ally that was an event that moved people
the most. As we speak right now, I don't
know if anything is lined up to celebrate
that either. I think with all the stuff that's
been going on with Bob (Geldof) in his
personal life recently, I think it's too soon
to try to celebrate anything. So I think
we'll let the anniversary of the song slip
by, but we'll see what happens next year.
IE: Are you surprised how much of an
impact that song had?
MU: I'm surprised that it's still around,
and that people still play it. I'm surprised
the song is seen as a good song because
I'm not convinced it was a great song. It's
an OK track, but the moment all the
artists committed to do it, then I knew it
was gonna be successful. The moment
dreadful. We wanted to make something
that was of high standards, of high quality, and that's presentable. We have no
plans as of now for anything. We may
get together for some recording, we may
be interested in doing film music, or a
project or whatever. But right now, there
is nothing planned, but the difference is
that five years ago this wouldn't have
been even possible. We've done some
stuff and we thoroughly enjoyed it, so
Ultravox is laying dormant, it's sleeping
right now, ready for whatever we decide
to do next. Which is actually a very good
position to be in.
IE: My personal impression of Ultravox
was that the group always had a very
strong rock blueprint in their music.
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you get Bono, and George Michael, Boy
George, Paul Young and all these great
artists to put their strength together, you
knew it was gonna be special. But
nobody saw how successful it was actually gonna be.
IE: Let's get back to Ultravox for a second. You had a very successful reunion
tour and a new record. Where is the band
at now?
MU: Well, we're still around. I think it's a
great thing about Ultravox getting back
together, and that's a very grey area for
me. Bands get back together usually for
all the wrong reasons. We had no intention of getting back together. We were all
happy doing our individual things, but
we did get back together simply because
of the music. Simply because we wanted
to go out and play these tunes as
Ultravox one more time. We did the
three-week tour in Europe, but in true