Born on this day ...

[Ruby]

James “Midge” Ure, OBE was born on this day in Lanarkshire, Scotland. “Midge” is a phonetic representation of ‘Jim’ - said backwards. Best known to me for fronting Ultravox in the early 80’s and also for his association with Visage – he’s 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, “If I Was” from The Gift, and one or two other highlights. He has, however, been involved in some high profile music and charity projects – he’s 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 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0sTokly_w

… and the title track from Vienna which was a brilliant album for its time, IMHO –

[video=youtube;3DuCIGvsbMA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DuCIGvsbMA[/video]