The Quiet Man: An Evening with John Foxx
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- John Foxx, best known as founder of UK electronic band Ultravoxx, apeared in conversation with Professor Anthony Elliott, Deanof External Engagement at UniSA's City West Campus Wednesday 27 July 2016.
I was married to Robin Simon when he was in Ultravox, then Magazine, then played guitar on John Foxx's solo projects. Robin was and is a musical genius and never received the notoriety he should have gotten. Although Robin and I split up in the early 80's, we shared good times.
Yes...he was an excellent guitarist !!!
I am gonna check his work out. Probably one of many great musicians who never got the attention he deserved.
He was a superb guitarist anyone who had to follow John McGeoch had to be on the money
His work on Systems is soaring ❤
Hi Grace, always loved Robin's guitar playing, without it Systems of Romance would not been the classic it is.
Was he the guitar palyer on Sytems of Romance?
Lived next door to him for a few years in Highgate. He is such a hero, I used to listen to him writing through my bedroom wall. Hi Dennis.
He's a genius. His music reconnected the two sides of brain. Restored my sanity. Saved my life.
I could listen to Dennis Leigh/John Foxx talking all day. Such an interesting gentleman to listen to, and a very inspirational artist and musician. As an illustrator and photographer myself, I've followed his work for years and have been a fan of his since the first time I heard Underpass when it hit the UK Top 40 way back in 1980.
You sound a tad pretentious , but in a good way. Art for Art's sake. 😎
When in the benefit of hindsight the last 50 years popular music is written few will appear in the same breath as John Foxx. I am delighted you gave him a voice. This is important public broadcasting. With thanks
In 1999 I was fortunate enough to have been invited onto the bus for John's ten date Subterranean Tour of the UK. The audiences, particularly at the Glasgow Barrowlands, Manchester Apollo and Shepherds Bush Empire were more akin to a football match. He's loved. At the end of tour party in a London hotel John played some of his songs on a piano in the lobby. Extraordinarily talented and genuinely friendly gentleman 🧡
Boy, this guy John Foxx truly does get the meaning of life. Rarely do you see a person who is so comfortable with who he is, what he is. He completely gets that his past, his present, his future are something to be accepted and be at ease with. Move on. Keep moving on. Experience all you can. Be content with where you are and who you are. Foxx expresses that in spades throughout this interview.
I was thinking something similar just now. I think he's aged really well -- can you believe that he's almost 80? -- and that is his secret, he knows how to just BE! Bless him!
Original Ultravox was brilliant, I listen to the music toay just as avidly as i did at the time. John Foxx is wonderful
Same :D
Saw them in college in Chicago and was part of a time ...great experimental period ...
John Foxx is much better solo👽🎹😄Ultravox best leader is Midge Ure🎤🎸💜⚓
A lovely charming bloke with no big ego problem. Really enjoyed this and have recommended it to others. Thanks for sharing
Have met him a few times and yes he is such a Lovely man and such a pleasant person to meet..
literally a silver fox.
Humble guy, inspiring us all for over 40 years.
Silver Foxx 🙃
I love this man...
This was one of the coolest things I have ever attended. Met him after it and he was super friendly.
Cowol Jar Woff
Lucky you!
I've been a huge fan of John's since the 70s.
One of the greatest musicians in the late 70's and early 80's. Without him, would not have been
Don't often envy people, but damn I wish I'd been there and met him. Also been a fan since the 70s!
He was my lecturer at Uni. He was/is a talented graphic designer.
To see them live, Particularly John, defies words. Unbelievable and incredible
Sensational ,,,to say the least, i love his music, his vision and taste. inspiring. For me.
Brillant talk and deep moving piano solo at the end ! A great man and artist to be remembered !
Genius.John is a true legend.
If John Foxx wrote an autobiography I reckon it would be a cracking read.
What a cool lecture to be able to attend ! Lucky students.
Strange connections here. I played 'additional synthesizers' on Metamatic and grew up in Adelaide. Both many years ago now. Solidarity! Peace & Love.
I still have ‘metamatic’ on vinyl
On The Plaza !
john foxx has always been one of the most fasinating individuals i have ever know , such a great mind of creativity .
