Drummer reacts to "Astradyne" by Ultravox
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#ultravox - Hudba
The brilliance of Billy Currie - electric viola and ARP Odyssey synthesizer - had his own inimitable signature sound.
When I bought this on vinyl in 1980, I had heard a couple of the singles. So I didn't expect this. It was mind-blowing to me and my love for this track has never waned. It still sounds fresh and awesome today. I went to their comeback tour and they started with this. Hearing it live gave me chills and the crowd cheered when Billy Currie stepped back from his synth to do his party piece! This is an album that sounds awesome from one song to the next. There is never an urge to skip tracks!
Brilliant. Ultravox’s single “Vienna,”
changed the musical world here in the UK. I was maybe 11 and it was so otherworldly.
Saw them live at Sweetwater's festival Pukekawa New Zealand 1985 fantastic performance, miss those days...!!!
Love Astradyne since I first heard it in 1981.
Ultravox's best tracks can be found on their albums Systems of Romance (with John Foxx on vocals), Vienna and Rage in Eden (with Midge Ure on vocals), all three co-produced by the band and legendary German producer Conny Plank. In my opinion their other albums didn't reach these creative heights.
They started out as punk with synths and turned into what was called New Romantic. As a prog kid there was a lot for me to like with Ultravox when they hit this phase of keyboards and electric violins and Synth solos. Their bass player passed away this week.
The joys of the "New Wave" genre is that, as others said, there were so many sounds and options. The Cars, Blondie, Ultravox, Strange Advance, Kraftwerk, Japan, Visage, Spandau Ballet, Roxy Music, Split Enz, Depeche Mode, Yaz, The Psychedelic Furs, The Fixx, Gang of Four ... just a small sampling of bands that were all labelled "New Wave" yet all had such different sounds and styles.
That is so cool to me. I didn't even think to add The Cars to it and I've done a couple songs by them. So cool. I loved Television too but that was a whole different genre lol I guess there were elements in this that reminded me of that track I did by Television.
@@L33Reacts Thanks for the comment, and Television was considered art-rock, punk and new wave.
Hey Robert, you got it right on the targets… these 1980’s bands made and still make history! It’s all I’ve had to say,.. thanks so much!
Roxy Music is from very early.
RIP Chris Cross.
What a shock to hear that he passed away! too young!
Great reaction! I love the Midge Ure Ultravox era (starting with this album), the lead single "Vienna" from this album us iconic! Billy Currie is a synth magician!
"The Voice".... amazing.
So much to say about this one:
1. "Vienna" is one of my favorite early 80s albums, period.
2. Ultravox isn't really new wave. They often got lumped in with the "New Romantic" movement of the early 80s, but they were really their own thing, combining Kraftwork-style electronic Krautrock with very British post-punk energy and a great sense of melody to make music that was uniquely their own. They're almost their own genre.
3. For years I only owned the U.S. vinyl album, with "Astradyne" closing Side One. In the mid-2010s I picked up the European CD release, which had the songs on Side One in almost exact reverse order, with "Astradyne" opening the album. THAT took some getting used to.
4. Their bass player Chris Cross (not to be confused with soft rock artist Christopher Cross) died earlier this week. He was a founding member, and may I believe have played in every incarnation of the band. A sad loss.
Glad you enjoyed this so much, Lee! You have a lot more great music of theirs to look forward to, from both this album and its follow-up "Rage in Eden" (and even the one that came after that, "Quartet," and maybe even the one before it, "Systems of Romance," with a different singer and guitarist). Happy listening!
I saw in the chat he just passed away. Such a Shame. This was fantastic in so many ways. I really want to hear more from this "Vienna" album. Apparently it's a winner:) that's wild they messed with the track listing. That would mess me up too, I get used to things. My apologies for calling them new wave then hopefully we get there soon then lol
Midge Ure's vocals are incredible. He's very distinctive like a Gabriel or Collins.
There are lots of amazing techno or new wave bands from the 80's.
The rabbit hole will be deep.
Your musical journey is as wide as the ocean. So lucky you have 60 years of greatness to discover
great band great album😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
This was a great reaction. Thank you. I'm so happy to see an almost 30 year old listening to an almost 45 year old Ultravox song. I've been a fan since 1980. You should listen to the entire Vienna album. It's an amazing experience to listen to all the songs together. I liken it to listening to Soundgarden's Superunknown or Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral albums. They're pretty much masterpieces.
