Ultravox - Hiroshima Mon Amour - Old Grey Whistle Test 1978

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dlusman

12 жыл бұрын

I have uploaded a better quality version of complete OGWT performance including Slow Motion
• Ultravox : Slow Motion...

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@electraruby4078 Жыл бұрын

Poetry. This man is one of the most underrated artists of all time.

@marcdewolf7334 11 ай бұрын

This version of the band deserved more success just love the three albums they did with Foxx.

@kevinadamson5768 Ай бұрын

They were brilliant. 😊

@Martles86 3 жыл бұрын

Foxx was so mesmeric. A great song and this is a great example of the talents of Ultravox BU. In my opinion Ultravox 2 without Fox were an entirely different band.

@iscreemz4494 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Completely different band. Foxx was the more interesting front man.

@upsonpratt6394 2 жыл бұрын

John Foxx is one of the most enigmatic figures from the dawn of electronic music. A pioneer in the truest sense of the word.

@iscreemz4494 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. We have such similar tastes in everything. It's almost like we're related...

@GNeuman 10 ай бұрын

Absolute genius.

@theothermurdoch 10 жыл бұрын

The original Ultravox was such a great band, and so under-rated. Wonderful version of one of their best songs. John Foxx was ahead of so many others when it came to 80s electronic work. Love "The Garden".

@satka2mau487 5 жыл бұрын

saw them at the old marquee a few times in london-brilliant band

@lebonvirusofpopcultureradio 4 жыл бұрын

indeed a more interesting band at the time

@oliverhentschel2550 11 ай бұрын

Best Music ever....

@hankerdink 12 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant..i never tire from watching this video

@rscottishmusic5594 10 жыл бұрын

Easily the best version of this performance I've seen online. Ultravox at their absolute best.

@patthewoodboy 2 жыл бұрын

whistle test had some great bands doing great performances .. check out Public image , careering .... its rough but awesome

@John-uz2sz 10 жыл бұрын

Personally, I rate this far more than the studio version. There is no sax. However I think its a fantastic live version. The vocals and instruments bring the track to life. Classic is an overused word, but applies here.

@r4gg3dt1g3r 8 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites, from either period of Ultravox.

@cjgoth3487 7 жыл бұрын

John Foxx is so damn hot - then and now (I saw supporting Numan a few years ago) - he has aged well, and now is the near definition of a Silver Fox.

@cavellpunk01 11 жыл бұрын

So cool ! .. the best Roxy Music song that Roxy never did !...I wonder how people undetstand ? ...your'e quite right ( jubilee64 ).

@MrBongoagogo 9 жыл бұрын

mean fretless bassline so raw and blunt kicks ass

@tommym1966 8 жыл бұрын

Loved a fretless bass. Mick Karn of Japan was so good with it too.

@RoodeMenon 8 жыл бұрын

@ 2:57 I love that keyboard solo...i can hear it on a loop all day.

@jasew3392 3 жыл бұрын

John Foxx, legend

@douglashedberg7414 10 жыл бұрын

I love this band, beautiful song

@demnov_the_disillusionist_01 4 жыл бұрын

El ritmo del bajo es muy pegajoso, el solo del saxofón (adaptado en teclado) es maravilloso: como una guitarra con e-bow, la caja de ritmos y la batería armonizan. Sin duda alguna una obra maestra de Ultravox! en sus primeros años. 😃

@stevepettit2064 5 жыл бұрын

listening to early ultravox is like early human league like totally different bands to when they were hitmakers amazing.

@MsSoulProvider Жыл бұрын

Love the early stuff of HL!

@EddieHitler7 3 жыл бұрын

A true classic!!

@nicholaslynch522 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@Dracopol 6 жыл бұрын

3:01 Here the synth plays the saxophone line in the studio release of the song.

@detlefeilers5531 2 жыл бұрын

I love this track very much ... maybe one of the first of the New Romantic era before it even started ... 🥰🙏

@adrianions2805 9 ай бұрын

Uploaded this a couple of years ago sti one of my favourite pieces ultravox were so different back then stylish, original, atmospheric met Mr foxx at South shields &London when solo great fella!!