Europe after the rain was a great success in Spain, I met him with that song, he showed me something new, it changed my life
Thank you for sharing this evenings' conversation
John Foxx & Gary Numan should've done something together in 79-80. What a song that would've been
Numan has said what a great influence John Foxx was. They did do this together ua-cam.com/video/CQrChheqN0I/v-deo.html
Not watched this yet but I KNOW i'm going to love it! :)
Great stuff.............Thank you...
John doesn't get the recognition he deserves, it's sad that not enough people are aware of his contribution to music.
@Collision Cuz none of hes records were hit worthy. Good songs but not good enough to gain him a huge fan base.
Definitely. People love to throw around the term "underrated." John Foxx is truly underrated!
@@WAZA___ Yeah, and you know, that's basically how he's wanted it. He's never wanted to be a huge pop star.
john foxx rules,what an artist
what a lovely man
not seen this before,very clever man,and very humble with it,what a shame it was only an hour or so of chatting
What an excellent night!
It was a brilliant evening!
I was lucky to see/hear Ultravox Systems Of Romance tour at The Marque club in London 1978.
Came home to rAdelaide & rebuilt into TerminalTwist
What an artist !
Hola ,y gracias por tan gran persona como musico ,me enkanta tanta unidad entre el mismo...pareciera me hablara a mi persona junto a Gary Newman and M. Urie.....
Think 1978 ...ultravox a great band...fresh..energy
John Foxx is a true muse: Muses never made masterpieces for themselves- they inspire selflessly.
I first heard Underpass in the early eighties on a Virgin compilation cassette. I was in art school then and thought it was JG Ballardesque. I never saw an Interview with John Fox, he is quite personable.
Love from Italy!
What a guy!
true legend
I miss you Mr. Foxx. Get in touch. It's been years. XXXX
beautiful man (8 he's just so nice to listen to
It was interesting that John didn’t mention the Human League’s 1979 album “Reproduction” when he was talking about anyone using electronics to write song based electronic music. I wonder if he was aware of that album, and also the 1978 track “Warm Leatherette from 1978 at the time of leaving Ultravox.
Ultravox was around well before 1978
I purchased an album in 1976
Note to presenters: lower the seat height or raise the background screen...
Top man 👍🎹
I went to the same art school. Wow
Th piece he played at the end was beautiful, what was it called?
I must say that "metamatic" really influenced and impressed me in 1981 . Actually i compared to Kraftwerk and PinkFloyd.
Can't believe he's old like me 😉
We were somebody's sons...
Genius is never appreciated 😊
He who can does.....ergo John Foxx
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Don't get me wrong. The Garden is easily one of my favorite albums ever, but is it me or Dennis has kind of a stutter?
2020
The Frozen Ones.....hahahahah hahahah
I saw them live 3 times in 78. Loved the first 2 albums. That 3rd album Systems was dreadful. It was time for the Group to end, in my own view. That Vienna period with Midge Ure is unmentionable.
Ah a kindred spirit
Spot on analysis
Thanks
Aw, come on, they couldn't have kept on doing Satday Nite in the City of The Dead, Young Savage, or Artificial Life, e.g., FOREVER, ya know?😅
17:50 Underpants!
Ultravox?
Yes, first rendition
Ultravox!
19:00 Underpants!
e's got a tinfoil top head
Metamatic is one of the greatest albums of all time.
Systems of romance !
Metamatic was a masterpiece!
Fact
Heard it first in 1980 and qas totally blown away, especially from the first track, "Plaza."
Class thanks sad that not enough younger people know of his work and his contribution to music
I'm really getting into John Foxx music.
"Metamatic" is a masterpiece.... It still sounds bizarre and futuristic to me.
Gary Numan's biggest influence and it's obvious to me ☺️
First time I've heard John Foxx talk, what a revelation after 40+ years from buying his albums as a kid.
Was going to post exactly the same thing!
1:24:24 Love how he almost goes into David Sylvian's Night Porter! Another Satie-influenced quiet man.
Well spotted!
oil on canvas.
