[kj] Warm up show at the Fleece?? Now Ultravox

[Brian Whitehead]

>>(They seem to come to Manchester every year or so in December and we

always go – it’s like pantomime.)

Seems like a good time to "come out"...I go as well Janean.

Brian.

On 9 September 2010 12:08, Janean <j at jlancaster.info> wrote:


>  Well, I’m quite partial to the old commercial synth stuff.  Still got a

> massive soft spot for the Human League even now - takes me back to my

> childhood as I was totally obsessed with them when I was 9 years old in 1981

> and had just discovered music and buying records.  (They seem to come to

> Manchester every year or so in December and we always go – it’s like

> pantomime.)

>

>

>

> Saw Ultravox earlier this year.  Was never a big fan – only knew a handful

> of singles - but just kind of fancied it, and really enjoyed the gig.  (Fell

> in love with Mr X – great track.)  Shamefully I’ve still not heard the Foxx

> era albums.

>

>

>

> Try as I might, I have never got into Metamatic, (with the exception of the

> brilliant Underpass), however I’ve a lot of respect for John Foxx and the

> part he played in the early days of Depeche Mode (was Gareth Jones’ mentor

> and persuaded a reluctant Jones to work with them as they were trying to

> harden their sound – leading to what we have today).  I also saw him

> supporting the League a few tours ago – my best friend had never heard of

> him and thought he was singing “underpants”!

>

>

>

> <<< Do you guys agree that Depeche Mode carried on the good work that the

> original Human League dropped with Dare?  >>>

>

>

>

> Never really thought about it like that, but I suppose they did yes.  Both

> bands went in opposite directions; HL going pop and leaving the experimental

> stuff behind, and DM doing the exact opposite.

>

>

>

> <<< Were there more Normal records than just the famous single??? >>>

>

>

>

> AFAIK, just the single.  Dan Miller’s album was the Silicon Teens one, I

> believe.  I’ve never heard it; the clip I saw on “Synth Britannia” looked

> too bad even for my tastes.

>

>

>

> (Also booked to see Numan and (my hero Alan Wilder aka Recoil) in

> Manchester yesterday. Chuffties.)

>

>

>

> Cheers,

>

> Janean

>

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> *From:* gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> *On Behalf Of *Paul Wady

> *Sent:* 09 September 2010 10:53

> *To:* Gatherers Killing Joke Gatherers

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Warm up show at the Fleece?? Now Ultravox

>

>

>

> Strange was indeed strange but Egan and Ure produced some very interesting

> stuff through Visage.  Well spotted.  Could never appreciate Can & Tangerine

> Dream though.  *Gasp!*

>

> Having seen Kraftwerk on their Computer World tour on a Saturday in '81, I

> went back to the venue to find them.  Found their sound engineer Joachim

> Dehrmann, and spent the afternoon showing him around central Liverpool.  Joe

> the DB man was great company.  Meanwhile it turned out that the boys were

> round from the venue, in some burger bar.  AAAAAAAAh!  I own a Moog Voyager

> Rack unit and a Virus TI Polar, so I can just do it all myself now.

>

>

>

> Do you guys agree that Depeche Mode carried on the good work that the

> original Human League dropped with Dare?  I have all their albums now.  Love

> them.  Once I started writing music it changed the way I hear things and

> they just sounded better and better.  Were there more Normal records than

> just the famous single???

>

>

>

>

>

> Mate of mine in Belgium is very cool indeed:

> http://www.myspace.com/trapandzoid

>

>

>

> Real basic 'classical' synth work on an EMS suitcase synth or two.  My

> stuff is here:

>

>

>

> http://www.myspace.com/themodelaircraftmuseum

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>

> <http://www.myspace.com/themodelaircraftmuseum>*

> www.myspace.com/modelaircraftmuseumtouchingthesun*

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> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:14:38 -0700

> From: go1845 at yahoo.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Warm up show at the Fleece?? Now Ultravox

>

> The first two Human League albums are, IMHO, essential listening.

>

>

>

> Geoff

>

> --- On *Thu, 9/9/10, folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com>* wrote:

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>

>

> I reckon that you also have a soft spot for The Normal, and the first two

> Human League albums, as well ;)

>

>

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