This is another installment in my series about 80’s bands that are generally ignored by younger folk; bands that I never hear anybody under fifty talking about. If you are over fifty you have definitely heard the music of Ultravox; their song Vienna was very popular throughout the decade and some of their other songs were regularly played on MTV back then.
If you follow me on social media you know that I have been getting into 80’s bands that I somehow skipped back in the 80’s when I was a teen. Ultravox is such a band, because I liked a few of their songs but didn’t dig any deeper for whatever reason. The band had two main phases; the early post-punk era led by John Voxx, and the more popular New Romantic era led by Midge Ure. I will be concentrating on the Midge Ure version of the band because that is what I am more familiar with.
Midge Ure is a very talented musician, who was also in the New Romantic band Visage. I did not know that until the other day, which is funny as hell because one of my favourite songs to dance to over thirty years ago was their song Fade To Grey. He also helped write the very popular Christmas charity song Do They Know It’s Christmas? back in the 80’s. So, to say that Midge Ure was a very influential musician back in the 80’s is an understatement.
With all of that being said here are my favourite songs from the Midge Ure era of Ultravox. I hope you enjoy them and have fun bopping around.
Reap The Wild Wind (1982)
New Europeans (1980)
The Voice (1981)
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (1984)
Vienna (1980)
Visions In Blue (1982)