Ultravox in the studio recording Lament and demonstrating the Minimoog & PPG Wave. 1983
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@Harumi-jr6hz3 ай бұрын
Considering the amount of time it takes to create a song and the advanced skills of the Ultravox members who create it with such precision, I feel the weight of each song and it deserves respect.
@SPAZZOID1008 жыл бұрын
"Technology has moved on" And here we are and NEW MINIMOOGS are being made.
@jean-louispech49216 жыл бұрын
now we have cheap clone of minimoog for everybody :-)
@videosuperhighway765511 ай бұрын
And now Waldorf M which is a PPG 2.3+
@Craigevansagain8 жыл бұрын
^Coppertunes, nothing beats the original classics. :) "Till my kingdom come!"
@Coppertunes12 жыл бұрын
You can get all these instruments on a mobile phone these days.
@s.kxx19564 жыл бұрын
Poor minimoog it was old then and its old now !
@davidcraig8973 жыл бұрын
Lament was and still is a really beautiful song. And should have been a UK number 1 as the music experts all said it would. But it only reached i think if im.correct number 23 in the UK charts
@erickgabriellimadacosta18211 ай бұрын
Yeah they reached at the number 22 in UK Charts
@Legslarsen.2 ай бұрын
@@erickgabriellimadacosta182I’d forget the charts. Lament is a fabulous song, the sounds are perfect for the lyrics. To me it was musically interesting that a lament was a traditional musical form. I immediately gravitated to it’s depth of emotion, the vibe, the tempo, it was all a perfect song. Ultravox was always a wonderful part of that era.
@erickgabriellimadacosta1822 ай бұрын
@@Legslarsen. for sure I Feel that when I heard from the first time you know it's interesting that Song did make the same successful as Dancing with Tears in My Eyes but I always love Ultravox also.
The shape and the sound of the voice, in strong lone tones ... 😄
@henridornancourt97863 жыл бұрын
So cool to see THE actual Minimoog that played all those beautiful bass parts !!
@MrJETCITY12 жыл бұрын
Midge ... 2nd guitar player for Thin Lizzy on tour in '79.
@fordprefect803 жыл бұрын
Midge Ure was in an episode of Filthy, Rich and Catflap (from about 1987) for anyone who's interested.
@retrosound722 жыл бұрын
The Minimoog 15 years old...✨🙌😁
@JulesFox6 жыл бұрын
Ahhh back in the day when you could be a pop star, with hits in the charts, and have bad hair and be in your 30s - all at the same time! hhahhaaaaa
@isabelveidt6556 жыл бұрын
"Bad hair"???
@anttitheinternetguy32136 жыл бұрын
Hes hair is, like we youth say these days, "goals". But i do agree, those were the times of success for talented rather than sucess for rich and beautiful
@Gibson1976uk8 жыл бұрын
Buying a Moog Sub37 is one of the best things I've done in life :) I just love analog! Rich, warm and powerful
@rciscon11 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's Lament, from the album, Lament.
@zacdior94025 жыл бұрын
Dan.. Sing.......... With tearzin my yize... Ultravox were cool here. But John foxx did good things too. Underpass!!!! Peace ✌️ out people
@sirandrelefaedelinoge2 жыл бұрын
John Foxx's electric Underpants
@irishelk38 жыл бұрын
People complained about The Synthesizer when they came out but Its still an appreciation for an instrument and a buzz and an enthusiasm for it and you have to love that, and although there was a lot of dodgy music, we still look back at the 80s for music because there were also lots of great bands and people making really good fun music, and we have lost that and thats sad, because good music changes the world, there will be good memorable music again but we are most defiantly in a rut now, dont care what anyone says.
@snuppssynthchannel7 жыл бұрын
Yes, but i think it only can go upwards from now on! ;)
@akie6411 жыл бұрын
I'd love a mini moog, the sound Midge gets when demoing it is superb!!
