James âMidgeâ Ure, OBE was born on this day in Lanarkshire, Scotland. âMidgeâ is a phonetic representation of âJimâ - said backwards. Best known to me for fronting Ultravox in the early 80âs and also for his association with Visage â heâs had a surprisingly lowkey solo career, in actual fact, (at least, from my perspective, which might be somewhat skewed!) except for his No 1 single in the UK, âIf I Wasâ from
The Gift, and one or two other highlights. He has, however, been involved in some high profile music and charity projects â heâs a Band Aid trustee and joined forces with Bob Geldorf to work on Live Aid and related events, writing, performing and producing.
From the Ultravox days, I always liked the title track from
Lament â
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0sTokly_w
⦠and the title track from
Vienna which was a brilliant album for its time, IMHO â
[video=youtube;3DuCIGvsbMA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DuCIGvsbMA[/video]