[kj] Warm up show at the Fleece?? Now Ultravox

[folk devil]

Only one single as the Normal, but Danny Miller also founded Mute and Novamute, and gaves us some excellent techno ta boot! :D
Plastikman, Luke Slater......
 


From: j at jlancaster.info
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:08:41 +0100
Subject: Re: [kj] Warm up show at the Fleece?? Now Ultravox










Well, I’m quite partial to the old commercial synth stuff.  Still got a massive soft spot for the Human League even now - takes me back to my childhood as I was totally obsessed with them when I was 9 years old in 1981 and had just discovered music and buying records.  (They seem to come to Manchester every year or so in December and we always go – it’s like pantomime.)
 
Saw Ultravox earlier this year.  Was never a big fan – only knew a handful of singles - but just kind of fancied it, and really enjoyed the gig.  (Fell in love with Mr X – great track.)  Shamefully I’ve still not heard the Foxx era albums.
 
Try as I might, I have never got into Metamatic, (with the exception of the brilliant Underpass), however I’ve a lot of respect for John Foxx and the part he played in the early days of Depeche Mode (was Gareth Jones’ mentor and persuaded a reluctant Jones to work with them as they were trying to harden their sound – leading to what we have today).  I also saw him supporting the League a few tours ago – my best friend had never heard of him and thought he was singing “underpants”!
 
<<< Do you guys agree that Depeche Mode carried on the good work that the original Human League dropped with Dare?  >>>
 
Never really thought about it like that, but I suppose they did yes.  Both bands went in opposite directions; HL going pop and leaving the experimental stuff behind, and DM doing the exact opposite.
 
<<< Were there more Normal records than just the famous single??? >>>
 
AFAIK, just the single.  Dan Miller’s album was the Silicon Teens one, I believe.  I’ve never heard it; the clip I saw on “Synth Britannia” looked too bad even for my tastes.
 
(Also booked to see Numan and (my hero Alan Wilder aka Recoil) in Manchester yesterday. Chuffties.)
 
Cheers,
Janean
 



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