Vienna Talks

[Jonathan Stowe]

On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 13:05 +0100, Andy Armstrong wrote:
> On 15 Jun 2007, at 10:52, Dave Cross wrote:
> > I didn't realise we had so many experts on the career of Midge Ure  
> > on the list. You might be interested in the little pop quiz I  
> > posted to my blog recently
> >
> >   http://blog.dave.org.uk/archives/001290.html
> >
> > There's a non-Midge Ure question there too.
> 
> I knew the Rich Kids thing - but I wouldn't readily self identify as  
> a Midge Ure expert :)
> 

Remembering that ruined my day I think :-)

> He's versatile - I'll give him that. After he'd buggered Ultravox he  
> went and raped Scott Walker with his appalling cover of No Regrets.  
> Spectacular range of talents.

A friend of mine played drums in his touring band in the early nineties
and he seemed to suggest that it was only marginally more taxing than
playing in a pub band seeing as the repertoire was largely modern
standards in both :-)

/J\