U Is For Ultravox

*Originally released March 24th 2016* This week on the show Steve and Doug go back to the 70's and 80's for the British group Ultravox. The group is particularly noteworthy for being an interesting case study showing the transition from punk to new wave. And they just happen to be awesome. The guys also gab on about the ticket scalping, when you're too edgy for glam rock, and the nuclear apocalypse. Six Degrees From King Crimson: Ultravox -> Brian Eno -> Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew -> King Crimson Ultravox -> Steve Lillywhite -> Peter Gabriel -> Tony Levin -> King Crimson Ultravox -> Steve Lillywhite -> Talking Heads -> Adrian Belew -> King Crimson Ultravox -> Conny Plank -> Brian Eno (but including Robert Fripp, Phil Manzanera, Phil Collins, and Rhett Davies through "Before And After Science") -> King Crimson Music featured this week: ​Distant Smile - Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Lament Vienna - Vienna Majestic - Ingenuity 8:13 - Doug has a voice for radio, Steve has a face for radio ​20:30 - Doug is referring to "Sat'day Night in The City of The Dead" 21:43 - Steve was thinking of André Rieu 43:20 - A little basic, but the song is pretty rad. Here is "The Voice" from Rage in Eden. Also, quick correction: this isn't the official video for the song, but rather a clip produced for a German TV show called "Bananas" 44:00 - Okay! Here's the list: Lionel Richie's "Dancing On The Ceiling", *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye", Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" and the hallway sequence for Inception 56:20 - Ultravox' performance of "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" for Live Aid in 1985 1:05:24 - You can listen to us give Christian rock a thorough shake in this episode, N Is For Newsboys 1:09:46 - All hail Beano! Check out this live performance of "Ideals" from Ingenuity on some British show called L!ve TV in 1995 17:32 - It has now been seven years, so I don't think there'll be a new Ultravox album Steve's Recommendations: Dangerous Rhythm - Ultravox! Western Promise - Vienna The Voice - Rage In Eden Doug's Recommendations: Rockwrok - Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Passing Strangers - Vienna White China - Lament Dreams? - Rare, Vol. 2 Ultravox's Official Website Ultravox's YouTube Channel