@payt013 жыл бұрын
I bet you have the behringer D by now ;)
@menswear211212 жыл бұрын
God I wish I played in that band, I would giggle like a school girl
@carriersignal2 жыл бұрын
The Minimoog, old back then, old now, and I'm betting it will be old in the future, but still sought after and as valuable as ever.
@POLSET27 жыл бұрын
"Antic Synthesizer,15 years old' On Minimoog in 1983.. :D :) ;)
@spoinkel10 жыл бұрын
dat accent!
@carl132207 жыл бұрын
Yes he sounds like Fish ( former Marillion singer ). Scottish accent !
@matelot9512 жыл бұрын
Midge looking like an East German third division footballer!
@paulboulter7823 Жыл бұрын
Man of 2 worlds ,beautiful song on ❤the Lament album
@azynkron2 жыл бұрын
"You can't sell them to people anymore.." Yeah.. only like 5000 Euros on Ebay
@HatredPrime6 жыл бұрын
Midge looks like Edward Norton.
@Synthesis19798 жыл бұрын
In the 80s minimoogs were sold off for as little as £350 cause everyone wanted the polysynth with DCO and FM synth. Now minimoogs are the price of a small house!
@craigbroadfoot18513 жыл бұрын
More like the price of a small car than a house, at least where I live!
@uyauabing10 жыл бұрын
What Midge referred to as the 'unheard' sound quality of the PPG is nowadays referred to as 'digital, thin and cold' ...
@dwtime10 жыл бұрын
Actually the PPG Wave 2 is a analog/digital hybrid, not totally digital.
@AlainRaes678 жыл бұрын
i can assure you a ppg is far from thin sounding , some of its best sounds are basssounds and that is why bands used them because unlike a moog bass it cuts through and adds weight , listen to for instance anything by missing persons wich used ppg for bass . you can name todays synths and vst as lifeless sounding opposed to first or sec gen digital like ppg or the great d50 , lifeless is a far worse quality to have in an instrument, give me a ppg anyday , actually i own the complete system something to cherish
@dwtime8 жыл бұрын
Missing Person's Bass synth sounded really nice live back in the day.
@spurv6 жыл бұрын
I can appreciate you diggin the PPG, cause you own it. No need to trash Moog though. Your statement about Moog lacking weight is so wrong, I really don't know where to begin. Might have been a reason why Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson and countless others played Moogs. Not to mention the famous quote from Gary Numan about his first encounter with a Minimoog, blowing him away. Just a thought.
@soundadapter8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic very interesting Thumbs up Greeting Frank
@Coppertunes12 жыл бұрын
I'm aware of that. There is more processing powering in a modern washing machine than there was on Apollo 11, but i'm not saying you can fly one to the moon.
@roygwinn210 жыл бұрын
>Anybody know what the deal is with the digit readout on the Mini? Never seen that before... I did that. It's to set tempo when OSC3 is used as an LFO.
@Shalebridge7 жыл бұрын
Would you also happen to know what the two additional switches below the pitch/mod wheels on the PPG do? I have a Wave 2.2 and been curious about this for a while.
@roygwinn27 жыл бұрын
I don't remember that one, possibly because I didn't do it. From the switch location I would guess they're mute to monitor and mute to PA (with a transformer DI built in). I remember building DI's into lots of things to keep the box count down on stage. I may be wrong, though.
@rciscon4 жыл бұрын
I believe that it's a modification they added to Chris Cross' Minimoog to generate a pattern you can hear in the live version of "Sleepwalk" here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6XZpKR5oMyVpbs
@josie3674 Жыл бұрын
These guys are brilliant & their music is outstanding
@D-osOrg13 жыл бұрын
lament ! hahah ! brilliant share ! thank you so much sir !
@Ruediger_Hasenpusch5 жыл бұрын
Pre-Lament! :) One of her best Songs!
@idabrohjem22027 жыл бұрын
that voice......