Systems of Romance is an outright classic , any genre. The influence it had on musical advancement is beyond any dispute and together with the icy one-man show Metamatic both albums altered the landscape for the better. John Foxx is an icon and a visionary. I played "Metal Beat" recently and the person's first statement was "Wow! Music of the future" . LOL
Fascinating just listening to him, his insights are well worth thinking about. Only recently picked up on listening to his music again, actually first time since the brilliant The Garden was released and he's still creating fantastic soundscapes today! What he does with the Maths is outstanding! Thanks for posting this.
Maybe ‘Blurred Girl’ could be considered the love song on ‘Metamatic,’ although it’s more of a longing song than love song.
This men is a genius
The lighting across his head is realy bad
Wow... great questions and great answers. His remembrance of Conny Plank was incredible.
John foxx as a massive influence on my photography
The way I want still to go with my work .
There's so much out there to photograph just tune in to the surroundings .
I go to a place called Preston park
It as a woods so magical and draws you in its like a mile path of trees forest just takes you to another world of peace .
Also I go to winter Hill and photograph there
I'm at peace with my camera and I play my mp3 just Traqual music n story's helps me to focus lol punn...
Thanks to John foxx as he as his influences he's mine
Be lovely to meet one day and photograph John xxx
Follow your wishes and dreams never give up
One life one chance
Underpass (16:35) ~~! Perfect one, gonna listen it forever! I've found it on Electrocity vol. 1 (by Ecki Stieg) many years ago, and that's how it started :).
I saw Ultravox on the “punk” day of the 1978 Reading festival, they were on after Sham 69 and before headliners The Jam. Completely original and totally at odds with everyone else. They nobly completed their set despite the Sham army skinheads raining a shower of cans down on them. Those were the days!
A lot of people didn't get Ultravox at the time. I went to gigs at the Marquee and anything else I could get to xx
I would have loved to have heard a collaboration between John and David Sylvian !
This has been an education (excuse the pun!) What a modest guy John is.
I go to many many gigs but always always miss things like this! Thanks for posting it. Brilliant.
Andy Williams same
Absolutely wonderful. John Foxx was way ahead of his time both musically and artistically .
No need to have a master in musicology to understand how this guy and Electrovox started all of the english synthpop, and influenced Bowie, Numan, Human League, Depeche Mode and so on ! Just enough to have some good ears. I have to rediscover their discography, they were stunning !
I think Xavier has the same spell checker as me, lol.
I think you'll find Bowie maybe influenced John, not the other way around.
A great musician and also a great poet. Some of his lyrics are really good poetry, with vivid and weird images.
Thanks for the upload.
28:20 Actually, Gary Numan did a talk like this one (see Cornell Library's ''When the Machines Rock - Gary Numan Keynote Interview'' on YT) where he said that he wrote the lyrics to ''Cars'' after surviving being attacked by another driver stopped in the street in front of him. Said he wasn't certain why they were after him. Locked inside, he was safe and escaped by driving up on the sidewalk or something like that. Shortly afterward ''Here in my car, I feel safest of all, I can lock all my doors... Its the only way to live, in cars'' came to him when he put words to the track.
Ahhh, I kept anticipating the end of the piano composition...but when it came I didn't want it to be over... lovely.
Strange,....still haven't heard a genius without grey hair! Ha ha ha!
this makes me feel like my limited stabs at creativity, (i can't help it) may be artistic--oddtistic a friend once said--so be it
Would love to have been there and met him! Thanks for sharing this for Ultravox fans everywhere !
god i love him
What a delightful interview
Thank you
Interesting he was that interested in electronic music, since Ultravox went even more "electronic" after he split. I thought he was the reason Ultravox had so much guitar in their early music. I wish they would've kept it (guitar) more prominent in their later songs. Vienna was the tipping point for me. After that (their alter albums) were way too much synth for me. To this day my favorite Ultravox songs are all the earliest from the 1st 2 albums... the songs with lots of guitar.
They went more electronic but pop too. John never seemed to want to make pop.
Great interview. Thanks.
So good so cool...... 👍👍👍👏👏👏
Join foxxx genius..,
merci
wonderful
My 3yo toddler loves Underpass/pants (sorry John!) and knows all the words😊
Got to know him for a few years at university. Top guy!
And I knew just a few bits of their production
sur la Piazza, les Italiens boivent leur café.. un Anglais les observe. A new kind of dynamics !
wunderschön, interplay