Holy shit! For some reason I'd never seen the video before, and I always thought the lyrics to the song were supposed to be symbolic or whatever, I didn't expect everything to be so... literal. Whoa...
― Tuomas, Friday, 1 February 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
Also, now that vinyl has made a comeback, why haven't those hitech side-changing vinyl players of the 80s come back too?
― Tuomas, Friday, 1 February 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
It's like a much less subtle version of Yukihiro Takahashi's Something in the Air, released three years later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtYH95kxa4
― Grampsy, Friday, 1 February 2013 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
(Takahashi 1981, Ultravox 1984)
― Grampsy, Friday, 1 February 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, he's totally putting Lament on the turntable. See the label picture here:
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1858581
Their videos were always a bit extravagant, innit. I was a massive Ultravox fan in 10th grade. I requested that MuchMusic play this during an all-weekend RSVP in the late-80's so this song is tied into hearing my name spoken by VJ Michael Williams on national television - a bit of a thrill for teenaged me. This song is a bit overplayed for me, now, though.
The rest of side 1 is great - always fond of "One Small Day." "A Friend I Call Desire" is the clear winner on side 2, but "Man of Two Worlds" is pretty good. So, what was already said, basically.
― Kent Burt, Saturday, 2 February 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, and that Takahashi song is pretty good. Why have I never played my copy of Neuromantic all the way through?
― Kent Burt, Saturday, 2 February 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
Hey, that Yukihiro Takahashi track was pretty good! Gonna check out the rest of that album (it's up on Youtube in full).
It's funny to hear bands TRY to sound like that these days.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 2 February 2013 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
the original is so badly sung
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 February 2013 02:58 (eleven years ago) link
― Tuomas, Friday, February 1, 2013 11:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, why not? I recall my uncle having one in the late '80s!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 2 February 2013 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
the man on the wireless
― buzza, Saturday, 2 February 2013 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
Surprised at the hate. Total classic.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 3 February 2013 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
Tipsy otmhra
― buzza, Sunday, 3 February 2013 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
i love this song but i am not sure about the video
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 3 February 2013 02:26 (eleven years ago) link