Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure on October 10, 1953 in Cambuslang, Lanarkshir… Read Full Bio ↴Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure on October 10, 1953 in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a pop and rock and roll musician from Scotland, known for his particular success as a guitarist and singer-songwriter in the 70s and 80s. His stage name, "Midge", is a phonetic reversal of his real name, "Jim". Beginning his career in the pop rock band Slik, he would go on to play for power poppers Rich Kids and temporarily for Thin Lizzy.

Things kicked into high gear when he replaced John Foxx as the singer of the famous electronic music group Ultravox in 1979. Shortly afterwards, the New Wave band had a huge U.K. hit with "Vienna", and it became one of Britain's most popular groups for several years. As well, later that year, Ure also formed the band Visage. In 1980, Ure and Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott co-wrote Lynott's biggest solo hit, titled "Yellow Pearl". A re-recording of the song done in 1981 was used as the theme for 'Top of the Pops', a music-centered television series.

In 1984, Ure co-wrote, with Bob Geldof, the Band Aid hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?". He was one of the few featured stars who did not sing solo on the recording. The following year, Ure scored his one and only solo U.K. number one single with "If I Was", a wistful track that's since been considered his 'signature song'. This was followed by an album titled 'The Gift'. With Ure's mind clearly on other matters, Ultravox took second place and soon dissolved.

Ure's solo career continued into the 90s with sporadic success. However, "Breathe" was an international hit single, helped by its inclusion in a TV advertising campaign for Swatch watches. Ultravox songs with his work remained popular among many electronic music fans.

Ure more recently organized the Live 8 concerts with Bob Geldof with the aim of pressuring G8 leaders into following his recipe for ending world poverty. In 2005 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music and charity.

Ure has been married twice: to actress and writer Annabel Giles (with whom he has one daughter, Molly) and to Sheridan Ure (with whom he has three daughters, Kitty, Ruby and Flossie).

His daughter Molly has followed her father into the music industry, as the guitarist and vocalist of all-girl group The Faders.

Step Into Christmas
Midge Ure Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Step Into Christmas' by these artists:

Bernie Taupin Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
Clare Dunn Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
E. John B. Taupin Step Into My Shoes Tell Me What you See Step Into My…
Elton John Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
Elton John & VA Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
Elton John (Holiday) Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
Elton John - Step Into Christmas Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
Elton John(엘튼 존) Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…

Elton John; Bernie Taupin Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
George Michael & Elton John Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
It's a Cover Up Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
Mr. Entertainer Karaoke She said step into the shadow Come out of the light She…
Praa Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
The Christmas All-Stars In hollow words we gather now I can never expect voices…
The Puppini Sisters Welcome to my Christmas song I'd like to thank you for…
The Wedding Present Take one step from everything We could walk together We co…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Midge Ure:

Absolution Sometime! One man carrying the weight of it all Digging deep across…
After A Fashion Don't speak to me of changing scenes Or what you saw…
Alfie What's it all about Alfie Is it just for the moment…
All Fall Down When I was boy There's a dream that I had That…
All Stood Still The lights went out (The last fuse blew). The clocks all…
Alone Save me, save me, save me Give this soul a helping…
Answers To Nothing High upon a hillside A preacher tells a story to…
Become Still standing on my own No life no heart no love…
Beneath a Spielberg Sky One day you will wake too find The world has changed…
Breathe With every waking breath I breathe I see what life has…
Call Of The Wild Outside wild winds are calling Broken leaves are falling Ou…
Cold Come stand beside me Come gather 'round me Come stand beside…
Cold, Cold Heart When I was just a boy The voice of an angel…
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes Dancing with tears in my eyes Weeping for the memory of…
Dark Dark Night Sheer out of hope cried out of tears What's left but…
Day After Day Oh no, oh no, don't deny me, oh don't deny…
Dear God Dear God, is there somebody out there Is there someone to…
Do They Know It It's Christmastime, there's no need to be afraid At Christm…
Edo What up? You want me to take you to another level? Just…
Fade to Grey One man on a lonely platform One case sitting by his…
Fallen Angel Hush with your talk now Nothing to say 'bout what life…
Fallen Ängel Hush with your talk now, nothing to say 'bout what…
Fields Of Fire How can we ever be free again? After all the shouting…
Four Count on every finger Every little thing I'm sure of Hold …
Fragile You might as well have asked me not to breathe A…
Free As I walked the busy, empty streets With the weight of…
Goodbye To Love I'll say goodbye to love No one ever cared if I…
Guns and Arrows Come lay your head upon my breast, she said Come turn…
Hands Around My Heart Blow, you wild winds above Breathe out your breath of love …
Heart Of The Country I was young and not deceived then I believed in the…
Hell To Heaven If I could understand why one land Throws aside what others…
Homeland Sometimes I find that the ghost from behind me won't…
Hymn Give us this day all that you showed me The…
I See Hope (Huhuh (Huuhu) (In the morning light) (I see hope in the mor…
If I Was If I was (if I was) a better man (a…
If I Was (2010 Remastered Version) If I was a better man Would fellow men take me…
Just For You Just for you I could fly Just for you I could…
Lady Stardust People stared at the makeup on his face Laughed at his…
Lament And just as my eyes start seeing After all the pain The…
Lay My Body Down Bring me my four white horses Show me my hallowed ground B…
Let It Go Once I saw a promised land Wrapped in many shades of…
Let It Rise Something in the atmosphere tangible and crystal clear, so…
Let Me Go Looking round for somewhere I can lay and rest my…
Let The Heartaches Begin I can hear the guitars start to play And very soon…
Lied One thing I know I've learned over all The more that you…
Light in Your Eyes I never noticed before Sometimes I'd find that I'd tried to…
Little One Bring me the heat that excites me My only one, oho…
Live Forever Hands upon a cross I see you pray I can hear…
Living in the Past Happy and I'm smiling Walk a mile to drink your water You…
Love's Great Adventure Standing on my own It didn't mean that much to me I…
Man of the World Shall I tell you about my life They say I'm a…
Man of Two Worlds We passed upon the stair We spoke of was and when Although…
May Your Good Lord When you hold your hands out May your good lord show…
My Mind's Eye Dancing with tears in my eyes Weeping for the memory of…
My Minds Eye I’m seeking everyday Looking at the sky ever wondering why…
Nevermore There's no living in my life anymore The seas have gone…
New Europeans In a quiet street washed by the rain, the room…
No Regrets I know you're leaving but it's too long overdue For far…
One Small Day If the stack is high against you And the hammer's coming…
Personal Heaven For every bird that finds the sky, for every hope that…
Pure Love I saw a rainbow sparkle in your eyes I bet my…
Reap the Wild Wind [Repeat: x3] Reap the wild wind A finger points to show a…
Remembrance Day While I was standing I saw Two men before my eyes,…
Rising Stood on a mountain high as the sky Watch the whole…
See Hope in the Morning Light (Huhuh (Huuhu) (In the morning light) (I see hope in the mor…
She Cried She cried The tears that fell were from Asian ways She cried…
Sinnerman You're through with hoping You're done with dreaming Why hav…
Sister And Brother Sister, I will stand by you Sister, I believe in you Siste…
Sleepwalk Sleepwalk. Rolling and falling, I'm choking and calling, N…
Somebody Somebody Somebody to lay your head on I've been around t…
Song For While I'm Away These words I wrote, play and sing for you Do not…
Star Crossed Star crossed and beautiful Watch what you′ve become Both fl…
Strong Prepare myself for a man to fall from grace To tumble…
Sweet So strange how it changes through the years How sweet the…
Sweet 'n Sensitive Thing So strange how it changes through the years How sweet the…
Sweet 'n' Sensitive Thing So strange how it changes through the years How sweet the…
Take Me Home Take me home I need to see that light again Take me…
That Certain Smile Cross your heart and hope to die it's love. A perfect…
The Gift From city streets you came with something true From dirt and…
The Maker The last day rushes by And the moon looks so sad No…
The Man Who Sold The World We passed upon the stair We spoke of was and when Although…
The Refugee Song One handful of rags to remind me I've come so far To…
The Voice Native these words seem to me All speech directed to me I've…
To Sir With Love Those schoolgirl days Of telling tales and biting nails are…
Trail of Tears Falling from an open sky Fallen from the grace you gave…
Tumbling Down Hands touching hands Through a curtain that no longer stands…
Vienna We walked in the cold air Freezing breath on a window…
Viënna Walked in the cold air Freezing breath on a window plane Lyi…
Waiting Move on as we step in time Strange words from the…
Waiting Days Oh no, oh no, don't deny me, oh don't deny…
Wastelands The boy is listening to those records from the past He…
When The Wind Blows Common people living quietly in confusion Information's givi…
White China When pale turns to pink With a soft unnerving ease And all…
Words Words that touch And words that heal Words you know were w…
Yellow Pearl We all must beware of the yellow pearl The Yellow Pearl…
You Move Me Rolling around my head Shaking me blindly Killing me kindl…

|You| Move Me Rolling around my head Shaking me blindly Killing me kindly …

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Professor of Rock

1y↑21

Poll: What is your pick for the greatest #2 hit in the US and in the UK?

futureidol83

Besides the gem you just featured, probably 'What Have I Done To Deserve This?' by Pet Shop Boys feat. Dusty Springfield. It's such a catchy (major earworm, in a good way) and brilliant collaboration. It was #2 in the UK and US. They would have had five UK #1s had it not fallen just short.

cathedral94

The best #2 imho is “waiting for a girl like you”. Kept out of number one for 10 consecutive weeks. 9 of those weeks were from one of the worst and annoying 80’s songs of all time. “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John.

Martin Eldritch

My pick for greatest #2 New Zealand song would be Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over"

Bob Davis

@Keith Kreger No because "99 Luftballons" was the #2 US hit and "99 Red Balloons" was the #1 UK hit.

Ian Pollard

Vienna aside, which is undoubtedly the cruelest denied number one, Queen's Radio Gaga was denied number one because the BBC banned Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax.

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futureidol83

1y↑2

Ultravox are the most underrated band of the 80s. Both the John Foxx and Midge Ure versions of Ultravox produced some of the most beautiful and haunting songs of the era. Listen to 'Systems of Romance' and tell me they didn't lay the blue print for all the new wave bands to follow (and garner more success, infuriatingly), they were so ahead of their time. And Midge Ure took the brilliant foundation of Ultravox and made it even more spectacular with songs like 'Vienna', 'Dancing With Tears In My Eyes' and 'Reap The Wild Wind' (one of my favorite songs of all time). I get so annoyed that they aren't as well known as they should be, they truly were pioneers of the genre.

Moesly Beezap

Me, 1980’s …as a teenager in rural New Hampshire, wearing out multiple Ultravox cassettes - still one of my absolute favorites- it brings me to a place of longing that really spoke to my isolation at the time…

futureidol83

Another recent show that used 'Vienna' multiple times is the brilliant Showtime hit "Yellowjackets".

