The name was originally ‘Mij’, nothing to do with Mary or Mungo. Was headhunted by Malcolm McLaren in 1975 for the job of lead singer in some band or other, which he turned down (probably just as well for everyone). Beaten finalist in Z-list Masterchef 2007.
2 January 2016
Batley’s very own… Steve malkmus
Had a short-lived Bonnie and Clyde style romance with Margaret Thatcher (q.v) during the 1980s.
2 January 2016
Gordo
he was in a boy band, a punk band, a heavy metal band and a few new romantic bands. All he’s missing from his cv is an indie band so if Nigel ever fancies taking a break from gigging …..
He’s grateful that his parents decided not to name him after Man Ray…
3 January 2016
Old APPLEJACK
Always springs to mind when mid-year reviews come around at work. I always tell my boss I preferred his Ultravox work.
4 January 2016
EXXO
First I had a couple of minutes going ‘eh?’ then at least another five trying to say ‘year’ in various regional accents … where you from to make that work?
4 January 2016
EXXO
Starting to wonder if the ‘year’ has more regional variation than any other single-syllable word in the language.
Just tuned in to TalkShite to check if my Colin Murray accent was closest to the money. He’s bound to say ‘year’a few times and there’s always a reasonable chance he’ll say ‘Midge Ure’. If not I’ll text in about football in Vienna or something.
4 January 2016
EXXO
Phew, he’s on holiday, I don’t have to listen to the phone-in where they want us,the listeners, to phone in and say whether we think Yaya Touré is overweight. Or not.
4 January 2016
Old APPLEJACK
It doesn’t really ‘work’ at all to be honest. I just call it the Midge Ure review. Passes the time.
4 January 2016
EXXO
It definitely has workable potential within a series of quick-fire one-liners by an Ulster comedian detailing a series of unfortunate misunderstandings.
Any such out there, let us know how you get on.
4 January 2016
floreat ULTONIA
two ducks swimming in the river lagan in belfast.
first: “quack quack”
second: “i can’t go any faster”
did murray doing 10 laps of the city hall wearing nowt but a green mankini get any coverage outside ireland?
4 January 2016
floreat ULTONIA
ps murray went to a fairly posh school (albeit their up its own arse song was purely in english)
the mankini stunt was to celebrate qualification for euro 2016
4 January 2016
Batley’s very own… Steve malkmus
In my head, the first duck is voiced by Ian Paisley. I’m assuming that was part of the point, along with the accent.
Actually, the Midge Ure review joke works if you imagine Paisley saying it. In other news someone really hard keeps doing trails on 6Music. It’s a bit frightening but probably better dealt with in the “H”s anyway.
5 January 2016
Guest informant
My favourite joke about Ian Paisley’s accent :
What do we want? MORE ULSTER KRAUTROCK! When do we want it? NEU!
6 January 2016
Dr desperate
Why did Ian Paisley’s house never smell nice? NO POT POURRI !!
7 January 2016
EXXO
What goes “PIE!”
“WOCK!”
“BAFF!”
“COR PIE!”
The Northern Ireland Batman having a “scrop”.
7 January 2016
floreat ultonia
Someone should judge this, and I’ve decided it should be me. First prize of a night out in Lurgan to the Informant; second prize of two nights jointly to the good doctor and Mr Exxo.
My mother (a contemporary of Ulster comic Frank Carson) tried to convince me recently that his act was clean as a whistle, “not like Peter Kay and those crude modern people”.
Frank’s mother tongue was Italian by the way for those of you who like obscure factoids.
8 January 2016
EXXo
Why thank you. I’ll take me fishing rod & we’ll go during the Euros & me & Mrs Exford will each wear one of her grandad’s NI international caps from the 50s, and we’ll tell his stories of Harry Gregg & Danny Blanchflower & we’ll have a fine old time I’m sure.
Apparently they walked round the city hall in the end, not ran? Two reasons for this I’m told.The police in Belfast are only trained for ‘marches’, and they were advised they would be prosecuted if anything popped out at any stage.
There are worse crimes than going to a posh school with a daft song when you have no choice in the matter. At least he had the good grace to get kicked out.
