Ultravox Admiration Thread

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I like and respect both eras and i haile the entire carear of Vox wether its Foxx vox or Ure vox. Be it exclamation mark Vox or non-! Vox. 

I listen to them alot now and they slowly rises to a top 11 band for me. Love the theatrical elements and hints of symphonic piano elements. The piano player in Ultravox is tremendously great and plays so elegantly those melodies. Wonderful chors and progressions all over the template. Powerfull vocals, punky bass lines phat tone on the base as well. Both distinct, full and warm bass. The guitar tone is of another world. I love the soaring guitar and the guitarist has perfect controll on every squeel. Some way Ultravox remeinds me of Saga and some other Nei progressive acts like Marillion. Also along with Japan, the Cure - bands whom sucessfully blends new wave with post punk. Some of the elements of Ultravox is both gothic, romantic, flamboyant, epic and rousing. 
Hope to hear from more fans of this band 

Edited by Icarium - August 27 2017 at 04:51

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Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34055	Topic: Ultravox Admiration Thread Posted: August 27 2017 at 04:49
	I like and respect both eras and i haile the entire carear of Vox wether its Foxx vox or Ure vox. Be it exclamation mark Vox or non-! Vox. I listen to them alot now and they slowly rises to a top 11 band for me. Love the theatrical elements and hints of symphonic piano elements. The piano player in Ultravox is tremendously great and plays so elegantly those melodies. Wonderful chors and progressions all over the template. Powerfull vocals, punky bass lines phat tone on the base as well. Both distinct, full and warm bass. The guitar tone is of another world. I love the soaring guitar and the guitarist has perfect controll on every squeel. Some way Ultravox remeinds me of Saga and some other Nei progressive acts like Marillion. Also along with Japan, the Cure - bands whom sucessfully blends new wave with post punk. Some of the elements of Ultravox is both gothic, romantic, flamboyant, epic and rousing. Hope to hear from more fans of this band Edited by Icarium - August 27 2017 at 04:51


siLLy puPPy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator PSIKE, JRF/Canterbury, P Metal, Eclectic Joined: October 05 2013 Location: SFcaUsA Status: Offline Points: 14751	Posted: August 27 2017 at 08:47
	I love Ultravox myself. The first debut is an absolute masterpiece of post-punk and their synthpop stuff that came later is some of the best that genre had to offer. Very cool band. Like you, i'm a fan of both phases
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Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34055	Posted: August 27 2017 at 10:31
	Quartet is my favourite album the four first songs are amazing and the rest is not far after. Reap the Wild Wind and Visions of Blue are my favourits Edited by Icarium - August 27 2017 at 10:31


Raccoon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2012 Location: 444 Grove St RZ Status: Offline Points: 763	Posted: August 27 2017 at 13:53
	Yep, they don't get too much rep here on Progarchives, along with Japan (whom Sean Trane despises), they're both fantastic bands. I'd recommend The Associates' SULK (US-edition for the song 'The Associate') and give it a listen. Great sinister neo-romantisism. May like it better than ANYTHING OMD, Japan, or Ultra.

Raccoon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2012 Location: 444 Grove St RZ Status: Offline Points: 763	Posted: August 27 2017 at 13:54
	Vienna really makes me think of FM's Black Noise, actually. It's the electric violin, must be.

Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34055	Posted: August 27 2017 at 14:13
	I need to listen to more OMD where to start?


Raccoon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2012 Location: 444 Grove St RZ Status: Offline Points: 763	Posted: August 27 2017 at 15:53
	Dazzle Ships was my introduction, quite the intro. Architecture I may like more though, at this point!

Raccoon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2012 Location: 444 Grove St RZ Status: Offline Points: 763	Posted: August 28 2017 at 02:30
	My friend recently got Architecture and Morality in San Francisco (on our trip), and now he declares it: "The best synth album of the 80's." They're not what at all you expect, experimental as hell. Architecture and Morality title-track makes me think of Zappa, with its musique concrete elements. Gregorian chants.. Melotron.. Hmm, me like

Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34055	Posted: August 28 2017 at 03:39
	Ultravox also moves into the gregorian chant choire acrobatics aswell, and some of the drony moog in both Ultravox and OMD is really pressent in todays elctro pop scene. both were very innovative; System of Romance is a very important album actualy. Gary Numan, himself often called the "godfather of electropop", described the record as his single biggest musical inspiration; Edited by Icarium - August 28 2017 at 03:53