TheBassOnTheBass

1y↑5

By 29 I was all given up about being a musician. Then, as a last ditch effort, I auditioned in Vienna and my life changed. Now, eight years later, I am paying my bills singing opera in Austria, but I am and always shall be a rocker at heart. Every time I drive up the Autobahn and see the Vienna skyline popping up at the horizon, I think of this song and thank Ultravox in silence, inspiring me to go out there and (litterally) shout my voice out loud. :P

Kraig Peterson

1y↑46

Midge was a very busy person in the 80s. He had his hands in so many projects and is a great example of a human being. Thank you for bringing this story to light for people that may not know! Rock on brother!

Lawrence Davis

@XxLilly_playsXx Kiz yep, I met Midge & Paul Young together after a great gig I saw both co-headline, was really happy when he played Fade to Grey!!

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑3

Such a fantastic guy.

Red Lantern's Rage

1y↑7

I like a lot of what Midge and Ultravox did but man his take on Bowie's man who sold the world is cool as hell, as is Nirvana's cover of it on the MTV Unplugged show.....seriously unplugged was the last cool thing MTV had going

Professor of Rock

1y↑12

He's got so many great stories. More to come.

flurng

O.K., I gotta disagree with you here - I could never stomach Ultravox, but I loved Shaddup You Face! (And no, I'm not kidding - it's especially fun in karaoke!)

Catherine S

1y↑39

Midge Ure opened for Howard Jones this summer. He performed for a half hour and sang Vienna and Dancing with Tears in My Eyes. I was impressed with his singing, guitar and keyboard playing.

Terk-131

@Catherine S I saw them. It was a real good time.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

@Catherine S As a huge fan of British new wave, I would have been digging it!

Caesius

1y↑1

@Rikaika Saw that '89 tour as well. As a Ure fan I was disheartened to see that only a few people were really paying attention. Then Howard Jones started and suddenly I was surrounded by people I swear weren't there before.😳
At any rate, Midge was the man I was there to see.

Catherine S

@Shane Brown I saw Howard Jones this year in June. We were the first show on his Dialog Tour. I wasn't familiar with Ultravox music but went home and read Midge Ure website and realized he wrote Do They Know it's Christmas Time and organized the Live Aid concert in 1985. Very cool you saw them in 1988. I have the Cross the Line CD.

Catherine S

1y↑1

@XxLilly_playsXx Kiz Yes! The concert was 3 hours long. Lots of songs 🎵

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Over Fourtee

Awful? Ah shaddup your face! 🤣

Seriously though, you could probably do a short series on great songs kept from #1 on the UK charts by novelty hits...

Jesse Trent

Never heard this song before, but I DID hear the "Shaddupaya Face" song. They played it all the time during that summer when I was a kid. I always thought it was Father Guido Sarduci.

Jesse Trent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs

Maxaroni

1y↑4

I recently discovered “Vienna” here on YouTube after searching for “Dear God” by Midge Ure. I gave it a listen and immediately added it to my 80’s playlist.
“Shaddap Yo Face” is almost as mind boggling as “Disco Duck” being a # 1 hit.

Glen Smith

1y↑9

"If I was" and "" Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" had to be some of the best songs of that era. I always though Midge was one of the better and more creative artists.

80s Music

There's a great 12" mix of If I Was and Dancing With Tears In My Eyes is one of the most simultaneously melancholy and upbeat songs of the eighties, given its subject matter of the last hours before a nuclear war. The lyric, sentiment and vocal delivery are very poignant in that context. It worked both as a chart hit and piece of social commentary at the time and still sounds fresh today.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

Love both those songs.

Professor of Rock

1y↑3

No question Thanks Glen.

Jace Katalakis

1y↑23

Mij/Ultravox are underrated.

The story o how he got everyone together for Band Aid is amazing as well, he was so busy with so many things as said

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

@Maxaroni Totally agree!

Razzilla Review

1y↑1

@PC No I still think We Are the World is the world's worst song to ever hit #1... Even Mr. Blobby a few years later shoots it out of the water on stylistic points...

Maxaroni

@XxLilly_playsXx Kiz So much better than We Are The World, in my opinion.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑2

So many people were part of Band Aid’s singing group.

PC No

1y↑6

After hearing "Do they know it's Christmas?", our feeble response, "We are the world." was a cheesy, trite embarrassment. Even half the people who sang "We are the world." didn't like the song. It reminded me of the first Frosted Mini Wheats commercial.

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Brian Clepper

1y↑1

This whole album is awesome and, played in order, creates such an epic image. Mr. X is a spooky masterpiece, as well.

Johnny Kat

1y↑1

Super interview! Midge always gives good conversation and Professor always knows the right questions to ask. I first saw Ultravox on the Quartet tour in L.A. and years later in 2009, saw their reunion show in London with the same friend who I went with in 1983 and ended up on the bands extras DVD. Great full circle Ultravox moment.

Trina Q

1y↑19

I adore this song, and how it steadily builts up into a powerful ending. I always get goosebumps each time I hear it.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑2

It’s PERFECTION.

Professor of Rock

1y↑3

It's truly exceptional.

Lordestroyer

1y↑2

I’ve seen Midge several times and he is STILL phenomenal live!!!!

Lee Kane

His name should be, Smidge Ure, as James has an S.

