Punk & New Wave Lovers Unite! Urgh!

[Bix Dugan]

Urgh! A Music War...


...is now on You-tube. Or at least many parts of it.
This is a movie culled from live recordings around 1981. They used to show it on HBO, but there are rights problems now, and it may never get released.
I'm just happy to hear some of these songs again.

Dead Kennedys- (those young men sound so angry)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPYw3I7FG1A

Devo- (Rocks!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYIfTwQ_2jk&feature=related

OMD- (beautiful song)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9zxC_Phc30&feature=related

Gary Numan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uahZLfoZ954&feature=related

Wall of Voodoo- (killer!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxaDpx99n3g&feature=related

Klaus Nomi- (freaky!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuSrsGzhD9U&feature=related

The Cramps- (note the high vibrations)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC4LqiRoIE8


Surf Punks- (nudity?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr9TCz9wFuo


Echo & the Bunnymen- (great sound)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1mHVZ_kosY&feature=related

Wait a minute! One of the user comments says this movie HAS been released on DVD!
Never mind...

Now I need to find a copy.

[MonsterX]

Some of those links dont actually link to what they say they do.

The stuff that does looks great though! High energy performance from DEVO and Echo sounded great too. And of course Gary Numan is God. I loved the Commander Pike chair he was riding around in. =P

[Skyroniter]

I've watched Urgh! A Music War... maybe a dozen times over the years. The Cramps, Gang of Four, XTC, and Klaus Nomi are highlights for me.

[Bix Dugan]

I think I fixed all the links.

Go-Go's- (Rockin!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR_2kKujDsc&feature=related

It looks like that DVD may have a lot of extra footage as a bonus.


Edit: Here's more...

Steele Pulse- (chilling)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yULRZ3zLXc8&feature=related


Gang of Four- (the guitars are talking!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY4gyk9puts&feature=related


The Au Pairs- (who?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB-DAyZ-3Nk&feature=related


XTC- (very respectible)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYq6Z7HERjk&feature=related


Magazine- (this song is full of moral fiber)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5tlWeIh4WU&feature=related


Oingo Boingo- (OB = One Tight Band)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCTlfzL4MAs&feature=related


The Members- ( killer bass lines)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ9OLV425g4&feature=related

[Emperor Cupcake]

Hooray!!! I've had the audio cassettes of some of these performances for years, but I'd never actually seen the movie. And yeah, Klaus Nomi rules.

There was a doc about him a few years back called Nomi Song that was pretty fantastic.

[Bix Dugan]

Me too! This aired before I owned a VCR, so that would've been '82 or '83. I had it taped onto a 90 minute cassette, which was too short.
Listening to this while driving around is why I know these songs so well. I even remember it ended during that Members song.
This was back when HBO was simulcast on an FM channel in stereo. There was no such thing as "audio out" from a television then.

Edit:
Ordered from Warner Brothers just now. Apparently they burn a DVD -R, just like Sky!

$13.96 with free shipping!
www.wbshop.com/Urgh-A-Music-War/1000112990,default,pd.html