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U Is For Ultravox

12/21/2019

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*Originally released March 24th 2016*

This week on the show Steve and Doug go back to the 70's and 80's for the British group Ultravox.  The group is particularly noteworthy for being an interesting case study showing the transition from punk to new wave.  And they just happen to be awesome. The guys also gab on about the ticket scalping, when you're too edgy for glam rock, and the nuclear apocalypse.

Six Degrees From King Crimson:
Ultravox -> Brian Eno -> Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew -> King Crimson
Ultravox -> Steve Lillywhite -> Peter Gabriel -> Tony Levin -> King Crimson
Ultravox -> Steve Lillywhite -> Talking Heads -> Adrian Belew -> King Crimson
Ultravox -> Conny Plank -> Brian Eno (but including Robert Fripp, Phil Manzanera, Phil Collins, and Rhett Davies through "Before And After Science") -> King Crimson


Music featured this week:
​Distant Smile - Ha!-Ha!-Ha!
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Lament
Vienna - Vienna
Majestic - Ingenuity
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8:13 - Doug has a voice for radio, Steve has a face for radio

​20:30 - Doug is referring to "Sat'day Night in The City of The Dead"

21:43 - Steve was thinking of André Rieu

43:20 - A little basic, but the song is pretty rad. Here is "The Voice" from Rage in Eden. Also, quick correction: this isn't the official video for the song, but rather a clip produced for a German TV show called "Bananas"

44:00 - Okay! Here's the list: Lionel Richie's "Dancing On The Ceiling", *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye", Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" and the hallway sequence for Inception

56:20 - Ultravox' performance of "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" for Live Aid in 1985

1:05:24 - You can listen to us give Christian rock a thorough shake in this episode, N Is For Newsboys

1:09:46 - All hail Beano! Check out this live performance of "Ideals" from Ingenuity on some British show called L!ve TV in 1995

17:32 - It has now been seven years, so I don't think there'll be a new Ultravox album

Steve's Recommendations:
Dangerous Rhythm - Ultravox!
Western Promise - Vienna
The Voice - Rage In Eden

Doug's Recommendations:
Rockwrok - Ha!-Ha!-Ha!
Passing Strangers - Vienna
White China - Lament
Dreams? - Rare, Vol. 2


Ultravox's Official Website

Ultravox's YouTube Channel


2 Comments
David Lusman
12/23/2019 06:49:30 am

The video for the Voice you talk about is NOT the official promo video. The weird camera angle clip was recorded for a German TV programme called "Bananas"

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Steve link
12/23/2019 09:06:00 am

Hi David!
Thanks for responding. Truthfully, while I was remastering this episode I was wondering if I should take that out, but had a hard time figuring out how to do that without it sounding awkward. I think it was you who contacted us last time regarding that issue, and one of the reasons I left it in is that we actually spoke about it in our feedback section on the next episode (or maybe the episode after?), and had a good conversation about your feedback. So I figured I'd leave it in here to provide context for that chat.
What I SHOULD have done was include that clarification in the show notes - so I'll do that right now!
Thanks again for listening!

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