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MIDGE URE

CHRIS CROSS

WARREN CANN

BILLY CURRIE

CHRX 12965099923436558

VIENNA

NEW EUROPEANSIn a quiet street washed by the rainMarooned within the homeA lonely man sits cheek to cheekWith unique designs in chromeThe mellow years have long gone byBut now he sits aloneHe has a brand new radioBut never turns it on

New EuropeansYoung EuropeansNew Europeans

A photograph of lovers lostLies pressed in magazinesHer eyes belong to a thousand girlsShe’s the wife who’s never seenTheir educated son has leftIn search of borrowed dreamsHis television’s in his bedHe’s frozen to the screen


On a crowded beach washed by the sunHe puts his headphones onHis modern world revolves aroundThe synthesizer’s songFull of future thoughts and thrillsHis senses slip awayHe’s a European legacyA culture for today


Young Europeans

PRI VATE LIVESAll the boys are wearing blue tonightWe’ll thrive, we’ll dive, how can we lose?All the strangers walk like you tonightSo tall, we fall for every move

We’ll laugh and talkDon’t stop for breathIn these our private livesWe dance ’til dawnAs they beat the drumsFor all our private lives

Close your eyes and here’s the melodyWho cares, who stares under the light?See the shadow tailing me againIt shows, it glows in a crowd so bright

PASSING STRANGERSWe were so young, we were too vainDance in the dark, sing in the rainTime on our hands, hope in our hearts

We were talking, passing strangersMoments caught across an empty roomWasted whispers, faded secretsQuickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We stood alone, silent and proudMoments unknown, lost in a crowdRunning through memories like thieves in the nightClutching emotions, holding too tightHope turns to dust, shattered by light

We were talking, passing strangersMoments caught across an empty roomWasted whispers, faded secretsIt quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We were talking, passing strangersMoments caught across an empty roomWasted whispers, faded secretsIt quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We were talking, passing strangersMoments caught across an empty roomWasted whispers, faded secrets

SLEEPWALKSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalk

Rolling and falling, I’m choking and callingName after name after name

SleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalk

Naked and bleeding, the street lights rain by meHurting my eyes with their glare

SleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalk

Helplessly braking, exchanging my facesDestined, we had to collide

Sleepwalk!

Caught on the outside, I’m crumbling and crawlingWatching the day drag awaySpiralling deeper, I can’t feel my fingersGrip round my throat as I dream

Dream dream dream dream dream dream dream

SleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalkSleepwalk

MR. XI found the perfect picture of a perfect strangerIt looked as if it were taken in the Forties sometimeJudging by the style

He could be a killer, or a blind man with a canePerhaps he died in a car crash years agoRight now, it’s impossible to tell

I almost thought I saw him standing whistling on a bridgeI asked him the time, but when he turned aroundI saw it wasn’t him at all

I’m still searchingI’m still searching

I saw him at an airport while he was sitting on a wingI waved to him, but I don’t think he noticed meI’ve got a funny feeling I know who he is

Mr. XMr. X

Mr. XMr. XMr. XMr. XMr. XMr. XMr. XMr. XMr. XMr. XMr. XMr. X

WESTERN PROMISEHai!

Oh mystical East, on old postcardsYour childhood dreams and energiesYour temples, gardens, old world charmAn ancient culture, torn and scarred

This is my Western promise

Oh mystical East, you’ve lost your wayYour rising sun shall rise againMy Western world gives out her handA victor’s help to your fallen land


Hai!

