Ultravoxs Vienna and Visage Fade to Grey were and still are masterpieces from the 80s

A real Genius a complete musician and so humble.

Midge still very talented on stage today

Greatest period ever in UK music

Midge asked me to play drums on Yellow Pearl extended mix for the clubs and it was this mix that the intro for TOTP was born

Midge - still great. Heard him in Lodz last year. Fantastic set of songs, a bit ruined by the sound setting but so great reminder how many great songs he did!

I knew steve strange during the years 1984-88, he was there when my husband proposed to me, 32 years later we celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary tomorrow

When music was music :-)

I wish i could of been there for that era.

Midge ure a big artist,a big voice

Vienna, Mr X and zap, back to my youth....

I think someone needs to clarify that, when Midge says the video changed the world forever and 'every band wanted a video', several videos promoting songs had already been the root of the song's chart success by this time. I remember watching Top Of The Pops week after week and seeing Rod Stewart at No.1 miming 'Sailing', wind blowing through his air, while on a ship leaving the harbour....or indeed, week after week of the four heads of Queen grouped together, gazing upwards, miming Bohemian Rhapsody in their classic promo video. Of course we can go back even further in time but those videos DEFINITELY got mass broadcast and mass sales to get them to No. 1 as a result. In fact, just solely referring to No.1 records....even Benny Hill's "Fastest Milkman In The West"....1971? I must've been about five years old....week after week of that video of Benny dressed as a milkman, driving a milk cart, miming the song. I never ever saw Benny appear on anything and sing it in the flesh. It got to No.1 with the direct help of that video every week being shown on Top Of The Pops. I think what Midge REALLY means is that the STYLE of the video changed the world forever. The Police's "Walking On The Moon", released prior to Vienna, got to No.1 with the band filmed miming to it standing next to the boosters of a space rocket....that was pretty escapist and looked expensive....but I'd say, ARGUABLY (still not whollly sure), Vienna was the first to present a song with a cinematic feel, a sense of narrative, an elaborate costume design and 'exotic' locations. Maybe?!? Still got my doubts. We have to be careful reinventing history. BBC Four documentaries have a terrible habit of it. I was there for all of these things in the 70s and often I find myself disagreeing with the retelling of events....like here with Midge! Sorry Midge!

Awesome

the very best music to totp was and always will be "whole lotta love"

Classic..

Don't forgett what happend behind the scene on the BBC!

I like this guy I think he's good

Midge might have kickstarted the whole music video scene of the 80s, with MTV, MuchMusic, and European equivalents. Plus he started together with Bob Geldof from Pink Floyd, the Live Aid thing. So yeah, pretty historical. What an impact.

Midge has never really received enough public recognition for his work over the decades. That prick Geldof took all the credit for Live Aid despite Midge working his arse off to make it happen and doing most of the work.

16 days and than Midge Ure live

since trainspotting i like the accent a lot :)

Sad Steve strange died in Egypt a few years back then flown home to wales if I remember rightly.........great music but sadly drugs got to him.......

Love Midge but um, didn't Bohemian Rhapsody usher in the music promo video????

Midge was the one who actually had the idea of Live Aid ! NOT geldof !

How expensive was that miniscreen player?

Wait, did Midge just say he started a video thing? I thought The Beatles did it in 1965 :).

It was done b4 you did the videos

i think its slightly arrogant and false to claim credit for the first pop video.i can think of several off the top of my head that precede his by quite a few years.

I’m not qualified to argue with the mighty Midge but lots of acts had never appeared on TOTP throughout its history up to 1980 , relying on “ Promos “ instead. Folks as diverse as Elvis and unknown Pink Floyd in 1967.In my humble opinion, the “ Bohemian Rhapsody was the first pop video “ is total and utter bollocks . Unless the films promoting “ whiter shade of pale “ or “ Arnold layne “ we’re actually just advertising for Paisley shirts and top hats 🏴😇❤️

Vienna was a good video but it wasn’t the first or as pivotal as he claims. Bohemian Rhapsody came five years earlier.

Midge EWWWWER!!!

Visage was Funny! Look at the silly makeup on my face!

Travesty. As an Aussie, I would like to apologise for Joe Dolce. Sorry.

Sorry, i don't understand the "Vienna" obsession. I find "Hymn" and "Dancing with Teardrops in my Eyes" much better, and orchestreally much stronger works. Actually, I'm kinda glad the Italians toppled it, because it's it's just "meh".

Christ, all these post-vocalic R sounds are unbearable. Thank common bloody sense that sound is dying out now. And this so-called new theme was horrible and contained no actual musical note at all. Everyone remembers the 70s theme coz it was the definitive classic, it was an institutional arrogance ever to drop it.