Young Savage
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"Young Savage" is the second single of the experimental New Wave
band Ultravox!
. It was released as a single by Island Records on May 28, 1977, during a time of experimentation to define a new sound for the band, in advance of their second album.
The song was made in a punk
style, although the band denied it was a 'punk' song, pointing out that Billy Currie's keyboard playing is in a psychedelic
style. It's their first release from the Ha! Ha! Ha! sessions, and is notably different to the material on their first album Ultravox!, which had more glam
songs. A definitive song in the band's development, and a popular single at the time, the 2006 reissue edition of the latter album (IMCD 325) contains it as bonus track.
Young Savage was also improbably named as record of the week on Mark & Lard's Radio 1 show in 2002.
The B-Side of Young Savage is a live version of "Slip Away", recorded during a gig at The Rainbow in 1977.
Young Savage is one of four live tracks featured on the Retro EP (IEP 8), released on February 10, 1978. This performance was recorded at the Marquee in London.
The live version as featured on the Retro EP is also one of the bonus tracks on the 2006 edition of Ha! Ha! Ha!
Young Savage was a regular feature of Ultravox live shows, and was included in the set performed on their last tour with John Foxx
in the USA during February and March 1979.
The song was not performed live again until a new version was played by John Foxx as part of his live set with Louis Gordon in Japan during September 2008, and for the first time in the UK for thirty years at Cargo in London on October 16, 2008.
The song was featured in the film Awaydays, set in the Wirral in 1979. It accompanies the trailer as well.
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band Ultravox!
Ultravox
Ultravox is a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the late 1970s/early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements....
. It was released as a single by Island Records on May 28, 1977, during a time of experimentation to define a new sound for the band, in advance of their second album.
The song was made in a punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
style, although the band denied it was a 'punk' song, pointing out that Billy Currie's keyboard playing is in a psychedelic
Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...
style. It's their first release from the Ha! Ha! Ha! sessions, and is notably different to the material on their first album Ultravox!, which had more glam
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
songs. A definitive song in the band's development, and a popular single at the time, the 2006 reissue edition of the latter album (IMCD 325) contains it as bonus track.
Young Savage was also improbably named as record of the week on Mark & Lard's Radio 1 show in 2002.
The B-Side of Young Savage is a live version of "Slip Away", recorded during a gig at The Rainbow in 1977.
Young Savage is one of four live tracks featured on the Retro EP (IEP 8), released on February 10, 1978. This performance was recorded at the Marquee in London.
The live version as featured on the Retro EP is also one of the bonus tracks on the 2006 edition of Ha! Ha! Ha!
Young Savage was a regular feature of Ultravox live shows, and was included in the set performed on their last tour with John Foxx
John Foxx
John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
in the USA during February and March 1979.
The song was not performed live again until a new version was played by John Foxx as part of his live set with Louis Gordon in Japan during September 2008, and for the first time in the UK for thirty years at Cargo in London on October 16, 2008.
The song was featured in the film Awaydays, set in the Wirral in 1979. It accompanies the trailer as well.