@TDMXJAPAN10 жыл бұрын
It is a very interesting movie on knowing the sound construction of Ultravox. How nice!
@MFitz1212 жыл бұрын
@DrummerFreak04 The Minimoog was very much yesterday's news in 1983. I've owned one since 1987 BTW when I picked it up for a paltry $200.
@adieuparis339 ай бұрын
Lament est un chef d'oeuvre . Ultravox groupe culte
@prophetate11 жыл бұрын
I would like to point out that @2:29 you can spot a Prophet T8 under the PPG :D
@nlondonex10 жыл бұрын
Midge Ure... just one of the reasons I wanted Scotland to go independent
@mcosgrove910106 жыл бұрын
So awesome.
@MarkoDeLaVoota5 ай бұрын
antique synth 15 years old....lol watching in2024
@incaroads0017 ай бұрын
I remember when I was a kid and listening to guys like this (usually clerks) in the music stores pontificating about the latest technology. It's even funnier now. "It's got overtones". That's darling. I fully expected to hear some twaddle about compressors 'breathing'.
@mjtaylor264 ай бұрын
This is interesting because they are very positive about the machines synthesisers that they used to craft the songs, it’s not just what he (Midge Ure) and the other band members of Ultravox are saying but how they speak, the tone contains positive vibe. That is heard in the music, a type of passion and zeal for making their music songs.
@meredithhopkins14115 ай бұрын
Billy Currie would have been great with Tangerine Dream! Higher level of musical creativity.
@batphink2655 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic band all of them great musicians!
@Ni5ei Жыл бұрын
They lost me when they started using these more modern synths. Rage in Eden was the last great Ultravox album. When Quartet was released I thought they were just another mid eighties pop band.
@Shalebridge11 жыл бұрын
Anybody know what the deal is with the digit readout on the Mini? Never seen that before...
@goldiloxx532 ай бұрын
The space invaders jumper though! 🤩
@alleykat62734 жыл бұрын
Im interested on what mods that minimoog has
@ilysvengeance7 жыл бұрын
*goes on ebay
@AndyVonal7 жыл бұрын
Oh the irony...you can't sell Minimoogs to people any more...How times change!
@gasolineandwine6 жыл бұрын
Mostly because they can't pay for them. Lol.
@cnfuzz4 жыл бұрын
Well you can still buy several second hand vintage minimoogs for the price of a ppg system so he still is right
@ThePlopsta5 жыл бұрын
3:05 till 3:10 is peak Partridge!
@ceecoursian12 жыл бұрын
I guess they were working on Lament
@Electrickbreadstick12 жыл бұрын
0:41 INVADERS SWEATER GODDAMN
@stocchinet6 жыл бұрын
1:10 well it was "an old one" in 1983
@Dolores50005 ай бұрын
I love him ❤
@ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing !
@synthof4 жыл бұрын
Really great and how different is the talking voice and singing voice of Midge Ure, and I always find Muse 's vocalist voice is similar to Midge Ure's voice
@carl132203 жыл бұрын
Ultravox and Muse are, in a lot of ways, very similar ( this is just my opinion but both bands are combining new wave and prog and in a good way 😉 ). In the 80's i really thought that Midge was the "Peter Gabriel" of new wave.
@synthof3 жыл бұрын
@@carl13220 Hi ! I thought I was the only one who think that Muse vocalist and Midge Ure voices are so similar:) Muse definetely should cover an Ultravox song, cheers!
@madmac663 жыл бұрын
Minimoog was a 15 year old antique synth back then....fucking hell what does that make it now. Really rare and expensive
@jayc24698 жыл бұрын
C'mon Midge, it's Moog not Moog! (*moʊɡ/mohg* )
@WAZA___5 жыл бұрын
@jay Does it matter!