Captain Whoopass

1y↑9

I was a huge MTV fan when it was new. And, I remember when this song was in the rotation. It was so new, fresh, and different. I loved the way the music and the video worked so well together to tell the story. The different elements of the song were so amazing too. Midge sang it beautifully. The beat (although electric) wasn't stale at all. In fact, it actually made the song come alive. And, the accents of the classical instruments were absolutely spot-on. I'm also a big fan of learning how music is engineered and produced. And, it was very interesting to hear what the band had to go through in the early '80's to get this terrific song recorded. Thanks for sharing.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

It’s a really cool video. So cool that I sat there speechless and stunned throughout. It almost sounded like a classical composition, something that Mozart or Beethoven would have written.

My Name

1y↑14

One of my favorite songs all time! This song was a game changer and I immediately recorded it off MTV and was so impressed with the direction video could help change the whole music scene. Midge Ure is a fantastic interview with the amount of effort that went into making this masterpiece of music and he broke it all down. I was disappointed when MTV didn't give us more of Ultravox. Great interview I would have never know Midge was a punk rocker first then a heavier band, quite a life!

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

When I first heard this song on my TV sometime during COVID, I immediately has to turn it off and go listen to it in my bedroom. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Such a masterpiece. Made me an Ultravox fan for life.

Professor of Rock

1y↑4

It's definitely a game changer!

Karen Baisch

1y↑1

Vienna is one of my 10 favorite albums of all time but I must admit the song itself is only the 5th best track on the album in my opinion. I know it was a huge hit but that album was amazing. Sadly despite some other good songs on other albums they could never re-create the magic of the Vienna album (not that it would have been easy to do) What a great album

James Woodruff

1y↑4

I “discovered” Ultravox from watching your channel Professor, and I have loved the doors it opened to a musical history beyond what I was exposed to. Thank you.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

Discovered them on MTV’s I Want My 80s.

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

Wow, thank you! Glad to hear it.

Peter Cena

1y↑6

Ultravox had two of my favorite songs of the 80s, Sleepwalk and Reap the Wild Wind.
They were part of the early British new wave that never caught on big in America, and were pushed aside when the more poppish MTV British wave hit.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

I think the Britons did it best with new wave. They were MASTERS of it. I know there are some Americans who also made new wave music in the 80s, and although I love those songs, I will always be Team Britain. 24/7/365

Professor of Rock

1y↑4

Both great songs and both should've been big here.

RC32

1y↑11

80s is absolutely synonymous with the new wave movement. Quite possible the genre that defined the decade, and it's timeless! Nice man!

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

New wave and synthpop is my absolute favorite thing about the 80s, so there is no doubt I love this song.

Professor of Rock

1y↑1

Thanks!

S F

1y↑1

I'm agreeing with the OP and the replies, because the 80s were incredibly diverse musically but for me most of the defining best of stuff was what I called then New Wave. Genre definitions have crystallized since then but I'm talking personal perception in the moment.
My defining 80s band is still Talking Heads who had releases that fit several different genre definitions and that's part of why they are so perfect a representation of the decade.

thebluesrockers

1y↑1

The 80's were a strange time for music, we had the New Wave movement, but we also had all the Hair Metal bands and glam, not to mention the start of Metallica & Megadeath on the harder side of metal sound. Country music started making a cross over movement somewhere between outlaw country & 70's easy listening music. Electronic drums were everywhere from pop music to ZZ-Top & White Zombie. One band that managed to be on the charts nearly every year and was on every radio station was the 70's band Foreigner...& for some reason hasn't ever been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame..& let's not forget all the new wave Motown dance music being everywhere. What a time to be alive..we had everything from the Thomson Twins to Metallica..Head Bangers Ball To Solid Gold, Soul Train & American Band Stand..

stinky pinkeee

1y↑3

I would disagree, only on that the 80's was a decade rhat began with Country & Western topping the charts, and ended with L.A. Glam and hip hop dominating...the Decade was more diverse, musically, then any before or since, giving us New Wave, Hip Hop, Euro-Wave, Heavy Metal, Punk, and, of course, all the legends of that Decade like Whot ey Houston, Michael Jackson, U2, Metallica, et cetera...was a fun decade to be a kid, THAT, I'm sure, we can agree on...

Donovan Walker

1y↑11

It's rare for you to feature a piece I'm not already familiar with and remember from back in the day. I have honestly never heard this one before. And now I have.

Adding it to the playlist, and thank you so much for the gift of new old music.

dcanmore

well worth checking out Ultravox's back catalogue, many great songs in there (and UK/Europe wide hits), in particular 1980-84.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

Good for you Donovan!

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David Hilton

So much respect to Midge, he is so underrated. I loved Ultravox.

Roger Deahl

1y↑14

Man O Man, what a deep cut!!! Never knew midge was so heavily involved in Band-Aid.

Thanks for this deep dive Professor! 👍

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

He and Bob Geldof were the two driving forces of Band Aid.

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

You bet!

Tiara Willis

1y↑2

I continue to love this song. So haunting and unforgettable. I was a teenager in the 80's. About 6 years ago, my husband and I planned a European trip and I knew I had to make the first stop Vienna. We did, it did not disappoint. It was also used in the Americans. Every single time I listen to this song, I can lose myself in this amazing feeling. People who love this song knows just what I mean.

Paul Abundis

1y↑4

Ive been wondering, since I discovered your videos, if you would ever discuss Midge Ure and his genius contributions to music. Yet again, another fantastic video.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

He is worthy of a breakdown!

Professor of Rock

1y↑1

Thanks Paul.

Jelene Wilkinson

One of my all time favorites & that's saying a lot. Jumped at the chance to see Midge live a few years back in Salt Lake. Did not disappoint!!!!!!! ❤️

amradio7

1y↑2

I really enjoy listening to Midge talk about music. Very articulate and passionate about the craft. If you haven’t before, check out some of their eighties concerts. Amazing how they transfer the sounds from those recordings to such clean live performances!