NB10 sat the entrance exam to our posh school on the same day as me but his tactic was just not to try. Very, very wise decision.
8 January 2016
HRHPOD
He’s the cousin of a guy I used to work with. The guy in question was in the top three all time worst people I’ve ever had to work with. And that was not including the constant name dropping about his cousin being Midge Ure.
11 January 2016
paul f
Speaking of gaps in cultural knowledge, I had no idea until last week that he was in Visage, and (briefly) Thin Lizzy.
11 January 2016
GOK WAN ACOLYTE
People may have different views of Gavin & Stacey, but I loved the fact that Smithy thought his name was “Majure” in the same way that other 80s pop stars adopted single names – e.g. Limahl
11 January 2016
Dr desperate
See post 5 above.
11 January 2016
Cream cheese and chives
He was on Radio 5 this afternoon. Sounded alright kind of fella but his new record didn’t sound one for me. One particularly tedious song ‘…if I was a painter…if I was a poet…’ Doesn’t seem to have considered taking up milk thieving although to be fair they only played 30seconds of his dirge.
12 December 2017
Attempted moustache
Had an ‘urge’ to play The Bain if Constance the other day…
Can’t listen to it without recalling the fantastic (near choral loony brainwashed religious chant-like) response from nearly all there (1000+) who joined in with the chorus and pointed at the stage singing…
“Midge Ure… looks like a milk thief!
Beautiful !!! Just beautiful!!
24 September 2018
dr desperate
His part in the running order squabble fest that was Backstage at Live Aid was fictionalised in 2018 for the Sky Arts ‘Urban Myths’ series (during which he checks out ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ and discovers that where Bob Geldof says it’s four minutes it’s three minutes fifty-two). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfSkQBvFRPs&t=72s
29 December 2020
Parsfan
We started getting milk delivered a couple of weeks ago.
matt H
The Bloodied Sword! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU_T9UFDJxk
2 January 2016
THIS LEADEN PAUL
The name was originally ‘Mij’, nothing to do with Mary or Mungo. Was headhunted by Malcolm McLaren in 1975 for the job of lead singer in some band or other, which he turned down (probably just as well for everyone). Beaten finalist in Z-list Masterchef 2007.
2 January 2016
Batley’s very own… Steve malkmus
Had a short-lived Bonnie and Clyde style romance with Margaret Thatcher (q.v) during the 1980s.
2 January 2016
Gordo
he was in a boy band, a punk band, a heavy metal band and a few new romantic bands. All he’s missing from his cv is an indie band so if Nigel ever fancies taking a break from gigging …..
3 January 2016
Dr desperate
I thought it was Mature, as in Mature Cheddar.
3 January 2016
Dickhead in quicksand
Victor Mature looks like a milk thief?
3 January 2016
Batley’s very own… Steve malkmus
He’s grateful that his parents decided not to name him after Man Ray…
3 January 2016
Old APPLEJACK
Always springs to mind when mid-year reviews come around at work. I always tell my boss I preferred his Ultravox work.
4 January 2016
EXXO
First I had a couple of minutes going ‘eh?’ then at least another five trying to say ‘year’ in various regional accents … where you from to make that work?
4 January 2016
EXXO
Starting to wonder if the ‘year’ has more regional variation than any other single-syllable word in the language.
Just tuned in to TalkShite to check if my Colin Murray accent was closest to the money. He’s bound to say ‘year’a few times and there’s always a reasonable chance he’ll say ‘Midge Ure’. If not I’ll text in about football in Vienna or something.
4 January 2016
EXXO
Phew, he’s on holiday, I don’t have to listen to the phone-in where they want us,the listeners, to phone in and say whether we think Yaya Touré is overweight. Or not.
4 January 2016
Old APPLEJACK
It doesn’t really ‘work’ at all to be honest. I just call it the Midge Ure review. Passes the time.
4 January 2016
EXXO
It definitely has workable potential within a series of quick-fire one-liners by an Ulster comedian detailing a series of unfortunate misunderstandings.
Any such out there, let us know how you get on.
