While Googling through the web the other day I came across site with many reviews of the last Ultravox album with John Foxx , Systems Of Romance .
So gushing were they I was reminded of just how great those three early Albums
(you know I'm not going to talk about anything later then those) were ...
Some reviewers were turned off by Foxx's 'mannered vocals' , that's simply 'too bad' as he was one of the main things going on there and it's always too easy to crit .
Some of the tunes do sound precious and 'you had to have been there in the moment' ,
but some of the lyrics and musik is totally killer and still blows out what passes as 'rockin' /electro today.
The first album has great stuff , sports the image that K-Punk must like/luv and was possibly mainly known as 'the Album B Eno produced' , supposedly the first production he did after Bowie's Berlin albums.
The second one Ha! Ha! Ha! , when I finally was able to find it on CD years after my vinyl copy was melted down in LES Apt. fire is the one I can still put on before going out .
If you get a chance , do ck Fear In The Western World (timely for the dark ages) for the raging
and of course, Hiroshima Mon Amour for it's lyric sentiment sediment.
Like a Ballard turn of phrase , these cool tracks provided interstices of images, film clips parade where we could get off bk in - 1977 (!) .
The third Album , Systems , had a new guitarist Robin Simon and this line up I was fortunate to see @ NYC's Hurrah's (within weeks of Magazine, another great live art rock).
Shocked to then see in the Village Voice the next day that Robin was advertising for musicans or to join someone .
Well, I called in seconds and he came over to jam with my unit at the time The Futants (with Berlin's Martin Fischer) , I wanted to tape it but he said 'no' and I understood and anyway , I was so excited to play with the cat that it was all ok, whatever he wanted to do was fine with me .
And it was a cool jam session .
Anyway , in same Googling session I find Foxx's site and was happy to learn he has been working with
Robin again also Harold Budd and Robin from Cocteau Twins among others.
Thought it nice to hear Foxx was still out there , doing it and with such good company.
The music is available it seems , but has anyone heard any of those tracks ?
Cheers to John Foxx and Robin Simon !
So gushing were they I was reminded of just how great those three early Albums
(you know I'm not going to talk about anything later then those) were ...
Some reviewers were turned off by Foxx's 'mannered vocals' , that's simply 'too bad' as he was one of the main things going on there and it's always too easy to crit .
Some of the tunes do sound precious and 'you had to have been there in the moment' ,
but some of the lyrics and musik is totally killer and still blows out what passes as 'rockin' /electro today.
The first album has great stuff , sports the image that K-Punk must like/luv and was possibly mainly known as 'the Album B Eno produced' , supposedly the first production he did after Bowie's Berlin albums.
The second one Ha! Ha! Ha! , when I finally was able to find it on CD years after my vinyl copy was melted down in LES Apt. fire is the one I can still put on before going out .
If you get a chance , do ck Fear In The Western World (timely for the dark ages) for the raging
and of course, Hiroshima Mon Amour for it's lyric sentiment sediment.
Like a Ballard turn of phrase , these cool tracks provided interstices of images, film clips parade where we could get off bk in - 1977 (!) .
The third Album , Systems , had a new guitarist Robin Simon and this line up I was fortunate to see @ NYC's Hurrah's (within weeks of Magazine, another great live art rock).
Shocked to then see in the Village Voice the next day that Robin was advertising for musicans or to join someone .
Well, I called in seconds and he came over to jam with my unit at the time The Futants (with Berlin's Martin Fischer) , I wanted to tape it but he said 'no' and I understood and anyway , I was so excited to play with the cat that it was all ok, whatever he wanted to do was fine with me .
And it was a cool jam session .
Anyway , in same Googling session I find Foxx's site and was happy to learn he has been working with
Robin again also Harold Budd and Robin from Cocteau Twins among others.
Thought it nice to hear Foxx was still out there , doing it and with such good company.
The music is available it seems , but has anyone heard any of those tracks ?
Cheers to John Foxx and Robin Simon !