David Ellis

1y↑5

I loved the John Foxx Era of Ultravox & was skeptical of Midge Ure replacing him but on Vienna & Rage In Eden he proved me wrong. Great albums 👌

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

@David Ellis Interesting!

David Ellis

@XxLilly_playsXx Kiz That band had a 7" ...I don't have it. Systems Of Romance edges out HA HA HA ! as my favorite. Like the first Foxx solo Metamatic which never has been released in the 🇺🇸

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

When they were called Tiger Lily?

Professor of Rock

1y↑1

Good call.

laurene tong

1y↑1

I am a John Foxx fan as well, I want to be a machine,, still my favorite 😊

Christian Boyd

1y↑6

I loved this song so much, I loved Midge Ure as well, he had a great solo album and I also love his Scottish Brogue. The fact he co-wrote my favorite 80's xmas song Do They Know It's Christmas is also very cool. I had his solo album Answers To Nothing and played it all the time in high school.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

He was a huge influence.

alyzu

1y↑1

I'm so very jealous that you got to interview him. ☺️ I've been a rabid fan of Midge Ure since his Ultravox days. I saw him in concert in 1990 and again in 2015, the latter just him and a guitar, and he's still amazing. 🥰

James Stoddah

Still sounds as good today. I loved when it was used in the Hunting Venus skit. I remember BBC Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell championed the song, he was desperate for it to get to number one! We were all routing for it on Tuesday lunchtime when the charts were broadcast back then. I used to smuggle a radio into school.

Arthur R. Chan

Love this song! Thanks so much for giving us Midge's background in music; I had no idea. Ultravox's performance of "Vienna" during Live-Aid is one of its highlights. Some have said that Midge's vocals during that song is one of the best live vocals of all time. I have Lament on vinyl - also a great album.

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robster

1y↑6

Great interview with Midge. Wasn't that familiar with this tune but have a newfound respect both for him and the challenges he and his bandmates faced in making it. We forget how much technology has changed since those not so long-ago days. Thanks Adam!

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

It’s an AMAZING song.

Professor of Rock

1y↑4

Thanks Robster. It was a masterclass by Midge for sure.

Jared Kustron

I first heard Vienna on 80 hours of the 80's on VH1 about 15 years ago. Hearing that song made me look more into Ultravox and Midge and have been a big fan ever since! My wife and I have seen Midge live 3 times and my oldest son loves midge!

CSZ MAX

1y↑1

Oh my god Vienna the album is one of only a few albums I believe works a whole album where every song is good and progresses the album forward. Every song is so good. I can listen to that album from start to end any day and it still sounds so good. What a musical masterpiece. Western promise is the greatest pre lead up song to Vienna. I can go on and on

Lordestroyer

That first Ultravox album with Midge is a masterpiece!

Luis Aisenberg

Midge is awesome in every single project he tackled 🏆
"Vienna" is mana from heaven

Joseph Violi

1y↑1

Very cool back story to this song! Midge's solo LP "Pure" is amazing as well.

Bill Gross

1y↑5

Engaging to hear how this song was made. He's so direct, so clear as he makes intellectual and musical connections.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

So smart!

surlechapeau

1y↑7

I remember playing Ultravox's "Sleepwalk" and "Vienna" on the radio station. Good times for music.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

Both great tunes.

Professor of Rock

1y↑1

For sure.

Dudeitsmeee

1y↑7

Depeche mode (via Daniel Miller) and New Order were some of the first bands to employ sequencers. (In New Order's case they left in programing errors in Blue Monday) It really wasn't until the midi standard (or the Fairlight II's Page R sequencer) you could do complex arrangements. So while these songs seem simple today they actually took a fair amount of headaches to pull off. People wanted to write them off as "button pushers" but they neglect the work put into it. Much respect for the early synth bands

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Those sequencers enhanced the music and made it sound really otherworldly.

Dudeitsmeee

@Edward Humphries some of the first synthpop bands of the 80's to use computer hardware sequencing via CV. direct enough?

Edward Humphries

1y↑2

Please go back and read your history. Artists were doing sequencing as early as the 60s. New Order and Depeche Mode were nowhere close to being 'some of the first bands'. Not by a long shot.

Stephen Hanft

1y↑8

While the professor always talks about the music artists, and songs that he loves, he rarely lets on specific music genres that he hates. From this video and a pattern I've noticed, there is clearly a music genre that he does hate. It is the novelty song genre. He is a fan of artists who take famous hit songs and parody them like Weird Al does but not novelty songs that are created from scratch. First, he expressed his dislike for "Disco Duck" and now "Shaddap You Face." As been said before, music is subjective, everyone is entitled to his or her own taste and there is no universal right or wrong answer to what is good and what is bad. Here is my own personal opinion: I've always enjoyed novelty songs. The decades of the 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's produced many that I really like. It was the gloomy, depressing, 90's which was the decade that ended the novelty song genre. In 1977, I bought the 45 to "Disco Duck" and in 1981 I bought the 45 to "Shaddap You Face". They are both fun, nonsensical, comedic songs which I would rank up there as 2 of my favorite novelty songs. Remember, novelty songs were not created to take seriously. They were created to just have fun with them and have a good laugh. If others want to express dislike towards them, to each their own. However, I will still enjoy them.