@ExtendedVersion11 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING :-)
@rococolesyeux4 жыл бұрын
😍💕
@McSynth2 жыл бұрын
"laying down the tracks.." 🙂
@MFitz1212 жыл бұрын
@bigblockelectra It needs a good cleaning and going through - sometimes notes hang up, and the mod wheel doesn't work. Otherwise good as gold.
@Kneichion2 жыл бұрын
Shame about the sound wobble on the video
@bigblockelectra12 жыл бұрын
@mfitz1969 does it still work well? i heard they have some problems
@wrmusic8736 Жыл бұрын
Calling Minimoog an antique synthesizer in 1983. And saying that technology moved on far too much.
@guiltseeker3 ай бұрын
It was Relative then so I get that!
@tomahzo2 жыл бұрын
2:12 : "You can't buy them, though. Technology has moved on far too much." ... Woah! I wonder what Mr. Ure would say about where tech has ended up today and how much those synths have appreciated in value compared to what they cost back then. The 80:ies were amazing in its optimism for the future but people didn't hadn't caught on to the shortcomings of the new digital technology yet. Also, is that a fucking CS80 right there in the middle? Or is it a CS60 perhaps? Legendary polysynth nonetheless. But people were hooked on the digital stuff back then and didn't understand how great those machine were ;).
@JamesCorbettMusic50002 жыл бұрын
We are getting loads of good affordable clones these days. Behringer are releasing a ppg wave soon.
@noelmurphy4063 жыл бұрын
Lamenting from the off 🙏
@Johnsormani2 жыл бұрын
The Mighty ppg wave
@djm9937 Жыл бұрын
4 brilliant Musicians !
@peters79497 ай бұрын
Mayfair Studio 1, in London’s Primrose Hill. I was the Technical Manager at the time. The Recording Engineer is John Hudson, who also owned the studios
@davebellamy48677 ай бұрын
What other keyboards are there? CS80, Prophet-10?
@peters79497 ай бұрын
@@davebellamy4867Sadly it was 41 years ago……… so apart from knowing the grand piano that the camera looks at Billy through was a Bösendorfer with the extra 9 bass keys, I can’t remember any of the others. Worth noting at the beginning of the clip, Midge is changing an EPROM in the Lindrum, as the drum sounds were burnt into replaceable chips. You also the PPG wave’s 8.5” 128kb floppy disks used to load its sounds. How the world has changed.
@hasbullabelgianfanpage3 жыл бұрын
Anyone knows what song it is at 0'34'' ?
@TheAudioMystic3 жыл бұрын
Title track to the album : Lament
@Gerald_Daniel3 ай бұрын
What dialect is Midge Ure speaking here?
@elrrosengarten67173 ай бұрын
Scottish accent
@Gerald_Daniel3 ай бұрын
@@elrrosengarten6717 Thank you!
@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa2 ай бұрын
@@elrrosengarten6717Fae Glesga?
@liebstmohnbroetchen14 жыл бұрын
What year is it from?
@Vuduman12 жыл бұрын
opens up the Linn Drum!
@CatoMinor6 жыл бұрын
Nowadays the analog Minimoog is still used; the digital/analogue PPG Wave (very complicated to be programmed) has disappeared.
@cnfuzz4 жыл бұрын
No the ppg was far more influential , it was multitimbral ( first multitimbral was the chroma) it had natural sounds ( sampling via waveterm and eproms) it had sequencer ,arpeggiator , in fact it was a workstation , how many renditions of the workstation did we have??
@tonycowin Жыл бұрын
The Mini Moog is by far the most influential synth seconded only by the DX7. Not saying these are the best just the synths that were universally influential.
@2sing3 жыл бұрын
Lament, j'adore
@les71183 жыл бұрын
what song on 0:52¿
@vindicator20113 жыл бұрын
Lament...from the album Lament
@GNeuman3 жыл бұрын
@2:15 (Midge speaking about the Minimoog) "Technology's moved on far too much to sell things like this to people anymore" LOL, LOL, LOL, and then some more LOL.