ULTRAVOX - MINE FOR LIFE - OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST

[twiggystyle]

I didn't remember this track, I like it very much...Moustache I remember very well, so damned hot :))))

[mic01]

Ahh yes, I do remember when music DIDN"T SUCK.

[harrietcow]

Ooooh, check out sleeveless, booted, moustached, SEXY Midge!!! I think I may faint!

[TheSandsie13]

the mustache i always thought it was sexy. love this song. love the little scotsman front man. he's just lovely.

[emt4242]

Go Billy with your bad self on that FRICKING ARP ODYSSEY!!! WAHOOOOOOOO

[JAYROX1969]

The Vox ROX!!!!!!!!

[fuckamericanidiot]

haha sorry to all you who like this, but this is so cheesy

[chrisnoaro1]

@fuckamericanidiot So what do you think is good, then we can judge whether your comment has any merit at all? And why do you apologise for saying it's cheesy, it's not like anyone here is going to ask your point of view before they put some music on. This music was made during an era when many people made up their own mind about what they liked

[fuckamericanidiot]

@chrisnoaro1 so you don't care what i think but you want to know what i like so you can judge my comment?

[chrisnoaro1]

@fuckamericanidiot both

[fuckamericanidiot]

@chrisnoaro1 but why do you need to judge my comment? you already made a good point by saying that i shouldn't be apologising because people don't give a toss what i think, by judging it you completely cancel out the point you made

[chrisnoaro1]

@fuckamericanidiot I don't think so necesarily, even if you said you loved all my other favourite bands depeche mode, chris & cosey, cabaret voltaire, whatever but hated ultravox or thought they were 'cheesy', it wouldn't make me any less secure in liking Ultravox myself. At the same time I can't help being a little curious in who you rate, following your original comment. Cheers, and check out some more Ultravox along the way!

[fuckamericanidiot]

@chrisnoaro1 all right fair enough, well i came across this because i like SOME of the old ultravox stuff and i really like vienna, umm i like the strokes, the hives, devo, sabbath, green day, joy division, eagles of death metal, queens of the stone age, gary numan/tubeway army, police, thought i really liked omd (not so sure now) aaand i can't think of anymore right now, so a mixture really

[chrisnoaro1]

@fuckamericanidiot Thanks for your honesty, I guess my original comment was pretty defensive stemming from a passion for Ultravox's work. Re your likes I'm a huge fan of Devo, JoyDiv, Numan, OMD. I like some GreenDay. Some people criticise Ure's stage image but I view it as highly idiosyncratic, and just fun really - there's some humour people don't get. Not sure what your OMD preferences are, I love '79-'84, got a bit commercial after that - check out '88 Seconds In Greensboro'. Cheers!

[berniex2]

I was lucky enough to see the Quartet concert live at SDSU. One on my favorite Uvox songs containing one of my all time favorite lyrical line " I hate it all but there most be more to hate than this ". Sure hope they make to the US this fall.

[drbogenbroom2000]

I went to that concert too. It took place in the Montezuma Hall, if I remember well. At one point MIdge Ure said: This is your last chance to dance! I saw Peter Gabriel at SDSU (the concert was moved to a sunday, because of rain) and King Crimson, also at SDSU. Great memories, great music!

[emt4242]

Oh Dear!! 27 years ago today!!!...but I am only 21...LOL...GO BOYS!!!

[Dyynamo]

I'm going to see them at Newcastle City Hall in four days time. Really looking foreward to it.

Just one question, if this is a live recording, who is singing at the end. It obviously isn't Midge, but it sounds like him.

[HubertHeever]

That voice at the end does sound very much like Midge ... it must be one of 'The Messengers' (Danny Mitchell and Colin King) who can be seen at 1:37.

[penetrator9]

BEST BAND OF THE XX!!!!!

[luxyaltz219]

yYeyeeee.....The boyz are touring again ....

[emt4242]

Dont think as I have seen all of Midges arms before..another body part revealed...hehe...sweet, sexy Midge..xxxxx

[furseal2004]

Yes butt and arms now, what else I wonder? :)

[Cougari72]

I wander if John Foxx would of done better here?!

[martianware]

no chance. Ultravox Mk 1 had run their course I think

[emt4242]

Nice boots, Sir Midgexxxx

[santnicola]

Ultravox..... best band of the 80's !!

[CooganMusic]

Nah ... Human League Part 1, New Order 83 to 86.

[missfishlash]

Midge never could get the bloody words right ffs

[nkharouba]

This brings back a memory of walking in Ottawa alone as a stranger listening to a Walkman tape thinking of the world in the eyes of UVOX and the future.

[TheReliquary]

As an awkward misfit teen, I remember spending a lot of time alone in a field, turning hay to dry it out on my grandad's farm one summer and listening to this on my sister's Walkman. It so filled my brain and listening to it again, I find it laden with meaning. Ultravox were something else.

[capeverd333]

This is such a cool memory to have....you should be a poet!! :)

[luxyaltz219]

Great band Ultravox ,everything gels on this ,the bass is raw ,the drums are bank on ,midge is cranking it up and the keys/synth is wicked wicked wicked screeching ................wey ta go boys

[wuckle]

The Old Grey Whistle Test (OGWT) was essential viewing back then!!

[MahnebNala]

I listened to this on my old sony walkman walking the moors or North Wales aged 14, so fucking cool, I feels as young as I did then, 20 plus years ago. I have aged but the music has not.

[xxSkyxxxx]

fcuking awesome stuff WOW ,seen these guys way back in the 80s at a DUBLIN GIG

...brilliant

[CooganMusic]

Go on Billy son, give it some !

[unrealaldridgeguy]

this is back when music was REALY music....great, thankis for sharing !!

[strono500]

grandi ultravox i piu grandi

[alttzueta]

aun mejor que la version de monument!!!

[fetoveryfun]

simply GOD's

[Tazz77]

What other songs did they sing on OGWT?

[SAT9terminus]

Wau how I rode for miles on my racer with this music

[mancmark37]

Typical MIdge getting the words wrong!!! Great to see though. Not sure about never being seen though It is Monument the video

[ingenious4t]

Great performance, never seen this before, thanks for posting!

[erghammer1]

An obscure old Ultravox song that I'd thought I'd never see a live performance of. Thanks, tranceive.

[jo677]

oh for these days again! music as it really was