John Rau

1y↑1

I've never really disliked novelty songs, I just accept them when they come along. "They're Coming to Take Me Away", "Purple People Eater", Dickie Moore's bits-and-clips style "Flying Saucer" and "Mr. Jaws", "Monster Mash" even "Running Bare" (a direct parody that pre-dates Weird Al) would be the start of a great April 1st playlist. Toss in some Weird Al stuff and rarities like "Battle of New Orleans" and most of Jim Stafford's repertoire; you could spend hours smiling or groaning (or both).

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

@Stephen Hanft I have to side with Adam on Disco Duck and Shaddap You Face, and I am just NOT an ABBA fan either. But that’s the good thing about music, you have many different defensible claims and it’s always fun to discuss our favorite songs and albums and even the ones we hate.

Stephen Hanft

1y↑1

@XxLilly_playsXx Kiz I never said he was wrong. When it comes to music, there is no definitive right or wrong answer to what is a good song or bad song. Nothing is universal and you're always going to get many different opinions. Awhile ago, I remember someone asked Adam if there was any artist that he didn't like. He replied by stating he did not care for the music of ABBA. While ABBA is one of my favorite artists from the 70's, I know that Adam doesn't like them so their music will not be featured in any episode on this channel. Also, Since Adam has such diverse tastes in music, I wondered if there was any specific music genre which he didn't like. Today's episode really answered my question. A few weeks ago, he called "Disco Duck" the worst number one song of all time. Today, he called "Shaddap You Face" the worst number one song of 1981. Now, what do those 2 songs have in common? They are both novelty songs. While he has done many episodes on Weird Al and is obviously a fan, he doesn't like or have anything positive to say about other novelty songs. He's not wrong to feel that way. It's his personal taste and opinion. However, I have an entirely different opinion regarding those 2 songs and the entire novelty song genre and that was the purpose of my comments. Incidentally, there are many people in the comments who've said they like "Shaddap You Face" (as was the case in the comments for the "Disco Duck" episode) so I'm definitely not alone in liking and defending these novelty songs.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

Adam’s not wrong. A lot of novelty songs grate on my last nerve, from Disco Duck to The Candy Man to Shaddap You Face to My Ding-a-Ling to Stars on 45. Of course I make a HUGE exception for Weird Al because he was a part of my growing up, but another novelty song that is just right for me is Alley Oop by The Hollywood Argyles. It is super entertaining and such a great song.

John Rau

I always had a weakness for classical-influenced rock: Moody Blues; Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; Yes. Even picked up a copy of "Switched on Bach" thinking it would be more like Apollo 100's "Joy".
Had I not spent the bulk of the '80s working to raise my children, I might have had more time for radio. Just hearing the small bits in your video, I would have loved the heck out of "Vienna", had I known it existed.

Jayme S

1y↑7

Midge Ure is just a brilliant and talented man and has made Ultravox one of my favorite bands. Their album "The Collection" is just pure perfection. You need to do more on the whole discology and not just one song 😀 🙏

Jayme S

I still have the actual vinyl album from when it first came out ...

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

So many great songs on that record.

rachel penny

1y↑1

I agree, I still play this album a lot.

April Rich

1y↑2

So very good to enjoy an interview with Midge - just love him! Thank you!

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

Thanks for watching April!

Leon Mark Rodziewicz

1y↑1

Incredible record, but I fell in love with their sound when "Sleepwalk" charted and bought the album for that alone. Truth is every track is a masterpiece with "Vienna" being the icing on the cake.

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Jim B.

1y↑5

Love Ultravox and I thank the new wave streaming stations I listen to for introducing me to them. I do prefer "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" and "Reap the Wild Wind" over "Vienna," though, but that's just me.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

New wave will always be my favorite style of music.

Trina Q

1y↑8

Please cover "Dancing with Tears in my Eyes" if you haven't already. It's another memorable song from Ultravox's catalogue.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

Love that song too!

Professor of Rock

1y↑3

I interviewed him about it. Will do.

Kyle Olson

1y↑2

"Do they know" had meaningful effects. Poor people were not being told when Christmas time was. Band Aid's awareness campaign insured that no matter how poor you are, you will know if it is or is not Christmas season.
Band Aid followed up with "If they don't have a bank account do they know the bank holidays?" and "Don't let them Pass Over Passover."

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Elwaves

1y↑9

Midge Ure is very underrated, even for Band/Live Aid and Ure being at the front with Geldof, it seemed like Geldof got all the credit. Ure seemed to do most of the work to me, Geldof was good at talking loudly on TV. Vienna is epic. Every single bit of it works and that intro is instantly recognisable. He had some great solo songs too, especially If I Was.
Just a quick FYI for the future - Visage is pronounced Viz-arge. 🙂

gotham61

@Professor of Rock I expect he was just being polite. Listen here @ 0.48 https://youtu.be/KCBLuHmDfu4

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

@Elwaves Exactly!

Elwaves

@XxLilly_playsXx Kiz Absolutely and I'm certainly not trying to take credit away from Geldof, just saying that Ure deserves more. 🙂

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

Geldof was leader of the Boomtown Rats as well. But I am very partial to Midge.

Elwaves

@Edward Humphries Huh? What ratings?

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gioknows

1y↑3

Love Midge Ure. My favourite song of his is “If l was”. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

That’s a great song!

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

Love If I Was!

Business English Success

1y↑1

It was also featured on Would I Lie To You - well worth checking out

rachel penny

1y↑1

I loved Ultravox. My favourite three songs by them are Hymn, Dancing With Tears in My Eyes and Vienna. I remember the song that stopped Vienna being Number 1 as I was born late 1972. I preferred Vienna to Shaddup ya face.
But Midge has a fantastic voice and I also liked his solo stuff as well.

