New Wave/Synthpop songs ranked from #200 to #1, one per day.
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Just Missed My Top 200: John Foxx - No One Driving
John Foxx left Ultravox in 1979, after the debacle that was the Systems of Romance tour. Seeking to strike while the iron was hot, he released his debut solo album Metamatic the very next year. Lead single "Underpass" reached the British top 40, and made waves around the world. Follow-up "No One Driving" replicated this feat, giving Foxx a one-two punch of success to launch his solo career. Foxx has previously made my list with "Europe After The Rain" (#128) and, as the frontman of Ultravox, "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (#29). With "No One Driving" Foxx combined his trademarked haunting vocals, eerie synthscapes, and a bizarre, futuristic video into a sonic tour de force that just missed making my Top 200. Bonus! Here's "Dancing Like A Gun", another great Foxx track from the same time period.
Be back next week with another song that almost made it.
Don't you mean that 'No One Driving' "made new waves around the world"? Ha, I'm so witty. 'No One Driving' and 'Underpass' are both fantastic, of course. What a solo debut! "Dancing Like A Gun" is really good, too.
A minute into 'Dancing Like A Gun' ... I want a pair of exploding drum-shoes !
ReplyDeleteThey'd really come in handy in many situations.
DeleteDon't you mean that 'No One Driving' "made new waves around the world"? Ha, I'm so witty.
ReplyDelete'No One Driving' and 'Underpass' are both fantastic, of course. What a solo debut!
"Dancing Like A Gun" is really good, too.