Mystical East, all taxi-cabsAll ultra-neon, sign of the timesYour Buddha Zen and Christian manAll minions to messiah Pepsi can


VIENNAWe walked in the cold airFreezing breath on a window paneLying and waitingA man in the dark in a picture frameSo mystic and soulfulA voice reaching out in a piercing cryIt stays with you until

The feeling has gone, only you and IIt means nothing to meThis means nothing to meOh, Vienna

The music is weavingHaunting notes, pizzicato stringsThe rhythm is callingAlone in the night as the daylight bringsA cool empty silenceThe warmth of your hand and a cold grey skyIt fades to the distance

The image has gone, only you and IIt means nothing to meThis means nothing to meOh, Vienna

This means nothing to meThis means nothing to meOh, Vienna

ALL STOOD STILLThe lights went outThe last fuse blewThe clocks all stoppedIt can’t be trueThe program’s wrongWhat can we do?The printout’s blockedIt relied on you

The turbine cracked upThe buildings froze upThe system choked upWhat can we do?

Please remember to mention meIn tapes you leave behind

We stood stillWe all stood stillStill stood stillWe’re standing still

The screen shut downThere’s no replyThe lifts all fallA siren criesAnd the radar fadesA pilot sighsAs the countdowns stallThe readout lies

The turbines cracked upThe buildings froze upThe system choked upWhat can we do?

Please remember to mention meIn tapes you leave behind


The black box failedThe codes got crossedAnd the jails decayedThe keys got lostEveryone kissedWe breathe exhaustIn the new arcadeOf the holocaust

The turbine cracked upThe buildings froze upThe system choked upWhat can we do?

Please remember to mention meIn tapes you might leave behind



WAITINGWaitingWaitingWaitingWaiting

Move on as we step in timeStrange words from the other lineEdging forward, feeling strongSyncopate with the marching song

Thoughts and dreams flick across your mindFade away as you wait for your time to goYou’re waiting

WaitingWaitingWaitingWaiting

Looking back as you head for homeUnsure if you walk aloneFriends call from an open doorStrange voice as you cross the floor

Thoughts of home flick across your mindSlip away as you wait for your time to goYou’re waiting

WaitingWaitingWaitingWaitingWaiting

FACE TO FACEThere’s nothing leftThe system’s goneIt’s taking over, over, overRight before our eyes

It’s all overHear them cryIt’s all overHear them sighIt’s all overNothing but time, timeTime was all we had

Face to face, room to roomIt’s taking over

The streets are bareThere’s nothing thereIt’s all gone now, gone now, gone nowRight before our eyes

It’s all overWe daren’t cryIt’s all overAnd she daren’t dieIt’s all overNothing but time, timeTime was all I had

Face to face, room to roomIt’s taking over

It’s all overWe hear them cryIt’s all overWe hear them dieIt’s all overNothing but time, timeTime was all we had

Face to face, room to roomWe’re taking over

PASSIONATE REPLYSuddenly you findYourself waiting for a long timeYour back’s to the wallBut now you must go

Painting scenes from magazinesSucking breath from nicotineStanding tall against the crowd we sighTaking turns on telephonesLiving lives in other homesListening for the passionate reply

Suddenly we findOurselves talking for a long timeOur voices are lowBut now we must know

Giving all you hope to giveTaking all you’ve got to livePlotting all mistakes along the wayFind it hard to take it allReading names on other wallsWriting down the words we tried to say

Suddenly you findYourself waiting for a long timeYour back’s to the wallBut now you must go

Suddenly we findOurselves talking for a long timeOur voices are lowBut now we must know

HERR XIch fand ein vollkommenes BildVon einem vollkommenen FremdenNach der Mode auf dem BildMüsste es in den Vierzigern aufgenommen sein

Er könnte ein Mörder seinOder ein Blinder mit einem StockVielleicht starb er vor Jahren in einem AutounfallHeute kann man es unmöglich wissen

Beinahe glaubte ichIch hätte ihn pfeifend auf einer Brücke stehen gesehenIch fragte ihn nach der Zeit, aber als er sich umdrehteSah ich, dass er es gar nicht war

Ich suche immer nochIch suche immer noch

Ich sah ihn am FlughafenWo er auf einem Flügel saßIch winkte ihm, aber ich glaube nicht, dass er mich bemerkteIch habe das komische Gefühl, dass ich weiß wer er ist

Herr XHerr X

Herr XHerr XHerr XHerr XHerr XHerr X

Vienna

01. Astradyne02. New Europeans03. Private Lives04. Passing Strangers05. Sleepwalk06. Mr. X07. Western Promise08. Vienna09. All Stood Still

Credits

All tracks composed by Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie & Midge Ureand published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd.