Ian Wright

I saw ultravox on their first ever tour with midge in 1981 in London. All their songs are amazing

Knightfall8

i LOVE this song. I love the album, I love his cover of Man Who Sold The World, and also his bands song "all stood still." Whenever I get a chance I tell my co workers about Ultravox and how amazing his music is

dean robert99

Had a week away from POR... so now I'm catching up. Wouldn't want to miss anything as great as a Midge Ure interview. I'd listen to him speak about music for hours and hours. What's fascinating and enlightening to learn is that musical talent and creativity may play a part BUT the work ethic! The hours and hours of complex, intricate work required to make the 'magic' is remarkable. I enjoy the results immensely, very grateful for Midge. Cheers

Kamz

1y↑1

I love this song. Funny, I had never heard it until the early '90s while at college, when a local radio station played it. I thought it was a '90s tune until, many years later, I learned that it was actually from '81!🤯 Ultravox created a beautiful masterpiece long before its time.😎

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Sharon Vik

My absolute favorite Ultravox song!!!! I listen to it frequently!

Hundmist

Midge did a collaboration with Kate Bush entitled “Sister & Brother”. Great tune.

Bruce12867

1y↑3

Ultravox was one of the most underrated bands of the '80s. They should have received much more attention than they did.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

Agree!

Edward Humphries

Can you show me the ratings?

David Perkins

1y↑1

To me, 'Vienna' sounds like an album track. I can't imagine it even getting into the top 20.

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GVike

1y↑2

Thanks for recognizing Midge Ure's talent. Definitely underrated!

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Life Of A Cumbrian

1y↑1

It is a great song and does still sound fresh. I was 11 years old when it came out. I recall playing rugby at school and having the song in my head. It was winter time and it was so apt.

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V8AmericanMuscleCar

1y↑1

He's definitely a man who doesn't get enough credit for everything he's done. ❤️

Jason Schubert

Midge Ure is an absolute legend, stayed in the background for Band-Aid even though he was the main driver, letting the far less talented Bob Geldof take all the limelight, and you never even mentioned his later 80s works like If I Was. Vienna (the album as a whole) is an absolute masterpiece though, and it is great to hear Midge mentioning that a popular single is really just a way of getting people to hear the whole body of work.
One note on this video, it is strange that you have Midge talking about the keyboard on All Stood Still but then play a music clip of the beat from Vienna.

Virginia Stephens

1y↑1

I discovered Ultravox in the early 80s, pre Do They Know It's Christmas. I was very much into British pop and discovered the band and Midge's amazing voice. ..had a little crush on him lol
When the LiveAid DVD was released, I watched Ultravox 's performance over and over again.
Thanks for sharing his amazing talent with us Adam!
Greetings from Bermuda 🇧🇲

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Lisa Moore

1y↑2

Midge's cover of "The Man Who Sold the World" is the best cover EVER! I found it from Metal Gear Solid V's soundtrack, thanks to my boyfriend.

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Flavellinator

1y↑4

back when I worked at a roller rink in the early '80s that "Shaddap You Face" song got a lot of play because the little kids loved it. I thought it was clever and funny at first but easily grew tired of it!

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

It is a very phony song. The novelty song genre started dying out by the mid-70s in my observations and it grew to be a tired trope.

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

Right? As time goes by the novelties fall by the way side and a rare song like Vienna gets it's due.

Andrew Mansfield

The whole Vienna album was the sound track to my first year at university. Sleepwalk was the song that pulled me in..
Rage in Eden was a great album too..

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Dean Rowles

Went to lets rock norwich pre covid lockdown, midge played vienna exactly the same as the original recording, been a fan since forever and ever back in the 70’s, rock hall of fame for him 👍

Michael Parylak

I vaguely remember this song I probably thought it was air supply or something. The reason is probably familiar is I think I acquired this on an '80s mixed compilation sometime in the last 7 years. 🙂

amydig63

Vienna is one of my all-time favorite songs! Loved Ultravox and still listen to their music. Thank You for this interview!

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Andrew Hudson

1y↑5

So if Midge Ure played with Thin Lizzy in 78, then that’s the same time Huey Lewis (on harmonica) did. Guess it’s a small world after all.

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dranet

1y↑1

I absolutely loved this song way back when. I don't remember how I discovered it but I know I was the only one of my friends group that knew who they were. Like my own little secret. Now Ultravox and Midge solo are a big part of my 80s playlist on spotify.

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Moose

1y↑2

Vienna the album is an absolute masterpiece. Every track is exceptional. Midge is massively under-rated. Not by me though......

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

A master of his craft.

Professor of Rock

1y↑3

Same here my friend.

David Hinkson

1y↑1

Didn't realise Midge Ure was so prolific - always loved the mysterious sound of "Vienna", and "Shaddap Ya Face" was one of the silliest songs I ever heard - Joe Dolce was (I guess deservedly so) a one hit wonder as well if I'm not mistaken.

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Phil

1y↑7

I know nothing of this song , the band or this man , but he certainly is intertwined with bands that I know of , this is another reason why I subscribed to your channel, to be educated by the professor of rock , glad to hear him mention kraftwerk, the pioneers of synth

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

I encourage you to dig in. They are so wonderful.

Anna Trail

1y↑1

Same here

Professor of Rock

1y↑1

Thanks Phil. Go have a listening party!

Mr. Mertman

1y↑2

He opened for Howard Jones, a few months back....He was awesome!!! Sounded amazing!!! Howard was on fire too!!! Great show!!!

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

Wish I was there. Sounded like absolute fun!

