A Month Of... Working On The Chain Gang...

So, yesterday we had It Bites... If you go out in Orkney about this time of year, better bring your midge repellant... 'cause, my god, they bite!

Midge Ure is (I say "is", because apparently they are another of the 80's bands that have jumped on the nostalgia bandwagon and reformed) the lead singer of Ultravox... so we get "Reap The Wild Wind"...

Midge
Midge Ure
Ultravox

A Month Of... Around The World...

Okay, here's the new theme...

We've done America, so now we're going around The Rest Of The World via the medium of song, ignoring things like direction, distance, and no need to worry about connecting flights or jetlag!

First stop, "Vienna" with Ultravox:

Wikipedia Links:

Ultravox
Vienna, Austria

Born To Rock...

Oct. 10th, 1953 - James (or Midge - which, according to Wikipedia, was the phonetic reversal of Jim) Ure, was born... Solo artist, writer (with Bob Geldof) of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid, member of several bands including Slik, The Rich Kids, Visage and Thin Lizzy... but he's probably most famous as lead singer of Ultravox...

So, here are Ultravox with "Lament"...

The Cheese Interlude...

It really doesn't feel right calling this cheese, coz I love this song... but I'm at work, and trying to post these quickly while the boss is out for his dinner, and this is the only song I can think of at the moment, so we'll say it's mozzarella, coz I love mozzarella...

Ultravox and "Hymn"...

Something Old, Something - Err... Old...

Something Old - "The Voice" by Ultravox...

Something Old - There's such a lack of decent songs just now, that I'm going to post another oldie for a few days, and hope that something halfway good comes on B4 "b4" too long!

Deacon Blue and my second favourite song of theirs (since "Cover From The Sky" isn't on YouTube) - "Twist & Shout"...

Unfortunately, it's not the whole song, but it's still long enough to spot Ricky Ross' best "Michael Stipe" dancing, and count the number of times Dougie Vipond flicks his very long and very girly hair!