All tracks originally P 1980 The copyright in this sound recording is ownedby Chrysalis Records Ltd.

All tracks produced by Ultravox and Conny Plank.All tracks recorded at RAK [London]. Mixed at Conny’s Studio [near Köln].Special thanks to Will, Thelma and Suzanne.

Further Listening

01. Sleepwalk (Early version)From the album ‘The Very Best of Midge Ure and Ultravox’.

02. WaitingB-side of the ‘Sleepwalk’ 7 inch single.

03. Face to Face (Recorded live at St Albans, 16 Aug 1980)B-side of the ‘Passing Strangers’ 7 & 12 inch singles.

04. King’s Lead Hat (Recorded live at The Lyceum, 17 Aug 1980)Extra track on the B-side of the ‘Passing Strangers’ 12 inch single.

05. Passionate ReplyB-side of the ‘Vienna’ 7 & 12 inch singles.

06. Herr XExtra track on the B-side of the ‘Vienna’ 12 inch single.

07. All Stood Still (12 inch version)A-side of the ‘All Stood Still’ 12 inch single.

08. Alles KlarB-side of the ‘All Stood Still’ 7 & 12 inch singles.

09. Keep Torqe-ing (Cassette recording during rehearsals)Extra track on the B-side of the ‘All Stood Still’ 12 inch single.

10. Sleepwalk (Recorded live in rehearsals at The Lyceum, 17 Aug 1980)Previously unreleased.

11. All Stood Still (Recorded live in rehearsals at The Lyceum, 17 Aug 1980)Previously unreleased.

Credits

Tracks 01-03 & 05-11 composed by Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie& Midge Ure and published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd.

Track 04 composed by Brian Eno and published by BMG Songs Ltd.Track 01 originally P 2001, tracks 02-04 originally P 1980, tracks 05-09

originally P 1981 The copyright in this sound recording is owned byChrysalis Records Ltd.

Tracks 01, 03-05, 10 & 11 produced by Ultravox.Tracks 02 & 06-09 produced by Ultravox and Conny Plank.Track 01 engineered by Nigel Walker, track 02 engineered by Richard

Whaley, tracks 03, 04, 10 & 11 engineered by Greg Jackman,track 05 engineered by Bob Castle and Bruce Hensal.

Tracks 03, 04, 10 & 11 recorded with the RAK Mobile.

All lyrics reproduced by kind permission.

Project:

Project co-ordination by Nigel Reeve and Julie Eldridge.Remastered and mastered by Steve Rooke at Abbey Road Studios,

London.With thanks to Ian Pickavance, Darren Evans, Cary Anning

and Richard Skidmore at EMI.

Design:

Original design by Glenn Travis, recreated and adapted by Extreme Voice.Extreme Voice are Cerise Reed and Robin Harris, with Paul Hitchcock.German transcription of Herr X: Erika Forni García.

Photography:

Band photography by Brian Griffin and Brian Aris.Inner front cover photograph by Robin Harris.

Technical:

The recordings on Disc Two of this release have been mastered tothe highest possible standard. However, some of the recordings areincluded for their historical interest and do not represent the usualfidelity of studio recordings.

Thanks to:

Pippa Boyce, Feòrag NicBhrìde, Rob Portman, Dallas Simpsonand Chris Thorpe.

www.ultravox.org.uk

Disc One and Disc Two tracks 01-09 Digital remasters P 2008 The copyright in thissound recording is owned by Chrysalis Records Ltd.

Disc Two tracks 10 & 11 P 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned byChrysalis Records Ltd.

P 2008 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Chrysalis Records Ltd.9 2008 EMI Records Ltd.This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.9 2008 EMI Records Ltd.

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