Here’s a quick and dirty video post for the weekend since we seem to be stuck in a Gary Numan/Ultravox groove. Not exactly a bad place to find oneself. By the way, Gary was recorded speaking in Benge’s studio. I’ll bet he’s massively jealous of his gear. Speaking of Benge, that’s probably what it would take for me to buy a new Ultravox album; his name on it as producer! As if!!
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Post-Punk Monk 
You have to give it to Numan, he isn’t shy about how important Ultravox and Foxx were to what he wanted to be and that they remained miles ahead of him while they were contempraries…well through 1980.
I give it to John Foxx as well for being frank about how what he wanted was to spread ideas and not just keep them for himself. This is probably why his involvement makes such good musical partnerships.
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I know another thing that would get you [and I] to buy another new Ultravox album…. a reunion of the Foxx lineup! Improbable? Well, so was a Ure lineup reunion.
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jt – Don’t hold your breath on the Foxx lineup.
“Q: In 2007 you made a tour playing “Metamatic”, which is something very fashionable these days: lots of people play in its integrity albums that they never played before and, generally, for larger audiences. What moved you to do this? Aren’t you afraid of nostalgic experiences?
A [Foxx]: I think we did this to reclaim the territory, since there seem to be a number of artists who were emigrating toward it. I’m not at all interested in nostalgia: it’s an illness. It’s a kind of death. Success can also become a sort of illness, because you begin to imitate yourself and therefore become ridiculous. Why should anyone attempt to imitate themselves as a young man, often a foolish young man? You have to be blind, vain and terribly insecure to do this. There is absolutely no point in looking backwards when there is still so much to investigate. “
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Those words of Foxx ring so terribly true after our recent discussion of Brilliant. Today I am wrapped in a cocoon of ABC songs, old and new and including some from those not so well received albums which I so love.
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