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1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:23 pm

---> "Technology's moved on far too much to sell people things like this anymore"

UltraVOX

New Album due out May 28th!!!!

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:29 pm

Groovy sweater on the engineer.

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:36 pm

Yeah - looks like Space Invaders

Oh how I miss 1983

Vectorman · Post by **Vectorman** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:30 pm

What a time capsule. He could certainly be forgiven for feeling that way at that point in time, though - many people did. I'm sure if you told some synth guys in the mid '80s that analog would have a revival and that three decades later, people would still be fixated on running saw waveforms through resonant lowpass filters, most of them probably would've been like, "No f-ing wayyyyy..."

Nielzie · Post by **Nielzie** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:44 pm

Vectorman wrote: I'm sure if you told some synth guys in the mid '80s that analog would have a revival and that three decades later, people would still be fixated on running saw waveforms through resonant lowpass filters, most of them probably would've been like, "No f-ing wayyyyy..."

Haha funny, yet so true

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:24 pm

"Dr Robert Mooo-g"

Just saw Ure on some 'songwriter' program the other day, playing acoustic versions of 'fade to grey' and 'vienna'. Didn't really work.....

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:31 pm

GaryG wrote: "Dr Robert Mooo-g"

I noticed that too...Thing is, Everyone I heard pronounced it MOO-g back then...I did too.

It was only until the Great Dr Bob stated his preferred pronunciation of his surname that people got hip to that and started calling it Mowgue

GaryG wrote: Just saw Ure on some 'songwriter' program the other day, playing acoustic versions of 'fade to grey' and 'vienna'. Didn't really work.....

I don't know what your talking about - he still sounds great

darsho · Post by **darsho** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:00 am

1-2-Many wrote: I noticed that too...Thing is, Everyone I heard pronounced it MOO-g back then...I did too.
It was only until the Great Dr Bob stated his preferred pronunciation of his surname that people got hip to that and started calling it Mowgue

Well, luckily in some countries Moog was always pronounced the correct way

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:59 pm

1-2-Many wrote:
GaryG wrote: "Dr Robert Mooo-g"
I noticed that too...Thing is, Everyone I heard pronounced it MOO-g back then...I did too.

So did I, perfectly natural assumption.

Still funny to point and laught though.

I don't know what your talking about - he still sounds great

He does, his voice has aged really nicely.

But I'm not convinced aither of those songs work 'acoustically'. In the program he stresses how Vienna in particular grew out of the equipment and the sounds they were getting, wouldn't have been written traditionally (guitar/piano). I'm not some diehard who thinks a song can only be performed the way it was recorded (jeez, have dozens of unconventional covers in my cd stack), just don't think Vienna sounds a fraction as good when stripped of it's synthetic components.

Maybe it's his interpretation, Two Nice Girls cover of I Feel Love works brilliantly, a folky/bluegrass/country stomp instead of all the electronics, not saying an electronic composition can't be rendered acoustically.

pugilistas · Post by **pugilistas** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:54 am

GaryG wrote:.... Maybe it's his interpretation, Two Nice Girls cover of I Feel Love works brilliantly, a folky/bluegrass/country stomp instead of all the electronics, not saying an electronic composition can't be rendered acoustically.

Brings back the memories.... The Two Nice Girls cover is quite good, have been fortunate enough to see that live a couple of times.

Am also lucky enough to have Two Nice Girls old conga set: a pair of '60's Gon Bops, great sounding drums for laying down the groove.

grabme · Post by **grabme** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:10 pm

Vectorman wrote:What a time capsule. He could certainly be forgiven for feeling that way at that point in time, though - many people did. I'm sure if you told some synth guys in the mid '80s that analog would have a revival and that three decades later, people would still be fixated on running saw waveforms through resonant lowpass filters, most of them probably would've been like, "No f-ing wayyyyy..."

There are many things today that would shock anyone from the mid 80s, some good but a lot bad.

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:23 pm

I thought it amusing too when he moves away from the Mini Moog saying - "That's 15 years old - we've moved on now to this" Pointing at the PPG and lauding it's virtues.

Nothing like the past to inform the present.

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Mon May 28, 2012 5:43 pm

New Album Out Today ! Brilliant

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Mon May 28, 2012 6:59 pm

1-2-Many wrote:New Album Out Today ! Brilliant

Oh, Thanks for the heads up !

JimmiG · Post by **JimmiG** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:46 pm

GaryG wrote:"Dr Robert Mooo-g"

Just saw Ure on some 'songwriter' program the other day, playing acoustic versions of 'fade to grey' and 'vienna'. Didn't really work.....

Well he's Scottish so that's not the only word he pronounces funny. As a Swede, I can barely understand what he's saying

Digital was all the rage in the 80's. Analog was seen as limited, dull and boring. You notice the same thing in this video showing Francis Monkman and the Prohpet 5, where he mentions that it doesn't sound as bright as some of the more recent (digital) instruments.

The only reason Roland produced the JX and Juno series for so long was because they didn't really have any digital technology to compete with all the new FM and S+S synths coming out. Same with Moog - no one wanted an analog monosynth in 1983.

Midge Ure on the MiniMoog :lol: