Ultravox!(John Foxx) - 1979 US Tour rarities - He's a Liquid video free download
In 1979, the original line up of Ultravox! embarked on a, self funded, tour of the USA shortly before singer John Foxx and guitarist Robin Simon departed on return to the UK, leaving the group in limbo. On that tour the band debuted some new songs that had yet to be recorded, two of these, 'He's a Liquid'(Foxx's 1980 electronic masterpiece, Metamatic) and 'Touch and Go'(Foxx's Metamatic, 1980 and as 'Mr X' and 'Herr X' on Ultravox's 1980 album Vienna) would be used again but 'Radio Beach' was only to be performed live.
Line-up:
John Foxx - vocals
Billy Currie - Keyboards, violin
Chris Cross - Bass and keyboards
Robin Simon - Guitar
Warren Cann - Drums
Comments
10 years ago
paul cooledge
Classic curry violin at about 4 mins in....they were so good and so ahead of the pack,but at the time it was so hard to find anything out about them10 years ago
rococo ACHUP
Great ! ! I feel Power this take. he said , I want to be a machine...10 years ago
awarriorinturnmills
I love this early version and it is easier to understand this version. I saw Ultravox live on numerous occassions but I don't think I ever saw them perform this so this is a real treat. The violin is this gives it such depth ( and weirdness!) so fab. sounds like whale music!11 years ago
GillyDangerous
Me too. It was a privelage11 years ago
GillyDangerous
Guitar wants tunin'!11 years ago
pinkstrumpet
He's still producing great music with Ultravox, as well as soon to be releasing his 9th solo album.11 years ago
Larz Gustafsson
I like both versions.11 years ago
John Brengelman
thanks for this11 years ago
Gord Disley
Cool to hear the original lyrics!!!!11 years ago
alternatingbitmusic
Thanks for posting this! Vocal wailing at 1:30!! Awesome!11 years ago
Jon Flynn
Such a find!!!! Thanks for these recordings, really great, great alternate versions and so so fresh, knocking most of todays wan music to pulp! It was, in one way, a great tragedy that Foxx and Ultravox! separated, but then again there came his solo recordings which were great. I really admired Ultravox! The sound, that amazing violin, the landscapes they created. Luckily I saw them live and it was unforgettable.12 years ago
jeffrey bruce butterfield
what happened to billy currie?12 years ago
BlackwoodPro33
Hi, This was from a performance in Boston at the Paradise (I was there!!) before the show they mentioned it was being recorded for the BBC and to make a lot of noise. That was unnecessary. Best show I've ever seen. They did four shows in two nights, I was fortunate to have seen them twice (2nd show each night).12 years ago
xtc58100
so far ahead of it's time for 1979 & still to this day somehow12 years ago
Tim Wilderspin
Billy's violin solo is a forerunner of the "Thin Wall" one I reckon. Many thanks for posting these stunning rarities.12 years ago
zanebean
A total mismatch. John has immense talent but the the guys like Billie, Chris and Warren were plyain' in waitin'....for James.12 years ago
RiotNrrrdUTube
@NuSynth What performance is this from? I have a boot from Detroit and another from Buffalo from this tour but this does not sound like either of those recordings.13 years ago
cpdaddy7
There were the essentials for a great 4th album but then we wouldn't had "Metamatic", the blueprint for all the great music Foxx (and Gordon) have made in the last 13 years.14 years ago
flicker66
This song and Touch and Go ended up on Foxx's stunning debut album Metamatic some six months after Ultravox mark 2 split in March 79. The Hollywood gig was the penultimate gig on the (self-financed) tour. They'd been dropped by Island on New Year's Eve 1978. Notice how the lyric differs here from the one on Metamatic and that Foxx is credited as the sole writer on that album even though Cross, Currie, Simon and Cann must have had some input.14 years ago
ShreveportJoe
Not the original Ultravox line-up. Steve Shears was the guitarist for the first two albums to be replaced by Robin Simon for the third and the subsequent tour. Saw them twice on this tour at the Whiskey-a-go-go in Hollywood. This song appears pretty much in this version on John Foxx' first solo album, Metamatic.Related Videos