Professor of Rock

I've seen them a couple times together. They NEVER disappoint.

Victor Simpson

1y↑1

First time I heard of Ultravox was the song "Dancing with tears in my eyes " in the 80s. Thank you sir for going into in depth analysis of the song "Vienna " with Midge Ure. Cheers from Ottawa.

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hbofbyu1

1y↑3

Midge wrote one of my favorite songs:
"With every sadness I deny
I feel a chance inside me die"

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

Jukebox poetry!

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

Such a classic.

The Retro man Randy Savage

1y↑4

Wonderwall is probably my favourite uk no2 hit ever, but yes, Vienna is definitely up there for me. Beautiful song.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

I love Wonderwall.

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

Both great songs that should've been #1

lasentinal

1y↑1

"Shaddap You Face" is one of my favourite songs. A bright amd humorous piece amongst a boring, dull lot. You are entitled to your opinion, as am I.

Stephen Hanft

1y↑1

I totally agree with you. I bought the 45 back in 1981. It's a fun song that I still enjoy today.

Flavellinator

1y↑7

I was heavy into new wave back in the '80s and listened to KROQ frequently, but I don't recall this song getting any airplay in the LA area...

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

It should have gotten more!

Professor of Rock

Thanks for the insight.

Professor of Rock

I"ll have to ask some friends...

2 Live Cats

1y↑1

Yes, I remember “Reap the Wild Wind” being played on KROQ but not “Vienna”

Eric made of tin

1y↑1

I too am from LaLa land and never heard this song at all but I do remember Ultravox during the 80s. Rodney Bingenheimer didn't play it.

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Larry Fleetwood

1y↑2

Proves once again to me anyway, that 1981 really was the most crucial year in popular music of the whole decade.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

1y↑1

Was talking to some teachers at school about how most of the bestselling songs of the decade came from 1981 alone.

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

I'm partial to 1984... But I get where you're coming from.

Murray Lee Wilson

1y↑1

Hey, the number one song wasn't that bad. It was breezy, funny with the title lyrics and people liked the message of it just like they liked Don't Worry, Be Happy. Songs get to be number one for weeks for a reason.

Conrad Poos

1y↑1

Saw Ultravox in March of 1983 at NYC's Avery Fisher Hall on the "Quartet" tour. Awesome. Great to hear about the creative process of that song.

TroubledSpirit

1y↑1

One of the defining moments in music of my life. Gave me a totally new perspective on music appreciation.

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Montreal Sports

1y↑2

I first discovered Ultravox when their song Dancing With Tears In My Eyes became a hit in Canada. I bought The Collection, which was an early Greatest Hits album and discovered lots of great songs by the band. Vienna always gives me chills when I listen to it. It's a very unique song. You're right about Shaddap You Face. That song was a huge hit in Canada and I hated it (but I like Disco Duck). Another great song by Midge Ure is That Certain Smile, from his solo career. Visage is pronounced vee-zahj. Visage means "face" in French.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

I sound breathy when saying Visage. Great band name.

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I. N.

Hi Adam 🙋🏼‍♂️!
Interesting to hear, how the Bandname Visage seems to be pronounced in the USA!
Over here in the old World it is pronounced the french way!
It sounds like you`d write it like
„Veezarge“ and the g in it is pronounced rather softish as in the word „Genre“ while the e at the end would sound like sort of swallowed 😘!
Good vibes!
Good times and take care 🤗🥳!

SrTubular

Midge Ure has to be one of the coolest guys in rock and pop. He's also among my musical heroes, and always comes across as very likable and humble, always a good interview.

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Dr.hookyeah

1y↑3

I remember this band from early MTV. JJ Jackson, the VJ,was a huge fan of this band. I think I was a little young, perhaps immature to really get it.

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R.I.P. JJ.

Professor of Rock

1y↑2

Very cool. Thanks.

James` Jones

1y↑1

This is where our generations diverge by light years. There was a line of demarcation between my generation an yours where pop music was concerned. Somehow the entire cast of top forty hit makers was replaced by imitators, posers and people insisting that keeping Kasey Casems survey alive on broadcast radio somehow legitimized music that was no longer cutting the mustard.

The biggest disconnect seemed to be between genres of music that couldn’t commingle together on one format. Add the resurgence of contemporary country and you can plainly see that these two things were not compatible.

The further we get from the point of divergence, the farther the two points become in time in relation to one another.

Ultra vox means nothing to people of my vintage.

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Jism Ism

What can I say? This was a very informative show; Prof - U really blow me (& many others away) w/your daily 'classes' lol - I have this LP (Sleepwalk is my fave track); Don't wanna 'knit pick' Midge's commentary, but fer sure - Vienna is another world dream state tune!!! THANK YOU.

g2macs

1y↑1

The album was packed with great songs, I bought it as did most due to the single, not a bum song on it with Astrodyne and new Europeans being standouts.

XxLilly_playsXx Kiz

Such cool stuff. As a teen in quarantine I could not believe what I was hearing!

Barry Smith

Astradyne is my favorite rock instrumental of all time

Professor of Rock

Agreed!

Jj Ecilop

1y↑2

Dancing with tears in my eyes and Reap the wild wind are awesome songs. They were the ones that turned me on to Ultravox in the 80s! Great video. Thanks for bringing back memories.

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toonswap

1y↑2

I love your show because there are songs like this one that were obviously well known but completely sneaked past my radar. I know Dancing With Tears In My Eyes from my childhood but there are always those songs that you just never manage to hear for some reason yet discover 30+ years after the fact.