4 January 2016
floreat ULTONIA
two ducks swimming in the river lagan in belfast.
first: “quack quack”
second: “i can’t go any faster”
did murray doing 10 laps of the city hall wearing nowt but a green mankini get any coverage outside ireland?
4 January 2016
floreat ULTONIA
ps murray went to a fairly posh school (albeit their up its own arse song was purely in english)
the mankini stunt was to celebrate qualification for euro 2016
4 January 2016
Batley’s very own… Steve malkmus
In my head, the first duck is voiced by Ian Paisley. I’m assuming that was part of the point, along with the accent.
Actually, the Midge Ure review joke works if you imagine Paisley saying it. In other news someone really hard keeps doing trails on 6Music. It’s a bit frightening but probably better dealt with in the “H”s anyway.
5 January 2016
Guest informant
My favourite joke about Ian Paisley’s accent :
What do we want?
MORE ULSTER KRAUTROCK!
When do we want it?
NEU!
6 January 2016
Dr desperate
Why did Ian Paisley’s house never smell nice?
NO POT POURRI !!
7 January 2016
EXXO
What goes “PIE!”
“WOCK!”
“BAFF!”
“COR PIE!”
The Northern Ireland Batman having a “scrop”.
7 January 2016
floreat ultonia
Someone should judge this, and I’ve decided it should be me. First prize of a night out in Lurgan to the Informant; second prize of two nights jointly to the good doctor and Mr Exxo.
My mother (a contemporary of Ulster comic Frank Carson) tried to convince me recently that his act was clean as a whistle, “not like Peter Kay and those crude modern people”.
Frank’s mother tongue was Italian by the way for those of you who like obscure factoids.
8 January 2016
EXXo
Why thank you. I’ll take me fishing rod & we’ll go during the Euros & me & Mrs Exford will each wear one of her grandad’s NI international caps from the 50s, and we’ll tell his stories of Harry Gregg & Danny Blanchflower & we’ll have a fine old time I’m sure.
Apparently they walked round the city hall in the end, not ran? Two reasons for this I’m told.The police in Belfast are only trained for ‘marches’, and they were advised they would be prosecuted if anything popped out at any stage.
There are worse crimes than going to a posh school with a daft song when you have no choice in the matter. At least he had the good grace to get kicked out.
NB10 sat the entrance exam to our posh school on the same day as me but his tactic was just not to try. Very, very wise decision.
8 January 2016
HRHPOD
He’s the cousin of a guy I used to work with. The guy in question was in the top three all time worst people I’ve ever had to work with.
And that was not including the constant name dropping about his cousin being Midge Ure.
11 January 2016
paul f
Speaking of gaps in cultural knowledge, I had no idea until last week that he was in Visage, and (briefly) Thin Lizzy.
11 January 2016
GOK WAN ACOLYTE
People may have different views of Gavin & Stacey, but I loved the fact that Smithy thought his name was “Majure” in the same way that other 80s pop stars adopted single names – e.g. Limahl
11 January 2016
Dr desperate
See post 5 above.
11 January 2016
Cream cheese and chives
He was on Radio 5 this afternoon. Sounded alright kind of fella but his new record didn’t sound one for me. One particularly tedious song ‘…if I was a painter…if I was a poet…’ Doesn’t seem to have considered taking up milk thieving although to be fair they only played 30seconds of his dirge.
12 December 2017
Attempted moustache
Had an ‘urge’ to play The Bain if Constance the other day…
Can’t listen to it without recalling the fantastic (near choral loony brainwashed religious chant-like) response from nearly all there (1000+) who joined in with the chorus and pointed at the stage singing…
“Midge Ure… looks like a milk thief!
Beautiful !!! Just beautiful!!
24 September 2018
dr desperate
His part in the running order squabble fest that was Backstage at Live Aid was fictionalised in 2018 for the Sky Arts ‘Urban Myths’ series (during which he checks out ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ and discovers that where Bob Geldof says it’s four minutes it’s three minutes fifty-two).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfSkQBvFRPs&t=72s
29 December 2020
Parsfan
We started getting milk delivered a couple of weeks ago.
Nothing today.
Just saying.
24 November 2022