriches songs like "Losing It" and "Chemistry" with atmospheric sunbursts of color. Why the modification of sound? Lee credits some of the music the band has listened to during the past year, like one of Peart's favorite records, Ultravox's moody, layered *Vienna*. From Circus Magazine - March 31, 1983 Face To Face With Rush's Geddy Lee CIRCUS: On Signals, you use synthesizers more than ever before; they fill up spaces that normally would be filled by Alex's guitar. It sounds as if you've been listening to techno-rock groups such as Ultravox. LEE: Yes, we have been, although not just Ultravox. Alex is in a whole other world; his record collection ranges from Pat Metheny to Martha and the Muffins - pretty broad scope there. I think everybody's tastes are varied. But yes, that style of music certainly influenced us on Signals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) Saw the reunion opening show in the Playhouse Theater in Edinburgh. Killer sound and killer performance! Edited April 4, 2020 by greyfriar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha p Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Great and much underrated (even forgotten) band. How Midge came to fill in when Gary upped-and-offed is one of those events that, to use an awful phrase, "i can't quite get my head around". Total respect to Midge for pulling it off..but why him ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 I always loved this tune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 From Louder. Steven Wilson to remix Ultravox Vienna album for autumn 2020 release 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I love this song sooooo much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 From Louder. Steven Wilson to remix Ultravox Vienna album for autumn 2020 release Yes, I might purchase this - Wilson has done some good remixes - Yes & Tull spring to mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 From Louder. Steven Wilson to remix Ultravox Vienna album for autumn 2020 release Yes, I might purchase this - Wilson has done some good remixes - Yes & Tull spring to mind. he is the man. i am not familiar with this record. time for a little research................. :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 So I made a ultravox channel on pandora after the last post. I do like them and will keep listening. Reap the wild wind is one my faves. I also watched the conny plank doc on Amazon which has ultravox in it. The doc is killer. Great story of a huge influnce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Also the first steven wilson remix of Vienna just played on pandora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 From Louder. Ultravox: more prog than new romantic? When it comes to a really good prog-related story, Midge Ure's got a corker. “I was once asked to go and meet Rush, with a view to producing them. They were big Ultravox fans. So I flew over to Toronto, and we had a lovely dinner. Then we got round to talking about their album. They asked what my take on it would be, if I were producing. And I said, ‘I would simplify it.’” He laughs heartily. “Suffice to say I was on the plane home the next day! It was fine, though; I had to be honest. They were brilliant players, and we’d have made a great record together…” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 From Louder. Ultravox: more prog than new romantic? When it comes to a really good prog-related story, Midge Ure's got a corker. “I was once asked to go and meet Rush, with a view to producing them. They were big Ultravox fans. So I flew over to Toronto, and we had a lovely dinner. Then we got round to talking about their album. They asked what my take on it would be, if I were producing. And I said, ‘I would simplify it.’” He laughs heartily. “Suffice to say I was on the plane home the next day! It was fine, though; I had to be honest. They were brilliant players, and we’d have made a great record together…” I've read in a couple of places that early Ultravox fans didn't care for the Midge Ure years. Kind of like early Rush fans that don't care for the post Signals years. It's too bad he didn't get to produce an album with Rush. It might have been interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 There's a rare re-release of Ultravox featuring a Steven Wilson remix that was available on Record Store Day today noted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Reap the wild wind is one my faves. Mine too! Classic stuff I haven't heard in a long while: http://youtu.be/NevzImTG_U0 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 From Louder. Ultravox: more prog than new romantic? When it comes to a really good prog-related story, Midge Ure's got a corker. “I was once asked to go and meet Rush, with a view to producing them. They were big Ultravox fans. So I flew over to Toronto, and we had a lovely dinner. Then we got round to talking about their album. They asked what my take on it would be, if I were producing. And I said, ‘I would simplify it.’” He laughs heartily. “Suffice to say I was on the plane home the next day! It was fine, though; I had to be honest. They were brilliant players, and we’d have made a great record together…” I've read in a couple of places that early Ultravox fans didn't care for the Midge Ure years. Kind of like early Rush fans that don't care for the post Signals years. It's too bad he didn't get to produce an album with Rush. It might have been interesting. I wonder what album it was, maybe GUP after Steve Lilywhite blew them out? John Foxx era Ultravox had more edge but didn't have the hits. Hard to believe this was Midge just a few years earlier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Reap the wild wind is one my faves. Mine too! Classic stuff I haven't heard in a long while: http://youtu.be/NevzImTG_U0 Right on. Great stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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