@markcolonna6874 4 жыл бұрын

Somehow we drifted off too far Communicate like distant stars Splintered voices down the phone The sunlit dust, the smell of roses drifts, oh no Someone waits behind the door Hiroshima mon amour Riding inter-city trains Dressed in European grey Riding out to echo beach A million memories in the trees and sands, oh no How can I ever let them go? Hiroshima mon amour Meet beneath the autumn lake Where only echoes penetrate Walk through Polaroids of the past Futures fused like shattered glass, the suns so low Turns our silhouettes to gold Hiroshima mon amour Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Dennis Leigh / Warren Reginald Cann / William Currie Hiroshima Mon Amour lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

@kevinadamson7571 3 жыл бұрын

Class.

@undergroundwarrior70 2 жыл бұрын

This is the lineup (the best lineup, of course original guitarist Stevie Shears was a good good guitarist on their first to albums) of Ultravox that I saw in concert in March of 1979 at the Whiskey A Go-Go in West Hollywood, California. I was 23 that year.

@MrBongoagogo 8 жыл бұрын

so right tom about mick karn on fretless dig his playing on canvas on oil life, have a good day .

@ChasD 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for doing that, much appreciated! Someone somewhere has the high quality version that used to be on KZfaq. Maybe one day that will surface again :-)

@drsnypejsek 12 жыл бұрын

I was already a fan of Midge's lineup but this one is a brilliant gem!

@jamescolekreecanyon 7 ай бұрын

The drumming is incredible

@yogagirlnh 8 жыл бұрын

Warren Cann😍😘

@scottfraser7118 Жыл бұрын

❤

@demispoetry 7 жыл бұрын

Perfect!

@drstevie 8 жыл бұрын

Superb.

@artisfilms6237 3 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@jimestus7506 7 жыл бұрын

pure bliss....

@dlusman 7 жыл бұрын

recently uploaded a better quality version of complete OGWT ( including Slow Motion ) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rriIftOIltbNlYU.html

@donniemac2 6 жыл бұрын

so good.

@piratetwin 4 жыл бұрын

This is pure inspired music. The OG version on HaHaHa has it's own beauty, but this is something else. I wish there were a proper remastered version of this performance. I may be reading into this but this version seems to point towards Metamatic & Vienna simultaneously. In the same way I'm happy that Roxy Music & Eno split, I'm happy that John and UV parted. So much great music was made as a result.

@user-by7rr9yl2c Жыл бұрын

Magic new wave

@sallysmith1484 8 жыл бұрын

Great! The old Ultravox was more risk-taking and idea-inspired than the Ure commercial version.

@MadMoose72 8 жыл бұрын

+Sally Smith The other three members of the Ure version are here in this video. Midge Ure can't be blamed for everything

@tonyiniguez1304 8 жыл бұрын

+Sally Smith Hey Sally, for me, Yes, you are totally correct. Like Grand Funk Rail Road in the early 70's, Ultravox was quite a unique up and coming group, true their sound and vision. When I saw them perform at the Whiskey A-Go-Go all I could say about their show was............"mesmerizing"!

@stephenbailes2750 6 жыл бұрын

Its so easy and fashionable to slag off the Midge line up off but their surely both valid in their own way in my opinion.

@kelwig8738 6 жыл бұрын

Well that was the 70s. The last great year for experimentation and freedom of expression in all forms of music. I doubt any band wants to stay in the margins forever. U-Vox put out several great albums before hitting it big with Midge. Took me awhile to warm up to their new sound but I love the commercial stuff too.

@susangallagher1247 4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenbailes2750 They have performed this on stage with Midge Ure singing.

@artisfilms6237 4 ай бұрын

"IN MEMORIAM": CHRIS CROSS (1952-2024)

@aldocipriano9876 3 жыл бұрын

Pezzo. Bellissimo. Bei. Ricordi

@yardelli 8 жыл бұрын

Classic

@adrianions2805 2 жыл бұрын

Creative !@ vox inovate

@huwzebediahthomas9193 2 жыл бұрын

And 2022 and here we are back again like a bad memory of late Summer 1945...

