Thanks for posting. Love this style of music

merciiii!!

Not one of the better ones but cool footage

They opened their concert in San Francisco with this song (it's available on KZbin) and what's funny is that Currie's shredding synth is barely audible in the mix. Apparently they were afraid that this strange sound might damage their P.A. system.

They also recorded a faster punky version of the song in which Currie sounds like he's trying to saw through his violin. It even has an abstract dissonant middle part that sounds like late 1960s Pink Floyd.

Musta taken maximum balls to play at some of them venues, circa '77 on. Especially when you weren't straight-out Punk. Good on Foxx. Ultravox will always be his son, as with Cross, Currie & Cann.

great　punky　song

Lyrics are very corny and are gobbledy gook

Saw them nov 79 nyc at 'Hurrahs'....this was their set opener... the instrumental opening seemed to be extended, & slower like the record, there was that purple blacklight i believe, then John ambled out slowly to the mic, arriving just in time for the lead in vocal line: "i thought you by now'... more baddass dramatic impressive not possible...i was completely mouth agape bamboozed! Love them & this song smuch

Love this, so relaxing..love his Lancashire accent..

Foxx genio ❤

ultravox全キャリアで最高の１曲！johnFoxxはもっと評価されるべきだ

"Imagine drones with bombs" JF16 ummmmmm

Cheers Cazz...another gem from the Mysterious Ways era....Man's a legend...seen him a few times...never disappoints.

Legend.....Another artist ahead of the rest when it comes to synthesisers....Analogue heaven.

Up there with the pioneers of synth....the hidden man Mr John Foxx....Legend.

Top quality from the best line up. Foxx was such a fox ❤️

It’s fun imagining what a studio version of this would sound like, love that drum intro!

Ultra Foxx

Anyone have any info on these performances? I’ve seen the wild, beautiful and the damned from this same sessions, mimed I guess but the footage id love to see cleaned up!

The reason why I started making electronic songs when I was at school in 1979

The mouth organ was never to be heard from again during Mr Foxx's illustrious career or am i wrong?

What was that extra chorus at 2:46 ???? Lyrics - Come off x 20 ? Gooble gooble gooble (then) trouble trouble trouble etc ????? 🤣

great punk song!!

This was the 2nd to last show of Ultravox with Foxx. He was writing stuff and reportedly they had to negotiate which pieces he could take with him when they split.

This could be the actual Whisky show in Dec 79. I was there, Foxx singing, and it might be it.

I was at this show, too! 2nd to last show for the band with Foxx. Some other postings say they are from this performance but you can clearly hear the vocals are NOT Foxx and they are playing material that had NOT yet been written.

Ultravox fucks

amazing how so much of the early stuff sounds so much better live!

Kinda lame vocals, John... I know you wanted out, but still..

I was there, in fact these photos are all by me. Pics 3-6 are from this Lyceum gig, the others are the Marquee, 22nd August 1978. Classic band!

This is actually from February 19, 1977.

Thanks for sharing. Caught them all 3 nights in Toronto, 79. So excellent, but they repeated the same set twice, telling the crowds that they were told they only had to do one set before they crossed the ocean.

Ultravox did this track as a request at The Retford Portershouse. Brilliant.

beautiful, love John Foxx!

Bludy ell someone seriously put of tune at the end there! Billy, what happened to the ARP?

I got into Uvox thru the later Ure version but Systems of Romance is the only album i play over and over these days. A reviewer recently pointed out Ure's lyrics werent as educated so when Warren Cann also left it turned to trite in the mid 80s

Am sure Midge would have aGo 👌but no x

Probably from the Saturday Live show broadcast on Radio 1 on Saturday afternoons with Tommy Vance (best radio voice ever, surely).

Absolutely brilliant and ahead of its time, just like all of Johns stuff. Probably my personal favourite artist of all time.

Fantastic! Never heard this track before. Thank you for sharing

I love this early Foxx stuff. Thanks for sharing. 👍

It appeared later on Metamatic

uno dei pezzi più trascinanti di tutti i tempi. Per me al livello di johnny be good

an incredible masterpiece...

Swedens 🇸🇪 entry for the Eurovision song contest John once upon a time Ultravox! And first few solo recordings then repetative inane guff Sorry you are no Eno

it goes w/o saying... but liked ofc & subscribed

@John Yourself and William Gibson should get together (if you two haven't already?) because I suspect a huge affinity between you two; based on what youve both done all of which I continue to enjoy immensely ! Maybe to make a soundtrack for a new audiobook Zero History or Spook Country All Tomorrows Partys my favs - just an idea but also a fervent prayer after enjoying virtual light a delightful au-book and an inspiration

Sidereal radiations for neuronal spaces. Amazing!

Foxx and Ultravox were the pioneers of new wave and techno beat.