Actually as for Ultravox, Vienna, Rage in Eden and Quartet are an amazing set of music. As much as I absolutely love Vienna, if I had to pick one Ultravox album to listen to forever, it would have to be Rage in Eden. I believe that was the band at the height of their powers.
Also, RIP to Chris Cross. He past away on 3/25/24. Cheers to him and the music he leaves with us.
Don't get confused when people start recommending "new wave" that sounds almost completely different from band to band, track to track. New Wave is a fairly wide and deep "genre", rife with sub-genres!
Thank you for the tip. I will keep that in mind. I really liked this. I hope to continue on with this album. I hear its fantastic
This is true. At one time the Cars, the Police, the Pretenders, Blondie, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Rockpile and a whole host of others were all lumped together as New Wave, in spite of sounding nothing like each other.
This is synthpop, or synthwave .
Synth pop , synth wave
Rush referred to Ultravox as an influence in the early 80s. It sounded like some of Tony's solo stuff.
Billy Curry also played on Steve Howe's Turbulance album with Bruford on drums. Great album.
Billy Currie is a classically trained pianist and violinist which gives Ultravox their electronic/classical sound. Billy Currie and Midge Ure also played on Visage's first two albums and Billy Currie also backed Gary Numan/Tubeway Army on his first major tour. If you like this genre then check out Fade to Grey by Visage and Are Friends Electric? by Tubeway Army.....and Theme for Great Cities by Simple Minds.
I always thought of Ultravox as new wave, pop, rock with prog overtones. This tune would be great for TV or film soundtrack.
check their legendary Return to Eden concert 2009 and see how the big boys do their stuff
Great reaction Lee, this was my fav band growing up, be great if you did stick with this album, it’s a winner! Tracks like new Europeans, western promise and private lives all stick out, not forgetting Vienna, prob what song they are best known for.. on a side note, Steven Wilson seems to be working his way through remastering all their albums and has already did the Vienna album 😁😁👍
Check this from their live reunion show ten or so yrs ago. It's on YT somewhere.
Return to Eden tour
Talk Talk - Life’s What You Make It
Cars - Heartbeat City
Billy Idol - All Summer Single
Yaz - Situation
Blondie - Union City Blue
Midge Ure's prior band "Visage" had the UK hit single "Fade to Grey" in 1980. Definitely worth a listen if you have a liking for New Wave synth. 😊
Simultaneous band.
I think Gary Numan has cited Ultravox as an influence. "Savage" would be a great Gary Numan album to start listening to...😉
You should listen to their hit Vienna :)
Astradyne live - Chris Cross playing bass guitar & a synth at the same time. czcams.com/video/E-kVZsO1GCk/video.html
Midge!
Edit: Your speech @ the end: you have imposter syndrome. I have it too.
Genesis jumped on the New Wave bandwagon but weren't really New Wave.
Wrong Ultravox 😏 (just kidding, it's a matter of taste of course, but the first three albums with John Foxx singing show a totally different - and much better IMO - band).
I don't know, this was my first song of theirs, lol. I thought it was fucking awesome. But if the older stuff is even better... damn lol
As someone who discovered Ultravox during the Midge Ure era, I must humbly disagree. I bought their second album "Ha! Ha! Ha!" as an import (and paid extra for the privilege), and was very disappointed to find I'd unwittingly purchased a raw and ragged punk album (at least compared to their later efforts). For me, the early 80s Ultravox is in a class by itself, and will always be some of my favorite music of the period.
@@brucehenninger2662 As someone who discovered them with their first album and saw them live for the Ha!-Ha!-Ha! tour, the Midge Ure era was disappointing hairdresser pop tailored for MTV
@@realdocloco Well, maybe so, but to quote Genesis, "I Know What I Like!" And so do you. We shall respectfully have to agree to disagree. (And I am a little jealous that you got to see them at all, much less in their pre-Ure days. Maybe I'd feel differently if I'd caught one of their Fox live shows.)
@@brucehenninger2662 yes, that's why I said "in my opinion". Everybody has a different story with the same artist or band 👍