@adrianions2805 6 ай бұрын

Hughgh?? Dude?😢

@oizumania 10 жыл бұрын

近いうちに彼らがオリジナルメンバーで来日してくれる事を願っています。かなり難しそうですが。 I hope that they have us come to Japan with the original members in the near future. Although it is quite likely difficult.

@kevinadamson5768 Ай бұрын

John Foxxe was way ahead of the times here. 😊

@huwzebediahthomas9193 2 жыл бұрын

Good ol' Dennis and Billy and others...

@MrPeterWLS59 12 жыл бұрын

The played Slow Motion straight to this. Does anyone have it?

@deanthyer6804 9 жыл бұрын

I give in john

@wuckle 10 жыл бұрын

Warren Cann - Very under-rated drummer. Still have to say that the version on the b-side of Rockwrock is far superior - Go check it out.

@MrSteveProctor 9 жыл бұрын

Stephen Watt I was very good friends with them all and I agree with you totally about Warren ... I like ALL their stuff

@russellbriggs9644 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry but this version is excellent and far superior. The remix on the B-side of Rockwrock is pretty awful.

@loganduke 7 жыл бұрын

Wish I could get this version on cd/download I-tunes anything.

@dlusman 12 жыл бұрын

found it and uploaded - see the video response

@ChasD 12 жыл бұрын

There was a version floating around on KZfaq of Slow Motion from this session but it got removed. I wish someone would repost it :-(

@HiGlowie 2 ай бұрын

Is that an envelope filter on the bass?

@noddyholder79 5 жыл бұрын

Kinda Magazine like this take vg

@bodsnvimto 12 жыл бұрын

'77 eh? The sound of the '80s came from this.

@paulockenden4278 Жыл бұрын

Without Ultravox there would not have been Gary Numan, Depeche Mode or Human League or Japan

@DebbieTDP 10 ай бұрын

Don't agree regarding Japan... Although influenced by artists such as Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground , New York Dolls , Roxy Music and David Bowie , the two albums were not well received by the UK music press being out of fashion at a time when the punk rock of 1977 and new wave were on the rise. In 1979 the band worked briefly with producer Giorgio Moroder , who produced a single single, Life in Tokyo . The song represented a significant change in musical style from their previous guitar-heavy recordings, moving them away from their glam rock roots and into a more original phase closer to more electronic new wave, exposing it to a wider audience.

@michaelnorthrop3036 9 жыл бұрын

Great with John Foxx - too bad it couldn't last.

@clivewelch4744 7 жыл бұрын

Michael Northrop j

@clivewelch4744 7 жыл бұрын

It's the only ultravox

@gnshyamray5460 4 жыл бұрын

Great as it is you can tell John is done with the loud conventional rock drumming going on behind him.

@piratetwin 4 жыл бұрын

Loud conventional rock drumming? Yeah, it's really conventional to have been playing with perfect metronomic time along with a drum machine in 1978. He totally should have been playing linear post-rock fills with a pseudo jazz touch. It would've given it more of an NPR bumper music vibe and I think John Foxx would be smiling instead of having that detached look that I've NEVER seen him with aside from this video. I don't even know why I'm bothering commenting on this, save the fact that Warren Cann was a ridiculously innovative drummer who was VERY ahead of the curve in regards to blending acoustic drums with electronics, had impeccable time, and touch. At least read a little bit about what Warren did in the band and the mods he made on their synths and drum machines before you just throw some dismissive conjecture out.

@permaveg 10 жыл бұрын

This can't be 1977 as Robin Simon on guitar wasn't with them then.

@peterfreeman6677 4 жыл бұрын

5th December 1978, but not listed on the (incomplete) OGWT list of who-appeared-when.

@undergroundwarrior70 2 жыл бұрын

Robin Simon was on the 3d album (1978) 'Systems of Romance'. Both John Foxx and Robin Simon left Ultravox late March of 1979 after I saw them around early or about the middle of that month at the Whiskey A Go-Go West Hollywood, California.