EPIC!!! No disrespect to Midge Ure, but Foxx was such an enigmatic front man (and frankly, a genius) who should have become vastly more famous. Time will look fondly on his accomplishments.

Vastly underrated band before Foxx left. 3 brilliant albums in this band format

I was told back in the day, that they were punk. I only started listening to them in 1981 with Vienna. Now I get it.

John Foxx is a musical genius even now 40+ years on.

Never seen this clip before and wow! So much energy, so punk, John Foxx just destroying everything, all falling over.. oh my, loved it..

I was lucky enough to see Ultravox in the late 70s when they were on tour promoting their Systems of Romance album. Awesome gig! Awesome band! John Foxx so charismatic. Great night.

Love the way he puts Billie's shirt back again after pulling it down each time, proper gent.

Bizarre! Never thought John Foxx could be so aggressive.

John Foxx and Chris Cross (on bass) just going wildly punk. I saw Ultravox in concert (Robin Simon on guitar) on March of 1979 at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in West Hollywood, CA. I was 23 at the time.

I distinctly remember playing that album on the lowest audible volume on Grandpa's enormous phonograph console after Grandpa and Grandma were asleep, pressing my ear into one speaker or another, which sort of defeated the purpose of "Hi-Fi".

Best video on KZfaq. John Foxx should've been a massive star.

bought the single when it came out but never saw the band perform it-this is amazing

Intense lipsyncing while not even trying to pretend most of the time on the instruments... still one of the greatest bands in their greatest lineup.

I used to blast the 3 Ultravox albums out all them years ago ,,,,,Sorry mum,,,,if you up there watching sorry dad, but they were! great albums ,

Absolutely Brilliant excellent performance by Mr Foxx this was the real Ultravox!! Move aside Johnny Rotten this is punk as F**k!!..😆

I met John Foxx the other week, Difficult to reconcile that affable old bloke with the proto-punk young man here. Time is a right bastard.

lol never seen the usually serene Mr Foxx quite so energetic. Ultravox! really were a punk band despite their denials fantastic!

This must be Ultravox at their heaviest. I've seen quite a few early clips but nothing as raucous as this one! Last time I saw John Foxx live was circa 2009 performing the Analog Synth show at The Roundhouse. He barely twitched a muscle throughout the entire set. It's hard to believe this is one and the same person!

ROXY MUSIC MEETS PISTOLS...AWESOME

For me this is the most definitive punk anthem. A million miles away from their later incarnation of Midge Ure's New Romantics, which I like but it aint got the grab you by the balls energy of Foxx's 70s stuff!

John can write a great song...really underrated

I´seen them live on this day 40 Years ago

This footage is a treat! Thanks for the upload, matey bloke!

Ha, mayhem! !!! I love Mr. Foxx's lyrics and delivery. Their whole sound was unique.

Wow! saw these guys 3 times x never knew this sorta footage existed!Danke!

Wow, you made my day. Thanks for posting this!

Brilliant video - thanks for posting. Seen John Fox a few times but really wished I’d seen the original Ultravox. Love the Ultravox! album cover too.

Look at that crowd going berserk! 😂

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.....

the real Ultravox!Brilliant

this is the most intense lipsyncing i have ever seen

Seems like a totally different person from the Metamatic guy.

Ultravox (still with !) could have become one of the greatest bands of all time . The German newspaper "Musik Eypress" counted the album "Ha!Ha!Ha! among the 30 most important LPs of the 70s. Their mixture of punk and electronic music was incredible. No band before or since has done that again. Unfortunately, when John Foxx and the band split up, both parties went only in the direction of electronic music, but the band with more commercial success.

Ultravox with John Fox is incredibly underrated. It was supposed to be as big as nirvana, maybe I set the bar too high, but it should not remain in the shadows ...

Supergroup: Bowie and the Pistols!

a long, long way until 'dancing with tears in my eyes'.

Young John Foxx is the coolest

So under appreciated

Esto es grande, cuánta energía irradia John!

John Foxx 4ever :) Metal beat!

One of my favourite songs of that era and what an amazing clip, it would be great if someone replaced the audio with a better quality version

What a treat for John Foxx fans. Midge Ure was of course still in the fucking Bay City Rollers or whatever it was at this point

Thomas Gottschalk kündigt Ultravox mit Young Savage an, jetzt habe ich Alles gesehen. :D

Young Savage - Oh Vienna!!!

So good.

crowd went errr wild. who would have thought that the nice Midge Ure would come along and put an end to this level of excitement.

wowww ultravox in Germany & Wowwwww an very young Thomas Gottschalk too...????

Awesome

I used to go and see them at the Marquee

Midge has had a long career, From the Rich Kids to Ultravox with john Foxx and then his solo work, it speaks for its self, but this is the pinnacle for me,

UltraFoxx !

reminds me of the angry 74 Lou Reed.. brilliant ,,

Quality.

RIP Chris Cross

Ok, seems like Ultravox here has accepted being included in the punk / new wave category and are trying to surf that wave for a moment...

Not seen this before.

LOL at Cris Cross

One of the most energetic of all the punk/ new wave songs wasted on a typically dead German audience !!!

It must have been to cut loose on a lipsync gig and devote your entire energy to the showmanship of it all.

Made for TV!

Himmel! Wer ist denn der Fusselopa neben Tommy Gottschalk? Ah ja, richtig: Anthony Powell.

And Chris Cross is gone, so sad 😞

Ze Germans were probably thinking " what the fcuk" ?

Hey Kaiser Cheifs... John would like a word.

Foxx keeps on trying to pull Curries clothes off him.. Hmmm..

Punk to post-punk

Fantastic!!! Pure art punk…punishment of luxury were also in this mould…

Can't see Midge Ure jumping around on stage singing this song.

wow ~~

Daddy long legs ooooh

Foxx punk

Compare the presenters to the band.......the world had changed.

Viena wha? This is the real sh+t

Como un simil de New York Dolls

Solo ;)

Just a brilliant case of too much speed!!! That wos the D at the time Ha!Ha!ha!

sad to see them lip sinking instead of actually playing..

punk!!

Oh la!! Stop mon coco ! On arrête tout de suite d'agresser le bassiste 🤣

Very good at posing like punks, but John Foxx' hairdo looks like a (female) school teachers from the 60s 😂

Much rather ultravox after midge took over

John Foxx ist mir zu aggresiv leider

Ultravox con Jonh foxx más atrevido,tal vez punk,muy buenos,después con midge iré más románticos pero excelentes.